Montana § 80-7-501 - Definitions
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§ 80-7-501. Definitions
Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Alternative control program" means a system of controlling insect pest populations through biological or other means not involving toxic chemicals. (2) "Cropland" means land used for the production of food and forage, including the headlands, ditches, and rights-of-way adjacent to such land. (3) "Cropland spraying program" means the application of chemical or other substances to croplands for the purpose of preventing or destroying insect pests. (4) "Emergency" means a serious insect pest infestation that meets the conditions of 10-3-311 . (5) "Infestation" means that a pest exists in such numbers, under certain conditions, and at certain times as to destroy or substantially damage or threaten to destroy livestock or other agricultural crops. (6) "Insect pest" includes the grasshopper, cutworm, pale western cutworm, armyworm, chinch bug, and any other insect or arthropod generally recognized as a destroyer of grain, hay, range, and horticulture crops.
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