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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 247.6040 to 247.6070, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Association” means any commission, council, board, or other body;
(2) “Boll weevil” means Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's designee;
(4) “Cotton” means any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle;
(5) “Cotton grower” means any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, cotton for market;
(6) “Host” means any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle;
(7) “Infested” means actually infested with a boll weevil, or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists; and
(8) “Regulated article” means any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not limited to cotton plants, seed cotton, other hosts, gin trash, and mechanical cotton pickers.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 247.6040.Definitions for KRS 247.6040 to 247.6070 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxi-agriculture-and-animals/ky-rev-st-sect-247-6040/
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