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K.S.A. § 74-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 15 / Section 74-1501
74-1501 - Board of examiners in optometry; appointment; qualifications; vacancies; removal.
Status: in_force

74-1501. Board of examiners in optometry; appointment; qualifications; vacancies; removal. The governor shall appoint a board of examiners in optometry for the state of Kansas, consisting of five members. Four members shall be selected after consideration of a list of four or more names for each appointment, submitted by the Kansas optometric association, or its successor. One member shall be a representative of the general public. No person other than the member representing the general public shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the board unless such person has been engaged in the actual practice of optometry in the state of Kansas continuously for five years and is a resident thereof. All members shall serve for a term of three years, but in no case shall any member be appointed for more than three successive three-year terms. In the case of a vacancy in the membership of the board for any reason, the governor shall appoint a successor of like qualifications to fill the unexpired term, and in making such appointment the governor shall give consideration to the list of persons last submitted. Each member of the board shall hold office until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. The governor shall have the power to remove from office any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency, improper or unprofessional conduct.
K.S.A. § 8-266 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-266
8-266 - Renting motor vehicle to another; record.
Status: in_force

8-266. Renting motor vehicle to another; record. (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed hereunder to operate such motor vehicle or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state of his or her residence, except a nonresident whose home state does not require that a driver be licensed.

(b) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until such person has inspected the license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented and compared and verified the signature thereon with the signature of such person written in his or her presence.

(c) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the license of said latter person and the date and place when and where said license was issued. Such record shall be open to inspection by any police officer or officer or employee of the division.
K.S.A. § 2-3202 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 32 / Section 2-3202
2-3202 - Certain agricultural activities not a nuisance.
Status: in_force

2-3202. Certain agricultural activities not a nuisance. (a) Agricultural activities conducted on farmland, if consistent with good agricultural practices and established prior to surrounding agricultural or nonagricultural activities, are presumed to be reasonable and do not constitute a nuisance, public or private, unless the activity has a substantial adverse effect on the public health and safety.

(b) If such agricultural activity is undertaken in conformity with federal, state, and local laws and rules and regulations, it is presumed to be good agricultural practice and not adversely affecting the public health and safety.

(c) An owner of farmland who conducts agricultural activity protected pursuant to the provisions of this section:

(1) May reasonably expand the scope of such agricultural activity, including, but not limited to, increasing the acreage or number of animal units or changing agricultural activities, without losing such protection so long as such agricultural activity complies with all applicable local, state, and federal environmental codes, resolutions, laws and rules and regulations;

(2) may assign or transfer such protection to any successor in interest; and

(3) shall not be deemed to waive such protection by temporarily ceasing or decreasing the scope of such agricultural activity.
K.S.A. § 58-2267 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-2267
58-2267 - Construction of act.
Status: in_force

58-2267. Construction of act. Nothing in this act shall be construed as preventing a mortgagee, lender, vendor, or holder from requiring insurance on the collateral for any financial transaction that is not otherwise specifically prohibited by law and exercising a reasonable privilege of approval or disapproval of the insurance provided for such purpose by the borrower, mortgagor or purchaser.
K.S.A. § 40-6001 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 60 / Section 40-6001
40-6001 - Risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act.
Status: in_force

40-6001. Risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act.

(b) The risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act provides the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) summary report with the insurance commissioner of the state of Kansas. The requirements of the act shall apply to all insurers domiciled in the state of Kansas unless exempted pursuant to K.S.A. 40-6006, and amendments thereto.

(c) The risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act and the ORSA summary report will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer or insurance group's identification of risks material and relevant to the insurer or insurance group filing the report. This information will include proprietary and trade secret information that has the potential for harm and competitive disadvantage to the insurer or insurance group if the information is made public. The ORSA summary report shall be a confidential document filed with the commissioner and shall only be shared as stated herein and to assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's duties. In no event shall the ORSA summary report be subject to public disclosure.
K.S.A. § 65-1126 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 11 / Section 65-1126
65-1126 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

65-1126. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 75-5145 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 51 / Section 75-5145
75-5145 - Same; unlawful to utilize or divulge information; penalty.
Status: in_force

75-5145. Same; unlawful to utilize or divulge information; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any debt collection agency, or agent or employee thereof, to utilize or divulge any such information other than for the purposes specifically authorized in the contract between the agency and the secretary of revenue, and any violation shall be a class B misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 75-5013 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 50 / Section 75-5013
75-5013 - Relationship of secretary and officers of Kansas City area transportation district and authority compact.
Status: in_force

75-5013. Relationship of secretary and officers of Kansas City area transportation district and authority compact. The secretary of transportation and officers of the Kansas City area transportation district and authority compact shall establish a relationship such that the secretary can provide assistance to such compact and such that the secretary is enabled to make appropriate recommendations concerning the functions of such compact.
K.S.A. § 84-9-513 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-513
84-9-513 - Termination statement.
Status: in_force

84-9-513. Termination statement. (a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and:

(1) There is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or

(2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.

(b) Time for compliance with subsection (a). To comply with subsection (a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:

(1) Within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or

(2) if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.

(c) Other collateral. In cases not governed by subsection (a), within 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if:

(1) Except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;

(2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;

(3) the financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's possession; or

(4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.

(d) Effect of filing termination statement. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-510, and amendments thereto, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-510, and amendments thereto, for purposes of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-519(g), K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-522(a), and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-523(c), and amendments thereto, the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.
K.S.A. § 25-2706 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 27 / Section 25-2706
25-2706 - Instructions, books and other materials; printing in foreign languages; responsibilities of county election officers and secretary of state.
Status: in_force

25-2706. Instructions, books and other materials; printing in foreign languages; responsibilities of county election officers and secretary of state. (a) The county election officer shall prepare and furnish copies of all registrations and all books, maps, instructions and blanks needed for the use and guidance of election boards and voters. County election officers may adopt such rules and regulations for elections as may be needed and not in conflict with state law or rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall be submitted to the secretary of state for approval.

(b) The county election officer shall furnish printed instructions to election boards defining duties of such officers and the law governing elections.

(c) (1) The county election officer shall furnish and publish on the website of the county election office:

(A) Printed instructions to voters;

(B) a list of voters' rights and responsibilities;

(C) a sample ballot;

(D) notification of the date of the election; and

(E) the polling place hours.

(2) Each of the items in paragraph (1) shall be posted in every voting place at every election.

(3) Wherever the secretary of state deems it advisable, all items listed in paragraph (1) shall be printed in English and in a language or languages other than English.

(d) The secretary of state shall specify the form and contents of instructions to voters, list of voters' rights and responsibilities and instructions to election boards. Such specifications shall be transmitted to county election officers and may be changed from time to time by the secretary of state.
K.S.A. § 17-5001 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 50 / Section 17-5001
17-5001 - Making, buying or selling certain guaranteed or insured loans; application of K.S.A. 17-5501.
Status: in_force

17-5001. Making, buying or selling certain guaranteed or insured loans; application of K.S.A. 17-5501. Without regard to any other provision of law, savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, banks, trust companies, insurance companies, and other organizations of this state authorized to make mortgage loans and whose mortgage lending is regulated by law are authorized to make or buy and sell any loan secured or unsecured, which is insured or guaranteed by the United States or any instrumentality thereof, or by this state or any instrumentality thereof, or for which there is a commitment to so insure or guarantee, or for which a conditional guarantee has been issued: Provided, That unsecured loans authorized by this section shall be made only for maintenance, repair, modernization, alteration and improvement and the payment of delinquent indebtedness, taxes, or assessments on property owned by borrower: And provided further, That any such above described insured or guaranteed loans made by a savings and loan association, or a building and loan association, or a savings association, shall nevertheless remain subject to the limitations of loans to officers, directors and employees as provided in subsection (j) of K.S.A. 17-5501.
K.S.A. § 84-4-202 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 4 / Section 84-4-202
84-4-202 - Responsibility for collection or return; when action timely.
Status: in_force

84-4-202. Responsibility for collection or return; when action timely. (a) A collecting bank must exercise ordinary care in:

(1) Presenting an item or sending it for presentment;

(2) sending notice of dishonor or nonpayment or returning an item other than a documentary draft to the bank's transferor after learning that the item has not been paid or accepted, as the case may be;

(3) settling for an item when the bank receives final settlement; and

(4) notifying its transferor of any loss or delay in transit within a reasonable time after discovery thereof.

(b) A collecting bank exercises ordinary care under subsection (a) by taking proper action before its midnight deadline following receipt of an item, notice, or settlement. Taking proper action within a reasonably longer time may constitute the exercise of ordinary care, but the bank has the burden of establishing timeliness.

(c) Subject to subsection (a)(1), a bank is not liable for the insolvency, neglect, misconduct, mistake, or default of another bank or person or for loss or destruction of an item in the possession of others or in transit.
K.S.A. § 8-1,166 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1,166
8-1,166 - Families of the fallen license plate; requirements.
Status: in_force

8-1,166. Families of the fallen license plate; requirements. (a) On and after January 1, 2012, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle, with the designation "families of the fallen." Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.

(b) Any person who is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel pursuant to subsection (a). Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.

(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.

(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person's residence.

(e) The families of the fallen license plate shall have a gold star design printed on the plate.

(f) As used in this section, "department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel" means any person entitled to receive the gold star lapel button under 10 U.S.C. § 1126 or the lapel button for next of kin of deceased personnel.
K.S.A. § 74-32,416 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,416
74-32,416 - Transfers from operating fund authorized; operating budget, certain prohibitions.
Status: in_force

74-32,416. Transfers from operating fund authorized; operating budget, certain prohibitions. (a) In addition to other transfers authorized by law, the board of any area vocational-technical school may transfer moneys from its operating fund to its vocational education capital outlay fund. The amount of any such transfer shall not be considered as part of the operating budget of an area vocational-technical school.

(b) Amounts received by a school under authority of this act shall not be included in the operating budget of said school.
K.S.A. § 79-4501 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 45 / Section 79-4501
79-4501 - Homestead property tax refund act; title and purpose of act.
Status: in_force

79-4501. Homestead property tax refund act; title and purpose of act. The title of this act shall be the homestead property tax refund act. The purpose of this act shall be to provide ad valorem tax refunds to: (a) Certain persons who are of qualifying age who own their homestead; (b) certain persons who have a disability, who own their homestead; and (c) certain persons other than persons included under the provisions of (a) or (b) who have low incomes and dependent children and own their homestead.
K.S.A. § 23-3320 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 33 / Section 23-3320
23-3320 - Expense of facilitating visitation.
Status: in_force

23-3320. Expense of facilitating visitation. (a) The expense of facilitating visitation, including the expense of transportation, shall be paid by the nonparent unless the court determines justice and equity require otherwise.

(b) The nonparent shall pay for services ordered under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 23-3314, and amendments thereto, unless the court determines that justice and equity require otherwise.

(c) Costs and reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded to the parent or person acting as a parent unless the court determines that justice and equity require otherwise.
K.S.A. § 65-173 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-173
65-173 - Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty.
Status: in_force

65-173. Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty. The secretary of health and environment is hereby directed and empowered to inspect or cause to be inspected the places mentioned in K.S.A. 65-172, or any amendments thereto, and to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to safeguard the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases; and any person violating any such rules or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50) nor less than five dollars ($5).
K.S.A. § 27-108 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 27-108
27-108 - Federal buildings in city of Leavenworth.
Status: in_force

27-108. Federal buildings in city of Leavenworth. Laws 1883, chapter 43, section 1, included by reference. [The title to the act is as follows: "An act ceding jurisdiction to the United States over any lots and grounds which may be selected as a site for federal buildings in Leavenworth city, Kansas."]
K.S.A. § 74-3221 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-3221
74-3221 - Reciprocal agreements by board of regents with governing boards of colleges and universities in other states or countries for pursuing courses of collegiate, graduate or professional study; terms; cancellation; approval of governor.
Status: in_force

74-3221. Reciprocal agreements by board of regents with governing boards of colleges and universities in other states or countries for pursuing courses of collegiate, graduate or professional study; terms; cancellation; approval of governor. (a) The state board of regents may make reciprocal agreements with the authorized officials having control and supervision of one or more universities or colleges located in other states, territories or countries. Any such agreement shall provide that residents of the state of Kansas will be admitted to one or more specified universities or colleges located in such other state, territory or country for the purpose of pursuing courses of collegiate, graduate or professional study and that residents of such other state, territory or country will be admitted to one or more specified institutions under the state board of regents for the same purpose. Any such agreement may provide that residents of the state of Kansas will be admitted to such university or college in such other state, territory or country upon payment of tuition and fees applicable to residents of such other state, territory or country on the condition that like privileges will be granted to residents of such other state, territory or country upon admission to such institution under control of the state board of regents. Any such agreement may limit the maximum number of students to be admitted under such agreement to any one or more specified universities or colleges or institutions in specific periods of time. Any such agreement may contain such additional provisions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention of this act.

(b) Any agreement made under this act shall provide that such agreement may be cancelled effective not more than one year after notice in writing is given by the state board of regents to the proper authorities of the other party or parties to the agreement or by notice under the same conditions from the officials of any other party to the agreement given to the state board of regents. Every agreement made under this act shall be signed by the chairperson of the state board of regents and shall be approved by the governor.