§ 52863

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.

“Handlers of raw cotton fiber” or “merchant” means any person or organization that is primarily engaged in the business of buying and selling spot cotton or forward contract cotton.

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