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K.S.A. § 60-3302 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 33 / Section 60-3302
60-3302 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

60-3302. Definitions. (a) "Product seller" means any person or entity that is engaged in the business of selling products, whether the sale is for resale, or for use or consumption. The term includes a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor or retailer of the relevant product, but does not include a health care provider, as defined in subsection (f) of K.S.A. 40-3401 and amendments thereto, who utilizes a product in the course of rendering professional services.

(b) "Manufacturer" includes a product seller who designs, produces, makes, fabricates, constructs or remanufactures the relevant product or component part of a product before its sale to a user or consumer. It includes a product seller or entity not otherwise a manufacturer that holds itself out as a manufacturer, or that is owned in whole or in part by the manufacturer.

(c) "Product liability claim" includes any claim or action brought for harm caused by the manufacture, production, making, construction, fabrication, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, storage or labeling of the relevant product. It includes, but is not limited to, any action based on, strict liability in tort, negligence, breach of express or implied warranty, breach of, or failure to, discharge a duty to warn or instruct, whether negligent or innocent, misrepresentation, concealment or nondisclosure, whether negligent or innocent, or under any other substantive legal theory.

(d) "Harm" includes: (1) Damage to property; (2) personal physical injuries, illness and death; (3) mental anguish or emotional harm attendant to such personal physical injuries, illness or death. The term "harm" does not include direct or consequential economic loss.
K.S.A. § 12-3917 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 39 / Section 12-3917
12-3917 - Same; outstanding indebtedness; tax levy for payment of.
Status: in_force

12-3917. Same; outstanding indebtedness; tax levy for payment of. If any fire district, at the time of such consolidation, has any outstanding indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county to provide for the payment of such outstanding indebtedness by providing for the levying of taxes upon all the property in that district prior to the consolidation with another district. The levy shall be entered by the county clerk on the tax roll the same as other taxes.
K.S.A. § 47-1805 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 18 / Section 47-1805
47-1805 - Livestock dealer; registration; fees; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

47-1805. Livestock dealer; registration; fees; disposition of moneys. (a) Any person operating as a livestock dealer in Kansas shall register with the Kansas department of agriculture division of animal health. Registration shall be made on an application form approved by the animal health commissioner. The application shall be accompanied by the livestock dealer registration fee or renewal fee fixed by the commissioner under subsection (b). If an application for registration or renewal of registration is denied by the commissioner or withdrawn by the applicant, the fee shall not be refunded. Unless renewed under this section, each registration shall expire on the September 30 following the date of issuance.

(b) The animal health commissioner shall determine annually the amount of funds required for the administration and enforcement of this section and K.S.A. 47-1806, and amendments thereto, and shall fix and adjust from time to time a livestock dealer registration fee and a renewal fee in such reasonable amounts as may be necessary for such purposes, except that in no case shall either the livestock dealer registration fee or the renewal fee exceed $75.

(c) The animal health commissioner shall remit all moneys received by or for the commissioner under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the animal disease control fund.
K.S.A. § 66-1264 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1264
66-1264 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

66-1264. Definitions. As used in the net metering and easy connection act:

(a) "Commission" means the state corporation commission.

(b) "Customer-generator" means the owner or operator of a net metered facility that:

(1) Is powered by a renewable energy resource;

(2) is located on a premises owned, operated, leased or otherwise controlled by the customer-generator;

(3) is interconnected and operates in parallel phase and synchronization with an affected utility and is in compliance with the standards established by the affected utility;

(4) is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's own electrical energy requirements such that the customer-generator will fully consume the energy output or will deliver the remaining energy output and all other services to the utility; and

(5) contains an underwriter laboratories listed mechanism, approved by the utility, that automatically disables the unit and interrupts the flow of electricity back onto the utility's electricity lines in the event that service to the customer-generator is interrupted.

(c) "Export" means power that flows from a customer-generator's electrical system through a customer's billing meter and onto the utility's electricity lines.

(d) "Generating capacity" means the maximum amount of alternating current power that a customer generator's net metered system can produce.

(e) "Peak demand" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 66-1257, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Permission to operate" means the operational date of the customer-generator's net metered facility.

(g) "Renewable energy resources" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 66-1257, and amendments thereto.

(h) "Supplied" means power that flows from the utility's electricity lines through a customer's billing meter and into a customer-generator's electrical system.

(i) "Utility" means investor-owned electric utility.

(j) "Witness test" means a representative of the utility is on-site to measure or verify a specific setting or operational condition.
K.S.A. § 75-7409 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 74 / Section 75-7409
75-7409 - State plan for medical assistance, designated agency; cooperation with federal government.
Status: in_force

75-7409. State plan for medical assistance, designated agency; cooperation with federal government. (a) The department of health and environment shall be designated as the single state agency with responsibility for supervising and administering the state plan for medical assistance under the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., and amendments thereto. The department of health and environment shall develop state plans, as provided under the federal social security act, whereby the state cooperates with the federal government in its program of assisting the states financially in furnishing medical assistance and services to eligible individuals.

(b) The department of health and environment shall undertake to cooperate with the federal government on any other federal program providing federal financial assistance and services for medical assistance not inconsistent with this act. The department of health and environment is not required to develop a state plan for participation or cooperation in all federal social security act programs relating to medical assistance or other available federal programs that relate to medical assistance.
K.S.A. § 75-3001 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 30 / Section 75-3001
75-3001 - Beginning of political year; commencement of terms of state officers.
Status: in_force

75-3001. Beginning of political year; commencement of terms of state officers. The political year of the state of Kansas shall begin on the second Monday of January in each year; and the terms of office of all state officers, except where otherwise specially provided, shall commence with the political year next after their election.
K.S.A. § 65-28,108 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,108
65-28,108 - Same; construction and effect of act.
Status: in_force

65-28,108. Same; construction and effect of act. (a) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide and shall not constitute the crime of assisting suicide as defined in K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto.

(b) The making of a declaration pursuant to K.S.A. 65-28,103, and amendments thereto, shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from an insured qualified patient, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.

(c) No physician, medical care facility, or other health care provider, and no health care service plan, health maintenance organization, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan or nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation shall require any person to execute a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services.

(d) Nothing in this act shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in any lawful manner. In such respect the provisions of this act are cumulative.

(e) This act shall create no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a declaration to consent to the use or withholding of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition.
K.S.A. § 44-1212 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 12 / Section 44-1212
44-1212 - Other laws more favorable to employees not affected until specifically superseded.
Status: in_force

44-1212. Other laws more favorable to employees not affected until specifically superseded. On and after January 1, 1978, any standards relating to minimum wages, maximum hours, overtime compensation or other working conditions in effect under any other law of this state on the effective date of this act which are more favorable to employees than those applicable hereunder shall not be deemed to be amended, rescinded or otherwise affected by K.S.A. 44-1201 to 44-1213, inclusive, but shall continue in full force and effect until they are specifically superseded by standards more favorable to such employees by operation of or in accordance with K.S.A. 44-1201 to 44-1213, inclusive, or rules and regulations adopted hereunder.
K.S.A. § 12-1784 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1784
12-1784 - Same; services.
Status: in_force

12-1784. Same; services. Any city which has established a business improvement district pursuant to this act may provide or cause to be provided such services as will restore or promote the economic vitality of the district and the general welfare of the city, including: (a) The beautification of the district, such as by landscaping and plantings, fountains, shelters, benches, sculptures, signs, lighting, decorations and similar amenities, including the maintenance thereof; (b) the provision of special or additional public services, such as sanitation, the security of persons and property and the care and maintenance of public facilities, including sidewalks and other public areas; (c) the provision or financial support of public transportation services and vehicle parking facilities open to the general public, including the operation and maintenance of parking facilities which may have been established by the issuance of bonds and the levying of special assessments; (d) the development of plans for the general architectural design of public areas and the development of plans and programs for the future development of the district; (e) the development, promotion and support of community events and activities open to the general public; and (f) any other services which the city is authorized to perform and which the city does not also perform to the same extent on a city-wide basis.
K.S.A. § 84-7-603 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 7 / Section 84-7-603
84-7-603 - Conflicting claims; interpleader.
Status: in_force

84-7-603. Conflicting claims; interpleader. If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.
K.S.A. § 48-254 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-254
48-254 - isbursal of allowance by adjutant general.
Status: in_force

48-254. D isbursal of allowance by adjutant general. The adjutant general shall disburse the allowance provided above in accordance with such rules and regulations as he or she shall promulgate in payment of actual expenses incurred in maintaining and equipping a shooting range and grounds and equipment therefor, and in transporting competitors and range officers and assistants to and from the shooting grounds, and in furnishing mess at the shooting grounds and providing and keeping proper records, and for postage, telegrams and telephone messages necessary in organizing the annual state competitions and notifying contestants therefor and for equipment for the team selected, upon the filing of proper vouchers therefor.
K.S.A. § 84-2-107 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 2 / Section 84-2-107
84-2-107 - Goods to be severed from realty: Recording.
Status: in_force

84-2-107. Goods to be severed from realty: Recording. (1) A contract for the sale of minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or a structure or its materials to be removed from realty is a contract for the sale of goods within this article if they are to be severed by the seller but until severance a purported present sale thereof which is not effective as a transfer of an interest in land is effective only as a contract to sell.

(2) A contract for the sale apart from the land of growing crops or other things attached to realty and capable of severance without material harm thereto but not described in subsection (1) or of timber to be cut is a contract for the sale of goods within this article whether the subject matter is to be severed by the buyer or by the seller even though it forms part of the realty at the time of contracting, and the parties can by identification effect a present sale before severance.

(3) The provisions of this section are subject to any third party rights provided by the law relating to realty records, and the contract for sale may be executed and recorded as a document transferring an interest in land and shall then constitute notice to third parties of the buyer's rights under the contract for sale.
K.S.A. § 19-828 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-828
19-828 - Multijurisdictional law enforcement group.
Status: in_force

19-828. Multijurisdictional law enforcement group. Any county in the state of Kansas which borders another state, with the agreement of the sheriff, may enter into agreement with the political subdivisions in such other state's contiguous county to form a multijurisdictional law enforcement group for the enforcement of drug and controlled substances laws or for the prevention, detection or investigation of any terroristic activity. Such other state's law enforcement officers may be deputized as officers of the counties of this state participating in such an agreement and shall be deemed to have met all requirements of law enforcement training and certification required under K.S.A. 74-5601 et seq., and amendments thereto, if such officers have satisfied the applicable law enforcement officer training and certification standards in force in such other state. Such other state's law enforcement officers shall have the same powers and immunities as law enforcement officers certified and commissioned in Kansas while conducting investigations to enforce drug and controlled substances laws or engaged in the prevention, detection or investigation of terroristic activity with the multijurisdictional enforcement group.
K.S.A. § 14-633 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-633
14-633 - Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000 population; limitation; election.
Status: in_force

14-633. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000 population; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of not less than five thousand nor more than eight thousand and located in a county having a population of not less than eleven thousand nor more than fourteen thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular city primary or city election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting said question, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall declare by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 13-3104 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 31 / Section 13-3104
13-3104 - Same; powers to conduct system.
Status: in_force

13-3104. Same; powers to conduct system. The governing body of such city may make, ordain and establish all such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper for the conduct of the transit systems and for fixing and collecting all fares, rates and charges for services rendered.
K.S.A. § 65-903 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 9 / Section 65-903
65-903 - Use of bodies; burial.
Status: in_force

65-903. Use of bodies; burial. Such bodies shall be used only for the promotion of medical and surgical science within the state of Kansas. The remains after serving such purpose shall receive decent burial.
K.S.A. § 22-3214 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-3214
22-3214 - Subpoenas.
Status: in_force

22-3214. Subpoenas. (1) The prosecution and any person charged with a crime shall be entitled to the use of subpoenas and other compulsory process to obtain the attendance of witnesses. Except as otherwise provided by law, such subpoenas and other compulsory process shall be issued and served in the same manner and the disobedience thereof punished the same as in civil cases.

(2) All courts having criminal jurisdiction shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses from any county in the state to testify either for the prosecution or for the defendant and to direct law enforcement officers to serve subpoenas to obtain the attendance of witnesses at all proceedings conducted by the court anytime after the arrest of any person.

(3) It shall not be necessary to tender any fee or mileage allowance to any witness when he is served with a subpoena to attend any criminal case and give testimony either on behalf of the prosecution or the defendant.
K.S.A. § 13-462 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-462
13-462 - Same; officers, duties; bond of treasurer.
Status: in_force

13-462. Same; officers, duties; bond of treasurer. The board shall organize annually by the election from its membership of a chairman and a vice-chairman, and from its membership or employees a secretary and a treasurer. The officers shall have and perform the duties commonly belonging to their offices and as may be fixed by the board. The treasurer shall give a bond to the city, filed with the city clerk and approved as to form by the city attorney, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and to well and truly account for all moneys coming into his or her possession as treasurer.
K.S.A. § 39-943 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 9 / Section 39-943
39-943 - Penalties.
Status: in_force

39-943. Penalties. Any person operating an adult care home in this state without a license under this law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person who shall violate any other provision of this act or the requirements of any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
K.S.A. § 12-16,135 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16,135
12-16,135 - Severability.
Status: in_force

12-16,135. Severability. If any provision of this act* or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 17-629 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 17-629
17-629 - Power of corporations to hold stock in and aid similar corporations.
Status: in_force

17-629. Power of corporations to hold stock in and aid similar corporations. Any corporation or association which has power to construct, maintain or operate a dam, reservoir, sluices, ditches or canals, or either of them, for the purpose of irrigation, shall have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of shares of stock in any corporation or association organized for the same or similar purposes; and to aid such other corporation, association, or any county or other municipality or public corporation of any kind which has similar powers, in the construction, maintenance or operation of such works, by lending it money, or by guaranteeing, or acting as surety, for its indebtedness, or any part thereof, or by agreeing to pay in any manner or on any conditions, its indebtedness, or any part thereof, contracted for the purpose aforesaid, and shall have power in furtherance of any such guarantee, suretyship or agreement, to pledge its property, real or personal, and its franchises to secure the payment of any such debt, or any part thereof, of such other party.

The making of any such guarantee, suretyship, agreement, pledge or mortgage by the obligor shall be required to be authorized by a majority vote in favor of the proposition of the shares of stock in the corporation, or of the members of the corporation or association, if there be no shares of stock therein, making the same as such obligor, and also by a majority vote of its board of directors, at meetings called, upon at least ten days' notice, for the purpose of passing upon the proposition.