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AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES ACT (3-27-08 pm version) <br />SECTION 1. Create a new PART 2 OF ARTICLE 13 IN TITLE 33 to read as follows: <br />PART 2 <br />AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES <br />33-13-201. Legislative declaration - scope and purpose of part. <br />(1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL <br />AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES TO THE STATE'S <br />AQUATIC RESOURCES AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURES AND RECOGNIZES THAT <br />RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT OR "VESSELS" ARE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF <br />POSSIBLE SPREAD OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES AND FINDS, DETERMINES, <br />AND DECLARES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PART 2, ARTICLE 13 OF THIS TITLE, <br />IS TO IMPLEMENT ACTIONS TO DETECT, PREVENT, CONTAIN, CONTROL, <br />MONITOR AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE, ERADICATE AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES, <br />AND TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE FROM AQUATIC <br />NUISANCE SPECIES. <br />33-13-202. Definitions. <br />AS USED 1N THIS PART 2, LJNI,ESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES: <br />(1) "AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES" MEANS THOSE EXOTIC OR NONNATIVE <br />AQUATIC WILDLIFE OR PLANT SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO POSE <br />A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE STATE'S AQUATIC RESOURCES AND WATER <br />INFRASTRUCTURES. <br />(2) "AUTHORIZED AGENT" MEANS ANY PERSON, EMPLOYEE, OR <br />REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY <br />SUBDNISION OF SUCH GOVERNMENT THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE <br />GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO TEMPORARILY STOP, DETAIN, AND INSPECT A <br />CONVEYANCE FOR AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES. <br />(3) "CONVEYANCE" MEANS ANY MOTOR VEHICLE, VESSEL AND TRAILER, OR <br />ANY ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT OR CONTAINERS INCLUDING A LIVE WELL, <br />BALLAST TANK AND BILGE AREA THAT MAY CONTAIN OR CARRY ANY AQUATIC <br />NUISANCE SPECIES. <br />(4) "DECONTAMINATE" MEANS TO WASH, DRA1N, DRY AND/OR CHEMICALLY OR <br />THERMALLY TREAT A CONVEYANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD RULE SO <br />THAT ANY AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES ARE REMOVED OR DESTROYED. <br />1 <br />