§ 3.2-1800 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
“Approved seed potatoes” means disease-free potatoes and parts thereof that conform to the standards established by the Potato Board.
“Board” means the Potato Board.
“Handler” means any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper, or exporter who purchases potatoes from a grower, or who acts as the grower’s agent, or any person who holds a produce dealer or commission merchant license from the Department. The term also means any producer who packs, processes, or otherwise performs the functions of a handler pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
“Jurisdiction” means any locality where potatoes are produced according to the records of the Department.
“Potatoes” means all varieties of potatoes except sweet potatoes.
“Producer” means any person who, in a calendar year, grows a minimum of 40,000 pounds of potatoes in the Commonwealth.
“Seed potatoes” means potatoes and parts thereof intended for the propagation or production of commercial potatoes.
History
This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 126 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter 860; in 2012, chapters 803 and 835.
1982, c. 126, §§ 3.1-684.21, 3.1-684.39; 2008, c. 860; 2012, cc. 803, 835.