Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52861. Section 52861.
“Board” means the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [52861. - 52868.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 2.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52862. Section 52862.
“Industry members” means cottonseed oil crushers, handlers of raw cotton fiber, and cotton ginners or employees thereof.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52863. Section 52863.
“Handlers of raw cotton fiber” or “merchant” means any person or organization that is primarily engaged in the business of buying and selling spot cotton or forward contract cotton.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52864. Section 52864.
“Cotton ginning organization” means any person or organization owning or operating one or more cotton gins.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52865. Section 52865.
“District” means the “San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District” which is comprised of all the counties in the San Joaquin Valley where cotton is produced.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52866. Section 52866.
“Delinter” means any person who, by any means or method, causes the short fibers to be removed from the seed coat of cottonseed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52867. Section 52867.
“Cotton growers” or “growers” means any person in the district who produces, or causes to be produced, cotton for market.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 52868. Section 52868.
“Handlers of whole cottonseed” means any person or organization that is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or processing whole cottonseed.
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