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K.S.A. § 60-4601 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 46 / Section 60-4601
60-4601 - Immunity from liability for owners of anhydrous ammonia.
Status: in_force

60-4601. Immunity from liability for owners of anhydrous ammonia. As used in this act:

(a) (1) "Owner" means:

(A) Any person who lawfully owns anhydrous ammonia;

(B) any person who lawfully owns a container, equipment or storage facility containing anhydrous ammonia;

(C) any person responsible for the installation or operation of such containers, equipment or storage facilities;

(D) any person lawfully selling anhydrous ammonia;

(E) any person lawfully purchasing anhydrous ammonia for agricultural purposes; or

(F) any person who operates or uses anhydrous ammonia containers, equipment or storage facilities when lawfully applying anhydrous ammonia for agricultural purposes.

(2) "Tamperer" means a person who commits or assists in the commission of tampering.

(3) "Tampering" means illegally transferring or attempting to transfer anhydrous ammonia from its present container, equipment or storage facility to another container, equipment or storage facility.

(b) A tamperer assumes the risk of any personal injury, death and other economic and noneconomic loss to such tamperer arising from such tamperer's participation in the act of tampering. Owners are immune from suit by a tamperer based on the tamperer's actions.

(c) Owners shall not be held liable or subject to a law suit for any negligent act or omission which may cause personal injury, death or other economic or noneconomic loss to any third party based on the tamperer's actions. The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2016.

(d) The immunity from liability and suit authorized by this section is expressly waived for owners whose acts or omissions constitute willful, wanton, reckless or intentional conduct.
K.S.A. § 40-2104 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 21 / Section 40-2104
40-2104 - Same; invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

40-2104. Same; invalidity of part. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
K.S.A. § 84-8-103 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 8 / Section 84-8-103
84-8-103 - Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets.
Status: in_force

84-8-103. Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets. (a) A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, joint stock company or similar entity is a security.

(b) An "investment company security" is a security. "Investment company security" means a share or similar equity interest issued by an entity that is registered as an investment company under the federal investment company laws, an interest in a unit investment trust that is so registered, or a face-amount certificate issued by a face-amount certificate company that is so registered. Investment company security does not include an insurance policy or endowment policy or annuity contract issued by an insurance company.

(c) An interest in a partnership or limited liability company is not a security unless it is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, its terms expressly provide that it is a security governed by this article, or it is an investment company security. However, an interest in a partnership or limited liability company is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.

(d) A writing that is a security certificate is governed by this article and not by article 3, even though it also meets the requirements of that article. However, a negotiable instrument governed by article 3 is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.

(e) An option or similar obligation issued by a clearing corporation to its participants is not a security, but is a financial asset.

(f) A commodity contract, as defined in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-102(a)(15), and amendments thereto, is not a security or a financial asset.

(g) A document of title is not a financial asset unless K.S.A. 84-8-102(a)(9)(iii), and amendments thereto, applies.
K.S.A. § 79-253 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 2 / Section 79-253
79-253 - Applicability of amendments to K.S.A. 79-201, 79-251 and 12-1749d.
Status: in_force

79-253. Applicability of amendments to K.S.A. 79-201, 79-251 and 12-1749d. Provisions added by amendments of this act to K.S.A. 79-201a and K.S.A. 79-251 and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12-1749d, and amendments thereto, shall not be applicable with respect to the exemption of property constructed or purchased by revenue bonds for which a city or county has issued a letter of intent, resolution of intent or inducement resolution prior to the effective date of this act or with respect to property exempted pursuant to section 13 of article 11 of the Kansas constitution by resolution or ordinance of a board of county commissioners of any county or a governing body of any city enacted prior to the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 66-1,131 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,131
66-1,131 - Duty of sheriffs, peace officers and county attorneys.
Status: in_force

66-1,131. Duty of sheriffs, peace officers and county attorneys. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs or other peace officers of any county or of this state to make arrests, and the county attorneys to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 72-2407 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 24 / Section 72-2407
72-2407 - Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

72-2407. Legislative intent. It is hereby declared that the legislative intent of this act is to provide for a systematic method for improvement of school personnel in their jobs and to improve the educational system of this state.
K.S.A. § 40-1503 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 15 / Section 40-1503
40-1503 - Application for insurance; premium; insured as members of company.
Status: in_force

40-1503. Application for insurance; premium; insured as members of company. Any person desiring insurance shall make application on blanks furnished by the company, and shall pay the annual premium in cash or by giving a note. If a note be given it shall be a lien on the property insured, when recorded as chattel mortgages are recorded. Every person who effects insurance in any company organized under the provisions of this article, and also their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, continuing to be so insured, shall thereby become members of the company during the period of insurance, and shall be bound to pay for losses and such expenses as accrue to the company and to maintain the reserve fund hereinafter required in proportion to the amount of the annual premium paid by such person. In companies organized under the provisions of this article all notes taken by them in consideration of premiums on their policies shall be assessable and collectible in part or in whole for the purpose of paying all losses and expenses that may accrue to the company and maintain the reserve fund hereinafter required: Provided, however, That such expenses shall in no event exceed fifty percentum of the premiums received by the company in cash and notes.
K.S.A. § 74-32,432 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,432
74-32,432 - Same; proration of insufficient appropriation for non-tiered grant aid, when; overpayments; underpayments.
Status: in_force

74-32,432. Same; proration of insufficient appropriation for non-tiered grant aid, when; overpayments; underpayments. (a) If the amount of any appropriation for non-tiered course credit hour grant aid is insufficient to pay in full the amount each technical college is eligible to receive, the amount appropriated shall be prorated among all technical colleges in proportion to the amount each is eligible to receive.

(b) If any technical college is paid more than the amount it is eligible to receive, the state board shall notify the technical college of the amount of the overpayment and the technical college shall remit the same to the state board and the state board shall deposit the same in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund, and if any such technical college fails to remit, the state board shall deduct the excess amount so paid from future payments becoming due to such technical college.

(c) If any technical college is paid less than the amount it is eligible to receive, the state board shall pay the additional amount due at any time within the fiscal year in which the underpayment was made or within 60 days after the end of such fiscal year.

(d) As used in this section, the term "non-tiered course" shall have the same meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 71-1802, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-879 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-879
12-879 - Same; employees for system.
Status: in_force

12-879. Same; employees for system. The city manager of such city may provide for the selection of employees reasonably necessary in connection with the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of such natural gas acquisition system, define their duties, regulate their compensation and provide for their removal.
K.S.A. § 72-6241 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 62 / Section 72-6241
72-6241 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

72-6241. Definitions. As used in this act*:

(a) "Accredited nonpublic school" means all nonpublic elementary and secondary schools accredited by the state board of education;

(b) "basic vision screening" means an age-appropriate eye testing program for each child that is implemented according to the most recent edition of the Kansas vision screening requirements and guidelines and includes referrals for eye examinations and necessary follow-ups;

(c) "board of education" means the board of education of any school district;

(d) "IDEA part B" means all statewide programs providing special education and related services to children with disabilities aged 3 through 5 in accordance with 20 U.S.C. § 1411, and amendments thereto;

(e) "school district" means any school district organized under the laws of this state; and

(f) "vision screener" means any school nurse, or the nurse's designee, or other person who is trained to administer a vision screening test to students in the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 80-942 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 9 / Section 80-942
80-942 - Conveyance of cemetery property to Tecumseh township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.
Status: in_force

80-942. Conveyance of cemetery property to Tecumseh township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund. (a) The township board of Tecumseh township in Shawnee county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Bethel cemetery association, with the consent of such association, the following described cemetery property and any improvements thereon:

Beginning at a point on the south line 20 feet west of the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 13 in township 12 of range 16 west of the 6th P.M., Shawnee county, Kansas, thence running north 27 rods, thence west 12 rods, thence south 27 rods to the south line of such quarter, thence east to the point of beginning.

(b) Upon the conveyance of the cemetery property under subsection (a), title to all such property shall vest in Tecumseh township, and the permanent maintenance fund, if any, together with any investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such cemetery shall be transferred to the treasurer of such township and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the township board shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund, if any; and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the township. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the township or may be invested in the manner provided for other township money, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.
K.S.A. § 65-28,124 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,124
65-28,124 - Visiting clinical professor license; issuance; qualifications; practice limitations; renewal; continuing education.
Status: in_force

65-28,124. Visiting clinical professor license; issuance; qualifications; practice limitations; renewal; continuing education. (a) There is hereby created a designation of visiting clinical professor license which may be issued by the board to a person who is qualified for a license for the practice of medicine and surgery on an active basis under the Kansas healing arts act. The application for a visiting clinical professor license shall be made to the board upon forms approved by the board and shall be accompanied with a statement from the chief administrative officer of the university of Kansas school of medicine at the university of Kansas medical center stating that the person is under contract with the university of Kansas medical center or one of the affiliated private practice foundations of the university of Kansas medical center to provide patient care and clinical teaching at the university of Kansas medical center or at one of the affiliated private practice foundations at the university of Kansas medical center and that the information on the application has been verified to be correct. Application for a visiting clinical professor license and for any renewal or reinstatement thereof shall be also accompanied by proof that the person has the professional liability insurance that would be required if the person were defined as a health care provider by subsection (f) of K.S.A. 40-3401 and amendments thereto in an amount of not less than the basic coverage specified under subsection (a) of K.S.A. 40-3402 and amendments thereto plus an amount of not less than the amount specified under OPTION 3 of subsection (l) of K.S.A. 40-3403 and amendments thereto, and by an affidavit that the person will maintain this professional liability insurance during the time that the visiting clinical professor license is valid. A visiting clinical professor license shall be valid only for the practice of medicine and surgery at the university of Kansas medical center or at one of the affiliated private practice foundations at the university of Kansas medical center. Physicians who are defined as full time physician faculty employed by the university of Kansas medical center under subsection (s) of K.S.A. 40-3401 and amendments thereto are not eligible for a visiting clinical professor license.

(b) The provisions of subsections (a), (d) and (e) of K.S.A. 65-2809 and amendments thereto relating to expiration and renewal of a license and the provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-2809 and amendments thereto relating to continuing education requirements shall be applicable to a visiting clinical professor license issued under this section.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.
K.S.A. § 12-4504 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 45 / Section 12-4504
12-4504 - Evidence.
Status: in_force

12-4504. Evidence. The rules of evidence prescribed in the code of civil procedure shall apply to this code.
K.S.A. § 12-3802 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 38 / Section 12-3802
12-3802 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

12-3802. Same; definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Industrial development bond" means an obligation issued by any local unit of government of the state under the authority of this act for the purpose of financing the acquisition of land, the acquisition or construction (including reconstruction, improvement, expansion, extension, and enlargement) of buildings and appurtenances, including but not by way of limitation industrial trackage and access roads, the purpose of such financing being primarily to sell or lease the property so financed to a private individual, partnership, or corporation for the conduct of manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and/or research and development operations, except municipal stadiums and theaters.

(b) "Local unit of general government" means a county or a city.
K.S.A. § 21-5505 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 55 / Section 21-5505
21-5505 - Sexual battery; aggravated sexual battery.
Status: in_force

21-5505. Sexual battery; aggravated sexual battery. (a) Sexual battery is the touching of a victim who is 16 or more years of age and who does not consent thereto, with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the offender or another.

(b) Aggravated sexual battery is sexual battery, as defined in subsection (a), under any of the following circumstances:

(1) When the victim is overcome by force or fear;

(2) when the victim is unconscious or physically powerless; or

(3) when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of mental deficiency or disease, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of the effect of any alcoholic liquor, narcotic, drug or other substance, which condition was known by, or was reasonably apparent to, the offender.

(c) (1) Sexual battery is a class A person misdemeanor.

(2) Aggravated sexual battery is a severity level 5, person felony.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (b)(3), it shall not be a defense that the offender did not know or have reason to know that the victim did not consent to the battery, that the victim was overcome by force or fear, or that the victim was unconscious or physically powerless.
K.S.A. § 80-2002 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 20 / Section 80-2002
80-2002 - Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs.
Status: in_force

80-2002. Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the township board of any township having a public water supply, shall have the power, in the manner and as hereinafter provided, to establish one or more sewage districts within such township, or any part thereof, which shall be designated as " ______________ township sewage district No. ______, ______________ county, Kansas." A sewage district so established shall be a body corporate, with authority to levy taxes and special assessments, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued in actions arising on contracts, and to establish, construct and maintain a sewage system for such sewage district and to issue bonds to pay therefor. The duly elected members of the township board shall be ex officio the governing body of such sewage district or districts, and each shall receive compensation for the time actually and necessarily spent in performing the duties required by this act. The amount of such compensation shall be determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.

All taxes and special assessments herein provided for shall be levied against property within such sewage district, and all bonds herein provided for shall be issued by such sewage district and shall not be an obligation of or lien against property in any part of the township which lies outside of such sewage district or against property in any other sewage districts in such township. The cost of the construction of all main, intercepting and outfall sewers and of all sewage disposal plants, and of the maintenance of the entire sewage system of such sewage district, shall be borne by the real property within such sewage district as a whole. The cost of the construction of lateral sewers within such sewage district shall be borne by the property benefited by such lateral sewers, by the organization of lateral sewer districts or otherwise as herein provided.
K.S.A. § 12-534 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 12-534
12-534 - Agreement by city to extend municipal services; consent to annexation by owner and successors; filing of agreement with register of deeds.
Status: in_force

12-534. Agreement by city to extend municipal services; consent to annexation by owner and successors; filing of agreement with register of deeds. Any written agreement entered into between a city and the owner of land proposed to be annexed by the city which conditions the delivery or extension of municipal water, sewer, electrical, gas or other services to the land, regardless of the size of the land, on the consent of the owner to annexation on a later date shall be deemed to be a sufficient consent to annexation under K.S.A. 12-520, and amendments thereto, by the owner and any successors in interest. Such agreements shall be filed by the city in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the land is located within 30 days after being executed by all parties. Any such agreement executed prior to the effective date of this act shall be binding upon the owner and any successors in interest if the agreement is filed by the city in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the land is located within 180 days following the effective date of this act; however, the failure to so file any written agreement within 180 days shall not make such agreement void or otherwise unenforceable.
K.S.A. § 58-4205 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 42 / Section 58-4205
58-4205 - Public policy regarding regulation of persons engaged in the manufacture, distribution, sale or installation of manufactured or mobile homes.
Status: in_force

58-4205. Public policy regarding regulation of persons engaged in the manufacture, distribution, sale or installation of manufactured or mobile homes. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to provide for fair and impartial regulation of those persons engaged in manufacturing, distributing or selling of manufactured homes or mobile homes and the installation of manufactured homes. The provisions of the Kansas manufactured housing act which are applicable to such activities shall be administered in such a manner as will continue to promote fair dealing and honesty in the manufactured home and mobile home industry and among those engaged therein without unfair or unreasonable discrimination or undue preference or advantage. It is further declared to be the policy of this state to protect the public interest in the purchase and trade of manufactured homes and mobile homes and the installation of manufactured homes, so as to insure protection against irresponsible vendors and installers and dishonest or fraudulent sales and installation practices.
K.S.A. § 16-1205 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 12 / Section 16-1205
16-1205 - Violations of act.
Status: in_force

16-1205. Violations of act. (a) It is a violation of this act for a farm equipment manufacturer to coerce, or attempt to coerce, any farm equipment dealer to accept delivery of any farm equipment, parts or accessories therefor, which the farm equipment dealer has not voluntarily ordered.

(b) It is a violation of this act for a farm equipment manufacturer: (1) To condition, or attempt to condition, the sale of any farm equipment on a requirement that the farm equipment dealer also purchase other goods or services; except that nothing herein shall prohibit a farm equipment manufacturer from requiring the dealer to purchase all parts reasonably necessary to maintain the quality of operation in the field of any farm equipment used in such dealer's trade area; (2) to coerce or attempt to coerce any farm equipment dealer into a refusal to purchase the farm equipment manufactured by another farm equipment manufacturer; or (3) to discriminate in the prices charged for farm equipment of like grade and quality sold by the farm equipment manufacturer to similarly situated farm equipment dealers, except that nothing herein shall prevent differentials which make only due allowance for differences in the cost of manufacture, sale or delivery resulting from the differing methods or quantities in which such farm equipment is sold or delivered, by the farm equipment manufacturer.