34-102. Duties of secretary; penalties. (a) The secretary shall:
(1) Adopt any rules and regulations necessary to enforce the laws of this state relating to storage of grain and management of public warehouses;
(2) investigate all complaints of, and to the extent possible correct occurrences of, fraud or oppression in the grain trade; and
(3) investigate and, at the secretary's discretion, monitor a grain handling facility when the secretary believes it is operating as a public grain warehouse without a valid federal or state warehouse license.
(b) Violation of any provision of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
(c) No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent either the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's authorized representatives from inspecting any weighing or measuring device or otherwise performing any of the secretary's duties pursuant to any provision of chapter 83 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1907, ch. 222, § 3; L. 1915, ch. 229, § 2; L. 1921, ch. 199, § 1; R.S. 1923, 34-102; L. 1933, ch. 189, § 5; L. 1983, ch. 135, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 121, § 1;. L. 1990, ch. 364, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 13; Sept. 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - Public Warehouses; Department Of Agriculture
34-101 Warehouses; supervision of; warehouse fee fund created.
34-101b Warehouse examining procedures; federal cooperation; contracts.
34-102 Duties of secretary; penalties.
34-111 Duties of attorney general and county or district attorney.
34-125 Charges by grain warehouses; minimum-maximum schedule; determined by the secretary.
34-126 Policy of Kansas concerning high-quality grain.
34-128 Abolishment of state grain inspection department; transfer of limited powers and duties.
34-130 Same; officers and employees transferred; benefits and rights.
34-131 Same; abolishment of positions determined to be unnecessary.
34-132 Same; conflicts as to power, function or duty to be resolved by governor.
34-133 Same; legal custody of records transferred; no abatement of suits, actions or proceedings.
34-134 Same; balance of funds and liabilities transferred.
34-135 Same; transfer of property; valuing and selling property; fee fund transferred.