3-581. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Council" means the Arizona grain research and promotion council.
2. "First buyer" means a person, partnership, corporation or cooperative that
purchases grain from a producer in the first instance or a public or private lienholder,
secured party or pledgee, or assignee of the lienholder, secured party or pledgee, who
gains title to the grain from the grower as a result of exercising any legal rights by
the lienholder, secured party, pledgee or assignee regardless of when the lien, security
interest or pledge was created. First buyer also includes a public or private person who
acquires a lien or security interest or receives a pledge of the grain after the grain is
harvested.
3. "Grain" means the seed of barley and wheat of all classes produced for use as
food, feed or seed or produced for any industrial or commercial use.
4. "Marketing year" means a one year period from February 1 through January 31 of
the following calendar year.
5. "Producer" means a person, partnership, corporation or cooperative in this state
that produces and sells grain in commercial channels. In the case of a partnership, each
partner who regularly receives a portion of the gross receipts directly from the buyer is
considered a producer.
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