2016 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES
Article 5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
74-575 Division of marketing and director of marketing; transfer of powers and duties to the secretary of agriculture.
74-575. Division of marketing and director of marketing; transfer of powers and duties to the secretary of agriculture. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the secretary of agriculture shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the division of marketing and director of marketing in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act and which are transferred pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574. 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 division of marketing or director of marketing in which such powers, duties, and functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.
(b) Whenever the "division of markets," or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference is in regard to one of the powers and duties transferred to the department of agriculture pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of agriculture. Whenever the "director of marketing," or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference is in regard to one of the powers and duties transferred to the department of commerce pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary of agriculture.
(c) All rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the division of marketing or director of marketing pertaining to powers and duties transferred pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574 shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the secretary of agriculture until revised, amended, or nullified pursuant to law.
History: L. 1996, ch. 209, § 6; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 26; July 1.
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