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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this act, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) “Commissioner” means the animal health commissioner of the state of Kansas.
(b) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or association.
(c) “Disposal plant” means a place of business or a location where the carcasses of domestic animals or packing house refuse is purchased, received or unloaded and where such carcasses or refuse are processed for the purpose of obtaining the hide, skin, grease, residue, or any other byproduct from the animal or refuse, in any way whatsoever.
(d) “Substation” means a concentration site equipped with at least one storage building and operated and maintained for the temporary deposit or storage of the carcasses of domestic animals pending final delivery of the carcasses to the disposal plant.
(e) “Place of transfer” means a reloading site, authorized for use in direct transferring of carcasses of domestic animals from vehicles making original pickup or loading to a line vehicle for the transportation of the carcasses to the disposal plant.
(f) “Carcasses of domestic animals” means bodies, or any part or portion thereof, of dead domestic animals not slaughtered for human food.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 47. Livestock and Domestic Animals § 47-1201. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-47-livestock-and-domestic-animals/ks-st-sect-47-1201/
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