On receipt of an application to have timber offered for sale, the register of the state land office shall request the assistant commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, office of forestry to evaluate the current market value and quantity that could be harvested based on sound forestry practices. The register of the state land office may on his own initiative advertise for bids for sale of timber as provided in this Part.

            Acts 1978, No. 405, §1; Acts 2018, No. 242, §2.