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K.S.A. § 65-3024 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 30 / Section 65-3024
65-3024 - Emissions fees.
Status: in_force

65-3024. Emissions fees. (a) The secretary may fix, charge and collect annual emissions fees in amounts necessary to pay the direct and indirect costs of administering the provisions of the Kansas air quality act. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations fixing such fees and shall periodically increase or decrease such fees consistent with the need to cover the direct and indirect costs of administering the program. To the extent possible, annual emission fees shall be based upon actual emissions determined pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary. For purposes of determining emission fees for a facility, emissions of any single regulated pollutant in excess of 4,000 tons per year shall not be included in the calculation when determining the total emissions from the facility.

(b) There is hereby established in the state treasury the air quality fee fund. Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the fund:

(1) Fees collected under subsection (a);

(2) any moneys recovered by the state under the provisions of this act, including permit and approval fees collected under K.S.A. 65-3008, and amendments thereto, administrative expenses, civil penalties and moneys paid under any agreement, stipulation or settlement; and

(3) interest attributable to investment of moneys in the fund.

(c) Moneys deposited in the fund shall be expended only for the purpose of administering the Kansas air quality act, including funding of a technical and environmental compliance assistance program, and for no other governmental purposes.

(d) On or before the 10 th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the air quality fee fund interest earnings based on:

(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the air quality fee fund for the preceding month; and

(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

(e) All expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for the purposes set forth in this section.
K.S.A. § 73-218 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-218
73-218 - Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return.
Status: in_force

73-218. Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return. An officer who is absent from an office or position while in military service shall not be entitled to any compensation as such officer during such absence. If the officer returns before the expiration of the period of the temporary vacancy created by the officer's absence, such officer shall be entitled to immediate possession of such office or position and, upon reassuming the duties of the office, to receive the compensation for the remainder of the term to which the holder thereof is entitled, subject to removal from office according to law.
K.S.A. § 55-1621 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 16 / Section 55-1621
55-1621 - ontractual obligations or rights not affected.
Status: in_force

55-1621. C ontractual obligations or rights not affected. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to amend or otherwise affect any contractual obligations or rights which may otherwise exist.
K.S.A. § 12-2005 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 20 / Section 12-2005
12-2005 - Same; application of act.
Status: in_force

12-2005. Same; application of act. This act shall apply to the granting of an original franchise or any renewal or extension of any existing franchise.
K.S.A. § 72-3824 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 38 / Section 72-3824
72-3824 - Secondary student work-based learning programs; liability protection for acts by or injuries to students.
Status: in_force

72-3824. Secondary student work-based learning programs; liability protection for acts by or injuries to students. (a) (1) A business that accepts a secondary student in a work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil liability for any claim arising from the student's negligent act or omission during the student's participation in the work-based learning program at the business or worksite.

(2) A business that accepts a secondary student in a work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil liability for any claim for bodily injury to the student or sickness or death by accident of the student arising from the business' negligent act or omission during the student's participation in the work-based learning program at the business or worksite.

(b) Except as provided by subsection (c), the school district shall be solely responsible for any loss to a student resulting from bodily injury or sickness or death by accident arising from any negligent act or omission on the part of the school district or business during the student's participation in the work-based learning program at the business or worksite .

(c) Nothing in this section shall provide immunity for the student or business for civil liability arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(d) "Work-based learning program" means a learning program that:

(1) Includes, but is not limited to, work study, on-the-job training, job shadowing, internships, clinicals, practicums, co-ops and industry-led service-learning projects;

(2) is incorporated into secondary coursework or related to a specific field of study;

(3) integrates knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with the practical application and development of technical skills and proficiencies in a professional work setting; and

(4) shall not include wages, salary or other compensation to the secondary student.

(e) "Business" means any city, county or township, including, but not limited to, a fire department or law enforcement office or department, public university, municipal university, community college, technical college or not-for-profit private postsecondary educational institution, corporation, association, partnership, proprietorship, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, organization or other legal entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, that:

(1) Has entered into an agreement with a school district for a work-based learning program; and

(2) directly supervises a student who is participating in the work-based learning program, either on the premises of the business or at another location.
K.S.A. § 40-2003 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 20 / Section 40-2003
40-2003 - Bond of unauthorized insurer before pleading in action; continuance; setting aside service.
Status: in_force

40-2003. Bond of unauthorized insurer before pleading in action; continuance; setting aside service. (a) Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall deposit with the clerk of the court in which such action, suit or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action; or (2) procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.

(b) The court in any action, suit or proceeding, in which service is made in the manner provided in subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 40-2002 may, in its discretion, order such postponement as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and to defend such action.

(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section is to be construed to prevent an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service thereof made in the manner provided in subsections (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 40-2002 on the ground either (1) that such unauthorized insurer has not done any of the acts enumerated in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 40-2002, or (2) that the person on whom service was made pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 40-2002 was not doing any of the acts therein enumerated.
K.S.A. § 72-3237 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 32 / Section 72-3237
72-3237 - Disability history and awareness; objectives, guidelines and goals.
Status: in_force

72-3237. Disability history and awareness; objectives, guidelines and goals. (a) The state board of education shall designate a period of time each school year as a time for disability history and awareness.

(b) The state board of education shall develop objectives and guidelines for disability history and awareness, for all grade levels, within the existing curriculum for history, social studies or other appropriate subject-matter curriculum. The components of disability history and awareness may include, but not be limited to, the events and time lines relating to the development and evolution of services provided to individuals with disabilities and information relating to the contributions of specific individuals with disabilities, including the contributions of acknowledged national leaders.

(c) The goals of disability history and awareness instruction include:

(1) Encouraging the better treatment of individuals with disabilities, especially for school-age children.

(2) Increasing attention to the prevention of bullying or harassment of students with disabilities.

(3) Encouraging the development of self-esteem in individuals with disabilities.

(4) Encouraging individuals with disabilities to obtain a postsecondary education which will empower such individuals to enter the workforce and contribute to their communities.

(5) Reaffirming the local, state and federal commitment to providing an equal opportunity for, and the full inclusion in society of, all individuals with disabilities.

(d) Each school district shall include disability history and awareness within the district's curriculum as deemed appropriate by the district.
K.S.A. § 40-275 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-275
40-275 - Advance or partial payment not admissible as admission against interest or admission of liability; credit; no recovery; limitation of actions.
Status: in_force

40-275. Advance or partial payment not admissible as admission against interest or admission of liability; credit; no recovery; limitation of actions. No advance payment or partial payment of damages, predicated on possible tort liability, as an accommodation to an injured person, or on his behalf to others, or to the heirs at law or dependents of a deceased person of medical expenses, loss of earnings and other actual out of pocket expenses, because of an injury, death claim, property loss or potential claim against any person, firm, trust or corporation, shall be admissible into evidence as an admission against interest or admission of liability by such party or self insurer, or if paid by an insurer of such party, as the insurer's recognition of such liability with respect to such injured or deceased person, or with respect to any other claim arising from the same accident or event. Any such payments shall, however, constitute a credit and be deductible from any final settlement made or judgment rendered with respect to such injured or deceased person. In the event of a trial involving such a claim, the fact that such payments have been made shall not be brought to the attention of the jury: Provided, If after an advance payment or partial payment is made as herein provided for, and thereafter it shall be determined by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that the person, firm, trust or corporation is not liable for an amount sufficient to satisfy the advance payment or partial payment, such person, firm, trust or corporation shall have no right of action for the recovery of any such a payment: Provided further, That the period fixed for the limitation for the commencement of actions shall commence on the date of the last payment or partial payment made hereunder.
K.S.A. § 2-2479 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 24 / Section 2-2479
2-2479 - Same; statewide education program on areas and plans.
Status: in_force

2-2479. Same; statewide education program on areas and plans. The secretary shall initiate a statewide program to educate the public on pesticide management areas and pesticide management plans. The secretary may use other state agencies as well as the Kansas cooperative extension service to disseminate this information to the public.
K.S.A. § 41-508 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 5 / Section 41-508
41-508 - Possession of untaxed liquor by retailer; penalty.
Status: in_force

41-508. Possession of untaxed liquor by retailer; penalty. It shall be unlawful for the holder of any retailer's license to receive or possess any alcoholic liquor upon which the gallonage tax levied by this act has not been paid. Any such licensee who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not more than $500, to which may be added not more than 12 months' imprisonment.
K.S.A. § 66-1,159 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,159
66-1,159 - Same; permit required prior to site preparation or construction; application; hearing.
Status: in_force

66-1,159. Same; permit required prior to site preparation or construction; application; hearing. No electric utility may begin site preparation for or construction of a nuclear generation facility or exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire any land in connection with site preparation for or construction of any such facility, without first acquiring a permit from the commission. Whenever any such electric utility desires to obtain such a permit, the utility shall file an application with the commission, setting forth therein that the utility proposes to construct a nuclear generation facility and specifying the description and the total number of acres of land that such utility contemplates is needed in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of such facility. Also, the electric utility shall file with the application documents and plans which indicate the total planned utilization of a proposed location for electric generation purposes and documents and plans for utilization of an alternative location or locations. In addition, the electric utility shall file with the application such documents pertaining to the construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed facility and such other matters deemed relevant thereto as may be required by rules and regulations of the commission. Thereupon, the commission shall fix a time for a public hearing on such application, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 180 days from the date the application was filed and shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, to determine the necessity for the proposed facility and the most reasonable location and size of the proposed facility. The commission shall fix the place for hearing, which may be in the county in which is located the major portion of the land which has been or is proposed to be acquired in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed facility. Such hearing may be held in Topeka.
K.S.A. § 65-6726 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 67 / Section 65-6726
65-6726 - Abortion based on gender; prohibited.
Status: in_force

65-6726. Abortion based on gender; prohibited. (a) No person shall perform or induce an abortion or attempt to perform or induce an abortion with knowledge that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion solely on account of the sex of the unborn child.

(b) (1) A woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced, or upon whom there is an attempt to perform or induce an abortion, in violation of this section, the father, if married to the woman at the time of the abortion, and the parents or custodial guardian of the woman, if the woman has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless, in a case where the plaintiff is not the woman upon whom the abortion was performed, the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.

(2) Such relief shall include:

(A) Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the violation of this section;

(B) statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the abortion;

(C) injunctive relief; and

(D) reasonable attorney fees.

(c) A woman upon whom an abortion is performed shall not be prosecuted under this section for a conspiracy to violate this section pursuant to K.S.A. 21-5302, and amendments thereto.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right to an abortion. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, a person shall not perform an abortion that is prohibited by law.

(e) Upon a first conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be guilty of a class A person misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be guilty of a severity level 10, person felony.

(f) If any provision or clause of this act or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the 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.

(g) For purposes of this section, the term "abortion" has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 60-5313 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 53 / Section 60-5313
60-5313 - Cause of action for violation of K.S.A. 60-5312.
Status: in_force

60-5313. Cause of action for violation of K.S.A. 60-5312. Any student or religious student association aggrieved by a violation of K.S.A. 60-5312, and amendments thereto, may bring a cause of action against the postsecondary educational institution for such violation and seek appropriate relief, including, but not limited to, monetary damages. Any student or religious student association aggrieved by a violation of K.S.A. 60-5312, and amendments thereto, also may assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in any civil or administrative proceedings brought against such student or religious student association.
K.S.A. § 9-593 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-593
9-593 - Consent order.
Status: in_force

9-593. Consent order. (a) The commissioner may enter into a consent order at any time with a person to resolve a matter arising under this act or any rules and regulations adopted or order issued under this act. A consent order shall be signed by the person to whom such consent order is issued or by the person's authorized representative and shall indicate agreement with the terms contained in the order. A consent order may provide that such consent order does not constitute an admission by a person that this act or rules and regulations adopted or an order issued under this act has been violated.

(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 58-1303 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 13 / Section 58-1303
58-1303 - Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

58-1303. Legislative intent. This act is intended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability by Title II and Title III entities. All facilities covered by this act are to be designed, constructed and altered to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with a disability.
K.S.A. § 72-2156 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 21 / Section 72-2156
72-2156 - Fees for initial license, renewal or duplication; disposition of moneys; expenditures from fees fund.
Status: in_force

72-2156. Fees for initial license, renewal or duplication; disposition of moneys; expenditures from fees fund. (a) Each application to the state board of education for an initial license, renewal of a license, a duplicate license or reinstatement of a license shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be established by the state board of education as provided by this section. Prior to July 1 of each year, the state board of education shall determine the amount of revenue which will be required to properly administer the provisions of article 21 of chapter 72 of [the] Kansas Statutes Annotated during the ensuing fiscal year, and shall establish the amounts of such fees for such year in the amount deemed necessary for such purposes. Such fees shall become effective on July 1 of each year. The state board of education shall remit all moneys received by or for it from fees, charges or penalties to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the teacher and administrator fee fund which is hereby created. Moneys in such fund shall be used only for the payment of expenses connected with the issuance, renewal, or duplication of such licenses, and for the keeping of records by the state department of education. All expenditures from the teacher and administrator fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board of education or by a person or persons designated by it.

(b) The certificate fee fund is hereby abolished. All moneys in such fund are hereby transferred and credited to the teacher and administrator fee fund.
K.S.A. § 43-165 — KS Code / Chapter 43 / Article 1 / Section 43-165
43-165 - Same; rules governing jury service, enforcement; unexcused nonattendance of juror, penalty.
Status: in_force

43-165. Same; rules governing jury service, enforcement; unexcused nonattendance of juror, penalty. Each judicial district of the district court may direct from time to time, the number of jurors to be summoned for said court, and how long they shall be summoned before their attendance shall be required, and may make such rules and orders as it may deem proper, touching the jury service of the court, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and may enforce the same by attachment and fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). Unexcused, nonattendance of a person summoned unless reasonable cause for such nonattendance be shown to the satisfaction of the court shall be punished by the imposition of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of unexcused absence.
K.S.A. § 65-1,205 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1,205
65-1,205 - Remittance of fees.
Status: in_force

65-1,205. Remittance of fees. The secretary shall remit all moneys received from the fees established pursuant to the residential childhood lead poisoning prevention act to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the lead-based paint hazard fee fund established in K.S.A. 65-1,206, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-1429 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 14 / Section 12-1429
12-1429 - Same; conditions; notice to nonresidents.
Status: in_force

12-1429. Same; conditions; notice to nonresidents. Whenever it is determined by the return of the sheriff of the county in which the cemetery is located that the owner or owners of one or more lots subject to K.S.A. 12-1428 are not residents of the county and cannot be found therein, the governing body may cause the notice required by K.S.A. 12-1428 to be published once in the official county newspaper and shall cause a copy of such notice to be served on the owner or owners thereof by registered mail addressed to their last known address. The notice shall specify a time for payment not less than 30 days after the completed service of such notice by publication thereof.