Rhode Island § 2-14-2 § 2-14-2. Appointment by town council or city mayor.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 2-14-2 — § 2-14-2. Appointment by town council or city mayor.

Rhode Island § 2-14-2

Title 2Agriculture and Forestry

Ch. 2-14Tree Wardens

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-14-2 (2026).

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§ 2-14-2. Appointment by town council or city mayor.
Every town council at its regular meeting in January of each year, and the mayor of
            every city on or before February 1 each year, shall appoint a tree warden who is,
            or who within six (6) months of his or her assuming office, becomes an arborist, licensed
            under chapter 19 of this title, to engage in the business or practice of all phases
            of tree care, including, but without limiting the generality to the planting, pruning,
            trimming, spraying, or repairing of fruit, shade, forest and ornamental trees and
            shrubs.
         

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§ 2-14-2. Appointment by town council or city mayor.

Every town council at its regular meeting in January of each year, and the mayor of every city on or before February 1 each year, shall appoint a tree warden who is, or who within six (6) months of his or her assuming office, becomes an arborist, licensed under chapter 19 of this title, to engage in the business or practice of all phases of tree care, including, but without limiting the generality to the planting, pruning, trimming, spraying, or repairing of fruit, shade, forest and ornamental trees and shrubs.

Legislative History

P.L. 1931, ch. 1763, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 225, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-14-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 450, § 1.