2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.551 Definitions.

BEANS (EXCERPT)
Act 114 of 1965


290.551 Definitions.

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Beans" means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans.

(b) "Commission" means the Michigan bean commission.

(c) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture.

(d) "Grower" means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years.

(e) "Processor" means a person who cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed.

(f) "Sold or shipped for processing" means that beans are loaded by the grower, in bulk or loose in bags or other containers, or packed in any style package, in a car, boat, truck, wagon, or other conveyance to be transported to a processor.


History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001



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