Kansas Statutes 83-301. Definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 83-301
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
As used in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 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.