76-13-401. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Board" means the board of land commissioners provided for in Article X, section 4, of the Montana constitution.
     (2) "Certification of clearance" means a certification issued by the department acknowledging that the fire hazard has been reduced or managed in accordance with this part and the fire hazard reduction agreement or agreements.
     (3) "Contractor" means the person who executes the fire hazard reduction agreement and is responsible to fulfill the obligations established by the agreement.
     (4) "Department" means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 33.
     (5) "Fire hazard" means slash and debris resulting from timber cutting, timber stand improvement, or right-of-way clearing operations that produce a cover of flammable material in which fire could spread through a cutting or adjacent area.
     (6) "Fire hazard reduction agreement" means a contract made to ensure compliance with this part and with the rules adopted under 76-13-403 for fire hazard reduction or management.
     (7) "Fire hazard reduction or management" means the abatement of a fire hazard by methods that include but are not limited to separation, removal, scattering, lopping, crushing, piling and burning, broadcast burning, burying, or chipping.
     (8) "Forest product" means trees or their component parts, including but not limited to logs, poles, branches, or bark.
     (9) "Master fire hazard reduction agreement" means a fire hazard reduction agreement between the department and persons engaged in continuing cutting operations of sufficient number and size to warrant covering these operations under a single agreement and a single bond.
     (10) "Person" means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, estate, or any other entity.
     (11) "Purchaser" means a person who purchases or contracts to purchase any forest products cut from private forest lands within the state. The term includes persons who purchase products manufactured on the cutting area.

     History: En. 28-403.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 522, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 28-403.1; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 529, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 265, Ch. 418, L. 1995.