Texas Agriculture Code 41.002 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 41.002
- 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.
- 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.
- Livestock: means cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, exotic livestock, including elk and elk hybrids, and hogs, unless otherwise defined. See Texas Agriculture Code 1.003
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Agricultural commodity” means an agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product, bees and honey, planting seed, rice, livestock or livestock product, or poultry or poultry product, produced in this state, either in its natural state or as processed by the producer. The term does not include flax.
(2) “Board” means a commodity producers board.
(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture.
(4) “District” means a geographical area within the jurisdiction of a board.
(5) “Processor” means a person within this state who:
(A) is a purchaser, warehouseman, processor, or other commercial handler of an agricultural commodity;
(B) processes planting seeds; or
(C) is the mortgagee of an agricultural commodity if the mortgage did not cover the commodity in its state as a growing crop and if the mortgage was executed at a time when the commodity was ready for marketing.
(6) “Producer” means a person engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for commercial purposes an agricultural commodity. The term includes the owner of a farm on which the commodity is produced and the owner’s tenant or sharecropper.
(7) “Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit.
(8) “Secretary-treasurer” means the secretary-treasurer of a board.