Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Beans" means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans.
(b) "Commission" means the Michigan bean commission.
(c) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture and rural development.
(d) "Grower" means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years.
(e) "Processor" means a person that cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed.
(f) "Selection members" means the commission members selected and appointed for each district created under section 2 and the processor shipper handler member selected and appointed under section 4(2).
(g) "Sold or shipped for processing" means that beans are loaded by the grower, in bulk or loose in bags or other containers, or packed in any style package, in a car, boat, truck, wagon, or other conveyance to be transported to a processor.
History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 26, 2018
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards
Act 114 of 1965 - Beans (290.551 - 290.568)
Section 290.551 - Definitions.
Section 290.552 - Division of State Into Districts.
Section 290.558 - Bean Commission; Body Corporate, Seal, Records as Evidence.
Section 290.559 - Bean Commission; State and Employees Not Liable for Acts; Disbursements.
Section 290.560 - Michigan Bean Commission; Powers and Duties Generally; Prohibitions.
Section 290.561 - Enforcement; Reimbursement for Costs.
Section 290.562 - Grower Assessment on Beans Grown and Produced.
Section 290.563 - Repealed. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977.