Utah Code 23-27-102. Definitions

Renumbered 7/1/2023)

Renumbered 7/1/2023
23-27-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:

(1)	“Board” means the Wildlife Board.

Board: means the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23-27-102
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. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Facility: means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body. See Utah Code 23-27-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Vessel: means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Water body: means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain. See Utah Code 23-27-102
Water supply system: includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline. See Utah Code 23-27-102

(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)	“Vessel” means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2.

(12)	“Water body” means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain.

(13)

(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.

Amended by Chapter 195, 2020 General Session