2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 2 AGRICULTURE
Article 19 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
2-1922. Same; purpose; report activities and recommendations.

2-1922

Chapter 2.--AGRICULTURE
Article 19.--CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

      2-1922.   Same; purpose; report activities and recommendations. (a) The alliance shall develop a vision for utilizing the state's natural resources to assure economic development, a healthy environment, proper protection of natural resources, opportunities for natural resource and environmental education and quality of life for Kansas families and individual citizens. In developing the vision, the alliance shall:

      (1)   Conduct public hearings across the state to seek citizen input and provide information to the public;

      (2)   seek input from state and local governmental agencies;

      (3)   examine the state's current natural resource programs;

      (4)   consider the impact of the state's natural resources and programs on economic development and the environment;

      (5)   examine the state's current and future resource needs, recognizing the basic American freedom of private ownership of land and the landowner's right to private property protection pursuant to K.S.A. 77-701 et seq., and amendments thereto;

      (6)   expand voluntary public or private partnerships that support and implement the vision; and

      (7)   develop goals and establish priorities for attaining the vision, including, but not limited to, goals and priorities for outdoor recreation, tourism, economic development, natural resource and environmental education, quality of life, water quality, water supplies, fish and wildlife resources, prairie and grassland resources, forest resources, parks and lakes, wetlands and riparian areas, soil and water conservation and air quality.

      (b)   The alliance shall submit a preliminary report of its activities and recommendations to the governor and the legislature on or before May 1, 2003, and shall submit a final report and recommendations to the governor and legislature on or before December 1, 2003.

      History:   L. 2002, ch. 96, § 7; May 2.

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