Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING THE OFFENSE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER PROTECTED AREAS, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 6, 1999
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07834 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING THE OFFENSE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER PROTECTED AREAS, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill focuses on one major destructive activity in watersheds-LOGG ING- and it defines the offense of illegal logging within protected areas. It also delcares that the offender shall not be entitled to any mitigating circumstance nor to benefitsof the Indeterminate Sentence Law. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ALVAREZ, HEHERSON T. | |
| DATE FILED : 1999-07-06 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. | 2. |
| 3. | 4. |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 1999-07-14 |
Abstract
This bill focuses on one major destructive activity in watersheds-LOGG ING- and it defines the offense of illegal logging within protected areas. It also delcares that the offender shall not be entitled to any mitigating circumstance nor to benefitsof the Indeterminate Sentence Law.
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