2-1333.County option for discount program to
control noxious weeds; petition to establish program, election and
procedures.
(a) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution
to authorize the establishment of a program to provide
chemical materials used
in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through chemical
dealers on a discount basis.
(b) If such program is authorized,
the county weed supervisor shall issue
discount certificates, prior to the chemicals being purchased from the chemical
dealers, to the
landowners. Such certificate shall be taken to a chemical dealer and be
presented for the purchase of the chemical material. The chemical dealer shall
issue an invoice showing the credit amount of the discount certificate. The
dealer shall send the certificate and a copy of the invoice to the county weed
supervisor. The certificates and invoices shall be turned over to the board of
county commissioners, and no more than the stated amount on the certificate
shall be reimbursed to the chemical dealers.
The discount certificates shall be paid from the noxious weed fund.
(c) If such program is authorized,
on January 1 of each year, the board of
county commissioners shall determine the amount of money that may be used from
the noxious weed fund to provide for the control and eradication of noxious
weeds on privately owned land. The board shall state the dollar amount the
county shall pay per unit for the purchase of chemical materials used on
privately owned lands. Whenever official methods of eradication, adopted by the
secretary of agriculture, are not followed in
applying the chemical
materials, the board of county commissioners may refuse to pay the discount
certificate and the total cost shall be paid by the private landowner.
(d) (1) If a board of county commissioners does not issue discount
certificates as provided in subsection (b), a petition to submit a proposition
calling for an election to
establish the program to provide chemical materials
used in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through
chemical dealers on a discount basis may be filed with the county election
officer. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the county equal
in number to not less than 5% of the voters of the county who voted for the
office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election at which
such officer was elected.
(2) Upon the submission of a valid petition calling for an election pursuant
to this subsection, the county election officer shall submit the question of
whether the program as provided in this section shall be established in such
county at the next state or county-wide regular or special election which
occurs more than 60 days after the petition is filed with the county election
officer.
(3) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in opposition to
establishing
the program as provided in this section in such county, the county election
officer shall transmit a copy of the result to the secretary of state who shall
publish in the Kansas register the result of such election and the program as
provided in this section shall not be established in such county.
(4) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in favor of the
proposition,
the county election officer shall transmit a copy of the results to the
secretary of state who shall publish in the Kansas register
the result of such election and that the program as provided in this section
shall be established in such county within 18 months.
(5) The election provided for by this section shall be conducted, and the
votes counted and canvassed, in the manner provided by law for question
submitted elections of the county, except that the county election officer
shall publish in the official county newspaper a notice of such election once
each week for two consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than
21 days before the election, and such notice shall state the date and time of
the election and the proposition that will appear on the ballot.
History: L. 1991, ch. 4, § 3;
L. 2002, ch. 78, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 34; July 1.
2-1333.County option for discount program to
control noxious weeds; petition to establish program, election and
procedures.
(a) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution
to authorize the establishment of a program to provide
chemical materials used
in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through chemical
dealers on a discount basis.
(b) If such program is authorized,
the county weed supervisor shall issue
discount certificates, prior to the chemicals being purchased from the chemical
dealers, to the
landowners. Such certificate shall be taken to a chemical dealer and be
presented for the purchase of the chemical material. The chemical dealer shall
issue an invoice showing the credit amount of the discount certificate. The
dealer shall send the certificate and a copy of the invoice to the county weed
supervisor. The certificates and invoices shall be turned over to the board of
county commissioners, and no more than the stated amount on the certificate
shall be reimbursed to the chemical dealers.
The discount certificates shall be paid from the noxious weed fund.
(c) If such program is authorized,
on January 1 of each year, the board of
county commissioners shall determine the amount of money that may be used from
the noxious weed fund to provide for the control and eradication of noxious
weeds on privately owned land. The board shall state the dollar amount the
county shall pay per unit for the purchase of chemical materials used on
privately owned lands. Whenever official methods of eradication, adopted by the
secretary of agriculture, are not followed in
applying the chemical
materials, the board of county commissioners may refuse to pay the discount
certificate and the total cost shall be paid by the private landowner.
(d) (1) If a board of county commissioners does not issue discount
certificates as provided in subsection (b), a petition to submit a proposition
calling for an election to
establish the program to provide chemical materials
used in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through
chemical dealers on a discount basis may be filed with the county election
officer. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the county equal
in number to not less than 5% of the voters of the county who voted for the
office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election at which
such officer was elected.
(2) Upon the submission of a valid petition calling for an election pursuant
to this subsection, the county election officer shall submit the question of
whether the program as provided in this section shall be established in such
county at the next state or county-wide regular or special election which
occurs more than 60 days after the petition is filed with the county election
officer.
(3) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in opposition to
establishing
the program as provided in this section in such county, the county election
officer shall transmit a copy of the result to the secretary of state who shall
publish in the Kansas register the result of such election and the program as
provided in this section shall not be established in such county.
(4) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in favor of the
proposition,
the county election officer shall transmit a copy of the results to the
secretary of state who shall publish in the Kansas register
the result of such election and that the program as provided in this section
shall be established in such county within 18 months.
(5) The election provided for by this section shall be conducted, and the
votes counted and canvassed, in the manner provided by law for question
submitted elections of the county, except that the county election officer
shall publish in the official county newspaper a notice of such election once
each week for two consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than
21 days before the election, and such notice shall state the date and time of
the election and the proposition that will appear on the ballot.
History: L. 1991, ch. 4, § 3;
L. 2002, ch. 78, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 34; July 1.
2-1333.County option for discount program to
control noxious weeds; petition to establish program, election and
procedures.
(a) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution
to authorize the establishment of a program to provide
chemical materials used
in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through chemical
dealers on a discount basis.
(b) If such program is authorized,
the county weed supervisor shall issue
discount certificates, prior to the chemicals being purchased from the chemical
dealers, to the
landowners. Such certificate shall be taken to a chemical dealer and be
presented for the purchase of the chemical material. The chemical dealer shall
issue an invoice showing the credit amount of the discount certificate. The
dealer shall send the certificate and a copy of the invoice to the county weed
supervisor. The certificates and invoices shall be turned over to the board of
county commissioners, and no more than the stated amount on the certificate
shall be reimbursed to the chemical dealers.
The discount certificates shall be paid from the noxious weed fund.
(c) If such program is authorized,
on January 1 of each year, the board of
county commissioners shall determine the amount of money that may be used from
the noxious weed fund to provide for the control and eradication of noxious
weeds on privately owned land. The board shall state the dollar amount the
county shall pay per unit for the purchase of chemical materials used on
privately owned lands. Whenever official methods of eradication, adopted by the
secretary of agriculture, are not followed in
applying the chemical
materials, the board of county commissioners may refuse to pay the discount
certificate and the total cost shall be paid by the private landowner.
(d) (1) If a board of county commissioners does not issue discount
certificates as provided in subsection (b), a petition to submit a proposition
calling for an election to
establish the program to provide chemical materials
used in the control and eradication of noxious weeds to landowners through
chemical dealers on a discount basis may be filed with the county election
officer. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the county equal
in number to not less than 5% of the voters of the county who voted for the
office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election at which
such officer was elected.
(2) Upon the submission of a valid petition calling for an election pursuant
to this subsection, the county election officer shall submit the question of
whether the program as provided in this section shall be established in such
county at the next state or county-wide regular or special election which
occurs more than 60 days after the petition is filed with the county election
officer.
(3) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in opposition to
establishing
the program as provided in this section in such county, the county election
officer shall transmit a copy of the result to the secretary of state who shall
publish in the Kansas register the result of such election and the program as
provided in this section shall not be established in such county.
(4) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in favor of the
proposition,
the county election officer shall transmit a copy of the results to the
secretary of state who shall publish in the Kansas register
the result of such election and that the program as provided in this section
shall be established in such county within 18 months.
(5) The election provided for by this section shall be conducted, and the
votes counted and canvassed, in the manner provided by law for question
submitted elections of the county, except that the county election officer
shall publish in the official county newspaper a notice of such election once
each week for two consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than
21 days before the election, and such notice shall state the date and time of
the election and the proposition that will appear on the ballot.
History: L. 1991, ch. 4, § 3;
L. 2002, ch. 78, § 1;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 34; July 1.