47-1001a. License required to operate market; application form; fee; bond. No person shall conduct or operate a public livestock market unless and until such person has a license therefor, upon which the current annual market license fee has been paid. Any person making application for an original market license shall do so to the commissioner in writing, verified by the applicant, in the form as prescribed by the commissioner showing the following:

(a) The name and address of the applicant, with a statement of the names and addresses of all persons having any financial interest in the business of the applicant and the amount of such interest.

(b) A statement of all assets and liabilities of the applicant.

(c) A legal description of the real estate and a complete description of the facilities proposed to be used in connection with such public livestock market.

(d) A detailed statement of the facts upon which the applicant relies showing the general confines of the trade area proposed to be served by such public livestock market, the benefits to be derived by the livestock industry and the services proposed to be rendered.

Such application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount set by the Kansas animal health board and adopted by rules and regulations of the commissioner of not more than $375, which shall not be refundable if the application is denied or withdrawn. Each applicant shall furnish a bond in the manner required by K.S.A. 47-1002, and amendments thereto. The application fee established by this section on the day preceding the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until a different application fee is set as provided under this section.

History: L. 1965, ch. 333, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 264, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 152, § 9; L. 1993, ch. 167, § 1; April 22.