Bill Text - HB193 (2021)

Relative to penalties for improper timber harvesting.


Revision: Feb. 11, 2021, 3:13 p.m.

Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8

January 28, 2021

2021-0157h

05/10

 

 

Amendment to HB 193

 

Amend the bill by replacing sections 1 and 2 with the following:

 

1  Timber Harvesting; Trespass; Civil Penalty.  Amend RSA 227-J:8, I to read as follows:

I.  No person shall negligently cut, fell, destroy, injure, [or] carry away, or cause to be cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away, any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark which is on the land of another person, or aid in such actions without the permission of that person or the person's agent.

2  Timber Harvesting; Trespass; Criminal Penalty.  Amend RSA 227-J:8-a, I to read as follows:

I.  No person shall recklessly cut, fell, destroy, injure, [or] carry away, or cause to be cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away, any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark which is on the land of another person, or aid in such actions without the permission of that person or the person's agent.