R657-43-2. Definitions

  (1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 23-13-2.

  (2) In addition:

  (a) "Eligible property" means:

  (i) private land that provides habitat for deer, elk or pronghorn as determined by the division of Wildlife Resources;

  (ii) private land that is not used in the operation of a Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit;

  (iii) private land that is not used in the operation of an elk farm or elk hunting park;

  (iv) land in agricultural use as provided in Section 59-2-502 and eligible for agricultural use valuation as provided in Sections 59-2-503 and 59-2-504; and

  (v) private land having one or more of the following attributes:

  (A) for the purpose of receiving general buck deer permits, a minimum of 640 acres of private land owned or leased by one landowner within the general unit hunt boundary;

  (B) for the purposes of receiving a landowner appreciation permit, a minimum of 100 acres of cultivated and mechanically harvested crop lands that, in the discretion of the division, is relied upon by migratory deer to meet herd management objectives;

  (C) for the purposes of receiving a limited entry permit or voucher, private land, including crop lands, owned by members of a landowner association that is within a limited entry unit.

  (b) "Immediate family" means the landowner's or lessee's spouse, children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepchildren, and grandchildren.

  (c) "Landowner" means any person, partnership, or corporation who owns property in Utah and whose name appears on a deed as the owner of eligible property or whose name appears as the purchaser on a contract for sale of eligible property.

  (d) "Landowner association" means an organization of private landowners who own property within a limited entry unit, organized for the purpose of working with the division.

  (e) "Lessee" means any person, partnership, or corporation whose name appears as the Lessee on a written lease, for at least a one-year period, for eligible property used for farming or ranching purposes, and who is in actual physical control of the eligible property.

  (f) "Limited entry unit" means a specified geographical area that is closed to hunting deer, elk or pronghorn to any person who has not obtained a valid permit to hunt in that unit.

  (g) "Voucher" means a document issued by the division to a landowner, landowner association, or Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit operator, allowing a landowner, landowner association, or Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit operator to designate who may purchase a landowner big game hunting permit from a division office.