236.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections
236.01 to
236.09.
Subd. 2.
Person. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or joint
venture or a combination of these.
Subd. 3.
Grain bank. "Grain bank" means a feed-processing plant that receives and stores
grain, the equivalent of which, except as is otherwise permitted by section
236.04, it processes
and returns to the grain's owner in amounts, at intervals, and with added ingredients that are
mutually agreeable to the grain's owner and the person operating the plant. "Grain bank" does
not include a seed cleaning plant.
Subd. 4.
Grain bank receipt. "Grain bank receipt" means a nonnegotiable receipt issued to
the owner of grain or the owner's agent.
Subd. 5.
Department. "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
History: 1961 c 232 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1979 c 332 art 1 s 78; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 197 art 6
s 1; 1997 c 131 s 5