44-11-101 - Chapter definitions.
44-11-101. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) Community sale means any sale or exchange of livestock held by any person at an established place of business or premises where the livestock is assembled for sale or exchange and is sold or exchanged at auction, or upon a commission basis, or at a private sale, at regular or irregular intervals but more frequently than three (3) times a year; provided, that community sale does not apply to established public stockyards whose federal veterinary inspection is maintained, or to farm or purebred livestock sales;
(3) Consignor means any person consigning, shipping, or delivering livestock to a community sale for sale, resale, or exchange;
(4) Department means the department of agriculture;
(5) Livestock means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, mules, and poultry;
(6) Official vaccinate means a bovine animal vaccinated against brucellosis from four (4) through eight (8) months of age, under the supervision of a federal or state veterinary official, with a vaccine approved by the commissioner, permanently identified as such a vaccinate, and reported at the time of vaccination to the appropriate state or federal agency cooperating in the eradication of brucellosis;
(7) Operator means any person holding, conducting or carrying on a community sale;
(8) Person means any person, firm, or corporation; and
(9) Representative means an employee of the commissioner.
[Acts 1957, ch. 208, § 1; T.C.A., § 44-2301.]