Definitions

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Committee" means the Montana pulse crop committee provided for in 2-15-3007. (2) "Department" means the department of agriculture provided for in 2-15-3001. (3) "Net receipts" means the net weight multiplied by the price paid to the producer. (4) "Producer" means a person or landowner who is personally engaged in growing or producing pulse crops, a tenant of the landowner who is personally engaged in growing or producing pulse crops, or both the landowner and the tenant jointly. The term includes a person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper, and all other business units, devices, and arrangements. (5) "Pulse crops" means dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, and fava beans.