2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 17 - Corporations › Article 59 - Agricultural Corporations › 17-5903 Definitions.

17-5903. Definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) "Corporation" means a domestic or foreign corporation organized for profit or nonprofit purposes.
(b) "Nonprofit corporation" means a corporation organized not-for-profit and which qualifies under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986 as amended.
(c) "Limited partnership" has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 56-1a01, and amendments thereto.
(d) "Limited agricultural partnership" means a limited partnership founded for the purpose of farming and ownership of agricultural land in which:
(1) The partners do not exceed 10 in number;
(2) the partners are all natural persons, persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of natural persons or nonprofit corporations, or general partnerships other than corporate partnerships formed under the laws of the state of Kansas; and
(3) at least one of the general partners is a person residing on the farm or actively engaged in the labor or management of the farming operation. If only one partner is meeting the requirement of this provision and such partner dies, the requirement of this provision does not apply for the period of time that the partner's estate is being administered in any district court in Kansas.
(e) "Corporate partnership" means a partnership, as defined in K.S.A. 56a-101, and amendments thereto, which has within the association one or more corporations or one or more limited liability companies.
(f) "Feedlot" means a lot, yard, corral, or other area in which livestock fed for slaughter are confined. The term includes within its meaning agricultural land in such acreage as is necessary for the operation of the feedlot.
(g) "Agricultural land" means land suitable for use in farming.
(h) "Farming" means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing or the production of livestock. Farming does not include the production of timber, forest products, nursery products or sod, and farming does not include a contract to provide spraying, harvesting or other farm services.
(i) "Fiduciary capacity" means an undertaking to act as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee for a family trust, authorized trust or testamentary trust or receiver or trustee in bankruptcy.
(j) "Family farm corporation" means a corporation:
(1) Founded for the purpose of farming and the ownership of agricultural land in which the majority of the voting stock is held by and the majority of the stockholders are persons related to each other, all of whom have a common ancestor within the third degree of relationship, by blood or by adoption, or the spouses or the stepchildren of any such persons, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for persons so related;
(2) all of its stockholders are natural persons or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of natural persons; and
(3) at least one of the stockholders is a person residing on the farm or actively engaged in the labor or management of the farming operation. A stockholder who is an officer of any corporation referred to in this subsection and who is one of the related stockholders holding a majority of the voting stock shall be deemed to be actively engaged in the management of the farming corporation. If only one stockholder is meeting the requirement of this provision and such stockholder dies, the requirement of this provision does not apply for the period of time that the stockholder's estate is being administered in any district court in Kansas.
(k) "Authorized farm corporation" means a Kansas corporation, other than a family farm corporation, all of the incorporators of which are Kansas residents, family farm corporations or family farm limited liability agricultural companies or any combination thereof, and which is founded for the purpose of farming and the ownership of agricultural land in which:
(1) The stockholders do not exceed 15 in number; and
(2) the stockholders are all natural persons, family farm corporations, family farm limited liability agricultural companies or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of natural persons, family farm corporations, family farm limited liability agricultural companies or nonprofit corporations; and
(3) if all of the stockholders are natural persons, at least one stockholder must be a person residing on the farm or actively engaged in labor or management of the farming operation. If only one stockholder is meeting the requirement of this provision and such stockholder dies, the requirement of this provision does not apply for the period of time that the stockholder's estate is being administered in any district court in Kansas.
(l) "Trust" means a fiduciary relationship with respect to property, subjecting the person by whom the property is held to equitable duties to deal with the property for the benefit of another person, which arises as a result of a manifestation of an intention to create it. A trust includes a legal entity holding property as trustee, agent, escrow agent, attorney-in-fact and in any similar capacity.
(m) "Family trust" means a trust in which:
(1) A majority of the equitable interest in the trust is held by and the majority of the beneficiaries are persons related to each other, all of whom have a common ancestor within the third degree of relationship, by blood or by adoption, or the spouses or stepchildren of any such persons, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for persons so related; and
(2) all the beneficiaries are natural persons, are persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, other than as trustee for a trust, or are nonprofit corporations.
(n) "Authorized trust" means a trust other than a family trust in which:
(1) The beneficiaries do not exceed 15 in number;
(2) the beneficiaries are all natural persons, are persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, other than as trustee for a trust, or are nonprofit corporations; and
(3) the gross income thereof is not exempt from taxation under the laws of either the United States or the state of Kansas.
For the purposes of this definition, if one of the beneficiaries dies, and more than one person succeeds, by bequest, to the deceased beneficiary's interest in the trust, all of such persons, collectively, shall be deemed to be one beneficiary, and a husband and wife, and their estates, collectively, shall be deemed to be one beneficiary.
(o) "Testamentary trust" means a trust created by devising or bequeathing property in trust in a will as such terms are used in the Kansas probate code.
(p) "Poultry confinement facility" means the structures and related equipment used for housing, breeding, laying of eggs or feeding of poultry in a restricted environment. The term includes within its meaning only such agricultural land as is necessary for proper disposal of liquid and solid wastes and for isolation of the facility to reasonably protect the confined poultry from exposure to disease. As used in this subsection, "poultry" means chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or other fowl.
(q) "Rabbit confinement facility" means the structures and related equipment used for housing, breeding, raising, feeding or processing of rabbits in a restricted environment. The term includes within its meaning only such agricultural land as is necessary for proper disposal of liquid and solid wastes and for isolation of the facility to reasonably protect the confined rabbits from exposure to disease.
(r) "Swine marketing pool" means an association whose membership includes three or more business entities or individuals formed for the sale of hogs to buyers but shall not include any trust, corporation, limited partnership or corporate partnership, or limited liability company other than a family farm corporation, authorized farm corporation, limited liability agricultural company, limited agricultural partnership, family trust, authorized trust or testamentary trust.
(s) "Swine production facility" means the land, structures and related equipment used for housing, breeding, farrowing or feeding of swine. The term includes within its meaning only such agricultural land as is necessary for proper disposal of liquid and solid wastes in environmentally sound amounts for crop production and to avoid nitrate buildup and for isolation of the facility to reasonably protect the confined animals from exposure to disease.
(t) "Limited liability company" has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 17-7663, and amendments thereto.
(u) "Limited liability agricultural company" means a limited liability company founded for the purpose of farming and ownership of agricultural land in which:
(1) The members do not exceed 10 in number; and
(2) the members are all natural persons, family farm corporations, family farm limited liability agriculture companies, persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of natural persons, family farm corporations, family farm limited liability agricultural companies or nonprofit corporations, or general partnerships other than corporate partnerships formed under the laws of the state of Kansas; and
(3) if all of the members are natural persons, at least one member must be a person residing on the farm or actively engaged in labor or management of the farming operation. If only one member is meeting the requirement of this provision and such member dies, the requirement of this provision does not apply for the period of time that the member's estate is being administered in any district court in Kansas.
(v) "Dairy production facility" means the land, structures and related equipment used for housing, breeding, raising, feeding or milking dairy cows. The term includes within its meaning only such agricultural land as is necessary for proper disposal of liquid and solid wastes and for isolation of the facility to reasonably protect the confined cows from exposure to disease.
(w) "Family farm limited liability agricultural company" means a limited liability company founded for the purpose of farming and ownership of agricultural land in which:
(1) The majority of the members are persons related to each other, all of whom have a common ancestor within the third degree of relationship, by blood or by adoption, or the spouses or the stepchildren of any such persons, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for persons so related;
(2) the members are natural persons or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of natural persons; and
(3) at least one of the members is a person residing on the farm or actively engaged in the labor or management of the farming operation. If only one member is meeting the requirement of this provision and such member dies, the requirement of this provision does not apply for the period of time that the member's estate is being administered in any district court in Kansas.
(x) "Hydroponics" means the growing of vegetables, flowers, herbs, or plants used for medicinal purposes, in a growing medium other than soil.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 106, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 88, § 72; L. 1986, ch. 96, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 368, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 99, § 53; L. 1991, ch. 76, § 9; L. 1994, ch. 130, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 331, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 93, § 71; L. 1999, ch. 119, § 83; L. 2012, ch. 141, § 1; July 1.