44-19-103. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) Department means the department of agriculture;
(3) Handler or dealer means any person, including any distributor, processor, bulk handler, or operator of a store, who purchases or receives on consignment or otherwise, milk or milk products of every kind and description, within the state, for sale, shipment, storage, processing or manufacture;
(4) Milk means milk from cows and all of its natural components, sweet cream, sour cream, skim milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, condensed or concentrated, whole, low fat, or skim milk for use in milk products of every kind and description;
(5) Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business entity;
(6) Processor means any person engaged in the business of processing milk and other materials into milk products of every kind and description;
(7) Producer means every person in the state of Tennessee who produces milk or cream from cows and thereafter causes the same to be marketed as milk, cream or other milk and dairy products who has been issued and possesses a valid current producer's permit or certification, issued by the department;
(8) Purchaser means any handler, dealer or processor who purchases or receives milk and milk products from producers on a commercial basis;
(9) Referendum means any voting procedure under which affected producers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against an assessment authorized by this chapter;
(10) Tennessee dairy promotion committee means a statewide committee appointed by the commissioner established pursuant to this chapter; and
(11) Vote means to cast a ballot in a referendum.
[Acts 1984, ch. 948, § 3.]