§ 4.1-06-01 — Definitions

As used in this chapter:
1. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
2. "Council" means the North Dakota dry bean council.
3. "Designated handler" means any person that initially places dry beans into the
channels of trade and commerce or any person that is engaged in the processing of
beans into food for human consumption. The term does not include a producer selling
the producer's unharvested dry beans or delivering the producer's dry beans from the
farm on which they are produced to storage facilities, packing sheds, or processing
plants within the state.
4. "Dry beans" mean all varieties of dry beans harvested in this state. The term does not
include soybeans.
5. "Participating producer" means a producer that has not applied for a refund under
section 4.1-06-15 during the preceding twelve months.
6. "Producer" means any person that:
a. Plants or causes to be planted a dry bean crop in which the person has an
ownership interest, with the intent that upon maturity the crop will be harvested;
b. Will have met the requirements of subdivision a during the next available growing
season; or
c. Has met the requirements of subdivision a during the immediately preceding
growing season.