§152-1  Definitions.  For the purpose ofthis chapter, unless otherwise required by context:

"Control noxious weed" means to limitthe spread of a specific noxious weed and to reduce its density to a degreewhere its injurious, harmful, or deleterious effect is reduced to a tolerablelevel.

"Cooperative agreement" means anagreement between the department and the landowner and land occupier for thecontrol or eradication of a noxious weed infestation.

"Department" means the department ofagriculture.

"Eradicate noxious weed" means tocompletely destroy and eliminate existing plant growth, seeds, and vegetativereproductive plant parts of a specific noxious weed from a given locality.

"Land occupier" means a person whooccupies, resides on, or utilizes land or real estate of a landowner.

"Landowner" means the possessor of afee simple absolute title in land or real estate and shall include the Stateand its political subdivisions in their capacities as owners of public lands.

"Noxious weed" means any plantspecies which is, or which may be likely to become, injurious, harmful, ordeleterious to the agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural, or livestockindustry of the State and to forest and recreational areas and conservationdistricts of the State, as determined and designated by the department fromtime to time.

"Person" means any individual, firm,corporation, association, or partnership. [L 1957, c 319, pt of §1; am L Sp1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; Supp, §27A-2; HRS §152-1; am L 1974, c234, §1; am L 1975, c 44, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 92, §1]