Nebraska Statutes 54-2602. Terms, defined
For purposes of the Competitive Livestock Markets Act:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 54-2602
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Animal unit means one head of cattle, three calves under four hundred fifty pounds, or five swine;
(2) Contract swine operation means a livestock operation in which swine owned or controlled by a packer are produced according to a written agreement that does not contain a confidentiality clause and that is agreed to by the packer and a person other than the packer who owns, leases, or holds a legal interest in the livestock operation;
(3) Department means the Department of Agriculture;
(4) Director means the Director of Agriculture or his or her designee;
(5) Livestock means live cattle or swine;
(6) Livestock operation means a location, including buildings, land, lots, yard corrals, and improvements, adapted to and utilized for the purpose of feeding, keeping, or otherwise providing for the care and maintenance of livestock;
(7) Packer means a person, or agent of such person, engaged in the business of slaughtering livestock in Nebraska in excess of one hundred fifty thousand animal units per year; and
(8) Person includes individuals, firms, associations, limited liability companies, and corporations and officers or limited liability company members thereof.