HB 3940 tax on drinks, etc for fire protection

The Act raises and moves money to pay for wildfire costs. The Act makes certain changes to laws related to forests and fire protection. Places a surcharge of 5-cents on sales of beverage containers of beer, wine, soda, juice, cider and just plain water for purposes of wildfire prevention and response. Directs insurance retaliatory tax revenue to wildfire prevention and…

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SB 77 Restricts home occupation on farm and forest lands

This Act describes work that may be done from within homes on forest or farm land. Describes allowable home occupations on lands zoned for forest or farm use. It adds limitations to county authorities, which has a one-size-fits-all effect that never works in this state. The addition of these restrictions will put wedding, retirement, birthday and special occasion venues out…

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