Title XXI, Agriculture and Animals

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture; (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (3) "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture; (4) "Stockyard" means a facility regulated by…

regulations. The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

The Commissioner, with the specific approval of the board, shall employ such inspectors and other employees as are necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. Their duties shall be prescribed by the Commissioner and their compensation shall be determined under the provisions o…

- Fee -- Stockyards to annually identify and verify dealers. (1) The owner or operator of a stockyard or buying station shall file annually with the department an application for a license to operate the business under the provisions of this chapter. The applications shall be mad…

(1) No person shall engage in the business of being a market agency 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 Sta…

The owner or operator of each stockyard or buying station shall file with the department, at the beginning of each month, a sworn statement showing the exact number of livestock received and sold at that stockyard or buying station during the preceding month. The statements shall…

representatives of department. Each stockyard or buying station owner or licensee shall, during ordinary business hours, permit any authorized representative of the department to enter his or her place of business and inspect any or all property in his or her possession or contro…

(1) The owner or operator of any stockyard or buying station, any market agency, or any livestock dealer who is required to execute and maintain a surety bond or other security instrument or agreement in compliance with standards set out in the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C…

All scales used in stockyards or buying stations shall be certified. The scales shall be tested at least every six (6) months by a scale agency approved by the department. Certification of the scales shall be exhibited before issuance or renewal of any stockyard or buying station…

It shall be unlawful for any weighman to misweigh or falsely report any weights or to otherwise fraudulently manipulate scales to produce a weight other than the true and actual weight of any livestock consigned to and sold at any stockyard or buying station.

All license fees and all other fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the department in defraying the expense of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and in conjunction with other funds made ava…

If the owner or operator of any licensed stockyard in this state is required by law or shall have any reason to utilize the services of a veterinarian, the veterinarian shall be chosen by the owner or operator of the stockyards, and may be relieved of his duties at the pleasure o…

Payment for livestock purchased by market agencies or livestock dealers shall be made in full compliance with requirements under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. secs. 181-229b and regulations promulgated thereto.

Stockyards and buying stations shall carry insurance on all livestock while the livestock are kept at the stockyards or buying stations in order to ensure that the livestock will be insured against injury or loss caused by catastrophic peril such as fire, windstorm, or similar oc…

No provision of KRS Chapter 261 shall be construed as applicable to: (1) A person who offers for sale or trade only livestock which he has owned or has in his possession for a period of thirty (30) days or longer and who is not regularly engaged in the business of buying, selling…

License revocation or suspension. (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 dolla…

Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the Department of Agriculture shall not enact any administrative regulations prohibiting the rights of buyers of any livestock to purchase the livestock.

(1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any administrative regulation promulgated under this chapter, or who refuses to pay the fees required in this chapter, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), o…