As used in this chapter:

(a)  “Bird” means any order of Psittaciformes bird.

(b)  “Bird mart” means an event at which two or more persons offer birds for sale or exchange and where a fee is charged for the privilege of offering or displaying the birds.

(c)  “Hand-feeding” means the process by which a bird is manually fed by a human through the use of hand, spoon, or oral gavage.

(d)  “Pet shop” means a retail pet shop location primarily engaged in retailing pets, pet foods, and pet supplies, as defined by the North American Industry Classification System.

(e)  “Sale” has the same meaning as retail sale as defined in Section 6007 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(f)  “Time of sale” means the calendar date the retail purchaser removed the bird from the premises of the pet shop following the retail sale of that bird.

(g)  “Unweaned bird” means any bird that requires hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight for at least two weeks.

(h)  “Vendor” means any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a broker, agent, aviary, or breeder, who sells birds directly to the retail purchaser at a bird mart or at a swap meet as defined in Section 21661 of the Business and Professions Code.

(i)  “Weaned” means a bird that does not require hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight following the time of sale, notwithstanding any illness or injury.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 887, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative September 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 122324.)