50-6,109. Scrap metal dealers; definitions. - Kansas Statutes

50-6,109

Chapter 50.--UNFAIR TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION Article 6.--CONSUMER PROTECTION

      50-6,109.   Scrap metal dealers; definitions.As used in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 50-6,109 through 50-6,112, and amendments thereto:

      (a)   "Scrap metal dealer" means any person that operatesa business out of a fixed location, and that is also either:

      (1)   Engaged inthe business of buying and dealing inregulated scrap metal;

      (2)   purchasing, gathering, collecting,soliciting or procuringregulated scrap metal; or

      (3)   operating, carrying on,conducting or maintaining a regulated scrap metal yard orplace where regulated scrap metal is gathered together andstored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer.

      (b)   "Regulated scrap metal yard" means any yard, plot,space, enclosure, building or any other place where regulatedscrap metal is collected, gathered togetherand stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer.

      (c)   "Regulated scrap metal" shall meanwire, cable, bars, ingots, wire scraps, pieces, pellets, clamps, aircraftparts, junk vehicles, vehicle parts, pipes or connectorsmade from aluminum; catalytic converters containing platinum, palladium orrhodium; and copper, titanium, tungsten, stainless steel and nickel inany form; forwhich the purchase price described in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 50-6,110 and 50-6,111,and amendmentsthereto, was primarily based on the content therein of aluminum, copper,titanium, tungsten, nickel, platinum, palladium, stainless steel orrhodium; any item composed in whole or in part of any nonferrous metalother than an item composed of tin, that is purchased orotherwise acquired for the purpose of recycling or storage forlater recycling. Aluminum shall notinclude food or beverage containers.

      (d)   "Bales of regulated metal" means regulated scrap metalproperty processed with professional recycling equipment bycompression, shearing or shredding, to a form in which it may besold by a scrap metal dealer consistent with industry standards.

      (e)   "Ferrous metal" means a metal that contains iron or steel.

      (f)   "Junk vehicle" means a vehiclenot requiring a title as provided in chapter 8 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated, and amendments thereto, aircraft, boat,farming implement, industrial equipment, trailer or any otherconveyance used on the highways and roadways, which has no useor resale value except as scrap.

      (g)   "Nonferrous metal" means a metal that does not contain ironor steel, including but not limited to, copper, brass, aluminum,bronze, lead, zinc, nickel and their alloys.

      (h)   "Tin" means a metal consisting predominantly of light sheetmetal ferrous scrap, including large and small householdappliances, construction siding and construction roofing.

      (i)   "Vehicle part" means the front clip consisting of thetwo front fenders, hood, grill and front bumper of an automobileassembled as one unit; or the rear clip consisting of those bodyparts behind the rear edge of the back doors, including both rearquarter panels, the rear window, trunk lid, trunk floor panel andrear bumper, assembled as one unit; or any other vehicle part.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 128, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 82, § 2;L. 2009, ch. 88, § 2; July 1.