Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-3310

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The secretary of health and environment is authorized and directed to:

(a) Adopt rules and regulations, standards and procedures to be used by counties in the development and the periodic updating of wastewater management plans, and to enable the secretary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act;

(b) receive and disburse any federal funds received for development and implementation of countywide wastewater management plans;

(c) administer the wastewater management program and enforce the provisions of each county wastewater management plan adopted pursuant to the provisions of this act;

(d) provide technical assistance to counties, including the training of personnel;

(e) institute, conduct and support research, demonstration projects and investigations and coordinate all state agency research programs with applicable federal programs pertaining to wastewater management; and

(f) conduct and contract for researchers and investigations in the area of wastewater management of point source pollution.