Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE49 AGRICULTURE |
CHAPTER555. Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
NRS555.005. Definitions.
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- As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
2. “Director” means the Director of the Department.
3. “Noxious weed” means any species of plant which is, or is likely to be, detrimental or destructive and difficult to control or eradicate.
4. “Vertebrate pest” means any animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, except predatory animals, which is normally considered to be a pest, including a gopher, ground squirrel, rat, mouse, starling, blackbird and any other animal which the Director may declare to be a pest.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1975, 555; 1993, 1709; 1997, 479; 1999, 3640)