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| As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, | the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | 1.__Affiliated person.__"Affiliated person" means a person in | the same corporate system as a parent or member organization by | virtue of common ownership, control, operation or management. |
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| | 2.__Association.__"Association" includes an incorporated or | unincorporated entity. |
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| | 3.__Economic control.__"Economic control" means the legal | right, whether through ownership, contract or otherwise, to make | or influence decisions regarding the harvesting of trees and | disposition in general of forest products on subject land. |
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| | 4.__Forest land.__"Forest land" means land used primarily for | growth of trees to be harvested for commercial use. |
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| | 5.__Forest landowner.__"Forest landowner" means: |
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| A.__A person that owns directly or through affiliated | persons, or possesses economic control over, more than | 400,000 acres in a labor market area; or |
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| B.__An agent or subsidiary of a person described in | paragraph A if that agent or subsidiary is involved in | contracting or negotiating contracts or other arrangements, | written or oral, with forest products harvesters or forest | products haulers. |
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| | 6.__Forest products harvester.__"Forest products harvester" or | "harvester" means a person having a place of business in this | State who is engaged in harvesting trees from forest land in the | State under a contract or subcontract, directly or indirectly, | for a forest landowner. |
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| | 7.__Forest products hauler.__"Forest products hauler" or | "hauler" means a person having a place of business in this State | who is engaged in hauling harvested trees to mills under a | contract or subcontract, directly or indirectly, for a forest | landowner. |
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| | 8.__Labor market area.__"Labor market area" means an area | designated as such by the United States Department of Labor, | Bureau of Labor Statistics for purposes of implementing a | comprehensive labor market information system. |
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