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K.S.A. § 65-2402 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 24 / Section 65-2402
65-2402 - Duties of secretary of health and environment; persons offered employment in office of vital statistics, fingerprinting, criminal history records check, use of information.
Status: in_force

65-2402. Duties of secretary of health and environment; persons offered employment in office of vital statistics, fingerprinting, criminal history records check, use of information. (a) The secretary shall:

(1) Establish within the division of public health suitable offices properly equipped for the preservation of official records;

(2) maintain a complete cross-index on all records filed under the provisions of this act;

(3) install a statewide system of vital statistics;

(4) make and may amend, after notice and hearing, necessary regulations, give instructions and prescribe forms for collection, transcribing, compiling and preserving vital statistics; and

(5) enforce this act and the regulations made pursuant thereto.

(b) Any employee in the office of vital statistics who is subject to a criminal history records check shall be given a written notice that a criminal history records check is required. The secretary shall require such applicant to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto. If the criminal history record information is used to disqualify an applicant, the applicant shall be informed in writing of that decision.
K.S.A. § 75-3654 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 36 / Section 75-3654
75-3654 - State buildings operating fund, created.
Status: in_force

75-3654. State buildings operating fund, created. There is hereby created in the state treasury the state buildings operating fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of administration or by a person designated by the secretary.
K.S.A. § 74-8132 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 81 / Section 74-8132
74-8132 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

74-8132. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Angel investor" and "investor" mean an accredited investor who is a natural person or an owner of a permitted entity investor, who is of high net worth, as defined in 17 C.F.R. § 230.501(a), as in effect on July 1, 2004, and who seeks high returns through private investments in start-up companies and may seek active involvement in business, such as consulting and mentoring the entrepreneur. For the purposes of this act, a person who serves as an executive, officer, employee, vendor or independent contractor of the business in which an otherwise qualified cash investment is made is not an "angel investor" and such person shall not qualify for the issuance of tax credits for such investment;

(b) "bioscience business" means a business engaged in bioscience as defined in K.S.A. 74-99b83, and amendments thereto;

(c) "cash investment" means money or money equivalent in consideration for qualified securities;

(d) "department" means the department of commerce;

(e) "Kansas business" means any business owned by an individual, any partnership, association or corporation domiciled in Kansas, or any corporation, even if a wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign corporation, that does business primarily in Kansas or does substantially all of such businesses' production in Kansas;

(f) "owner" means any natural person who is, directly or indirectly, a partner, stockholder or member in a permitted entity investor;

(g) "permitted entity investor" means: (A) Any general partnership, limited partnership, corporation that has in effect a valid election to be taxed as an S corporation under the United States internal revenue code, or a limited liability company that has elected to be taxed as a partnership under the United States internal revenue code; and (B) that was established and is operated for the sole purpose of making investments in other entities;

(h) "qualified Kansas business" means the Kansas businesses that are approved and certified as qualified Kansas businesses as provided in K.S.A. 74-8134, and amendments thereto;

(i) "qualified securities" means a cash investment through any form or combination of forms of financial assistance as provided in this subsection that have been approved in form and substance by the secretary. Such forms of financial assistance are: (1) Any form of equity, such as: (A) A general or limited partnership interest; (B) common stock; or (C) preferred stock without regard to voting rights or seniority position, and whether or not convertible into common stock; or

(2) any debt instrument subordinate to the general creditors of the qualified Kansas business debtor that requires no payment from the qualified Kansas business debtor, and that shall convert to some form of equity prior to the qualified Kansas business debtor raising any additional funds; and

(j) "secretary" means the secretary of commerce.
K.S.A. § 12-12,100 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12,100
12-12,100 - Library district; powers.
Status: in_force

12-12,100. Library district; powers. The Eudora community library district shall constitute a body corporate and politic and shall have the power to:

(a) Enter into contracts;

(b) sue, and be sued;

(c) acquire, hold and convey real and personal property;

(d) make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library district;

(e) lease a site or sites and to lease a building or buildings for library purposes;

(f) acquire material and equipment deemed necessary by the library district board for the maintenance and extension of modern library service;

(g) employ one or more librarians and such other employees as the library district board deems necessary;

(h) establish and maintain a library and traveling library service within the library district or within any other municipality with which service contract arrangements have been made;

(i) contract with other libraries or the governing body of a municipality for the furnishing of library service to the residents of the municipality and contract with any school board to furnish library service to any school library or to use the library facilities of the public school to supplement the facilities of the public library;

(j) receive, accept and administer any moneys appropriated or granted to it by the state or the federal government;

(k) receive and accept any gift or donation to the library district and administer the same in accordance with any provisions thereof; and

(l) make annual reports to the state librarian, on or before January 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year, showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its control and showing such statistical information relating to library materials acquired and on hand, number of library users, library services available and other information of general interest as the governing body requires.
K.S.A. § 75-2813 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 28 / Section 75-2813
75-2813 - Recording of certified copy of patent.
Status: in_force

75-2813. Recording of certified copy of patent. In any case where a purchase and payment in full has been made, and a conveyance or patent has been issued to any person or persons, signed by either the governor of the territory of Kansas or of the state of Kansas, for any tract or parcel of land embraced in any of the sections numbered sixteen or thirty-six, in the townships in this state, or any other lands confirmed to the state for any purpose whatever, and known as state lands, and which original conveyance or patent has been lost or misplaced, and does not appear of record in the state land office as provided by law, but does appear of record in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such land described in such conveyance or patent is situated, a copy of the records of such conveyance or patent, duly certified by the register of deeds of such county to be true and correct, may be procured by any person claiming the title to such lands; and upon presentation of such certified copy to the register of the state land office, he or she shall thereupon duly record the same in the records of his or her office, and make the proper entry of such sale and conveyance, and shall enter on such certified copy of such conveyance or patent a marginal certificate of the book and page in which it is recorded, as is now provided by law in case of original patents; and such sale and conveyance is hereby confirmed, and made and declared to be in all respects as valid and binding, and the title to such lands vested, granted and conveyed as fully and completely as is now conveyed by original patent issued from the state land office, signed by the governor of the state, and recorded by the register in the state land office, as is now provided by law, subject only to prior rights accrued without notice.
K.S.A. § 79-4505 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 45 / Section 79-4505
79-4505 - Same; deadline for filing claim.
Status: in_force

79-4505. Same; deadline for filing claim. Except as provided in K.S.A. 79-4517, and amendments thereto, no claim in respect of property taxes levied in any year shall be paid or allowed unless such claim is actually filed with and in the possession of the department of revenue on or before April 15 of the year next succeeding the year in which said taxes were levied.
K.S.A. § 38-2204 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 22 / Section 38-2204
38-2204 - Venue.
Status: in_force

38-2204. Venue. (a) Venue of any case involving a child in need of care shall be in the county of the child's residence or in the county where the child is found.

(b) Upon application of any party or interested party and after notice to all other parties and interested parties, the court in which the petition was originally filed alleging that a child is a child in need of care may order the proceedings transferred to the court of the county where: (1) The child is physically present; (2) the parent or parents reside; or (3) other proceedings are pending in this state concerning custody of the child. The judge of the court in which the case is pending shall consult with the judge of the proposed receiving court prior to transfer of the case. If the judges do not agree that the case should be transferred or if a hearing is requested, a hearing shall be held on the desirability of the transfer, with notice to parties or interested parties, the secretary and the proposed receiving court. If the judge of the transferring court orders the case transferred, the order of transfer shall include findings stating why the case is being transferred and, if available, the names and addresses of all interested parties to whom the receiving court should provide notice of any further proceedings. The receiving court shall accept the case. Upon a judge ordering a transfer of venue, the clerk shall transmit the contents of the official file and a complete copy of the social file to the court to which venue is transferred, and, upon receipt of the record, the receiving court shall assume jurisdiction as if the proceedings were originally filed in that court. The transferring judge, if an adjudicatory hearing has been held, shall also transmit recommendations as to disposition. The court may return the case to the court where it originated if the child is not present in the receiving county or, the receiving county is not the residence of the child's parent or parents.
K.S.A. § 76-3,101 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 3 / Section 76-3,101
76-3,101 - Same; procedures for affiliations, joint ventures, partnerships and equity ownerships to provide medical services or participate in medical networks; exemptions.
Status: in_force

76-3,101. Same; procedures for affiliations, joint ventures, partnerships and equity ownerships to provide medical services or participate in medical networks; exemptions. (a) Upon recommendation of the chancellor of the university of Kansas and approval of the state board of regents, the university of Kansas medical center is hereby authorized to negotiate and enter into contracts and leases on behalf of the university hospital for the purposes of affiliations, joint ventures, partnerships and equity ownerships with other health care providers and third parties for purposes of providing medical services or for participation in medical networks for the provision of medical services. No such contract or lease shall be subject to any provision of K.S.A. 75-3739 or 75-37,102 and amendments thereto and no such contract or lease shall be subject to approval under any other statute other than those contained in article 3 or article 7 of chapter 76 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the university of Kansas medical center may make expenditures from the hospital revenue fund for contracts and leases entered into under this section.
K.S.A. § 76-7,151 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7,151
76-7,151 - Expenditure of state moneys; limitations; remedial courses.
Status: in_force

76-7,151. Expenditure of state moneys; limitations; remedial courses. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (a)(2), no funds appropriated from the state general fund for any state educational institution shall be expended for the purposes of providing remedial courses.

(2) Funds appropriated from the state general fund for any state educational institution may be expended for a student who is enrolled in a remedial course if the student is: (A) In military service; (B) 21 years of age or older; or (C) an international student enrolled in a remedial course for the purpose of learning English as a second language.

(b) Except for the costs associated with remedial education pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the board of regents, in its budget estimate filed pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3717, and amendments thereto, shall not include any appropriation requests for expenditures related to the provision of remedial courses at state educational institutions.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) The terms "board of regents" and "state educational institution" shall have the same meanings, respectively, as such terms are defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto.

(2) "Remedial course" means any course offered by a state educational institution in the area of mathematics or language arts, which includes expenditures for formally organized or separately budgeted instructional activities that give students the basic knowledge and skills required by the institution before they can undertake formal academic course work leading to a postsecondary degree or certificate.

(d) The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force from and after August 15, 2015.

(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 7 of chapter 76 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 74-8909 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 89 / Section 74-8909
74-8909 - Pledges of authority valid and binding.
Status: in_force

74-8909. Pledges of authority valid and binding. Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when such pledge is made and the revenues, moneys, funds or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without such physical delivery thereof or further act on the part of the authority, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the authorizing resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority.
K.S.A. § 75-5295 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5295
75-5295 - Powers of counties or groups of counties under act.
Status: in_force

75-5295. Powers of counties or groups of counties under act. For the purposes of this act and to provide for the correctional services described in K.S.A. 75-5291 and amendments thereto, a county or group of cooperating counties, through their boards of county commissioners, or administrative bodies established by cooperating counties, may:

(a) Acquire by any lawful means, including purchase, lease or transfer of custodial control, the lands, buildings and equipment necessary and incidental to such purposes;

(b) enter into contracts, which are necessary and incidental to such purposes;

(c) determine and establish the administrative structure best suited to the efficient administration and delivery of such correctional services;

(d) employ a director and such other officers, employees, and agents as deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this act;

(e) make grants in accordance with the comprehensive plan of funds provided by grant payments under K.S.A. 75-52,105 and amendments thereto to corporations organized not for profit, for development, operation and improvement of such correctional services; and

(f) use unexpended funds, accept gifts, grants and subsidies from any lawful source, and apply for, accept and expend federal funds.
K.S.A. § 9-520 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-520
9-520 - Same; ownership limitations; exceptions.
Status: in_force

9-520. Same; ownership limitations; exceptions. (a) Excluding shares held under the circumstances set out in K.S.A. 9-519(b)(2), and amendments thereto, no bank holding company or any subsidiary thereof shall directly or indirectly acquire ownership or control of, or power to vote, any of the voting shares of any bank which holds Kansas deposits if, after such acquisition, the bank holding company and all subsidiaries would hold or control, in the aggregate, more than 15% of total Kansas deposits.

(b) This section shall not prohibit a bank holding company or any subsidiary thereof from acquiring ownership or control of, or power to vote, any of the voting shares of any bank if the commissioner, in the case of a bank organized under the laws of this state, or the comptroller of the currency, in the case of a national banking association, determines that an emergency exists and that the acquisition is appropriate in order to protect the public interest against the failure or probable failure of the bank.

(c) As used in this section, "Kansas deposits" means all deposits, shares or similar accounts held by banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and building and loan associations attributable to any office in Kansas where deposits are accepted as determined by the commissioner on the basis of the most recent reports to supervisory authorities which are available at the time of the acquisition.
K.S.A. § 8-1,156 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1,156
8-1,156 - Decals for certain military medals or badges; fee; requirements.
Status: in_force

8-1,156. Decals for certain military medals or badges; fee; requirements. (a) Any person issued a distinctive military license plate, upon submitting satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary that such person was awarded a silver star or bronze star medal by the United States government, may request a decal for each license plate indicating the person was a recipient of a silver star or bronze star medal.

(b) Any person issued a distinctive military license plate, upon submitting satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary that such person was awarded a combat medical badge, combat infantry badge, combat action badge, navy/marine corps combat action ribbon, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, army of occupation medal or navy occupation service medal by the United States government, may request a decal for each license plate indicating the person was a recipient of a combat medical badge, combat infantry badge, combat action badge, navy/marine corps combat action ribbon, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, army of occupation medal or navy occupation service medal.

(c) A fee of $2 shall be paid for each decal issued. The director of vehicles shall design such decals. Such decals shall be affixed to the license plate in the location required by the director. Not more than two decals authorized by this section shall be affixed to any one license plate.

(d) As used in this section, "distinctive military license plate" means any distinctive license plate for which a person is required to submit proof of military service to the director of vehicles.
K.S.A. § 17-2245 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 22 / Section 17-2245
17-2245 - Credit union may participate in loan with another credit union, financial organization or national cooperative bank.
Status: in_force

17-2245. Credit union may participate in loan with another credit union, financial organization or national cooperative bank. (a) A credit union may agree to participate in the risk liability and income of loans to credit union members jointly with other credit unions, credit union organizations, financial institutions or financial organizations. Such participation loans shall be in accordance with written policies of the board of directors. A credit union which originates a loan for which participation agreements are made in accordance with this subsection shall retain an interest of at least 10% of the face amount of the loan.

(b) A credit union may agree to participate in the risk liability and income of loans or guarantees with the national cooperative bank established pursuant to the act of congress known as the national consumer cooperative bank act of 1978, and any amendments thereto. Such loans may be made to any eligible borrower under such act of congress and may be made jointly with any financial institution, agency, instrumentality or foundation authorized to do so under such act.
K.S.A. § 38-2278 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 22 / Section 38-2278
38-2278 - Journal entry for child support.
Status: in_force

38-2278. Journal entry for child support. When child support is ordered pursuant to the code, a separate journal entry or judgment form shall be made for each parent ordered to pay child support. The journal entry or judgment form shall be entitled:

"In the matter of __________ and __________"

(obligee's name) (obligor's name)

and shall contain no reference to the privileged official file or social file in the case except the facts necessary to establish personal jurisdiction over the parent, the name and date of birth of each child, and findings of fact and conclusions of law directly related to the child support obligation. If the court issues an income withholding order for the parent, it shall be captioned in the same manner.
K.S.A. § 40-5801 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 58 / Section 40-5801
40-5801 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

40-5801. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 40-5801 through 40-5804, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-5805, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the electronic notice and document act.