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- Agricultural commodity: means all perishable fruits and vegetables as defined by the department. See Michigan Laws 290.702
- Association: means a cooperative association of producers or a division thereof, or a federation of cooperative associations of producers, engaged in the marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing of an agricultural commodity on behalf of its members who are producers of the agricultural commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.702
- bargaining: means the mutual obligation of a handler and an accredited association or their designated representatives to meet at reasonable times and confer and negotiate in good faith. See Michigan Laws 290.713
- Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
- Committee: means the emergency 9-1-1 service committee created under section 712. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
- Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.702
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Handler: means a person other than an association engaged in the business or practice of any of the following:
(i) Acquiring agricultural commodities from producers or associations for processing or sale. See Michigan Laws 290.702Majority leader: see Floor Leaders Member: means a producer who has entered into a contract with an association appointing the association as his or her exclusive agent in negotiations with handlers with respect to the marketing of an agricultural commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.702 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Michigan Laws 290.702 Producer: means any person who produces or causes to be produced in any 1 marketing period within the previous 2 marketing periods any agricultural commodity in a quantity beyond his or her own family use and having a minimum value at first point of sale as determined by the department for that agricultural commodity, and who is able, during the marketing period, to transfer to a handler or an association a merchantable title to the agricultural commodity or provide management, labor, machinery, facilities, or any other production input, with the assumption of risk, for the production of the agricultural commodity under a written or oral contract. See Michigan Laws 290.702 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o