2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 2 AGRICULTURE
Article 24 PEST CONTROL
2-2472 Pesticide management areas; development by the secretary.
2-2472. Pesticide management areas; development by the secretary. (a) The secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture is hereby authorized and may develop pesticide management areas after receiving notification by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or by the secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment, that a pesticide poses a serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare or the natural resources of this state.
(b) The secretary upon the secretary's own investigation may initiate such proceedings whenever the secretary has reason to believe that a pesticide poses a serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare or the natural resources of this state.
History: L. 1989, ch. 6, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 51; July 1.
