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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 873<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 751<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73327,"section_number":"3.2-1104","catch_line":"Preemption by federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1104\/"},{"id":56818,"section_number":"3.2-1105","catch_line":"Commodity boards; appointment terms; quorum","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1105\/"},{"id":80229,"section_number":"3.2-1106","catch_line":"Commodity board officers and reimbursement of expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1106\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194575,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69523,"identifier":"3.2-1500","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1500","url":"\/3.2-1500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1500\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Assessment<\/span>” means moneys to be collected as authorized by this chapter.\n\t\t“Bale<\/span>” means a closely pressed package of ginned cotton<\/span> that weighs approximately 480 pounds.\n\t\t“Cotton<\/span>” means the field crop of the genus Gossypium grown to be further processed into consumable goods.\n\t\t“Farming unit<\/span>” means any sole proprietorship, corporation, or partnership and includes land owned and leased by any such business entity.\n\t\t“Gin<\/span>” means to remove seed and foreign matter from cotton<\/span> and make it into a bale<\/span>.\n\t\t“Handler<\/span>” means a commercial enterprise that gins<\/span> cotton<\/span>.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person who grows, harvests, and sells cotton<\/span> in Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-1500)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Assessment” means moneys to be collected as authorized by this\nchapter.\n\t\t“Bale” means a closely pressed package of ginned cotton that\nweighs approximately 480 pounds.\n\t\t“Cotton” means the field crop of the genus Gossypium grown to be\nfurther processed into consumable goods.\n\t\t“Farming unit” means any sole proprietorship, corporation, or\npartnership and includes land owned and leased by any such business entity.\n\t\t“Gin” means to remove seed and foreign matter from cotton and make\nit into a bale.\n\t\t“Handler” means a commercial enterprise that gins cotton.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who grows, harvests, and sells cotton\nin Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 873, \u00a7 3.1-1081; 1999, c. 751; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}