Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-2808

  • 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.
  • Distribute: means to import, consign, offer for sale, sell, barter or to otherwise supply soil amendments to any person in this state. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
  • Person: means individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations. 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

It shall be a violation of this act for any person to:

(a) Distribute a soil amendment that is not registered with the secretary;

(b) distribute a soil amendment that is not labeled;

(c) distribute a soil amendment that is misbranded;

(d) distribute a soil amendment that is adulterated; or

(e) fail to comply with a stop sale, use or removal order.