Definitions

Whenever used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless otherwise specified:

(a)Cooperator means a land occupier or farm land owner who has entered into an agreement with a district requesting the district to provide aid under this Chapter.

(b)Director, or district director, means a member of either the Northern or Southern District Board.

(c)District means the Northern Soil and Water Conservation District and the Southern Soil and Water Conservation District.

(1)Northern Soil and Water Conservation District, or Northern District, means the area organized pursuant to this Act as that area covering the northern area of Guam—the “entire” area designated as Northern Guam by the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI), University of Guam, as published in the 2007 Geologic Map and Sections of Guam, Mariana Islands, as amended, with the Adelup-Pago fault extending across the narrow waist of the island and forms the structural boundary between the northern and southern parts of the island (map attached). COL1312018 CH. 71 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT BOARDS

(2)Southern Soil and Water Conservation District, or Southern District, means the area organized pursuant to this Act as that area covering the southern area of Guam—the “entire” area designated as Southern Guam by the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI), University of Guam, as published in the 2007 Geologic Map and Sections of Guam, Mariana Islands, as amended, with the Adelup-Pago fault extending across the narrow waist of the island and forms the structural boundary between the northern and southern parts of the island (map attached).

(d)District Board means the government of Guam board comprised of individuals elected by local farmers, farm land owners or land occupiers to fulfill the duties set forth in this Act.

(1)Northern Soil and Water Conservation District Board, or Northern District Board, means the District Board which shall govern the Northern District, organized pursuant to this Act.

(2)Southern Soil and Water Conservation District Board, or Southern District Board, means the District Board which shall govern the Southern District, organized pursuant to this Act.

(e)Farmer means a resident registered as a farmer by the Department of Agriculture.

(f)Farm land owner means a person, firm, or corporation who is an owner or operator of land used for the purpose of producing aquaculture products, bushes, crops, fruit or nut-bearing trees, herbs, livestock, ornamentals, timber or vines.

(g)Land occupier includes any person, firm, or corporation who holds title to or, in the case of leased land, the person, firm, or corporation who holds possession of any lands lying within a district organized under this Chapter.

(h)University means the University of Guam.