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KS Stat § 2-613 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-613 Duties of county treasurers.

2-613. Duties of county treasurers. The county treasurer shall pay to the treasurer of the executive board of the council of the county treasurer's county all moneys in the county treasury belonging to said council, upon the order of the treasurer of the executive board of the council countersigned by the secretary of the executive board: Provided, That the county treasurer shall not pay to said treasurer of the executive board any such moneys unless and until the county treasurer has been notified by the county clerk that said treasurer of the executive board has filed his or her bond and same has been approved by the county clerk.History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-614 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-614 Duties of executive board secretary; records open to public.

2-614. Duties of executive board secretary; records open to public. The secretary of the executive board shall: (1) Record the proceedings of all meetings of the executive board in books provided for that purpose within 20 days following the meeting; (2) prepare and submit to each meeting of the executive board a report on the work and activities of the county extension council since the last meeting of the board; and (3) perform such other duties as are usually performed by secretaries and as may be prescribed by the executive board. The records of the secretary shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-615 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-615 County extension service agents; qualifications, appointment and compensation; jointly employed agents; approval of county council or district accounts and expenditures.

2-615. County extension service agents; qualifications, appointment and compensation; jointly employed agents; approval of county council or district accounts and expenditures. (a) Except as otherwise provided for jointly employed agents, the executive board of the county extension council or the governing body of the extension district, as the case may be, and the director of extension, or the director's authorized representative, shall appoint an extension agent and determine the amount of the extension agent's compensation. The extension agent shall be under the general supervision of the executive board or the governing body of the extension district, as the case may be, and the director of extension. The director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall determine the qualifications of each extension agent.(b) The executive boards of two or more county extension councils and the director of extension, or the director's authorized representative, may enter into an agreement to jointly employ an extension agent or agents under like conditions as the executive board of a single county. Any such agreement may determine the amount of compensation to be paid for each such agent by each executive board of the county extension council and the director of extension, the program and service priorities that will be applicable to each such agent and the time each such agent is to spend in each county. In any case where one or more extension agents are to be jointly employed pursuant to such an agreement, each such agent may be employed and supervised by a multicounty extension governing board and the director of extension, or the director's authorized representative, in accordance with the agreement entered into by the executive boards of the county extension councils of the respective counties. Any such multicounty extension governing board shall be composed of the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer of each executive board entering into the agreement.(c) All accounts and all expenditures of funds of the county extension council or the governing body of an extension district, as the case may be, from whatever source derived shall be subject to the approval of the executive board and the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science.History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 8; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 6, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 2, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-619 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-619 Invalidity of part.

2-619. Invalidity of part. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional and invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this act.History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-620 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-620 Extension councils in certain counties; office facilities; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.

2-620. Extension councils in certain counties; office facilities; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election. In any county having a population of not less than sixty thousand (60,000) nor more than seventy-five thousand (75,000), the board of county commissioners may levy, for a period not to exceed two years, a tax on all taxable tangible property in such county not in excess of one-quarter (1/4) mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of such property for the purpose of creating and providing a special fund to be used for the purchase of real estate, including any buildings or structures thereon, and to make improvements on such real estate for the purpose of providing office and meeting room facilities for an extension council operating under article 6 of chapter 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof, 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. No levy shall be made under the provisions of this act until a resolution authorizing the making of such a levy be passed by the board of county commissioners specifying the amount to be raised each year by such levy and published for three successive issues in the official county newspaper within the county, whereupon such a levy may be made unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such county, as determined by the vote for secretary of state in the last preceding election, is filed with the county clerk of such county within thirty (30) days following the last publication of said resolution.In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose at the next general election.History: L. 1968, ch. 85, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 10; L. 1976, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 21; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-624 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-624 Same; governing body, terms, filing fee, composition and election; vacancies; annual organization.

2-624. Same; governing body, terms, filing fee, composition and election; vacancies; annual organization. (a) The governing body of each extension district shall be composed of four representatives from each county included in the extension district. At the conclusion of the terms of the members first appointed to membership on the governing body of the district, the four members representing each county in an extension district shall be elected in a county-wide election by the qualified electors of the county.(b) At the conclusion of the terms of the members first appointed to membership on the governing body of the district, each member of the governing body shall hold office for a term of four years and until such member's successor is elected and qualified. Each such term of office shall commence on the date of receipt of certification of election by the member elected and shall continue until the member's successor is elected and qualified.(c) (1) The election to elect successors to members of the governing body whose terms are expiring shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.(2) Elections to choose members of the governing body of an extension district shall be conducted, the returns made and the results ascertained in the manner provided by law for general county elections except as otherwise provided by this act. Any person desiring to be a candidate for election to the governing body shall file a candidate's declaration of intention with the county election officer of the county represented by the member of the governing body whose successor is to be elected. Such candidate's filing shall be made in the manner as provided in K.S.A. 25-21a03, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto.(3) Notice of the time and place of holding each election, shall be published by the county election officer in a newspaper published in the county in accordance with K.S.A. 25-105 and 25-209, and amendments thereto.(4) All direct election expenses shall be paid by the extension district.(d) Any vacancy in the membership of the governing body of an extension district shall be filled by appointment by the governing body for the unexpired term of office. Each member so appointed shall be a resident of the county which was represented by the member creating the vacancy.(e) The governing body of each extension district shall organize annually in January by electing from among its members a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer.History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 225, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 47, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 112, § 5; L. 2012, ch. 122, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-625 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-625 Same; educational extension programs, subjects; program development committees and plans; annual budget and tax levy, limitations.

2-625. Same; educational extension programs, subjects; program development committees and plans; annual budget and tax levy, limitations. (a) The governing body of each extension district shall plan and conduct the educational extension programs for the extension district in accordance with this act. The governing body of the extension district shall appoint program development committees to develop educational program plans on extension work in agricultural pursuits, in home economics work, in 4-H club and youth work, and in economic development initiatives. Each program development committee shall consist of six or more members from each county. Each program development committee shall be chaired by a member of the governing body of the extension district and shall meet as needed to plan educational programs to meet the needs of the extension district. All program plans shall be subject to final approval of the governing body of the extension district.(b) The governing body of the extension district and the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, or the director's authorized representative, shall meet and adopt the annual budget for the extension district to provide for the extension programs, acting together as a body, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 et seq., and amendments thereto, regarding the budgets of taxing subdivisions, except as otherwise specified by this act.(c) The governing body of the extension district, in the same manner as provided by law applying to other taxing subdivisions, may make an annual tax levy upon all the taxable tangible property of the extension district for the purpose of raising funds to be used to plan and conduct the educational extension programs of the extension district, to be levied and collected as other taxes, at a rate fixed in accordance with the approved budget and of not to exceed the greater of (1) the rate of 2.5 mills or (2) the rate determined to yield an amount equal to the product of $75,000 multiplied by the number of counties within the extension district. The governing body shall certify the levy so fixed to the county clerk of each county in the extension district who is hereby authorized and required to place such levy on the tax rolls of the county to be collected by the county treasurer and paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the extension district.History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-626 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-626 Same; duties of secretary of governing body; open records.

2-626. Same; duties of secretary of governing body; open records. (a) The secretary of the governing body of the extension district shall: (1) Record the proceedings of all meetings of the governing body in books provided for that purpose within 20 days following the meeting; (2) prepare and submit to each meeting of the governing body a report on the work and activities of the extension district since the last meeting of the governing body; and (3) perform such other duties as are usually performed by secretaries and as may be prescribed by the governing body.(b) The records of the secretary shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-627 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 6 - County Extension|2-627 Same; duties of treasurer of governing body; bond; disposition of district moneys.

2-627. Same; duties of treasurer of governing body; bond; disposition of district moneys. (a) Upon taking office, the treasurer for an extension district shall give bond in an amount fixed and approved by the governing body of the extension district for the safekeeping and due disbursement of all funds of the extension district in the custody of the treasurer.(b) All moneys received by the treasurer for an extension district shall be deposited by the treasurer in a bank designated by the governing body of the extension district and authorized to receive public deposits. The treasurer shall make all payments for the extension district on the warrant of the secretary of the governing body of the extension district or by a combination warrant check signed by the chairperson of the governing body. The treasurer shall not pay any sum from the funds of the extension district in any other manner.(c) The treasurer shall keep a record of all the moneys received and disbursed which specify the person or persons from whom money was received and to whom money was paid and the object for which the money was paid. The treasurer shall present to the governing body of the extension district at each regular meeting a report in writing containing a statement of all moneys received from each county treasurer and from any other source since the last regular meeting of the governing body and a statement of the disbursements made with the items of such disbursements, and exhibit the warrants or checks or combination warrants and checks therefor. This report shall be recorded by the secretary of the governing body.(d) At the close of the treasurer's term of office, the treasurer shall settle with the governing body of the extension district and shall hand over to the treasurer's successor all records and papers received as treasurer, together with all moneys remaining in the hands of the treasurer.History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-712 Black stem rust, legislative declaration.

2-712. Black stem rust, legislative declaration. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties and Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis are the alternate host plants of a plant disease known as black stem rust; that the plant disease, black stem rust, is caused by an organism known as Puccinia graminis which attacks wheat, oats, barley, rye and other cultivated plants and wild grasses; that the spread of said black stem rust to the agricultural crops and wild grasses of this state cause great financial loss to the growers of these crops and to the agricultural interests of this state.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 2-713 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-713 Same; public nuisances.

2-713. Same; public nuisances. The common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties and Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis (commonly known as mahonias, hollygrapes, holly barberries or Oregon grapes), are hereby declared to be public nuisances and the propagation, growth, movement or possession of said plants, including cuttings, stalks, scions, buds, fruits, seeds, or parts of plants capable of propagation, are hereby prohibited, except as herein specifically exempted.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 2-714 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-714 Same; destruction and control of certain plants; barberry eradication fund.

2-714. Same; destruction and control of certain plants; barberry eradication fund. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to destroy or cause to be destroyed all such plants, or parts thereof capable of propagation, wherever and whenever found, and may cooperate with other agencies and individuals within the state and with the United States department of agriculture in the removal of these plants and in the control of the black stem rust disease in agricultural crops and wild grasses. The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government for the purpose of carrying out the common barberry eradication program. Such agreement may provide for proportionate contributions of funds for such a program and when such is the case, the agreement shall clearly state the amounts to be contributed by the federal agency and the amounts to be contributed by the Kansas department of agriculture. All funds contributed by any federal agency and the funds contributed by the Kansas department of agriculture shall be deposited in the state treasury in a fund to be known as the "barberry eradication fund," which fund is hereby created and the secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to expend said funds in carrying out its common barberry eradication program.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 3; L. 1955, ch. 5, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-715 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-715 Same; exemption of certain plants.

2-715. Same; exemption of certain plants. Such species and varieties of the Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis as have been or may be tested and designated as rust-resistant or immune by the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine, United States department of agriculture, are hereby declared to be exempt from the provisions of this act.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 2-716 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-716 Same; enforcement of act.

2-716. Same; enforcement of act. The secretary of agriculture shall supervise performance of all duties incident to the enforcement of this act, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and shall have the authority to inspect all premises to ascertain the presence of any of the prohibited plants and to destroy any and all such plants in accordance with the terms and provisions of K.S.A. 2-702, and amendments thereto, and they are further authorized and empowered to intercept, condemn or return to an out-of-state shipper at the shipper's expense all prohibited plants, or parts thereof capable of propagation.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-717 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 7 - Insects And Plant Diseases|2-717 Same; penalty.

2-717. Same; penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act, or acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in the sum of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) and costs.History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 6; June 30.
KS Stat § 2-801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 8 - State Horticultural Society|2-801 State horticultural society abolished as state agency.

2-801. State horticultural society abolished as state agency. (a) On July 1, 1978, the state horticultural society organized as the official state agency for the promotion of horticulture and the executive board of such society shall be and are hereby abolished as a state agency.(b) On July 1, 1978, all of the powers, duties and functions of the state horticultural society and executive board abolished as a state agency by subsection (a) shall be and are hereby abolished.(c) On and after July 1, 1978, whenever the state horticultural society and executive board abolished as a state agency by subsection (a) are referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, which reference or designation is to the state horticultural society or executive board as a state agency, such reference or designation shall be null and void and of no force and effect whatsoever.(d) On July 1, 1978, all of the records, memoranda, writings and property of the state horticultural society shall be and are hereby transferred to the president of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science and said president shall have legal custody of the same.History: R.S. 1923, § 2-801; L. 1943, ch. 269, § 6; L. 1957, ch. 442, § 4; L. 1974, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 4, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 9 - Poultry|2-907 Kansas department of agriculture designated as the official state agency to carry out the national poultry improvement plan.

2-907. Kansas department of agriculture designated as the official state agency to carry out the national poultry improvement plan. The Kansas  department of agriculture is hereby designated  the official state agency for the state of Kansas, for the purpose of carrying out the national poultry improvement plan. The Kansas department of agriculture may cooperate with the United States department of agriculture and Kansas state university for the purpose of promoting the poultry industry and its allied branches and shall supervise and administer the national improvement plan in this state.History: L. 1949, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 3, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 14; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 5; L. 2013, ch. 90, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 2-908 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|Article 9 - Poultry|2-908 Citation of act.

2-908. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 2-908 to 2-916, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the poultry disease control act.History: L. 1984, ch. 195, § 1; January 1, 1985.