Rhode Island § 2-15-1 § 2-15-1. Registration of wood cutting operations.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 2-15-1 — § 2-15-1. Registration of wood cutting operations.

Rhode Island § 2-15-1

Title 2Agriculture and Forestry

Ch. 2-15Protection of Trees and Plants Generally

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-15-1 (2026).

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§ 2-15-1. Registration of wood cutting operations.
No person, firm or corporation, or any authorized agent of that person, firm or corporation,
            shall cut or saw standing or growing trees, shrubs or vegetation for commercial forest
            products, other than for the owner's own domestic use, unless the person, firm or
            corporation is registered as a woods operator with the department of environmental
            management. Application for a registration certificate shall be made, in writing,
            on or after July 1 of each year on forms prepared by the department of environmental
            management accompanied by a fee as authorized by regulation in § 2-10-3.1 for each certificate

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§ 2-15-1. Registration of wood cutting operations.

No person, firm or corporation, or any authorized agent of that person, firm or corporation, shall cut or saw standing or growing trees, shrubs or vegetation for commercial forest products, other than for the owner's own domestic use, unless the person, firm or corporation is registered as a woods operator with the department of environmental management. Application for a registration certificate shall be made, in writing, on or after July 1 of each year on forms prepared by the department of environmental management accompanied by a fee as authorized by regulation in § 2-10-3.1 for each certificate, and all registration certificates shall expire on June 30 of the year following their issuance. Funds collected from registration fees as provided in this section shall be deposited within the state forestry fund as provided for in § 2-10-3.

Legislative History

G.L. 1938, ch. 281, § 27; P.L. 1932, ch. 1928, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 223, § 8; G.L., ch. 223, § 11, as redesignated by P.L. 1940, ch. 914, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2973, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 2-15-1; P.L. 1958, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 23, § 5.