2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 234 - LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
234.272 Definitions for KRS 234.270 to 234.302.
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234.272 Definitions for KRS 234.270 to 234.302.
As used in KRS 234.270 to 234.302, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Housing,
Buildings and Construction;
(2) "Council" means the Kentucky Propane Education and Research Council
created in accordance with KRS 234.290;
(3) "Department" means the state Department of Housing, Buildings and
Construction;
(4) "Education" means any action to provide information regarding propane,
propane equipment, mechanical and technical practices relating to the use of
propane, and propane uses to consumers and members of the propane
industry;
(5) "Industry" means those persons involved in the production, transportation, and
sale of propane and in the manufacture and distribution of propane utilization
equipment;
(6) "Industry trade association" means an organization representing the propane
industry which is exempt from tax, under Section 501(c)(3) or (c)(6) of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(7) "Odorized propane" means propane to which an odorant has been added;
(8) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
cooperative, or other business entity;
(9) "Producer" means the owner of propane at the time it is recovered at a gas
processing plant or refinery, without regard to the state in which actual
production occurs;
(10) "Propane" means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition is predominately
C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or crude oil, and includes liquefied
petroleum gases and mixtures thereof;
(11) "Public member" means a member of the council representing significant users
of propane, public safety officials, state regulatory officials, or other groups
knowledgeable about propane;
(12) "Research" means any type of study, investigation, or other activity designed to
advance the image, desirability, usage, marketability, efficiency, or safety of
propane and to further the development of this information;
(13) "Retail marketer" means a person engaged primarily in the sale of odorized
propane to the final user of the product or to retail propane dispensers;
(14) "Retail propane dispenser" means a person who sells odorized propane to the
final user of the product but is not engaged primarily in the business of these
sales; and
(15) "Supplier" means a person, other than a producer, who is the owner of
propane in the Commonwealth at the time of odorization or who is the owner of
odorized propane at the time it is imported into the Commonwealth.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 503, effective July 15, 2010. -Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
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