Sec. 1. 12 MRSA c. 805, sub-c. VI is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER VI

SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

§8891.__Limitation on sale of forest products to foreign countries

A person who owns a total of 5,000 acres of land or more in the State and who harvests forest products from that land may not:

1.__Transport more than 10%.__Transport to a foreign country for sale more than 10% of the total volume of forest products harvested from that land in any one calendar year; or

2.__Sell more than 10%.__Sell more than 10% of the total volume of forest products harvested from that land in any one calendar year to a person who causes the forest products to be transported to another country.

The total volume of forest products harvested from the person's land in a calendar year that is transported to a foreign country may not exceed 10% of the total volume of forest products harvested from that land.__For the purposes of this section, "forest products" has the same meaning as under section 8881, subsection 3.__The commissioner shall establish by rule the volume measurements that apply to specific forest products.__ Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

SUMMARY

This bill limits the amount of forest products harvested on certain lands that can be transported to foreign countries. The bill applies to people who own 5,000 acres of land or more and it limits the international transportation of forest products harvested by those people to 10% of the total volume of annual forest products harvested on their land.