Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 5. AGRICULTURAL SEED AND PATENTED PLANT MATERIAL

Part 4. Seed Potato Disease Control Act

Definitions

80-5-402. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Certified seed potatoes" means potato seed stock that has passed limited field and storage inspections and that has been grown in accordance with the certification rules and regulations of an official seed potato certifying agency of the state or country of origin and certified as such.

(2) "Commercial purpose" means planting or propagating potatoes for the purpose of selling, trading, or otherwise exchanging for profit.

(3) "Department" means the department of agriculture provided for in 2-15-3001.

(4) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or separate business or legal entity.

(5) "Seed potatoes" or "potato seed" means all varieties of potato tubers, stems, and other plant parts of the herb plant known as Solanum tuberosum that are intended or used for seed purposes, planting, propagation, or reproduction.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 610, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1997.