As used in the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act:

1. "Beef" and "beef products" mean the meat intended for human consumption from any cattle, including, but not limited to, veal;

2. "Cattle" means all bovine animals, regardless of age;

3. "Council" means the Oklahoma Beef Council established under the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act to administer and govern the program;

4. "Market agent" means any person or entity who sells, offers for sale, markets, distributes, trades, or processes cattle purchased or acquired from a producer, or marketed on behalf of a producer, and includes, but is not limited to, cattle feeders and meatpacking firms and their agents that purchase or consign to purchase cattle;

5. "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, associations, trusts, estates, limited liability companies and any other legal entities recognized to do business in Oklahoma; and

6. "Producer" means a person that owned or sold cattle in the previous calendar year or presently owns cattle.

Historical Data

Added by Laws 2004, HB 2620, c. 34, § 3, eff. November 1, 2004.