Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=404
Timestamp: 2020-02-22 07:37:48
Document Index: 367767387

Matched Legal Cases: ['§19', '§19', '§19', '§19', '§19', '§19']

Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 404 History
AN ACT to amend and reenact §19-1B-4, §19-1B-6, §19-1B-7, §19-1B-10, and §19-1B-12a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations; increasing the threshold amount before a logger must follow certain licensing requirements regarding sediment control; requiring the logger to notify the Director of the Division of Forestry at least three days before timbering begins; requiring certain training requirements prior to recertification of certified loggers; providing for appeals; increasing criminal penalties; and editing certain limitations on issuing citations and powers of arrest.
(b) Exemptions. — A person who severs or removes, or hires or contracts with another to sever or remove, standing trees from his or her own land is exempted from the timbering operations licensure requirement of this section during any calendar year in which all trees severed or removed by or on behalf of the owner of record has a total gross sales value received by the exemption holder of less than $52,000. A person hired or contracted to sever or remove standing trees from the land of another is exempted from the timbering operations licensure requirement of this section during any calendar year in which all trees severed or removed by the hired or contracted person has a total gross sales value received by the exemption holder of less than $52,000.
(b) The notification shall be made at least three days before the start of the operation.
(b) The director is responsible for the development of standards and criteria for education, training, and examination that must be successfully completed for persons to be certified to supervise any timbering operation. The certified logger shall attend a total of six hours of training every two years prior to recertification. The program for certified loggers shall, at a minimum, provide for education and training in the safe conduct of timbering operations, in first aid procedures, and in the use of best management practices to prevent soil erosion on timbering operations. The goals of this program will be to assure that timbering operations are conducted in accordance with applicable state and federal safety regulations in a manner that is environmentally sound and safe.
(3) Conduct a timbering operation in this state that is not supervised by a certified logger who holds a valid certificate from the Director of the Division of Forestry, as required by §19-1B-7 of this code;
(b) Criminal and civil penalties. — A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be: (1) Fined not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first offense; (2) fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for a second offense; (3) fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or confined in jail not more than 30 days, or both, for a third or subsequent offense. In addition to fines and costs, a person or entity convicted of a violation of this section shall pay a $500 civil penalty to the division within 60 days. The civil penalty shall be collected by the court in which the person is convicted and forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Division of Forestry Timber Operations Enforcement Fund (3082) for use in administering the provisions of this article.
(1) Any forester;