Attorney General Opinion No.

Steven L. Opat Geary County Counselor Geary County Attorney 801 North Washington Street, Suite A Junction City, Kansas 66441

Dear Mr. Opat:

In your capacities as Geary County Counselor and as Geary County Attorney, you pose a number of questions that pertain to F R Swine, Inc., a swine production facility, in relation to the Kansas Agricultural Corporations Act (Act), K.S.A. 17-5903 et seq. You inform us that F R Swine, Inc. is a Kansas corporation initially formed and registered with the Secretary of State in 1974, and "merged" in 2001. You also advise that "over the vociferous objection" of F…