Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-171b

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-1,114
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

It shall be the duty of the attorney general, on presentation by the secretary of health and environment of evidence of abatable pollution of the surface waters detrimental to the animal or aquatic life in the state, to take such action as may be necessary to secure the abatement of such pollution.