Chapter 74 — STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-533. History: L. 1947, ch. 8, § 4; L. 1965, ch. 435, § 4; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 209, § 29; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; relationship among state board of agriculture, its division of markets and the grain sorghum commission examined. Farmers Co-op Ass'n v. Kansas Bd. of…

74-534. Additional personnel; fees; disposition of moneys received; market division fee fund. The secretary of agriculture is authorized to employ, license, or designate qualified persons to inspect and classify agricultural products, and to certify as to grade or classification …

74-535. Certificate of or classification grade as evidence. A certificate of the grade, or other classification of any farm products issued under this act, shall be accepted in any court of this state as prima facie evidence of the true grade or classification of such farm produc…

74-536. Grain and dairy inspection not affected. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or extending the authority conferred by law upon the chief inspector of grain, or the state dairy commissioner, nor giving any authority in regard to grain or dairy products, …

74-537. History: L. 1947, ch. 8, § 9; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 2, § 36; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFU…

74-538. Unlawful acts; penalty. It shall be unlawful to stamp, label or mark any product or container of products so as to indicate that such product or products have been graded or inspected hereunder, unless such product or products have been actually so graded or inspected. An…

74-539. Invalidity of part. If any part of this act be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining parts of the act shall not thereby be affected or impaired. History: L. 1947, ch. 8, § 11; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE C…

74-540. History: L. 1985, ch. 3, § 1; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 209, § 29; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USE…

74-541. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That there exists in this state a pressing need to bring financial aid to the agricultural economy; (b) that there currently exists in this state an inadequate supply of funds at int…

74-542. Program to assist farmers home administration in processing farm loan applications and counseling borrowers; expenses of volunteers; contracts. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to coordinate a program with the Kansas bankers association and o…

74-543. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the emergency farm credit relief act. History: L. 1985, ch. 2, § 3; March 21. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUT…

74-544. History: L. 1985, ch. 6, § 1; Expired, September 30, 1996. 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 Ses…

74-545. History: L. 1985, ch. 6, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 291, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 295, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 228, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 233, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 129, § 6; Expired, September 30, 1996. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Arch…

74-550. Federal grants and other funds, authority to apply for and receive; contracts. For the purposes of the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas department of agriculture and the divisions and offices thereunder, the secretary of agriculture may apply for, receive and ad…

74-551. History: L. 1988, ch. 165, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 24; Repealed, L. 2012, ch. 140, § 146; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

74-552. History: L. 1994, ch. 308, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 25; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 196; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 2; Expired, July 1, 2016. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived …

74-553. History: L. 1994, ch. 308, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 26; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 175; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 3; Expired, July 1, 2016. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived …

74-554. Creation of the laboratory equipment fund; moneys credited, transfers from certain fee funds, expenditures. (a) There is hereby created a laboratory equipment fund in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the laboratory equipment fund shall be expended for the acquis…

74-555. History: L. 1994, ch. 174, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 241, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 126; Repealed, L. 2012, ch. 140, § 146; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF …

74-560. Kansas department of agriculture; creation; appointment of secretary of agriculture; annual public informational meeting; application of K-GOAL. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, in order to reorganize the administration, planning and regulation of the stat…

74-561. Appointment of assistant secretaries of agriculture, staff assistants and employees. The secretary of agriculture may appoint an assistant secretary or secretaries of agriculture, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of agriculture. Any such assistant secretar…

74-562. State board of agriculture; creation; members, appointment, terms, vacancies. (a) On the effective date of this act, there is hereby created within and as part of the Kansas department of agriculture a state board of agriculture. (b) The board shall be composed of nine me…

74-563. Same; initial meeting; subsequent meetings. (a) The initial meeting of the board shall commence following the appointment of all board members by the governor. The governor shall certify to the secretary of state that all board members have been appointed. Such certificat…

74-564. Same; election of officers. At the board's initial meeting and at the board's first meeting after the second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall organize by election of a chairperson, vice-chairperson and such other officers as the board deems app…

74-565. Same; quorum; official actions. A quorum of the board shall be five members and no meeting shall commence until a quorum is present, but any number of members less than a quorum may recess a meeting to a later time. Official actions of the board shall be adopted by a favo…

74-566. Same; compensation, travel expenses and subsistence allowances. The state board of agriculture may authorize members thereof to attend in-state meetings for participation in matters of agricultural interest to the state of Kansas, and when attending a meeting so authorize…

74-567. Same; powers, duties and functions. (a) The state board of agriculture shall have such powers, duties and functions as prescribed by this section. The board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the governor and the secretary to review and make recommendations on departm…

74-567a. History: L. 1995, ch. 236, § 8; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 28; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 25; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 177; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 186, § 22; May 12. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR …

74-568. State board of agriculture and secretary of the state board of agriculture abolished; transfer of powers and duties to the department of agriculture and secretary of agriculture. (a) The state board of agriculture created by K.S.A. 74-503, and amendments thereto, and the …

74-569. Organization of the department of agriculture. (a) The secretary of agriculture may organize the department of agriculture in the manner the secretary deems most efficient, so long as the same is not in conflict with the provisions of this act or with the provisions of la…

74-570. Transfer of employees; retention of benefits. Except as otherwise provided in this act, on the effective date of this act, officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of any state agency or off…

74-571. Conflicts resolved by governor. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, function or duty or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition, transfer, attachment or change made by or under authority of this act, such confl…

74-572. Secretary of agriculture has custody of records; civil or criminal actions not effected. (a) The secretary of agriculture shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof of any act, transaction, oc…

74-573. Funds and liabilities transferred. (a) On the effective date of this act, the balance of all funds appropriated and reappropriated to any of the state agencies abolished by this act is hereby transferred to the secretary of agriculture and shall be used only for the purpo…

74-574. Transfer of functions to the secretary of agriculture. The following programs and functions are hereby transferred from the division of marketing, department of agriculture, and conferred upon the secretary of agriculture: (a) The functions relating to standards, grades, …

74-575. Division of marketing and director of marketing; transfer of powers and duties to the secretary of agriculture. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the secretary of agriculture shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the divis…

74-576. Powers and duties of the secretary of agriculture. In addition to the specific powers and duties conferred upon the secretary of agriculture by the laws of this state, the secretary is hereby authorized to: (a) Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or inc…

74-577. Dairy interstate compact; powers and duties of secretary of agriculture. The state of Kansas may seek to enter into a dairy interstate compact with other states for the purpose of the orderly marketing of milk. Prior to entering into such compact, an economic impact study…

74-578. Grain commodities commission service fund; expenditures. On and after July 1, 2000, there is hereby created in the state treasury the grain commodities commission services fund. All moneys received by the Kansas department of agriculture for services performed by the depa…

74-581. Transfer of powers, duties and functions to department and secretary of agriculture; rules and regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, the following powers, duties, and functions of the department of health and environment, the secretary of health and…

74-582. Successors to certain powers and functions of department and secretary of health and environment and director of division of health; application of documentary references; rules and regulations; orders and directives continued in effect until superseded. (a) The departmen…

74-583. Transfer of fund balances and assumption of liability for compensation and salaries by department. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the department of health and environment relating to the powers, duties, and functions t…

74-584. Resolution of conflicts regarding disposition of property, powers, duties, functions, appropriations, personnel and records. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any property, power, duty, or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a re…

74-585. Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in this order, or by or against any officer…

74-586. Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved. (a) All officers and employees of the department of health and environment who, immediately prior to the effective date of this order, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties, and…

74-587. Food safety programs; authority relating to certain real property transferred to department. On and after October 1, 2004, the Kansas department of agriculture shall succeed to whatever right, title or interest the department of health and environment has acquired in any …

74-588. Same; transfer of employees. Except as otherwise provided in this act, on October 1, 2004, officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of the department of health and environment concerning foo…

74-589. Same; conflict resolution. On and after October 1, 2004, when any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, function or duty or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition, transfer, attachment or change made by or under authority of…

74-590. Same; disposition of records. (a) On and after October 1, 2004, the Kansas department of agriculture shall serve as custodian for all agency records as defined by the Kansas open records act, related to those sections of chapter 36, article 5 and chapter 65, article 6, fr…

74-591. History: L. 2004, ch. 147, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 73, § 4; Repealed, L. 2012, ch. 145, § 33; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…