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K.S.A. § 65-2003 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 20 / Section 65-2003
65-2003 - Examination for license to practice podiatry; licensure qualifications; license by endorsement; recognized school of podiatry, criteria.
Status: in_force

65-2003. Examination for license to practice podiatry; licensure qualifications; license by endorsement; recognized school of podiatry, criteria. (a) Examinations for a license to practice podiatry in this state shall be held at the same time and place as the examinations held by the board under the Kansas healing arts act. All applicants for a license to practice podiatry under the provisions of this act: (1) Shall have attained the age of 21 years; (2) shall have completed at least four years of instruction in, and be graduates of, a school of podiatry which is recognized as being in good standing by the board; and (3) commencing with applicants for a license to be granted on or after July 1, 1988, shall have completed acceptable postgraduate study as may be established by the board by rules and regulations.

(b) Applicants licensed, registered or certified by a board of examiners of any other state or country whose requirements for licensure, registration or certification are substantially equal to those of this state in the opinion of the state board of healing arts may be granted, upon payment of the endorsement license fee established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2012, and amendments thereto, a license without examination.

(c) The board shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the criteria which a school of podiatry shall satisfy to be recognized as being in good standing by the board under subsection (a). The board may send a questionnaire developed by the board to any school of podiatry for which the board does not have sufficient information to determine whether the school meets the requirements of subsection (a) and rules and regulations adopted under this section. The questionnaire providing the necessary information shall be completed and returned to the board in order for the school to be recognized as being in good standing. The board may contract with investigative agencies, commissions or consultants to assist the board in obtaining information about schools of podiatry. In entering such contracts the authority to approve schools shall remain solely with the board.
K.S.A. § 27-111 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 27-111
27-111 - Federal improvement in Wichita.
Status: in_force

27-111. Federal improvement in Wichita. Laws 1886, chapter 122, section 1, included by reference. [The title to the act is as follows: "An act ceding jurisdiction to the United States over lots G, H, I, J, K and L, Market street, Griffinstine's reserve in Griffinstine's addition to the city of Wichita, Kansas, as a site for federal buildings."]
K.S.A. § 27-209 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-209
27-209 - Duty to furnish services in absence of agreement; property affected by act.
Status: in_force

27-209. Duty to furnish services in absence of agreement; property affected by act. No provision of this act shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of this state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States, as provided in this act, of the duty of furnishing for the benefit of a project all services which the political subdivision usually furnishes to property in, and to persons residing within, the political subdivision without a payment of sums in lieu of taxes. No such agreement shall be made as to any property unless such property is not subject to ad valorem taxation.
K.S.A. § 13-1270 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 12 / Section 13-1270
13-1270 - Same; utilities having bonded indebtedness.
Status: in_force

13-1270. Same; utilities having bonded indebtedness. The above power of cities to transfer funds from the gross operating revenue of the utilities, as conferred by this act, shall be exercised only as to such of their utilities, as have no general obligation bonded indebtedness. Any city or the board of public utilities or other managing boards of any city, where the utilities above mentioned are managed, operated and controlled by such boards, may place in their appropriate sinking funds from time to time sufficient moneys to pay the outstanding general obligation bonded indebtedness against the utility, including interest as such indebtedness matures. When this is done, funds from the gross operating revenue of the utility or utilities may be transferred in like manner as when the utility or utilities are free from general obligation bonded indebtedness.
K.S.A. § 74-49,209 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-49,209
74-49,209 - Retirement benefit options, election by member or spouse; determination of benefit.
Status: in_force

74-49,209. Retirement benefit options, election by member or spouse; determination of benefit. Any member who is first employed by a participating employer on or after July 1, 2009, may elect to have such member's retirement benefit paid under one of the options provided in K.S.A. 74-4918, and amendments thereto, in lieu of having it paid in the form stated in K.S.A. 74-49,205 and K.S.A. 74-4915, and amendments thereto, except that any such member or such member's spouse that elects to be paid a lump sum amount to be paid to the member upon retirement as provided pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4918, and amendments thereto, shall be paid in 10% increments and shall not exceed 30% of the actuarial present value of the benefit provided in K.S.A. 74-49,205 and K.S.A. 74-4915, and amendments thereto; and for any such member who elects any joint and survivor options provided in K.S.A. 74-4918, and amendments thereto, such member shall have such member's annual retirement benefit determined and then reduced by an amount recommended by the actuary employed by the system and approved by the board.
K.S.A. § 10-606 — KS Code / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 10-606
10-606 - Registration of bonds by designated fiscal agents; record; notice; coupons; transfers; assignments; forms.
Status: in_force

10-606. Registration of bonds by designated fiscal agents; record; notice; coupons; transfers; assignments; forms. The Kansas bank designated as the fiscal agent by the governing body of a municipality shall register any bonds payable at the office of the fiscal agent which the bondholder may present, for recording in a book kept for that purpose, showing the municipality issuing the bond, the series of the bond, the date, amount, number, maturity, the purpose for which the bond was issued and the name and post-office address of the bondholder. On registering any bond, the fiscal agent shall notify the municipality issuing the bond of its registration and the bond shall be payable on its maturity by the municipality through the fiscal agent. When the fiscal agent registers any bond, the registration shall be evidenced by notation to that effect on the reverse side of the bond, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made at the written request of the registered owner or a duly authorized agent in writing and similarly noted on the bond. The bond may be discharged from registration by being registered to bearer and thereupon transferability shall be restored. The bond may again be registered or be transferred to bearer as before. Registration shall not affect the negotiability of any interest coupons appertaining to any bond issued prior to the effective date of this act. The fiscal agent shall have printed forms for use in making such assignments which shall be delivered to persons desiring the same on request.
K.S.A. § 44-1813 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 18 / Section 44-1813
44-1813 - Responsibilities of licensees.
Status: in_force

44-1813. Responsibilities of licensees. It shall be the responsibility of a licensee to ensure that the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration and repair of an elevator is performed in compliance with the provisions of the state safety and fire prevention act, K.S.A. 31-132 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 76-172 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 1 / Section 76-172
76-172 - Funds of individuals in certain institutions; definitions.
Status: in_force

76-172. Funds of individuals in certain institutions; definitions. As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires, "institution" means:

(a) Any institution as defined by K.S.A. 38-2302, K.S.A. 75-5202 or 76-12a01, and amendments thereto;

(b) the Kansas state school for the blind;

(c) the Kansas state school for the deaf; and

(d) the Kansas veterans' home and the Kansas soldiers' home which are operated and administered by the commission on veterans affairs.
K.S.A. § 23-37,112 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 37 / Section 23-37,112
23-37,112 - Cooperation between courts; preservation of records.
Status: in_force

23-37,112. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. (UCCJEA 112). (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(4) forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(5) order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).

(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

(d) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
K.S.A. § 58-2101 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-2101
58-2101 - Recordation; fees of register of deeds.
Status: in_force

58-2101. Recordation; fees of register of deeds. Patents issued by the government of the United States, or copies of such patents properly certified from the general land office of the United States, and patents issued by the state of Kansas, or copies of such patents, properly certified from the office of the register of the state land office, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lands covered thereby are situate, and said register of deeds shall be allowed the same fees for recording such patent, or copy of patent, as he or she is allowed by law for recording deeds or other instruments in writing.
K.S.A. § 50-6,141 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6,141
50-6,141 - Unlicensed conduct as a bail enforcement agent; penalties.
Status: in_force

50-6,141. Unlicensed conduct as a bail enforcement agent; penalties. (a) The unlicensed conduct as a bail enforcement agent prohibited by this act* and K.S.A. 22-2809a, and amendments thereto, constitutes an unconscionable act or practice in violation of K.S.A. 50-627, and amendments thereto, and any person who engages in unlicensed conduct as a bail enforcement agent shall be subject to the remedies and penalties provided by the Kansas consumer protection act.

(b) For the purposes of the remedies and penalties provided by the Kansas consumer protection act:

(1) The person committing unlicensed conduct as a bail enforcement agent shall be deemed the supplier, and the person who is the victim of such conduct shall be deemed the consumer; and

(2) proof of a consumer transaction shall not be required.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the Kansas consumer protection act to the contrary, only the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee, may bring a civil action alleging a violation of the Kansas consumer protection act pursuant to this section. This section shall not be construed as creating or allowing a private right of action under the Kansas consumer protection act.

(d) In addition to any civil penalties provided by this section, a person who violates any provision of this section and K.S.A. 75-7e01 through 75-7e09, and amendments thereto, may be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for an offense under K.S.A. 22-2809a, and amendments thereto.

(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act.
K.S.A. § 65-2888 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2888
65-2888 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

65-2888. Invalidity of part. If any division, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or requirement of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each division, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or requirement thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more divisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or requirements be declared unconstitutional.
K.S.A. § 20-2914 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 29 / Section 20-2914
20-2914 - Vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection.
Status: in_force

20-2914. Vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection. (a) Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of district magistrate judge in any judicial district which has approved the proposition of nonpartisan selection of district court judges, or whenever a vacancy will occur in such office on a specified future date, the chief justice of the supreme court shall give notice of such vacancy to the chairperson of the district judicial nominating commission of such judicial district not later than 120 days following the date the vacancy occurs or will occur. The chairperson, in consultation with members of the commission, within five days after receipt of such notice, shall set a schedule for accepting nominations and conducting interviews for the purpose of selecting a person to fill such vacancy. Any person so selected shall have the qualifications prescribed by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 20-334, and amendments thereto, and in order to obtain the best qualified person as a district magistrate judge, the commission shall not limit its consideration of potential appointees to those persons whose names have been submitted to the commission or who have expressed a willingness to serve. The commission may authorize one or more members of the commission to tender an appointment to any qualified person in order to ascertain such person's willingness to serve if appointed. Any such tender of appointment shall be subject to final action of the commission under the conditions prescribed by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-2907, and amendments thereto.

(b) Any appointment made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be contingent upon the acceptance of such appointment by the person so appointed and, if such person is not regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas, the appointment shall be made on a temporary basis until such person has been certified by the supreme court as qualified to hold such office, in the manner provided by K.S.A. 20-337, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 17-4653 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 46 / Section 17-4653
17-4653 - Purpose; incorporators.
Status: in_force

17-4653. Purpose; incorporators. Five or more persons may organize a cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporation under the provisions of the renewable energy electric generation cooperative act for the purposes of conducting or promoting any lawful business under the general corporation laws of the state, generating electricity from renewable resources and technologies and transmitting and selling such electricity at wholesale.
K.S.A. § 21-5432 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 54 / Section 21-5432
21-5432 - Human smuggling; aggravated human smuggling.
Status: in_force

21-5432. Human smuggling; aggravated human smuggling. (a) (1) Human smuggling is intentionally transporting, harboring or concealing an individual into or within Kansas when the person:

(A) Knows, or should have known, that the individual is entering into or remaining in the United States illegally;

(B) benefits financially or receives anything of value; and

(C) knows, or should have known, that the individual being smuggled is likely to be exploited for the financial gain of another.

(2) Aggravated human smuggling is human smuggling that:

(A) Is committed using a deadly weapon or by threat of use of a deadly weapon;

(B) causes bodily harm, great bodily harm or disfigurement to the individual being smuggled; or

(C) causes the individual being smuggled to become a victim of a sex offense described in article 55 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or human trafficking as defined in K.S.A. 21-5426, and amendments thereto, or causes the person to commit selling sexual relations as defined in K.S.A. 21-6419, and amendments thereto.

(b) (1) Human smuggling is a severity level 5, person felony; and

(2) aggravated human smuggling is a severity level 3, person felony.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
K.S.A. § 47-850 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-850
47-850 - Immunity from civil liability for report or investigation, limits.
Status: in_force

47-850. Immunity from civil liability for report or investigation, limits. No person or entity which, in good faith, reports or provides information or investigates any veterinarian as authorized by K.S.A. 47-847 or 47-848, and amendments thereto, shall be liable in a civil action for damages or other relief arising from the reporting, providing of information or investigation except upon clear and convincing evidence that the report or information was completely false, or that the investigation was based on false information, and that the falsity was actually known to the person making the report, providing the information or conducting the investigation at the time thereof.
K.S.A. § 65-1,110 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1,110
65-1,110 - Establishments maintaining restroom facilities for the public; facilities to be available without charge.
Status: in_force

65-1,110. Establishments maintaining restroom facilities for the public; facilities to be available without charge. Every establishment, public and private, which serves or caters to the public and which maintains therein restroom facilities for the public shall make its restroom facilities available without cost or charge to the patrons, guests or invitees of such establishment.
K.S.A. § 27-327 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 27-327
27-327 - Surplus property and airport authority, certain cities and counties; purpose of act.
Status: in_force

27-327. Surplus property and airport authority, certain cities and counties; purpose of act. It is hereby declared that the purpose of this act is to promote the general welfare of the cities and counties affected by the provisions of this act, and to this end, an airport authority created pursuant to this act is hereby empowered to acquire, own, maintain, operate, improve and dispose of surplus real or personal properties of the United States, the state of Kansas or any political subdivision thereof, within counties to which the provisions of this act may be applicable, including, but not limited to, property which may be essential, suitable or desirable for the development, improvement, operation and maintenance of public airport facilities.
K.S.A. § 38-511 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5 / Section 38-511
38-511 - Land and buildings for farm.
Status: in_force

38-511. Land and buildings for farm. In every county containing a city the population of which is not less than 70,000, the board of county commissioners may, as hereinafter provided, procure the necessary ground within the county and erect and maintain suitable buildings and improvements for a juvenile farm for boys under 16 years of age who are deprived, wayward, miscreant, delinquent, children in need of care or juvenile offenders.
K.S.A. § 21-6116 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 61 / Section 21-6116
21-6116 - Severability of act.
Status: in_force

21-6116. Severability of act. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions of application of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the act are declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 66-535 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 5 / Section 66-535
66-535 - Tenant rights; sale or abandonment by railroad, procedure.
Status: in_force

66-535. Tenant rights; sale or abandonment by railroad, procedure. (a) If a railroad unreasonably refuses to renew a lease, whether or not the tenant is required to remove its improvements pursuant to the terms of the lease, or if a railroad terminates a lease pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of K.S.A. 66-533 and amendments thereto, the tenant under the lease shall not be ejected from the railroad land, unless and until the tenant is fully compensated by the railroad for the tenant's improvements.

(b) In the event any railroad land is sold, any lease shall be assigned to the purchaser as part of the transaction, and the purchaser shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the railroad under the lease and the provisions of this act.

(c) In the event any railroad land is abandoned by a railroad, any person establishing a superior right or title to such railroad land shall be deemed to be a successor in interest to the railroad for purposes of this act and shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the railroad under the lease and the provisions of this act. The tenant shall not be dispossessed by any such person unless and until the tenant is fully compensated by such person for the tenant's improvements, except that such person shall have the right to set off any obligation then due to such person from the tenant under the lease.

(d) Any dispute as to the amount of full compensation or as to a railroad's unreasonable refusal to renew a lease, shall be resolved in the manner provided in K.S.A. 66-534 and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 74-7033 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 70 / Section 74-7033
74-7033 - Engineering; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
Status: in_force

74-7033. Engineering; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, requiring licensure or the issuance of a certificate of authorization under K.S.A. 74-7036, and amendments thereto, to engage in the practice of engineering shall not be construed to prevent or to affect:

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the design or erection of any structure or work by a person who owns the structure or work, upon such person's own premises for such person's own use if the structure or work is not to be used for human habitation, is not to serve as a place of employment, and is not to be open to the public for any purpose whatsoever.

(b) Persons designing or erecting or preparing plans, drawings or specifications for buildings housing no more than two dwelling units in one contiguous structure or for agricultural buildings.

(c) Persons engaged in planning, drafting and designing of products manufactured for resale to the public.

(d) The performance of services by a licensed landscape architect in connection with landscape and site planning for the sites, approaches or environment for buildings, structures or facilities.