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adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as | | defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | Except as provided in section 2180, a person may not | | advertise, solicit, contract or in any way engage for | | compensation in the business of an arborist, or make | | representation as being able to do so, without being licensed as | | an arborist. |
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| | | §2180.__Exemptions to licensing requirements for tree removal in |
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| | | municipalities having populations under 2,500 persons |
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| | | A municipality having a population of fewer than 2,500 persons | | may adopt, amend or repeal an ordinance regulating and permitting | | the removal of trees by a person without an arborist's license, | | as otherwise required under section 2179.__The ordinance may | | authorize the municipal officers to issue a permit to a person to | | remove trees in the municipality without an arborist's license.__ | | The ordinance may establish qualifications and conditions of | | financial responsibility for the permittee if those | | qualifications and conditions do not exceed those required for an | | arborist's license under this subchapter. |
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| | | A permit issued under a municipal ordinance must state the | | name of the permittee, the location and number of trees to be | | removed, the date on which the trees must be removed and any | | other restrictions that the municipal officers or their designees | | consider necessary to ensure the safe and responsible removal of | | the trees. The ordinance may provide for a fee for the issuance | | of permits that is reasonable and necessary to cover the expenses | | of issuing permits and otherwise administering this section. |
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| | | §2181.__Qualifications; types of licenses |
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| | | A license may not be issued under this subchapter, except to | | an individual who is 18 years of age or older, who is | | specifically qualified as defined in this subchapter, who passes | | an examination and who gives proof of financial responsibility in | | amounts to be determined under rules of the department.__When a | | company is under the control of one person who is solely | | responsible for the contracts, methods of work and supervision of | | each piece of work, this person alone must__procure a license but | | when more than one person is responsible for contracts, methods |
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