Not sure what my view on this legislation is. While it has very good intentions, it seems a little vague to me. What do you guys think?
It is a bit vague. Plus, section one, clause 5 needs a bit of a vamp. I think PJ meant to put $1000
per tree. The way it's written now, someone could cut down their entire forest with only a $1000 fine.
Also, it would be nice if the said fine was much larger and was accompanied with minimal jail time, as well as government seizure of the forests and their respective lands to avoid future violations. In addition, I don't see why these penalties should be excluded from section 2, clause 4. You should just combine the two.
And why is it completely illegal to chop down rain forests on lands of 100+ acres, but not on smaller property? You should combine again.
And what are the penalties for section 1, clause 4? I see you put penalties on the logging of endangered species in section 2. Are those supposed to be in section 1 as well? You should have them there too.
No offense, but this bill is pretty vague as well as unorganized. We need to start over.
