§ 76233

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 397, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2002.
(a)“Wool” means the shorn fiber of live sheep in the grease basis, including offsort wool or offsorts in the natural state before cleaning or scouring.
(b)For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)“Offsort wool or offsorts” means tags, bellies, or crutchings.
(2)“Tags” means wool which has become discolored from urine or feces, dung locks, or floor sweepings.
(3)“Bellies” means wool which has been shorn from the belly of the sheep.
(4)“Crutchings” means wool which has been shorn from the crotch area of a sheep.

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