23-25-3 - Definitions.
23-25-3. Definitions.
As used in this compact:
(1) "Citation" means a summons, complaint, summons and complaint, ticket, penaltyassessment, or other official document issued to a person by a wildlife officer or other peaceofficer for a wildlife violation which contains an order requiring the person to respond.
(2) "Collateral" means cash or other security deposited to secure an appearance for trial inconnection with the issuance by a wildlife officer or other peace officer of a citation for a wildlifeviolation.
(3) "Compliance" with respect to a citation means the act of answering a citation throughan appearance in a court or tribunal, or through the payment of fines, costs, and surcharges.
(4) "Conviction" means a conviction, including any court conviction, for an offenserelated to the preservation, protection, management, or restoration of wildlife which is prohibitedby state statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule. This conviction shall alsoinclude the forfeiture of any bail, bond, or other security deposited to secure appearance by aperson charged with having committed the offense, the payment of a penalty assessment, a pleaof nolo contendere and the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by the court.
(5) "Court" means a court of law, including magistrate's court and the justice of the peacecourt.
(6) "Home state" means the state of primary residence of a person.
(7) "Issuing state" means the participating state which issues a wildlife citation to theviolator.
(8) "License" means a license, permit, or other public document which conveys to theperson to whom it was issued the privilege of pursuing, possessing, or taking any wildliferegulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule of a participating state.
(9) "Licensing authority" means the department or division within each participating statewhich is authorized by law to issue or approve licenses or permits to hunt, fish, trap, or possesswildlife.
(10) "Participating state" means any state which enacts legislation to become a member ofthis wildlife compact.
(11) "Personal recognizance" means an agreement by a person made at the time ofissuance of the wildlife citation that the person will comply with the terms of the citation.
(12) "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District ofColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the provinces of Canada, and the other countries.
(13) "Suspension" means a revocation, denial, or withdrawal of any or all licenseprivileges, including the privilege to apply for, purchase, or exercise the benefits conferred by anylicense.
(14) "Wildlife" means species of animals including, but not limited to, mammals, birds,fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans, which are defined as "wildlife" and areprotected or otherwise regulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule in aparticipating state. Species included in the definition of "wildlife" vary from state to state anddetermination of whether a species is "wildlife" for the purpose of this compact shall be based onlocal law.
(15) "Wildlife law" means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative ruledeveloped and enacted for the management and use of wildlife resources.
(16) "Wildlife officer" means an individual authorized by a participating state to issue a
citation for a wildlife violation.
(17) "Wildlife violation" means a cited violation of a statute, law, regulation, ordinance,or administrative rule developed and enacted for the management and use of wildlife resources.
Enacted by Chapter 260, 1992 General Session