SB353 HFAT Manchin 3-6

    Chairman Manchin moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

SB353- “A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §19-1A-3b, relating to creating the offense of timber theft from state forests; providing the Division of Forestry authority to investigate and enforce timber theft violations in state forests for research and investigative purposes; directing the Division of Forestry to create and maintain a central registry of information relating to timber theft from state forests; and setting forth criminal and civil penalties.”