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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 08.07.02.02" title_num="08" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="02" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Director” means the Director of the Department of Natural Resources — Forest Service, or the Director’s authorized representative.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Dripline” is a line extending from the outer reaches of a tree crown vertically to the ground.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Forest Service” means the Maryland Forest Service.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Licensed tree expert” means a person licensed under Natural Resources Article, §5-415 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Person” includes the State, a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, or their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or a partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or other entity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Pesticide” means a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Chemical or biological preparation used to kill, inhibit, or regulate growth on targeted plants, their spores or seed, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Herbicides,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Insecticides,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Tree growth regulators, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Fungicides;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Substance or mixture of substances intended for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating pests,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Use as a spray adjuvant such as a wetting agent or adhesive.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Public road” means a road the title to which, or the easement for the use of which, is vested in a public body or governmental agency.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Recommended tree list” means a list of trees approved by the Forest Service and those recommended by the Forest Service that are suitable for planting on specific sites and for specific conditions within the right-of-way of a public road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Right-of-way of a public road” means that land the title to which, or an easement for which, is held by the State, county, or a municipality for use as a public road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Roadside tree” or “tree” means a plant that has a woody stem or trunk that grows all, or in part, within the right-of-way of a public road.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Roadside tree care expert” means an individual representing a governmental agency who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is designated to supervise that government's roadside tree planting and maintenance operations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has passed the Forest Service's examination for Roadside Tree Care Experts; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Has been approved by the Forest Service as qualified to supervise that government's tree care program.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Tree care” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Removal of a roadside tree;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Planting or maintenance, or both, of a roadside tree;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Application of pesticide to a roadside tree; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Treatment that may affect the health or growth of a roadside tree.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Tree care crew” means a unit from a public or private entity whose purpose is to maintain roadside trees as defined in §B(10) of this regulation, characterized by a service truck and supervised by a licensed tree expert.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Tree care standards” means tree care approved by the Forest Service and in accordance with the roadside tree care standards set forth in Regulations .07—.09 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>