47-416. Animal health commissioner, duties; brand recording; assistant commissioner, inspectors, investigators, examiners and employees. It shall be the duty of the animal health commissioner to keep all books and records and to record all brands used for the branding or marking of livestock in Kansas. The commissioner shall receive applications for the recording of any and all brands and the commissioner shall decide on the availability and desirability of any brand or brands sent in for recording.

The commissioner may appoint an assistant commissioner in charge of brands and brand inspectors, special investigators, examiners, deputy assistants and employees necessary to carry out the provisions of the acts contained in article 4 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, subject to approval of the board.

History: L. 1939, ch. 222, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 298, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 312, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 228, § 12; L. 1963, ch. 419, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 458, § 28; L. 1967, ch. 443, § 3; L. 1969, ch. 258, § 8; L. 1973, ch. 2, § 18; L. 1984, ch. 196, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 90, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 13; July 1.