As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
H. B. No. 368


Representative Yates 



A BILL
To enact section 1503.061 of the Revised Code to 1
create the Ohio Tree Fund to be used to reforest 2
land that is owned by the state.3


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That section 1503.061 of the Revised Code be 4
enacted to read as follows:5

       Sec. 1503.061.  There is hereby created in this state 6
treasury the Ohio tree fund. The fund shall consist of gifts, 7
donations, bequests, and other money contributed to it. The chief 8
of the division of forestry shall use money in the fund to 9
purchase tree seedlings for the reforestation of land that is 10
owned by the state, maintain those seedlings, and acquire 11
additional land for the planting of trees.12