Designate landowners who own 1,000 or more acres within West Virginia as institutional landowners.

Summary

The bill classifies any person or entity that holds at least 1,000 acres of land in West Virginia as an “institutional landowner.” Those owners must submit yearly reports to the Secretary of State detailing land use, timber value, flood‑plain area, slope, taxes and revenue sources, including carbon‑offset credits. The Secretary then sends a summary of this data each year to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

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