FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
K.S.A. § 25-1216 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 12 / Section 25-1216
25-1216 - Same; application for ballots; application for registration and ballot by electronic means; transmission of voted ballot by electronic means.
Status: in_force

25-1216. Same; application for ballots; application for registration and ballot by electronic means; transmission of voted ballot by electronic means. (a) Every person who is qualified and eligible to vote by federal services absentee ballot under the provisions of this act may make application for such ballot to the county election officer of the county of such voter's residence or to the secretary of state. Such application shall be made by postcard application provided for and prescribed in the federal act or on a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state. Any such application shall be valid for any election at which such voter otherwise is entitled to vote between the date of the application through the end of the calendar year.

(b) If the voter is residing outside the United States or is a member of the United States armed forces or a spouse or dependent of a member of the armed forces and a qualified elector and cannot vote timely by mail, the voter may apply for registration and an absentee ballot by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic method authorized by the secretary of state. The voter may also request that the county election officer transmit to such voter by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic method authorized by the secretary of state, a ballot, or a second ballot, as the case may be. The voter may transmit such voter's ballot back to the county election officer by mail, facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic method authorized by the secretary of state.

If the voter chooses to transmit the voted ballot to the county election officer by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic method authorized by the secretary of state the transmittal shall contain the following statement: "I understand that by faxing, emailing or electronically transmitting my voted ballot I am voluntarily waiving my right to a secret ballot." This statement shall be followed by the voter's signature and the date. Upon receipt of the transmittal, the county election officer shall place the voted ballot along with the signed statement and affidavit in an appropriately marked envelope and seal it. The county election officer and such officer's staff shall take the steps necessary to keep the voted ballots received by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic method authorized by the secretary of state as confidential as practicable.
K.S.A. § 23-3105 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 31 / Section 23-3105
23-3105 - Priority of withholding order; application of limitations imposed by other laws; multiple withholding orders, single obligor.
Status: in_force

23-3105. Priority of withholding order; application of limitations imposed by other laws; multiple withholding orders, single obligor. (a) An income withholding order shall have priority over any other legal process under state law against the same income. Withholding of income under this section shall be made without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments, attachments, wage assignments or other claims of creditors.

(b) Except as provided by K.S.A. 60-2310, and amendments thereto, any state law which limits or exempts income from legal process or the amount or percentage of income that can be withheld shall not apply to withholding income under this act.

(c) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 23-36,503, and amendments thereto, if more than one income withholding order requires withholding from the same source of income of a single obligor, the payor shall withhold and disburse as ordered the total amount required by all income withholding orders if such amount does not exceed the limits of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 23-3104, and amendments thereto. If the total amount required by all income withholding orders, including premiums due from the obligor which are incurred solely because of a medical withholding order, exceeds such limits, the payor shall withhold the amount permitted to be withheld under such limits and from the amount withheld the payor shall retain any cost recovery fee charged by the payor. The remaining funds shall first be prorated by the payor among all income withholding orders for the obligor that require payment of current support. When all current support for the month has been satisfied, any remaining funds shall be prorated among all income withholding orders for the obligor that require payment of an amount for arrearages. With respect to a medical withholding order, the payor shall promptly notify the affected holder of the limited power of attorney of any nonpayment of premium. The payor may request assistance from the income withholding agency in determining the amount to be disbursed for each income withholding order, but such assistance shall not relieve the payor from any responsibility under this act. Upon request of a public office or of any obligee whose income withholding order is affected by this subsection, the payor shall provide the county, case number and terms of all the obligor's income withholding orders.

(d) The provisions of this section as amended by this act shall apply to all income withheld on or after July 1, 2012, regardless of when the applicable income withholding order was entered or modified.
K.S.A. § 58-5114 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 51 / Section 58-5114
58-5114 - Protection of charitable interest; powers of attorney general.
Status: in_force

58-5114. Protection of charitable interest; powers of attorney general. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Determinable charitable interest" means a charitable interest that is a right to a mandatory distribution currently, periodically, on the occurrence of a specified event or after the passage of a specified time and is unconditional or will be held solely for charitable purposes.

(2) "Unconditional" means not subject to the occurrence of a specified event that is not certain to occur, other than a requirement in a trust instrument that a charitable organization be in existence or qualify under a particular provision of the United States internal revenue code of 1986 on the date of the distribution, if the charitable organization meets the requirement on the date of determination.

(b) If a first trust contains a determinable charitable interest, the attorney general has the rights of a qualified beneficiary and may represent and bind the charitable interest.

(c) If a first trust contains a charitable interest, the second trust or trusts shall not:

(1) Diminish the charitable interest;

(2) diminish the interest of an identified charitable organization that holds the charitable interest;

(3) alter any charitable purpose stated in the first-trust instrument; or

(4) alter any condition or restriction related to the charitable interest.

(d) If there are two or more second trusts, the second trusts shall be treated as one trust for purposes of determining whether the exercise of the decanting power diminishes the charitable interest or diminishes the interest of an identified charitable organization for purposes of subsection (c).

(e) If a first trust contains a determinable charitable interest, the second trust or trusts that include a charitable interest pursuant to subsection (c) shall be administered under the law of this state unless the:

(1) Attorney general, after receiving notice under K.S.A. 58-5107, and amendments thereto, fails to object in a signed record delivered to the authorized fiduciary within the notice period;

(2) attorney general consents in a signed record to the second trust or trusts being administered under the law of another jurisdiction; or

(3) court approves the exercise of the decanting power.

(f) The uniform trust decanting act does not limit the powers and duties of the attorney general under law of this state other than the act.
K.S.A. § 12-4601 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 46 / Section 12-4601
12-4601 - Appeal; stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

12-4601. Appeal; stay of proceedings. An appeal may be taken to the district court in the county in which said municipal court is located:

(a) By the accused person in all cases; and

(b) By the city upon questions of law.

The appeal shall stay all further proceedings upon the judgment appealed from. No appeal shall be filed until after the sentence has been imposed.
K.S.A. § 59-30,138 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,138
59-30,138 - Special limitations on powers of guardian for minor.
Status: in_force

59-30,138. Special limitations on powers of guardian for minor. A guardian for a minor may not exercise any control or authority over the minor's estate, unless specifically authorized by the court. Any guardian who is granted such authority must prepare an inventory and provide notice of the inventory as provided in K.S.A. 59-30,181, and amendments thereto. The court may assign such authority to the guardian and may waive the requirement of the posting of a bond, only if:

(a) Initially, the combined value of any funds and assets owned by the minor equals $25,000 or less;

(b) either the court requires the guardian to report to the court the commencement of the exercising of such authority, or requires the guardian to obtain court authorization to commence the exercise of such authority, as the court shall specify; and

(c) the court also requires the guardian, whenever the combined value of such funds and property exceeds $25,000, to:

(1) File a guardian's plan as provided for in K.S.A. 59-30,140, and amendments thereto, that contains elements similar to those that would be contained in a conservator's plan as provided for in K.S.A. 59-30,180, and amendments thereto;

(2) petition the court for appointment of a conservator; or

(3) notify the court as the court shall specify that the value of the minor's estate has equaled or exceeded $25,000, if the court has earlier appointed a conservator but did not issue letters of conservatorship pending such notification.
K.S.A. § 46-1122 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 11 / Section 46-1122
46-1122 - Legislative post audit committee to specify who performs audit work at state agencies; contract audit committee to select firm or firms needed.
Status: in_force

46-1122. Legislative post audit committee to specify who performs audit work at state agencies; contract audit committee to select firm or firms needed. If the legislative post audit committee specifies that a firm or firms is to perform an audit or audit work, such firm or firms shall be selected and shall perform such audit or audit work as provided in K.S.A. 46-1123, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 46-1125 through 46-1127, and amendments thereto. If the legislative post audit committee specifies that the post auditor is to perform such audit or audit work, the post auditor shall perform such audit or audit work as directed by the legislative post audit committee pursuant to K.S.A. 46-1106, and amendments thereto, and, if the audit or audit work is performed to comply with federal government audit requirements, in accordance with specifications for the conduct of such audit or audit work established by the contract audit committee.
K.S.A. § 76-395 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 3 / Section 76-395
76-395 - State board of regents authorized to convey certain property in Wichita; procedure; use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

76-395. State board of regents authorized to convey certain property in Wichita; procedure; use of proceeds. The state board of regents is hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of the university of Kansas, to sell and convey all of the rights, title and interest in the following described real estate located in the city of Wichita, Kansas: A tract of land located in the north half of lot 7 and all of lot 8 and one-half of the vacated alley on the east side, block "B", H. L. and A. M. Taylor addition to the city of Wichita, Kansas; and lot 17 and one-half of the vacated alley on the west side, block "B", H. L. and A. M. Taylor addition to the city of Wichita, Kansas. Conveyance of such rights, title and interest in such real estate shall be in accordance with the procedures prescribed therefor by the state board of regents and shall be executed in the name of the state board of regents by its chairperson and executive officer. When the sale is made, the proceeds thereof shall be paid to the Kansas university endowment association to fund scholarships in engineering and the fine arts.
K.S.A. § 66-1504 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 15 / Section 66-1504
66-1504 - Failure to pay assessment; proceedings.
Status: in_force

66-1504. Failure to pay assessment; proceedings. If any public utility or common carrier against which an assessment has been made either under K.S.A. 66-1502 or 66-1503, within fifteen days after the notice of such assessment shall (a) neglect or refuse to pay the same, or (b) shall fail to file objections to said assessment with said commission, as provided hereinafter, it shall be the duty of the commission forthwith to transmit to the state treasurer a certified copy of said notice of assessment, together with notice of neglect or refusal to pay said assessment, and on the same day said commission shall mail by registered mail to the public utility or common carrier against which said assessment has been made a copy of said notice which it has transmitted to the state treasurer. If any such common carrier or public utility shall fail to pay such assessment to the state treasurer within ten days after receipt of such notice and certified copy of such assessment, said assessment shall bear interest at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from and after the date on which said copy of said notice was mailed by registered mail to such public utility.

Upon the receipt of such notice and certified copy of such assessment the state treasurer shall collect the same, together with interest and costs by action in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the attorney general is hereby authorized and directed to institute and prosecute action for such purpose. In any such action all reasonable and necessary expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees shall be taxable as costs. Any judgment obtained in such action shall be a lien against any property anywhere within this state of the common carrier or public utility against which said judgment has been obtained.
K.S.A. § 72-515 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-515
72-515 - City annexation; effect.
Status: in_force

72-515. City annexation; effect. No annexation by any city governing body shall effect any change in the boundaries of any unified district or other school district.
K.S.A. § 59-30,167 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,167
59-30,167 - Attendance and rights at hearings.
Status: in_force

59-30,167. Attendance and rights at hearings. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto, may not proceed unless the respondent attends the hearing. If it is not reasonably feasible for the respondent to attend a hearing at the location court proceedings typically are held, the court shall make reasonable efforts to hold the hearing at an alternative location convenient to the respondent or allow the respondent to attend the hearing using real-time audio-visual technology.

(b) A hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto, may proceed without the respondent in attendance if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that:

(1) The respondent is choosing not to attend the hearing after having been fully informed of the right to attend and the potential consequences of failing to do so;

(2) there is no practicable way for the respondent to attend and participate in the hearing even with appropriate supportive services or technological assistance; or

(3) the respondent is a minor who has received proper notice and attendance would be harmful to the minor.

(c) The respondent may be assisted in a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto, by a person or persons of the respondent's choosing, assistive technology or an interpreter or translator, or a combination of these supports. If assistance would facilitate the respondent's participation in the hearing, but is not otherwise available to the respondent, the court shall make reasonable efforts to provide it.

(d) The respondent has a right to retain an attorney to represent the respondent at a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto.

(e) At a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto, the respondent may:

(1) Present evidence and subpoena witnesses and documents;

(2) examine witnesses, including any court-appointed evaluator or court liaison; and

(3) otherwise participate in the hearing.

(f) Unless excused by the court for good cause, a proposed conservator shall attend a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto.

(g) A hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto, must be closed on request of the respondent and a showing of good cause.

(h) Any person may request to participate in a hearing under K.S.A. 59-30,162, and amendments thereto. The court may grant the request, with or without a hearing, on determining that the best interest of the respondent will be served. The court may impose appropriate conditions on the person's participation.
K.S.A. § 39-745 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-745
39-745 - Transition; preservation of civil rights of action and proceedings; criminal actions not to abate.
Status: in_force

39-745. Transition; preservation of civil rights of action and proceedings; criminal actions not to abate. From and after January 1, 1974: (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any existing state or county agency mentioned in this act, or by or against any officer of the state or county in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of reorganization under the provisions of this act.

(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state or county shall abate by the taking effect of this act.
K.S.A. § 65-6744 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 67 / Section 65-6744
65-6744 - Cause of action for injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

65-6744. Cause of action for injunctive relief. The attorney general or any district or county attorney with appropriate jurisdiction may bring a cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has performed or attempted to perform a dismemberment abortion in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto. Any injunctive relief ordered pursuant to an action filed under this section shall prohibit the defendant from performing or attempting to perform any dismemberment abortions in violation of K.S.A. 65-6743, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 60-719 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 7 / Section 60-719
60-719 - Effect of offsets claimed by garnishee.
Status: in_force

60-719. Effect of offsets claimed by garnishee. When the garnishee claims that he or she is not indebted to the defendant for the reason that the defendant is indebted to the garnishee, or that the indebtedness due to the defendant is reduced thereby, the garnishee is not discharged unless and until he or she applies the amount of his or her indebtedness to the defendant to the liquidation of his or her claim against the defendant.
K.S.A. § 12-5362 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 53 / Section 12-5362
12-5362 - Citation of Kansas 911 act.
Status: in_force

12-5362. Citation of Kansas 911 act. K.S.A. 12-5362 through 12-5381, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-5382 through 12-5390, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas 911 act.
K.S.A. § 60-3356 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 33 / Section 60-3356
60-3356 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

60-3356. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section: (a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance or the commissioner's authorized designee.

(b) "Insurance company" or "insurer" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term insurer in K.S.A. 40-112 and amendments thereto.

(c) "Insurance compliance audit" means a voluntary, internal evaluation, review, assessment, audit or investigation for the purpose of identifying or preventing noncompliance with, or promoting compliance with laws, regulations, orders, or industry or professional standards, which is conducted by or on behalf of any insurance company licensed or regulated under the Kansas insurance code, or which involves an activity regulated under the Kansas insurance code. Once initiated an audit shall be completed within a reasonable period of time. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize uninterrupted or continuous auditing.

(d) "Insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document" means any document prepared as a result of or in connection with an insurance compliance audit. An insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document may include:

(1) A written response to the findings of an insurance compliance audit.

(2) Any supporting information is collected or developed for the primary purpose and in the course of an insurance compliance audit including, but is not limited to, field notes and records of observations, findings, opinions, suggestions, conclusions, drafts, memoranda, drawings, photographs, exhibits, computer-generated or electronically recorded information, phone records, maps, charts, graphs and surveys.

(3) Any of the following:

(A) An insurance compliance audit report prepared by an auditor, who may be an employee of the insurance company or an independent contractor, which may include the scope of the audit, the information gained in the audit, and conclusions and recommendations, with exhibits and appendices;

(B) memoranda and documents analyzing portions or all of the insurance compliance audit report and discussing potential implementation issues;

(C) an implementation plan that addresses correcting past noncompliance, improving current compliance, and preventing future noncompliance; or

(D) analytic data generated in the course of conducting the insurance compliance audit.

(e) Presiding officer shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 77-514 and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 38-1714 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 17 / Section 38-1714
38-1714 - Powers of custodian.
Status: in_force

38-1714. Powers of custodian. (a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only.

(b) This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of K.S.A. 38-1713.
K.S.A. § 36-134 — KS Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-134
36-134 - Same; penalty.
Status: in_force

36-134. Same; penalty. Any person, firm or corporation using a flexible metal gas connector in connection with natural gas-fired movable cooking equipment which does not meet the design and construction requirements approved by the state fire marshal pursuant to K.S.A. 36-133 shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.