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.