§ 20.38.010. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

"Genetic engineering" means altering a life form or its living progeny at the nucleic acid level through the use of techniques collectively referred to as recombinant DNA technology.

"Genetically engineered kalo" means kalo that has been created or modified through genetic engineering. It does not include non-living or non-reproducing kalo or products.

"Kalo" means those species within the genus Colocasia.

"Recombinant DNA" means the transfer of genes, regulatory sequences, or nucleic acid between hosts by the use of vectors or laboratory manipulations and includes the insertion, excision, duplication, inactivation, or relocation of specific genes, regulatory sequences, or sections of nucleic acid. This term does not apply to a material or an organism developed exclusively through traditional methods of breeding, hybridization, or nondirected mutagenesis.

"Release" means a discharge, emission, or liberation of any genetically engineered kalo, or the product of a genetically engineered organism, into the open environment.

(Ord. No. 3694, § 1, 2009)