1. (a) Orders of the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the department of agriculture pursuant to K.S.A. 42-703, 42-722, 42-722a, 82a-708b, 82a-711, 82a-718 and 82a-1038 and K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 82a-1041, and amendments thereto, and failure of the chief engineer to act pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-714, and amendments thereto, shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.

   Such review shall be conducted by the secretary of agriculture or a presiding officer from the office of administrative hearings within the department of administration. The secretary of agriculture shall not have the authority otherwise to designate a presiding officer to conduct such review unless at the party's request pursuant to K.S.A. 75-37,121, and amendments thereto.

2. (b) The order of the secretary of agriculture or the administrative law judge or presiding officer upon review pursuant to subsection (a) shall be a final order under the Kansas administrative procedure act. Such order shall not be subject to reconsideration pursuant to K.S.A. 77-529, and amendments thereto, and shall be subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
3. (c) This act shall not affect any administrative proceeding pending before the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the department of agriculture, the secretary of agriculture or any administrative hearing officer on July 1, 1999, and such matter shall proceed as though no change in the law had been made with regard to such proceeding.

L. 1999, ch. 130, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 145, § 50; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 221; L. 2013, ch. 111, § 9; July 1.