75-45-303 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-45-303. Definitions.
 

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require: 
 

(a) "Person" shall mean any person, firm, association or corporation. 

(b) "Grain" shall mean all grains for which standards have been established pursuant to the United States Grain Standards Act as amended, and rice as defined by the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946, as amended. 

(c) "Grain dealer" shall mean any person engaged in the business of buying grain from producers thereof for resale or for milling or processing. A producer of grain buying grain for his own use as seed or feed shall not be considered as being engaged in the business of buying grain for resale or for milling or processing. 

(d) "Producer" shall mean the owner, tenant or operator of land in this state who has an interest in and receives all or any part of the proceeds from the sale of the grain produced thereon. 

(e) "Department" shall mean the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 

(f) "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designated representative. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1978, ch. 423, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1978.