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K.S.A. § 12-1527 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 15 / Section 12-1527
12-1527 - Alternative examinations authorized; validity of license limited; codes, standards and regulations; inspections and fees; reciprocal agreements.
Status: in_force

12-1527. Alternative examinations authorized; validity of license limited; codes, standards and regulations; inspections and fees; reciprocal agreements. Within their respective jurisdictions and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1526, and amendments thereto, any city or county may:

(a) Utilize examinations other than those designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments thereto, for the examination of electricians for licensure to practice only within the jurisdiction of such city or county;

(b) adopt and enforce such electrical codes, standards and regulations as the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city deem appropriate; and

(c) conduct such inspections and fix such reasonable fees therefor as the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city may prescribe.

Except when authorized by reciprocal agreement between the political subdivisions involved, licenses granted upon the basis of examinations other than those designated by K.S.A. 12-1525, and amendments thereto, shall not authorize an electrician to practice outside of the jurisdiction of the city or county granting such license.
K.S.A. § 44-637 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 6 / Section 44-637
44-637 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

44-637. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, company, agency, institution or association. (b) "Children" means minor persons under the age of fourteen (14) years. (c) "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. (d) "Factory" means any premises where steam, water or other mechanical power is used in aid of any manufacturing process. (e) "Workshop" means any premises, room, or place, not being a factory as above defined, wherein any manual labor is being performed, and to which or over which premises, room or place the employer of the person or persons working therein has the right of access or control. (f) "Public works" means any agency of state government and its political subdivisions and municipalities including schools, counties and cities. The exercise of manual labor in a private house, or a private room, by the family dwelling therein, or by any of them, or in case a majority of persons therein employed are members of such family, shall not of itself constitute such house or room a workshop within this definition.
K.S.A. § 59-710 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 7 / Section 59-710
59-710 - Special administrator; appointment; bond; duties.
Status: in_force

59-710. Special administrator; appointment; bond; duties. For good cause shown a special administrator may be appointed pending the appointment of an executor or administrator, after the appointment of an executor or administrator without removing the executor or administrator or pursuant to subsection (2) of K.S.A. 59-2239 as amended by this act. The appointment may be for a specified time, to perform duties respecting specific property, or to perform particular acts. The duties of a special administrator shall be stated in the order of appointment. The special administrator may be required to give bond in such sum as the court shall direct. Such administrator shall make such reports as the court shall direct, and shall account to the court upon the termination of his or her authority.
K.S.A. § 58-3622 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 36 / Section 58-3622
58-3622 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

58-3622. Definitions. For purposes of K.S.A. 58-3621 through 58-3625, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Charitable organization" means an organization organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes and that is exempt from federal income taxation as an entity described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code and maintains its principal office in Kansas.

(b) "Donor" means an individual who has made a gift of property to an existing endowment fund of a charitable organization or that establishes a new endowment fund of the charitable organization pursuant to terms of an endowment agreement that may include donor-imposed restrictions or conditions governing the use of the gifted endowment property or funds.

(c) "Donor-imposed restriction" means a written statement within an endowment agreement or institutional solicitation that specifies obligations on the management or purpose of the property gifted by the donor that are imposed by or accepted by the donor of the gift as a condition of the charitable organization's receipt of property pursuant to an endowment agreement.

(d) "Endowment agreement" means a written agreement between a donor and a charitable organization that gifts an endowment fund to a charitable organization or gifts property to an endowment fund of a charitable organization, and such donor is the only donor gifting such endowment fund or property to an endowment fund. An "endowment agreement" may include donor-imposed restrictions or conditions governing the use of the gifted endowment property or fund.

(e) "Endowment fund" means an institutional fund that, under the terms of an endowment agreement, is not wholly expendable by the charitable institution on a current basis and that only contains property gifted by a single donor. "Endowment fund" does not include assets that the charitable institution designates as an endowment fund for its own use.

(f) "Legal representative" means the administrator or executor of an individual's estate, a surviving spouse if there is a judicial settlement of the accounts of an individual's estate or any living, named individual designated in an endowment agreement to act in place of a party to an endowment agreement with respect to all matters expressed in such endowment agreement and all actions that such agreement contemplates, including, but not limited to, interpreting, performing and enforcing any provisions of such endowment agreement and defending the validity thereof.

(g) "Property" means real property, personal property or money, cryptocurrency, stocks, bonds or any other asset or financial instrument.
K.S.A. § 40-2261 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 22 / Section 40-2261
40-2261 - Employer providing certain health insurance coverage may offer cafeteria plan; employer not restricted in providing such benefits or coverage; definitions.
Status: in_force

40-2261. Employer providing certain health insurance coverage may offer cafeteria plan; employer not restricted in providing such benefits or coverage; definitions. (a) An employer that provides health insurance coverage for which any portion of the premium is payable by an employee may also offer a premium only cafeteria plan as permitted under 26 U.S.C. section 125. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any employer who offers health insurance through any self-insured or self-funded group health benefit plan of any type or description.

(b) No provision of this section shall prohibit or otherwise restrict an employer's ability to either provide a group health benefit plan or create a premium only cafeteria plan with defined contributions and in which the employee purchases the policy.

(c) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Health benefit plan" means any hospital or medical expense policy, health, hospital or medical service corporation contract and a plan provided by a municipal group-funded pool or a health maintenance organization contract offered by an employer or any certificate issued under any such policies, contracts or plans. Health benefit plan also includes a cafeteria plan authorized by 26 U.S.C. section 125. The cafeteria plan may offer the option of paying all or any portion of the health insurance premium or the option of receiving health insurance coverage through a high deductible health plan and the establishment of a health savings account. In order for an eligible individual to obtain a high deductible health plan through the cafeteria plan, such individual shall present evidence to the employer that such individual has established a health savings account in compliance with 26 U.S.C. section 223 and any amendments and regulations. "Health benefit plan" does not include policies or certificates covering only accident, credit, dental, disability income, long-term care, hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, specified disease, vision care, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, insurance arising out of a workers compensation or similar law, automobile medical-payment insurance or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.

(2) "Health savings account" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as in subsection (d) of 26 U.S.C. section 223.

(3) "High deductible health plan" shall mean a policy or contract of health insurance or health care plan that meets the criteria established in subsection (c) of 26 U.S.C. section 223 and any amendments and regulations.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not take effect until July 1, 2008.
K.S.A. § 46-924 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 9 / Section 46-924
46-924 - Same; acceptance of payment by claimant final.
Status: in_force

46-924. Same; acceptance of payment by claimant final. The acceptance by the claimant of any payment made pursuant to this act shall be final and conclusive and shall constitute a complete release of any claim against the state. Otherwise, the claimant shall proceed with a claim against the state as provided by K.S.A. 46-913, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 72-1174 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1174
72-1174 - Moneys derived from gifts or donations; transfers to community foundations.
Status: in_force

72-1174. Moneys derived from gifts or donations; transfers to community foundations. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Community foundation" or "foundation" means any community foundation or community trust to which deductible contributions can be made by individuals, corporations, public charities and private foundations, as well as other charitable organizations and governmental agencies for the overall purposes of the foundation or to particular charitable and endowment funds established under agreement with the foundation or trust for the charitable benefit of the people of a specific geographic area and which is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as in effect on the effective date of this act, by reason of qualification under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as in effect on the effective date of this act, and which is deemed a publicly supported organization and not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as in effect on the effective date of this act.

(2) "Moneys" means any moneys derived from gifts or donations to the school district which are not immediately required for the purposes for which the moneys were received.

(b) The board of education of any school district may transfer moneys to a community foundation. Moneys transferred to a foundation pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a restricted fund by the foundation and shall remain subject to any restrictions imposed by the original donor of such moneys. Any distribution from the fund shall be made: (1) To, or for the benefit of, the school district; or (2) for a specific purpose as directed by the original donor, or the successors or agents of such donor, and agreed to by the school district.
K.S.A. § 80-1204 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 12 / Section 80-1204
80-1204 - Same; compensation of trustees and assistants.
Status: in_force

80-1204. Same; compensation of trustees and assistants. The trustees of each township and their assistants shall receive as compensation for their services for the time actually and necessarily employed. Such compensation shall be paid only out of the fund of the county created by this act for that purpose and shall be in an amount determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 8-1707 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 17 / Section 8-1707
8-1707 - Reflectors.
Status: in_force

8-1707. Reflectors. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two (2) or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section: Provided, That vehicles of the types mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be equipped with reflectors meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1712 and subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1713.

(b) Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than fifteen (15) inches nor more than sixty (60) inches measured as set forth in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1704, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within six hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet from such vehicle when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps, except that reflectors on vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1970, shall be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty (350) feet to one hundred (100) feet when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps.
K.S.A. § 24-479 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-479
24-479 - Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land.
Status: in_force

24-479. Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land. The board of directors or such drainage district is hereby empowered to grant easements in or to such forty-foot strip for such use and occupancy as will not interfere with the right of the state to the use of the same for the prevention of overflow, and if at any point along such harbor line the full width of forty feet is not required for the construction of levees or other improvements to prevent overflow, the board of directors of such drainage district may relinquish such part as shall be deemed necessary.
K.S.A. § 16-717 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 7 / Section 16-717
16-717 - Minors; prohibited transactions.
Status: in_force

16-717. Minors; prohibited transactions. (a) No pawnbroker shall receive in pledge, or as security for any loan, transfer, service, undertaking or advantage, anything of value from any person under the age of 18 years.

(b) No precious metal dealer shall purchase any precious metal from any person under the age of 18 years.
K.S.A. § 4-209 — KS Code / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 4-209
4-209 - Eighth judicial district.
Status: in_force

4-209. Eighth judicial district. The counties of Geary, Dickinson, Marion and Morris shall constitute the eighth judicial district. There shall be four district judges in such district. The judge holding one of the district judge positions shall be a resident of Dickinson, Marion or Morris county and the judge holding another such position shall be a resident of Geary county. The position of the third district judge shall be in Marion county and the position of the fourth district judge shall be in Geary county.
K.S.A. § 33-101 — KS Code / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 33-101
33-101 - Trusts.
Status: in_force

33-101. Trusts. All gifts and conveyances of goods and chattels, made in trust to the use of the person or persons making the same shall, to the full extent of both the corpus and income made in trust to such use, be void and of no effect, regardless of motive, as to all past, present or future creditors; but otherwise shall be valid and effective.
K.S.A. § 12-3910 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 39 / Section 12-3910
12-3910 - Consolidation of fire districts and fire departments; application of act.
Status: in_force

12-3910. Consolidation of fire districts and fire departments; application of act. The provisions of this act shall apply to any fire district created by a county under chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, to any fire district created by a township under chapter 80 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, to any fire district created under chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and to any fire department created by the governing body of a city.
K.S.A. § 19-2818 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 28 / Section 19-2818
19-2818 - Bonds; petition; election; tax levy.
Status: in_force

19-2818. Bonds; petition; election; tax levy. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the board of county commissioners may issue and sell the bonds of such county, in an amount not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of the total amount of assessed valuation of such county for the fiscal year next preceding the issuance of such bonds and such bonds may be issued and sold without the necessity of an election unless a petition in opposition to the issuance of such bonds without an election signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors in any such county shall be filed with the county clerk of the county within thirty (30) days following the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners declaring their intention to acquire title to lands for the purposes of park and recreational grounds, in which event it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to submit the question of such bond issue to the voters at the next general election. Any bonds issued by such county under the provisions of this act shall be serial bonds, payable in not less than ten (10) equal annual installments nor more than thirty (30) equal annual installments over a period of not to exceed thirty (30) years and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009 and the board of county commissioners shall make a levy on all taxable property in such county to pay the principal and interest on the said bonds as the same become due and payable.
K.S.A. § 79-2319 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 23 / Section 79-2319
79-2319 - Taxation and sale of real estate bid off by county; subsequent taxes and additional lien.
Status: in_force

79-2319. Taxation and sale of real estate bid off by county; subsequent taxes and additional lien. All real estate bid off for the county at any tax sale shall continue liable to be taxed in the same manner as if they were property of individuals, and such taxes and charges shall be a lien upon such real estate; but no real estate so bid off for the county shall be sold for any taxes levied subsequent to such bid until they have been redeemed, or shall be foreclosed by the county and sold at foreclosure sale. If the subsequent taxes shall not be paid such real estate shall be advertised with, and in the same manner as, the other real estate on which the taxes are not paid, and shall be subject to the same charges as if they should be sold. The treasurer shall enter such taxes and charges in the book of tax sales of the year in which said real estate was sold to the county, opposite such real estate, and such taxes and charges shall constitute an additional lien.
K.S.A. § 75-5281 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5281
75-5281 - Prison-made goods; self-liquidating contracts.
Status: in_force

75-5281. Prison-made goods; self-liquidating contracts. (a) The secretary is empowered to enter into contracts and agreements with any person, firm or corporation upon a self-liquidating basis for the acquisition, purchase or lease of equipment, tools, supplies, materials and buildings for manufacturing or for providing services, to the end that the same may be paid for over a period of not exceeding 20 years, and the aggregate amount of such purchases or acquisitions shall not exceed $500,000 unless specifically approved by the governor. All such amounts shall be payable solely from the correctional industries fund.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be so construed or interpreted as to authorize or permit the incurring of a state debt of any kind or nature as contemplated by the constitution of this state in relation to such debt.
K.S.A. § 73-419 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 4 / Section 73-419
73-419 - Same; lots for monuments.
Status: in_force

73-419. Same; lots for monuments. Before any money shall be appropriated under this act, the cemetery association owning cemetery where it is proposed to erect said monument shall deed to the county or city so appropriating said money a lot or lots in said cemetery for the purpose of erecting thereon the monument as aforesaid. Said lot or lots shall be and remain the property of the county or city erecting said monument, and shall at all times be under the care of the board of county commissioners or the governing body, the same as other county and city property.
K.S.A. § 40-1625 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 16 / Section 40-1625
40-1625 - Reciprocal; board of directors; requirements on; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

40-1625. Reciprocal; board of directors; requirements on; powers and duties. The board of directors exercising the subscribers' rights in a domestic reciprocal shall be selected under rules adopted by the subscribers. At least 3/4 of the board of directors of a domestic reciprocal shall be composed of subscribers or representatives of subscribers, other than the attorney-in-fact or any person employed by, representing or having a financial interest in the attorney-in-fact. An individual shall not be considered to be employed by, representing or having a financial interest in the attorney-in-fact if such individual is a subscriber or a representative of a subscriber of the reciprocal. The board of directors shall supervise the finances of the reciprocal and the reciprocal's operations to the extent required to assure their conformity with the subscriber's agreement and power of attorney and shall exercise any other powers conferred on it by the subscriber's agreement. The board of directors may also be referred to as a subscribers advisory committee, board of trustees or by such other name as the board chooses.
K.S.A. § 19-4479 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 44 / Section 19-4479
19-4479 - Powers and duties of sheriff and deputies and constables transferred to agency conferred on director and officers.
Status: in_force

19-4479. Powers and duties of sheriff and deputies and constables transferred to agency conferred on director and officers. It shall be the duty of the director and officers to keep and preserve the peace, and for such purpose, such director and officers are hereby vested with the power and authority of peace and police officers in the execution of their duties imposed upon them under the provisions of this act. All powers and duties now or hereafter conferred and imposed upon the sheriff and deputies of the county and constables of any township therein, relating to the enforcement of the laws of the state, resolutions of the board of county commissioners, and ordinances of the cities, the authority for the enforcement of which has been transferred to and vested in the agency, are hereby conferred and imposed upon the director and officers appointed under the provisions of this act.