43-29-103 - Chapter definitions.
43-29-103. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Case of eggs means a standard thirty (30) dozen egg case;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(3) Commodity means beef, pork and eggs, produced on a commercial basis;
(4) Department means the department of agriculture;
(5) Egg means a pullet egg or a hen egg and excludes all other types of eggs;
(6) Egg handler or egg dealer means any person engaged as a wholesale distributor in the business of distributing or marketing eggs in Tennessee, regardless of where the eggs are produced;
(7) Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business;
(8) Processor means any person engaged in the business of processing commodity products;
(9) Producer means any person who produces a commodity and thereafter causes the commodity to be marketed;
(10) Purchaser means any dealer or processor who purchases or receives such commodity from producers on a commercial basis;
(11) Qualified producer organization means any agricultural organization, federation, or association that is organized as a not for profit organization under the laws of the state of Tennessee, and whose membership is fairly representative of farmers who are active producers of one (1) or more agricultural commodities covered under this chapter;
(12) Referendum means any voting procedure under which affected producers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against an assessment authorized by this chapter; and
(13) Vote means to cast a ballot on a referendum.
[Acts 1985, ch. 188, § 3.]