I would like to have those numbers be larger, but we were lucky to get that through and happy for it. There's been much media attention given the fact that The local taxes that normally are paid when you take lumber or timber out of the woods or paid to the county will not be paid. That's true. As to a small fraction of the additional wood being taken out, of course, as a result of this bill, it does not apply to that which was the amount of timber that was being taken up before. (08:49–08:59)
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Asserts that local taxes on timber extraction will not be paid to counties under the bill.
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