3-401. Definitions


In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Affected commodity" means the specific citrus, fruit or vegetable regulated
pursuant to article 2 or 4 of this chapter and subject to the marketing agreement or
order or the proposed marketing agreement or order.


2. "Affected person" means a producer or shipper of an affected commodity.


3. "Assistant director" means the assistant director of the office of commodities
development and promotion of the Arizona department of agriculture.


4. "Marketing agreement" or "agreement" means an agreement developed by producers
or shippers of the affected commodity and entered into by the assistant director pursuant
to this article.


5. "Marketing commission" or "commission" means the marketing commission
established under section 3-413.


6. "Marketing committee" or "committee" means a marketing committee established by
a marketing agreement according to section 3-426.


7. "Marketing order" or "order" means an order developed by producers or shippers
of the affected commodity and issued by the assistant director pursuant to this article.


8. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, trust, association or
partnership.


9. "Producer" means a person who has a financial interest in producing or causing
citrus, fruit or vegetable commodities to be produced for market in commercial
quantities.


10. "Shipper" means a person that engages in shipping, transporting, selling or
marketing citrus, fruits or vegetables under his own registered trademark or label or a
person who first markets the fruits or vegetables for the producer.


11. "Supervisor" means the supervisor of standardization of the Arizona department
of agriculture.


12. "Volume" means cartons or the equivalent weight of Arizona grown products
marketed in the preceding marketing season.


13. "Written assent" means a signed statement of an affected person consenting to
the terms of a marketing order.