[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR795.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 795--PAYMENT LIMITATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 795.3  Definitions.

    (a) The terms defined in part 719 of this chapter, governing 
reconstitutions of farms, shall be applicable to this part and all 
documents issued in accordance with this part, except as otherwise 
provided in this section.
    (b)(1) Subject to the provisions of this part, the term ``person'' 
shall mean an individual, joint stock company, corporation, association, 
trust, estate, or other legal entity. In order to be considered to be a 
separate person for the purposes of this part with respect to any crop, 
in addition to any other provision of this part, an individual or other 
legal; entity must:
    (i) Have a separate and distinct interest in the crop or the land on 
which the crop is produced;
    (ii) Exercise separate responsibility for such interest; and
    (iii) Be responsible for payment of the cost of farming related to 
such interest from a fund or account separate from that of any other 
individual or entity.
    (2) The term ``person'' shall not include any cooperative 
association of producers that markets commodities for producers with 
respect to the commodities so marketed for producers.
    (c) The term ``family member'' shall mean the individual, the great-
grandparent, grand-parent, child, grandchild, and great-grandchild of 
such individual and the spouses of all such individuals.
    (d) The term ``separate unit'' shall mean an individual who, prior 
to December 31, 1985: (1) Had been engaged in a separate farming 
operation and (2) in accordance with the provisions of this part, had 
been determined to be a separate person or could have so determined 
under the circumstances existing at such time.

[52 FR 26295, July 14, 1987]