Section 324.9301 - DefinitionsAs used in this part:
(a) "Agency of this state" includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this state.(b) "Board" or "conservation district board" means the governing body of a conservation district.(c) "Compliance assistance agent" means an individual who provides technical assistance to individuals, organizations, agencies, or others to aid them in complying with federal and state laws and local conservation ordinances.(d) "Conservation species" means those plant species beneficial for conservation practices as included on the list prepared under section 9304a by the conservation species advisory panel.(e) "Conservation species advisory panel" means the conservation species advisory panel created in section 9304a.(f) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.(g) "Director" means 1 of the members of the conservation district board, elected or appointed in accordance with this part.(h) "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with this part, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this part.(i) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.(j) "Landowner" includes any person who holds title to or has contracted to purchase any land lying within a district organized under this part or former 1937 PA 297.(k) "Person" means an individual, partnership, or corporation.(l) "Plant rescue" means to physically move native conservation species of plants from 1 location in Michigan to another location in Michigan for the purpose of reestablishing the native conservation species.(m) "Qualified forester" means that term as defined in section 51301.(n) "Resident" means a person who is of legal age to vote and can demonstrate residency in the district with 1 piece of identification.(o) "State" means this state.(p) "United States" or "agencies of the United States" includes the United States of America, the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.Amended by 2013, Act 45,s 1, eff. 6/6/2013.Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. 5/24/1995 ;--Am. 1998, Act 463, Imd. Eff. 1/4/1999.