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K.S.A. § 21-6207 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 62 / Section 21-6207
21-6207 - Unlawful request for emergency service assistance.
Status: in_force

21-6207. Unlawful request for emergency service assistance. (a) Making an unlawful request for emergency service assistance is transmitting or communicating false or misleading information in any manner to request emergency service assistance including law enforcement, fire, medical or other emergency service, knowing at the time of such request there is no reasonable ground for believing such assistance is needed.

(b) Making an unlawful request for emergency service assistance is a:

(1) Class A nonperson misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) and (b)(6);

(2) severity level 10, nonperson felony when the person uses an electronic device or software to alter, conceal or disguise the source of the request or the identity of the person making such request, except as provided in subsection (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) and (b)(6);

(3) severity level 7, nonperson felony when the request for emergency service assistance made by the person includes false information that violent criminal activity or immediate threat to a person's life or safety or the public safety has or is taking place, except as provided in subsection (b)(4), (b)(5) and (b)(6);

(4) severity level 6, person felony when bodily harm results from the response by emergency services, except as provided in subsections (b)(5) and (b)(6);

(5) severity level 4, person felony when great bodily harm results from the response by emergency services, except as provided in subsection (b)(6); and

(6) severity level 1, person felony when death results from the response by emergency services.

(c) An offender who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for interference with law enforcement, K.S.A. 21-5904, and amendments thereto.

(d) It shall not be a defense that the person who suffers bodily harm, great bodily harm or death contributed, or others contributed to such person's bodily harm, great bodily harm or death.

(e) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for any form of homicide.
K.S.A. § 17-78,105 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 78 / Section 17-78,105
17-78,105 - Status of filings.
Status: in_force

17-78-105. Status of filings. A filing under this act signed by a domestic entity becomes part of the public organic document of the entity if the entity's organic law provides that similar filings under that law become part of the public organic document of the entity.
K.S.A. § 65-6505 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 65 / Section 65-6505
65-6505 - Qualifications for licensure.
Status: in_force

65-6505. Qualifications for licensure. (a) Speech-language pathologists or audiologists shall meet the following qualifications for licensure under this act:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), possession of at least a master's degree or equivalent in speech-language pathology or audiology from an educational institution with standards consistent with those of the state universities of Kansas approved by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations;

(2) completion of supervised clinical practicum experiences from an educational institution or its cooperating programs the content of which shall be consistent with the standards of the state universities of Kansas and delineated in the rules and regulations;

(3) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), completion of a postgraduate professional experience pursuant to rules and regulations; and

(4) passage of an examination in speech-language pathology or audiology pursuant to rules and regulations.

(b) Any individual seeking licensure as an audiologist on or after January 1, 2012, shall possess at least a doctorate degree or equivalent in audiology from an educational institution with standards consistent with those of the state universities of Kansas approved by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations. Any individual who possesses at least a master's degree or equivalent in audiology prior to January 1, 2012, shall be deemed to have met the educational requirement of subsection (a)(1) for licensure as an audiologist.

(c) Any applicant who possesses an audiology clinical doctoral degree shall be exempt from the requirements in subsection (a)(3).
K.S.A. § 74-536 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 5 / Section 74-536
74-536 - Grain and dairy inspection not affected.
Status: in_force

74-536. Grain and dairy inspection not affected. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or extending the authority conferred by law upon the chief inspector of grain, or the state dairy commissioner, nor giving any authority in regard to grain or dairy products, which will in any way conflict with authority heretofore conferred by law upon the said chief inspector of grain and the state dairy commissioner.
K.S.A. § 31-511 — KS Code / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 31-511
31-511 - Administrative procedure; judicial review.
Status: in_force

31-511. Administrative procedure; judicial review. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 31-510, and amendments thereto, proceedings under the Kansas fireworks act shall be conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act. Judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions under the Kansas fireworks act shall be in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
K.S.A. § 75-7423 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 74 / Section 75-7423
75-7423 - Medicaid and health care reform duties, outcomes.
Status: in_force

75-7423. Medicaid and health care reform duties, outcomes. The department of health and environment in consultation with [the] standing committee on public health and welfare of the senate and the standing committee on health and human services of the house of representatives shall consider as part of the health reform in Kansas various medicaid reform options including, but not limited to: The experience of other states, long-term care, waste, fraud and abuse, health opportunity accounts, tax credits, vouchers and premium assistance, and wellness as provided through the federal deficit reduction act of 2005, public law 109-171. Such medicaid reforms should result in improved health outcomes for medicaid recipients, long-term cost controls and encourage primary and preventive care which will result in cost savings for the state.
K.S.A. § 9-1909 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 19 / Section 9-1909
9-1909 - Claims to be filed within one year.
Status: in_force

9-1909. Claims to be filed within one year. All claims of depositors and other creditors must be filed with the receiver within one year after the date of the receiver's appointment, and if any claim is not filed, then the claim shall be barred from participation in the estate and assets of any such bank or trust company.
K.S.A. § 21-5802 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 58 / Section 21-5802
21-5802 - Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake.
Status: in_force

21-5802. Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake. (a) Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake is obtaining control of property of another by a person who:

(1) Knows or learns the identity of the owner thereof;

(2) fails to take reasonable measures to restore to the owner lost property, mislaid property or property delivered by a mistake; and

(3) intends to permanently deprive the owner of the possession, use or benefit of the property.

(b) Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake of the value of:

(1) $100,000 or more is a severity level 5, nonperson felony;

(2) at least $25,000 but less than $100,000 is a severity level 7, nonperson felony;

(3) at least $1,000 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 9, nonperson felony; and

(4) less than $1,000 is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) As used in this section, "property delivered by mistake" includes, but is not limited to, a mistake as to the:

(1) Nature or amount of the property; or

(2) identity of the recipient of the property.
K.S.A. § 46-159 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 1 / Section 46-159
46-159 - Legislator's absence from employment to be treated as continuous service for retirement purposes.
Status: in_force

46-159. Legislator's absence from employment to be treated as continuous service for retirement purposes. When a member of the legislature is or has been absent or on leave from such member's employment on or after January 1, 1977, due to attendance at a regular or special session of the legislature or at a legislative committee or subcommittee meeting authorized by law or by the legislative coordinating council, the period of time the member is so absent or on leave shall be treated by the member's employer as a period of continuous employment for which the member shall receive full credit as service for the purpose of any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or other similar periodic payment plan based on the member's service in employment.
K.S.A. § 66-1,217 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,217
66-1,217 - Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing; exception.
Status: in_force

66-1,217. Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing; exception. Every common carrier, except a motor carrier holding a certificate of public service, governed by this act shall be required to furnish reasonably efficient and sufficient service, joint service and facilities for the use of any and all products or services rendered, furnished, supplied or produced by such common carrier, to establish just and reasonable rates, joint rates, tolls, charges and exactions and to make just and reasonable rules, classifications and regulations. Every unjust or unreasonably discriminatory or unduly preferential rule, regulation, classification, rate, joint rate, toll, charge or exaction is prohibited, unlawful and void. The commission shall have the power, after notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, to require all common carriers, except a motor carrier holding a certificate of public service, governed by this act to establish and maintain just and reasonable joint rates when the same are reasonably necessary in order to maintain reasonably sufficient and efficient service from such common carriers.
K.S.A. § 75-4613 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 46 / Section 75-4613
75-4613 - Exemptions from application of part of act.
Status: in_force

75-4613. Exemptions from application of part of act. The provisions of this act, except K.S.A. 75-4608 to 75-4612, inclusive, shall not apply to motor vehicles of the highway patrol or to motor vehicles of any other state agency which, in the opinion of the secretary of administration, are specially equipped for the needs of such state agency.
K.S.A. § 16-1620 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 16 / Section 16-1620
16-1620 - Severability.
Status: in_force

16-1620. Severability. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this 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. § 60-2004 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 20 / Section 60-2004
60-2004 - Payment of costs not acquiescence in judgments so as to prevent appeals.
Status: in_force

60-2004. Payment of costs not acquiescence in judgments so as to prevent appeals. Payment of the costs of any action in any court in this state including, but not limited to, the payment of court reporter fees, shall not be considered an acquiescence in the judgment or any order of the court so as to prevent an appeal by the person or persons paying such costs. This act shall not apply to any pending question arising out of such payment heretofore made, but otherwise this act shall apply to all actions heretofore or hereafter filed.
K.S.A. § 60-4912 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 49 / Section 60-4912
60-4912 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

60-4912. Citation of act. K.S.A. 60-4912 through 60-4918, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the asbestos trust claims transparency act.
K.S.A. § 22-4528 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 45 / Section 22-4528
22-4528 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

22-4528. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 22-4501 to 22-4518, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 22-4519 to 22-4528, inclusive, shall be construed together and may be cited as the indigents' defense services act.
K.S.A. § 68-409 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 4 / Section 68-409
68-409 - Plans and specifications; display.
Status: in_force

68-409. Plans and specifications; display. Before advertising for bids for any contract as provided in the preceding section said secretary shall provide plans and specifications of the proposed work or improvement, which plans and specifications shall be displayed for the inspection of bidders at the office of such secretary and in the office of the county clerk in the county or counties where work is to be done at least fifteen days before the time for receiving bids.
K.S.A. § 21-5827 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 58 / Section 21-5827
21-5827 - Altering a legislative document.
Status: in_force

21-5827. Altering a legislative document. (a) Altering a legislative document is knowingly mutilating, altering or changing, otherwise than in the regular course of legislation, any act, bill or resolution introduced into or acted upon by either or both houses of the legislature of this state either before or after such act, bill or resolution has been signed by the governor.

(b) Altering a legislative document is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
K.S.A. § 25-4155 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 41 / Section 25-4155
25-4155 - Debts and obligations; statements required.
Status: in_force

25-4155. Debts and obligations; statements required. In addition to other reports and statements required by the campaign finance act, every treasurer shall make a statement of the amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by or to the candidate or candidate committee, party committee or political committee after every election, at times prescribed by the commission, continuing until such debts and obligations are fully paid or discharged.
K.S.A. § 74-1806 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 18 / Section 74-1806
74-1806 - Meetings of board; records; compensation and expenses; dual-licensed salon and barber shops; rules and regulations; employees.
Status: in_force

74-1806. Meetings of board; records; compensation and expenses; dual-licensed salon and barber shops; rules and regulations; employees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the board shall meet immediately after appointment and determine the policies of the board and may conduct any business that may be before such board. Thereafter, the board shall meet as required by law, at times designated by the board and on the call of the administrative officer. The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licensure and all licensees. Members of the board attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. The administrative officer, with the approval of the board, shall have authority to employ inspectors and office personnel as may be deemed necessary to administer this act, and shall provide and maintain offices. The inspectors so appointed shall perform all of the inspection duties of the board. All employees of the board shall be within the classified service of the Kansas civil service act, with the exception of the administrative officer, who shall be in the unclassified service.

(b) The chairperson of the board of barbering, with the approval of the board, may enter into an agreement with the chairperson of the board of cosmetology as to which board's inspectors shall inspect a dual-licensed salon and barber shop. Such designated inspectors shall perform all of the inspection duties of both boards, as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards and the sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148, and amendments thereto. Such designated inspectors shall be trained by both boards as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards.
K.S.A. § 22-3604 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 36 / Section 22-3604
22-3604 - Release of defendant pending appeal by prosecution.
Status: in_force

22-3604. Release of defendant pending appeal by prosecution. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a defendant shall not be held in jail nor subject to an appearance bond during the pendency of an appeal by the prosecution.

(2) The time during which an appeal by the prosecution is pending shall not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a defendant is entitled to discharge under K.S.A. 22-3402, and amendments thereto. For purposes of this section, "an appeal by the prosecution" includes, but is not limited to, appeals authorized by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 22-3602, and amendments thereto, appeals authorized by K.S.A. 22-3603, and amendments thereto, and any appeal by the prosecution which seeks discretionary review in the supreme court of Kansas or the United States supreme court. Such an appeal remains "pending" until final resolution by the court of last resort.

(3) A defendant charged with a class A, B or C felony or, if the felony was committed on or after July 1, 1993, an off-grid felony, a nondrug severity level 1 through 5 felony or a drug severity level 1 through 4 felony crime shall not be released from jail or the conditions of such person's appearance bond during the pendency of an appeal by the prosecution. The time during which an appeal by the prosecution is pending in a class A, B or C felony or, if the felony was committed on or after July 1, 1993, an off-grid felony, a nondrug severity level 1 through 5 felony or a drug severity level 1 through 4 felony case shall not be counted for the purpose of determining whether the defendant is entitled to discharge under K.S.A. 22-3402, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 74-607 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6 / Section 74-607
74-607 - Same; records; seal; copies as evidence.
Status: in_force

74-607. Same; records; seal; copies as evidence. Said corporation commission shall keep an accurate record of all its official acts, and shall also provide a seal. All process or certificates issued or given by the said commission shall be attested by its seal. Copies of the record of the commission, certified by the secretary and attested with the seal of the commission, shall be received in evidence with like effect as copies of other public records.
K.S.A. § 40-2,157 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,157
40-2,157 - Material acquisitions or dispositions of assets, defined; assets subject to act; information required to be disclosed.
Status: in_force

40-2,157. Material acquisitions or dispositions of assets, defined; assets subject to act; information required to be disclosed. (a) Acquisitions or dispositions of assets need not be reported pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 40-2,156, if the acquisitions or dispositions are not material. For purposes of this act, a material acquisition or disposition is one, or the aggregate of a series of related acquisitions or dispositions in a 30 day period, that is non-recurring, not in the ordinary course of business and involves more than 5% of the reporting insurer's total admitted assets as reported in its most recent statement of financial condition filed with the commissioner.

(b) (1) Asset acquisitions subject to this act include every purchase, lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, succession or other acquisition except the construction or development of real property by or for the reporting insurer or the acquisition of materials for such purpose.

(2) Asset dispositions subject to this act include every sale, lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, mortgage, hypothecation, assignment (whether for the benefit of creditors or otherwise), abandonment, destruction or other disposition.

(c) The following information is required to be disclosed in any report of a material acquisition or disposition of assets:

(1) Date of the transaction;

(2) manner of acquisition or disposition;

(3) description of the assets involved;

(4) nature and amount of the consideration given or received;

(5) purpose of, or reason for, the transaction;

(6) manner by which the amount of consideration was determined;

(7) gain or loss recognized or realized as a result of the transaction; and

(8) name or names of the person or persons from whom the assets were acquired or to whom they were disposed.
K.S.A. § 72-2221 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 22 / Section 72-2221
72-2221 - Recognition of employees' organization as representative; exceptions to required recognition.
Status: in_force

72-2221. Recognition of employees' organization as representative; exceptions to required recognition. (a) If professional employees of a board of education are not represented by a professional employees' organization for the purpose of professional negotiation, any professional employees' organization may file a request with the board of education alleging that a majority of the professional employees in an appropriate negotiating unit wish to be represented for such purpose by such organization and asking the board of education to recognize it as the exclusive representative under K.S.A. 72-2220. Such request shall describe the grouping of jobs or positions which constitute the unit claimed to be appropriate and shall include a demonstration of majority support through verified membership lists. Notice of such request shall immediately be posted by the board of education on a bulletin board at each school or other facility in which members of the unit claimed to be appropriate are employed.

(b) A request for recognition under subsection (a) shall be granted by the board of education unless:

(1) The board of education has a good faith doubt as to the accuracy or validity of the evidence demonstrating majority support; or

(2) another professional employees' organization files with the board of education within ten (10) calendar days after the posting of notice of the original request a competing request alleging majority support and asking the board of education to recognize it as the exclusive representative; or

(3) one or more of the professional employees included in the unit claimed to be appropriate files with the board of education within ten (10) calendar days after the posting of notice of the original request a competing request alleging majority support and asking the board of education to deny the request for recognition; or

(4) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully denied or withdrawn the recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative of the professional employees included in the unit claimed to be appropriate; or

(5) the secretary, within the previous twelve (12) months, has conducted a secret ballot election under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this section is amendatory, and the election resulted in a majority vote for no representation.