§ 3.2-2300 Definitions
“Country buyer” means any person who buys soybeans from a producer. “Exporter” means any person offering soybeans for export sale. “Handler” means any processor, dealer, shipper, exporter, or any other business entity that purchases soybeans from a producer. The term shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in soybeans from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of such soybeans is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. The term shall also mean any producer that transports and sells his soybeans out of state. “Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of soybeans for the purpose of preparing them for sale. “Producer” means any person who grew soybeans in the Commonwealth and sold soybeans during the preceding three years. “Seedsman” means any person or firm who offers soybean seeds for sale.
History
This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 431 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 1970 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1974, chapter 297; in 1978, chapter 540; in 1982, chapter 603; in 1985, chapter 448; in 1987, chapter 476; in 1990, chapter 183; in 1992, chapter 124; in 2008, chapter 860.
1970, c. 431, §§ 3.1-684.2, 3.1-684.13, 3.1-684.14; 1974, c. 297; 1978, c. 540; 1982, c. 603; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 476; 1990, c. 183; 1992, c. 124; 2008, c. 860.