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KRS 246.010

Definitions for chapter

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Commonwealth, Uninsured Employers' Fund v. Gussler (2008)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth, Uninsured Employers' Fund v. Gussler (August 2008)

Effective: March 28, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky

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

(1) "Board" means the state Board of Agriculture;

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

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

(4) "Structure" means a building erected as a shelter for human beings, animals or agricultural products, equipment, or supplies;

(5) "Agriculture" means the business of raising or producing:

(a) Crops, the products of which are used for food, feed, fiber, energy, or pharmaceuticals;

(b) Horticulture products;

(c) Tobacco;

(d) Aquaculture products;

(e) Livestock, poultry, and ratite birds and eggs;

(f) Milk and milk products;

(g) Eggs and egg products;

(h) Bees and bee products; and (i) Timber;

(6) "Horticulture" means the business of raising fruits, nuts, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants, shrubs, trees, herbs, and the starts or transplants needed to produce these items;

(7) "Aquaculture" means the science, art, and business of producing and raising aquatic organisms under controlled or semicontrolled conditions;

(8) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, or equine species, deer and elk, whose regulatory requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, that are privately owned and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and other products; and (9) "Poultry" means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth for profit.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.