§ 10-101. Definitions  


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  •    (a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

    (b) Agricultural commodity. -- "Agricultural commodity" means livestock, poultry, field crops, including nursery stock, bulbs, and flowers; and other agricultural products having a domestic or foreign market.

    (c) Certified agency. -- "Certified agency" means any association, board, council, or other entity authorized by the Secretary to conduct a referendum under this section among the persons qualifying as voters.

    (d) Voter. -- "Voter", with respect to a referendum on the question of an annual assessment on a particular agricultural commodity, means any person engaged in the production of the commodity, and includes the owner of the farm on which the commodity is produced, tenants, and sharecroppers.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 83A, 83F, 83J; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1.