Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 2.2 > Subtitle I > Part C > Chapter 20.2 > Article 2 - Data Collection and Analytics

• Board: means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
• Contractor-applicator: means any person required to hold a permit to apply any regulated product pursuant to § 3. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Council: means the Apprenticeship Council. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Department: includes all departments established in the executive branch of state government and local agencies under the jurisdiction or supervision thereof, and for the purposes of §§ 2. See Virginia Code 2.2-3601
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Director: means the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Encrypted: means the same as that term is defined in § 18. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Fertilizer: means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients, which is used for its plant nutrient content, and which is designed for use, or claimed to have value, in promoting plant growth. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• Grade: means the percentage of total nitrogen (N), available phosphate (P205) and soluble potash (K20), stated in whole numbers in the same terms, order, and percentages as in the guaranteed analysis, except that fertilizer materials, specialty fertilizers, bone meal, manures and similar raw materials may be guaranteed in fractional units. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• Licensee: means the person who receives a license to distribute any regulated product under the provisions of this chapter. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
• Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
• Regulated product: means any product governed by this chapter, including any fertilizer, specialty fertilizer, soil amendment, digestate, and horticultural growing medium. See Virginia Code 3.2-3600
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
• Virginia Longitudinal Data System: means the multiagency partnership administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia pursuant to subdivision 9 of § 23. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Virginia Workforce Data Trust: means a workforce database maintained by the Department in an encrypted state in compliance with § 2. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036
• Workforce development program: means a publicly funded education, training, and support services program designed and administered to prepare and enable participants to enter into and advance in careers. See Virginia Code 2.2-2036