As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the Cattle Industry Board.
"Cattle" means beef-type and dairy-type cattle sold for a consideration in excess of $100 per head in the Commonwealth.
"Handler" means, at the point where the cattle are weighed or traded and the value determined, an operator of any stockyard, livestock dealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person who purchases from a producer.
"Producer" means any person engaged in the business of raising cattle.
1970, c. 310, §§ 3.1-796.13, 3.1-796.26; 1978, c. 540; 1983, c. 375; 1985, cc. 237, 448; 2008, c. 860; 2018, c. 469.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 13 - Cattle Industry Board
§ 3.2-1301. Cattle Industry Board; composition and appointment of members
§ 3.2-1302.1. Cattle Industry Board officers and meetings
§ 3.2-1304. Powers and duties of Cattle Industry Board
§ 3.2-1305. Virginia Cattle Industry Fund established
§ 3.2-1306. Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports