A return of the timber severance tax continues to be debated by the Oregon Legislature.  Two different bills to restore a tax on the value of timber that is logged but with different structures have been passed out of committees and sent to the Ways and Means Natural Resources subcommittee.  52nd District Representative Anna Williams says legislators are trying to sort out how to combine the bills, adding one of the issues is counties like Hood River that both could receive revenues from the tax and also have to pay the tax when selling trees on their own land.  The concept is also being discussed by the House Revenue Committee.