K.S.A. 2-2147 Powers and Duties of Board of Directors; Requirements For Individuals Conducting Inspections Or Setting Or Monitoring Traps

• Library: Kansas Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 Session Acts Chapter 108
• Year: 2023
• Citation: K.S.A. 2-2147

(a) In order to administer and implement the Kansas cotton boll weevil program, the board shall have the authority to:

(1) Establish and implement a cotton pest monitoring plan that shall include the following:

(A) The development and distribution of educational materials; and

(B) authority for the board's designee to enter private property to:

(i) Subject to the notice requirements of subsection (b), perform inspections of any cotton field upon such private property for the purpose of determining whether an infestation of cotton exists or whether cotton pests are present on the property; and

(ii) subject to the notice requirements of subsection (b), set traps and monitor such traps;

(2) accept grants and donations;

(3) sue and be sued;

(4) appoint and compensate an administrator who is knowledgeable about the cotton industry and establish an office for such administrator at any place in the state selected by the board. With the approval of the board, the administrator may appoint other personnel as needed; and