{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-6607","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 74-6607","heading":"Powers and duties of state biological survey.","body":"The state biological survey is hereby authorized and empowered to:\n(a) Adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 77-415 et seq. for the selection, acquisition, management, protection and use of natural and scientific areas and preserves; for the registration of natural and scientific areas and preserves; for the dedication of natural and scientific areas and preserves within the state system;\n(b) develop a natural and scientific areas preservation policy for the state;\n(c) develop a comprehensive long-range plan for the preservation, control and management of the natural and scientific areas of the state;\n(d) seek and approve the dedication of natural and scientific areas to be included in the state system;\n(e) maintain a registry of natural and scientific areas, an inventory of natural ecosystems; an inventory of habitats of rare and endangered species of plants and animals; significant geological and archeological sites; and other natural and scientific areas and preserves;\n(f) conduct research, investigations, and interpretive programs and publish and disseminate information and recommendations pertaining to natural and scientific preserves and other natural and scientific areas;\n(g) employ or contract for consultants and fix their compensations, who shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act;\n(h) submit to the governor and the legislature annually its recommendations for new or amendatory legislation and funding for the preservation of the state's natural and scientific areas; and submit to the secretary of state in even numbered years a report of its activities for inclusion in the biennial report in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3044 et seq.","path":["Chapter 74.—STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES","Article 66.—NATURAL AND SCIENTIFIC AREA PRESERVES; ADVISORY BOARD"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch74/074_066_0007.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:24Z","sha256":"37fe3a773e172e4ed55a1a7b7ae2cca223a96d0c330c809622acb4c9df50b1cf","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-6604","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-6608"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}