(a) Subject to appropriations acts therefor, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, in cooperation with other colleges and universities, shall establish a research project to study the biology and control of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata). Such project shall be for a period of two years and shall include basic and applied research as well as working with the agricultural experiment station and cooperative extension service to utilize demonstration plots and conduct field days and workshops in regard to controlling and eradicating sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata).

(b) Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall present an oral and written report to the house and senate agriculture committees related to the research project provided for in subsection (a) during the 1999 regular session of the Kansas legislature on or before February 1, 1999, and during the 2000 regular session of the Kansas legislature on or before February 1, 2000.