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K.S.A. § 19-3423 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 34 / Section 19-3423
19-3423 - General authority; seal.
Status: in_force

19-3423. General authority; seal. (a) Election commissioners shall procure a seal of office, properly inscribed, and shall authenticate all official acts of the commissioner with such seal. The commissioner shall have full and complete power and authority over all elections in the county and shall see that such elections are conducted according to law.

(b) The election commissioner and assistant election commissioner shall have the general powers of a notary public in the performance of all notarial acts.
K.S.A. § 40-2,160 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,160
40-2,160 - Coverage for minimum inpatient care following birth of child.
Status: in_force

40-2,160. Coverage for minimum inpatient care following birth of child. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Health plan" means any insurer or corporation which issues individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis, individual and group service or indemnity-type contracts issued by a profit or nonprofit corporation and all contracts issued by health maintenance organizations organized or authorized to transact business in this state;

(2) "attending physician" means the person licensed to practice medicine and surgery who is responsible for the care provided to the mother or newborn.

(b) Any health plan which provides coverage for maternity services, including benefits for childbirth, shall provide coverage for at least 48 hours of inpatient care following a vaginal delivery and at least 96 hours of inpatient care following delivery by caesarean section for a mother and newly born child in a medical care facility.

(c) Any decision to shorten the length of inpatient stay to less than that provided under subsection (b) shall be made by the attending physician. No health plan may terminate the service of, penalize or otherwise provide financial disincentives in response to any attending physician who orders care consistent with the provisions of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), any health plan which provides coverage for postdelivery care provided to a mother and newly born child in the home, shall not be required to provide coverage of inpatient care under subsection (b), unless such inpatient care is determined to be medically necessary by the attending physician.

(e) All health plans shall provide written notice, as currently required, to all enrollees, insureds or subscribers regarding the coverage required by this section.
K.S.A. § 73-507 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 5 / Section 73-507
73-507 - Notice upon filing of petition.
Status: in_force

73-507. Notice upon filing of petition. Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a curator, under the provisions of this act, the court shall cause such notice to be given as provided by the Kansas uniform guardianship, conservatorship and other protective arrangements act, K.S.A. 59-30,101 through 59-30,212, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 23-3318 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 33 / Section 23-3318
23-3318 - Findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Status: in_force

23-3318. Findings of fact and conclusions of law. When issuing a final order of visitation, the court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as required by K.S.A. 60-252, and amendments thereto, in support of its decision or, if the petition is dismissed pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 23-3312, and amendments thereto, or a motion for modification is denied pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 23-3317, and amendments thereto, state the reasons for the dismissal or denial.
K.S.A. § 8-1580 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1580
8-1580 - Coasting prohibited.
Status: in_force

8-1580. Coasting prohibited. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral.

(b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.
K.S.A. § 72-120 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 1 / Section 72-120
72-120 - Publication of school laws by state board of education; preparation of forms.
Status: in_force

72-120. Publication of school laws by state board of education; preparation of forms. The state board of education not more often than once each year may publish the school laws in force, with such forms, rules and regulations, instructions and decisions as it determines appropriate, and shall cause the same to be delivered to all persons under contract to administer school laws and to each member of the legislature. It shall prescribe and cause to be prepared all forms and blanks which it deems necessary.
K.S.A. § 76-7,130 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7,130
76-7,130 - Same; local building codes, fees, building permits and zoning requirements, exemptions.
Status: in_force

76-7,130. Same; local building codes, fees, building permits and zoning requirements, exemptions. (a) Construction projects shall not be subject to any building permit requirement or building code of any county, township, district, city or other political subdivision of this state or fees charged therefor. No construction project shall be subject to any inspection requirement or any requirement to obtain any permit, license or other instrument of approval for the project which is imposed by any county, township, district, city or other political subdivision of this state, except that such project shall be subject to reasonable inspections for the sole purpose of allowing members of the police and fire departments and other public emergency services personnel to become familiar with the project. As used in this section "building code" means any building code and includes any plumbing code, electrical wiring code, gas piping code or similar code. This act shall apply to all construction projects in existence prior to the effective date of this act and to those commenced on or after the effective date.

(b) Construction projects shall be exempt from the payment of fees relating to local zoning ordinances and resolutions, but the state shall reimburse a political subdivision for any related publication expenses incurred by the political subdivision.
K.S.A. § 12-2012 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 20 / Section 12-2012
12-2012 - Existing systems and services.
Status: in_force

12-2012. Existing systems and services. All ordinances and existing franchises purporting to authorize persons or entities to provide cable television service in said cities shall hereinafter be deemed to be authorized and operative under the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 75-2563 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 25 / Section 75-2563
75-2563 - Contracts for computerized information and cataloging services; cost system; fees.
Status: in_force

75-2563. Contracts for computerized information and cataloging services; cost system; fees. (a) The state librarian may contract with any state agency or institution, any board of trustees of a community college, any board of education of a school district, the governing authority of any nonpublic school or any public library or any regional system of cooperating libraries for computerized information and cataloging services.

(b) The state librarian, with the approval of the director of accounts and reports, shall maintain a cost system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In accordance with such cost system, the state librarian shall fix, charge and collect fees for such computerized information and cataloging services to recover all or part of the operating expenses incurred therefor.
K.S.A. § 79-219 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 2 / Section 79-219
79-219 - Property exempt from taxation; mechanic's hand tools.
Status: in_force

79-219. Property exempt from taxation; mechanic's hand tools. The following described property, to the extent herein specified, shall be and is hereby exempt from all property or ad valorem taxes levied under the laws of the state of Kansas:

All hand tools and hand tool boxes actually and regularly used exclusively by a mechanic in the construction or repair of machinery and equipment, including motor vehicles.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all taxable years commencing after December 31, 1985.
K.S.A. § 59-3504 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 35 / Section 59-3504
59-3504 - Transfer-on-death of interest in real estate; vesting of ownership in beneficiary; grantee beneficiary; judicial proceedings subject to probate code to determine descent; application of section.
Status: in_force

59-3504. Transfer-on-death of interest in real estate; vesting of ownership in beneficiary; grantee beneficiary; judicial proceedings subject to probate code to determine descent; application of section. (a) Title to the interest in real estate recorded in transfer-on-death form shall vest in the designated grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries on the death of the record owner.

(b) Grantee beneficiaries of a transfer-on-death deed take the record owner's interest in the real estate at death subject to all conveyances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, liens and security pledges made by the record owner or to which the record owner was subject during the record owner's lifetime including, but not limited to, any executory contract of sale, option to purchase, lease, license, easement, mortgage, deed of trust or lien, claims of the state of Kansas for medical assistance, as defined in K.S.A. 39-702, and amendments thereto, pursuant to K.S.A. 39-709, and amendments thereto, and to any interest conveyed by the record owner that is less than all of the record owner's interest in the property.

(c) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), if a grantee beneficiary dies prior to the death of the record owner and an alternative grantee beneficiary has not been designated on the deed to succeed to such deceased grantee beneficiary's interest, the transfer, with respect to any such deceased grantee beneficiary, shall lapse.

(2) When the transfer-on-death deed was not made contingent on such grantee beneficiary surviving the record owner and a deceased grantee beneficiary leaves at least one then-surviving issue of such beneficiary upon the death of the owner when such interest would otherwise have lapsed under subsection (c)(1), the interest in the real estate shall not lapse and shall vest on such record owner's death in the then-surviving issue of the deceased grantee beneficiary on a per stirpes basis as successor grantee or grantees.

(d) Any judicial proceeding initiated by an interested party to determine the succession of ownership of real estate of a deceased record owner pursuant to subsection (c) shall be subject to chapter 59 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to determine descent.

(e) The amendments made to this section by this act shall apply to deeds filed of record on or after July 1, 2023.
K.S.A. § 19-4315 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 43 / Section 19-4315
19-4315 - Political party activity prohibitions.
Status: in_force

19-4315. Political party activity prohibitions. Except as otherwise authorized in this act, no person holding office or employed under the provisions of this act shall be an officer or employee of any political party or organization, actively engaged in the work or campaigns of any political party or any candidate for public office or contribute work, money or property of value to any political party or organization or to any candidate for public office: Provided, That this prohibition shall not deny the right of such officer or employee to vote in any election. Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be grounds for discharge from employment.
K.S.A. § 58-4008 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 40 / Section 58-4008
58-4008 - Limitations on certain actions regarding loaned property; exceptions; nonliability for returning property.
Status: in_force

58-4008. Limitations on certain actions regarding loaned property; exceptions; nonliability for returning property. On and after July 1, 1990:

(a) An action shall not be brought against a museum for damages because of injury to or loss of property loaned to the museum more than three years from the date the museum gives the lender or claimant notice of the injury or loss or 10 years from the date of the injury or loss, whichever occurs earlier.

(b) An action shall not be brought against a museum to recover property on loan more than one year from the date the museum gives the lender or claimant notice of its intent to terminate the loan or notice of acquisition of title to undocumented property.

(c) An action shall not be brought against a museum to recover property on loan more than seven years from the date of the last written contact between the lender or claimant and the museum as evidenced by the museum's records.

(d) A lender or claimant is considered to have donated loaned property to the museum if the lender fails to file an action to recover the property on loan to the museum within the periods specified in subsections (a) through (c).

(e) Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d), a lender or claimant who was not given notice as provided in this act that the museum intended to terminate a loan, as provided in K.S.A. 58-4005, and who proves that the museum received an adequate notice of intent to preserve an interest in loaned property, which satisfies all of the requirements of K.S.A. 58-4007, within the seven years immediately preceding the filing of an action to recover the property, may recover the property or, if the property has been disposed of, the reasonable value of the property at the time it was disposed of plus interest at the legal rate.

(f) A museum is not liable at any time, in the absence of a court order, for returning property to the original lender, even if a claimant other than the lender has filed a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property. If persons claim competing interests in property in the possession of a museum, the burden is upon the claimants to prove their interests in an action in equity initiated by a claimant. A museum is not liable at any time for returning property to an uncontested claimant who produced reasonable proof of ownership pursuant to K.S.A. 58-4007.
K.S.A. § 74-32,420 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,420
74-32,420 - Agreements for transferability of courses and programs; approval; criteria.
Status: in_force

74-32,420. Agreements for transferability of courses and programs; approval; criteria. (a) The board of trustees of every community college and the governing board of every technical college and the institute of technology shall make and enter into agreements providing the transferability of substantially equivalent courses of study and programs which are offered at such educational institutions in order to facilitate the articulation of students to and among such educational institutions.

(b) The following conditions shall apply to the agreements required under subsection (a):

(1) The state board of regents shall be notified of the agreement at the time the agreement is executed; and

(2) the agreement shall be effective only after approval by the state board of regents.

(c) The state board of regents shall prescribe criteria or guidelines for the purpose of determining which courses of study and programs offered in the technical colleges and the institute of technology are: (1) Substantially equivalent to courses of study and programs offered in the community colleges; and (2) transferable to the community colleges.
K.S.A. § 40-2807 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 28 / Section 40-2807
40-2807 - Same; preservation of reports and returns; disclosure of contents unlawful, when; acceptance of employment by commissioner or employees; publication of statistics; inspection of returns by state officials; inspection of returns by federal or other state agencies.
Status: in_force

40-2807. Same; preservation of reports and returns; disclosure of contents unlawful, when; acceptance of employment by commissioner or employees; publication of statistics; inspection of returns by state officials; inspection of returns by federal or other state agencies. (a) All reports and returns required by this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be preserved for three (3) years and thereafter until the commissioner orders them to be destroyed.

(b) Except in accordance with proper judicial order, or as otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful for the commissioner, any deputy, agent, clerk or other officer or employee to divulge, or to make known in any way, the amount of income or any particulars set forth or disclosed in any such report or return; and it shall be unlawful for the commissioner, any deputy, agent, clerk or other officer or employee engaged in the administration of this act to engage in the business or profession of tax accounting or to accept employment, with or without consideration, from any person, firm or corporation for the purpose, directly or indirectly, of preparing tax returns or reports required by the laws of the state of Kansas, by any other state or by the United States government, or to accept any employment for the purpose of advising, preparing material or data, or the auditing of books or records to be used in an effort to defeat or cancel any tax or part thereof that has been assessed by the state of Kansas, any other state or by the United States government.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the publication of statistics, so classified as to prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the items thereof, or the inspection of returns by the attorney general or other legal representatives of the state.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the commissioner may, in his discretion, permit the commissioner of internal revenue of the United States, or the proper official of any state imposing an income tax, or the authorized representative of either, to inspect the returns made under this act: Provided, That the commissioner may make available or furnish to the taxing officials of any other state or the commissioner of internal revenue of the United States or other taxing officials of the federal government, or their authorized representatives, information contained in reports or returns or any audit thereof or the report of any investigation made with respect thereto, filed pursuant to this act, as he may consider proper, but such information shall not be used for any other purpose than that of the administration of tax laws of such state or of the United States.
K.S.A. § 12-1267 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-1267
12-1267 - Same; annual budget; tax levy to support library; procedure to increase levy.
Status: in_force

12-1267. Same; annual budget; tax levy to support library; procedure to increase levy. (a) The board shall prepare, publish and approve an annual budget for the maintenance and support of the library and may levy a tax not to exceed five mills on all taxable tangible property in the library district. At least 10 days prior to filing the adopted budget with the county clerk, the board shall submit the budget to the governing body of the city and county for review thereby.

(b) Whenever the board determines that the tax levy of five mills authorized by subsection (a) is insufficient to maintain and support the library, the board shall adopt a resolution declaring it necessary to increase the annual levy by an additional amount not to exceed 1 / 4 mill in any one year up to a total amount which shall not exceed an amount equal to eight mills in any year.

(c) Any such resolution adopted under subsection (b) shall state the total amount of the tax to be levied for library purposes and shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. Whereupon such annual levy in an amount not to exceed the amount stated in the resolution may be made for the ensuing budget year and each successive budget year unless a petition, signed by at least 5% of the qualified electors of the library district, requesting an election upon the proposition to increase the tax levy in excess of the current tax levy is filed with the county election officer within 60 days following the date of the last publication of the resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such increased levy shall be made without such proposition having been submitted to and having been approved by a majority of the electors of the library district voting at an election called and held thereon. All such elections shall be called and held in the manner provided by the general bond law. Such taxes shall be levied and collected in like manner as other taxes, which levy the board shall certify, on or before August 25 of each year, to the county clerk who is hereby authorized and required to place the same on the tax roll of the county to be collected by the county treasurer and paid over by the county treasurer to the treasurer of such board.

(d) The levy authorized by this section shall not be deemed a levy of the city or county, and shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law.
K.S.A. § 66-1,141 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,141
66-1,141 - Provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,138 and 66-1,139 supplemental to chapter 66, article 1.
Status: in_force

66-1,141. Provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,138 and 66-1,139 supplemental to chapter 66, article 1. The provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,138 and 66-1,139, and amendments thereto, shall be a part of and supplemental to article 1 of chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.