ARTICLE 2. Definitions [77221. - 77231.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1.

§§ 77221–77231 · 11 sections

• § 77221 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 77222 “Pepper” means all types of fruit grown in California from the plant family Solanaceae, Genus Capsicum, including seed.
• § 77223 “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the…
• § 77224 “Commission” means the California Pepper Commission.
• § 77225 (a) The commission shall be composed of five districts. The boundaries of each district shall be established by a two-thirds vote of the full commission, that…
• § 77226 (a) “Handler” means any person engaged in marketing of peppers which the person has produced, purchased, or acquired from a producer, or is marketing on behalf…
• § 77227 “Market” or “marketing” means to sell peppers.
• § 77228 “Production research” means any cultural and biological research relating to field production of peppers.
• § 77229 “Marketing year” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning March 1 of any year and extending through the last day of February of the next year.
• § 77230 (a) “Producer” means any person in this state who grows peppers for market and who, upon request, provides proof of commodity sale. “Producer” does not include…
• § 77231 “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.