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Secretary of Agriculture Sam Brownback expressed his opposition to litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Kansas Board of Agriculture. In the court case, the plaintiffs claimed that the governance structure of the Board of Agriculture violated constitutional guarantees of "one person, one vote." Secretary Brownback expressed his view that the existing structure by which the Secretary of Agriculture was appointed by the Board of Agriculture had served Kansas well and did not need drastic changes. In 1995, the Kansas Legislature abolished the Board of Agriculture and replaced it with a cabinet level Department of Agriculture, with the governor appointing the secretary of agriculture.
Creator: Brownback, Sam, 1956-
Date: January 20, 1993
Item Number: 209122
Call Number: Board of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence Sent, Box 45104
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209122
Agriculture
Collections - State Archives - Agriculture, State Board of
Date - 1990s - 1993
Government and Politics - State Government - Courts
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Agriculture, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brownback, Sam, 1956-
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Ford
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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