Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TOTALLY BANNING LOGGING OPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS
Date filed
July 18, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1121, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TOTALLY BANNING LOGGING OPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS | |
| ABSTRACT : It is hereby declared a Policy of the State to prohibit logging operations of any kind in any forest, timber land, forest reserve or watershed for the next twenty-five (25) years. It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, fell or destroy any treestanding on any forest, timber land, forest reserve or watershed within the next twenty-five (25) years from the approval of this Act. This prohibition shall not apply to trees grown in legitimate commercial tree farms. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARINAGA, ROSELLER L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-18 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Real (009 ) | 2. Monfort (010 ) |
| 3. Zialcita (036 ) | 4. Cari (094 ) |
| 5. Syjuco (023 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2001-07-30 |
Abstract
It is hereby declared a Policy of the State to prohibit logging operations of any kind in any forest, timber land, forest reserve or watershed for the next twenty-five (25) years. It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, fell or destroy any treestanding on any forest, timber land, forest reserve or watershed within the next twenty-five (25) years from the approval of this Act. This prohibition shall not apply to trees grown in legitimate commercial tree farms.
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