69-28-3 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-28-3. Definitions.
 

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 
 

(a) "Agricultural production" means those operations including associated land and facility management activities engaged in the commercial propagation, raising, harvesting and/or processing of any plant or animal or products thereof for the purposes of consumption, utilization, goods or services either on-site or for distribution. 

(b) "Farmland" means land and associated facilities involved in agricultural production activities. 

(c) "Agricultural district" means those properties residing within a contiguous boundary and meeting appropriate criteria for designation as such by the local soil and water conservation district. 

(d) "Soil and water conservation district" means that governmental body established by Section 69-27-15 et seq. 

(e) "State Soil and Water Conservation Commission" means that governmental body established by Section 69-27-2 et seq. 

(f) "District commissioners" means the governing body of the local soil and water conservation district. 

(g) "Ownership" means any individual, family, company, corporation or organization holding title to property within a proposed or established agricultural district. 

(h) "Petition" means the application and the application process for designation of an agricultural district as submitted to the local soil and water conservation district. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 469, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1997.