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K.S.A. § 74-32,229 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,229
74-32,229 - Same; establishment of program; amount and duration of awards.
Status: in_force

74-32,229. Same; establishment of program; amount and duration of awards. (a) There is hereby established the military service scholarship program. A scholarship may be awarded under the program to any qualified student and may be renewed for each such student who remains qualified for the scholarship. Determination of the students qualified for such scholarships shall be made by the executive officer. Scholarships shall be awarded on a priority basis to qualified applicants who have the greatest financial need. When determining financial need, the executive officer shall take into consideration federal military educational assistance received by a qualified student, if any.

(b) Within the limitations of appropriations therefor, the number of scholarships awarded and the amount awarded to each applicant shall be determined by the executive officer. The amount awarded shall be specified in the agreement. The amount awarded may vary depending upon the number of hours and the program in which the applicant is enrolled. A scholarship awarded under the program shall provide for payment to a qualified student of an amount not to exceed the amount of the fees and tuition for an academic year at the postsecondary educational institution in which the qualified student is enrolled. Except as provided by this subsection, a qualified student may be awarded a scholarship for not more than four academic years of undergraduate study. If the course of instruction requires a fifth year of undergraduate study, a scholarship may be awarded for the duration of the course of instruction.

(c) If a student is not enrolled on a full-time basis, a student shall complete the course of study within the time period specified in the agreement and shall receive a proportionate amount of the scholarship allowed under subsection (b) based upon the number of hours enrolled in an academic period, and computed as a fraction of the total number of credit hours required for full-time enrollment.
K.S.A. § 17-7937 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 79 / Section 17-7937
17-7937 - Action by attorney general to enjoin or restrain a foreign covered entity.
Status: in_force

17-7937. Action by attorney general to enjoin or restrain a foreign covered entity. The district court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any foreign covered entity, or any agent of a foreign covered entity, from doing any business in the state of Kansas if the foreign covered entity has failed to register under this act or if such foreign covered entity has secured a certificate from the secretary of state under K.S.A. 17-7910 and 17-7931, and amendments thereto, on the basis of false or misleading representations. The attorney general, upon the attorney general's own motion or upon the relation of proper parties, may maintain an action to restrain a foreign covered entity from transacting business in this state in violation of the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 60-5508 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 55 / Section 60-5508
60-5508 - Retroactivity.
Status: in_force

60-5508. Retroactivity. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 60-5504, 60-5505 and 60-5507, and amendments thereto, shall apply retroactively to any cause of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020.

(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 60-5506, and amendments thereto, and the amendments made to K.S.A. 60-5506 by section 2 of 2021 House Bill No. 2126, shall apply retroactively to any cause of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020, and prior to termination of the state of disaster emergency related to the COVID-19 public health emergency declared pursuant to K.S.A. 48-924, and amendments thereto.

(c) The provisions of K.S.A. 60-5503, and amendments thereto, shall apply retroactively to any cause of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020, and prior to March 31, 2022.
K.S.A. § 66-1,251 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,251
66-1,251 - Allowed investments in securitized utility tariff bonds.
Status: in_force

66-1,251. Allowed investments in securitized utility tariff bonds. The following entities may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds in securitized utility tariff bonds:

(a) Subject to applicable statutory restrictions on state or local investment authority, the state, units of local government, political subdivisions, public bodies and public officers, except for members of the commission and the commission's technical advisory and other staff, or board members and employees of the citizens' utility ratepayer board;

(b) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business;

(c) personal representatives, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries; or

(d) all other persons authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of a similar nature.
K.S.A. § 21-6320 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 63 / Section 21-6320
21-6320 - Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs.
Status: in_force

21-6320. Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs. (a) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is knowingly selling or offering for sale at retail in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is detachable in opening the container.

(b) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is a class C misdemeanor.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "Beverage container" means any sealed can containing beer, cereal malt beverages, mineral waters, soda water and similar soft drinks so designated by the director of alcoholic beverage control, in liquid form and intended for human consumption; and

(2) "in this state" means within the exterior limits of the state of Kansas and includes all territory within these limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America.
K.S.A. § 24-475 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-475
24-475 - Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages.
Status: in_force

24-475. Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages. The drainage districts into or through which such navigable stream flows are hereby made liable for the value of any land so appropriated, together with all damages which may be occasioned thereby to the owner of the land so appropriated and the cost of said suit, and any judgment rendered in said action against the state of Kansas shall be a lien upon all the taxable property in such drainage district and the board of directors of such drainage district is hereby empowered and directed to pay said judgment, the cost and award, from the funds in their hands and under their control for such purpose, and in the event such funds are insufficient or for any reason may not be used for such purpose, the board of directors shall issue bonds or levy a tax for the payment thereof as provided by law; and in the event that the board of directors of such district shall fail or neglect to pay the full amount of the judgment, cost and award, as herein provided, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such land is situated, is hereby empowered and directed to levy a tax upon all the taxable property within the limits of such drainage district and cause the same to be extended upon the tax rolls and collected as other taxes in a sum sufficient to pay such judgment, cost and award in full, and the same when so collected shall be so applied; and if for any reason there should be a failure to satisfy such judgment, the rights of the state to such tract or tracts of land shall be divested and the possession of such tract or tracts of land shall revert to the former adjudicated owners, in which event compensation shall be awarded for any loss or damage occasioned by such temporary appropriation, and the court shall render judgment therefor, which judgment shall be enforceable as in case of permanent appropriation: Provided, however, That in any such action it shall be competent for the state to dispute and contest the title of the claimant and to show that the land so appropriated constituted an obstruction or encroachment wrongfully placed in the channel or between the banks of said stream, or that for any other reason the claimant is not entitled to any compensation therefor and, if it shall be found that the land so appropriated constituted an obstruction wrongfully placed in said stream or that for any reason the claimant is not entitled to compensation or damage therefor, judgment shall be rendered accordingly.
K.S.A. § 32-702 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 7 / Section 32-702
32-702 - Policy statement.
Status: in_force

32-702. Policy statement. It shall be the policy of the state of Kansas to protect, provide and improve outdoor recreation and natural resources in this state and to plan and provide for the wise management and use of the state's natural resources, thus contributing to and benefiting the public's health and its cultural, recreational and economic life. For these purposes, the secretary, the commission and the department are hereby vested with the duties and powers hereinafter set forth.
K.S.A. § 19-228 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 19-228
19-228 - Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances.
Status: in_force

19-228. Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances. (a) Except as provided by this section, the board of county commissioners shall cause to be published at the end of each calendar quarter or, if the county commissioners so provide, at the end of each month, an itemized statement of all sums of money allowed in excess of $50, and for what purpose during the preceding quarter or month. Whenever salary and wages of employees or amounts paid to vendors or other items of expense are required to be published, the amount published shall reflect the total amount paid to such employee or vendor or the total amount of such expense during the period covered by the publication. Such statement shall be published once in a newspaper having the qualifications required by K.S.A. 64-101, and amendments thereto.

(b) In lieu of publishing an itemized statement of expenditures as required by subsection (a), the board of county commissioners may publish a summary of expenditures from each fund and the cash balance of each fund at the beginning and close of the quarter or month, as appropriate. If a summary of expenditures is published as authorized by this subsection, a notice also shall be included that a detailed statement of expenditures is available for public inspection at the county clerk's office. Copies of such statement shall be available upon request.

(c) If the governing body of the unified government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City publishes a summary of expenditures in lieu of the itemized statement of expenditures required by subsection (a), a notice also shall be included that a detailed statement of expenditures is available at the county clerk's office, the Kansas City, Kansas public library and each branch library thereof, Kansas City, Kansas community college library and Bonner Springs library. Such notice shall be printed in 10-point boldface type.
K.S.A. § 75-3137 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 31 / Section 75-3137
75-3137 - Deputies and assistants; training coordinator.
Status: in_force

75-3137. Deputies and assistants; training coordinator. (a) The state fire marshal is hereby authorized to appoint, in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas civil service act, such deputies, assistants and clerical employees as are necessary to properly discharge the duties of office. The state fire marshal shall appoint a training coordinator for firefighter training programs. The firefighter training coordinator shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the state fire marshal.

(b) The state fire marshal, firefighter training coordinator, deputies and assistants shall be entitled to their actual and necessary traveling, hotel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties while away from the city of Topeka and from their headquarters on official business.

(c) The state fire marshal, firefighter training coordinator, deputies and assistants, with the consent of the state fire marshal, may contract for such other expenses as may be necessary in the performance of the official duties of the office. All of such expenses shall be paid out of the funds available for the state fire marshal.
K.S.A. § 8-2704 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 27 / Section 8-2704
8-2704 - Same; agent required.
Status: in_force

8-2704. Same; agent required. The TNC must maintain an agent for service of process in the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 47-1012 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 10 / Section 47-1012
47-1012 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

47-1012. Invalidity of part. If any clause, section, paragraph, or part of this act shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such adjudication shall have taken place.
K.S.A. § 19-2842 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 28 / Section 19-2842
19-2842 - Plan for improvements; engineer.
Status: in_force

19-2842. Plan for improvements; engineer. The boards of county commissioners of any counties to which this act applies, upon the acquisition of lands for park and recreational grounds or entering into agreement for the purchase thereof, are empowered to adopt a plan for the improvement of same, including a lake or lakes, recreational facilities, reforestation, roads and roadways, and such other improvements as may be conducive to the recreation, convenience and comfort of the public and prior to the adoption of such plan, may employ an engineer to prepare plans and specifications for such improvements and make estimates of the cost thereof.
K.S.A. § 74-8776 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 87 / Section 74-8776
74-8776 - Audits; procurement of firm or firms to perform audit work.
Status: in_force

74-8776. Audits; procurement of firm or firms to perform audit work. (a) In the procurement of a firm or firms to perform an audit required by K.S.A. 74-8774, and amendments thereto, the executive director of the Kansas lottery shall encourage firms engaged in the lawful practice of their professions to place their names on a list maintained by the executive director of firms to receive requests for proposals on audit contracts.

(b) The executive director of the Kansas lottery shall establish specifications for the conduct by a firm or firms of an audit required by K.S.A. 74-8774, and amendments thereto. The specifications shall be used in preparing requests for proposals and evaluating the proposals received.

(c) For all audits required by K.S.A. 74-8774, and amendments thereto, the executive director of the Kansas lottery shall issue a request for proposals to all firms who have requested to be on the firm list and others who request a copy after notice in the Kansas register. The request for proposals shall request information on the firm's qualifications, the qualifications of staff to be assigned to the job, the firm's technical approach to the audit and the fee. The executive director shall evaluate the proposals received in response to the requests for proposals and for each audit shall prepare a list of at least three and not more than five firms that are, in the opinion of the executive director, qualified to perform such audit or audits. Such list shall be submitted to the Kansas lottery audit contract committee.
K.S.A. § 8-1725 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 17 / Section 8-1725
8-1725 - Head lamps; use of; exception for alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
Status: in_force

8-1725. Head lamps; use of; exception for alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps. When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

(a) When the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 8-1724, and amendments thereto, or subsection (b)(2) of K.S.A. 8-1805, and amendments thereto, shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.

(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear, within 300 feet, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this article other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 8-1724, and amendments thereto, or subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 8-1805, and amendments thereto.

(c) The requirements in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to:

(1) Authorized emergency vehicles displaying alternately flashing or simultaneously flashing head lamps as provided in K.S.A. 8-1720, and amendments thereto; or

(2) school buses displaying alternately flashing or simultaneously flashing head lamps as provided in K.S.A. 8-1730, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-6006 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 60 / Section 12-6006
12-6006 - Same; authority board; members; appointments; conduct of meetings.
Status: in_force

12-6006. Same; authority board; members; appointments; conduct of meetings. (a) The Gage park improvement authority shall be governed by a board composed of seven resident electors of Shawnee county as follows:

(1) The director of Shawnee county parks or the director's designee;

(2) the director of the Topeka zoo, who may be the president, chief executive officer or head of a nonprofit operator of the Topeka zoo, or such person's designee;

(3) the director of the Kansas children's discovery center, who may be the president, chief executive officer or head of a nonprofit operator of the Kansas children's discovery center, or such person's designee;

(4) two members appointed by the Topeka city council; and

(5) two members appointed by the board of county commissioners of Shawnee county.

(b) Appointments of the initial members of the authority shall be made in such time that the authority may hold its first meeting prior to the end of the year in which the authority was first established. Appointed members shall serve terms of three years. The terms of the director of Shawnee county parks, the director of the Topeka zoo and the director of the Kansas children's discovery center shall not expire but shall transfer automatically to the successor officers of the respective organizations. The appointed members of the authority shall continue in such position until and unless removed by the appointing authority or a successor is appointed and qualified. Appointed members shall be eligible for reappointment. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the appointed members of the authority, a successor shall be selected to fill such vacancy in the same manner that the vacated member was appointed and for the remainder of such vacated member's unexpired term. A vacancy of a member who is not an appointed member may be filled by a representative of the member's respective organization. Any member of the authority may be removed at any time by the member's respective appointing authority or organization, and a new member may then be selected by the member's respective appointing authority or organization.

(c) The authority shall select annually from its membership a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary.

(d) The authority shall determine the time and place for its meetings. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly within Shawnee county for the purposes of reviewing, discussing and voting on the allocation of sales tax revenue. The county shall provide a suitable meeting place upon request of the authority. The authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Kansas open meetings act and the Kansas open records act.

(e) A majority of the authority shall constitute a quorum. No action of the authority shall be binding unless taken at a meeting in which at least a quorum is present and unless a majority of the members present at such meeting vote in favor of such action.
K.S.A. § 79-32,226 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,226
79-32,226 - Same; claim for credit.
Status: in_force

79-32,226. Same; claim for credit. To receive the credit awarded by this act, a taxpayer must claim the credit on the taxpayer's annual state income tax return or returns in the manner prescribed by the director of taxation. The taxpayer shall submit to the director a copy of the taxpayer's agreement for a tax credit entered into with the secretary of commerce pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,224, and amendments thereto, and all information that the director determines necessary for the calculation of the credit provided by this act.
K.S.A. § 75-3799 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 37 / Section 75-3799
75-3799 - Financial services for state agencies; procedures for acquisition; negotiating committee.
Status: in_force

75-3799. Financial services for state agencies; procedures for acquisition; negotiating committee. (a) Upon request of the chief administrative officer of a state agency and subject to the approval of the secretary of administration, the director of purchases may convene a financial services negotiating committee to obtain financial services for the state agency under this section.

(b) Each financial services negotiating committee shall be composed of (1) the director of purchases, or a person designated by the director of purchases, (2) the chief administrative officer of the state agency needing financial services, or a person designated by the officer, and (3) the director of accounts and reports, or a person designated by the director of accounts and reports.

(c) The financial services negotiating committee is authorized to negotiate contracts with qualified parties to provide financial services, including services relating to installment purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of equipment or to other financial related services needed by the state agency.

(d) Prior to negotiating for financial services, the committee shall advertise for proposals, negotiate with one or more of the firms submitting proposals and select from among those submitting such proposals the party to contract with for the purpose of providing financial services.

(e) Contracts entered into pursuant to this section for financial services shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3738 to 75-3740a, inclusive, and any amendments thereto.