Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means:
(a) In the case of the federal government, any authority which exercises
administrative control over defined areas of federal lands within the
state of Idaho;
(b) In the case of the state of Idaho, any department, board, commission,
or institution;
(c) In the case of local government, cities, counties and any legal
subdivisions thereof, drainage districts, irrigation districts, canal
companies, highway districts, or any special taxing district.
(2) "Applicable fund or account" means:
(a) In the case of the state of Idaho, the noxious weed account, which is
hereby created and established in the dedicated fund and which shall be
used exclusively for the purposes prescribed by this chapter;
(b) In each county, the noxious weed fund, which is hereby created and
established and shall be maintained in each county and which shall be used
exclusively for the purposes prescribed by this chapter.
(3) "Containment" means halting the spread of a weed infestation beyond
specified boundaries.
(4) "Control authority" means:
(a) On the state level, the director of the department of agriculture;
(b) On the county level, the board of county commissioners.
(5) "Cooperative weed management area (CWMA)" means a distinguishable
hydrologic, vegetative or geographic zone based upon geography, weed
infestations, climate or human-use patterns. Cooperative weed management areas
may be composed of a portion of a county, a county, portions of several
counties, or portions of one (1) or more states.
(6) "Department" means the Idaho department of agriculture.
(7) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or the
director's designated agent.
(8) "Eradication" means the complete elimination of all above-ground
plant growth of a target noxious weed species for a period of two (2) years.
(9) "Integrated weed management plan (IWMP)" means a plan developed to
manage, control or eradicate a noxious weed(s) from a cooperative weed
management area or other weed management area.
(10) "Land" means all soil or water or other growing medium.
(11) "Landowner" means:
(a) The person who holds legal title to the land, except that portion for
which another person has the right to exclude others from possession of
the parcel;
(b) A person with an interest in a parcel of land such that the person
has the right to exclude others from possession of the parcel.
(12) "Noxious weed" means any plant having the potential to cause injury
to public health, crops, livestock, land or other property; and which is
designated as noxious by the director.
(13) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, agency,
corporation, company, society or association.
(14) "Prevention" means any action that reduces the potential for the
introduction or establishment of a plant species in areas not currently
infested with that species.
(15) "Quarantine" means the regulation of the production, movement, or
existence of plants, plant products, animals, animal products, or any other
article or material, or the normal activity of persons, to prevent or limit
introduction or spread of noxious weeds.
(16) "Restoration" means the process of reconditioning formerly weed
infested land to a productive or desirable condition.
(17) "Special management zone" is an area wherein specific requirements
of this chapter may be modified.
(18) "State noxious weed advisory committee" means an advisory committee
appointed by the director to advise and to assist in development, modification
and direction of a statewide noxious weed management strategy.
(19) "Weed control" means any or all of the following: prevention,
restoration, eradication, or modified treatments specified in a special
management zone.
(20) "Weed control advisory committee" means a committee established by
weed control agencies or authorities, at the county level, or a steering
committee of a cooperative weed management area, to develop and to recommend
implementation of integrated weed management plans and strategies.

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