RS 3:3816 Special provisions - Louisiana Statutes

§3816.  Special provisions

The following provisions shall supersede the requirements and provisions of this Chapter:

(1)  An individual performing certain gardening activities, such as mowing, edging, hand weeding, or trimming of hedges and shrubbery, under the direction and responsibility of the owner of the property, shall not be required to obtain any license required by this Chapter to practice his occupation.

(2)  An individual who prunes a tree, under the specific direction and responsibility of the owner of the property, in which the branch to be removed is two inches or less in diameter and is within ten feet of ground level, shall not be required to obtain any license required by this Chapter.

(3)  The provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section shall not apply to services performed for commercial establishments.

(4)  A landowner or homeowner doing work on his own property, a land surveyor practicing his profession, land clearing operations, forestry operations, and utility companies doing work in emergency situations or in the preventing of emergency situations, for the restoration of service, or for the installation of individual service lines by an installer repair technician, shall not be required to obtain a utility arborist license as required by this Chapter.

(5)  A person who constructs, installs, connects, repairs, maintains, improves, or alters an irrigation system used for agricultural or forestry purposes or on property owned, managed, or leased by that person or his employer shall not be required to obtain a landscape irrigation contractor license as required by this Chapter.

(6)  The provisions of this Chapter shall not supersede local ordinances adopted by local governing authorities regarding the installation of backflow prevention devices.

Acts 1987, No. 874, §1; Acts 1992, No. 60, §1; Acts 2004, No. 810, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.