Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 107d - Policies and Standards for Evaluating Land Proposed for Classification as Forest Land › Section 12-107d-2 - Training, certification and conduct of foresters in evaluating land proposed for forest land classification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon adoption
			 of sections
			 12-107d-1
			 to
			 12-107d-5,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and not less than
			 once per year thereafter, the State Forester or his or her designee shall make
			 training in the content and practical application of sections
			 12-107d-1
			 to
			 12-107d-5,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies available to any
			 forester.
(b) Upon a forester's
			 satisfactory completion of the training described in subsection (a) of this
			 section, the State Forester shall issue a certificate to the forester,
			 accrediting the forester as qualified to evaluate land proposed for
			 classification as Forest Land pursuant to section
			 12-107d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The accreditation shall be valid for up to
			 four years.
(c) Satisfactory
			 completion of the training shall be attained when the forester correctly
			 answers all of the questions in a written or oral examination administered by
			 the State Forester or his or her designee at the conclusion of the training
			 described in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Upon satisfactory completion of the
			 training described in subsection (a) of this section, a notation that the
			 forester is qualified to evaluate land for classification as Forest Land
			 pursuant to section
			 12-107d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes may be included in any listing or directory
			 of foresters certified under section
			 23-65h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes that may be published by the State
			 Forester.
(e) Each forester who has
			 satisfactorily completed the training described in subsection (a) of this
			 section shall submit to the State Forester, on or before June 1 of each year,
			 one copy of a representative forester's report authored by said forester during
			 the previous year and a listing of the landowners who have received forester's
			 reports from that forester during the previous year. The listing shall include
			 the name of the landowner and the town(s) within which the subject land is
			 located.
(f) The State Forester may
			 suspend, revoke or deny such accreditation to evaluate land for classification
			 as Forest Land pursuant to section
			 12-107d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes if, in the State Forester's opinion, the
			 forester fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (e) of this
			 section or fails to comply with the standards and procedures established in
			 sections
			 12-107d-3
			 and
			 12-107d-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(g) Upon suspending, revoking or denying
			 accreditation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, any existing notation
			 that the forester is qualified to evaluate land for classification as Forest
			 Land pursuant to section
			 12-107d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be removed from any listing or
			 directory of foresters certified under section
			 23-65h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes that may be published by the State
			 Forester.
(h) A forester whose
			 accreditation as a qualified forester under sections
			 12-107d-1
			 to
			 12-107d-5,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies has been revoked
			 shall not be so accredited again until said forester has satisfactorily
			 completed the training in subsection (a) of this section not less than two (2)
			 years after the date of the revocation.