§ 3.1-1081. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Agriculture Board" means the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Assessment" means moneys to be collected as authorized by this chapter.
"Bale" means a closely pressed package of cotton which has been ginned and weighs approximately 480 pounds.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Cotton" means the field crop of the genus Gossypium grown to be further processed into consumable goods.
"Cotton Board" means the Virginia Cotton Board.
"Farming unit" means any sole proprietorship, corporation, or partnership and includes land owned and leased by any such business entity.
"Fiscal year" means July 1 through the following June 30.
"Gin" means to remove seed and foreign matter from cotton and make it into a bale.
"Handler" means a commercial enterprise which gins cotton.
"Locality" means county, city, or town.
"Producer" means any farmer who grows, harvests, and sells cotton in Virginia.
(1997, c. 873; 1999, c. 751.)
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