2005 Idaho Code - 58-1004 — SALE OF STATE TIMBER

                                  TITLE  58
                                 PUBLIC LANDS
                                  CHAPTER 10
                         TIMBER SUPPLY STABILIZATION
    58-1004.  SALE OF STATE TIMBER. (1) Each fiscal year, the board shall
offer ninety-five per cent (95%) of the total volume of the year's timber
sales from state forests, exclusive of estimated pulp log volumes from state
forests, for sale to qualified bidders. The remaining five per cent (5%) of
the total volume of the year's timber sales shall be offered for sale to all
persons, regardless of whether they are qualified bidders under this chapter.
    (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the
board shall, if it finds after consideration of unanticipated dislocations in
local timber supplies that timber from state forests in certain regions of the
state will not be needed by qualified bidders, offer such timber for sale to
all persons without regard to whether they are qualified bidders. In addition,
if the board determines that a purchaser who has previously acquired state
timber is adversely affected by a market dislocation, such purchaser may
dispose of his timber without affecting his qualified bidder status.
    (3)  In the event qualified bidders do not purchase timber offered for
sale exclusively to them, the board, if it finds after consideration of the
reasons the timber was not sold, that it is in the best interests of the state
and the endowed institutions, may offer the timber for sale to all bidders,
without regard to whether they are qualified bidders as defined herein. The
purchase and disposition of such timber shall not be considered in determining
whether a person is a qualified bidder for subsequent timber sales.