79-201d. Property exempt from taxation; hay and silage; farm storage and drying equipment; hay storage structures; structures for storing materials for producing cellulosic alcohol and by products. The following described property, to the extent herein specified, shall be and is hereby exempt from all property or ad valorem taxes levied under the laws of the state of Kansas:

First. All hay and silage. The term "hay" shall include alfalfa, brome, clover, and prairie hays and all other grasses and plants which are harvested for forage. The term "silage" shall include corn, milo, sorghum and all other plants, cut, compressed and preserved by its own fermentation for fodder.

Second. All farm storage and drying equipment meeting eligibility requirements, as provided in Title 7, Chapter XIV, Subchapter B, Part 1474 of the Code of Federal Regulations and as in effect on December 31, 1977, for loans under the federal farm storage and drying equipment loan program, whether financed or not, and all used farm storage and drying equipment meeting such eligibility requirements but for the fact that the same was not purchased from the commodity credit corporation, which equipment is used for the storage or drying of haylage, silage, corn, oats, barley, grain sorghum, wheat, rye, soybeans, flaxseed, rice, dry edible beans or sunflower seed, for any eight of the 10 calendar years next following the calendar year in which such equipment is acquired or construction thereof is completed. The exemption provided for in this paragraph shall be limited to a total of eight years for each individual farm storage and drying equipment. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to equipment acquired or the construction of which was completed during the calendar year 1977, or any year thereafter.

Third. All farm storage structures designed and predominantly used for the storage of hay, for any eight of the 10 calendar years next following the calendar year in which such farm storage structure was newly constructed or first assembled. The exemption provided for in this paragraph shall be limited to a total of eight years for each individual farm storage structure. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to farm storage structures newly constructed or first assembled after December 31, 2004.

Fourth. All storage structures designed and predominantly used for the storage of cellulose matter or other related agriculturally derived material to be used in the production of cellulosic alcohol and coproducts, for any eight of the 10 calendar years next following the calendar year in which such storage structure was newly constructed or first assembled. The exemption provided for in this paragraph shall be limited to a total of eight years for each such individual storage structure. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to such storage structures newly constructed or first assembled after December 31, 2006.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all taxable years commencing after December 31, 2006.

History: L. 1975, ch. 495, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 391, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 392, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 390, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 311, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 375, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 192, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 73, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 152, § 7; April 26.