Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1409

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: means and includes a natural person, a partnership, an organization, a corporation, a municipality and any department or agency of the state. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1402
  • Weather modification activity: means any operation or experimental process which has as its objective inducing change, by artificial means, in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of clouds and the atmosphere. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1402

Any license issued under this act may be suspended or revoked by the director after notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with the provisions of Kansas administrative procedure act, when the licensee (1) is found to have engaged in any activity prohibited by or under this act, (2) has practiced fraud or deceit in obtaining a license, (3) has been negligent or guilty of incompetence in engaging in any weather modification activity or (4) has violated any requirement of this act. In addition to the director, any interested person may make a formal complaint to the director against any licensee. All formal complaints shall be in writing, shall be signed by the complainant, and shall specify the charges against the licensee.