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HB2411

Timber theft; accounting, penalty.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Les Adams (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Timber sales; theft; accounting; penalty.

Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104121D
  • 01/08/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  • 01/10/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2411)
  • 01/16/2019 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 01/22/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2411)
  • 01/23/2019 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/23/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2019 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2411E
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Printed as engrossed 19104121D-E
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2411E)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/05/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/05/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • 02/08/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2411E)
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 0-N)
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107005D-S1
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 02/18/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2411S1)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
  • 02/19/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19107005D-S1
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2411S1
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107005D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER)
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/23/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/26/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2411ER)
  • 02/26/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2411ER)
  • 03/04/2019 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 03/04/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 03/12/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 03/12/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)

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