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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in K.S.A. 83-301 through 83-325, and amendments thereto:
(a) “Weighing and measuring device” means any scales, liquefied petroleum gas meter or vehicle tank meter used for commercial weighing or measuring of commodities;
(b) “person” means any individual, agent or employee of a service company, partnership, association, corporation or governmental agency;
(c) “place of business” means any location from which a scale testing and service company, or one or more representatives or employees thereof, sell and perform services for the purpose of testing, repairing, adjusting or calibrating scales;
(d) “technical representative” means an individual who conducts any of the following: Installs, repairs, adjusts, calibrates or certifies the accuracy of, a weighing and measuring device;
(e) “secretary” means the secretary of agriculture or an authorized representative of the secretary;
(f) “service company” means a company which is in the business of any of the following: Installing, examining, calibrating, testing, repairing or adjusting weighing and measuring devices but such term does not include a technical representative unless the technical representative is the owner of such service company;
(g) “vehicle tank meter” means those meters mounted on vehicle tanks used for the measurement and delivery of petroleum products; and
(h) “liquefied petroleum gas” means commercial propane and such commercial butane as is used for heating fuel.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 83. Weights and Measures § 83-301. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-83-weights-and-measures/ks-st-sect-83-301/
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