Chapter 74, STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-5,132. Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, that is lawfully commenced or that could have been lawfully commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in K.S.A. 74-5,112 through…

74-5,132a. Powers, duties and functions of division of conservation; employment of administrative officer, technical experts and other employees; assignment of personnel from state agency or institution of learning upon request of the division. In addition to the powers and dutie…

74-5,133. Arkansas river gaging fund; expenditures; crediting of certain moneys received as royalties to the fund. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Arkansas river gaging fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of agriculture. All expenditur…

74-5,134. Laboratory testing; fees; laboratory testing services fee fund. (a) The secretary of agriculture may fix, charge and collect fees for providing laboratory testing of samples from other states upon request. The fees shall be fixed in order to recover all or part of the c…

74-504. Annual reports; publications; cooperation with Kansas state university and experiment stations. The secretary of agriculture shall publish an annual report, embracing a general view of the condition of agriculture throughout the state, accompanied by such essays, statemen…

74-504a. Statistical service. To meet the needs and increasing demands for factual data in agricultural and marketing research and for sound practices and wise land use in the growth and development of the state's agricultural industry, the secretary of agriculture is hereby auth…

74-504b. Statistical service; authority of secretary. For the attainment of these objectives, the secretary of agriculture is authorized: (a) To provide means of more effective assistance to county clerks and deputy assessors in securing a complete and accurate annual agricultura…

74-504e. Agricultural statistics fund; creation, deposits and expenditures. The secretary of agriculture shall remit all moneys received under K.S.A. 74-504b, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments theret…

74-505. Office in Topeka. The Kansas department of agriculture shall be in the city of Topeka. History: L. 1872, ch. 37, § 6; R.S. 1923, 74-505; L. 1957, ch. 442, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 113; July 1.

74-505b. Permanent status to certain personnel; sick and annual leave; salary range. The personnel affected by this act [*] who have more than six (6) months satisfactory service shall upon the effective date of this act attain permanent status without examination or probationary…

74-505c. Acceptance reports by secretary in lieu of affidavits and verified reports. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to accept, in lieu of affidavits and verified reports required to be filed pursuant to K.S.A. 2-1004, 2-1205 and 2-2507, and amendments thereto, …

74-506a. Division of water resources; creation. For the purpose of consolidating the Kansas water commission and the division of irrigation there is hereby created a division of water resources within the Kansas department of agriculture. History: L. 1927, ch. 293, § 1; L. 2004, …

74-506b. Authority, powers and duties conferred upon division of water resources. All of the authority, powers and duties now conferred and imposed by law upon the Kansas water commission and the state irrigation commissioner are hereby conferred upon the division of water resour…

74-506c. Certain commissions abolished. The Kansas water commission and the division of irrigation are hereby abolished. History: L. 1927, ch. 293, § 3; February 11.

74-506d. Chief engineer, assistants and employees; compensation. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to employ a chief engineer of the division of water resources and such expert assistants, clerical and other help as may be necessary to properly carry out the provi…

74-510. Information and assistance to chief engineer. It is hereby made the duty of all departments of the state government and of the university of Kansas and Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science and its branches and experiment stations to furnish informati…

74-510a. Delegation of duties by chief engineer. The chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture is hereby authorized to delegate to staff members any duty or function prescribed for the chief engineer by law. The chief engineer may d…

74-511. Establishment; purposes. A state entomological commission shall be established by the state of Kansas. The purpose of the commission is to suppress and eradicate San Jose scale and other dangerous insect pests and plant diseases throughout the state of Kansas, and making …

74-515a. Powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction of entomological commission conferred on department of agriculture; commission abolished. All the powers, duties, authority, and jurisdiction now vested in and imposed upon the state entomological commission and its secretary by…

74-515b. Same; employees to retain rights and status; employment of entomologists and assistants. Employees of the state entomological commission in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act on the effective date of this act, shall be employed in the same or compa…

74-520a. Establishment of state fair board; membership; division of state for districts; establishment of nonprofit corporation. (a) On and after March 15, 1995, the Kansas state fair board is hereby established. The Kansas state fair board shall consist of the following members:…

74-521. Officers, election and term; seal; control and regulation of state fair; secretary, appointment and civil service status; compensation and expenses of board members. The Kansas state fair board shall organize by the election, from their own number, of a president, a vice-…

74-522. Expenses of members. The members of the Kansas state fair board when attending meetings authorized by the board shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments thereto. History: L. 1913, ch. 293, …

74-523. Rules and regulations. The Kansas state fair board may adopt rules and regulations regarding the holding of the state fair and the control and government thereof. History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 6; R.S. 1923, 74-523; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 22; L. 1994, ch. 311, § 6; March 15, 199…

74-524. Quorum. A majority of the current members of the state fair board shall constitute a quorum to transact business. History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 7; R.S. 1923, 74-524; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 23; L. 1994, ch. 311, § 3; May 12.

74-524a. Powers, duties and functions of the board of state fair managers transferred. The name of the board of state fair managers is hereby changed to the state fair board. All properties, moneys, appropriations, powers, duties and authority now vested in the board of state fai…

74-524b. Abolishment of prior state fair board. On and after March 15, 1995, the state fair board established by K.S.A. 74-520 is hereby abolished. History: L. 1994, ch. 311, § 7; May 12.

74-524c. Powers, duties and functions of prior state fair board transferred. On and after March 15, 1995: (a) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property and personnel of the existing state fair board are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the Kansas…

74-524d. Necessary employees retain rights and status. On and after March 15, 1995, all officers and employees who were engaged immediately prior to the effective date of this act in the performance of powers, duties and functions of any existing state fair board which is abolish…

74-531. Rules and regulations; standards, grades and classifications. The secretary of agriculture may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out provisions of K.S.A. 74-532, 74-534, 74-535, 74-536, 74-538 and 74-539, and amendments thereto, and to make and promulgate sta…

74-532. How services provided. The grading and inspection services provided for in K.S.A. 74-531, and amendments thereto, shall be furnished either independently or in cooperation with any federal or state agency, to any person, group of persons, partnership, firm, company, corpo…

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, …

74-538. 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.

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.

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…

74-554. 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…

74-560. 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…

74-568. 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 …