Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1205

  • Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or association. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201

(a) If the commissioner finds that an applicant is a responsible and suitable person to conduct such business, and that the disposal plant, substations, places of transfer, vehicles, and equipment of such applicant and the methods of operation proposed comply with all the provisions of this act, and with the rules and regulations authorized and adopted under provisions of this act, and that such disposal plants, substations, and places of transfer are located in places approved by the commissioner, the commissioner shall thereupon notify such applicant of such findings.

(b) Upon receipt of such notification, such applicant shall pay to the commissioner the following permit fees: (1) $150 for each substation and (2) $150 for each place of transfer.

(c) Upon receipt of such fees, the commissioner shall issue to such applicant a license for each disposal plant and a permit for each substation and for each place of transfer.

(d) The permit for each substation and place of transfer shall be posted in a conspicuous place on each of such premises.