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KS Stat § 74-5,115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,115 Funds and liabilities transferred from department of commerce to department of agriculture.

74-5,115. Funds and liabilities transferred from department of commerce to department of agriculture. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the agriculture products development division within the department of commerce relating to the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred within the state treasury to the agriculture marketing and promotions program within the Kansas department of agriculture transferred herein and shall be used only for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.(b) Subject to acts of the legislature, all fees, grant funds, and loan repayment funds dedicated to the agriculture products development division within the department of commerce prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall be transferred to the agriculture marketing and promotions program within the department of agriculture.(c) Liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of officers and employees who are transferred from the agriculture products development division within the department of commerce under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall be assumed and paid by the agriculture marketing and promotions program within the Kansas department of agriculture.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,116 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,116 Resolution of conflicts regarding disposition of property, powers, duties, functions, appropriations, personnel and records.

74-5,116. 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 result of any abolition or transfer made by or under the authority of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, such conflict shall be resolved by the governor, whose decision shall be final.(b) The agriculture marketing and promotions program within the Kansas department of agriculture shall succeed to all property, property rights and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of powers, duties and functions transferred to the division. Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property, personnel, or records arising under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall be determined by the governor, whose decision shall be final.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,117 Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings.

74-5,117. 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 K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, or by or against any officer of the state in such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of any such state agency or any officer affected.(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state shall abate by the taking effect of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,118 Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved.

74-5,118. Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved. (a) The secretary of agriculture shall determine such employees as are necessary to enable the secretary to carry out the duties of the agriculture marketing and promotions program. All officers and employees of the agriculture products development division within the department of commerce who, immediately prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, who are determined by the secretary of agriculture to be engaged in providing administrative, technical or other support services that are essential to the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to the agriculture marketing and promotions program within the Kansas department of agriculture. All classified employees so transferred shall retain their status as classified employees. Thereafter, the secretary of agriculture may convert vacant classified positions to positions in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.(b) Officers and employees of the agriculture products development division within the department of commerce transferred by K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights which had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the agriculture products development division of the department of commerce prior to the date of transfer.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,119 Powers, duties and functions of animal health department transferred to department of agriculture; appointment of animal health commissioner.

74-5,119. Powers, duties and functions of animal health department transferred to department of agriculture; appointment of animal health commissioner. (a) The division of animal health is hereby established within the Kansas department of agriculture. The division of animal health shall be a continuation of the Kansas animal health department and the animal health commissioner shall be a continuation of the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department. The division shall be administered under the supervision of the secretary of agriculture, by the animal health commissioner, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the division. On the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, the secretary of agriculture shall appoint the animal health commissioner. Thereafter, upon a vacancy in the office of animal health commissioner, the Kansas animal health board shall submit three nominations to the secretary of agriculture for the office of animal health commissioner, and the secretary of agriculture shall choose one of the three nominations to appoint as the animal health commissioner. The animal health commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and the animal health board. The animal health commissioner shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of agriculture, with the approval of the governor.(b) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing Kansas animal health department and the existing livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the animal health division within the Kansas department of agriculture and the animal health commissioner, respectively.(c) The secretary of agriculture shall appoint such employees as may be needed to carry out the powers and duties of the program, and all such officers and employees shall be within the classified or unclassified service.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,120 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,120 Animal health department and livestock commissioner abolished.

74-5,120. Animal health department and livestock commissioner abolished. The Kansas animal health department and the office of livestock commissioner as established by K.S.A. 75-1901, and amendments thereto, are hereby abolished.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 9; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,121 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,121 Department of agriculture successor to animal health department; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives of secretary continued in effect until superseded.

74-5,121. Department of agriculture successor to animal health department; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives of secretary continued in effect until superseded. (a) The animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas animal health department and the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the secretary of agriculture shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the Kansas animal health department and the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department in which such powers, duties and functions were vested prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.(b) Whenever the Kansas animal health department or the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, memorandum of understanding, plan, grant, waiver or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the animal health division of the Kansas department of agriculture or the animal health commissioner under the secretary of agriculture.(c) All rules and regulations, orders and directives of the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department that are in effect on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders and directives of the animal health division of the Kansas department of agriculture until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law, by the secretary of agriculture.(d) Before any proposed rules and regulations of the animal health commissioner of the division of animal health of the department of agriculture are submitted to the secretary of administration or the attorney general pursuant to K.S.A. 77-420, and amendments thereto:(1) The animal health commissioner shall submit such rules and regulations to the animal health board; and(2) the animal health board shall review and make recommendations to the animal health commissioner and the secretary of agriculture regarding such proposed rules and regulations.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 10; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,121a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,121a "Agency head" means the secretary or animal health commissioner.

74-5,121a. "Agency head" means the secretary or animal health commissioner. For purposes of administrative proceedings of the division of animal health of the Kansas department of agriculture, "agency head" means the Kansas secretary of agriculture or the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture, when acting on behalf of the secretary.History: L. 2012, ch. 125, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,122 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,122 Animal health board and pet animal advisory board continued.

74-5,122. Animal health board and pet animal advisory board continued. (a) The Kansas animal health board, created by K.S.A. 74-4001, and amendments thereto, is hereby continued in existence within the animal health division of the department of agriculture with respect to powers, duties and functions of the Kansas animal health department that are transferred under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. Persons who are members of the Kansas animal health board on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall continue to hold such offices under the conditions and limitations provided under K.S.A. 74-4001, and amendments thereto.(b) The Kansas pet animal advisory board, created by K.S.A. 47-1725, and amendments thereto, is hereby continued in existence within the animal health division of the department of agriculture with respect to powers, duties and functions of the Kansas animal health department that are transferred under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. Persons who are members of the Kansas pet animal advisory board on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall continue to hold such offices under the conditions and limitations provided under K.S.A. 47-1725, and amendments thereto.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 11; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,123 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,123 Department of agriculture successor to animal health department and livestock commissioner.

74-5,123. Department of agriculture successor to animal health department and livestock commissioner. The Kansas department of agriculture shall succeed to all property, property rights and records of the Kansas animal health department and the livestock commissioner of the Kansas animal health department.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 12; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,124 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,124 Funds and liabilities transferred from animal health department to department of agriculture.

74-5,124. Funds and liabilities transferred from animal health department to department of agriculture. (a) On the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, the balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the Kansas animal health department are hereby transferred within the state treasury to the Kansas department of agriculture and shall be used only for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.(b) Subject to acts of the legislature, all fees and grant funds dedicated to animal health programs shall remain dedicated to animal health programs on and after the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 13; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,125 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,125 Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved.

74-5,125. Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved. (a) (1) The secretary of agriculture in consultation with the animal health commissioner shall determine such employees as are necessary to enable the secretary to carry out the duties of the animal health division. The livestock commissioner of the animal health department shall become the animal health commissioner of the animal health division of the Kansas department of agriculture on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. All other officers and employees of the Kansas animal health department who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties and functions for the Kansas animal health department and who are, in the opinion of the secretary of agriculture in consultation with the animal health commissioner, necessary to perform the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas animal health department that are transferred under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall become officers and employees of the department of agriculture and are hereby transferred to the Kansas department of agriculture on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.(2) All classified employees transferred under this subsection (a) shall retain their status as classified employees. Thereafter, the secretary of agriculture may convert vacant classified positions to positions in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.(b) Officers and employees of the Kansas animal health department transferred under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights that had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the Kansas animal health department prior to the date of transfer.(c) Liability for accrued compensation or salaries of each officer and employee who is transferred from the Kansas animal health department to the Kansas department of agriculture under K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall be assumed and paid by the Kansas department of agriculture on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 14; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,126 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,126 Powers, duties and functions of conservation commission transferred to department of agriculture; appointment of executive director.

74-5,126. Powers, duties and functions of conservation commission transferred to department of agriculture; appointment of executive director. (a) On the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, the division of conservation is hereby established within the Kansas department of agriculture. The division of conservation shall be a continuation of the state conservation commission and the executive director of conservation shall be a continuation of the executive director of the state conservation commission. The division shall be administered under the supervision of the secretary of agriculture by the executive director of the division of conservation, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the division. The executive director of the division of conservation shall be jointly appointed by the secretary of agriculture and the state conservation commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and the state conservation commission. The executive director of the division of conservation shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of agriculture, with the approval of the governor.(b) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing state conservation commission and the existing executive director of the state conservation commission are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the conservation division of the Kansas department of agriculture and the executive director of the conservation division, respectively.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 15; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 74-5,127 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities|Article 5 - Department Of Agriculture|74-5,127 Department of agriculture successor to conservation commission; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives of secretary continued in effect until superseded.

74-5,127. Department of agriculture successor to conservation commission; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives of secretary continued in effect until superseded. (a) The conservation division of the department of agriculture shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the state conservation commission and the executive director of the state conservation commission in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the secretary of agriculture shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the state conservation commission and the executive director of the state conservation commission in which such powers, duties and functions were vested prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto.(b) Whenever the state conservation commission or the executive director of the state conservation commission, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, memorandum of understanding, plan, grant, waiver or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the conservation division within the department of agriculture or the executive director of the conservation division under the secretary of agriculture.(c) All rules and regulations, orders and directives of the state conservation commission or the executive director of the state conservation commission that are in effect on the effective date of K.S.A. 74-5,112 through 74-5,132, and amendments thereto, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders and directives of the conservation division of the Kansas department of agriculture until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law by the secretary of agriculture.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 40, § 16; L. 2011, ch. 135, § 16; July 1.