The Mississippi Loggers Association (MLA) was formed in January 1989. A group of loggers met to discuss SEVERAL problems they had and felt they had no common voice in solving those problems. The idea of an association came from that meeting. We hope YOU WILL EXPLORE OUR SITE, FIND INTEREST IN THIS ORGANIZATION, AND BE aware of what we do and what we stand for. Our staff is here to help landowners and those whom the logging industry supports. Please visit our membership page if you are not already involved in our organization.

MLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brian Smith - President I Nathan Commer, Vice President I David Livingston, Secretary

Stevie Chism, Keith Conaway, Hulet Moore, James Brooks, Nathan Commer, Drew Massey, Guy Johnson, Rodney Robinson, Eddie White, Glen Henderson, Art Holcomb, Randy McInnis, Tucker Adams, Brian Smith, Jason Smith

WHAT HAS MLA DONE FOR YOU?

  • MLA successfully passed a bill exempting logging equipment from Ad Valorem tax.

  • MLA successfully established a new Workers’ Compensation class code for Mechanized Logging– Code 2719.

  • MLA successfully kept logging under agriculture. As a result, the sales tax on equipment has stayed at 3% instead of 7%.

  • MLA lobbied the legislature successfully to stop a bill from increasing fuel taxes by 3 cents per gallon.

  • MLA was instrumental in passing the Harvest Permit Bill that allowed the weight tolerance to be increased to 84,000 pounds and fines to be decreased to 5 cents per pound. MLA was instrumental in passing a bill that would change how fines were determined for overweight loads using the “Truck Tag” as the starting point, essentially changing the starting point from 57,650 pounds to 80,000 pounds.

  • MLA was instrumental in getting a bill passed reducing a Weight Ticket if only one had been received in the past year.

  • MLA was instrumental in passing a bill that stopped the “Doctor Shopping” of injured employees on Workers’ Compensation.

  • MLA supported the “F Tag” bill that allowed trucks to use the F Tag in hauling logs. This allowed truckers to haul the logs with this tag until the logs changed ownership.

  • MLA has successfully changed roads from Low Weight roads to High Weight roads. This has increased the efficiency and productivity of the loggers across the state.

  • MLA created the “Log a Load for Kids” program. This program has contributed much-needed funds to the Miracle Children’s Hospital Network. The Blair Batson Center for Children at UMC in Jackson, MS, has benefited from this program.

  • MLA and RMP insurance program is a comprehensive program with many insurance companies represented. We can handle the needs of the forestry industry at very competitive rates.