Virginia § 3.2-1800 - Definitions
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§ 3.2-1800. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Approved seed potatoes" means disease-free potatoes and parts thereof that conform to the standards established by the Potato Board.
"Board" means the Potato Board.
"Handler" means any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper, or exporter who purchases potatoes from a grower, or who acts as the grower's agent, or any person who holds a produce dealer or commission merchant license from the Department. The term also means any producer who packs, processes, or otherwise performs the functions of a handler pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
"Jurisdiction" means any locality where potatoes are produced according to the 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 of 40,000 pounds of potatoes in the Commonwealth.
"Seed potatoes" means potatoes and parts thereof intended for the propagation or production of commercial potatoes.
1982, c. 126, §§ 3.1-684.21, 3.1-684.39; 2008, c. 860; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
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