2-1901. Title to act; “soil conservation district” defined. This act may be known and cited as the conservation districts law. All soil conservation districts now formed and hereafter formed shall be conservation districts, and wherever in the name of such districts the words, “soil conservation district” appears the same is hereby changed to “conservation district.” […]
2-1902. Legislative determination. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination: A. The condition. That the farm and grazing lands of the state of Kansas are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of […]
2-1903. Definitions. As used in this act: (1) “District” or “conservation district” means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth. (2) “Supervisor” means one of the […]
2-1904. State conservation commission; members; terms; records; seal; powers and duties; rules and regulations; compensation and expenses; employees; office and supplies. (a) There is hereby established, to serve as a conservation program policy board of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this act, the state conservation commission. The state conservation […]
2-1907. Supervisors; qualifications; terms; meetings; vacancies; chairperson; quorum; expenses; employees; powers and duties; bonds for employees; records; removal of supervisor. The governing body of the district shall consist of five supervisors who are qualified electors residing within the district. The supervisors who are first elected shall serve for terms of one, two and three years […]
2-1907b. Finance of operation of conservation district; moneys from county general fund; tax levies; use of moneys. The board of county commissioners, upon request of the board of supervisors of the conservation district, may pay to the district moneys from the county general fund for the supervisors to carry out their duties under this act. […]
2-1907c. Finance of operation of conservation district; amount of moneys provided by county, certification to state; state financial assistance; budget request, limitation; disbursement and distribution. On or before September 1 of each year, each conservation district shall submit to the division a certification of the amount of money to be furnished by the county commissioners […]
2-1908. Conservation districts; powers. A conservation district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-1901 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in […]
2-1913. Cooperation with another district. The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this act may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this act. History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 13; April 10.
2-1914. Publicly owned lands. Agencies of this state [which] shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any county, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within […]
2-1915. Conservation structures and practices, grants; riparian and wetland protection programs; return of water right, cost-share grants; water quality buffers, grants, valuation of land. (a) (1) Appropriations may be made for grants out of funds in the treasury of this state for: (A) Terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, critical area planting, grassed […]
2-1916. Petition for discontinuance of district; hearings; election; publication of result; certificate of dissolution. At any time after five years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this act, 10% of the occupiers of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the division praying that the […]
2-1917. Invalidity of part. If any provisions of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 17; April 10.
2-1918. Inconsistent laws. Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall be controlling. History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 18; April 10.
2-1919. Cost-share limitations; purchase of surface water right outside the state. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any application for cost-share for the purchase of the water right under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-1915, and amendments thereto, shall be subject to the following limitations: (1) The water right is an active vested or certified […]
2-1920. Conservation district capital outlay fund; use of moneys. (a) There is hereby authorized to be established in every conservation district of the state a fund which shall be called the capital outlay fund. The fund shall consist of any moneys deposited therein from funds received according to provisions of the conservation district law. (b) […]
2-1930. Definitions; water right transition assistance program established; administration; funding; contracts with landowners; grants, availability, priority. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Division” means the division of conservation established within the Kansas department of agriculture in K.S.A. 74-5,126, and amendments thereto; (2) “historic consumptive water use” means an amount of use of a water […]
2-1931. Penalty for violation of act or contract orders; request for hearing; appeal. (a) Any person who commits any of the following may incur a civil penalty as provided by this section: (1) Any violation of the Kansas water right transition assistance program act or any rule and regulation adopted thereunder; and (2) any violation […]
2-1933. Conservation reserve enhancement program; criteria; reports; Kansas conservation reserve enhancement program fund. (a) As used in this section, “division” means the division of conservation established within the Kansas department of agriculture in K.S.A. 74-5,126, and amendments thereto. (b) The division shall administer the conservation reserve enhancement program (CREP) on behalf of the state of […]
