South Carolina Code 46-41-210. Definitions
(1) "Agricultural commodity" or "commodity" means cotton and all agricultural products commonly classed as grain, including corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, barley, and grain sorghum, produced within this State.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- commodity: means cotton and all agricultural products commonly classed as grain, including corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, barley, and grain sorghum, produced within this State. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- commodity dealer: means any person in this State engaged in buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, negotiating, processing for resale, or soliciting the sale, resale, exchange, or transfer of grain or cotton purchased from a producer or his agent or representative or received to be handled on a net return basis from the producer. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Grain: means any feed grains or oil seeds, except cotton seeds. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- Loss: means any monetary loss over and beyond the amount protected by the dealer's bond as a result of doing business with a dealer which includes, but is not limited to, bankruptcy, embezzlement, or fraud. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
- Producer: means any producer of grain or cotton. See South Carolina Code 46-41-210
(2) "Agricultural commodity dealer" or "commodity dealer" means any person in this State engaged in buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, negotiating, processing for resale, or soliciting the sale, resale, exchange, or transfer of grain or cotton purchased from a producer or his agent or representative or received to be handled on a net return basis from the producer. An agricultural commodity dealer shall include cotton gins if the gin is engaged in the above-described activity.
(3) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
(4) "Fair market value" means the value based on the average market price being paid to producers on a specified date by the three licensed grain or cotton dealers nearest the grain or cotton dealer involved in the loss.
(5) "Grain" means any feed grains or oil seeds, except cotton seeds.
(6) "Loss" means any monetary loss over and beyond the amount protected by the dealer’s bond as a result of doing business with a dealer which includes, but is not limited to, bankruptcy, embezzlement, or fraud.
(7) "Producer" means any producer of grain or cotton.
(8) "Date of loss" means the date the commodity dealer filed a petition for bankruptcy; or, if bankruptcy is not declared, the date a check was returned for insufficient funds, or the date otherwise determined by the department.