1998 Minnesota Statutes

     84D.01 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Terms.  For the purposes of this 
 chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them. 

    Subd. 2.    Aquatic macrophyte.  "Aquatic macrophyte" 
 means a nonwoody plant, either a submerged, floating leafed, 
 floating, or emergent plant that naturally grows in water or 
 hydric soils. 

    Subd. 3.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of the department of natural resources. 

    Subd. 4.    Department.  "Department" means the 
 department of natural resources. 

    Subd. 5.    Exotic species.  "Exotic species" means a 
 wild animal species or aquatic plant species that is not a 
 native species. 

    Subd. 6.    Eurasian water milfoil.  "Eurasian water 
 milfoil" means Myriophyllum spicatum. 

    Subd. 7.    Harmful exotic species.  "Harmful exotic 
 species" means an exotic species that can naturalize and either: 

    (1) causes or may cause displacement of, or otherwise 
 threaten, native species in their natural communities; or 

    (2) threatens or may threaten natural resources or their 
 use in the state. 

    Subd. 8.    Infested waters.  "Infested waters" means 
 waters of the state designated by the commissioner under 
 sections 84D.03, subdivision 1, and 84D.12. 

    Subd. 9.    Introduction.  "Introduction" means the 
 release or escape of an exotic species into a free-living state. 

    Subd. 10.    Limited infestation of Eurasian water 
 milfoil.  "Limited infestation of Eurasian water milfoil" 
 means a body of water designated by the commissioner under 
 sections 84D.03, subdivision 2, and 84D.12. 

    Subd. 11.    Native species.  "Native species" means an 
 animal or plant species naturally present and reproducing within 
 this state or that naturally expands from its historic range 
 into this state. 

    Subd. 12.    Naturalize.  "Naturalize" means to 
 establish a self-sustaining population of exotic species in the 
 wild outside of its natural range. 

    Subd. 13.    Prohibited exotic species.  "Prohibited 
 exotic species" means a harmful exotic species that has been 
 designated as a prohibited exotic species in a rule adopted by 
 the commissioner under section 84D.12. 

    Subd. 14.    Purple loosestrife.  "Purple loosestrife" 
 means Lythrum salicaria, Lythrum virgatum, or combinations 
 thereof. 

    Subd. 15.    Regulated exotic species.  "Regulated 
 exotic species" means a harmful exotic species that has been 
 designated as a regulated exotic species in a rule adopted by 
 the commissioner under section 84D.12. 

    Subd. 16.    Transport.  "Transport" means to cause or 
 attempt to cause a species to be carried or moved into or within 
 the state, and includes accepting or receiving the species for 
 transportation or shipment.  Transport does not include the 
 unintentional transport of a species within a water of the state 
 or to a connected water of the state where the species being 
 transported is already present. 

    Subd. 17.    Unlisted exotic species.  "Unlisted exotic 
 species" means an exotic species that has not been designated as 
 a prohibited exotic species, a regulated exotic species, or an 
 unregulated exotic species in a rule adopted by the commissioner 
 under section 84D.12. 

    Subd. 18.    Unregulated exotic species.  "Unregulated 
 exotic species" means an exotic species that has been designated 
 as an unregulated exotic species in a rule adopted by the 
 commissioner under section 84D.12. 

    Subd. 19.    Watercraft.  "Watercraft" means a 
 contrivance used or designed for navigation on water and 
 includes seaplanes. 

    Subd. 20.    Waters of the state.  "Waters of the state" 
 has the meaning given in section 97A.015, subdivision 54. 

    Subd. 21.    Wild animal.  "Wild animal" means a living 
 creature, not human, wild by nature, endowed with sensation and 
 power of voluntary motion. 

    Subd. 22.    Zebra mussel.  "Zebra mussel" means a 
 species of the genus Dreissena. 

    HIST: 1996 c 385 art 1 s 1