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261.200 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(3) "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;
(4) "Stockyard" means a facility regulated by:
(a) The United States Secretary of Agriculture under the Packers and Stockyards
Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended, and regulations promulgated under
these statutes by the Secretary of Agriculture; or
(b) The department under this chapter and administrative regulations promulgated
under this chapter.
A stockyard includes any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a
stockyard, which is conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a
public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers,
consisting of pens or other enclosures and their appurtenances, in which livestock
are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce;
(5) "Buying station" means a facility that is conducted, operated, or managed as a
private livestock market that offers stockyard services;
(6) "Stockyard services" means services or facilities furnished at a stockyard or buying
station in connection with the:
(a) Receiving, buying, or selling of livestock in commerce on a commission basis
or otherwise; or
(b) Marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivering, shipping, weighing, or
handling of livestock in commerce;
(7) "Owner or operator" means persons responsible for the operation of each individual
stockyard or buying station;
(8) "Market agency" means a person engaged in the business of:
(a) Buying or selling livestock in commerce on a commission basis; or
(b) Furnishing stockyard services;
(9) "Livestock dealer" means any person, not a market agency, who:
(a) Is regularly engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in
commerce, either on his or her own account or as the employee or agent of the
vendor or purchaser; or
(b) Owns or operates a buying station; and
(10) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of all kinds and species.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts
ch. 130, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.
Legislative Research Commission Note. Pursuant to Acts 1962, ch. 139, sec. 2, the
reviser has substituted "department of agriculture" for "department of agriculture,
labor and statistics" in this chapter.
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