As used in this chapter: 1. "Council" means the North Dakota dry pea and lentil council. 2. "Dry peas and lentils" include chickpeas, lupins, and fava beans. 3. "First purchaser" means any person accepting for sale or otherwise acquiring dry peas and lentils from a grower after harvest. The term includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, and any person having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of dry peas and lentils is taken as partial payment or in satisfaction of a mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. 4. "Participating producer" means a producer that has not applied for a refund under section 4.1-07-15 for at least three years. 5. "Producer" means any person that: a. Plants or causes to be planted a dry pea and lentil crop in which the person has an ownership interest, with the intent that upon maturity the crop will be harvested; or b. Has planted and subsequently will plant a dry pea and lentil crop as part of the person's crop rotation within a six-year period.
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