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KS Stat § 2-1913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1913 Cooperation with another district.

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.
KS Stat § 2-1914 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1914 Publicly owned lands.

2-1914. Publicly owned lands. Agencies of this state [which] 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 administration of, any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within the boundaries of any district organized hereunder, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the supervisors of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the supervisors under the provisions of this act. The supervisors of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands. The provisions of land-use regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 2-1909 shall have the force and effect of law over all such publicly owned lands, and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering such lands.History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 14; April 10.
KS Stat § 2-1917 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1917 Invalidity of part.

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, ch. 5, § 17; April 10.
KS Stat § 2-1918 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1918 Inconsistent laws.

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.
KS Stat § 2-1919 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1919 Cost-share limitations; purchase of surface water right outside the state.

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 following limitations:(1) The water right is an active vested or certified water appropriation right that has not been abandoned under the provisions of K.S.A. 82a-718, and amendments thereto;(2) (A) in the case of a water right for diverting groundwater, such water right is in an area where the rate of withdrawal of groundwater equals or exceeds the rate of recharge and the chief engineer has closed the area to further appropriations and designated the area as being in need of aquifer restoration; (B) in the case of a water right for diverting groundwater or surface water, such water right is within a stream reach where the chief engineer has closed the stream reach to further appropriations and designated the stream reach as being in need of stream recovery;(3) a local entity has provided an assurance that it will pay at least 20% of the purchase price negotiated by the entity and the holder of the water right; and(4) the holder of the water right agrees to return the water right to the custodial care of the state.(b) In the case of a purchase of a surface water right from outside the state, such purchase shall be considered and evaluated by the chief engineer on the basis of the potential of the water right to provide stream recovery within a designated stream reach.History: L. 1988, ch. 396, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-1920 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1920 Conservation district capital outlay fund; use of moneys.

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 received according to provisions of the conservation district law.(b) Any moneys in the capital outlay fund of the conservation district may be used for the purpose of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, remodeling, additions to, furnishing and equipping of buildings necessary for district operations, including architectural expenses incidental thereto and the acquisition of building sites and the acquisition of other equipment to carry out the activities and functions of the district.(c) The conservation district board of supervisors is hereby authorized to invest any portion of the capital outlay fund, which is not currently needed in investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto. All interest received on any such investment shall be credited to the capital outlay fund.History: L. 1989, ch. 5, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-1931 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 19 - Conservation Districts|2-1931 Penalty for violation of act or contract orders; request for hearing; appeal.

2-1931. Penalty for violation of act or contract orders; request for hearing; appeal. (a) Any person who commits any of the following may incur a civil penalty as provided by this section:(1) Any violation of the Kansas water right transition assistance program act or any rule and regulation adopted thereunder; and(2) any violation of term, condition or limitation defined and or imposed within the contractual agreement between the division and the water right owner.(b) Any participant who violates any section of a water right transition assistance program contract shall be subject to either one or both of the following:(1) A civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per violation. Each day shall constitute a separate violation for purposes of this section; and(2) repayment of the grant amount in its entirety plus a penalty at 6% of the full grant amount.(c) Any penalties or reimbursements received under this act shall be reappropriated for use in the water right transition assistance program.(d) No civil penalty or order for repayment shall be imposed except upon the written order of the secretary or the secretary's designee. Such order shall state the violation, the penalty to be imposed and the right of the person to appeal to the secretary. Any person, within 15 calendar days after notification, may make written request to the secretary for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The secretary shall affirm, reverse or modify the order and shall specify the reason therefor.(e) Any person aggrieved by an order of the secretary made under this section may appeal such order to the district court in the manner provided by the Kansas judicial review act.(f) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2022.History: L. 2006, ch. 174, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 105, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 74, § 11; May 6.Section was amended twice in the 2012 session, see also 2-1931a.
KS Stat § 2-2001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2001 Legislative declaration.

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: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2002 Duty of landowner.

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, by planting of perennial grasses, shrubs, trees, annual or biennial crops, or by cultivation at such times and in such manner as will prevent or minimize erosion of the soil and dust, plant or weed blowing therefrom.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2003 Data and information to be collected.

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 blowing and practical methods of preventing or minimizing them by planting or cultivating the soil, with particular reference to the different kinds of planting and types of cultivation most suitable to the respective types of soil in the different parts of the state taking into consideration topography and climatic conditions thereof, and most effective to accomplish the principal purposes of this act, and to transmit such data and information to the respective boards of county commissioners, members of the legislature, the governor, and make the same available to the general public.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 39; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2004 Duties of county commissioners.

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 hereby authorized and directed immediately to inspect such land. If it is determined the soil, any plant or weed is blowing therefrom in sufficient quantity to be injurious to the land because of erosion thereof, to nearby land because of dirt blown thereon, to nearby land because of any plant or weed blown thereon or to the public health because of dust therefrom blown into the air, they shall determine what, if anything, can be done to prevent or materially lessen the soil, any plant or weed blowing from such land, and if in their judgment that can be accomplished by prompt cultivation of the soil in some manner, they are authorized and directed to order work to be done and the time when and the type of work to be done. The board of county commissioners may order that the land be disced, listed, chiseled, cultivated, chopped or worked by any other method of control approved by the board. In all cases, where it can be done reasonably, the board of county commissioners shall confer with the owner of the land before determining or ordering work to be done thereon, and advise the owner of their conclusions and give the owner an opportunity to do the work they conclude should be done, but if the owner cannot be consulted without unreasonable delay, or cannot or will not do the work in the manner and within the time it should be done, the board of county commissioners may do the work, or employ someone to do it, and issue its warrants to pay the actual cost thereof, and pay such warrants from the fund hereinafter provided, without regard to any other statute pertaining to the issuing or paying of county warrants.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2005 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2005 Same; survey of county; reports; publication of summaries.

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 survey of the county with respect to soil erosion and dust, any plant or weed blowing from soil in the county. In doing so they shall ascertain what lands, plants or weeds have blown, and for what time, the kinds of soil of such lands, the kinds of plants or weeds blowing, when the blowing occurred, climatic conditions at the time, and what, if anything, was done to prevent or minimize the blowing, and the result produced by what was done. A report of this survey, accompanied by a map showing the location of the land, shall be filed with the county clerk and a copy sent to the secretary of agriculture, who shall compile and publish by December 1 of each year a summary of such reports and distribute the same to the county officials, members of the legislature, the governor, and upon request to the owners of land reported to have been affected.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 5; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 40; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2006 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2006 Same; hearings; orders concerning land.

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 plant or weed thereon. For this purpose the board may conduct a hearing, after having given notice to the landowner of the time and place of such hearing, which notice may be given by registered mail. At such hearing testimony of those who have had experience or made a study of types of soil, types of plants or weeds, erosion of soil by wind, means of preventing the same, and studies or reports of governmental departments or other investigators of the subject may be considered. Respecting the land concerning which such a hearing has been had the board of county commissioners is authorized to determine what treatment of the land is necessary to prevent its blowing, whether it shall be planted to annual, biennial or perennial grasses, shrubs, trees or if cultivated, the manner and times of year of such cultivation, and may order that the land be treated in accordance with this conclusion, and if such orders are not complied with by the owner of the land the board of county commissioners may do or have done the planting or cultivation ordered.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 6; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2007 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2007 Soil drifting fund; creation; tax levy, use of proceeds; issuance of warrants.

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 be done, by the board of county commissioners and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 7; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 24; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 28; May 27.
KS Stat § 2-2009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2009 Federal cooperation.

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 any plant or weed blowing produced thereby, and is hereby authorized to accept any money disbursed for that purpose by the federal government, or any of its agencies, and to distribute such moneys among the counties in accordance with the direction of the federal government or its agency.History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 9; L. 1988, ch. 4, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 41; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2011 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 20 - Soil Erosion Caused By Wind|2-2011 Invalidity of part.

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, § 11; March 24.
KS Stat § 2-2112 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 21 - Plant Pests|2-2112 Name of act.

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 agriculture.History: L. 1965, ch. 6, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 91, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2114 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 21 - Plant Pests|2-2114 Secretary's duties.

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 control operations or measures to locate, and to suppress, control, eradicate, prevent, contain or retard the spread of, any plant pests.History: L. 1965, ch. 6, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 66, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 91, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 101, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 21 - Plant Pests|2-2115 Inspections by secretary.

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 inspect monitoring equipment; and(D) obtain samples; and(2) stop and inspect any means of conveyance moving within this state, upon reasonable suspicion to believe it contains or carries any plant pest or other article subject to this act.(b) If access to any property sought under the provisions of this section for the purposes authorized is denied, the secretary may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for an order providing for such access. The court shall, upon proper application, issue an order providing for access to such property.History: L. 1965, ch. 6, § 4; L. 2002, ch. 91, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 72, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2116 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 21 - Plant Pests|2-2116 Disposition of plant pests.

2-2116. Disposition of plant pests. Wherever the secretary finds a plant, plant product or other regulated article that is infested by a plant pest or finds that a plant pest exists on any premises in this state or is in transit in this state, the secretary may:(a) Upon giving notice to the person in possession thereof, or agent of such person, seize, quarantine, treat or otherwise dispose of such plant pest in such manner as the secretary deems necessary to suppress, control, eradicate, prevent, contain or retard the spread of such plant pest;(b) order such person in possession thereof, or agent of such person to so treat or otherwise dispose of such plant pest. If such person fails to comply with such order, the secretary may treat or otherwise dispose of such plant pest; or(c) if such person is a live plant dealer, after notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the secretary may assess against such live plant dealer any reasonable expense incurred by the secretary in treating or otherwise disposing of such plant pest.History: L. 1965, ch. 6, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 91, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 72, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 101, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-2117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 21 - Plant Pests|2-2117 Quarantines; notice and hearings.

2-2117. Quarantines; notice and hearings. The secretary is authorized to quarantine this state or any portion thereof when the secretary determines that such action is necessary to prevent or retard the spread of a plant pest or to contain a plant pest for the protection of the public health and to quarantine any other state or portion thereof whenever the secretary determines that a plant pest exists therein and that such action is necessary to prevent or retard its spread, movement or transportation into this state. Before promulgating the determination that a quarantine is necessary, the secretary, after providing due notice to interested parties, shall hold a public hearing at which any interested party may appear and be heard either in person or by attorney. The secretary may impose a temporary quarantine for a period not to exceed 90 days during which time a public hearing, as provided in this section, shall be held if it appears that a quarantine for more than the 90-day period will be necessary to prevent, contain or retard the spread of the plant pest. The secretary may limit the application of the quarantine to the infested portion of the quarantined area and appropriate environs, to be known as the regulated area, and, without further hearing, may extend the regulated area to include additional portions of the quarantined area. Following the establishment of the quarantine, no person shall move the plant pest against which the quarantine is established or move any regulated article described in the quarantine, within, from, into or through this state contrary to the quarantine promulgated by the secretary. The quarantine may restrict the movement of the plant pest and any regulated articles from the quarantined or regulated area in this state into or through other parts of this state or other states and from the quarantined or regulated area in other states into or through this state. The secretary shall impose such inspection, disinfection, certification or permit and other requirements as the secretary shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The secretary is authorized to establish regulations defining pest freedom standards for live plants, plants and plant products or other regulated articles that pose risk of moving plant pests that may cause economic or environmental harm.History: L. 1965, ch. 6, § 6; L. 2002, ch. 91, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 72, § 4; L. 2016, ch. 101, § 4; July 1.