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K.S.A. § 79-5302 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 53 / Section 79-5302
79-5302 - Imposition of tax; collection.
Status: in_force

79-5302. Imposition of tax; collection. (a) Upon notification to the director of taxation that the Kansas development finance authority has established a redevelopment district pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8921, and amendments thereto, there is hereby imposed a tax at the rate of 5% upon the gross receipts derived from or paid by transient guests for sleeping accommodations, exclusive of charges for incidental services or facilities, in any hotel, motel or tourist court located in a redevelopment district established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8921, and amendments thereto, until the earlier of the date the bonds issued to finance or refinance the redevelopment project have been paid in full or the final scheduled maturity of the first series of bonds issued to finance any part of the redevelopment project.

(b) Any transient guest tax levied pursuant to this section shall be based on the gross rental receipts collected by any business.

(c) The taxes levied pursuant to this section shall be paid by the consumer or user to the business and it shall be the duty of each and every business to collect from the consumer or user the full amount of any such tax, or an amount equal as nearly as possible or practicable to the average equivalent thereto. Each business collecting any of the taxes levied hereunder shall be responsible for paying over the same to the state department of revenue in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-5303, and amendments thereto, and the state department of revenue shall administer and enforce the collection of such taxes.
K.S.A. § 72-26,131 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-26,131
72-26,131 - Same; investment of fund with balance greater than $50,000; prudent investor rule; certain investments authorized for funds with balance less than $50,000.
Status: in_force

72-26,131. Same; investment of fund with balance greater than $50,000; prudent investor rule; certain investments authorized for funds with balance less than $50,000. (a) The board of education of any school district to which K.S.A. 72-1727, 72-1760, 72-1781, 72-1789, 72-17,100, 72-17,108 or 72-17,121, and amendments thereto, apply, and the retirement fund of which has a balance greater than $50,000, may invest and reinvest moneys in the retirement fund of the school district and to acquire, retain, manage, including the exercise of any voting rights, and dispose of investments of such fund in accordance with this subsection and K.S.A. 72-17,126 to 72-17,131, inclusive, and amendments thereto. The provisions and standards provided in K.S.A. 58-24a02 and amendments thereto shall apply in investing or reinvesting moneys in such fund.

(b) The board of education of any school district to which K.S.A. 72-1727, 72-1760, 72-1781, 72-1789, 72-17,100, 72-17,108 or 72-17,121, and amendments thereto, apply, and the retirement fund of which has a balance of $50,000 or less, may invest and reinvest moneys in such fund only in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of which and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, or in time deposit open accounts in any bank located in Kansas, except that the amount so invested in a bank shall be secured in the manner prescribed by subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of K.S.A. 75-4218, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 23-37,111 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 37 / Section 23-37,111
23-37,111 - Taking testimony in another state.
Status: in_force

23-37,111. Taking testimony in another state. (UCCJEA 111). (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child-custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken.

(b) A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
K.S.A. § 40-5505 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 55 / Section 40-5505
40-5505 - Requirements for licensure; fingerprinting; criminal history record check; costs.
Status: in_force

40-5505. Requirements for licensure; fingerprinting; criminal history record check; costs. (a) Before issuing a public adjuster license to an applicant under the public adjusters licensing act, the commissioner shall find that the applicant:

(1) Is eligible to designate this state as the applicant's home state or is a nonresident who is not eligible for a license under K.S.A. 40-5508, and amendments thereto;

(2) has not committed any act that is a ground for denial, suspension or revocation of a license as set forth in K.S.A. 40-5510, and amendments thereto;

(3) is trustworthy, reliable and of good reputation, evidence of which may be determined by the commissioner;

(4) is financially responsible to exercise the rights and privileges under the license and has provided proof of financial responsibility as required in K.S.A. 40-5511, and amendments thereto;

(5) has paid an application fee not to exceed $100; and

(6) maintains an office in the home state with public access during regular business hours or by reasonable appointment.

(b) In addition to satisfying the requirements of subsection (a), an applicant shall:

(1) Be at least 18 years of age; and

(2) have successfully passed the public adjuster examination.

(c) The commissioner may require any documents reasonably necessary to verify the information contained in the application.

(d) (1) The commissioner may require an 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, or to submit to a background check, or both.

(2) Whenever the commissioner requires fingerprinting, a background check, or both, any associated costs shall be paid by the applicant.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commissioner shall set and publish in the Kansas register the application fees required pursuant to subsection (a) for the next calendar year.
K.S.A. § 40-4801 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 48 / Section 40-4801
40-4801 - Amusement ride insurance act; definitions.
Status: in_force

40-4801. Amusement ride insurance act; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 40-4802 and 40-4803, and amendments thereto, the terms "amusement ride," "antique amusement ride," "limited-use amusement ride," "operator," "owner" and "registered agritourism activity" shall have the same meanings as those terms are defined in K.S.A. 44-1601, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 97-1212 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 12 / Section 97-1212
97-1212 -
Status: in_force

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;-The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;-The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
K.S.A. § 24-1104 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 11 / Section 24-1104
24-1104 - Same; governing body of consolidated district; election; terms.
Status: in_force

24-1104. Same; governing body of consolidated district; election; terms. If the regular annual meeting of the governing body of the Kansas district shall be held within ninety (90) days after the adoption of such resolution, the governing body of the Kansas district shall act as the governing body of the consolidated district. If such annual meeting will not be held within such ninety (90) day period, then an election of a new governing body of the consolidated district shall be held in the manner now provided by the laws under which such Kansas district was organized. In any event the incumbent board shall serve until such time as a new board shall be elected. At such election, whether at a special meeting or at a regular meeting, the new governing body shall be elected as at an original election, and any term of any incumbent member of the governing body shall terminate although such term might not otherwise end until a later date.
K.S.A. § 75-5668 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5668
75-5668 - Right to choose provider and care not limited.
Status: in_force

75-5668. Right to choose provider and care not limited. Nothing in the trauma system act shall limit a patient's right to choose the physician, hospital, facility, rehabilitation center, specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center, or other provider of health care services. Nothing in K.S.A. 75-5663 to 75-5670, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall limit an individual's right to choose care in accordance with a method of treatment which relies on spiritual means alone for healing.
K.S.A. § 80-2015 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 20 / Section 80-2015
80-2015 - Joint sewage district; organization and government.
Status: in_force

80-2015. Joint sewage district; organization and government. Where any property has paid or shall pay its full proportion for sewers in one sewer district, it shall not be transferred to another district and thereby be made liable for taxation for sewers in such other district, except that such land may be included in a joint sewage district for the building of sewers which may serve all the land embraced within said joint sewage district; such joint sewage district, composed of two or more sewage districts, may be organized and governed in the same manner as is herein provided for the organization and government of sewage districts: And provided further, That the governing body thereof may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of the costs thereof by installments instead of levying the entire tax and the special assessment for such cost at one time and may issue and sell improvement bonds in like manner.
K.S.A. § 77-530 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 5 / Section 77-530
77-530 - Orders, when effective.
Status: in_force

77-530. Orders, when effective. (a) Unless a later date is stated in a final order or a stay is granted, a final order is effective upon service.

(b) Unless a later date is stated in an initial order or a stay is granted, an initial order shall become effective and shall become the final order: (1) When the initial order is served, if administrative review is unavailable; (2) when the agency head serves an order stating, after a petition for review has been filed, that review will not be exercised; or (3) 30 days after service if no party has filed a petition for review by the agency head, the agency head has not given written notice of its intention to exercise review and review by the agency head is not otherwise required by law.

(c) This section does not preclude a state agency from taking immediate action to protect the public interest in accordance with K.S.A. 77-536 and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-2103 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 21 / Section 12-2103
12-2103 - Ordinance describing duties.
Status: in_force

12-2103. Ordinance describing duties. When the governing body decides to provide for the collection and disposal of garbage or trash or both by contract or as a municipal function it shall pass an ordinance describing the duties of persons, householders, business establishments, industrial and manufacturing plants and others as regards garbage and trash and may prohibit others than the contractor or city from making collections.
K.S.A. § 40-2224 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 22 / Section 40-2224
40-2224 - Same; disclosure to purchaser required.
Status: in_force

40-2224. Same; disclosure to purchaser required. Any person who advertises, sells, transacts or administers coverage in this state described in K.S.A. 40-2222, shall, if that coverage is not fully insured by an insurer authorized to transact insurance business in this state, advise any purchaser, prospective purchaser and covered person of such lack of insurance or other coverage.
K.S.A. § 10-115 — KS Code / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 10-115
10-115 - Payment of special assessments.
Status: in_force

10-115. Payment of special assessments. Where bonds have been or are to be issued by any municipality, which bonds are payable from special assessments to be levied by such municipality, the owner of any lot or piece of land liable to any such special assessment may redeem his or her property from such liability by paying the entire amount chargeable against such property at any time before the issuance of the bonds, or after the issuance of the bonds by paying all of the installments of the assessments which have been levied, and also the amount of the unlevied installments, with interest on the latter at the rate of interest provided in said bonds from the date of the bonds to the time of maturity of the last installment.

In all cases where installments of special assessments not yet levied are paid, as above provided, whether before or after the issuance of the bonds, to the treasurer of the municipality issuing such bonds, the treasurer shall receipt therefor, and all sums so paid shall be applied solely to the payment of such improvements or the redemption of the bonds issued therefor. Where any piece of property has been redeemed from liability for the cost of any improvement, as herein provided, such property shall not thereafter be liable to further special assessment for the cost of such improvement.
K.S.A. § 74-72,125 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 72 / Section 74-72,125
74-72,125 - Implementation of act; powers of the secretary of administration.
Status: in_force

74-72,125. Implementation of act; powers of the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall implement the provisions of this act by policies and procedures.
K.S.A. § 2-222 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 2-222
2-222 - Grant and receipt of certain easements and property by state fair board.
Status: in_force

2-222. Grant and receipt of certain easements and property by state fair board. Subject to approval by the secretary of administration, the state fair board is hereby authorized, as the board determines necessary or desirable to carry out its powers and duties, to: (a) Grant easements to, or obtain easements from, the city of Hutchinson, Kansas; or (b) deed defined and described real property for street and roadway purposes to, or receive real property deeded from, the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, in Reno county.
K.S.A. § 65-3501 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 35 / Section 65-3501
65-3501 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

65-3501. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(a) "Adult care home" means nursing facility, nursing facilities for mental health, intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual disability, assisted living facility licensed for more than 60 residents and residential health care facility licensed for more than 60 residents as defined by K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto, or by the rules and regulations of the licensing agency adopted pursuant to such section for which a license is required under article 9 of chapter 39 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except that the term "adult care home" shall not include a facility that is operated exclusively for the care and treatment of people with intellectual disability and is licensed for 16 or fewer beds.

(b) "Board" means the board of adult care home administrators established by K.S.A. 65-3506, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Administrator" means the individual directly responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation of an adult care home.

(d) "Person" means an individual and does not include the term firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution, public body, joint stock association or any group of individuals.

(e) "Sponsor" means entities approved by the board to provide continuing education programs or courses on an ongoing basis under this act and in accordance with any rules and regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with this act.
K.S.A. § 76-3306 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 33 / Section 76-3306
76-3306 - Board meetings; quorum; executive sessions.
Status: in_force

76-3306. Board meetings; quorum; executive sessions. (a) No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total voting membership of the board is present. Any action of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those at any meeting at which a quorum is present.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto, in the case of the authority, discussion, consideration and action on any of the following may occur in executive session when in the opinion of the board disclosure of the items would be harmful to the competitive position of the authority:

(1) Plans that could affect the value of property, real or personal, owned or desirable for ownership by the authority;

(2) the condition, acquisition, use or disposition of real or personal property;

(3) contracts for provision of health care services and marketing or operational strategies; and

(4) peer review and risk management activities as defined in K.S.A. 65-4914 et seq., and K.S.A. 65-4921 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the authority may claim the benefit of any other exemption to the Kansas open meetings act listed in K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 41-2727 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 27 / Section 41-2727
41-2727 - Use of minors to determine compliance with law, exceptions.
Status: in_force

41-2727. Use of minors to determine compliance with law, exceptions. (a) Any person listed in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2) or (b)(3) may engage or direct a person under the legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage to violate the provisions of K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq. , and amendments thereto, in order to develop a program or system which determines and encourages compliance with the provisions thereof prohibiting the furnishing or sale of cereal malt beverages to a person under the legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage or the consumption of cereal malt beverages by such persons.

(b) No person shall engage or direct a person under the legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage to violate any provision of K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq. , and amendments thereto, for purposes of determining compliance therewith unless such person is:

(1) An officer having authority to enforce the provisions of K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq. , and amendments thereto;

(2) an authorized representative of the attorney general, a county attorney or a district attorney; or

(3) a licensee under the provisions of K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq. , and amendments thereto, or such licensee's designee pursuant to a self-compliance program designed to increase compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 41-2701 et seq. , and amendments thereto, if such program has been approved by the director.
K.S.A. § 20-345 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 20-345
20-345 - Appointment of clerical and nonjudicial personnel for district courts; qualifications; compensation; duties; approval of appointment by certain judges, when.
Status: in_force

20-345. Appointment of clerical and nonjudicial personnel for district courts; qualifications; compensation; duties; approval of appointment by certain judges, when. Within staffing limits prescribed by the supreme court and appropriations therefor or the annual budget allocated pursuant to K.S.A. 20-384, and amendments thereto, the chief judge of each judicial district shall appoint such bailiffs, court reporters, secretaries, court services officers and other clerical and nonjudicial personnel as necessary to perform the judicial and administrative functions of the district court. Persons appointed pursuant to this section shall have qualifications prescribed by law or rule of the supreme court. Unless specifically established by law, such persons shall receive compensation prescribed by the judicial personnel classification system or the chief judge, whichever is applicable. Such persons shall perform the duties and functions prescribed by law, designated in the personnel classification system and assigned by the chief judge. Personnel whose salary is payable by counties shall receive compensation in the amounts provided in the district court budget approved by the board of county commissioners. Whenever any person is employed or assigned to work under direct supervision of any judge or in a division of court in which a judge presides, the employment or assignment of the person shall be subject to the approval of that judge.
K.S.A. § 28-812 — KS Code / Chapter 28 / Article 8 / Section 28-812
28-812 - Monthly payment of salaries.
Status: in_force

28-812. Monthly payment of salaries. All salaries prescribed by this act shall be paid in equal monthly installments.