Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 13 > Chapter 10 > Part 1 - Chapter Definitions

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Commodity: means beef, corn, pork, and eggs, produced on a commercial basis. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corn: means all kinds of varieties of corn except popcorn, sweet corn, and ornamental corns. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• 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.
• Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Egg: means a pullet egg or a hen egg and excludes all other types of eggs. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Local government: means an incorporated municipality, county, agency or instrumentality of an incorporated municipality or county, two (2) or more of the foregoing acting jointly, or an authority established by law to provide mass transportation services, or a nonprofit corporation authorized to provide mass transportation services. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Mass transportation project: means the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of any mass transportation system or capital equipment used in connection therewith. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Producer: means any person who produces a commodity and thereafter causes the commodity to be marketed. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Project cost: means actual or estimated cost of a mass transportation project, including relocation assistance payments, or the estimated reasonable cost thereof as approved by the commissioner, whichever is lower, less any federal assistance received or to be received for the project. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Purchaser: means any dealer or processor who purchases or receives such commodity from producers on a commercial basis. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Qualified producer organization: means any agricultural organization, federation, or association that is organized as a "not for profit" organization under the laws of the state of Tennessee, and whose membership is fairly representative of farmers who are active producers of one (1) or more agricultural commodities covered under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• Referendum: means any voting procedure under which affected producers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against an assessment authorized by this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105