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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 3604

  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • Harvest: means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber. See
  • Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
  • Timber: means :

§ 3604. Exemptions

The cutting, felling, or destruction of a tree or the harvest of timber by the following shall not be subject to a civil action under section 3606 of this title or a criminal penalty under section 3606a of this title:

(1) The Agency of Transportation, or its representatives, conducting vegetation management.

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

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

(4) [Repealed.]

(5) A railroad conducting vegetation management.

(6) A licensed surveyor establishing boundaries between abutting parcels under 27 V.S.A. § 4. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)