38-34-1. Definitions.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. Source: SL 2005, ch 214, §1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
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