2014 Georgia Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 19 - GEORGIA COTTON PRODUCERS INDEMNITY FUND
§ 2-19-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of this state.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of this state.
(3) "Eligible cotton producer" means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity that grew cotton in this state and that incurred a loss in 1998 or 1999 of such properly stored, harvested cotton as the result of the bankruptcy of one or more warehousemen, brokers, or other parties in possession of such cotton or warehouse receipts evidencing title to such cotton; an improper conversion or transfer of such cotton; the issuance of one or more bad checks in payment for such cotton; or other hazards or events as determined by the Commissioner.
(4) "Federal act" means section 1121 of the federal Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999, Public Law 105-277.
(5) "Secretary of agriculture" means the secretary of agriculture of the United States.
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