S 5439 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to establishing contractual requirements for logging agreements

This bill requires all timber logging operations to use a written contract between property owners and loggers. The contract must include equal split of timber sales money, payment per truckload before further removals, detailed receipts for each load, and $1 million liability insurance documentation. It also sets logging standards (like cutting tree-tops to 3 feet), allows property owners to monitor operations, and treats violations like timber theft as criminal offenses with civil remedies available to owners.
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Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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