Kentucky Statutes 261.375 – License required — Renewal, records of transactions — Violations — License revocation or suspension
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(1) No person shall engage in the business of being a livestock dealer without having first obtained a license from the department. Application for a license shall be made on a form provided by the department and accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10), payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer. The license shall expire on December 31 and shall be renewed annually.
(2) Any livestock dealer shall maintain records of all transactions conducted by him for the next preceding two (2) year period, including the names and addresses of persons from whom he has purchased or to whom he has sold livestock and the date of the transactions, and make the records available to department representatives upon request, but shall not be required to maintain or furnish records or information as to the amount paid or received for any head of livestock.
(3) The following acts by any livestock dealer shall be violations of this chapter and may result in a license being revoked or suspended by the Commissioner of Agriculture:
(a) Failing to maintain the records required under subsection (2) of this section; (b) Failing to provide access to department representatives of records;
(c) Buying or selling livestock under an assumed name or address; and
(d) Violating of any valid administrative regulation or statute governing disease control.
(4) If the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any provision of this chapter is being or has been violated by any livestock dealer, the Commissioner shall notify the livestock dealer that his license may be suspended or revoked.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 13, effective
July 12, 2006. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 183, effective July 15, 1996. –
– Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 1. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 277, sec. 3.
Formerly codified as KRS § 257.530.
(2) Any livestock dealer shall maintain records of all transactions conducted by him for the next preceding two (2) year period, including the names and addresses of persons from whom he has purchased or to whom he has sold livestock and the date of the transactions, and make the records available to department representatives upon request, but shall not be required to maintain or furnish records or information as to the amount paid or received for any head of livestock.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 261.375
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 261.200
- Department: means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 261.200
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, or other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 261.200
- 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. See Kentucky Statutes 261.200 - State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) The following acts by any livestock dealer shall be violations of this chapter and may result in a license being revoked or suspended by the Commissioner of Agriculture:
(a) Failing to maintain the records required under subsection (2) of this section; (b) Failing to provide access to department representatives of records;
(c) Buying or selling livestock under an assumed name or address; and
(d) Violating of any valid administrative regulation or statute governing disease control.
(4) If the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any provision of this chapter is being or has been violated by any livestock dealer, the Commissioner shall notify the livestock dealer that his license may be suspended or revoked.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 13, effective
July 12, 2006. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 183, effective July 15, 1996. –
– Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 1. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 277, sec. 3.
Formerly codified as KRS § 257.530.