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K.S.A. § 75-5643 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5643
75-5643 - Advisory commission for children with special health care needs; composition; appointment; vacancies; compensation.
Status: in_force

75-5643. Advisory commission for children with special health care needs; composition; appointment; vacancies; compensation. There is hereby created an advisory commission for children with special health care needs, which shall consist of five members and which shall be within the department of health and environment as a part thereof. Persons serving as members of the advisory commission for children with special health care needs immediately prior to the effective date of this act shall become members of the advisory commission for children with special health care needs and shall serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed as members of the advisory commission for children with special health care needs. On the expiration of any member's term of office, the governor shall appoint a successor who shall serve for a term of four years, and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy on the advisory commission for children with special health care needs shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.

Members of the advisory commission for children with special health care needs attending meetings of such commission, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such commission, shall be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 40-2916 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 29 / Section 40-2916
40-2916 - Same; stay of proceedings to permit defense by association; application to set aside judgment or finding.
Status: in_force

40-2916. Same; stay of proceedings to permit defense by association; application to set aside judgment or finding. All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party in any court in this state shall be stayed for sixty (60) days from the date the insolvency is determined to permit proper defense by the association of all pending causes of action. As to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any decision, verdict or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure to defend an insured, the association either on its own behalf or on behalf of such insured may apply to have such judgment, order, decision, verdict or finding set aside by the same court or administrator that made such judgment, order, decision, verdict or finding and shall be permitted to defend against such claim on the merits.
K.S.A. § 17-1513 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 15 / Section 17-1513
17-1513 - Business entity information report; report fee.
Status: in_force

17-1513. Business entity information report; report fee. Each corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall make a written business entity information report to the secretary of state, and pay the required fee, as prescribed by K.S.A. 17-7503, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 66-538 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 5 / Section 66-538
66-538 - Severability clause.
Status: in_force

66-538. Severability clause. The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be severable. If any provision of this act shall be found by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this act.
K.S.A. § 2-3301 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 33 / Section 2-3301
2-3301 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

2-3301. Citation of act. This shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas chemigation safety law."
K.S.A. § 74-4903 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4903
74-4903 - System established; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

74-4903. System established; powers and duties. There is hereby created the "Kansas public employees retirement system" which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the state of Kansas. The system shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this act and such other powers as may be necessary or proper to enable it, its officers, employees and agents to carry out fully and effectively the purposes and intent of this act.
K.S.A. § 76-2613 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 26 / Section 76-2613
76-2613 - Secretary of state fee refund fund; use and maintenance; prohibiting refunds or credits of $1 or less.
Status: in_force

76-2613. Secretary of state fee refund fund; use and maintenance; prohibiting refunds or credits of $1 or less. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the secretary of state fee refund fund which shall be used, for the payment of any refunds of overpayments of moneys collected for fees by the secretary of state or for the reimbursement of the imprest fund of the secretary of state for the payment of such refunds therefrom. The secretary of state refund fund shall be maintained by the secretary of state from the fees collected in the office of the secretary of state in an amount determined by the secretary of state as necessary to meet current refunding requirements.

(b) In any case of any fee collected by the secretary of state, there shall be no refund for any overpayment which is equal to $1 or less. No credit shall be made for any amount which may not be refunded under this section.
K.S.A. § 8-15,101 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-15,101
8-15,101 - Unlawful operation of low-speed vehicle.
Status: in_force

8-15,101. Unlawful operation of low-speed vehicle. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a low-speed vehicle on any street or highway with a posted speed limit greater than 40 miles per hour.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a), shall not prohibit a low-speed vehicle from crossing a street or highway with a posted speed limit in excess of 40 miles per hour.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
K.S.A. § 17-1610 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 16 / Section 17-1610
17-1610 - Meetings; notice.
Status: in_force

17-1610. Meetings; notice. In its bylaws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time, and 10% of the members or voting stockholders may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time. Such meeting must thereupon be called by the directors and held within 60 days of receipt of such demand by an officer of the cooperative. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purposes, which may be brought before the members or common stockholders, shall be mailed to each member at least 10 days prior to the meeting.
K.S.A. § 74-563 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 5 / Section 74-563
74-563 - Same; initial meeting; subsequent meetings.
Status: in_force

74-563. Same; initial meeting; subsequent meetings. (a) The initial meeting of the board shall commence following the appointment of all board members by the governor. The governor shall certify to the secretary of state that all board members have been appointed. Such certification shall be published in the Kansas register. One week following such publication, the board shall meet in the office of the secretary of state in the state capitol building, and such meeting shall commence at 10:00 o'clock a.m. The initial meeting of the board may be recessed and moved to another meeting place by common consent of the members.

(b) Meetings of the board subsequent to its initial meeting shall be held and conducted as provided in this act in accordance with policies and procedures established by the board.

(c) Commencing at the time of the initial meeting of the board, the powers, authorities, duties and responsibilities conferred and imposed upon the board by this act shall be operative and effective.
K.S.A. § 75-2718 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 27 / Section 75-2718
75-2718 - Appointment by secretary of necessary staff.
Status: in_force

75-2718. Appointment by secretary of necessary staff. The secretary of the state historical society is authorized to appoint such professional and other staff members as may be necessary to carry out the duties assigned to the state historic preservation agency by law and such other duties as may be necessary to meet the requirements for participation in the federal historic preservation program.
K.S.A. § 72-3214 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 32 / Section 72-3214
72-3214 - Required subjects in elementary schools.
Status: in_force

72-3214. Required subjects in elementary schools. Every accredited elementary school shall teach reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, spelling, English grammar and composition, history of the United States and of the state of Kansas, civil government and the duties of citizenship, health and hygiene, together with such other subjects as the state board may determine. The state board shall be responsible for the selection of subject matter within the several fields of instruction and for its organization into courses of study and instruction for the guidance of teachers, principals and superintendents.
K.S.A. § 84-5-109 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 5 / Section 84-5-109
84-5-109 - Fraud and forgery.
Status: in_force

84-5-109. Fraud and forgery. (a) If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit, but a required document is forged or materially fraudulent, or honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant:

(1) The issuer shall honor the presentation, if honor is demanded by (i) a nominated person who has given value in good faith and without notice of forgery or material fraud, (ii) a confirmer who has honored its confirmation in good faith, (iii) a holder in due course of a draft drawn under the letter of credit which was taken after acceptance by the issuer or nominated person, or (iv) an assignee of the issuer's or nominated person's deferred obligation that was taken for value and without notice of forgery or material fraud after the obligation was incurred by the issuer or nominated person; and

(2) the issuer, acting in good faith, may honor or dishonor the presentation in any other case.

(b) If an applicant claims that a required document is forged or materially fraudulent or that honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant, a court of competent jurisdiction may temporarily or permanently enjoin the issuer from honoring a presentation or grant similar relief against the issuer or other persons only if the court finds that:

(1) The relief is not prohibited under the law applicable to an accepted draft or deferred obligation incurred by the issuer;

(2) a beneficiary, issuer or nominated person who may be adversely affected is adequately protected against loss that it may suffer because the relief is granted;

(3) all of the conditions to entitle a person to relief under the law of this state have been met; and

(4) on the basis of the information submitted to the court, the applicant is more likely than not to succeed under its claim of forgery or material fraud and the person demanding honor does not qualify for protection under subsection (a)(1).
K.S.A. § 19-1416 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 14 / Section 19-1416
19-1416 - Oath before commencing road survey.
Status: in_force

19-1416. Oath before commencing road survey. It shall not be necessary for the county surveyor to take an oath or affirmation before commencing such surveyor's duties to survey roads, except as provided by law, when such surveyor takes oath of office.
K.S.A. § 72-2695 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-2695
72-2695 - Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.
Status: in_force

72-2695. Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts. In any city of the first class having a population of less than 120,000 in the state of Kansas there may be created by the board of education of such city a public school teachers' and other public school employees' retirement fund, which fund when created, and the management and disbursement thereof, shall be under the control of the board of education of such city. Such retirement fund shall be created and maintained in the following manner:

First. By an assessment of not less than one percent nor more than six percent of every installment of salary paid to a teacher or other public school employee employed in such city.

Second. By the setting aside by the board of education of such city of an amount which shall be not less than one and one-half times the amount of salary assessments, and not less than the amount necessary to meet the payments herein provided for; such amount and an amount to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district may be raised by special levy and none of the debt or tax limitations provided by law shall apply to such levy made under this act, except that in no event shall such levy in any one year exceed one mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of real and personal property located within the taxing district of said board of education.

Third. By the receipt, by the gift, or otherwise, of any real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein.
K.S.A. § 72-5174 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 51 / Section 72-5174
72-5174 - Same; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

72-5174. Same; rules and regulations. The state board may adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this act, including the classification of expenditures of school districts to ensure uniform reporting of operating expenses.
K.S.A. § 74-8745 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 87 / Section 74-8745
74-8745 - Information and data disclosure procedures; certain information confidential.
Status: in_force

74-8745. Information and data disclosure procedures; certain information confidential. (a) All information and data required to be furnished to the Kansas lottery or the Kansas racing and gaming commission pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8741 through 74-8747, and amendments thereto, or which may otherwise be obtained, relative to the finances, earnings or revenue, except the net electronic gaming machine income, of any vendor shall be considered confidential and shall not be revealed in whole or in part without permission of the vendor, except (1) in the course of the necessary administration of the Kansas expanded lottery act, (2) upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction or (3) to a duly authorized law enforcement agency.

(b) All information and data pertaining to a vendor's criminal record, family and background furnished to or obtained by the Kansas lottery or Kansas racing and gaming commission pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8741 through 74-8747, and amendments thereto, from any source shall be considered confidential and shall not be revealed, in whole or part. Such information shall be released upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to a duly authorized law enforcement agency.

(c) Notice of the contents of any information released, except to a duly authorized law enforcement agency pursuant to this section, shall be given to any applicant, certificate holder or vendor in a manner prescribed by the rules and regulations adopted by the commission.
K.S.A. § 72-9940 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 99 / Section 72-9940
72-9940 - Severability.
Status: in_force

72-9940. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act [*] shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act [*] without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
K.S.A. § 42-390 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-390
42-390 - Same; penalty for excessive charges.
Status: in_force

42-390. Same; penalty for excessive charges. Every person, association or corporation owning or controlling, or claiming to own or control any ditch, canal or reservoir as is mentioned in K.S.A. 42-389 or any officer or agent of such association or corporation, who shall, after demand in writing made upon him for the supply or delivery of water for irrigation, manufacturing, milling or domestic purposes, to be delivered from the ditch, canal or reservoir owned, possessed, or controlled by him, and after tender of the lawful rates of compensation therefor in lawful money, demand, require, bargain for, accept or retain from the party making such application any money or other thing of value, or any promise or contract or any valuable consideration whatever, as such royalty, bonus, premium, prerequisite or condition precedent, as is by the provisions of the preceding section prohibited, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a term of not less than three months nor more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
K.S.A. § 75-7726 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 77 / Section 75-7726
75-7726 - Smoking prohibited in day care homes; notice of prohibition; violations and penalties.
Status: in_force

75-7726. Smoking prohibited in day care homes; notice of prohibition; violations and penalties. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Day care home" means a child care home as defined in section 16, and amendments thereto, or a group day care home.

(2) "Smoking" means possession of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or burning tobacco in any other form or device designed for the use of tobacco.

(b) Smoking is hereby prohibited within any room, enclosed area or other enclosed space of a facility or facilities of a day care home during a time when children who are not related by blood, marriage or legal adoption to the person who maintains the home are being cared for as part of the operation of the day care home within the facility or facilities. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit smoking on the premises of the day care home or outside the facility or facilities of a day care home, including, but not limited to, porches, yards or garages.

(c) Each day care license shall contain a statement in bold print that smoking is prohibited within a room, enclosed area or other enclosed space of the facility or facilities of the day care home under the conditions specified in subsection (b). The statement shall be phrased in substantially the same language as subsection (b). The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility or facilities.

(d) Each day care home shall be equipped with a fire extinguisher that shall be maintained in an operable condition in a readily accessible location.

(e) The director of the Kansas office of early childhood may levy a civil fine against any day care home for a first or second violation of this section. A third or subsequent violation shall be subject to this act.

(f) In addition to any civil fine that may be levied pursuant to subsection (e), any day care home that violates any provision of this section may also be subject to criminal punishment pursuant to K.S.A. 21-6112, and amendments thereto.

(g) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2026.
K.S.A. § 68-591 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-591
68-591 - General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required.
Status: in_force

68-591. General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required. This act shall be known as the general county rural highway system act. Boards of county commissioners may adopt the provisions of this act by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, providing for submission of the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act to the electors of the county residing outside of the corporate limits of any city at an election called and held for such purpose at the time of the general election of members of the house of representatives. Such election shall be held and conducted as an election to authorize issuance of bonds is held under the general bond law.
K.S.A. § 8-1528 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1528
8-1528 - Stop signs and yield signs; duties of drivers.
Status: in_force

8-1528. Stop signs and yield signs; duties of drivers. (a) Preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in K.S.A. 8-2008, and amendments thereto.

(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. Such driver shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within an adjacent crosswalk.

(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. Such driver shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within an adjacent crosswalk. If a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection or junction of roadways or with a pedestrian in an adjacent crosswalk, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield the right-of-way.
K.S.A. § 29-101 — KS Code / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 29-101
29-101 - Enclosure of domestic animals with fence required.
Status: in_force

29-101. Enclosure of domestic animals with fence required. All domestic animals, other than cats and dogs, shall be enclosed with a fence sufficiently close, composed of posts and rails, posts and palings, posts and planks or palisades, posts and wire, rails alone, laid up in the manner commonly called a worm fence, or turf, with ditches on each side, of stone, or a hedge in existence on July 1, 1986, composed either of thorn or Osage orange.
K.S.A. § 65-1704 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1704
65-1704 - Officers of the law.
Status: in_force

65-1704. Officers of the law. Nothing in this act shall apply to or in any manner interfere with the duties of any officer of the law.