Kansas § 2-1903 - Definitions. As used in this act:(1) "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public bod

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§ 2-1903. Definitions. As used in this act:(1) "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public bod

2-1903. Definitions. As used in this act:(1) "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.(2) "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this act.(3) "Commission" means the conservation program policy board created in K.S.A. 2-1904, and amendments thereto, including the state conservation commission continued in existence by K.S.A. 74-5,128, and amendments thereto.(4) "State" means the state of Kansas.(5) "Agency of this state" includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporation or otherwise, of the government of this state.(6) "United States" or "agencies of the United States" includes the United States of America, the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.(7) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this state, the government of the United States and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.(8) "Division" means the division of conservation established within the Kansas department of agriculture in K.S.A. 74-5,126, and amendments thereto.(9) "Director" means the executive director of the division.(10) "Invasive plant species" means a species of plant not native to Kansas whose introduction, presence or spread does or is likely to cause economic harm, environmental harm or harm to human health.(11) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture.History: L. 1937, ch. 5, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 5, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 45, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 123; L. 2021, ch. 74, § 3; May 6.

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