Animal health commissioner; appointment; qualifications; executive officer of department; Kansas animal health department created

75-1901. Animal health commissioner; appointment; qualifications; executive officer of department; Kansas animal health department created. An animal health commissioner shall be appointed by the secretary of agriculture and shall serve as the executive officer of the Kansas department of agriculture division of animal health. The person so appointed shall have been actively engaged in one of the major phases of the livestock industry for a period of not less than five years immediately preceding such person's appointment. Before entering upon the duties of such office, such commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath of office to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of such office to the best of such commissioner's knowledge and ability, and shall file the same with the secretary of state. The animal health commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of agriculture and the animal health board. History: L. 1905, ch. 495, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 286, § 1; R.S. 1923, 75-1901; L. 1967, ch. 434, § 57; L. 1969, ch. 258, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 115; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1884, ch. 2, § 1. Revisor's Note: Livestock commissioner and animal health department moved to department of agriculture, see also 74-5,119 through 74-5,125. Cross References to Related Sections: Creation of animal health board, see 74-4001. The term "livestock brand commissioner" construed to mean livestock commissioner, see 47-414a. Attorney General's Opinions: Animal shelter employees or volunteers keeping animals in their homes; licensing of practice. 2000-23. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Commissioner cannot delegate his duties; no authority to appoint deputy. Moore v. Wilson, 84 Kan. 745, 749, 115 P. 548. 2. Mentioned; manner of appointment of board of examiners in optometry constitutional. Marks v. Frantz, 179 Kan. 638, 649, 298 P.2d 316. 3. Cited; notice sufficient to sustain conviction of violating quarantine order (K.S.A. 47-611, 47-624) examined. State v. North Central Kansas Prod. Cred. Ass'n, 241 Kan. 818, 820, 740 P.2d 87 (1987).