As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Agricultural district' means those properties residing within a contiguous boundary and meeting appropriate criteria for designation as such by the local soil and water conservation district;(2) 'Agricultural production' means those operations including associated land and facility management activities engaged in the commercial propagation, raising, harvesting and/or processing of any plant or animal or products thereof for purposes of consumption, utilization, goods, or service either on-site or for distribution;(3) 'Board of supervisors' means the governing body of the local soil and water conservation district;(4) 'Farmland' means land and associated facilities involved in agricultural production activities;(5) 'Ownership' means any individual, family, company, corporation, or organization holding title to property within a proposed or established agricultural district;(6) 'Petition' means the application and application process for designation of an agricultural district as submitted to the local soil and water conservation district;(7) 'Soil and water conservation district' means that governmental body application process for designation of an agricultural district as submitted to the local soil and water conservation district;(7) 'Soil and water conservation district' means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title; and(8) 'Tennessee soil and water conservation commission' means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 203, Secs.s7, s8, s9 eff. 4/22/2021.Acts 1995, ch. 465, § 4.
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