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• t ~.J _~ _ ~ • -$- Section l~. Business Practice to be Followed. (a) All vehicles and assembly equipment, actively and regularly engaged in service work, for easy identification, such as trucks and trailers shall be permanently marked (b) Fumigants, rodenticides and insecticides shall be used in accor- dance with the recommendations of the interdepartmental committee on Pest Control (composed of t)nited States Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Army, Navy, Air Force and Department of Health, Education and Nlelfare), as made available by the National Pest Control Association or the manufac- turers and formulators of chemicals used. (c) The burden of responsibility shall rest upon the Pest Control Operator for selection and use of proper chemicals and also for the cor- rect formulation and dosages used unless otherwise specified in therules and regulations. (d) Any Pest Control Operator who shall move his place of business from one location to another shall be required to send change of address notices to all property owners or their authorized agents who hold con- tracts in any form with said licensee. All such change of address notices shall be placed in the mail at least prior to the moving and must state clearly the new address at which the licensee will be located. (e) Each Pest Control Operator shall be required to notify the City of La Porte of any change of address within ten (10) days after such change has been made. (f) Misleading advertising in any form is prohibited. (g) No reference shall be made by any Pest Control Operator or Pest Control Business in any form of advertising as to approval, endorse- ment or recommendation of the City of La Porte. (h) Any Pest Control Operator in the solicitation of business who shall claim that inspections and/or treatments are required, authorized or endorsed by the City of La Porte shall be guilty of fraud and misrepre- sentation, Section 2O. Contract Required. (1) Each Pest Control Business or Pest Control Operator must enter into a written agreement or contract with the property holder or his or her authorized agent far each "wood infesting organisms control" job, when such job is confined to a structure. (`L) The contract must clearly set forth the following stipulations: (a) The date upon which the contract will become effective and the period or time covered by the contract. lb) The type or types of wood infesting organisms being controlled under the contract. (c) The total maximum price to be charged exclusive of repairs, replacement or excavation. (d) Pdhether or not inspections are to be made, approximate tune of intervals between, and fees f.or same, if any. (e) Conditions under which re-treatments will be made. (f) Any "wood infesting organisms control" contract -nust be pre- sented to the property holder or his or her agent for acceptance in advance of the performance of any remedial measures as specified.