Michigan Laws 290.753 – Definitions
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As used in this act:
(a) “Buy” means to purchase, trade, or barter, or to offer to purchase, trade, or barter.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 290.753
- Buy: means to purchase, trade, or barter, or to offer to purchase, trade, or barter. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Collect: means the harvest of wild ginseng. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Collector: means a person who collects wild ginseng. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- 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.
- Cultivated ginseng: means ginseng growing or grown in managed beds under artificial or natural shade and cultivated according to recognized ginseng horticultural practices. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Dealer: means a person who buys, collects, or otherwise acquires ginseng roots in this state for resale or trade. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Department: means the department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Director: means the director of the department of agriculture or an authorized representative of the director. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Ginseng: means Panaxquinquefolius L. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Grower: means a person who grows cultivated ginseng. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Harvest: means to cut, pick, dig, root up, or gather ginseng. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Natural habitat: means the environment where a species exists as a natural population. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- 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 an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Purchaser: means a person who buys or otherwise acquires ginseng from a grower, collector, or other purchaser for resale or trade. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Sell: means to sell, trade, or barter, or to offer to sell, trade, or barter. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- 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
- Wild ginseng: means ginseng growing or grown in an uncultivated state or harvested from its natural habitat. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Woodsgrown ginseng: means ginseng growing or grown in managed beds under natural shade. See Michigan Laws 290.753
(b) “Collect” means the harvest of wild ginseng.
(c) “Collector” means a person who collects wild ginseng.
(d) “Cultivated ginseng” means ginseng growing or grown in managed beds under artificial or natural shade and cultivated according to recognized ginseng horticultural practices. Cultivated ginseng includes woodsgrown ginseng.
(e) “Dealer” means a person who buys, collects, or otherwise acquires ginseng roots in this state for resale or trade.
(f) “Dealer license” means a license issued by the director authorizing a dealer to buy, collect, or otherwise acquire ginseng roots for resale or export from this state.
(g) “Department” means the department of agriculture.
(h) “Director” means the director of the department of agriculture or an authorized representative of the director.
(i) “Dry weight” means the weight in pounds and ounces of harvested or collected ginseng root that is dried and is no longer viable.
(j) “Ginseng” means Panaxquinquefolius L., also known as Panaxquinquefolium L., commonly known as American ginseng, either wild or cultivated, and includes plants and plant parts.
(k) “Ginseng certificate” means a document issued by the department or other official agency authorized by the director that verifies the origin, quantity by weight, type, and condition of ginseng offered for inspection.
(l) “Green weight” means the weight in pounds and ounces of freshly harvested or collected ginseng root that is not dried and is still viable.
(m) “Grower” means a person who grows cultivated ginseng.
(n) “Grower license” means a license issued by the director authorizing a grower to sell cultivated ginseng that the grower has produced.
(o) “Harvest” means to cut, pick, dig, root up, or gather ginseng.
(p) “Natural habitat” means the environment where a species exists as a natural population.
(q) “Person” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(r) “Purchaser” means a person who buys or otherwise acquires ginseng from a grower, collector, or other purchaser for resale or trade.
(s) “Sell” means to sell, trade, or barter, or to offer to sell, trade, or barter.
(t) “Wild ginseng” means ginseng growing or grown in an uncultivated state or harvested from its natural habitat. Wild ginseng includes ginseng that was introduced to or propagated in its natural habitat by sowing ginseng seed or transplanting ginseng plants from other areas and performing no other standard ginseng horticultural practices.
(u) “Woodsgrown ginseng” means ginseng growing or grown in managed beds under natural shade.