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2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 77 - TREES AND PLANTS
§ 3604 Exemptions

Universal Citation:
13 V.S.A. § 3604
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§ 3604. Exemptions

The cutting, felling, or destruction of a tree or the harvest of timber by the following is exempt from the requirements of sections 3602, 3603, and 3606 of this title:

(1) The Agency of Transportation conducting brush removal on State highways or Agency-maintained trails.

(2) A municipality conducting brush removal subject to the requirements of 19 V.S.A. § 904.

(3) A utility conducting vegetation maintenance within the boundaries of the utility's established right-of-way.

(4) A harvester harvesting timber that a landowner has authorized for harvest within a harvest unit that has been marked by a landowner under section 3603 of this title. A landowner who harvests timber on his or her own property shall not be a "harvester" for the purposes of this subdivision.

(5) A railroad conducting vegetation maintenance or brush removal in the railroad right-of-way.

(6) A licensed surveyor establishing boundaries between abutting parcels under 27 V.S.A. § 4. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)

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