ARTICLE 2. Definitions [77721. - 77736.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1089, Sec. 1.
§§ 77721–77736 · 17 sections
- § 77721 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 77722 “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the…
- § 77723 “Commission” means the California Date Commission.
- § 77724 “Commissioner” means any member of the commission.
- § 77725 “Date” means any variety of date produced in California, whether handled in whole or processed form.
- § 77726 “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
- § 77727 “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.
- § 77727.5 “Handle” means to engage in the business of a handler.
- § 77728 “Handler” means any person engaged in processing and marketing dates that the person has produced, purchased, or acquired from a producer, or is marketing on…
- § 77729 “Market” or “marketing” means to sell, consign, or otherwise distribute dates into commercial channels of trade resulting in the sale of dates. Dates shall…
- § 77730 “Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of dates.
- § 77731 “Marketing year” or “marketing season” means the period from October 1 of any year to September 30, inclusive, of the following year. The marketing year may be…
- § 77732 “Process” and “processing” are synonymous and mean the operations of receiving, cleaning, grading, freezing, drying, preserving, chopping, mashing, pitting,…
- § 77733 “Producer” means any person in this state who grows dates of any variety, and who, upon request, provides proof of commodity sale.
- § 77734 “Product research” means any research related to the development of new uses for dates.
- § 77735 “Production research” means any research related to the production, harvest, or post-harvest handling of dates.
- § 77736 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.