For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
- (1) WATERCRAFT. Any vessel or contrivance used or capable of being used for navigation or flotation upon water whether or not capable of self-propulsion, except passenger or cargo-carrying vessels which are subject to and are adequately controlled, in the opinion of the State Board of Health, in respect to discharge of sewage and litter, by a department or agency of the federal government.
- (2) SEWAGE. All human body wastes.
- (3) LITTER. Any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, rubbish or similar refuse discharged as no longer useful or useable.
- (4) MARINE TOILET. Any toilet or device, including plastic or other kinds of bags or containers, on or within any watercraft for the purpose of discharging sewage.
- (5) WATERS OF THIS STATE. All of the waters within this state on which watercraft are used or operated.
- (6) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.
(Acts 1969, No. 769, p. 1368, §1.)