As Amended
SEC. 69-21-105. Definitions [Repealed effective June 30, 2006].
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:
(a) "Board" shall mean the State Board of Agricultural Aviation.
(b) "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, company, trust, association or other legal entity.
(c) "Aerial application" means the practice of engaging in agricultural aircraft operations for remuneration.
(d) "Agricultural aircraft operation" means:
(i) Dispensing any pesticide, seed or fertilizer by aircraft;
(ii) Dispensing any other substance intended for plant nourishment, soil treatment, propagation of plant life, or pest control by aircraft; or
(iii) Engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture, horticulture, or forest preservation by aircraft.
(e) "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented that is used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air over land and water, and that is designed for or adaptable for use in agricultural aircraft operation.
(f) "Applicator" means any person, as herein defined, who is licensed under this article to engage in agricultural aircraft operations.
(g) "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances, except as set forth in Section 69-21-111, intended for defoliating or desiccating plants, or for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects, fungi, bacteria, weeds, or other forms of plant or animal life which the board shall declare to be a pest.
(h) "Pilot" means the operator of an aircraft used in agricultural aircraft operation; provided, however, a pilot may also be a person who is licensed as an applicator under the provisions of this article.
(i) "Insect" means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the Class Insecta, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms, as for example, beetles, bugs and flies; and to other classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than six (6) legs, as for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes and wood lice.
(j) "Defoliant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission.
(k) "Desiccant" means any substances or mixtures of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5011-03; Laws, 1966, ch. 239, Sec. 3; 1980, ch. 482, Sec. 2; reenacted, 1983, ch. 304, Sec. 3; reenacted, 1991, ch. 391, Sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1991. Reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 447, Sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1996;1997 Laws, Chapter 468, Sec. 3, SB2288, Effective July 1, 1997. Reenacted by Laws 1999, Ch. 387, Sec. 3, HB759; Laws, 2002, ch. 301, § 3, HB 866; Reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 514, § 3, HB 409, eff from and after passage (approved May 4, 2004).
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