2-1316.Weed supervisors; duties; salary, how borne;
annual report.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall, and the
governing body of any incorporated city or any group of counties or cities
may, employ for a stated time each year, with the approval of the secretary
of agriculture, a competent person as county, city or
district weed supervisor.
(b) The weed supervisor shall consult and cooperate with the state division
of noxious weeds and
with the assistant weed control director appointed for the supervisor's
district, make annual surveys of infestations (compile data on areas
eradicated and under treatment), and submit an annual
report to the county
commissioners and to the state division of noxious weeds, to consult and
advise upon all matters pertaining to the best and most practical methods
for noxious weed control and eradication and to render every possible
assistance and direction for the most effective control and eradication
within the supervisor's district; investigate or aid in the investigation
and prosecution of any violation of this act and report violations of which the
supervisor has knowledge to the county attorney.
(c) The salary of the county
weed supervisor shall be borne as follows: The
Kansas department of agriculture
to pay not more than one-fourth thereof from any funds available, not less
than three-fourths thereof to be paid out of the county noxious weed fund,
prorated as may be decided at the time of such employment by the governing
body or bodies employing such supervisor.
(d) The boards of county
commissioners, governing bodies of cities and township boards, with the aid
of their weed supervisors, shall make by February
15th each year an
annual weed eradication progress report to the
secretary of agriculture
for the preceding calendar year, on a form supplied by the
secretary, and
such other weed reports as established by rules and regulations of the
secretary of
agriculture.
History: L. 1937, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 7, § 2;
L. 1995, ch. 32, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 27; July 1.
2-1316.Weed supervisors; duties; salary, how borne;
annual report.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall, and the
governing body of any incorporated city or any group of counties or cities
may, employ for a stated time each year, with the approval of the secretary
of agriculture, a competent person as county, city or
district weed supervisor.
(b) The weed supervisor shall consult and cooperate with the state division
of noxious weeds and
with the assistant weed control director appointed for the supervisor's
district, make annual surveys of infestations (compile data on areas
eradicated and under treatment), and submit an annual
report to the county
commissioners and to the state division of noxious weeds, to consult and
advise upon all matters pertaining to the best and most practical methods
for noxious weed control and eradication and to render every possible
assistance and direction for the most effective control and eradication
within the supervisor's district; investigate or aid in the investigation
and prosecution of any violation of this act and report violations of which the
supervisor has knowledge to the county attorney.
(c) The salary of the county
weed supervisor shall be borne as follows: The
Kansas department of agriculture
to pay not more than one-fourth thereof from any funds available, not less
than three-fourths thereof to be paid out of the county noxious weed fund,
prorated as may be decided at the time of such employment by the governing
body or bodies employing such supervisor.
(d) The boards of county
commissioners, governing bodies of cities and township boards, with the aid
of their weed supervisors, shall make by February
15th each year an
annual weed eradication progress report to the
secretary of agriculture
for the preceding calendar year, on a form supplied by the
secretary, and
such other weed reports as established by rules and regulations of the
secretary of
agriculture.
History: L. 1937, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 7, § 2;
L. 1995, ch. 32, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 27; July 1.
2-1316.Weed supervisors; duties; salary, how borne;
annual report.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall, and the
governing body of any incorporated city or any group of counties or cities
may, employ for a stated time each year, with the approval of the secretary
of agriculture, a competent person as county, city or
district weed supervisor.
(b) The weed supervisor shall consult and cooperate with the state division
of noxious weeds and
with the assistant weed control director appointed for the supervisor's
district, make annual surveys of infestations (compile data on areas
eradicated and under treatment), and submit an annual
report to the county
commissioners and to the state division of noxious weeds, to consult and
advise upon all matters pertaining to the best and most practical methods
for noxious weed control and eradication and to render every possible
assistance and direction for the most effective control and eradication
within the supervisor's district; investigate or aid in the investigation
and prosecution of any violation of this act and report violations of which the
supervisor has knowledge to the county attorney.
(c) The salary of the county
weed supervisor shall be borne as follows: The
Kansas department of agriculture
to pay not more than one-fourth thereof from any funds available, not less
than three-fourths thereof to be paid out of the county noxious weed fund,
prorated as may be decided at the time of such employment by the governing
body or bodies employing such supervisor.
(d) The boards of county
commissioners, governing bodies of cities and township boards, with the aid
of their weed supervisors, shall make by February
15th each year an
annual weed eradication progress report to the
secretary of agriculture
for the preceding calendar year, on a form supplied by the
secretary, and
such other weed reports as established by rules and regulations of the
secretary of
agriculture.
History: L. 1937, ch. 1, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 7, § 2;
L. 1995, ch. 32, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 27; July 1.