Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-2471

  • Natural resources: means and includes soils, water and any form of terrestrial or aquatic or animal life. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
  • Pesticide: means , but is not limited to, (1) any substance or mixture of substances used to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract or mitigate any pest and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
  • Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Notwithstanding the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2470, and amendments thereto, whenever the secretary deems it necessary to preserve the health, safety and welfare or the natural resources of the state, the secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations imposing limitations on the use of any pesticide.