                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-1500)

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

&#8220;Assessment&#8221; means moneys to be collected as authorized by this
chapter.

&#8220;Bale&#8221; means a closely pressed package of ginned cotton that weighs
approximately 480 pounds.

&#8220;Cotton&#8221; means the field crop of the genus Gossypium grown to be
further processed into consumable goods.

&#8220;Farming unit&#8221; means any sole proprietorship, corporation, or
partnership and includes land owned and leased by any such business entity.

&#8220;Gin&#8221; means to remove seed and foreign matter from cotton and make
it into a bale.

&#8220;Handler&#8221; means a commercial enterprise that gins cotton.

&#8220;Producer&#8221; means any person who grows, harvests, and sells cotton in
Virginia.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 873, § 3.1-1081; 1999, c. 751; 2008, c. 860.