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

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

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

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

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

8. "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.

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

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

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

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