ATCP 101.245 Vegetable contractor fund assessments. ATCP 101.25 Fund assessment temporarily affected by merger or acquisition; partial refund. ATCP 101.255 Reduced fund assessment for contributing vegetable contractors who also maintain security. ATCP 101.26 Disclosure to producers. Subch. I of ch. ATCP 101 NoteNote: This subchapter is adopted under authority of s. 100.20 (2), Stats., Violations of this subchapter may be prosecuted under s. 100.20 (6) or 100.26 (3) or (6), Stats. A person who suffers a monetary loss because of a violation of this subchapter may sue the violator directly under s. 100.20 (5), Stats., and may recover twice the amount of the loss, together with costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. ATCP 101.01ATCP 101.01 Definitions. In this subchapter: ATCP 101.01(1)(1) “Abandoned acreage” means vegetable acreage, grown under a vegetable procurement contract, which the contractor declares to be abandoned under s. ATCP 101.04. ATCP 101.01(2)(2) “Contractor” means a person who buys or offers to buy vegetables in this state from a producer, or who contracts or offers to contract with a producer to grow vegetables in this state, regardless of whether the contractor is located in this state or is engaged in food processing. “Contractor” does not include any of the following: ATCP 101.01(2)(a)(a) A person who procures vegetables primarily for unprocessed fresh market use and is licensed under the federal perishable agricultural commodities act, 7 USC 499. ATCP 101.01(2)(b)(b) A restaurant or retail food establishment that procures vegetables solely for retail sale at the restaurant or retail food establishment. ATCP 101.01(4)(a)(a) A producer who contributes, either directly or by means of a deduction or reduced compensation under a vegetable procurement contract, to an unharvested acreage pool. ATCP 101.01(5)(5) “Pool contribution” or “contribution” means an amount of money contributed to an unharvested acreage pool by a pool contributor. A producer’s “contribution” to an unharvested acreage pool includes any contribution in the form of a deduction or reduced compensation under a vegetable procurement contract. ATCP 101.01(6)(6) “Pool funds” means all contributions made by pool contributors as part of an unharvested acreage pool. ATCP 101.01(7)(7) “Pool participant” means a producer assigned to an unharvested acreage pool under s. ATCP 101.05. “Pool participant” includes a contractor who participates in an unharvested acreage pool as a producer under s. ATCP 101.05 (8). ATCP 101.01(8)(8) “Producer” means a person who produces and sells vegetables, or who grows vegetables under contract. ATCP 101.01(9)(9) “Suitable acreage” means all vegetable acreage grown under a vegetable procurement contract, other than acreage which the contractor declares to be abandoned under s. ATCP 101.04. ATCP 101.01(10)(a)(a) Vegetable acreage which a contractor leaves unharvested for any reason, regardless of whether the vegetable crop is suitable or abandoned. ATCP 101.01(10)(b)(b) Acreage used to produce a vegetable crop which is rejected by the contractor for any reason, regardless of whether the crop is suitable or abandoned. ATCP 101.01(11)(11) “Unharvested acreage pool” or “pool” means a contractual arrangement under s. ATCP 101.05 between a contractor and producers, under which producers make contributions in order to help finance a contractor’s payments to other producers under s. ATCP 101.05 (4) (a) or (b). ATCP 101.01(12)(12) “Vegetable” means sweet corn, snap beans or peas that are grown or sold for use in food processing, whether or not they are actually processed as food. ATCP 101.01(13)(13) “Vegetable procurement contract” means an agreement between a contractor and a producer, under which the contractor buys vegetables from the producer or contracts with the producer to grow vegetables in this state.