California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 71020.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January...
• Section 71021.
  “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 71022.
  “Commission” means the California Rice Commission.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71023.
  (a) “Districts” consist of the following:(1) District 1 consists of Butte County.(2) District 2 consists of Colusa County.(3) District 3 consists of Glenn County and Tehama County, and any...
• Section 71024.
  “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71025.
  “Handle” means to engage in the business of being a handler. It does not include the drying of rice.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec....
• Section 71026.
  “Handler” means any person who is engaged in this state in the business of marketing rice who handles 100,000 hundredweight or more of rough or...
• Section 71027.
  “Hundredweight” or “Cwt.” are synonymous and mean 100 pounds avoirdupois, excluding tare.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71028.
  “Market” or “marketing” means to sell rice to a person other than a handler.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71029.
  “Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of rice.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71030.
  “Marketing season” or “fiscal year” are synonymous terms and mean the period beginning September 1 of any year and extending through the last day of...
• Section 71031.
  “Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, company, or other entity doing business in California.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch....
• Section 71032.
  “Producer” means any person who produces, or causes to be produced, rice.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71033.
  “Production research” means any research relating to the production, harvest, and postharvest handling of rice.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1,
• Section 71034.
  “Public member” means the person appointed by the commission pursuant to Section 71050. The public member and his or her alternate shall not have any...
• Section 71035.
  “Rice” means all rough or “paddy” rice or milled rice (Oryza sativa L.) from any source handled within the state of California, including mochi rice...
• Section 71036.
  “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
• Section 71037.
  “Sell” means to transfer or cause the transfer of title to rice for valuable consideration.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1,

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