2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:446.2 — Definitions

§446.2.  Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1)  "Agricultural plant" means any facility which receives raw agricultural products for the purpose of rendering them suitable for wholesale or retail marketing.

(2)  "Agricultural product" means any farm product or seafood product.

(3)  "Aquacultural crop" includes crawfish, crabs, oysters, shrimp, prawns, alligators, turtles, catfish, and other species of fish that are spawned, grown, managed, and harvested as a cultivated crop within artificial reservoirs, tanks, cages, or other impoundments so as to prevent at all times the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters including natural streams or lakes.

(4)  "Commission" means the State Market Commission established by R.S. 3:401.

(5)  "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture.

(6)  "Encourage and assist" means any assistance or incentive that the commission may render to any qualified applicant under any cooperative endeavor which the commission may enter into with any qualified applicant.

(7)  "Farm product" means any agronomic, horticultural, silvacultural, or aquacultural crop; any commercially raised livestock or raw product derived therefrom, or any final derivative resulting from a combination or breakdown of raw farm products.

(8)  "Final derivative" means any agricultural product that is ready to be passed on to a marketing level.

(9)  "Lender" means any bank, savings bank, mutual savings bank, building and loan association, and savings and loan association organized under the laws of Louisiana or the United States, trust companies acting as fiduciaries, and other financial institutions subject to the supervision of the commissioner of financial institutions.

(10)  "Necessary improvement" means any improvement to an existing agricultural plant mandated by local, state, or federal law, or an improvement thereto which will form an economically justifiable basis and, in the judgment of the commission, improve the quality or quantity of service, or both.

(11)  "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association domiciled in this state.

(12)  "Processing or process" means any action that will enhance any raw agricultural product's value or render a raw agricultural product suitable for further refinement or introduction at a marketing level.

(13)  "Seafood product" means any type of seafood species caught in privately owned waters or public waters, including streams and lakes, or any final derivative resulting from a combination or breakdown of raw seafood products.

Acts 1986, No. 918, §1, eff. July 10, 1986.