Wildlife Resources Code of Utah
Aquatic Invasive Species Interdiction Act
Section 102
Definitions.
     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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