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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 691<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: 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":194959,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70530,"identifier":"3.2-2100","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21\/3.2-2100","url":"\/3.2-2100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2100\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21\/3.2-2100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2100","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“Handler<\/span>” means the operator of a stockyard, livestock dealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person making a purchase from a sheep<\/span> producer, at the point where the sheep<\/span> is sold or traded.\n\t\t“Sheep<\/span>” means sheep<\/span> or lambs of all ages.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-2100)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Handler” means the operator of a stockyard, livestock dealership,\nslaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person\nmaking a purchase from a sheep producer, at the point where the sheep is sold or\ntraded.\n\t\t“Sheep” means sheep or lambs of all ages.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 691, \u00a7 3.1-1065; 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}}