Section 67028 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.
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. (a) (1) "Handler" means any person who engages, in this
state, in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing
avocados which he or she has produced or purchased or acquired from a
producer, or which he or she is marketing on behalf of a producer,
whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise.
(2) "Handler" also includes any person engaged as a processor in
the business of processing avocados.
(b) When the handler is a corporation or a limited liability
company, all of the directors, officers, managers, and members of the
corporation or limited liability company in their capacity as
individuals shall be included, and any liability for failure to
collect or make payment of assessments to which a corporate handler
or a handler that is a limited liability company may be subject
pursuant to this chapter shall include identical liability upon each
individual director, officer, manager, or member of the corporation
or limited liability company.
(c) (1) "Handler" does not include a cooperative bargaining
association that recommends that its members market their avocados
through specified handlers and which otherwise is not involved in the
sale of avocados.
(2) "Handler" also does not include a retailer, except for a
retailer who purchases or acquires from any producer, or handles on
behalf of any producer, avocados which were not previously subjected
to regulation by the commission.