Terms Used In New York Laws > County > Article 9 - Chairman of the Board of Supervisors

• Advisory committee: means the New York invasive species advisory committee established by section 9-1707 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Council: means the New York invasive species council established by section 9-1705 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Ecosystem: means the complex of a community of organisms and its environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Introduction: means the intentional or unintentional escape, release, dissemination, or placement of a species into an ecosystem as a result of human activity. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Invasive species: means a species that is:
  
  (a) nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration; and
  
  (b) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Native species: means , with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Plan: means the plan developed pursuant to section 9-1705 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
• Species: means a group of organisms all of which have a high degree of physical and genetic similarity, generally interbreed only among themselves, and show persistent differences from members of allied groups of organisms. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703