Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 32 > Article 13 - Dangerous Regulated Animals

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dangerous regulated animal: means a live or slaughtered parts of:

  (1) Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and mountain lions, or any hybrid thereof;

  (2) bears or any hybrid thereof; and

  (3) all non-native, venomous snakes. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Local animal control authority: means an agency of the county or city that is responsible for animal control operations in such governmental entity's jurisdiction and includes the animal control officer, as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, municipality or other business entity. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301
• Possess: means to own, care for, have custody of or control. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Registered designated handler: means a person who is registered or would be required to be registered pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Wildlife sanctuary: means a not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2006, that:

  (1) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned or displaced dangerous regulated animals are provided care for such animal's lifetime;

  (2) does not conduct any commercial activity with respect to any dangerous regulated animal possessed by the organization;

  (3) does not sell, trade, auction, lease or loan dangerous regulated animals, or parts thereof, which the organization possesses;

  (4) does not breed any dangerous regulated animal of which the organization possesses, except as an integral part of the species survival plan of the American zoo and aquarium association;

  (5) does not conduct any activity that is not inherent to the dangerous regulated animal's nature;

  (6) does not use the dangerous regulated animal for any type of entertainment purposes; and

  (7) operates a refuge in compliance with regulations promulgated by the United States department of agriculture for dangerous regulated animals, except non-native, venomous snakes, under the animal welfare act, public law 89-544, as amended and in effect on July 1, 2006, and the regulations and standards adopted under such act in effect on July 1, 2006, relating to operations, animal health and husbandry. See Kansas Statutes 32-1301