§ 77528. — 77528. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1127, Sec. 3.)

California § 77528.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code FAC: Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
• Div. 22.: DIVISION 22. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS
• Part 2.: PART 2. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
• Ch. 18.: CHAPTER 18. California Forest Products Commission
• Art. 2.: ARTICLE 2. Definitions

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(a)
“Producer” means any person who owns timber in California immediately prior to felling, or the first person who acquires either the legal title or beneficial title to timber after it has been felled from land owned in California by a federal agency, or any other person, agency, or entity exempt from property taxation under federal or state law.
“Producer” includes any person who owns or acquires legal title or beneficial title to downed timber in this state and also includes the seller of timber located on land in the state owned by that seller if the timber sales agreement, contract, or other document provides for the payment of the purchase price on the basis of actual timber volume scaled and does not contain a passage of title clause.
(b)
For purposes of this chapter, a person in California that owns, controls, or is affiliated with any other person engaged in the selling or acquiring of timber in California in any marketing year shall be considered to be the producer of all timber sold or acquired by that person.
“Affiliate” or “affiliated with” means a person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person.
“Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person.
(c)
“Producer” does not include any person who sells or acquires in any marketing year less than 5,000,000 board feet net Scribner Decimal C log rule, or the equivalent thereof as determined by the commission.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1127, Sec. 3. Effective October 11, 1993.