Section 15-30-103 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) "Landowner" means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, holder of a conservation easement as defined in § 15-20-402, lawful occupant, or person in lawful control of the premises;(2)(A) "Prescribed burning" means the planned and controlled application of fire to vegetative fuels under specified weather, environmental, and other conditions, while following appropriate precautionary measures that will: (i) Confine the fire to a predetermined area; and(ii) Accomplish the intended management objectives for the area to be burned.(B) "Prescribed burning" does not include crop residue burning;(3) "Prescribed burning prescription" means a written plan establishing the conditions and methods for conducting prescribed burning that: (A) Is prepared by a qualified prescribed burner; and(B) Addresses the starting, controlling, and extinguishing of the prescribed burning; and(4)(A) "Qualified prescribed burner" means an individual who has successfully completed a prescribed burner training program approved by the Department of Agriculture or the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.(B) "Qualified prescribed burner" includes an individual who has successfully completed a prescribed burner training program in another state if the prescribed burner training program is recognized and approved by the department or commission.Added by Act 2023, No. 695,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.