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K.S.A. § 45-402 — KS Code / Chapter 45 / Article 4 / Section 45-402
45-402 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

45-402. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "State agency" means any department, board, commission, or authority of the executive branch of state government.

(b) "Local agency" means any department, board, commission, officer or authority of a county, city, township, school district or other tax-supported governmental subdivision of the state.

(c) "Board" means the state records board established pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3502 and amendments thereto.

(d) "Government records" means all volumes, documents, reports, maps, drawings, charts, indexes, plans, memoranda, sound recordings, microfilms, photographic records and other data, information or documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, storage media or condition of use, made or received by an agency in pursuance of law or in connection with the transaction of official business or bearing upon the official activities and functions of any governmental agency. Published material acquired and preserved solely for reference purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reference and stocks of publications, blank forms and duplicated documents are not included within the definition of government records.

(e) "Noncurrent government records" means all government records which no longer are necessary for the handling of ordinary official public business by the agency and which are not required by law to be retained in the immediate custody of the agency for a longer period of time.

(f) "Government records with enduring value" means all government records which merit preservation for historical, legal, fiscal or administrative reasons, or for research purposes.

(g) "Retention and disposition schedules" means lists of series of government records, prepared pursuant to K.S.A. 45-404 and subsections (c) and (d) of K.S.A. 45-406, and amendments thereto, specifying which series of records have enduring value, authorizing disposition of certain other series of records, and indicating how long certain series of records should be retained before disposition of them.
K.S.A. § 12-3304 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 33 / Section 12-3304
12-3304 - Counties; adoption of codes by reference; filing copy of adopted code; furnishing copies.
Status: in_force

12-3304. Counties; adoption of codes by reference; filing copy of adopted code; furnishing copies. At least one copy of such code incorporated by reference by a county resolution shall be marked or stamped "official copy as incorporated by resolution no. ____," with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted clearly marked to show any such omission or showing the sections, articles, chapters, parts or portions that are incorporated, as the case may be, and to which shall be attached a copy of the incorporating resolution, such copy filed with the county clerk shall be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable business hours. Copies of such code, or part thereof which are incorporated by reference shall be furnished without charge to the courts and all administrative agencies charged with the enforcement of such code.
K.S.A. § 65-28,132 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,132
65-28,132 - Medical records maintenance trust fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

65-28,132. Medical records maintenance trust fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund; rules and regulations. (a) For the purpose of paying for storage, maintenance and transfer of medical records by the board of healing arts, there is hereby established the medical record maintenance trust fund. All payments and disbursements from the medical records maintenance trust fund shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the executive director of the board or by any person designated by the board.

(b) The board may certify to the director of accounts and reports that a specific amount, but not more than $10, of each fee for the issuance or renewal of a license be credited to the medical records maintenance trust fund until such time the balance exceeds $100,000. At any time the balance in the medical records trust fund falls below $100,000, the board shall certify again to the director of accounts and reports that a specific amount, but not to exceed $10, of each fee for the issuance or renewal of a license be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the medical records maintenance trust fund. The board may order a licensee to reimburse the amount of expenses incurred by the board in a case when such licensee failed to designate a custodian or provide for the storage, maintenance, transfer and access to such licensee's medical records upon becoming inactive. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the medical records maintenance trust fund. All funds deposited and credited to the medical records maintenance fund shall be expended for the purposes set forth in this section.

(c) 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 medical records maintenance trust fund interest earnings based on: (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the medical records maintenance trust fund for the preceding month; and (2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

(d) The board of healing arts shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the procedures and standards necessary to implement the provisions of this section within one year of the effective date of this section.

(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.
K.S.A. § 12-3418 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 34 / Section 12-3418
12-3418 - Same; exercise of powers constitutes governmental function; tax exemption for property acquired, exceptions.
Status: in_force

12-3418. Same; exercise of powers constitutes governmental function; tax exemption for property acquired, exceptions. The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and the activities and operations of a port authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions. No port authority shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property acquired and used by it or leased to another under the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state except that property acquired by a port authority shall be exempt from ad valorem property tax only until the calendar year in which the same is rented, leased, subleased or developed and returns revenue to such authority in excess of the amount necessary to retire the obligations of the port authority and pay administrative costs of the port authority, and in such year such property shall be placed upon the tax rolls and thereafter ad valorem property taxes shall be paid thereon as is provided by law. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to Kansas retailers' sales tax, ad valorem property tax on industrial-use facilities or any intangible tax.

All sales of: (1) Tangible personal property and services purchased directly by any port authority for use exclusively by such authority; (2) tangible personal property or services purchased by a port authority for constructing, maintaining, equipping, reconstructing, repairing, enlarging, remodeling or furnishing port facilities other than an industrial-use facility; and (3) tangible personal property or services purchased with funds of a political subdivision by a contractor for constructing, reconstructing, repairing, enlarging or remodeling a port or industrial-use facility for any port authority shall be exempt from the Kansas retailers' sales tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-3603, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 84-2-707 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 2 / Section 84-2-707
84-2-707 - "Person in the position of a seller".
Status: in_force

84-2-707. "Person in the position of a seller". (1) A "person in the position of a seller" includes as against a principal an agent who has paid or become responsible for the price of goods on behalf of his principal or anyone who otherwise holds a security interest or other right in goods similar to that of a seller.

(2) A person in the position of a seller may as provided in this article withhold or stop delivery (section 84-2-705) and resell (section 84-2-706) and recover incidental damages (section 84-2-710).
K.S.A. § 16-313 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 16-313
16-313 - Additional disclosures.
Status: in_force

16-313. Additional disclosures. If a prearranged funeral agreement is funded by any means other than an insurance policy or annuity, such prearranged funeral agreement shall include all of the following information in addition to the information required to be included under K.S.A. 16-312, and amendments thereto:

(a) A disclosure identifying the name and address of the bank, credit union, savings and loan association, or the trustee of the funeral trust the funds are being deposited into; and

(b) a notice that reasonable fees and expenses may be deducted from the trust if a funeral trust established pursuant to K.S.A. 16-308, and amendments thereto, is being used.
K.S.A. § 41-101 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 1 / Section 41-101
41-101 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

41-101. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the "Kansas liquor control act."
K.S.A. § 59-3508 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 35 / Section 59-3508
59-3508 - Motor vehicles; transfer-on-death.
Status: in_force

59-3508. Motor vehicles; transfer-on-death. A motor vehicle, as defined by K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, may be titled in transfer-on-death, TOD, form by including in the certificate of title a designation of a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle shall be transferred on death of the owner or the last survivor of the joint tenant with right of survivorship owners, subject to the rights of all lien holders.
K.S.A. § 76-1117 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 11 / Section 76-1117
76-1117 - Cottage parents in unclassified service.
Status: in_force

76-1117. Cottage parents in unclassified service. Persons employed as cottage parents at the Kansas state school for the visually handicapped shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.
K.S.A. § 48-931 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-931
48-931 - Development and revision of state, local and interjurisdictional disaster plans; advice and assistance of local government, business and civic leaders.
Status: in_force

48-931. Development and revision of state, local and interjurisdictional disaster plans; advice and assistance of local government, business and civic leaders. (a) The division of emergency management shall take an integral part in the development and revision of local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans prepared under K.S.A. 48-929 and 48-930, and amendments thereto. To this end, the division of emergency management shall employ or otherwise secure the services of professional and technical personnel capable of providing expert assistance to counties and cities, their disaster agencies and interjurisdictional disaster agencies. These personnel shall consult with such counties, cities and disaster agencies on a regularly scheduled basis and shall make field examinations of the areas, circumstances and conditions to which particular local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans are intended to apply. The division of emergency management may require revisions of such plans on the basis of such examinations.

(b) In preparing and revising the state disaster emergency plan, the division of emergency management shall seek the advice and assistance of local government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic and volunteer organizations and community leaders. In advising county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies which are developing or revising disaster emergency plans, the division of emergency management shall encourage such disaster agencies also to seek such advice and assistance.
K.S.A. § 68-733 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 7 / Section 68-733
68-733 - Same; eminent domain.
Status: in_force

68-733. Same; eminent domain. Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730.
K.S.A. § 39-1444 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 14 / Section 39-1444
39-1444 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

39-1444. Citation of act. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-1444 through 39-1452, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the protect vulnerable adults from financial exploitation act.
K.S.A. § 58-2312 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 23 / Section 58-2312
58-2312 - Stipulation for attorney fees void.
Status: in_force

58-2312. Stipulation for attorney fees void. Except as otherwise provided by law, any note, mortgage or other credit agreement may provide for the payment of reasonable costs of collection, including, but not limited to, court costs, attorney fees and collection agency fees, except that such costs of collection: (1) May not include costs that were incurred by a salaried employee of the creditor or its assignee; and (2) may not include the recovery of both attorney fees and collection agency fees.
K.S.A. § 2-3710 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 37 / Section 2-3710
2-3710 - Kansas agricultural remediation board; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

2-3710. Kansas agricultural remediation board; powers and duties. The Kansas agricultural remediation board shall have the following powers, duties and functions:

(a) Administer the fund and the remediation reimbursement program.

(b) Subject to K.S.A. 2-3701 through 2-3714, and amendments thereto, adopt rules and regulations concerning the terms and conditions of any reimbursements from the fund.

(c) Adopt rules and regulations establishing, for purposes of the remediation linked deposit loan program and the remediation reimbursement program, criteria for classification and prioritization of properties where contamination was caused by a release of agricultural or specialty chemicals, or both. Classification and prioritization may account for the criteria contained in Kansas department of health and environment's voluntary clean up and property redevelopment program and state cooperator program.

(d) Establish operating standards and procedures that shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) With respect to the remediation linked deposit loan program, provisions governing board approval of projects for which applications for loans may be made;

(2) with respect to the remediation reimbursement program, provisions governing application procedures, determination of eligible corrective action costs, determination of ineligible corrective costs and reimbursement or payment of eligible corrective action costs; and

(3) with respect to both programs, provisions governing conflicts of interest, appeals procedures, review and priority determinations and enforcement of the provisions of K.S.A. 2-3701 through 2-3714, and amendments thereto.

(e) Appoint or contract for qualified administrative services subject to the limitation that expenditures from the fund for the administrative expenses of the board and the programs established by K.S.A. 2-3701 through 2-3714, and amendments thereto, shall not exceed $175,000 in any fiscal year.

(f) Annually provide an independent audit of the fund.

(g) On or before February 1 of each year, submit to the governor, the senate standing committee on agriculture and natural resources or any successor committee and the house standing committee on agriculture and natural resources or any successor committee an annual report of the activities and reimbursements for which money from the fund has been expended during the previous fiscal year, including a copy of the independent audit.
K.S.A. § 58-1020 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-1020
58-1020 - Issuance of license by county or city clerk; restrictions; record; public inspection; duplicate copy of application to director of revenue.
Status: in_force

58-1020. Issuance of license by county or city clerk; restrictions; record; public inspection; duplicate copy of application to director of revenue. Upon the filing of such application and after the applicant has established that he or she has fully complied with all the provisions of this act, the clerk shall issue to the applicant a license authorizing the said applicant to conduct a public auction as proposed in said application; such license shall not be transferable and shall be valid only in the county outside the corporate limits of any city if issued by the county clerk and only in the city if issued by the city clerk. No license shall be good for more than one (1) person, unless such persons shall be copartners or an association nor for more than one (1) place in said county or city.

The clerk shall keep a record of such licenses in a book provided for that purpose, which shall at all times be open to public inspection. No particular form of license shall be required to be issued by said clerk. However, any license issued shall state the name of the person who is licensed, the precise place at which such auction sale is to be held and the number of days and the dates for which the license is issued. Upon the issuance of such license, the clerk shall mail the duplicate copy of the application for the license to the director of revenue, state office building, Topeka, Kansas.
K.S.A. § 75-110 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 1 / Section 75-110
75-110 - Arms and military equipment; bonds of officers.
Status: in_force

75-110. Arms and military equipment; bonds of officers. The governor may distribute the quota of arms and military equipments which the state may receive from the government of the United States. The governor shall require the officers to whom such arms or equipments are distributed and delivered to execute to the state of Kansas a bond, with a sufficient surety, to be approved by the governor, in a sum not less than double the value of said arms or equipments, conditioned for the safekeeping and delivery of the same on the order of the governor.
K.S.A. § 40-229 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-229
40-229 - Valuation of securities.
Status: in_force

40-229. Valuation of securities. All bonds or other evidences of debt having a fixed term and rate held by any insurance company or fraternal benefit society authorized to do business in this state may, if amply secured and not in default as to principal or interest, be valued as follows: If purchased at par, at the par value; if purchased above or below par, on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield in the meantime the effective rate of interest at which the purchase was made: Provided, That the purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase: And provided further, That the commissioner of insurance shall have full discretion in determining the method of calculating values according to the foregoing rule.
K.S.A. § 24-408 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-408
24-408 - Powers of districts incorporated under law of 1905.
Status: in_force

24-408. Powers of districts incorporated under law of 1905. All drainage districts incorporated under the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, shall have power:

First, to take from any navigable river within their corporate limits, sand, gravel, rock, or other minerals, without the payment to the state of any compensation therefor, and sell the same and use the proceeds in the construction or maintenance of levees, or river walls, or for dredging, or other improvements authorized to be made or maintained by such districts.

Second, to construct and maintain streets upon, along, adjoining or over any river wall, dike or levee, and approaches thereto from adjacent or intersecting streets, and to contract with any city or other municipal corporation in which the same may be situated, or with any private corporation or person, for the making of such improvements, or for the payment of a portion of the cost thereof, and to levy taxes and issue bonds in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, to pay the cost of such improvements.

Third, to contract or otherwise co-operate with any city or other municipal corporation in which the same may be situated, or with any corporation or person, for the construction of flood control works and for the acquiring of rights of way therefor and for the maintenance, repair or operation thereof, and for the construction and maintenance of sewers, drains or ditches for the drainage of any drainage district or portion thereof, or to prevent the same from being overflowed by surface water from adjoining lands, and to levy taxes and issue bonds in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, to pay for the cost of such improvements.
K.S.A. § 20-2201 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 22 / Section 20-2201
20-2201 - Judicial council; members; appointment; term.
Status: in_force

20-2201. Judicial council; members; appointment; term. A judicial council is hereby established and created which shall be an independent agency in the judicial branch of government, shall submit its budget separately and may adopt its own pay plan and personnel rules. The judicial council shall be composed of one justice of the supreme court, one judge of the court of appeals, two district judges of different judicial districts, four resident lawyers, the chairperson of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives or the chairperson's designate*, and the chairperson of the judiciary committee of the senate. All members except the members of the legislature shall be appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court for a term of four years and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

The terms of the members of the legislature, and all other members, shall terminate upon such member ceasing to belong to the class from which such member was appointed. All vacancies except those of the members of the legislature shall be filled by appointment by the chief justice for the unexpired term. Upon vacancy, the places of the members of the legislature shall be filled by their successors.
K.S.A. § 75-5087 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 50 / Section 75-5087
75-5087 - Same; failure to comply with agreement.
Status: in_force

75-5087. Same; failure to comply with agreement. (a) Upon the failure of a governmental unit to meet the repayment terms and conditions of an agreement, the secretary may order the state treasurer to pay to the fund such portion of the governmental unit's share of the special city and county highway fund as may be necessary to meet the terms of the agreement. This subsection shall not apply if the source of repayment of a loan with a governmental unit, as identified in the agreement, is not received by such governmental unit prior to the loan repayment date.

(b) Any loans received by a governmental unit under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5081 through 75-5087, and amendments thereto, shall be construed to be bonds for the purposes of K.S.A. 10-1116, and amendments thereto, and the amount of such loans shall not be included within any limitation on the bonded indebtedness of the governmental unit.