Kansas Statutes 47-1219. Unlawful disposal; penalty
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1219
- Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Disposal plant: means a place of business or a location where the carcasses of domestic animals or packing house refuse is purchased, received or unloaded and where such carcasses or refuse are processed for the purpose of obtaining the hide, skin, grease, residue, or any other byproduct from the animal or refuse, in any way whatsoever. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
- Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or association. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
- Place of transfer: means a reloading site, authorized for use in direct transferring of carcasses of domestic animals from vehicles making original pickup or loading to a line vehicle for the transportation of the carcasses to the disposal plant. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Substation: means a concentration site equipped with at least one storage building and operated and maintained for the temporary deposit or storage of the carcasses of domestic animals pending final delivery of the carcasses to the disposal plant. See Kansas Statutes 47-1201
(a) Any person or persons who shall put any dead animals, carcasses of such animals or domestic fowl, or any part thereof, into any well, spring, brook, branch, river, creek, pond, road, street, alley, lane other than the person’s own private driveway, lot not owned or leased by such person, field not owned or leased by such person, meadow not owned or leased by such person or commonly-owned or public property shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500.
(b) Any owner or owners of any dead animals, carcasses of such animals or domestic fowl, or any part thereof, who shall knowingly permit the same to remain in any well, spring, brook, branch, river, creek, pond, road, street, alley, lane other than the person’s own private driveway, lot not owned or leased by such person, field not owned or leased by such person, meadow not owned or leased by such person or commonly-owned or public property to the injury of the health or to the annoyance of or damage to the citizens of the state or any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500. Every 24 hours the owners shall permit the same to remain thereafter shall be deemed an additional offense.
(c) Persons disposing of dead animals shall do so in one of the following ways: (1) Burial; (2) incineration; (3) delivery or unloading of the carcasses of dead animals or packing house refuse at a disposal plant, substation, rendering plant or place of transfer licensed by the commissioner; (4) composting; or (5) in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1,199, and amendments thereto.