As used in this chapter:

1. (1) "Boat livery" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2.

2. (2)

   1. (a) "Conveyance" means a terrestrial or aquatic vehicle or a vehicle part that may carry or contain an invasive mussel.
   2. (b) "Conveyance" includes a motor vehicle, a vessel, a motorboat, a sailboat, a personal watercraft, a container, a trailer, a live well, or a bilge area.

3. (3) "Decontaminate" means to:

   1. (a) drain and dry non-treated water; or
   2. (b) chemically or thermally treat in accordance with rule.
4. (4) "Division," notwithstanding Section 23A-1-101, means the Division of Law Enforcement within the department.
5. (5) "Dreissena mussel" means a mussel of the genus Dreissena at any life stage or at death, including a zebra mussel, a quagga mussel, and Conrad's false mussel.

6. (6) "Equipment" means an article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing:

   1. (a) water; or
   2. (b) an invasive mussel.
7. (7) "Facility" means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body.
8. (8) "Infested water" means a geographic region, water body, facility, or water supply system within or outside the state that the Wildlife Board identifies in rule as carrying or containing an invasive mussel.
9. (9) "Inflatable motorboat" means a motorboat that is inflated before the motorboat is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
10. (10) "Invasive mussel" means a Dreissena mussel or Limnoperna mussel.
11. (11) "Limnoperna mussel" means a mussel of the genus Limnoperna at any life stage or at death, including a golden mussel.
12. (12) "Motorboat" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2.
13. (13) "Nonmotorized vessel" means a vessel that is propelled on water solely by human power.
14. (14) "Vessel" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2.
15. (15) "Water body" means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, or fountain.

16. (16)

    1. (a) "Water supply system" means a system that treats, conveys, or distributes water for irrigation, industrial, waste water treatment, or culinary use.
    2. (b) "Water supply system" includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline.
    3. (c) "Water supply system" does not include a water body.

Amended by Chapter 403, 2026 General Session