CHAPTER 2. Definitions [80051 - 80064]
( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 156. )
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this chapter govern the construction of this division.
(Added by renumbering Section 70600 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 49.)
“Landowner” includes the public agency administering any public lands within the areas subject to this division.
(Added by renumbering Section 70601 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 50.)
“Harvest” means to remove or cut and remove from the place where grown.
(Added by renumbering Section 70602 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 51.)
“Harvester” means a person who harvests a native plant.
(Added by renumbering Section 70603 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 52.)
“Director” means the Director of Food and Agriculture.
(Added by renumbering Section 70604 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 53.)
“Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
(Added by renumbering Section 70605 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 54.)
“Tag” means a paper or cloth label that can be attached to a native plant or a commercial load by means of a string and a seal, which tag specifies, among other things, a serial number, type of plant, fee required, location of origin, date of removal, witnessing authority, applicant, destination, and proposed use, including, but not limited to, commercial processing or landscaping.
(Added by renumbering Section 70606 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 55.)
“Seal” means a metal, tamperproof clamp used to permanently affix the tag to a native plant.
(Added by renumbering Section 70607 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 56.)
“Resale” means native plants harvested, possessed, or transported with the intent to sell the plants for the ultimate purpose of landscaping or decoration, or both.
(Added by renumbering Section 70608 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 57.)
“Resale load” means native plants harvested, possessed, or transported for resale purposes.
(Added by renumbering Section 70609 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 58.)
“Native plant” means any tree, shrub, bulb, or plant or part thereof, except its fruit, named in this division as being subject to this division or added by the director pursuant to Section 80074, which is growing wild. “Native plant” includes any part of any tree of the following species, whether living or dead:
(a) Olneya tesota (desert ironwood).
(b) All species of the genus Prosopis (mesquites).
(c) All species of the genus Cercidium (palos verdes).
(Added by renumbering Section 70610 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 59.)
“Commercial harvesting” means harvesting native plants for an ultimate use other than as landscaping or decorative material and with the plants’ tops or branches, or both, boughs, or limbs removed.
(Added by renumbering Section 70611 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 60.)
“Permit” means an application form to harvest native plants that has been filled out by the applicant and approved and officially endorsed by the commissioner or sheriff of the county wherein the native plants covered by the application are located.
(Added by renumbering Section 70612 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 61.)
“Wood receipt” means a receipt that is to accompany one or more cords of wood harvested under this division. The wood receipt shall contain information which specifies, among other things, a serial number, species of wood, fee required, location of origin, date of removal, witnessing authority, applicant, destination, and proposed use, including, but not limited to, commercial processing landscaping.
(Added by renumbering Section 70613 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 62.)