Attorney General Opinion No. 1998-041

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1998-041 written by Carla J. Stovall and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1998 amendment to K.S.A. 19-101a prohibits a county from imposing more stringent separation distance requirements for confined animal feeding facilities than those set out in K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-171d, as amended by 1998 Substitute for House Bill No. 2950. The conclusions stated in Attorney General Opinion No. 97-72 concerning a county's authority to impose stricter environmental standards on confined animal feeding facilities are affirmed, provided the county standards do not exempt the county from, or effect changes in, any of the statutes enumerated in K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 19-101a(a), as amended by 1998 Sub. for H.B. 2950, section 39. The portions of Attorney General Opinion No. 97-72 which relied on laws amended in 1998 are hereby withdrawn. Cited herein: K.S.A. 2-1915, 2-3302, 2-3305, 2-3307, K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 19-101a, 47-1219, 65-171d, 1998 Sub. for H.B. 2950.