§ 3.1-188.32. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this article:
1. [Repealed.]
2. "Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
3. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
4. "Dealer" means any person, firm or corporation, not a grower of nursery stock, who buys, collects wild plants, or otherwise acquires nursery stock for the purpose of reselling or distributing same. Each separate location shall constitute a dealership.
5. "Nursery" means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is being propagated or grown for sale or distribution, including any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is being fumigated, treated, packed or stored, or otherwise prepared or offered for sale or movement to other localities.
6. "Nursery stock" means all trees, shrubs, and woody vines including ornamentals, bush fruits, grapevines, fruit trees and nut trees, whether cultivated, native or wild, and all buds, grafts, scions and cuttings from such plants. It also shall mean such herbaceous plants, including strawberry plants, narcissus plants, and narcissus bulbs as the Board declares by regulation to be so included whenever it considers control of the movement of such plants or bulbs necessary to the control of any destructive plant pest. Florists' or green house plants for inside culture or use, unless so declared by the Board as herein authorized, shall not be considered nursery stock except that all woody plants, whether greenhouse or field grown, if for outside planting are hereby defined as nursery stock.
7. "Nurseryman" means any person engaged in the production of nursery stock for sale or distribution.
8. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society or association.
9. "Plant pest" means any living stage of: any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances, which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, manufactured or other products of plants.
10. "Plants and plant products" means trees, shrubs, vines, forage, fiber and cereal, and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other parts of plants; and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other parts of plants and plant products.
(Code 1950, § 3.1-135; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702; 1980, c. 291; 1988, c. 552.)
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