81-1-101. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in Title 81, the following definitions apply:
     (1) (a) "Bison" means domestic bison or feral bison.
     (b) The term does not include:
     (i) wild buffalo or wild bison; or
     (ii) for the purposes of chapter 9, buffalo.
     (2) "Board" means the board of livestock provided for in 2-15-3102, except as provided in Title 81, chapter 23.
     (3) "Department" means the department of livestock provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 31.
     (4) "Domestic bison" means a bison owned by a person.
     (5) "Feral bison" means a domestic bison or progeny of a domestic bison that has escaped or been released from captivity and is running at large and unrestrained on public or private land.
     (6) "Wild buffalo" or "wild bison" means a bison that has not been reduced to captivity and is not owned by a person.

     History: En. 46-103.1 by Sec. 48, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-103.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 361, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 403, L. 2011.