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KS Stat § 2-3008 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3008 Assessments; collection; deposit in commission account; security for accounts.

2-3008. Assessments; collection; deposit in commission account; security for accounts. (a) The assessment imposed pursuant to this act shall on or before the 20th day of the calendar month following the date of settlement be paid by the purchaser to the secretary. The secretary shall issue a receipt to the purchaser for such assessment. The secretary shall deposit all moneys received in payment of such assessment in a bank account established in the name of the commission in accordance with the provisions of this act.(b) Each bank account used in operating and conducting the commission's duties shall be secured by a pledge of securities in the manner prescribed for state bank accounts as provided under K.S.A. 75-4218, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1977, ch. 4, § 8; L. 1978, ch. 1, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 6, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 18; L. 2000, ch. 116, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3009 Foreclosure of liens.

2-3009. Foreclosure of liens. If the grain assessment is not paid to the secretary as provided in K.S.A. 2-3007, and amendments thereto, or within 10 days thereafter, the lien may within one year after the expiration of such 10-day period be foreclosed in any court having jurisdiction in the county in which the grain was grown, or sold, or in which such grain may be found, or in which such grain may have been commingled with other like grain.History: L. 1977, ch. 4, § 9, L. 1991, ch. 6, § 8; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 19; L. 2000, ch. 116, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3010 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3010 Unlawful acts; penalties.

2-3010. Unlawful acts; penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1977, ch. 4, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3011 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3011 Kansas soybean commission; state promotion entity for soybeans.

2-3011. Kansas soybean commission; state promotion entity for soybeans. The Kansas soybean commission, established pursuant to K.S.A. 2-3001 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be the state promotion entity for soybeans under the soybean promotion, research and consumer information act of 1990, public law 101-624, upon certification by the national board or other certifying entity established under such act.History: L. 1991, ch. 6, § 1; May 16.
KS Stat § 2-3012 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3012 National checkoff program for soybeans.

2-3012. National checkoff program for soybeans. On and after the effective date of the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, the assessment shall be collected upon all soybeans sold in the state of Kansas. Such assessment shall be levied and assessed to the grower at the time of sale and shall be collected pursuant to the terms of the national checkoff program for soybeans established pursuant to public law 101-624 and any rules and regulations or marketing orders promulgated or issued thereunder. Under the provisions of this act, no soybeans shall be subject to assessment more than once. Assessments made under this section shall constitute a preferred lien and shall have a priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon such soybeans. Any assessment made under this section shall be deducted and paid as herein provided whether such soybeans are stored in this or any other state.History: L. 1991, ch. 6, § 6; May 16.
KS Stat § 2-3013 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 30 - Grain Commodity Commissions|2-3013 Assessments, disposition; national checkoff program for soybeans.

2-3013. Assessments, disposition; national checkoff program for soybeans. (a) Any assessment collected pursuant to the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, shall be paid to the commission on or before the 20th day of the calendar year following the date of settlement and shall be paid by the purchaser of the soybeans to the commission.(b) Whenever refunds are made from the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, such refunds shall be made as authorized by public law 101-624.(c) All money credited to the soybean commission shall be expended for the soybean commission in the administration of the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, the administration of article 30 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and for the payment of claims upon obligations incurred in the performance of the activities and functions set forth in article 30 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and for no other purpose.(d) The Kansas soybean commission shall have the ability to pay and transfer portions of the assessments collected pursuant to the national checkoff program for soybeans, established pursuant to public law 101-624, to the national board as required.History: L. 1991, ch. 6, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 209, § 20; L. 2000, ch. 116, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 32 - Protection Of Farmland And Agricultural Activities|2-3201 Protection of farmland and agricultural activities; purpose.

2-3201. Protection of farmland and agricultural activities; purpose. It is the declared policy of this state to conserve and protect and encourage the development and improvement of farmland for the production of food and other agricultural products. The legislature finds that agricultural activities conducted on farmland in areas in which nonagricultural uses have moved into agricultural areas are often subjected to nuisance lawsuits, and that such suits encourage and even force the premature removal of the lands from agricultural uses. It is therefore the purpose of this act to provide agricultural activities conducted on farmland protection from nuisance lawsuits.History: L. 1982, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 32 - Protection Of Farmland And Agricultural Activities|2-3202 Certain agricultural activities not a nuisance.

2-3202. Certain agricultural activities not a nuisance. (a) Agricultural activities conducted on farmland, if consistent with good agricultural practices and established prior to surrounding agricultural or nonagricultural activities, are presumed to be reasonable and do not constitute a nuisance, public or private, unless the activity has a substantial adverse effect on the public health and safety.(b) If such agricultural activity is undertaken in conformity with federal, state, and local laws and rules and regulations, it is presumed to be good agricultural practice and not adversely affecting the public health and safety.(c) An owner of farmland who conducts agricultural activity protected pursuant to the provisions of this section:(1) May reasonably expand the scope of such agricultural activity, including, but not limited to, increasing the acreage or number of animal units or changing agricultural activities, without losing such protection so long as such agricultural activity complies with all applicable local, state, and federal environmental codes, resolutions, laws and rules and regulations;(2) may assign or transfer such protection to any successor in interest; and(3) shall not be deemed to waive such protection by temporarily ceasing or decreasing the scope of such agricultural activity.History: L. 1982, ch. 3, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 93, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 32 - Protection Of Farmland And Agricultural Activities|2-3203 Definitions.

2-3203. Definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Agricultural activity" means the growing or raising of horticultural and agricultural crops, hay, poultry and livestock, and livestock, poultry and dairy products for commercial purposes and includes activities related to the handling, storage and transportation of agricultural commodities.(b) "Farmland" means land devoted primarily to an agricultural activity.(c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation, trust, organization or any other business entity, but does not include any governmental entity.(d) "Agricultural chemical" means those agricultural chemicals as defined in the agricultural chemical act set forth in K.S.A. 2-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto.History: L. 1982, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 11, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 93, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 32 - Protection Of Farmland And Agricultural Activities|2-3204 Action for injunction alleging misuse of chemicals; when attorney fees and expenses assessed.

2-3204. Action for injunction alleging misuse of chemicals; when attorney fees and expenses assessed. In any case in which an action for injunction is brought alleging the prior misuse of agricultural chemicals and the court finds that the defendant properly used the agricultural chemicals according to state and federal law and the label instructions and that the plaintiff sustained no damages from the use of such agricultural chemicals, the court may assess against the plaintiff reasonable attorney fees and expenses incurred by the defendant as a result of such action. In addition, the court may assess against the plaintiff additional losses and costs incurred by the defendant upon proof that such losses and costs were the result of an injunction granted as part of such action. Any assessment under this section shall be reduced (but not below zero) by an amount equal to the amount of any bond forfeited to the defendant under article 9 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. An assessment under this section shall be collected as costs in the action. This section shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 32 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or supplemental thereto.History: L. 1988, ch. 11, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 32 - Protection Of Farmland And Agricultural Activities|2-3205 Exclusive compensatory damages for nuisance originating from farmland used for agricultural activity; standing.

2-3205. Exclusive compensatory damages for nuisance originating from farmland used for agricultural activity; standing. (a) The exclusive compensatory damages that may be awarded to a claimant where the alleged nuisance originates from farmland primarily used for agricultural activity shall be as follows:(1) If the nuisance is determined to be a permanent nuisance, compensatory damages shall be limited to the reduction in the fair market value of the claimant's property caused by such nuisance, not to exceed the fair market value of such claimant's property; and(2) if the nuisance is determined to be a temporary nuisance, compensatory damages shall be limited to the lesser of:(A) The diminution in fair rental value of the claimant's property caused by such nuisance;(B) the value of the loss of the use and enjoyment of the claimant's property; or(C) the reasonable cost to repair or mitigate any injury to the claimant caused by such nuisance.(b) If any claimant or claimant's successor in interest brings a subsequent nuisance claim against the same defendant or defendant's successors in interest for an alleged nuisance related to the same or a substantially similar agricultural activity, such claimant and claimant's successors in interest shall be limited to the compensatory damages for a permanent nuisance as provided in subsection (a)(1). Damages from any previous final court order or judgment against the defendant or defendant's successors in interest shall be considered in any subsequent case for the purposes of determining that the total amount of damages awarded shall not exceed the fair market value of such claimant's property.(c) If a defendant in a private nuisance case where the nuisance is alleged to originate from farmland used for agricultural activity demonstrates a good faith effort to abate a condition that is determined to constitute a nuisance, and such good faith effort is unsuccessful, such nuisance shall be deemed to be not capable of abatement and compensatory damages shall be limited as provided in subsection (a)(1). Substantial compliance with a court order regarding such farmland shall constitute a good faith effort as a matter of law.(d) No person shall have standing to bring an action for private nuisance pursuant to this section unless such person has an ownership interest in the property alleged to be affected by the nuisance.(e) If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.(f) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 32 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2013, ch. 93, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3301 Citation of act.

2-3301. Citation of act. This shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas chemigation safety law."History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3302 Definitions.

2-3302. Definitions. As used in the Kansas chemigation safety law:(a) "Chemigation" means any process whereby pesticides, fertilizers or other chemicals or animal wastes are added to irrigation water applied to land or crops, or both, through an irrigation distribution system.(b) "Board" means the secretary of agriculture.(c) "Secretary" means the secretary of agriculture.(d) "Operating chemigation equipment" for the purposes of this act shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Preparing solution and filling the chemical supply container;(2) calibrating of injection equipment;(3) starting and stopping equipment when injection of chemicals is involved; and(4) supervision of the chemigation equipment to assure its safe operation.(e) "Anti-pollution devices" means mechanical equipment used to reduce hazard to the environment in cases of malfunction of the equipment during chemigation and includes but is not limited to interlock, waterline check valve, chemical line closure device, vacuum relief device and automatic low pressure drain.(f) "Supervision" means the attention given to the chemigating system during its operation when chemicals are being applied.(g) "Direct supervision" means supervision with ability to change the procedures.(h) "Irrigation distribution system" means any device or combination of devices having a hose, pipe or other conduit which connects directly to any source of ground or surface water, through which water or a mixture of water and chemicals is drawn and applied to land. The term does not include any handheld hose sprayer or other similar device which is constructed so that an interruption in water flow automatically prevents any backflow to the water source. For the purpose of this act it does not include greenhouse irrigation or residence yards. Animal waste lagoons are not to be considered water sources.(i) "Calibration device" means equipment of sufficient accuracy to determine the rate of chemical application.(j) "Point of diversion" means:(1) The point where the longitudinal axis of the dam crosses the center line of the stream in the case of a reservoir; or(2) the location of the headgate or intake in the case of a direct diversion from a river, stream or other watercourse; or(3) the location of a well in the case of groundwater diversion.(k) "Agronomic application rates" means the method and amount of swine waste defined by the secretary that in the secretary's discretion best protects the environment, including consideration of the crops or soil to which swine waste may be applied and the economic impact associated with any application of swine waste.(l) "Chemicals" shall include nutrients or the chemical composition of animal waste.History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 143, § 23; May 7.
KS Stat § 2-3303 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3303 Requirements for chemigation users.

2-3303. Requirements for chemigation users. Persons applying any chemical by the chemigation process in an irrigation system shall:(a) Register with the secretary;(b) use anti-pollution devices; and(c) keep records and make reports as deemed appropriate by the secretary.History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3304 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3304 Registration of chemigation users; permit; fee; renewal.

2-3304. Registration of chemigation users; permit; fee; renewal. (a) Any user of the chemigation process shall register and obtain a chemigation user's permit before using the process.(b) Registration shall consist of making application on a form supplied by the secretary. Such application shall include, but not be limited to:(1) The name of the persons to whom a permit is to be issued, including an owner or operator of land on which chemigation is to be used;(2) a plan for using anti-pollution devices;(3) a plan for handling tail water or accumulations of water;(4) the number and locations, including a legal description, of wellheads which may be involved in the chemigation process and surface water supply withdrawal points, not to include siphon tubes; and(5) payment of fees.(c) The application fee for a chemigation user's permit shall be $75 plus $15 for each additional point of diversion, except that on and after July 1, 2023, a chemigation user's permit shall be $55 plus $10 for each additional point of diversion. A chemigation user's permit may be renewed each year upon making an application, payment of the application fee and completing the report form providing information used in chemigation the previous year.History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 7, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 336, § 7; L. 2002, ch. 181, § 12; L. 2004, ch. 85, § 12; L. 2009, ch. 128, § 29; L. 2014, ch. 133, § 5; L. 2017, ch. 86, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-3305 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3305 Functional anti-pollution devices, requirements.

2-3305. Functional anti-pollution devices, requirements. Functional anti-pollution devices shall be used in the chemigation process according to:(a) Criteria adopted by the secretary by rules and regulations that, in the secretary's discretion, follow the latest scientific knowledge and technology and that is designed to protect the groundwater and surface water of the state; or(b) the following criteria:(1) Waterline check valve shall be an automatic, quick-closing device capable of preventing the backflow of water chemical mixtures into the source of water supply during times of system failure or equipment shutdown;(2) a chemical injection line check valve shall be used to prevent flow of water from the irrigation system into the chemical supply tank and to prevent gravity flow from the chemical supply tank into the irrigation system;(3) an interlock system shall be used between the power system of the injection unit, the irrigation pumping plant and the pivot, if involved; the interlock shall function so that if the irrigation pump stops, the injection pump will also stop;(4) a functional vacuum relief device shall be used between the waterline check valve and the irrigation pump to reduce the chance of chemical being back-siphoned into the water source; and(5) an automatic low pressure drain shall be used between the waterline valve and the irrigation pump.History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 5; L. 1989, ch. 7, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 143, § 25; May 7.
KS Stat § 2-3306 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 33 - Chemigation Safety|2-3306 Responsibility of chemigation equipment operators; chemigation equipment operator examination; renewal; fee.

2-3306. Responsibility of chemigation equipment operators; chemigation equipment operator examination; renewal; fee. (a) Any individual operating chemigation equipment under a chemigation user permit shall be responsible for the safe operation of such chemigation equipment and any such equipment shall be considered to be under the direct supervision of the chemigation user permit holder.(b) The secretary shall not issue a chemigation user permit to any person unless such person is a certified chemigation equipment operator or has in such person's employment at least one certified chemigation equipment operator. A chemigation equipment operator is an individual who has successfully completed an examination given by the secretary or the secretary's designee. Except as provided in subsection (c), if the chemigation user permit is issued to an individual, that individual must have successfully completed the chemigation equipment operator examination. Such examination shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) The proper use of anti-pollution devices;(2) preparing the chemical solution and filling the chemical supply container;(3) calibrating of injection equipment;(4) supervision of chemigation equipment to assure its safe operation;(5) environmental and human hazards that may be involved in chemigation;(6) protective clothing and respiratory equipment;(7) general precautions to be followed in disposal of containers and decontamination of the equipment;(8) handling of tail water and other accumulations of water containing chemicals;(9) information of procedures to be followed should chemicals inadvertently enter the water supply source as a result of the chemigation process;(10) label information, especially chemigation instructions;(11) applicable state and federal laws and regulations; and(12) any other subject which the secretary deems necessary.(c) The examination provided for in subsection (b) may be waived for any individual who has been certified as a pesticide applicator in the category of chemigation pursuant to the Kansas pesticide law.(d) The chemigation equipment operator certification shall expire on December 31 of the fourth calendar year after the year of issue. A chemigation equipment operator certification shall be renewed for a succeeding five year period upon payment of the certification fee and passing the examination specified in either subsection (b) or (c).(e) The fee for certification as a chemigation equipment operator or for renewal of such certification shall be $25, except that on and after July 1, 2023, such certification shall be $10.History: L. 1985, ch. 5, § 6; L. 1989, ch. 7, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 181, § 13; L. 2004, ch. 85, § 13; L. 2009, ch. 128, § 30; L. 2014, ch. 133, § 6; L. 2017, ch. 86, § 8; July 1.