HLS 17RS-806 ENGROSSED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 580
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Provides relative to the disposition of timber severance
taxes
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 3:4345, relative to the disposition of timber severance taxes; to provide
3 direction for the disposition of the timber severance tax remitted to the parishes; to
4 allocate an amount of severance taxes for the maintenance and construction of roads
5 used primarily by timber, lumber, and logging companies; to require exhaustion of
6 the portion of the severance tax allocated to a parish prior to any requirement that a
7 timber, lumber, or logging company secure a bond or certificate of insurance; and
8 to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 3:4345 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง4345. Disposition of the parishes' portion of the tax
12 The portion of the timber severance tax allocated to the governing authority
13 of the parishes of this state by Article VII, Section (4)(D) of the Constitution of
14 Louisiana may be used for road maintenance and construction of roads primarily
15 used by timber, logging, and lumber companies to harvest and transport timber.
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are additions. HLS 17RS-806 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 580
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 580 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session McFarland
Abstract: Allows the parish-allocated portion of the timber severance tax be used for road
maintenance and construction.
Proposed law allows the funds received by the governing authority of the parishes of this
state from the timber severance tax to be used for road maintenance and construction of
roads used primarily by timber, logging, and lumber companies to harvest and transport
timber.
(Adds R.S. 3:4345)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,
Aquaculture, and Rural Development to the original bill:
1. Remove the provision requiring the governing authority of a parish that receives
timber severance tax funds to use the funds solely for road maintenance and
construction.
2. Remove the provision requiring the governing authority of any parish that
receives timber severance taxes to exhaust the funds received on road
maintenance and construction prior to requesting liability bonds or certificates
of insurance from timber, logging, or lumber companies.
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