2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 2 AGRICULTURE
Article 24 PEST CONTROL
2-2469 Pesticide dealers; registration; exemptions; denial, suspension or revocation, notice and opportunity for hearing; fees.
2-2469. Pesticide dealers; registration; exemptions; denial, suspension or revocation, notice and opportunity for hearing; fees. (a) Each person who is a pesticide dealer shall register with the secretary. Registration shall be required for each business location distributing pesticides and shall be on a form provided by the secretary. Each registration shall expire on June 30 following issuance unless such registration is renewed annually. A registration fee of $20 shall accompany the application.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed pesticide business which sells pesticides only as an integral part of such business' pesticide application service when the pesticides are dispensed only through equipment used for this pesticide application, nor to the sale of general use pesticides purchased for household use only, nor to any federal, state, county or municipal agency which provides pesticides only for its own programs nor to any individual who is the final purchaser of a pesticide for application to property or property rights owned, leased, or otherwise acquired by such person.
(c) Each registered pesticide dealer is responsible for the acts of each individual employed by such dealer in the solicitation and sale of pesticides and for all claims and recommendations for use of pesticides made by such employees. The dealer's registration shall be subject to denial, suspension, or revocation after notice and opportunity for a hearing are given in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act for any violation of this act whether committed by the dealer or by the dealer's officers, agents or employees.
(d) All fees received under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 2-2464a, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount thereof in the state treasury and 75% of such amount shall be credited to the pesticide use fee fund and 25% of each such amount shall be credited to the publications fee fund of the Kansas department of agriculture.
History: L. 1985, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 32; L. 1994, ch. 336, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 50; L. 2009, ch. 128, § 24; L. 2010, ch. 60, § 4; July 1.
