California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 76221.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76222.
  “Sheep” means, but is not limited to rams, ewes, wethers, and lambs.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76223.
  “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this...
• Section 76224.
  “Commission” means the California Sheep Commission.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76225.
  “Commissioner” means any member of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76226.
  “Districts” shall consist of the following:(a) District 1 consists of the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Lake.(b) District 2 consists of the Counties of Sonoma,...
• Section 76227.
  “Handler” means any person engaged in the marketing of wool which he or she has produced or purchased or acquired from a producer, or is...
• Section 76227.5.
  “Market” means to sell, ship, distribute, or otherwise handle wool.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76228.
  “Marketing research” means any research relating to the marketing of sheep, wool, and the products derived therefrom.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76229.
  “Marketing year” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning April 1 of any year and ending March 31 of the following year.(Amended by Stats. 2001,...
• Section 76230.
  “Producer” means any person in this state who raises, breeds, grows, or feeds sheep, and markets, or causes to be marketed, the wool derived therefrom...
• Section 76231.
  “Production research” means any research relating to the production of sheep, wool, and the products derived therefrom.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76232.
  “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76233.
  (a) “Wool” means the shorn fiber of live sheep in the grease basis, including offsort wool or offsorts in the natural state before cleaning or scouring.(b) For...

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