Animal health commissioner to cooperate with federal officers

47-608. Animal health commissioner to cooperate with federal officers. The animal health commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture of the United States or any officer or authority of the general government, in the suppression and extirpation of contagious diseases among domestic animals and in the enforcement and execution of all acts of congress to prevent the importation and exportation of diseased animals and the spread of infectious or contagious diseases among domestic animals. History: L. 1905, ch. 495, § 31; R.S. 1923, 47-608; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 15; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 35; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1884, ch. 5, § 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act not regulation of commerce among states; held constitutional. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway v. Haber, 169 U.S. 613, 18 S. Ct. 488, 42 L. Ed. 878. 2. Who may inspect diseased cattle. Albright v. Douglas County, 108 Kan. 184, 186, 194 P. 913. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026