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Wildlife Resources Code of Utah | |
Aquatic Invasive Species Interdiction Act | |
Section 102 | Definitions. |
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23-27-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Wildlife Board. (2) (a) "Conveyance" means a terrestrial or aquatic vehicle or a vehicle part that may carry or contain a Dreissena mussel. (b) "Conveyance" includes a motor vehicle, a vessel, a motorboat, a sailboat, a personal watercraft, a container, a trailer, a live well, or a bilge area. (3) "Decontaminate" means to: (a) drain and dry all non-treated water; and (b) chemically or thermally treat in accordance with rule. (4) "Director" means the director of the division. (5) "Division" means the Division of Wildlife Resources. (6) "Dreissena mussel" means a mussel of the genus Dreissena at any life stage, including a zebra mussel, a quagga mussel, and Conrad's false mussel. (7) "Equipment" means an article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing: (a) water; or (b) a Dreissena mussel. (8) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. (9) "Facility" means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body. (10) "Infested water" means a geographic region, water body, facility, or water supply system within or outside the state that the board identifies in rule as carrying or containing a Dreissena mussel. (11) "Water body" means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain. (12) (a) "Water supply system" means a system that treats, conveys, or distributes water for irrigation, industrial, waste water treatment, or culinary use. (b) "Water supply system" includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline. (c) "Water supply system" does not include a water body.
Enacted by Chapter 284, 2008 General Session |
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