A. Except as provided by this section, a timber owner who fails to ensure that the requirements of subsection A of Section 16-61 of this title have been fulfilled and who negligently authorizes or directs a logging or timber harvesting operation upon the lands of another, and cuts down, injures, removes, or destroys any timber without the permission of the owner is guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor, punishable by the imposition of a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both.

B. Except as provided by this section any person who negligently enters upon the lands of another and cuts down, injures, removes, or destroys any timber without the permission of the owner is guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor, punishable by the imposition of a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 238, § 5, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 2001, SB 522, c. 113, § 44, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001 ( superseded document available ); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 1301-310.2 by Laws 2001, SB 522, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.