(505 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 703)
Sec. 3.
For the purpose of this Act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Corn" means and includes all kinds and varieties of corn (excluding
popcorn and sweet corn) grown in this State and marketed and sold as corn
by the producer.
(b) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, corporation, society,
association, representative or other fiduciary.
(c) "Producer" means any person who is actively engaged in the production
of corn and who receives income from the production of corn, unless otherwise
defined in corn marketing program.
(d) "First purchaser" means any person who resells corn purchased from
a producer or offers for sale any product produced from such corn for any purpose.
(e) "Market development" means to engage in research and educational programs
directed toward better and more efficient utilization of corn; to provide
methods and means for the maintenance of present markets; for the development
of new and larger domestic and foreign markets.
(f) "Corn marketing program" means any program established under this
Act which prescribes procedures for the development
of markets for corn and corn products.
(g) "Corn marketing board" means the board established under this Act
to administer such procedures for the development
of markets for corn and corn products.
(h) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture of
the State of Illinois.
(i) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
(j) "Bushel" means 56 pounds of corn by weight.
(Source: P.A. 82-941.)
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