Virginia Statutes
§ 3.2-1500 — Definitions
Virginia § 3.2-1500
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 3.2AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD
Subtitle IIBOARDS, COUNCILS, FOUNDATIONS, AND COMMISSIONS
Ch. 15COTTON BOARD
Part BCOMMODITY BOARDS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-1500 (2026).
Text
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Assessment" means moneys to be collected as authorized by this chapter.
"Bale" means a closely pressed package of ginned cotton that weighs approximately 480 pounds.
"Cotton" means the field crop of the genus Gossypium grown to be further processed into consumable goods.
"Farming unit" means any sole proprietorship, corporation, or partnership and includes land owned and leased by any such business entity.
"Gin" means to remove seed and foreign matter from cotton and make it into a bale.
"Handler" means a commercial enterprise that gins cotton.
"Producer" means any person who grows, harvests, and sells cotton in Virginia.
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Legislative History
1997, c. 873, § 3.1-1081; 1999, c. 751; 2008, c. 860.
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Virginia § 3.2-1500, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/3.2/3.2-1500.