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CT Gen Stat § 23-49a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 449 - Fire Wardens|Section 23-49a - Declaration of burning ban; special burning permit; penalty; exemptions.

 (a) No person shall kindle or use fire in the open air within one hundred feet of woodland, brushland, or area containing dried grass that is adjacent to any woodland or brushland, when the forest fire danger, as declared by the State Forest Fire Warden, is high or extreme, or during a drought emergency as declared by the State Forest Fire Warden. When weather conditions indicate that such forest fire danger exists, the State Forest Fire Warden shall make public announcement of the fact, using such news media as may be available and the provisions of this section shall then be in effect until cancelled by said warden.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section to the contrary, an owner of land or an agent of such owner may apply to the State Forest Fire Warden or designee of said warden for a special burning permit during such period of burning ban. If the State Forest Fire Warden or designee is of the opinion that the proposed burning is of immediate necessity, will not be in conflict with local or state regulatory authority, and that the permittee has the necessary equipment and manpower to confine the fire, the State Forest Fire Warden may issue a special burning permit stating the location, time and conditions under which such burning is to be effected.(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.(d) Nothing contained in this section shall limit any duly authorized public authority from carrying out their assigned duties where the use of fire is necessary to the reduction of a health or fire hazard.(1969, P.A. 671, S. 1–4; P.A. 01-150, S. 14.)History: P.A. 01-150 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the State Forest Fire Warden or the warden's designee to issue special burning permits, deleted reference to the fire warden of the district and made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b) for purposes of gender neutrality.
CT Gen Stat § 23-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 449 - Fire Wardens|Section 23-50 - Closing of forests by the Governor.

 Whenever it appears to the Governor that by reason of extreme drought or other hazardous conditions there is danger of forest fires, he may proclaim that any or all sections of woodland and brush land in the state shall be closed, for such time as he may designate, to all persons except the owners or tenants of such woodlands and their agents and employees, and during such period of closure no fire shall be kindled in the open air. As soon as the woodland is deemed free from the danger of fire, the Governor may revoke his proclamation. Any person who enters upon forest or brush land, except as provided herein, or who kindles or causes to be kindled a fire in the open air, during the period covered by the Governor's proclamation, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or be both fined and imprisoned.(1949 Rev., S. 3493; 1955, S. 1887d.)See Sec. 26-25 re Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection's power to declare closed season for fishing or hunting as precaution to prevent fires.
CT Gen Stat § 23-51 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 449 - Fire Wardens|Section 23-51 - Abandoned highways may be maintained for fire prevention.

 Section 23-51 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.(1949 Rev., S. 3494; P.A. 01-150, S. 20.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-52 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 449 - Fire Wardens|Section 23-52 - Recovery of expenses for extinguishing fires.

 Section 23-52 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3495; 1967, P.A. 338, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-54 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 450 - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact|Section 23-54 - Appointment of commissioners.

 There shall be three members, hereinafter called commissioners, of the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission, appointed by the Governor. One of such commissioners shall be the State Forest Fire Warden, the second shall be a member of the legislature who is also a member of the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, designated by said commission, and the third shall be a citizen of the state designated by the Governor as his responsible representative to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The commissioners so appointed shall be paid no compensation. They shall be reimbursed for necessary expense incurred in the performance of their duties.(1949, S. 1944d, 1945d.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-55 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 450 - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact|Section 23-55 - Powers and duties of commissioners.

 There is granted to the commissioners all of the powers provided in said compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of the state of Connecticut are directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. The commission shall formulate and put in effect a forest fire plan and integrate such forest fire plan with such regional plan as is recommended by the compact commission. Said plan shall include a reasonable effort to establish and maintain such adequate fire fighting services as may be consistent with the requirements of the state and to make available such services to other signatory states consonant with maintaining reasonably safe protection to this state at all times.(1949, S. 1946d.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-56 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 450 - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact|Section 23-56 - Application of other laws.

 Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by other laws of the state of Connecticut or by the laws of the states signatory to the compact or by the Congress or the terms of said compact.(1949, S. 1947d.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-57 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 450 - The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact|Section 23-57 - Report.

 The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the legislature of the state of Connecticut on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve months preceding December first of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the state of Connecticut which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states.(1949, S. 1948d.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-58 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-58 - Tree wardens; appointment; compensation; supervision.

 The selectmen of each town, except those having cities with coextensive boundaries within their limits, which cities have an officer with similar duties to those of a tree warden who in fact assumes control of all the territory embraced within their limits, and the warden or burgesses of each borough shall, within thirty days of their election, appoint a town or borough tree warden, as the case may be. Such tree wardens shall be appointed for the term of two years and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Any tree warden may appoint such number of deputy tree wardens as said warden deems expedient and said warden may, at any time, remove any such deputy tree warden from office. A town or borough tree warden and such warden's deputies shall receive for their services such reasonable compensation, from the town or borough, as the town or borough may determine or, in default of such determination, as the selectmen or borough warden prescribes.(1949 Rev., S. 3496; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; February, 1965, P.A. 614, S. 2; P.A. 13-203, S. 10.)History: 1965 act deleted provisions requiring report to state park and forest commission upon selection of tree warden by selectmen or burgesses or, alternatively, requiring report to town or borough if commission makes appointment upon town or borough's failure to do so, deleted provisions re compensation of tree wardens, their supervision by the commission, etc.; P.A. 13-203 changed term for tree warden from 1 year to 2 years and made technical changes.Law applied to city whose limits are not coterminous with those of town. 85 C. 133. A tree warden is a public officer; but if he does manual labor on trees at a separate charge, he does not then act as a public officer and if injured, comes under the workmen's compensation act. 102 C. 572.
CT Gen Stat § 23-60 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-60 - Appropriations. Public trees; removal.

 Each town, city or borough may appropriate annually a suitable sum to be expended by the town tree warden, borough tree warden, city forester or other similar officer, in the planting, trimming, spraying, care and preservation of shrubs or ornamental or shade trees within the limits of any public highway or grounds under his control and, at the discretion of the tree warden or other similar officer and with the written consent of the owner thereof, upon land adjoining such highway or grounds, if not more than ten feet therefrom, for the purpose of shading or ornamenting such highway or grounds. All shrubs and trees planted under the provisions of this section shall be deemed public shrubs and trees and shall be under the care and control of the tree warden, city forester or other similar officer and may be removed only upon a written permit from him.(1949 Rev., S. 3498.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61 - Tree experts to be licensed.

 Section 23-61 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3499; 1963, P.A. 527, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 587, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61c - Privilege of licensee to take examination without fee for commercial applicators of pesticides.

 Section 23-61c is repealed.(1967, P.A. 587, S. 3(h), (i); P.A. 73-540, S. 24, 28; P.A. 77-206, S. 8, 9; P.A. 82-158, S. 5, 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61d - Validity of custom tree worker licenses held by licensees on July 1, 1977.

 Section 23-61d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1967, P.A. 587, S. 3(j); P.A. 73-540, S. 25, 28; P.A. 77-206, S. 10; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61e - Appeals.

 Any person aggrieved by an order or finding of the commissioner may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(1967, P.A. 587, S. 5; P.A. 76-436, S. 464, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 104, 125; 77-614, S. 219, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 135, 136; P.A. 98-229, S. 8.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 and 77-614 replaced previous detailed appeal provisions with requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 78-303 made technical changes; P.A. 98-229 authorized appeals of actions of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, deleting reference to “board”.
CT Gen Stat § 23-61f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61f - Penalties.

 (a) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of section 23-61b or of any regulation issued under subsection (e) of section 23-61a shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.(b) Any person who violates any provision of chapter 441 or section 23-61a or 23-61b shall be considered under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.(c) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of section 23-61b shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each day such violation continues. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty. Any such action shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.(1967, P.A. 587, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 432; P.A. 73-540, S. 26, 28; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 98-229, S. 3; P.A. 02-89, S. 68; P.A. 03-278, S. 84; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act placed violators under jurisdiction of environmental protection commissioner rather than that of commissioner of agriculture and natural resources and pesticide control board; P.A. 73-540 substituted “Connecticut Pesticide Control Act” for reference to Secs. 19-300k to 19-300t and reiterated transfer of jurisdiction; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete reference in Subsec. (a) to repealed Sec. 23-61c was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 98-229 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to assign jurisdiction over arboriculture violations to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and added Subsec. (c) re civil penalties for such violations (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in public and special acts of the 1998 regular and special sessions of the General Assembly, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 02-89 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to delete references to Sec. 23-61d and amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “sections 23-61a to 23-61d, inclusive” with “section 23-61a”, reflecting repeal of Sec. 23-61d by the same public act; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 23-61g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61g - Arborist business. Definitions.

 For the purposes of sections 23-61h to 23-61m, inclusive:(1) “Arborist business” means any business that wholly, or in part, holds itself out for hire to perform arboriculture.(2) “Arboriculture” has the same meaning as provided in section 23-61a.(3) “Place of business” means any physical location at or through which the functional operations of business regularly occur, including, but not limited to, financial transactions, arrangement of contracts, assignment of contracts, assignment of work and record keeping. “Place of business” does not include buildings or locations used solely for storage of equipment or supplies or any telephone answering service.(P.A. 13-203, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61h - Arborist business. Certificate of registration. Application. Fee. Exemption re pesticide application.

 (a) No person shall engage in the operation of an arborist business unless such person has a certificate of registration from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. A certificate of registration shall expire on the thirty-first day of August next succeeding its issuance. Any arborist business with more than one place of business in the state or that operates under more than one name shall register and pay the application fee for each place of business and for each business name.(b) Application for a certificate of registration shall be made on such form as the commissioner may prescribe and with such information as the commissioner deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section and sections 23-61i to 23-61m, inclusive, provided such information shall, at a minimum, include the following: (1) The applicant's name and residential address, (2) the name, address and telephone number of the place of business, (3) the name and license number of the licensed arborist employed by the arborist business, and (4) the type of business. Each arborist business shall notify the commissioner of any change in the information contained in an application or in the status of the business as an arborist business. Such notification shall be submitted, in writing, not more than thirty days after any change.(c) An application for a certificate of registration shall be accompanied by payment of a fee of two hundred forty dollars. The commissioner may waive payment of the fee for the initial renewal of a certificate of registration issued during the three months prior to expiration of such certificate of registration. An application for a certificate of registration or renewal shall not be deemed to be complete or sufficient until the applicable fee is paid in full.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-66c, any person who complies with the registration requirements of this section shall not be required to register such arborist business pursuant to section 22a-66c if such arborist business also engages in pesticide application.(P.A. 13-203, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61j - Employment of arborists by arborist business.

 Each arborist business shall employ at each place of business no fewer than one arborist licensed pursuant to section 23-61b.(P.A. 13-203, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61k - Retention of records by arborist business. Information required. Inspection by commissioner. Customer records.

 (a) Each arborist business shall maintain records for not less than five years from the date such record is made or amended, whichever is later. The record shall indicate: (1) For each application of a pesticide made on behalf of the business, (A) the name and certification number of the commercial supervisor and the commercial operator, (B) the kind and amount of pesticide used and the amount of acreage treated, if applicable, (C) the date and place of application, (D) the pest treated for, and (E) the crop or site treated; (2) a list of the names and corresponding United States Environmental Protection Agency registration numbers of any pesticide applied by the business; (3) the names and applicator certification numbers of all certified commercial pesticide applicators, whether operator or supervisory, who are employees or agents of the arborist business, and a list of the types of applications that each applicator performs; and (4) for each site where arboriculture not involving the use of pesticides was performed: (A) The type of work performed, including, but not limited to, pruning, trimming, cabling, bracing, fertilization or treating cavities, (B) the date and place of work, (C) the name and license number of the licensed arborist supervising the work, and (D) the names of any unlicensed or licensed persons performing the work under the supervision of the licensed arborist.(b) Information required under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section may be kept separately from the records required by subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section or may be integrated with such records by including on the record of each pesticide application the full name and the United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number of the pesticide used.(c) All records and information required to be kept pursuant to this section shall be kept at the place of business for such arborist business and may be inspected by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-59. If the place of business for such arborist business is outside of the state, the records and information shall be made available to the commissioner at a location in the state not more than ten days after receipt of a request for inspection from the commissioner.(d) Each arborist business shall, upon written request, provide any customer with a copy of the record which is required to be kept pursuant to this section and which pertains to arboriculture performed for such customer.(P.A. 13-203, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61l - Violations. Penalty. Attorney General action.

 Any person who violates any provision of sections 23-61h to 23-61m, inclusive, shall forfeit to the state a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall institute a civil action to recover such forfeiture in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. All actions brought by the Attorney General shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.(P.A. 13-203, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 23-61m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees|Chapter 451 - Public Shade Trees and Tree Protection Examining Board|Section 23-61m - Action by officer, agent or person acting for or employed by arborist business.

 In any proceeding regarding the denial, suspension or revocation of a certificate of registration, and any proceeding pursuant to section 23-61i, the action, omission or failure to act of any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by the arborist business shall be deemed to be the action, omission or failure to act of the arborist business as well as that of the person employed.(P.A. 13-203, S. 7.)