(b) No person shall engage in business or operate a packing house, sausage plant, poultry packing plant, slaughterhouse or poultry dressing plant without registering such person's name and place of business with the secretary, and paying the registration fee established by this section.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c)(6):
(1) An annual registration fee of $50 shall be charged for the registration of each meat broker, poultry product broker, animal food manufacturer, seasonal poultry packing or dressing plant, state-owned slaughter or processing facility operated in conjunction with education and research and located at institutions under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, or slaughter or processing facility operated in conjunction with education and research and located at a public secondary school, and each such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(2) Except for persons who register under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), an annual registration fee of $150 shall be charged for the registration of each slaughter facility which slaughters 300 animal units or less annually, and such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(3) An annual registration fee of $200 shall be charged for the registration of each slaughter or processing facility which operates solely on a custom basis as defined by subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 65-6a31 and amendments thereto, and such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(4) Except for those persons who have registered under paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection (c), an annual registration fee of $250 shall be charged for each processing facility and each slaughter facility which slaughters more than 300 animal units annually, and such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(5) As used in this subsection (c), animal units shall be computed by using one unit for each bovine, bison, horse, mule or other equine, .6 unit for each swine, .4 unit for each sheep or goat and as specified by rule and regulation for other animal units.
(6) Persons who become subject to registration under this section after January 1 shall pay an amount equal to 1/12 of the annual registration fee which would have been due for a full year, multiplied by the number of full calendar months remaining in the registration year and adjusted to the nearest dollar amount.
(d) Any person whose completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is not received by January 15 of the year of renewal shall be subject to a reinstatement fee which shall be paid in addition to the required registration fee. If the completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is received by the secretary after January 15 and on or before January 31 of the year of renewal, the reinstatement fee shall be $10. If the completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is received after January 31 of the year of renewal, the amount of the reinstatement fee shall be increased at the rate of $25 per month for each additional month or fraction thereof. No registration required by this section shall be reinstated if it has been delinquent for one year. No registration required by this section shall be issued until all applicable reinstatement fees, if any, have been paid.
History: L. 1969, ch. 296, § 17; L. 1969, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 185, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 13; L. 1986, ch. 232, § 3; L. 1990, ch. 218, § 1; July 1.