2-608.   Compensation of extension agents; contribution fromfederal and state funds.If a county extension council has beenorganized as specified in K.S.A. 2-611 andamendments thereto or an extension district has been established underK.S.A. 2-623 and amendments thereto, forthe purpose of giving instruction in agriculture,marketing, homeeconomics, 4-H club and youth work, community and resource development, andeconomic development initiatives tothe people of the county or extension district, as the case maybe, through practical demonstrations, meetings,publications, and otherwise, and the employment of an extension agent oragents to prosecute such instructions, the Kansas state university ofagriculture and applied science shall contribute from federal and statefunds granted for cooperative extension work an amount of not less than $1,500,as far as such funds areavailable, towardsthe salary of each extension agent employed.

      History:   L. 1951, ch. 8, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 2, § 7; July 1.