47-448. Reciprocity agreements with livestock commissioners or brand inspection agencies of other states; brand inspection fees, not limited by other laws. The animal health commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocity agreements with any livestock commissioner or brand inspection agency of any other state or the United States, for cooperation in the administration of brand inspection laws and laws for the control, suppression and eradication of contagious diseases among domestic animals.

The animal health commissioner may set and charge fees for brand inspection of animals subject to any reciprocity agreement. Such fees shall not be limited by or subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 47-417a or 47-437, and amendments thereto, or any other law prescribing fees for brand inspection.

History: L. 1975, ch. 281, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 30; July 1.