Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 456B - Special Provisions -- Natural Resources Department

• Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 456B.1
• Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 456B.1
• Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 456B.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Protected wetlands: means type 3, type 4, and type 5 wetlands as described in circular 39, "Wetlands of the United States" 1971 Edition, published by the United States department of the interior. See Iowa Code 456B.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Wetlands: means an area of two or more acres in a natural condition that is mostly under water or waterlogged during the spring growing season and is characterized by vegetation of hydric soils. See Iowa Code 456B.1