{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"52863","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 52863","status":"not-in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS [52001. - 53564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District [52851. - 52993.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [52861. - 52868.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 2009.   Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.","effective":"2009-01-01","html":"<p>“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.</p>","text":"“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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/definitions-52863","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}