C.R.S. § 35-57.5-103: Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Authority" means the Colorado sheep and wool authority created by section 35-57.5-104 (1).

(1.5) "Board" or "sheep and wool board" means the Colorado sheep and wool board.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.

(3) "Feeder" means a person who commercially feeds sheep that are purchased from producers or fed for producers on a contract basis.

(4) "Handler" means a person who buys, ships, commercially feeds, processes, or distributes sheep that have been sold by or on behalf of a producer or that have been purchased or otherwise acquired from a producer. "Handler" includes a producer who buys, ships, commercially feeds, processes, or distributes such producer's own sheep.

(5) "Producer" means a person who raises or breeds sheep or produces wool from sheep.