In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-1451

  • Beef cattle: means cattle or calves grown primarily for meat production. See Arizona Laws 3-1451
  • 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.
  • Feed lot: means either of the following:

    (a) A beef cattle feed lot, or feed yard, having more than five hundred head of beef cattle at one time during the licensed year. See Arizona Laws 3-1451

  • Livestock: means cattle, equine, sheep, goats and swine, except feral pigs. See Arizona Laws 3-1201
  • Operator: means the owner or the person having charge or control of a feed lot. See Arizona Laws 3-1451
  • 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: means an individual, a corporation, a group of individuals, joint venturers, a partnership, or any other business entity. See Arizona Laws 3-1451

1. "Beef cattle" means cattle or calves grown primarily for meat production.

2. "Feed lot" means either of the following:

(a) A beef cattle feed lot, or feed yard, having more than five hundred head of beef cattle at one time during the licensed year.

(b) Any other beef cattle feed lot whose operator elects to come under this article.

3. "Feed yard feeding" means the feeding of beef cattle in lots or pens which are not used normally for raising crops and in which no vegetation, intended for livestock feed, is growing.

4. "Operator" means the owner or the person having charge or control of a feed lot.

5. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a group of individuals, joint venturers, a partnership, or any other business entity.