There Is a Newer Version of the Utah Code
2011 Utah Code
Title 23 Wildlife Resources Code of Utah
Chapter 27 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.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Utah may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.