{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-363.510","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 363.510","heading":"Definitions for KRS 363.510 to 363.850.","body":"As used in KRS 363.510 to 363.850:\n(1) \"Department\" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture;\n(2) \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;\n(3) \"Division\" means the Division of Regulation and Inspection;\n(4) (a) \"Weights and measures\" means all weights and measures of every kind ,\ninstruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and\naccessories associated with any of the instruments and devices.\n(b) The term shall include instruments and devices used to measure internal\nmoisture or density levels in unprocess ed bulk tobacco if that moisture or\ndensity determination is used as a condition of sale or as part of a contractual\nsales agreement.\n(c) The term shall not include meters for the measurement of electricity, gas\n(natural or manufactured), or water when the y are operated in a public utility\nsystem. Electricity, gas, and water meters are specifically excluded from the\npurview of KRS 363.510 to 363.850, and none of the provisions of KRS\n363.510 to 363.850 shall apply to those meters or to any appliances or\naccessories associated with those meters. However, this paragraph shall not be\nconstrued to prohibit the department from regulating or inspecting electric\nvehicle charging stations or any associated electric meters under KRS 363.785\nor the administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 363.785;\n(5) \"Sell\" and \"sale\" mean barter and exchange;\n(6) \"Director\" means the state director of the Division of Regulation and Inspection;\n(7) \"Inspector\" means a state inspector of weights and measures;\n(8) \"Intrastate commerce\" means all commerce or trade that is begun, carried on, and\ncompleted wholly within the limits of the State of Kentucky, and the phrase\n\"introduced into intrastate commer ce\" defines the time and place at which the first\nsale and delivery of a commodity is made within the state, the delivery being made\neither directly to the purchaser or to a common carrier for shipment to the\npurchaser;\n(9) \"Commodity in package form\" mean s a commodity put up or packaged in any\nmanner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale,\nexclusive of any auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that individually\nconform to the requirements of KRS 363.510 to 363.85 0. An individual item or lot\nof any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on which there\nis marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or of\nmeasure, shall be considered a commodity in package form;\n(10) \"Consumer package\" or \"package of consumer commodity\" means a commodity in\npackage form that is customarily produced or distributed for sale through retail\nsales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals or use by\nindividuals for the pu rposes of personal care or in the performance of services\nordinarily rendered in or about the household or in connection with personal\npossessions;\n(11) \"Nonconsumer package\" or \"package of nonconsumer commodity\" means any\ncommodity in package form other t han a consumer package, and particularly a\npackage designed solely for industrial or institutional use or for wholesale\ndistribution only;\n(12) (a) \"Barrel,\" when used in connection with fermented liquor, means a unit of\nthirty-one (31) gallons.\n(b) \"Ton\" means a unit of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois weight.\n(c) \"Cord,\" when used in connection with wood intended for fuel purposes,\nmeans the amount of wood that is contained in a space of one hundred twenty-\neight (128) cubic feet when the wood is ranked and well stowed;\n(13) \"Weight,\" as used in connection with any commodity, means net weight. If any\ncommodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be\nused, and all contracts concerning commodities shall use net weight as their basis of\nweight;\n(14) \"Electric vehicle\" has the same meaning as in KRS 186.010;\n(15) \"Electric vehicle charging port\" means the system at an electric vehicle charging\nstation that can provide power to charge only one (1) electric vehicle at a time, even\nthough it may have multiple connectors;\n(16) \"Electric vehicle charging station\" means any place with electric vehicle supply\nequipment that has an electrical power charging capacity of twenty (20) kilowatts or\nmore and that:\n(a) Is accessible to general public vehicular traffic; and\n(b) Sells electricity at retail to charge a battery or other storage device of an\nelectric vehicle;\n(17) \"Electric vehicle power dealer\" means a person who owns or leases an electric\nvehicle charging station; and\n(18) \"Electric vehicle supply equipment\" means any device or system designed and used\nspecifically to transfer electrical energy to an electric vehicle, either as charge\ntransferred via physical or wireless connection, by loading a fully charged battery,\nor by other means.","path":["KRS Chapter 363"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57949","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:59Z","sha256":"9644131352348c5859e618bc5dfb8b6f4613bdc9829a23144497ed9aeae5e928","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-363.440","next":"us-ky/krs-363.520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}