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K.S.A. § 72-6147 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 61 / Section 72-6147
72-6147 - Bullying, school district policies.
Status: in_force

72-6147. Bullying, school district policies. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Bullying" means: (A) Any intentional gesture or any intentional written, verbal, electronic or physical act or threat either by any student, staff member or parent towards a student or by any student, staff member or parent towards a staff member that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that such gesture, act or threat creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment that a reasonable person, under the circumstances, knows or should know will have the effect of:

(i) Harming a student or staff member, whether physically or mentally;

(ii) damaging a student's or staff member's property;

(iii) placing a student or staff member in reasonable fear of harm to the student or staff member; or

(iv) placing a student or staff member in reasonable fear of damage to the student's or staff member's property;

(B) cyberbullying; or

(C) any other form of intimidation or harassment prohibited by the board of education of the school district in policies concerning bullying adopted pursuant to this section or subsection (e) of K.S.A. 72-1138, and amendments thereto.

(2) "Cyberbullying" means bullying by use of any electronic communication device through means including, but not limited to, e-mail, instant messaging, text messages, blogs, mobile phones, pagers, online games and websites.

(3) "Parent" includes a guardian, custodian or other person with authority to act on behalf of the child.

(4) "School district" or "district" means any unified school district organized and operating under the laws of this state.

(5) "School vehicle" means any school bus, school van, other school vehicle and private vehicle used to transport students or staff members to and from school or any school-sponsored activity or event.

(6) "Staff member" means any person employed by a school district.

(b) The board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy to prohibit bullying either by any student, staff member or parent towards a student or by a student, staff member or parent towards a staff member on or while utilizing school property, in a school vehicle or at a school-sponsored activity or event.

(c) The board of education of each school district shall adopt and implement a plan to address bullying either by any student, staff member or parent towards a student or by a student, staff member or parent towards a staff member on school property, in a school vehicle or at a school-sponsored activity or event. Such plan shall include provisions for the training and education for staff members and students.

(d) The board of education of each school district may adopt additional policies relating to bullying pursuant to subsection (e) of K.S.A. 72-1138, and amendments thereto.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or supersede or in any manner affect or diminish the requirements of compliance by a staff member with the provisions of K.S.A. 38-2223 or 38-2226, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 68-1118 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 11 / Section 68-1118
68-1118 - Approval of contracts.
Status: in_force

68-1118. Approval of contracts. It is hereby made the duty of the county attorney or county counselor:

(a) To personally examine as to form, the advertisement, proposal, contract, plans, specifications, bond and the minutes of the board's meeting for each bridge or culvert proposed to be built or repaired by contract; and

(b) to determine whether the contract has been awarded in strict compliance with this act.

No contract shall be legal and binding on the county until the contract is signed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, by order of the board at a legal meeting thereof, and approved by the county attorney or county counselor by the county attorney's or county counselor's signature endorsed thereon.
K.S.A. § 65-4412 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 44 / Section 65-4412
65-4412 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

65-4412. Definitions. (a) "Community facilities for people with intellectual disability" means: (1) Any community facility for people with intellectual disability organized pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-4001 through 19-4015, and amendments thereto, and licensed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto; or (2) any intellectual disability governing board that contracts with a nonprofit corporation to provide services for people with intellectual disability.

(b) "Secretary" means secretary for aging and disability services.
K.S.A. § 18-152 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-152
18-152 - Leavenworth.
Status: in_force

18-152. Leavenworth. The county of Leavenworth is bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Atchison county; thence west with the south boundary of Atchison county, to the corner of sections twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-seven and twenty-eight, of township seven south, of range twenty east; thence south with the section lines between the third and fourth tiers of sections, to the middle of the main channel of the Kansas river; thence down said Kansas river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the intersection with the range line between ranges twenty-two and twenty-three east; thence north on said range line, to the old Delaware reserve line, the same being the dividing line between the original Delaware reservation and Delaware trust lands; thence east with said reserve line, to the western boundary line of the state of Missouri; thence northerly with said western boundary line of the state of Missouri, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 12-417 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 12-417
12-417 - Parties to action; rehearing.
Status: in_force

12-417. Parties to action; rehearing. The county in which such chart, map or plat was filed, the town, village or city of which or a part of which, or an addition to which the same was a chart, map or plat, and any person or corporation owning or interested in any lot, reserve or real property within such town, village or city, shall be deemed parties in interest in the subject matter of such action, and parties thereto, and all and each thereof shall be barred by the judgment and decree therein rendered: Provided, That any party interested who shall not be served with summons, and had at the time of the pendency of the proceedings herein provided for no actual notice of the pendency thereof, may within the time prescribed for opening up judgments rendered, in which service was made by publication, open up any judgment or decree rendered under this act in like manner as other judgments rendered upon constructive service; but such opening-up of the judgment or decree shall not operate to allow parties who were in court actually, or by service of summons, at the time of rendering the judgment or entering the decree, to come in and set up any claim whatever.
K.S.A. § 17-2030 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 20 / Section 17-2030
17-2030 - Business trust; required filings, contents.
Status: in_force

17-2030. Business trust; required filings, contents. Any business trust, whether domestic or foreign, desiring to transact business in this state shall file in the office of the secretary of state, on such forms, if any, as the secretary of the state may prescribe:

(a) An executed copy of the trust instrument by which the trust was created and of all amendments thereto or a true and correct copy thereof certified to be such by a trustee thereof under penalty of perjury or by a public official of another state, territory, or country in whose office an executed copy thereof is on file;

(b) a verified list of the names and addresses of its trustees;

(c) the location of its registered office in this state and the name of its resident agent in charge of such registered office; and

(d) a foreign business trust shall file its irrevocable consent to service of process, accompanied by a duly certified copy of an order or resolution of the trustees of any foreign business trust authorizing the execution and filing of such irrevocable consent, conforming in substance to the consent required of foreign corporations in K.S.A. 17-7301, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 66-234 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 2 / Section 66-234
66-234 - Liability for negligence.
Status: in_force

66-234. Liability for negligence. Railroads in this state shall be liable for all damages done to person or property, when done in consequence of any neglect on the part of the railroad companies.
K.S.A. § 74-50,295 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,295
74-50,295 - Meetings; quorum.
Status: in_force

74-50,295. Meetings; quorum. Meetings of the commission shall be held throughout the state at times and locations determined by the chairperson, who shall be selected by a majority vote of the commission and may serve up to two consecutive two-year terms. In the case of a national, state or local emergency, making meeting in person dangerous or impossible, the commission may meet in another manner where all participants can participate with each other at the same time, including using an electronic platform. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the state regent of the Kansas society daughters of the American revolution or the state regent's designee. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum.
K.S.A. § 77-523 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 5 / Section 77-523
77-523 - Hearing procedure.
Status: in_force

77-523. Hearing procedure. At a hearing:

(a) The presiding officer shall regulate the course of the proceedings.

(b) To the extent necessary for full disclosure of all relevant facts and issues, the presiding officer shall afford to all parties the opportunity to respond, present evidence and argument, conduct cross-examination and submit rebuttal evidence, except as restricted by a limited grant of intervention or by the prehearing order.

(c) The presiding officer may, and when required by statute shall, give nonparties an opportunity to present oral or written statements. If the presiding officer proposes to consider a statement by a nonparty, the presiding officer shall give all parties an opportunity to challenge or rebut it and, on motion of any party, the presiding officer shall require the statement to be given under oath or affirmation.

(d) The presiding officer may conduct all or part of the hearing by telephone or other electronic means, if each participant in the hearing has an opportunity to participate in the entire proceeding while it is taking place.

(e) The presiding officer shall cause the hearing to be recorded at the state agency's expense. The state agency is not required, at its expense, to prepare a transcript, unless required to do so by a provision of law. Any party, at the party's expense and subject to such reasonable conditions as the state agency may establish, may cause a person other than the state agency to prepare a transcript from the state agency's record, or cause additional recordings to be made during the hearing.

(f) The hearing is open to public observation, except to the limited extent, as determined by the presiding officer, that it is necessary to close parts of the hearing pursuant to a provision of law requiring confidentiality or expressly authorizing closure. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any hearing held pursuant to this act shall not be deemed a meeting pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4317a, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 15-1402 — KS Code / Chapter 15 / Article 14 / Section 15-1402
15-1402 - Holding other offices.
Status: in_force

15-1402. Holding other offices. Neither the mayor nor any commissioner shall be elected or appointed to any office created by, or the compensation of which was increased or fixed by, the board of commissioners while he or she was a member thereof, until the expiration of at least two years after such person has ceased to be a member of said board.
K.S.A. § 22-2729 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 27 / Section 22-2729
22-2729 - Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

22-2729. Uniformity of interpretation. The provisions of this act* shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
K.S.A. § 10-805 — KS Code / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 10-805
10-805 - Same; duties of treasurer; signature.
Status: in_force

10-805. Same; duties of treasurer; signature. Before delivering any warrant or warrant check to the payee the officer drawing the same shall present the same to the treasurer, who shall enter in a book kept for that purpose, the number, date and amount of such warrant, or warrant check, on what fund drawn, and the name of the payee, and thereupon sign the warrant or warrant check on the face thereof.
K.S.A. § 65-2838 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2838
65-2838 - Disciplinary action against licensee, registrant, permit holder or certificate holder; procedure; stipulations; temporary suspension or limitation; emergency proceedings; guidelines for use of controlled substances for treatment of pain; written advisory opinions.
Status: in_force

65-2838. Disciplinary action against licensee, registrant, permit holder or certificate holder; procedure; stipulations; temporary suspension or limitation; emergency proceedings; guidelines for use of controlled substances for treatment of pain; written advisory opinions. (a) The board shall have jurisdiction of proceedings to take disciplinary action authorized by the applicable practice act. Unless otherwise specified, any such action shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(b) Either before or after formal charges have been filed, the board and the licensee, registrant, permit holder or certificate holder may enter into a stipulation which shall be binding upon the board and the person entering into such stipulation, and the board may enter its findings of fact and enforcement order based upon such stipulation without the necessity of filing any formal charges or holding hearings in the case. An enforcement order based upon a stipulation may order any disciplinary action authorized by the applicable practice act against the person entering into such stipulation.

(c) The board may temporarily suspend or temporarily limit the license, registration, permit or certificate of any licensee, registrant, permit holder or certificate holder in accordance with the emergency adjudicative proceedings under the Kansas administrative procedure act if the board determines that there is cause to believe that grounds exist for disciplinary action authorized by the applicable practice act against the person and that the person's continuation in practice would constitute an imminent danger to the public health and safety.

(d) The board shall adopt guidelines for the use of controlled substances for the treatment of pain.

(e) Upon request of another regulatory or enforcement agency, or a licensee, the board may render a written advisory opinion indicating whether the licensee has prescribed, dispensed, administered or distributed controlled substances in accordance with the treatment of pain guidelines adopted by the board.
K.S.A. § 24-403 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-403
24-403 - Petition for organization of drainage district; definitions.
Status: in_force

24-403. Petition for organization of drainage district; definitions. (A) That the petition for the incorporation and organization of a drainage district shall be addressed to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands which it is proposed shall constitute the district are situated. The petition shall describe the territory proposed to be so incorporated by sections or subdivisions of sections, according to the government survey, or by metes and bounds, and state that the lands and property therein embraced are subject to injury and damage from the overflow of some natural watercourse, naming or describing it; that the improvement of the channel of such watercourse, the construction and maintenance of levees, drains or other works, including detention dams and reservoirs, are necessary to prevent such overflow; and that such improvement or works will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare. And such petition shall contain a prayer that all of the territory within the boundaries defined in the petition be incorporated as a drainage district, under the corporate name to be therein designated. If any lands to be included in said district lie within the limits of any city or town, it shall be sufficient to describe same by their appropriate number as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks.

(B) Whenever the term: (a) "other improvements"; (b) "other works or improvements"; (c) "any work to be done"; (d) "other works to prevent overflow"; (e) "existing improvements"; (f) "other works"; or any terms or words of like import are used in the act of which this section is amendatory, and when used in any act supplemental to or amendatory of said act, commonly known as the drainage act of 1905, such terms shall be construed to include and mean, but not limited to, detention dams and reservoirs constructed in areas adjacent to watercourses.
K.S.A. § 17-2237 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 22 / Section 17-2237
17-2237 - Transfer of jurisdiction and records.
Status: in_force

17-2237. Transfer of jurisdiction and records. On July 1, 1968, all the jurisdiction, authority, powers and duties now conferred and imposed by law upon the bank commissioner in relation to the management, control, regulation and general supervision of credit unions, are hereby transferred to, conferred and imposed upon the credit union council and the administrator. The books, records, documents, equipment and supplies of the bank commissioner relating to credit unions shall be transferred to the credit union department.
K.S.A. § 40-4606 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 46 / Section 40-4606
40-4606 - Same; health insurer required to inform in writing current and prospective insureds of availability of certain information.
Status: in_force

40-4606. Same; health insurer required to inform in writing current and prospective insureds of availability of certain information. Every health insurer shall inform in writing current and prospective insureds that the following information shall be available upon request:

(a) A complete description of the health care services, items and other benefits to which the insured is entitled in the particular health benefit plan which is covering or being offered to such person;

(b) a description of any limitations, exceptions or exclusions to coverage in the health benefit plan, including prior authorization policies, restricted drug formularies or other provisions which restrict access to covered services or items by the insured;

(c) a listing of the health benefit plan's participating providers, their business addresses and telephone numbers, the availability of those providers, and any limitations on an insured's choice of provider;

(d) notification in advance of any changes in the health benefit plan which either reduces the coverage or benefits, or increases the cost, to such person; and

(e) a description of the grievance and appeal procedures available under the health benefit plan and an insured's rights regarding termination, disenrollment, nonrenewal or cancelation of coverage.
K.S.A. § 40-440 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4 / Section 40-440
40-440 - Same; act acknowledges existing right of assignment.
Status: in_force

40-440. Same; act acknowledges existing right of assignment. This act acknowledges, declares and codifies the existing right of assignment of interests under individual and group life and accident and health insurance policies.
K.S.A. § 79-33,100 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 33 / Section 79-33,100
79-33,100 - Exceptions to applicability of act; compacts.
Status: in_force

79-33,100. Exceptions to applicability of act; compacts. (a) No provisions of this act shall: (1) Be deemed to amend or modify any compact described in K.S.A. 79-3323(a), and amendments thereto; or (2) be enforced in a manner which would cause the state to breach the terms of any compact described in K.S.A. 79-3323(a), and amendments thereto.

(b) The provisions of this section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act.
K.S.A. § 47-837 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-837
47-837 - Savings clause.
Status: in_force

47-837. Savings clause. The amendments in this act to the Kansas veterinary practice act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 65-1764 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1764
65-1764 - Effect of authorizing agent's representations; liability regarding the refusal to accept a dead human body; to cremate a dead human body or the authorized cremation of a dead human body.
Status: in_force

65-1764. Effect of authorizing agent's representations; liability regarding the refusal to accept a dead human body; to cremate a dead human body or the authorized cremation of a dead human body. (a) An authorizing agent signing a cremation authorization form shall be deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth in such cremation authorization form, including the identity of the deceased whose remains are sought to be cremated and such authorization agent's authority to order such cremation. Any person signing a cremation authorization form as an authorizing agent shall be personally and individually liable for all damage occasioned thereby and resulting therefrom. A crematory operator, crematory operator in charge, embalmer, assistant funeral director or a funeral director may rely upon the representations of the authorizing agent in the cremation authorization form.

(b) A funeral director, assistant funeral director or crematory operator in charge shall have the authority to arrange the cremation of a dead human body upon the receipt of a cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent. A funeral director, assistant funeral director, embalmer, crematory operator or crematory operator in charge who pursuant to a cremation authorization arranges a cremation, cremates a dead human body then releases or disposes of the cremated remains shall not be liable for such acts.

(c) A funeral director, assistant funeral director, crematory operator or crematory operator in charge who refuses to arrange a cremation, to accept a dead human body or to perform a cremation shall not be liable for refusing to arrange, to accept the dead human body or to perform the cremation until they receive a court order or other suitable confirmation that the cause of the refusal has been settled. Circumstances causing such a refusal may include:

(1) Awareness of a dispute concerning the cremation of the dead human body; or

(2) a reasonable basis for questioning any of the representations made by the authorizing agent; or

(3) any other lawful reason.
K.S.A. § 68-1903 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 19 / Section 68-1903
68-1903 - Acquisition of property and property rights.
Status: in_force

68-1903. Acquisition of property and property rights. The highway authorities, jointly or severally, may acquire the desired private or public property, including rights of access, light, air or view for controlled access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with highways, roads and streets within their respective jurisdictions.