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K.S.A. § 75-7433 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 74 / Section 75-7433
75-7433 - Association assistance plan; association assistance plan fund.
Status: in_force

75-7433. Association assistance plan; association assistance plan fund. (a) The secretary of health and environment is hereby authorized to make grants or no interest loans for the purpose of financing the initial costs associated with the forming and organizing of associations to assist members of the association to obtain access to quality and affordable health care plans. Such grants or loans may be used to pay for actuarial or feasibility studies.

(b) Such grants and loans shall be made upon such terms and conditions as the secretary of health and environment may deem appropriate, except that: (1) Such loans shall be made interest free and with recourse, and (2) the association shall provide a match for such grant or loan. Such grants and loans shall be made from funds credited to the association assistance plan fund.

(c) There is hereby established in the state treasury the association assistance plan fund. The secretary of health and environment shall administer such fund and expenditures from the association assistance plan fund for the purpose of providing grants and no interest loans in accordance with this section. All expenditures from the association assistance plan 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 of health and environment or the designee of the secretary.

(d) On July 1, 2007, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $500,000 from the state general fund to the association assistance plan fund.

(e) On or before the 10 th day of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the association assistance plan fund interest earnings based on:

(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the association assistance plan fund for the preceding month; and

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

(f) For the purpose of this section:

(1) "Association" means a small business or an organization of persons having a common interest; and

(2) "small business" means any business that employs 50 or less employees.

(g) The secretary of health and environment may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

(h) Any health care plans offered through any association funded in whole or in part with grants or loans pursuant to this section shall be underwritten by an insurance company or health maintenance organization that holds a valid Kansas certificate of authority as verified by the commissioner of insurance and any such association shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 40-2209, 40-2209a through 40-2209p and 40-2222, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 13-2422 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 24 / Section 13-2422
13-2422 - Same; rates for water; how determined; sinking fund.
Status: in_force

13-2422. Same; rates for water; how determined; sinking fund. The waterworks board shall fix such rates for water furnished to consumers as will secure an income sufficient to pay all salaries and wages of all officers and employees in such department; to cover the cost of all materials and supplies used in the operation of the plant; to cover the cost of all repairs; to cover all miscellaneous expenses; to pay all interest charges upon all indebtedness of the city created for the purpose of purchasing, improving or extending the waterworks, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient for the purpose of paying off such indebtedness at maturity, and to cover the cost of all repairs and renewals of the plant and all material used, together with a reasonable allowance for emergency and unforeseen expenses: Provided, That the waterworks board may fix special rates for water furnished to the governing body of the city for public purposes, or to organized institutions of charity.
K.S.A. § 73-2503 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 25 / Section 73-2503
73-2503 - Submission of final design for approval.
Status: in_force

73-2503. Submission of final design for approval. If design candidate finalists are submitted to an election pursuant to K.S.A. 73-2502, and amendments thereto, the governor shall submit the design selected by vote of Kansas high school students to the United States mint for presentment to the secretary of treasury for final approval.
K.S.A. § 80-2504 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 25 / Section 80-2504
80-2504 - Same; hospital board; election; notice; term; annual meeting.
Status: in_force

80-2504. Same; hospital board; election; notice; term; annual meeting. Upon the establishment of a hospital district, the board of county commissioners shall cause a notice to be published, once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital district stating that a meeting of the qualified electors of such hospital district will be held at the time and place fixed in the notice for the purpose of electing the first board for such district. The last publication of such notice shall be made not more than six days prior to the date fixed for the holding of the meeting. The cost of such publication shall be borne equally by the political subdivisions joining in the establishment of the hospital district and paid from the respective general funds thereof. At the time and place fixed for the holding of the meeting, the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or a person designated by the chairperson, shall call such meeting to order and the qualified electors of the hospital district shall proceed to elect a chairperson and a secretary for the meeting. Thereupon, the qualified electors shall proceed to:

(a) Provide for the establishment of a board to be vested with the management and control of the hospital and fix the number of members thereof in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 80-2506;

(b) elect by ballot the members of the first board to serve for designated terms of one, two and three years and until the selection and qualification of their successors who shall be selected in a manner to be determined at the meeting; and

(c) determine the date, time and place of annual meetings of the qualified electors which date, time and place shall be incorporated into the bylaws adopted by the board.
K.S.A. § 58-2545 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 25 / Section 58-2545
58-2545 - Rental agreement; terms and conditions in absence thereof.
Status: in_force

58-2545. Rental agreement; terms and conditions in absence thereof. (a) The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement, terms and conditions not prohibited by this act or other rule of law, including rent, term of the agreement and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties.

(b) In absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit.

(c) Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit, and periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one (1) month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month. Unless otherwise agreed, rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day-to-day.

(d) Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy shall be week-to-week, in the case of a roomer who pays weekly rent, and in all other cases month-to-month.
K.S.A. § 74-615 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6 / Section 74-615
74-615 - State corporation commission; director of transportation division in unclassified service.
Status: in_force

74-615. State corporation commission; director of transportation division in unclassified service. The director of the transportation division of the state corporation commission shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.
K.S.A. § 22-4618 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 46 / Section 22-4618
22-4618 - Reporting of sexually violent crimes and pornographic materials.
Status: in_force

22-4618. Reporting of sexually violent crimes and pornographic materials. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Nudity" means the showing, unclothed or with less than a fully opaque covering, of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.

(2) "Pornographic materials" means sexual devices or books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, films, motion pictures, video presentations, computer-generated images or pictures, slides or other visual representations, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical or other means, which depict, describe or simulate sexually explicit conduct or nudity.

(3) "Sexually explicit conduct" means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, sodomy, sadomasochistic abuse or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttocks or with a human female's breast.

(4) "Sexually violent crime" means the same as in K.S.A. 22-4902, and amendments thereto.

(b) The Kansas bureau of investigation will work with the office of the attorney general and with state and local law enforcement to identify a process to uniformly report data to the central repository enabling the production of a report generated at least annually to identify the total number of sexually violent crimes reported and the number of such crimes where pornographic materials are seized or documented as evidence. This process shall be in place within one year of the implementation of a capable central repository system.

(c) Reports of materials found pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) shall be used for statistical purposes only.

(d) Upon implementation of a central repository system, the Kansas bureau of investigation shall:

(1) Make the necessary changes to the Kansas standard offense report and the Kansas incident based reporting system handbook; and

(2) promulgate rules and regulations concerning the training for law enforcement agencies to implement the provisions of this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the scope of the officer's search.

(f) The provisions of this section are subject to appropriations.
K.S.A. § 25-3003 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 30 / Section 25-3003
25-3003 - Stringing or other preservation of ballots.
Status: in_force

25-3003. Stringing or other preservation of ballots. (a) After the vote upon a ballot has been announced, the ballot shall be preserved according to one of the following methods:

(1) String the ballots closely upon a flexible wire or cord and unite or tie securely the ends of such wire or cord.

(2) Fasten the ballots that are counted in metal clamps or fasteners of a type which has had the prior approval of the secretary of state.

(3) The secretary of state may prescribe any other system of preserving ballots so long as such system will maintain the ballots in good condition and secure.

(b) Ballots marked "blank," "void" or "objected to" shall not be strung or fastened with other ballots.
K.S.A. § 65-6723 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 67 / Section 65-6723
65-6723 - Abortion of pain-capable unborn child; definitions.
Status: in_force

65-6723. Abortion of pain-capable unborn child; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-6722 through 65-6724, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Abortion" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.

(b) "Bodily function" means physical function. The term "bodily function" does not include mental or emotional functions.

(c) "Department" means the department of health and environment.

(d) "Gestational age" means the time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period.

(e) "Medical emergency" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Pain-capable unborn child" means an unborn child having reached the gestational age of 22 weeks or more.

(g) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state.

(h) "Pregnant" or "pregnancy" means that female reproductive condition of having an unborn child in the mother's body.
K.S.A. § 73-702 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-702
73-702 - Same; description; form and makeup.
Status: in_force

73-702. Same; description; form and makeup. The official state flag of the state of Kansas shall be a rectangle of dark-blue silk or bunting, three (3) feet on the staff by five (5) feet fly.

The great seal of the state of Kansas, without its surrounding band of lettering, shall be located equidistant from the staff and the fly side of the flag, with the lower edge of the seal located eleven (11) inches above the base side of the flag. The great seal shall be surmounted by a crest and the word KANSAS shall be located underneath the seal. The seal shall be seventeen (17) inches in diameter. The crest shall be on a wreath or an azure, a sunflower slipped proper, which divested of its heraldic language is a sunflower as torn from its stalk in its natural colors on a bar of twisted gold and blue. The crest shall be six (6) inches in diameter; the wreath shall be nine (9) inches in length. The top of the crest shall be located two (2) inches beneath the top side of the flag. The letters KANSAS shall be imprinted in gold block letters below the seal, the said letters to be properly proportioned, and five (5) inches in height, imprinted with a stroke one (1) inch wide; and the first letter K shall commence with the same distance from the staff side of the flag as the end of the last letter S is from the fly side of the flag. The bottom edge of the letters shall be two (2) inches above the base side of the flag. Larger or smaller flags will be of the same proportional dimensions.

The colors in the seal shall be as follows: Stars, silver; hills, purple; sun, deep yellow; glory, light yellow; sky, yellow and orange from hills half way to motto, upper half, azure; grass, green; river, light blue; boat, white; house, dark brown; ground, brown; wagons, white; near horse, white; off horse, bay; buffalo, dark, almost black; motto, white; scroll, light brown.
K.S.A. § 60-225 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2 / Section 60-225
60-225 - Substitution of parties.
Status: in_force

60-225. Substitution of parties. (a) Death. (1) Substitution if the claim is not extinguished. If a party dies and the claim is not extinguished, the court must on motion order substitution of the proper party. A motion for substitution may be made by any party or by the decedent's successor or representative. If the motion is not made within a reasonable time after service of a statement noting the death, the action by or against the decedent must be dismissed.

(2) Continuation among the remaining parties. After a party's death, if the right sought to be enforced survives only to or against the remaining parties, the action does not abate, but proceeds in favor of or against the remaining parties. The death should be noted on the record.

(3) Service. A motion to substitute, together with a notice of hearing, must be served on the parties as provided in K.S.A. 60-205, and amendments thereto, and on nonparties in the manner provided for the service of a summons. A statement noting death must be served in the same manner.

(b) Incapacity. If a party becomes an incapacitated person, the court may, on motion permit the action to be continued by or against the party's representative as provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 60-217, and amendments thereto. The motion must be served as provided in subsection (a)(3).

(c) Transfer of interest. If an interest is transferred, the action may be continued by or against the original party unless the court, on motion, orders the transferee to be substituted in the action or joined with the original party. The motion must be served as provided in subsection (a)(3).

(d) Public officers; death or separation from office. An action does not abate when a public officer who is a party in an official capacity dies, resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office while the action is pending. The officer's successor is automatically substituted as a party. Later proceedings should be in the substituted party's name, but any misnomer not affecting the parties' substantial rights must be disregarded. The court may order substitution at any time, but the absence of such an order does not affect the substitution.

(e) Continued representation by attorney. If a party dies or becomes an incapacitated person, that party's attorney may continue the representation in the name of the original party until a substitution has been made.
K.S.A. § 2-1321 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 2-1321
2-1321 - Filing of protests; hearings; appeals.
Status: in_force

2-1321. Filing of protests; hearings; appeals. If any person shall be dissatisfied with the charge made for material or rent of equipment used in the control and eradication of noxious weeds, said person shall, within ten days from the mailing of the account showing such charge, file a protest with the board of county commissioners, who shall hold a hearing thereon and shall have the power to either adjust or affirm such charge. If any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision rendered by the board of county commissioners said person shall within thirty days file a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the district court of the county and thereupon an action shall be docketed in the district court and be tried the same as other actions. Upon the final determination of any change in the account, if any, the county or city clerk shall correct the records in his or her office in accordance therewith.
K.S.A. § 40-3228 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 32 / Section 40-3228
40-3228 - Grievance procedures; minimum requirements.
Status: in_force

40-3228. Grievance procedures; minimum requirements. A health maintenance organization shall provide in its certificate of coverage the procedures for resolving enrollee grievances. At a minimum, the certificate of coverage shall include the following provisions:

(a) The definition of a grievance;

(b) how, where and to whom the enrollee should file such enrollee's grievance; and

(c) that upon receiving notification of a grievance related for payment of a bill for medical services, the health maintenance organization shall:

(1) Acknowledge receipt of the grievance in writing within 10 working days unless it is resolved within that period of time;

(2) conduct a complete investigation of the grievance within 20 working days after receipt of a grievance, unless the investigation cannot be completed within this period of time. If the investigation cannot be completed within 20 working days after receipt of a grievance, the enrollee shall be notified in writing within 30 working days time, and every 30 working days after that, until the investigation is completed. The notice shall state the reasons for which additional time is needed for the investigation;

(3) have within five working days after the investigation is completed, someone not involved in the circumstances giving rise to the grievance or its investigation decide upon the appropriate resolution of the grievance and notify the enrollee in writing of the decision of the health maintenance organization regarding the grievance and of any right to appeal. The notice shall explain the resolution of the grievance and any right to appeal. The notice shall explain the resolution of the grievance in terms which are clear and specific; and

(4) notify, if the health maintenance organization has established a grievance advisory panel, the enrollee of the enrollee's right to request the grievance advisory panel to review the decision of the health maintenance organization. This notice shall indicate that the grievance advisory panel is not obligated to conduct the review. This provision shall also state how, where and when the enrollee should make such enrollee's request for this review.
K.S.A. § 72-6496 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 64 / Section 72-6496
72-6496 - Used school buses; purchaser's duty to modify; exceptions.
Status: in_force

72-6496. Used school buses; purchaser's duty to modify; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation who purchases a motor vehicle, which was operated by the seller thereof as a school bus, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1461, and any amendments thereto, is hereby required to repaint such vehicle a color other than yellow and disassemble and remove the "stop arm" therefrom and disconnect all flashing or rotating warning lights on such vehicle before it is operated on the public highways of this state for any purpose other than those set forth in the definitions of a school bus referred to in K.S.A. 8-1461, and amendments thereto.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a), shall not apply to a bus being used as a church bus or day care program bus, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1730a, and amendments thereto.

(c) Any not-for-profit organization, purchasing a used school bus under subsection (a), shall not be required to repaint such bus.
K.S.A. § 72-2649 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-2649
72-2649 - Employees in school service one-half time; and employed by a nonschool agency of the state one-half time.
Status: in_force

72-2649. Employees in school service one-half time; and employed by a nonschool agency of the state one-half time. If a school employee as provided in K.S.A. 72-5515, is eligible to receive only one-half of service credit in a school year and deductions are applicable only to the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of the gross salary paid during a school year for school service, is also employed at least one-half time by an agency of the state of Kansas in nonschool service such school employee may request in writing to the school employer on such forms as may be required by the retirement board, that the four percent (4%) deduction be applicable to the first five thousand dollars ($5,000) of the combined gross salaries. Such deduction shall be made by the school employer entirely from the salary for school service and remitted and credited the same as other such deductions. Upon receipt of such written request and deductions the retirement board shall grant full service credit as provided in K.S.A. 72-5501. In the event such nonschool service does not extend over the full school year the retirement board shall have sole discretion to determine if full service credit shall be granted.