Kansas Statutes 83-401. Definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 83-401
- 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. § 83-401 et seq. and 83-501 et seq., and amendments thereto:
(a) “Dispensing device” means a motor-vehicle fuel or liquid fuel dispensing pump, meter or other similar measuring device and shall include any device which dispenses refined or blended gasoline or diesel fuel product. This definition shall not include liquefied petroleum meters;
(b) “person” means any individual, agent, technical representative, partnership, association, corporation or governmental agency but does not include the secretary;
(c) “secretary” means the secretary of agriculture, the secretary’s authorized representative or the secretary’s authorized inspector;
(d) “place of business” means any location from which a testing service, or one or more representatives or employees thereof, sell and perform services for the purpose of testing, repairing, adjusting, measuring or calibrating dispensing devices;
(e) “technical representative” means an individual who is responsible for the proper installation, repair, adjustment or calibration and certification of the accuracy of such dispensing devices; and
(f) “service company” means a company which is in the business of examining, calibrating, testing, repairing and adjusting of dispensing devices but such term does not include a technical representative unless the technical representative is the owner of such service company.