§ 3-468 — Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Citrus" means varieties of the genus citrus that are commercially produced in this state for the fresh market or for juice production but does not include commercially produced by-products or products manufactured for resale.

2. "Council" means the Arizona citrus research council.

3. "Grower-shipper" means a person who is engaged in this state in the business of packing, shipping, transporting or selling citrus of which the person is a grower, producer or owner.

4. "Handler" means a person who engages in marketing citrus on behalf of a grower, whether as a grower-shipper, owner, agent, employee, broker, dealer, consignor or commission merchant or otherwise.

5. "Producer" means a person who is engaged in this state in the business of commercially producing or causing citrus to be commercially produced.