3.2-1800 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-1800. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Handler" means any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper, or exporterwho purchases potatoes from a grower, or who acts as the grower's agent, orany person who holds a produce dealer or commission merchant license from theDepartment. The term also means any producer who packs, processes, orotherwise performs the functions of a handler pursuant to the provisions ofthis chapter.

"Jurisdiction" means any locality where potatoes are produced according tothe records of the Department.

"Potatoes" means all varieties of potatoes except sweet potatoes.

"Producer" means any person who, in a calendar year, grows a minimum of40,000 pounds of potatoes in the Commonwealth.

(1982, c. 126, §§ 3.1-684.21, 3.1-684.39; 2008, c. 860.)