Chapter 2, AGRICULTURE

2-205. State fair fee fund; authorized uses and procedures for fair and nonfair days events; employees for state fair, background check; reports of activity; fair board local bank accounts; change funds. (a) (1) All moneys received by the state fair board through the operation of…

2-205a. Contract for supplies and services prior to fair; filing and payment. When sufficient funds are not available and it is necessary to contract for supplies and services in advance of the fair, the state fair board is authorized to enter into contract which shall contain a …

2-205b. Same; fair attractions; livestock feed and bedding; advertising media. The state fair board is authorized to select and contract for afternoon and evening grandstand attractions, and grounds attractions and shows. Copies of all such contracts shall be sent by the state fa…

2-206. Authority of Reno county commissioners. Laws of 1913, chapter 293, section 12, included by reference.[Authorized the board of county commissioners of Reno county to carry out so much of the provisions of Laws of 1913, chapter 293, as applied to them.] History: R.S. 1923, §…

2-213. Automobile display building; rental. The state fair board is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with individuals or corporations for the construction of an automobile display building, and the maintenance thereof, upon the state fairgrounds and for wh…

2-214. Fire station or office buildings on fairgrounds; abandonment. The state fair board and any parties in interest are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract, lease or agreement permitting the use of a portion of the Kansas state fair grounds at Hutchinson, K…

2-215. Easements to city of Hutchinson, certain. The state fair board is hereby authorized and empowered to grant easements for sewers and public utilities and for street purposes to the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, its successors and assigns, permitting the use of a portion of th…

2-216. Admission charges for state fair at Hutchinson; refunds; disposition of fees collected. The state fair board annually shall establish and collect admission charges for access and admissions entrances for persons attending the annual state fair at Hutchinson. No person exce…

2-217. Construction of wheat commemorative building on state fairgrounds; agreement of state fair board and wheat centennial committee. The state fair board is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Kansas wheat centennial committee permitting the use…

2-218. Same; acceptance and expenditure of funds by wheat centennial committee. The Kansas wheat centennial committee may accept, receive and expend for the cost of construction and maintenance of such commemorative building any state appropriation or any gift, grant, bequest, co…

2-219. Contracts for use of state fairgrounds by city of Hutchinson. When the use of the fairgrounds is not deemed necessary for use for fair purposes, the state fair board may enter into a contract, lease or agreement with the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, permitting the use of al…

2-220. State fair special cash fund; change fund for use during fair; procedures and restrictions; sureties required. (a) The state fair special cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The state fair board may apply annually to the director of accounts and reports to e…

2-221. Capital improvements on state fairgrounds for parimutuel racing; agreements authorized. The state fair board is hereby authorized to enter into agreements for capital improvements on the state fairgrounds for the purposes of racing under the Kansas parimutuel racing act an…

2-222. Grant and receipt of certain easements and property by state fair board. Subject to approval by the secretary of administration, the state fair board is hereby authorized, as the board determines necessary or desirable to carry out its powers and duties, to: (a) Grant ease…

2-223. State fair capital improvements fund; authorized use; Kansas development finance authority, revenue bonds authorized; annual transfers to fund; certification of amounts by state fair board. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the state fair capital improv…

2-224. Purchase of certain insurance by board. (a) The state fair board is hereby authorized to purchase safe burglary and messenger robbery insurance coverage in amounts deemed appropriate by such board for the period of the annual Kansas state fair and during the remainder of t…

2-224a. Purchase of workers compensation insurance by board. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 44-576, and amendments thereto, the state fair board is hereby authorized to purchase workers compensation insurance from an admitted carrier. Any contract for the purchase o…

2-225. Agreement with Hutchinson community foundation; approval by attorney general; donations and bequests for benefit of state fair; receipt, administration, investment and disposition of moneys. (a) The state fair board is hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into an agree…

2-226. State fair debt service special revenue fund; Kansas development finance authority, revenue bonds authorized; reporting requirements. (a) The state fair board may make expenditures from money available therefor for the acquisition, construction, equipping, furnishing, reno…

2-227. Conveyance of property in Reno county to the city of Hutchinson; reversion, when. (a) The state fair board is hereby authorized to convey, without consideration, to the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, the following described state property located in Reno county, Kansas, conta…

2-301. Tax levies for fair purposes in certain counties; use of proceeds; election; premiums. Whenever any county agricultural or fair association, or whenever any livestock association or wheat show located in any county having a population of over fifty thousand (50,000) shall …

2-302. Petition for tax levy election; time of election. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of any such county, signed by at least one thousand of the qualified electors thereof, requesting the submission of a proposition to levy an annual…

2-303. Levies not used for speed premiums. No part of the funds provided for by this act shall be used for the purpose of paying premiums offered for speed. History: L. 1915, ch. 178, § 3; March 27; R.S. 1923, § 2-303.

2-304. Payments out of tax-levy funds; transfer of unexpended balances to general fund. All payments out of the funds provided for in this act, shall be made by the county treasurer upon the written order of the association in charge of such fair; each order to be signed by the p…

2-305. Annual report to county commissioners by fair associations. It shall be the duty of each association having in charge any fair receiving aid under the provisions of this act, to make and file, annually, on or before the 31st day of December, with the county commissioners o…

2-504. Lands for demonstration farms; contracts for demonstration work. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state in which an agricultural demonstration farm has been or shall be hereafter located, with the consent of such board of county commissioners, by the…

2-505. Plans for and supervision of demonstration work; seeds and plants therefor. All work upon such demonstration farms shall be planned and supervised by representatives of the board of regents, and they may furnish such seeds and plants at reasonable cost on board the cars at…

2-506. Teams, equipment and expenses of work. County commissioners may furnish sufficient help and proper teams, tools and materials other than seeds, to do the work planned by the representatives of the board of regents, and are hereby authorized to pay out of the general fund t…

2-507. Crops. All crops grown upon such demonstration farm to be the property of the county in which it is located, and any surplus shall be sold to the citizens thereof when desired for seed or propagation, or used for public institutions; the receipts from such sales to be cred…

2-508. Marking of plots; data and statistics. That it may be known what is planted, methods used and results, each plot or planting shall be plainly and legibly marked for information of visitors to the farm, and the representatives of the board of regents, the superintendents of…

2-608. Compensation of extension agents; contribution from federal and state funds. If a county extension council has been organized as specified in K.S.A. 2-611, and amendments thereto, or an extension district has been established under K.S.A. 2-623, and amendments thereto, for…

2-609. Same; conditions; limitation regarding additional agents. (a) Before allocations of funds are made by the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science pursuant to K.S.A. 2-608, and amendments thereto, the county extension council shal…

2-610. County appropriations; budgets, approval; tax levies, use of proceeds. (a) On or before July 15 each year, the executive board of the county extension council shall file with the county commissioners in the office of the county clerk: (1) A list of current members of the c…

2-611. County extension councils; election of members; meetings; development of programs; election, term of office, oath, powers and duties of executive board; bond of treasurer; expiration of terms; qualification of members. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the …

2-612. Deposit of moneys; duties of treasurers. All moneys received by the treasurer for the council or executive board shall be deposited by the treasurer in a bank designated by the executive board and authorized to receive public deposits. The treasurer shall pay out, on the w…

2-613. Duties of county treasurers. The county treasurer shall pay to the treasurer of the executive board of the council of the county treasurer's county all moneys in the county treasury belonging to said council, upon the order of the treasurer of the executive board of the co…

2-614. Duties of executive board secretary; records open to public. The secretary of the executive board shall: (1) Record the proceedings of all meetings of the executive board in books provided for that purpose within 20 days following the meeting; (2) prepare and submit to eac…

2-615. County extension service agents; qualifications, appointment and compensation; jointly employed agents; approval of county council or district accounts and expenditures. (a) Except as otherwise provided for jointly employed agents, the executive board of the county extensi…

2-616. Purpose of extension councils and districts certain fees authorized; limitations. (a) Each county extension council or extension district shall have for its sole purpose the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture, marketing, home economics, 4-H c…

2-619. Invalidity of part. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional and invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this act*. History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 13; July 1. Revis…

2-620. Extension councils in certain counties; office facilities; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election. In any county having a population of not less than sixty thousand (60,000) nor more than seventy-five thousand (75,000), the board of county commissioners m…

2-623. Extension districts, establishment or expansion; agreement therefor, terms, prior approval by attorney general; publication of notice of proposed new district or expansion, protest petition and election; district name, powers, personnel and property; governing body, appoin…

2-624. Same; governing body, terms, filing fee, composition and election; vacancies; annual organization. (a) The governing body of each extension district shall be composed of four representatives from each county included in the extension district. At the conclusion of the term…

2-625. Same; educational extension programs, subjects; program development committees and plans; annual budget and tax levy, limitations. (a) The governing body of each extension district shall plan and conduct the educational extension programs for the extension district in acco…

2-626. Same; duties of secretary of governing body; open records. (a) The secretary of the governing body of the extension district shall: (1) Record the proceedings of all meetings of the governing body in books provided for that purpose within 20 days following the meeting; (2)…

2-627. Same; duties of treasurer of governing body; bond; disposition of district moneys. (a) Upon taking office, the treasurer for an extension district shall give bond in an amount fixed and approved by the governing body of the extension district for the safekeeping and due di…

2-628. Same; withdrawal of counties from extension districts; procedure; effect; disposition of property and obligations; supplemental agreements. (a) (1) Prior to July 1 of any year, the board of county commissioners of any county included within an extension district, the gover…

2-712. Black stem rust, legislative declaration. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties and Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis are the alternate host plants of a plant disease known a…

2-713. Same; public nuisances. The common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties and Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis (commonly known as mahonias, hollygrapes, holly barberries or Oregon grapes), are hereby declared to be public nuisances and the propagation, …

2-714. Same; destruction and control of certain plants; barberry eradication fund. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to destroy or cause to be destroyed all such plants, or parts thereof capable of propagation, wherever and whenever found, and may cooperate with o…