Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-2805

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Label: means the display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of a soil amendment. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
  • Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
  • Soil amendment: means and includes any substance which is intended to improve the physical, chemical or other characteristics of the soil or improve agricultural crop production, except that it shall not include the following: Commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming materials including ground and slaked lime, unmanipulated animal manures, vegetable compost and pesticides. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Each soil amendment product shall be registered with the secretary before it is distributed in this state. Application for registration shall be submitted to the secretary, on a form prepared for that purpose, showing the information required on the label, as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2804, and amendments thereto, except net weight of product. The registration fee shall be fixed by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture for each product, except that such fee shall not exceed $100 for each product. The soil amendment product registration fee in effect on the day preceding the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until the secretary of agriculture adopts rules and regulations fixing a different fee therefor under this section. All registrations shall expire on December 31 of the year in which such soil amendment product is registered. The applicant shall submit with the application for registration a copy of the label and a copy of all advertisements, brochures, posters and television and radio announcements to be used in promoting the sale of the soil amendment.