Ky. Rev. Stat. § 257.010

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225

Section 257.010 - Definitions for chapter

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Abandon" means to forsake entirely, or to neglect or refuse to provide or perform the legal obligations for care and support of an animal by its owner or his agent;

(2) "Board" means the Board of Agriculture;

(3) "Commission" means the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission;

(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(5) "Communicable disease" means a disease that can be directly or indirectly transmitted from one (1) animal to another;

(6) "Compost" means the humus-like product of the process of composting domestic livestock, poultry, or fish, which may be used as a soil conditioner or enhancer;

(7) "Composting" means the biological decomposition of organic matter;

(8) "Council" means the Kentucky Equine Health and Welfare Council;

(9) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture;

(10) "Fish" means the bodies and parts of bodies of all animal aquatic life being raised, or kept for sale to a wholesaler or retailer, or for direct sale to the public;

(11) "Livestock" means:

(a) Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species; and

(b) Deer, elk, and any other animal of the cervid species whose regulatory requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, and are privately owned and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and other products;

(12) "National animal identification system" means a national program intended to identify animals and track them as they come into contact with or commingle with animals other than herdmates from their premises of origin;

(13) "National Poultry Improvement Plan" shall have the same meaning as set out in the United States Code of Federal Regulations, 9 C.F.R. Part 145, and the auxiliary provisions in 9 C.F.R. Part 147;

(14) "Owner" means any person owning or leasing from another, or having in charge any domestic animal;

(15) "Poultry" means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth;

(16) "Premises" means any portion of land, or any structure erected on land; and

(17) "Reportable disease" means an animal disease that shall be reported to state or federal animal health officials when suspected or diagnosed.

KRS 257.010

Effective:7/15/2010
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 4, effective7/15/2010. -- Amended 2009, Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1, effective 6/25/2009. -- Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 3, effective 7/12/2006. -- Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1, effective 6/20/2005. -- Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 12, effective 3/28/2002. -- Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1996. --Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1986. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 63c-1, 4618-78.