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K.S.A. § 72-6121 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 61 / Section 72-6121
72-6121 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

72-6121. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Juvenile" means a person who is less than 18 years of age;

(b) "adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older;

(c) "felony" means any crime designated a felony by the laws of Kansas or the United States;

(d) "misdemeanor" means any crime designated a misdemeanor by the laws of Kansas or the United States;

(e) "school day" means any day on which school is maintained;

(f) "school year" means the same as such term is defined in K.S.A. 72-5132 , and amendments thereto;

(g) "counsel" means any person a pupil selects to represent and advise the pupil at all proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of this act; and

(h) "principal witness" means any witness whose testimony is of major importance in support of the charges upon which a proposed suspension or expulsion from school is based, or in determination of material questions of fact.
K.S.A. § 59-30,254 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,254
59-30,254 - Communication between courts.
Status: in_force

59-30,254. Communication between courts. (a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this act. The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.

(b) Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records and other administrative matters without making a record.
K.S.A. § 50-656 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-656
50-656 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

50-656. Definitions. (a) "Authorized driver" means:

(1) The lessee;

(2) the lessee's spouse if such spouse is a licensed driver and satisfies the lessor's minimum age requirement;

(3) any person who operates the vehicle during an emergency situation; or

(4) any person listed by the lessor on such lessee's contract as an authorized driver.

(b) "Collision damage waiver" means any contract or contractual provision, whether separate from or a part of a motor vehicle rental agreement, whereby the lessor agrees for a charge, to waive any and all claims against the lessee for any damage to the rental motor vehicle during the term of the rental agreement.

(c) "Lessor" means any person or organization in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public. "Lessor" does not include a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2802, and amendments thereto, or a shared vehicle owner, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2802, and amendments thereto.

(d) "Lessee" means any person or organization obtaining the use of a rental motor vehicle from a lessor under the terms of a rental agreement. "Lessee" does not include a "shared vehicle driver" as defined in K.S.A. 8-2802, and amendments thereto.

(e) "Rental agreement" means any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of the rental motor vehicle by the lessee for a period of 60 days or less. "Rental agreement" does not include a vehicle sharing program agreement, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2802, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Rental motor vehicle" means a private passenger type vehicle or commercial type vehicle which, upon execution of a rental agreement, is made available to a lessee for the lessee's use. "Rental motor vehicle" does not include a shared vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2802, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 9-1611 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 16 / Section 9-1611
9-1611 - Bank or trust company acting as fiduciary may deal in manner authorized by instrument with company having control of bank or trust company.
Status: in_force

9-1611. Bank or trust company acting as fiduciary may deal in manner authorized by instrument with company having control of bank or trust company. Whenever the governing instrument of any trust authorizes a bank or trust company acting as fiduciary to engage in any of the following activities, such instrument shall also be deemed to authorize the bank or trust company to engage in the following activities, with any company which has or acquires control of such bank or trust company:

(a) Hold as a trust investment the bank's or trust company's own stock or obligations, or property acquired from the bank or trust company; or

(b) sell or transfer, by loan or otherwise, property held as fiduciary to the bank or trust company; or

(c) purchase for investment the stock or obligations of, or property from, the bank or trust company.
K.S.A. § 9-2321 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-2321
9-2321 - Forms; definition; request for review; review not approval or endorsement.
Status: in_force

9-2321. Forms; definition; request for review; review not approval or endorsement. (a) For purposes of this section, "form" includes:

(1) An instrument as defined in K.S.A. 9-2301, and amendments thereto;

(2) a transaction agreement between a fiduciary financial institution and a fidfin trust;

(3) any other documents executed by a fiduciary financial institution or a fidfin trust in connection with a fidfin transaction; and

(4) any document executed by a fiduciary financial institution or a customer in connection with the creation and management of an alternative asset custody account.

(b) The commissioner may, upon a written request from a fiduciary financial institution prior to a form submission, offer to review a form and reply with informational comments only. Such informational comments shall not, in any manner, constitute approval or endorsement of such form, and the fiduciary financial institution shall not represent that such form has been approved by the office of the state bank commissioner.
K.S.A. § 19-4477 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 44 / Section 19-4477
19-4477 - Assumption of powers and duties by agency; investigations; transfer of records and employees.
Status: in_force

19-4477. Assumption of powers and duties by agency; investigations; transfer of records and employees. On the second Monday of January next following the adoption of the provisions of this act and thereafter, the agency shall assume and shall exercise all powers, duties and responsibilities of the city marshal or chief of police and police officers of each city located within the county relating to the enforcement of state laws and ordinances of the cities located within such county, including the service of process issuing from the municipal court. The agency also shall assume the responsibility for the investigation of applicants for licenses to engage in or the business of selling cereal malt beverages, selling alcoholic liquor and operating private clubs in which cereal malt beverages or liquor is dispensed. Upon demand, the city marshal or chief of police of such cities shall transfer and deliver to the agency all records of the police department relating to the violation of laws of the state and ordinances of the city, together with the custody of all prisoners held for violations of ordinances of the city. On the date hereinbefore fixed for the transfer of law enforcement authority, those officers and employees of cities located within the county specified in K.S.A. 19-4476 who have not previously joined the agency shall become members of the department if they so elect: Provided, That such officers and employees shall have filed in writing with the director a request to transfer at least fifteen (15) days prior to such transfer date.
K.S.A. § 55-609 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 6 / Section 55-609
55-609 - Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-601 through 55-613; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

55-609. Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-601 through 55-613; disposition of moneys. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission is hereby authorized and directed to tax and assess against the parties involved in any hearing or application all or any part of the costs incurred therein and also, all or any part of the costs to the state incurred in making necessary investigations and in enforcing its orders under K.S.A. 55-601 to 55-613, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and divide such costs among the parties in such proportion as is just and equitable.

(b) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs taxed and assessed 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. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.

(c) Assessments imposed on the basis of a volume measure of production under the authority of this section shall be reported and remitted in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-4230, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 38-2501 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 25 / Section 38-2501
38-2501 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

38-2501. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2501 through 38-2507, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the adoption savings account act.
K.S.A. § 18-185 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-185
18-185 - Saline.
Status: in_force

18-185. Saline. The county of Saline is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the sixth principal meridian where the line between townships twelve and thirteen south crosses the same; thence south with said sixth principal meridian, to the north line of township seventeen south; thence west with said line, to the east line of range six west; thence north with said range line, to the north line of township thirteen south; thence east with said line, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 75-4601 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 46 / Section 75-4601
75-4601 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

75-4601. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "State agency" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 75-3701.

(b) "Passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers and having a gross vehicle weight of not more than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds.

(c) "Trucks" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and having a gross vehicle weight of not more than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds.

(d) "Gross vehicle weight" means the weight of a passenger motor vehicle or truck and any type of trailer in combination with either thereof, plus the maximum weight of cargo and passengers which will be transported on or with the same.

(e) "Motor vehicle" means a passenger motor vehicle or a truck.

(f) "Vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 8-126.
K.S.A. § 68-2102 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 21 / Section 68-2102
68-2102 - Contractor or municipality making improvement to place barricades and warning signs, when.
Status: in_force

68-2102. Contractor or municipality making improvement to place barricades and warning signs, when. Every person who shall have entered into a contract to make any improvement, or any municipality which has undertaken for itself the making of any improvement, shall, where the work so undertaken requires the closing of any highway or the rendering of the same impassable or dangerous to travel while such improvement is being made, place at the intersection of all highways leading thereto, barricades and warning signs, advising the public that the highway is closed or is impassable or dangerous to travel.
K.S.A. § 29-315 — KS Code / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 29-315
29-315 - Owner defined; notice; liability to tenant or occupant.
Status: in_force

29-315. Owner defined; notice; liability to tenant or occupant. The word "owner," under the provisions of this act, shall be held to include and apply to the occupant or tenant, when the owner does not reside within the county; and no proceedings under this act shall bind the owner, unless he shall be notified; but he shall be liable to the occupant or tenant for the cost and expense of erecting and maintaining, under the provisions of this chapter, any partition fence upon the line of his land, unless there in a special agreement to the contrary.
K.S.A. § 12-4004 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 40 / Section 12-4004
12-4004 - Same; meetings.
Status: in_force

12-4004. Same; meetings. The council shall meet as often as may be necessary to perform its duties and shall meet in each congressional district of the state at least once in each biennium.
K.S.A. § 68-2328 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 23 / Section 68-2328
68-2328 - Authority to issue refunding bonds; refunding freeway bonds.
Status: in_force

68-2328. Authority to issue refunding bonds; refunding freeway bonds. (a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding, either at maturity or in advance of maturity, any bonds issued under this act, any interest on such bonds or both bonds and the interest thereof. Such refunding bonds may either be sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being refunded. If sold, the proceeds may either be applied to the payment of the bonds being refunded or deposited in trust and there maintained in cash or investments for the retirement of the bonds being refunded, as shall be specified by the secretary and the authorizing resolution or trust indenture securing such refunding bonds. The authorizing resolution or trust indenture securing the refunding bonds may provide that the refunding bonds shall have the same security for their payment as provided for the bonds being refunded. Refunding bonds shall be sold and secured in accordance with the provisions of this act pertaining to the sale and security of the bonds. Any bonds that have been issued pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward the limit on the aggregate principal amount of bonds established under K.S.A. 68-2320(a) and (b), and amendments thereto, and such bonds shall not be subject to the limitations on the issuance of bonds established under K.S.A. 68-2320(c), and amendments thereto.

(b) When all bonds issued under article 23 of chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, have either been paid or the lien of such bonds shall have been defeased in accordance with their terms so that the bonds are deemed to have been paid, the secretary of transportation shall certify such facts to the director of accounts and reports and upon receipt of such certification the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all moneys in the state freeway fund to the state highway fund and upon such transfer all liabilities of the state freeway fund are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the state highway fund and the state freeway fund is hereby abolished. Upon the abolition of the state freeway fund, any reference to the state freeway fund or any designation thereof, in any statute, contract or other document shall mean the state highway fund.
K.S.A. § 75-443 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 4 / Section 75-443
75-443 - Business reports and documents, electronic filing; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

75-443. Business reports and documents, electronic filing; rules and regulations. The secretary of state, the secretary of revenue and the secretary of labor may adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of authorizing the electronic filing of reports, certificates or other documents which businesses may be required by law to file with such agencies pursuant to chapters 17, 44, 56 and 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 59-3511 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 35 / Section 59-3511
59-3511 - esting of ownership in beneficiary.
Status: in_force

59-3511. V esting of ownership in beneficiary. Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in transfer-on-death form, for which an application for a subsequent certificate of title has not been filed, shall vest in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the death of the owner or the last of the joint tenant with right of survivorship owners, subject to the rights of all lien holders.
K.S.A. § 12-3011 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 30 / Section 12-3011
12-3011 - Penalty provisions for incorporating ordinances.
Status: in_force

12-3011. Penalty provisions for incorporating ordinances. All such incorporating ordinances shall include a penal section or sections within the limits authorized by law to be provided for the violation of the ordinances of the city: Provided, That if the incorporated code or ordinance, state regulation or statute contains penalty provisions which the city may or must inflict or if the incorporated code or ordinance is based upon a statute whose provisions a city is specifically authorized to parallel in whole or in part by ordinance with the same penalties, such incorporating ordinance need not provide penalties.
K.S.A. § 74-581 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 5 / Section 74-581
74-581 - Transfer of powers, duties and functions to department and secretary of agriculture; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

74-581. Transfer of powers, duties and functions to department and secretary of agriculture; rules and regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, the following powers, duties, and functions of the department of health and environment, the secretary of health and environment, the division of health of the department of health and environment, the director of the division of health, and the office of laboratory services of the department of health and environment are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of agriculture and the secretary of agriculture:

(1) All powers, duties, and functions under the food service and lodging act, K.S.A. 36-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, relating to the licensing, inspection, and regulation of mobile retail ice cream vendors, food service establishments in food processing plants, or any combination thereof, and food service establishments located in retail food stores;

(2) all powers, duties, and functions under the food service and lodging act, K.S.A. 36-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, relating to the licensing, inspection, and regulation of food vending machines, food vending machine companies, and food vending machine dealers as those terms are defined in K.S.A. 36-501, and amendments thereto;

(3) all powers, duties, and functions under K.S.A. 65-688 through K.S.A. 65-689, and amendments thereto, relating to the licensing, inspection, and regulation of retail food stores and food processing plants; and

(4) all of those powers, duties, and functions under K.S.A. 65-619 through K.S.A. 65-687, and amendments thereto, that relate to the powers, duties, and functions transferred under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above.

(b) The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the powers, duties and functions transferred to and imposed upon the department of agriculture and the secretary of agriculture pursuant to paragraph (a).
K.S.A. § 80-2525 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 25 / Section 80-2525
80-2525 - Revenue bonds; procedure to issue; petition; election.
Status: in_force

80-2525. Revenue bonds; procedure to issue; petition; election. The board may issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring an existing hospital building or buildings and improving, remodeling or repairing and equipping the same, or for the purpose of acquiring a site, constructing, equipping and furnishing an addition to an existing hospital building, or for the purpose of acquiring a site, constructing, equipping and furnishing a new hospital building, separate and apart from an existing hospital building. Before any such bonds shall be issued, the board shall publish a resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds, stating the purpose for which such bonds are to be issued, and the amount thereof. Such resolution shall be published, once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the taxing district of the hospital. After publication, such bonds may be issued unless a petition requesting an election on the proposition, signed by qualified electors equal in number to not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the district, is filed with the board within 20 days following the last publication of such resolution. If such a petition is filed, the board shall submit the proposition to the qualified voters at an election called for such purpose and held within 90 days after the last publication of the resolution, and no bonds shall be issued unless such proposition shall receive the approval of a majority of the votes cast thereon. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided by the general bond law.
K.S.A. § 2-910 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 2-910
2-910 - National poultry improvement plan; cooperation in administration; powers and duties of commissioner; adoption of rules and regulations to establish annual fees.
Status: in_force

2-910. National poultry improvement plan; cooperation in administration; powers and duties of commissioner; adoption of rules and regulations to establish annual fees. (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to cooperate with the United States department of agriculture in the administration of the plan, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with that department therefor and may exercise and perform the powers, duties and functions prescribed for the commissioner under the memorandum of understanding and the plan.

(b) The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of establishing annual fees for plan participation and annual fees for obtaining certification to perform and receive testing and diagnostic services related to pullorum-typhoid or fowl typhoid pursuant to the poultry disease control act in accordance with K.S.A. 2-912 and 2-914, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 68-1901 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 19 / Section 68-1901
68-1901 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

68-1901. Definitions. When used in this act:

(a) "A controlled access facility" means a highway, road or street especially designed to expedite and control through and local traffic, and over, from or to which highway, road or street, owners or occupants of abutting property shall have only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air or view. Such highways, roads or streets may be opened to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, or they may be parkways from which designated vehicles shall be excluded.

(b) "Highway authorities" means the secretary of transportation and the board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any incorporated city acting individually or collectively.

(c) "Frontage road" means a highway, road or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for control of access to such other highway, road or street.