2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 2 AGRICULTURE
Article 13 WEEDS
2-1334 Control and eradication of sericea lespedeza; research and demonstration efforts.

2-1334. Control and eradication of sericea lespedeza; research and demonstration efforts. (a) The purpose of this act is to provide for the coordination, enhancement and continuation of federal, state and local efforts as well as public and private efforts to develop an effective and affordable method of controlling or eradicating sericea lespedeza and to encourage communication of information about sericea control methods to landowners and land managers.

(b) The secretary of agriculture in cooperation with the secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism shall designate an appropriate parcel of land as a research area to study and demonstrate methods of controlling or eradicating sericea lespedeza. Such site shall be designated on land managed by the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism at Toronto lake and shall be utilized to provide a focal point for activities that further the purposes of this act.

(c) The research and demonstration efforts conducted on the site designated as provided in subsection (b) shall include a variety of methods used to control or eradicate sericea lespedeza and shall include utilization of experiment and demonstration plots and development of field days and workshops to demonstrate methods of control or eradication of sericea lespedeza.

(d) The secretary of agriculture and the secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism shall have authority to request assistance from any federal, state or local authority, from any public or private university or other research institution, from any business organization, or from any individual in furthering the purposes of this act. All such entities are hereby requested to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture and the secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism in furthering the purposes of this act.

History: L. 2002, ch. 28, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 96, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 47, § 2; July 1.