Montana Code > Title 80 > Chapter 7 > Part 5 – Crop Insect Detection and Management


§ 80-7-501	Definitions
§ 80-7-502	Insect detection, surveillance, and control programs
§ 80-7-503	Duties of department
§ 80-7-504	Financing of control program
§ 80-7-505	Computation and collection of assessments on landowners
§ 80-7-506	Rangeland control programs
§ 80-7-507	Administrative rules
§ 80-7-508	Duties of cooperative extension service

Alternative control program: means a system of controlling insect pest populations through biological or other means not involving toxic chemicals. See Montana Code 80-7-501
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Cropland: means land used for the production of food and forage, including the headlands, ditches, and rights-of-way adjacent to such land. See Montana Code 80-7-501
Cropland spraying program: means the application of chemical or other substances to croplands for the purpose of preventing or destroying insect pests. See Montana Code 80-7-501
Infestation: means that a pest exists in such numbers, under certain conditions, and at certain times as to destroy or substantially damage or threaten to destroy livestock or other agricultural crops. See Montana Code 80-7-501
Insect pest: includes the grasshopper, cutworm, pale western cutworm, armyworm, chinch bug, and any other insect or arthropod generally recognized as a destroyer of grain, hay, range, and horticulture crops. See Montana Code 80-7-501
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201