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House Bill 613 |
House Author: Hopson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Nichols |
Previous law provided that a person who harvests or causes another person to harvest standing timber without the permission of the owner is liable to the owner for damages in an amount equal to three times the market price of the timber harvested. House Bill 613 amends the Natural Resources Code to make such an actor liable in an amount equal to the sum of the mill price of the timber harvested and all reasonable expenses incurred by the owner as a direct result of the unauthorized harvesting.
The bill makes it a criminal offense for a person to harvest standing timber with knowledge that the harvesting is without the permission of the owner of the standing timber or to cause another person to harvest standing timber without such permission and establishes a range of penalties based on the value of the timber harvested.