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Title

06

:
Agriculture






Chapter

001

:
GENERAL POWERS; SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS











 

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3. Duties of secretary generally; educational work

The secretary

shall promote the agricultural interests and education throughout the state by

means of institutes, farmers' meetings, lectures, essays, bulletins, crop

reports, nature leaflets, and such other means as he or she deems advisable.

Subject to the approval of the governor, he or she may employ assistants,

lecturers, essayists, and experts in conducting meetings, in the preparation of

bulletins and crop reports, and in the proper discharge of his duties. Such

educational work shall include, among other topics, tree planting, roads, and

road making. Lectures and essays shall be given and institutes and meetings

held at such places and times as the secretary deems advisable. (Amended 2003,

No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)