Illinois Senate Bill 1837

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Removes language that requires a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Removes language that requires a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes.

TIMBER BUYERS-HARVEST FEES

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	735	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	735	9a	Amended Code	Citation Text
525	15	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
525	15	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1837&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/SB/10400SB1837.htm