38-34-1. Definitions.

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Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1)"Council," the South Dakota Pulse Crop Council;

(2)"First purchaser," any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, agent, or broker buying, accepting for sale, or otherwise acquiring pulse crops after harvest from a grower. A grower selling unharvested pulse crops or delivering pulse crops from the farm on which they are produced to storage facilities, packing shed, or processing plant is not a first purchaser;

(3)"Grower," any person who is the legal initial owner of pulse crops harvested from more than ten acres;

(4)"Participating grower," a grower who has not requested a refund from the payment of assessments on pulse crops under this chapter for the current or previous year;

(5)"Pulse crops," lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, and lupines;

(6)"Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.