Chapter 2, AGRICULTURE

2-1426a. Records; seed samples. Each person whose name appears on the label as handling agricultural seeds subject to this act, shall keep for a period of three (3) years complete records of each lot of agricultural seed handled, and shall keep a file sample of each lot of seed f…

2-1427. Rules and regulations; enforcement of act. The secretary is hereby empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the full intent and meaning of article 14 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. …

2-1429. Designation of agencies. The Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science is hereby authorized to appoint and designate an agency or agencies within the state of Kansas for the purpose of setting certain standards, making requirements and forms of and for th…

2-1430. Persons subject to K.S.A. 2-1429 through 2-1440; certification defined. Every person, firm, association, or corporation who shall issue, use or circulate, any certificate, advertisement, tag, seal, poster, letterhead, marking, circular, written or printed or otherwise rep…

2-1431. Agency for certification of specified crop. The Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall designate not more than one agency for the certification of any one specified crop within the state of Kansas. No certification, within the provisions of this …

2-1432. Certification in other states recognized. The agency or agencies designated by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science may recognize the certification of officially authorized certifying agencies in states and territories other than Kansas and in co…

2-1433. Annual permits. The authority of any agency or agencies to issue, make, use or circulate any certificate or evidence of certification as defined in this act shall be indicated by a permit signed by an authorized representative of the Kansas state university of agriculture…

2-1434. Agencies to be self-supporting. Certification work, conducted by the agency or agencies designated by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science within the state of Kansas shall be on a financially self-supporting basis. History: L. 1937, ch. 3, § 6; F…

2-1435. Same; financial responsibility. The Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall not be financially responsible for debts incurred by, damages inflicted by, or contracts broken by a certifying agency. History: L. 1937, ch. 3, § 7; February 19.

2-1436. Withholding certification, when. The agency or agencies designated by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science may withhold certification from any grower of seeds or plant parts who is engaged in or attempting to engage in any dishonest practices for…

2-1437. Investigations and prosecutions. The agency or agencies designated by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science may call upon the secretary of agriculture to investigate or aid in the investigation and prosecution of any violations of this act. The se…

2-1438. Unlawful acts; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to issue, make, use or circulate any certification, or evidence of certification as defined in this act, without the authority and approval of the duly authorized agency or agenc…

2-1439. K.S.A. 2-1415 through 2-1428 not affected. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect any of the provisions of the Kansas seed law as set forth in K.S.A. 2-1415 to 2-1428, inclusive, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1937, ch. 3, § 11; February 19.

2-1450. Uniformity of seed law; exclusive jurisdiction of state. (a) On and after the effective date of this section, the provisions of the Kansas seed law, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder relating to seed sale or use, including, but not limited to, planting,…

2-1601. "Board of trade" defined. The term "board of trade" means and includes any exchange or association, incorporated or not, of persons who are engaged in the business of buying or selling grain or receiving the same for sale on consignment. History: L. 1925, ch. 6, § 1; Febr…

2-1602. Dealing in futures. All transactions in grain, including and involving the sale thereof for future delivery, as commonly conducted on boards of trade, and known as "futures" are affected with a public interest. History: L. 1925, ch. 6, § 2; February 23.

2-1603. Contract market. All boards of trade which have not been designated a contract market by the secretary of agriculture under the act of congress are hereby declared to be and are designated as "a contract market" and affected with a public interest. History: L. 1925, ch. 6…

2-1604. Membership. No board of trade shall exclude from, or refuse membership therein, nor deny any of the privileges thereof to any duly authorized representative of any lawfully formed and conducted co-operative association of producers, having adequate financial responsibilit…

2-1901. Title of act; "soil conservation district" defined. This act may be known and cited as the conservation districts law. All soil conservation districts now formed and hereafter formed shall be conservation districts, and wherever in the name of such districts the words, "s…

2-1902. Legislative determination. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination: A. The condition. That the farm and grazing lands of the state of Kansas are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect an…

2-1903. Definitions. As used in this act: (1) "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to …

2-1904. State conservation commission; members; terms; records; seal; powers and duties; rules and regulations; compensation and expenses; employees; office and supplies. (a) There is hereby established, to serve as a conservation program policy board of the state and to perform …

2-1907. Supervisors; qualifications; terms; meetings; vacancies; chairperson; quorum; expenses; employees; powers and duties; bonds for employees; records; removal of supervisor. The governing body of the district shall consist of five supervisors who are qualified electors resid…

2-1907b. Finance of operation of conservation district; moneys from county general fund; tax levies; use of moneys. The board of county commissioners, upon request of the board of supervisors of the conservation district, may pay to the district moneys from the county general fun…

2-1907c. Conservation district financing; state financial assistance; certification of county moneys limitation; matching requirement; disbursement and distribution. On or before November 1 of each calendar year, each conservation district shall submit to the division a certifica…

2-1908. Conservation districts; powers. A conservation district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-1901 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such d…

2-1913. Cooperation with another district. The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this act may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this act. History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 13; April 10.

2-1914. Publicly owned lands. Agencies of this state * shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any county, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the admi…

2-1915. Conservation structures and practices, grants; riparian and wetland protection programs; return of water right, cost-share grants; water quality buffers, grants, valuation of land. (a) (1) Appropriations may be made for grants out of funds in the treasury of this state fo…

2-1916. Petition for discontinuance of district; hearings; election; publication of result; certificate of dissolution. At any time after five years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this act, 10% of the occupiers of land lying within the boundaries of …

2-1917. Invalidity of part. If any provisions of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. History: L. 1937,…

2-1918. Inconsistent laws. Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall be controlling. History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 18; April 10.

2-1919. Cost-share limitations; purchase of surface water right outside the state. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any application for cost-share for the purchase of the water right under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-1915, and amendments thereto, shall be subject to the f…

2-1920. Conservation district capital outlay fund; use of moneys. (a) There is hereby authorized to be established in every conservation district of the state a fund which shall be called the capital outlay fund. The fund shall consist of any moneys deposited therein from funds r…

2-1930. Water right transition assistance program established; definitions; administration; funding; contracts with landowners; grants, availability, priority; expiration. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Division" means the division of conservation established within the Kansas…

2-1933. Conservation reserve enhancement program; criteria; reports; Kansas conservation reserve enhancement program fund. (a) As used in this section, "division" means the division of conservation established within the Kansas department of agriculture in K.S.A. 74-5,126, and am…

2-2001. Legislative declaration. Soil erosion caused by wind storms, dust storms and any plant or weed blowing produced thereby are recognized and declared to be destructive of the natural resources of the state and a menace to the health and well-being of our citizens. History: …

2-2002. Duty of landowner. To conserve the natural resources of the state, and to prevent the injurious effects of dust storms, it is hereby made the duty of the owner of real property in this state to prevent dust, plant or weed blowing therefrom, as nearly as that can be done, …

2-2003. Data and information to be collected. To carry out and make effective the purposes of this act it is hereby made the duty of the secretary of agriculture to collect from all available sources data and information respecting soil erosion, dust storms and plant or weed blow…

2-2004. Duties of county commissioners. Further to administer, carry out and make effective the purposes of this act the board of county commissioners of each county, upon knowing or being advised that dust, any plant or weed is blowing from any particular land in the county, are…

2-2005. Same; survey of county; reports; publication of summaries. Further to carry out and make effective the purposes of this act it is hereby made the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to make, or cause to be made, before June 30 of each year, a complete…

2-2006. Same; hearings; orders concerning land. If this survey discloses certain land in the county to be blowing repeatedly, the board of county commissioners shall consider what measures of a permanent nature can be taken to prevent or minimize the blowing of the soil, any plan…

2-2007. Soil drifting fund; creation; tax levy, use of proceeds; issuance of warrants. Each board of county commissioners is authorized to create a soil drifting fund and levy a tax against all taxable tangible property of the county to pay for the cost of work done, or hired to …

2-2008. Soil erosion caused by wind; work performed for prevention; notice to landowners; special assessments; limitation; division of cost; action by landowner. (a) When work has been done by the county, or by anyone employed by it to carry out its orders respecting the planting…

2-2009. Federal cooperation. The secretary of agriculture is hereby made the agent of the state for the purpose of entering into any agreement with the federal government, or any agency thereof, for cooperation in efforts to prevent soil erosion by wind storms, dust storms and an…

2-2011. Invalidity of part. Should the court declare any section or clause of this act unconstitutional then such shall affect only the section or clause so declared to be unconstitutional and shall not affect any other section or clause of this act. History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § …

2-2112. Name of act. This act shall be known as the plant pest and agriculture commodity certification act. The authority to regulate plant pests, live plant dealers, plants and plant products and commodity certification in Kansas is vested exclusively with the secretary of agric…

2-2113. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Plant pests" includes any stage of development of any insect, nematode, arachnid, or any other invertebrate animal, or any bacteria, fungus, virus, weed or any other parasitic plant or microorganism, or any toxicant, that can: (1) In…

2-2114. Secretary's duties. The secretary, either independently, or in cooperation with counties, cities, other political subdivisions of the state, federal agencies, agencies of other states or private entities may enter into contracts and agreements and may carry out official c…

2-2115. Inspections by secretary. (a) To effectuate the purposes of this act and any rules or regulations adopted hereunder, the secretary shall have the right to: (1) Enter any property in the state, except private dwellings, in order to: (A) Inspect; (B) monitor; (C) place and …