The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 438 Original 2018 Regular Session Chabert
Present law provides for the procedure in which a sheriff conducts timber sale by sealed bids and
prohibits the sale if the highest bid is less than the minimum price established by the Office of
Forestry.
Proposed law changes Office of Forestry to Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry.
Proposed law retains present law but prohibits the sale by the sheriff when the register of the state
land office determines that a sale by the sheriff is not in the best interest of the state, and authorizes
the register of the state land office to conduct a sale by utilizing sealed bids, with no bid being
accepted if less than the minimum price established by the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 41:1004)