Section 43-34-103 - Chapter definitionsAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Agricultural district" means those properties residing within a contiguous boundary and meeting appropriate criteria for designation as such by the local soil and water conservation district;(2) "Agricultural production" means those operations including associated land and facility management activities engaged in the commercial propagation, raising, harvesting and/or processing of any plant or animal or products thereof for purposes of consumption, utilization, goods, or service either on-site or for distribution;(3) "Board of supervisors" means the governing body of the local soil and water conservation district;(4) "Farmland" means land and associated facilities involved in agricultural production activities;(5) "Ownership" means any individual, family, company, corporation, or organization holding title to property within a proposed or established agricultural district;(6) "Petition" means the application and application process for designation of an agricultural district as submitted to the local soil and water conservation district;(7) "Soil and water conservation district" means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title; and(8) "Tennessee soil and water conservation commission" means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 203, Secs.s7, s8, s9 eff. 4/22/2021.