2-1922. Same; purpose; report activities and recommendations.
2-1922
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.