§ 26-52-455 — Mortality composting device - Definition

(a) (1) As used in this section, "mortality composting device" means a device that: (A) Is designed for the purposes of the biological decomposition and stabilization of organic matter under controlled aerobic conditions; and (B) Confines the composting materials to a container or receptacle rather than a building or concrete bunker. (2) "Mortality composting device" does not include: (A) An attachment, accessory, or supplemental component not essential to the operation of the mortality composting device, except when sold as part of an assembled unit; (B) A service to maintain or repair a mortality composting device; (C) A repair or replacement part used in maintaining or repairing a mortality composting device; or (D) Mixing materials or other products used in the process of composting animal carcasses, including without limitation water, oxygen, nitrogen sources used in addition to the purchaser's animal mortalities, and high carbon sources, such as straw, corn stalks, sawdust, woodchips, dry bed pack, litter, and cake. (b) The gross receipts or gross proceeds derived from the sale of a new or used mortality composting device to a person engaged in the commercial production of livestock or poultry are exempt from the gross receipts tax levied by this chapter and the compensating use tax levied by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2023, No. 534,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2023.