Mississippi § 75-79-5 - Definitions.

§ 75-79-5. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context or subject matter otherwise requires: “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, receiver, trustee, legal representative, organization or any other group or combination acting as a unit. “Commissioner” means the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. “Pulpwood” means any timber product delivered to a receiving facility in short-length form, eight (8) feet or less, and intended for use as a raw material in the manufacture of pulp and pulp products. “Pulpwood cutter-hauler” or “cutter-hauler” means any person engaging in or continuing to engage in this state in the business of severing and carrying pulpwood. “Pulpwood receiving facility” or “facility” means any woodyard, pulpmill or other place of business at which pulpwood is received from pulpwood cutter-haulers as herein defined in the regular course of business. “Facility operator” means any person who owns, operates or manages a pulpwood receiving facility as herein defined. Provided, however, that any landowner who shall pay employees an hourly wage to both cut and collect pulpwood on his private property shall not be deemed a facility operator under the provisions of this chapter.