§ 61-31-02 — Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise provides:
1. "Adjacent lands" means lands bordering or within one-fourth mile of the wetland.
2. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner.
3. "Landowner" means the person, including a lessee, who has actual use and exclusive
possession of the land.
4. "Participant" means the landowner participating in the program.
5. "Program" means the state waterbank program.
6. "State assessment team" means representatives from the department of agriculture,
the game and fish department, the department of water resources, the United States
department of agriculture's soil conservation service, and the United States fish and
wildlife service.
7. "Wetlands" means a natural depressional area that is capable of holding shallow,
temporary, intermittent, or permanent water. It does not include sheetwater.