Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 22 > Chapter 22 - Soil and Plant Amendments

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Brand: means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual soil amendments or plant amendments are offered for sale. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Bulk: means in nonpackaged form or in packages of one (1) cubic yard or more. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Composting: means the biological decomposition of organic matter. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Coproduct: means a chemical substance produced for a commercial purpose during the manufacture, processing, use or disposal of another chemical substance or mixture. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Customer formula mix: means a soil amendment or plant amendment which is prepared to the specifications of the final purchaser. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Deficiency: means the amount of ingredient found by analysis to be less than that guaranteed, which may result from a lack of ingredients or lack of uniformity. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Department: means the Idaho department of agriculture. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Director: means the director of the Idaho department of agriculture or his duly authorized representative. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Distribute: means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, or blend soil amendments or plant amendments, or to offer for sale, sell, barter or otherwise supply soil amendments and plant amendments in this state. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Label: means the display of all written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a soil amendment or plant amendment. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Labeling: means all written, printed or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any soil amendment or plant amendment, or advertisements, brochures, posters, or television or radio announcements used in promoting the sale of the soil amendment or plant amendment. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Manufacture: means to compound, produce, granulate, mix, blend, repackage or otherwise alter the composition of soil amendment or plant amendment materials. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Mulch: means any organic or inorganic soil surface cover used to help retain moisture longer in the soil by retarding evaporation, to discourage weed growth, to help maintain a constant temperature by insulating the soil, to discourage runoff and soil erosion by shielding the soil surface from water abrasion or to promote water absorption and retention. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Official sample: means any sample of soil amendment or plant amendment taken by the director or his agent. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Other ingredients: means the nonsoil amending or nonplant amending ingredients present in soil amendments or plant amendments. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means individual, partnership, association, firm or corporation. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Plant amendment: means any natural or synthetic substance applied to plants or seeds which is intended to improve germination, growth, yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor or other desirable characteristics of plants except commercial fertilizers, soil amendments, limes, unmanipulated animal manure and vegetable organic waste-derived materials, pesticides, mulch and other materials which may be exempted by rule. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Processed: means deliberately treated or manipulated to modify or transform physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the natural state of a substance. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Registrant: means the person(s) who registers soil amendments or plant amendments under this chapter. See Idaho Code 22-2203
• Soil amendment: means :