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2014 Statute



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2-1208a.Notice before prosecution; hearing; cancellation of registration; reports to county attorney. (a) If it shall appear to the secretary or an authorized representative of the secretary from examination or analysis of an official sample of a commercial fertilizer that the commercial fertilizer is falsely labeled or fails to comply with the provisions of this act, the secretary shall cause notice to be given to the person in possession of the commercial fertilizer and the registrant that a hearing in relation thereto will be held at a date and place named in such notice. Whereupon the secretary or a presiding officer from the office of administrative hearings shall hold a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(b) If it is established at the hearing to the satisfaction of the secretary or a presiding officer from the office of administrative hearings, that any commercial fertilizer has been registered in error, or has been sold in violation of any of the provisions of this act, or that any provision of this act has been violated, the secretary shall have power to cancel the registration of such brand or brands of commercial fertilizer, and may report the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney and furnish that officer with an official report of the record of such hearing and a copy of the result of any analysis or other examination which may have a bearing on the case. Prosecution may be instituted under the provisions of this act in the district court of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed, upon complaint of the secretary or an authorized representative of the secretary or any citizen of this state, or by any county attorney and shall be prosecuted by the county attorney in the name of the state of Kansas.

History: L. 1927, ch. 14, § 7; L. 1949, ch. 2, § 7; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 28; L. 2004, ch. 145, § 7; July 1, 2005.



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