SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1349        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 117

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the forester licensing board..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  The Division of Professional Licensure is hereby authorized to evaluate the feasibility of including the Forester Licensing Board under their control and creating a Board of Registration for foresters.  The study shall commence no later than June 1, 2009 and continue for a period of three months, at which time the Division of Professional Licensure shall submit a report to the Joint Committee of Natural Resources detailing plans to include and create the new board.  The report is to be forwarded to the committee no later than November 1, 2009.