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K.S.A. § 41-2652 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 26 / Section 41-2652
41-2652 - Use of minors to determine compliance with law, limitations.
Status: in_force

41-2652. Use of minors to determine compliance with law, limitations. (a) Any person listed in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2) or (b)(3) may engage or direct a person under 21 years of age to violate the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act in order to develop a program or system which determines and encourages compliance with the provisions of such act prohibiting the furnishing or sale of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years of age or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by such persons.

(b) No person shall engage or direct a person under 21 years of age to violate any provision of the club and drinking establishment act for purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of such act unless such person is:

(1) An officer having authority to enforce the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act;

(2) an authorized representative of the attorney general, a county attorney or a district attorney; or

(3) a licensee or permittee under the club and drinking establishment act or such licensee's or permittee's designee pursuant to a self-compliance program designed to increase compliance with the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act if such program has been approved by the director.
K.S.A. § 72-1093 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 10 / Section 72-1093
72-1093 - Same; addition of sixth member district, when.
Status: in_force

72-1093. Same; addition of sixth member district, when. In the event that a new senior high school is constructed in such unified school district, the board of education of the unified school district shall provide for a sixth member district to be numbered "six," and one member of the board of education shall be elected from such member district at each succeeding regular election. Thereupon only one member shall be elected at large from the entire unified school district and such board member shall have in lieu of a position number the designation position-at-large. In the event that this section becomes operative, other provisions of this act shall be construed accordingly.
K.S.A. § 76-4,103 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4,103
76-4,103 - Center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops; establishment; duties; coordinator; annual report to legislature.
Status: in_force

76-4,103. Center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops; establishment; duties; coordinator; annual report to legislature. (a) There is hereby established at Kansas state university the center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops.

(b) Functions and duties of the center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Emphasizing research, education, outreach and marketing for sustainable agriculture and alternative food, fiber and medicinal crops.

(2) Assisting farmers increase the farmers share of the food system dollar.

(3) Collecting and analyzing basic information on the Kansas food system and opportunities for production and direct marketing.

(4) Focusing research on value added processes and new crops that offer low-volume, high margin niche opportunities.

(5) Assisting small farmers to access lower input costs through a delivery system with expanded access to sustainable agricultural practices.

(6) Marketing assistance to promote products produced and processed in Kansas.

(7) Expanding small farm research to include:

(A) Organic products;

(B) less capital intensive investments;

(C) energy saving technology; and

(D) agricultural practices that reduce soil erosion and restore soil health.

(8) Developing and distributing a guide of all state services for small farms and value added agriculture.

(c) Subject to appropriations, officials at Kansas state university shall appoint a coordinator for the center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops and fund operating expenses of such coordinator.

(d) A representative of Kansas state university center of excellence on sustainable agriculture and alternative crops shall annually submit a report to the chairpersons of the senate agriculture committee and the house of representatives agriculture committee concerning the center's research, funding and progress of programs.
K.S.A. § 66-1,195 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,195
66-1,195 - Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages.
Status: in_force

66-1,195. Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages. The commission shall have general supervision of all telecommunications public utilities over which the commission has control and shall inquire into any neglect or violations of the laws of this state by any such telecommunications public utility or by the officers, agents or employees thereof. From time to time, the commission shall carefully examine and inspect the condition of each such telecommunications public utility, its equipment, the manner of its conduct and its management with reference to the public safety and convenience. Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any telecommunications public utility from its responsibility or liability for damage to person or property.
K.S.A. § 23-37,401 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 37 / Section 23-37,401
23-37,401 - Application and construction.
Status: in_force

23-37,401. Application and construction. (UCCJEA 401). In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
K.S.A. § 21-5515 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 55 / Section 21-5515
21-5515 - Sexual extortion.
Status: in_force

21-5515. Sexual extortion. (a) Sexual extortion is communicating by any means a threat to injure the property or reputation of a person, commit violence against a person, or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person that is of a sexual nature or depicts such person in a state of nudity:

(1) With the intent to coerce such person to: (A) Engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse or conduct that is of a sexual nature; or (B) produce, provide or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaging in conduct that is of a sexual nature; or

(2) that causes such person to: (A) Engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse or conduct that is of a sexual nature; or (B) produce, provide or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaging in conduct that is of a sexual nature.

(b) Sexual extortion as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 7, person felony; and

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
K.S.A. § 40-5805 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 58 / Section 40-5805
40-5805 - Plan sponsor consent to delivery of communications by electronic means, when; requirements of health benefit plan.
Status: in_force

40-5805. Plan sponsor consent to delivery of communications by electronic means, when; requirements of health benefit plan. (a) The plan sponsor of a health benefit plan may, on behalf of health benefit plan covered persons, provide the consent to the delivery of all communications related to the plan by electronic means, otherwise required by K.S.A. 40-5804, and amendments thereto, and to the electronic delivery of any health insurance identification cards.

(b) Before providing consent on behalf of a health benefit plan covered person, pursuant to subsection (a), a plan sponsor shall confirm that such health benefit plan covered person routinely, at least once every 24 hours during the work week, uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment of such health benefit plan covered person.

(c) Before utilizing electronic means to deliver any plan communications or health insurance identification cards, the health benefit plan shall:

(1) Provide the health benefit plan covered person with an opportunity to opt out of electronic delivery and select United States mail as the preferred method of delivery for such health benefit plan covered person; and

(2) document that all applicable requirements under K.S.A. 40-5804, and amendments thereto, have been satisfied.
K.S.A. § 75-52,153 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-52,153
75-52,153 - Same; Kansas parole board abolished.
Status: in_force

75-52,153. Same; Kansas parole board abolished. (a) The Kansas parole board established by K.S.A. 22-3707 is hereby abolished. The prisoner review board shall be a continuation of the Kansas parole board.

(b) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing Kansas parole board are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the prisoner review board.
K.S.A. § 20-333 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 20-333
20-333 - Abolishment of office of judge upon death, resignation or retirement in certain cases.
Status: in_force

20-333. Abolishment of office of judge upon death, resignation or retirement in certain cases. Whenever under the provisions of this act* provision is made for the abolishment of the office of district judge in any judicial district, and the district judge holding any such office shall die, resign or retire during the four (4) years next preceding the date fixed for the abolishment of such office, such office shall be and is hereby abolished at the time of such death, resignation or retirement.
K.S.A. § 55-440 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 4 / Section 55-440
55-440 - ivil and criminal actions saved.
Status: in_force

55-440. C ivil and criminal actions saved. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against the director of taxation with regard to the petroleum products inspection law or by or against any officer of the state in such officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the transfers effected under the provisions of this act. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the secretary of agriculture or any officer affected.

(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state shall abate by the taking effect of this act.
K.S.A. § 75-1124 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 11 / Section 75-1124
75-1124 - Filing of certain audit reports; fund payment condition.
Status: in_force

75-1124. Filing of certain audit reports; fund payment condition. (a) A copy of each audit report with recommendations, if any, rendered by any licensed municipal public accountant or certified public accountant upon the completion of any audits provided for by K.S.A. 10-1208, 12-866, 13-1243 or 75-1122, and amendments thereto, shall be filed with the secretary. The municipality's circular A-133 audit report, if required under the provisions of the federal single audit act amendments of 1996, 31 U.S.C. §§ 7501-7507, along with any other audit related documents deemed necessary by the secretary, shall also be filed with the secretary.

(b) On and after January 1, 2015, the audits and related documents required under subsection (a) shall be filed electronically with the secretary in a manner directed by the secretary.

(c) The audits required under subsection (a) are due within one year after the end of the audit period of the audit unless an extension of time is granted by the secretary. If federal law, state law or municipal contract provisions requires the audit reports and related documents to be filed in a period of less than one year, the municipality audit reports and related documents shall be filed in accordance with such laws or contract provisions.

(d) Final payment to any accountant performing any audit required under subsection (a) shall not be made until a copy of the audit reports and related documents have been so filed with the secretary, and is evidenced by a document from the secretary acknowledging receipt of the audit reports and related documents.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon the filing of the audit reports and related documents as required under subsection (a), the municipality is not required to submit any audit reports or related documents to any other state agency, office or official.

(f) A copy of each report resulting from a review of municipal accounts using procedures as required by K.S.A. 75-1122, and amendments thereto, shall be filed electronically with the secretary within one year of the end of the municipality fiscal year for which the examination is performed unless an extension of time is granted by the secretary. Upon submission of the report, the municipality is not required to submit such report to any other state agency, office or official. Final payment to any accountant performing such an examination using agreed-upon procedures shall not be made until a copy of such report has been filed as shown by a statement of the secretary.

(g) For the purposes of this section, "secretary" means the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee.
K.S.A. § 19-243 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 19-243
19-243 - Violation of K.S.A. 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty.
Status: in_force

19-243. Violation of K.S.A. 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty. Any board of county commissioners, or any county commissioner, or county clerk, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or neglect or refuse to perform any duty herein imposed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, and shall, moreover, be removed from office.
K.S.A. § 21-5112 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 51 / Section 21-5112
21-5112 - Prohibition on ordering the victim of a crime to undergo psychiatric or psychological examination.
Status: in_force

21-5112. Prohibition on ordering the victim of a crime to undergo psychiatric or psychological examination. (a) In any prosecution for a crime, a court shall not require or order a victim of the crime to submit to or undergo either a psychiatric or psychological examination.

(b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
K.S.A. § 66-299 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 2 / Section 66-299
66-299 - Railroad enclosed with fence.
Status: in_force

66-299. Railroad enclosed with fence. This act shall not apply to any railway company or corporation, or the assignee or lessee thereof, whose road is enclosed with a good and lawful fence to prevent such animal from being on such road.
K.S.A. § 19-4610 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 46 / Section 19-4610
19-4610 - Powers and duties of board; bylaws; rules and regulations; expenditures and investments; hospital administrator contracts; employees, appointment, bond and benefit plans.
Status: in_force

19-4610. Powers and duties of board; bylaws; rules and regulations; expenditures and investments; hospital administrator contracts; employees, appointment, bond and benefit plans. (a) The board shall make and adopt such bylaws and rules and regulations for the management and control of the hospital as it deems necessary so long as the same are not inconsistent with this act, the statutes of the state of Kansas, the resolutions of the county and, if the hospital is located in a city, the ordinances of the city in which the hospital is located. The board shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures of all hospital moneys, except hospital moneys acquired through the issuance of revenue bonds, and all expenditures shall be subject to the approval of a majority of all the members of the board. The board is authorized to invest in any mutual insurance company organized by an association of health care providers to which the hospital belongs, enter into contracts with such company, pay any assessments pursuant to such contracts and arrange for the issuance of a letter of credit by any bank chartered by this state or which is a member bank of the federal reserve system. The board is charged with the supervision, care and custody of all hospital property. The board is authorized to enter into employment contracts to engage the services of an administrator or chief executive officer to manage the affairs of the hospital, to establish compensation for such services and to establish the terms of the engagement. The board may also require personal or surety bonds of all hospital employees entrusted with the handling of hospital moneys, such bonds to be in an amount to be determined and approved by the board.

(b) The board may establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans and any other employee benefit plans for hospital employees and may procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies covering one or more risks including, but not limited to, a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance or may provide for a plan of self-insurance for such purposes. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premiums for insurance or for the expenses incurred by the board under a plan of self-insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the employee.
K.S.A. § 84-9-804 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-804
84-9-804 - Security interest unperfected before effective date.
Status: in_force

84-9-804. Security interest unperfected before effective date. A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, becomes a perfected security interest:

(1) Without further action, on July 1, 2013, if the applicable requirements for perfection under article 9 of chapter 84 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, as amended by this act, are satisfied on or before July 1, 2013; or

(2) when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after July 1, 2013.
K.S.A. § 12-5902 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 59 / Section 12-5902
12-5902 - Same; city governing body; establishment, dissolution; board of trustees.
Status: in_force

12-5902. Same; city governing body; establishment, dissolution; board of trustees. (a) The governing body may establish a city land bank by adoption of an ordinance.

(b) The bank shall be governed by a board of trustees. The governing body may appoint the board. City governing body members may serve on or as the board of trustees. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(c) The governing body may advance operating funds to the bank to pay expenses of the board of trustees and the bank. Members of the board of trustees shall receive no compensation, but shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in attending meetings and in carrying out their duties as members of the board.

(d) The bank may be dissolved by ordinance of the governing body. In such case, all property of the bank shall be transferred to and held by the city and may be disposed of as otherwise provided by law.
K.S.A. § 14-1208 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 12 / Section 14-1208
14-1208 - City primary election ballots.
Status: in_force

14-1208. City primary election ballots. It shall be the duty of the county election officer in preparing the city primary election ballot to indicate clearly the names of all such candidates for the nominations for commissioner of finance and revenue and to indicate in like manner the names of all candidates for the nomination for commissioner of streets and public utilities. All candidates for the nomination for commissioner of finance and revenue shall be held to be candidates against each other and not be running against the candidates for nominations for commissioner of streets and public utilities. The candidates for nomination for commissioner of streets and public utilities shall be held to be candidates against each other and not to be candidates for the nomination of commissioner of finance and revenue.
K.S.A. § 74-32,183 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,183
74-32,183 - Severability.
Status: in_force

74-32,183. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of the Kansas private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act is found to be unconstitutional or invalid, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the act without such unconstitutional or invalid clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
K.S.A. § 79-5210 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 52 / Section 79-5210
79-5210 - Same; certain persons not required to pay tax.
Status: in_force

79-5210. Same; certain persons not required to pay tax. Nothing in this act requires persons registered under article 16 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or otherwise lawfully in possession of marijuana or a controlled substance to pay the tax required under this act.
K.S.A. § 72-5135 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 51 / Section 72-5135
72-5135 - Distribution of state foundation aid.
Status: in_force

72-5135. Distribution of state foundation aid. (a) The distribution of state foundation aid under this act shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts each year as provided in this section.

(b) (1) In the months of July through May of each school year, the state board shall determine the amount of state foundation aid that will be required by each school district to maintain operations in each such month. In making such determination, the state board shall take into consideration the school district's access to local foundation aid and the obligations of the general fund that must be satisfied during the month. The amount determined by the state board under this provision is the amount of state foundation aid that will be distributed to the school district in the months of July through May.

(2) In the month of June of each school year, payment shall be made of the full amount of the state foundation aid determined for the school year less the sum of the monthly payments made in the months of July through May pursuant to subsection (b)(1).

(c) Payments of state foundation aid shall be distributed to school districts once each month on the dates prescribed by the state board. The state board shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount due as state foundation aid to each school district in each of the months of July through June. Such certification, and the amount of state foundation aid payable from the state general fund, shall be approved by the director of the budget. The director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable to the school district treasurer of each school district, pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board. Upon receipt of such warrant, each school district treasurer shall deposit the amount of state foundation aid in the general fund of the school district.

(d) If any amount of state foundation aid that is due to be paid during the month of June of a school year pursuant to the other provisions of this section is not paid on or before June 30 of such school year, then such payment shall be paid on or after the ensuing July 1, as soon as moneys are available therefor. Any payment of state foundation aid that is due to be paid during the month of June of a school year and that is paid to school districts on or after the ensuing July 1 shall be recorded and accounted for by school districts as a receipt for the school year ending on the preceding June 30.