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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 35. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry |
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Chapter 40. Market Development |
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Subchapter 3. Agriculture Commodity Referendum |
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Part 3. DEFINITIONS |
SECTION 35:40-3-31. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Agricultural Commodity" means a product of cultivating the soil, growing crops, or raising livestock, horticultural commodity, silvicultural commodity, or agricultural product, horticultural product, viticulture, or silvicultural product, or bees and honey, planting seed, rice, livestock or livestock product, or poultry or poultry product, produced in this state, either in its natural state or as processed by the producer."Certified Organization" means a non-profit agricultural commodity entity certified by the State Department of Agriculture to conduct a referendum."Commodity Board" means an agricultural commodity producers board."Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture or his designee."Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture."Director" means the Director of Market Development Services of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture."Hearing Officer" means the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture or his designee."Non-Profit Organization" means any not-for-profit agricultural commodity organization in this state that has the capabilities or purpose to conduct programs of research, disease and insect control, education, or promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of the commodity. This organization shall not be a subsidiary of any corporation, partnership, or association organized for profit."Organization" means an agricultural commodity entity that petitions the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture for a referendum of its commodity."Producer" means a person engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for commercial purposes an agricultural commodity. The term "producer" includes the owner of a farm on which the commodity is produced and the owner's tenant or sharecropper."Valid Voter" means a producer required under the Referendum to pay the assessment."Volume of Production" shall be defined by the certified organization and can refer to units of product sold such as pounds, bushels, gallons, flats, containers, packages, or other commonly recognized units of measure, square footage or acreage of production space or other appropriate measurement units, or number of production units such as trees, vines, head count of livestock or poultry, or other commonly recognized measurement units, or gross sales.