As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Cotton gin" means a facility where cotton seed and cotton lint are produced from raw cotton. "Cotton handler" means any person doing business as a cotton gin, cotton merchant, or cotton warehouse. "Cotton merchant" means any person who buys cotton from a producer for the purpose of resale, or acts as a broker or agent for a producer in arranging the sale of cotton. The term does not include a person that buys cotton for his own use. "Cotton warehouse" means any enclosure in which producer-owned cotton is stored or held for longer than 48 hours. 2000, c. 584, § 3.1-722.29; 2008, c. 860.
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