39-14-501 - Part definitions.
39-14-501. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commercial purpose means litter discarded by a business, corporation, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity conducting business for economic gain, or by an employee or agent of the entity;
(2) Garbage includes putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food;
(3) Litter includes garbage, refuse, rubbish and all other waste material, including a tobacco product as defined in § 39-17-1503 and any other item primarily designed to hold or filter a tobacco product while the tobacco is being smoked;
(4) Refuse includes all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste; and
(5) Rubbish includes nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste.
[Acts 2007, ch. 595, § 1.]