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K.S.A. § 31-403 — KS Code / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 31-403
31-403 - Disclosure of information by insurance companies; disclosure of information by authorized agency; immunity from liability in civil actions.
Status: in_force

31-403. Disclosure of information by insurance companies; disclosure of information by authorized agency; immunity from liability in civil actions. (a) Any authorized agency may, in writing, require an insurance company to release to the requesting agency any or all relevant information or evidence deemed important to the authorized agency which the company may have in its possession, relating to a fire loss. Relevant information may include, without limitation herein:

(1) Pertinent insurance policy information relevant to a fire loss under investigation and any application for such a policy;

(2) premium payment records;

(3) history of previous claims made by the insured; and

(4) material relating to the investigation of the loss, including statements of any person, proof of loss, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation.

(b) (1) When an insurance company has reason to believe that a fire loss in which it has an interest may be of other than accidental cause, then, for the purpose of notification and for having such fire loss investigated, the company shall, in writing, notify an authorized agency and provide it with any or all material developed from the company's inquiry into the fire loss.

(2) When an insurance company provides any one of the authorized agencies with notice of a fire loss, it shall be sufficient notice for the purpose of this act.

(3) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall abrogate or impair the rights or powers created under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The authorized agency provided with information pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) of this section or K.S.A. 31-404 and in furtherance of its own purposes, may release or provide such information to any of the other authorized agencies.

(d) Any insurance company providing information to an authorized agency or agencies pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) of this section shall have the right to request relevant information relating to such fire loss from an authorized agency and receive, within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, the information requested from an authorized agency.

(e) Any insurance company, or person acting in its behalf, or an authorized agency which releases information, whether oral or written, pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) of this section shall be immune from any liability arising out of a civil action by reason of providing such information.
K.S.A. § 14-693 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-693
14-693 - Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities.
Status: in_force

14-693. Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities. Where any city of the second class having a population of less than three thousand (3,000) or any city of the second class located in a county having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than thirteen thousand (13,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of more than twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) and less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) has provided for a hospital under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-602 to 14-614, both sections inclusive, and any amendments thereto, the territorial limits of said city may for hospital purposes be extended to include territory outside the regular city limits and which territory is not in any hospital district in the manner hereinafter provided and such added territory shall be considered within such city only for the purposes specified in said sections or any amendments thereto, and for the further purposes of this act.

When any territory has been added to a city as provided by this act the provisions of this act shall be supplemented to the provisions of said sections or any amendments thereto. Hospital purposes shall include nurses' training and nurses' assistants training, if there be such.
K.S.A. § 66-1265 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1265
66-1265 - Utility requirements; tariff, contracts, meters, disclosure to customers.
Status: in_force

66-1265. Utility requirements; tariff, contracts, meters, disclosure to customers. Each utility shall:

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), make net metering available to customer-generators who are in good standing with the utility on a first-come, first-served basis, until the total rated generating capacity as approved by the utility of all net metered systems equals:

(A) Commencing July 1, 2024, 2% of the utility's peak demand during the previous year;

(B) commencing July 1, 2025, 3% of the utility's peak demand during the previous year;

(C) commencing July 1, 2026, 4% of the utility's peak demand during the previous year; and

(D) commencing July 1, 2027, and each year thereafter, 5% of the utility's historic highest annual peak demand since 2014.

(2) The commission may increase the total rated generating capacity of all net metered systems to an amount above 5% after conducting a hearing pursuant to K.S.A. 66-101d, and amendments thereto;

(b) provide an appropriate class bidirectional meter to the customer-generator at no charge, but may charge the customer-generator for the cost of any additional metering or distribution equipment necessary to accommodate the customer-generator's facility;

(c) disclose annually the availability of the net metering program to each of its customers with the method and manner of disclosure being at the discretion of the utility;

(d) for any customer-generator that began operating its renewable energy resource under an interconnect agreement with the utility prior to July 1, 2014, offer to the customer-generator a tariff or contract that is identical in electrical energy rates, rate structure and monthly charges to the contract or tariff that the customer would be assigned if the customer were not an eligible customer-generator and shall not charge the customer-generator any additional standby, capacity, interconnection or other fee or charge that would not otherwise be charged if the customer were not an eligible customer-generator; and

(e) for any customer-generator that began operating its renewable energy resource under an interconnect agreement with the utility on or after July 1, 2014, have the option to propose, within an appropriate rate proceeding, the application of time-of-use rates, minimum bills, incentive programs or other rate structures that would apply to all such customer-generators prospectively.
K.S.A. § 12-324 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 12-324
12-324 - Records and moneys of smaller cities.
Status: in_force

12-324. Records and moneys of smaller cities. All records, papers and documents of the city or cities, other than the largest city, in the hands of the city clerk of such other city or cities, shall be turned over to the clerk of the consolidated city, and become the records and documents of such consolidated city; and the treasurer of such other city or cities shall on demand turn over all the money in his or her hands belonging to such other city to the treasurer of the consolidated city.
K.S.A. § 97-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 15 / Section 97-1501
97-1501 - Race or color.
Status: in_force

§ 1. Race or color. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
K.S.A. § 40-2,244 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,244
40-2,244 - Competitive bid authorized with provider to establish, implement and maintain insurance verification system.
Status: in_force

40-2,244. Competitive bid authorized with provider to establish, implement and maintain insurance verification system. The commissioner may conduct a competitive bid and contract with a private service provider that has successfully implemented similar systems in other states to assist in establishing, implementing and maintaining the insurance verification system.
K.S.A. § 74-2623 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 26 / Section 74-2623
74-2623 - Study of certain matters by authority; report to legislature.
Status: in_force

74-2623. Study of certain matters by authority; report to legislature. (a) The Kansas water authority shall study and develop recommendations related to:

(1) The appropriateness of the procedures and the time required for perfection of water rights and other provisions of and procedures under the Kansas water appropriation act;

(2) siltation rates of public water supply impoundments and reservoirs and the impacts of such siltation on public water supply storage, flood control and recreational opportunities;

(3) aquifer resources, recharge rates, availability of surface water resources and the long-term prospects related to any necessary transition to dryland farming in areas of the state to maintain sustainable yield and minimum streamflow levels;

(4) water conservation plans and programs and means to improve the effectiveness of such plans and programs; and

(5) the potential for competing water needs for at least the next 20 years and means of addressing the competition.

(b) On or before January 8, 2001, the Kansas water authority shall submit to the house standing committee on environment, the senate standing committee on energy and natural resources and the house and senate standing committees on agriculture a report of the authority's findings and recommendations regarding matters studied pursuant to this section.
K.S.A. § 50-617 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-617
50-617 - Receipt of unsolicited goods, wares or merchandise deemed gift, when; negative option invitation or announcement; defense in action for return; deceptive act or practice.
Status: in_force

50-617. Receipt of unsolicited goods, wares or merchandise deemed gift, when; negative option invitation or announcement; defense in action for return; deceptive act or practice. (a) Whenever any supplier shall, in any manner, or by any means, deliver property or services not affirmatively ordered or requested by the recipient, the receipt of any such unordered property or services shall for all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to the recipient who may use or dispose of the same in any manner the recipient sees fit without any obligation on the recipient's part to the supplier. Property or services are considered to be unordered unless the recipient specifically requested, in an affirmative manner, the receipt of the property or services according to the terms under which they are being offered. Property or services are not considered to have been affirmatively ordered or requested if a person fails to respond to a negative option invitation or announcement to purchase the property or services, and the property or services are provided notwithstanding. In any action for the return of such property or for payment of the purchase price of such property or services or any other consideration, it shall be a complete defense that the property or services were delivered to the recipient voluntarily and that the recipient did not affirmatively order or request the same.

(b) As used in this section, "negative option invitation or announcement" means any material sent by a supplier which identifies property or services which such supplier proposes to send or sends to recipients, and the recipients are thereafter billed for the property or services identified in the material, unless by a date or within a time specified by the supplier, the recipients, in conformity with the supplier's terms set forth in the material, instruct the supplier not to send the identified property or services.

(c) Any attempt to collect or bill for unordered property or services under this section is a deceptive act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act.

(d) The provisions of this act do not apply to plans and arrangements regulated by and in compliance with 16 C.F.R. 425 or to contractual plans or arrangements such as continuity plans, subscription arrangements, standing order arrangements and series arrangements under which the supplier periodically ships property to a consumer who has affirmatively ordered or requested in advance to receive such property on a periodic basis.

(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act.
K.S.A. § 23-36,103 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 36 / Section 23-36,103
23-36,103 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

23-36,103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The courts are the tribunals of this state.

(b) The department for children and families is the support enforcement agency of this state.
K.S.A. § 19-1607 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 16 / Section 19-1607
19-1607 - Second election.
Status: in_force

19-1607. Second election. When the county seat of any county has not been located by a vote of the legal electors of the county, if on the first election for the location thereof no place shall receive a majority of all the votes cast a second election shall be held on the second Tuesday thereafter, and at such election the balloting shall be confined to the two places having received the highest number of votes at the last preceding election.
K.S.A. § 58-4604 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 46 / Section 58-4604
58-4604 - Duty of good faith.
Status: in_force

58-4604. Duty of good faith. (a) Every contract or duty governed by this act imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.

(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2011.
K.S.A. § 2-2210 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 22 / Section 2-2210
2-2210 - Delegation of duties.
Status: in_force

2-2210. Delegation of duties. All authority vested in the secretary by virtue of the provisions of this act may with like force and effect be executed by such employees of the Kansas department of agriculture as the secretary may from time to time designate for said purpose.
K.S.A. § 76-418 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-418
76-418 - Sale of lands; disposition of proceeds; new contracts on forfeiture.
Status: in_force

76-418. Sale of lands; disposition of proceeds; new contracts on forfeiture. Laws 1911, chapter 291, section 1; Laws 1866, chapter 105, sections 2, 3, 4 and 7; Laws 1883, chapter 141, section 4; Laws 1895, chapter 219, included by reference. [Provided for sale or lease of lands by the then board of regents, the terms, the appointment of an agent with provisions for surety, receipts for payment, issuance of patents, provision for forfeiture on lapsed payments, care and disposition of funds and new contracts on forfeiture.]
K.S.A. § 19-4202 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 42 / Section 19-4202
19-4202 - Designated appointive county officers and employees; surety required.
Status: in_force

19-4202. Designated appointive county officers and employees; surety required. The county commissioners in all counties may not later than November 1, 1968, and as necessary thereafter, designate which appointive officers or employees of said county shall be required to give surety to the state of Kansas and said county, having due regard for the duties and responsibilities of any such office or employment and the county commissioners shall require such surety in such amount or amounts and upon such terms and conditions as to the county commissioners shall seem necessary and proper. Any such appointive officer or employee shall be deemed to have furnished surety if he is covered by a blanket bond.
K.S.A. § 58-4609 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 46 / Section 58-4609
58-4609 - Officers, board of directors duties; restrictions.
Status: in_force

58-4609. Officers, board of directors duties; restrictions. (a) In the performance of their duties, officers and members of the board of directors appointed by the declarant shall exercise the degree of care and loyalty to the association required of a trustee. Officers and members of the board of directors not appointed by the declarant shall exercise the degree of care and loyalty to the association required of an officer or director of a corporation organized, and are subject to the conflict of interest rules governing directors and officers, under existing law. The standards of care and loyalty described in this section apply regardless of the form in which the association is organized.

(b) An association shall have a board of directors created in accordance with its declaration or bylaws. Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, the bylaws, subsection (c), or other provisions of this act, the board of directors acts on behalf of the association.

(c) The board of directors may not:

(1) Amend the declaration except as provided by law other than this act;

(2) amend the bylaws;

(3) terminate the common interest community;

(4) elect members of the board of directors, but may fill vacancies in its membership for the unexpired portion of any term or, if earlier, until the next regularly scheduled election of board of directors' members; or

(5) determine the qualifications, powers, duties, or terms of office of board of directors' members.

(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2011.
K.S.A. § 36-510 — KS Code / Chapter 36 / Article 5 / Section 36-510
36-510 - Enforcement of act by secretary; contracts providing for enforcement by municipalities, fire marshal or secretary of agriculture authorized.
Status: in_force

36-510. Enforcement of act by secretary; contracts providing for enforcement by municipalities, fire marshal or secretary of agriculture authorized. (a) The secretary shall be responsible for the enforcement of the lodging standards promulgated pursuant to this act, but the secretary is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the governing body of any municipality for the enforcement of all or any portion of such standards, whenever the secretary shall determine that such municipality has adequate personnel to provide proper enforcement. Any municipality entering into a contract with the secretary to enforce such standards shall act as an agent of the secretary in carrying out such duties, and no such municipality shall charge any lodging establishment a fee for services performed as an agent of the secretary under such contract which is in addition to and separate from any fee such establishment is required to pay to the secretary under the provisions of this act. Such municipality shall enforce such standards within such municipalities of this state as are designated in the contract. Any inspection of lodging establishments by officers, employees or agents of any such municipality, and any notice of noncompliance issued as a result of any such inspection, shall have the same force and effect as if such had been done by the secretary.

(b) The secretary and the state fire marshal are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract authorizing the state fire marshal and the fire marshal's deputies or lawful agents to enforce all or any portion of the lodging standards promulgated pursuant to this act. Such contract shall designate specific lodging establishments, or types of lodging establishments, wherein such authority may be exercised. Any inspection of such establishments by the state fire marshal or the fire marshal's deputies or lawful agents, to determine compliance with lodging standards established pursuant to this act, and any notice of noncompliance issued as a result of any such inspection, shall have the same force and effect as if such had been done by the secretary.

Such contract also may provide similar authority for the secretary and the secretary's officers, employees and agents with respect to enforcement of all or any portion of the Kansas fire prevention code in specified lodging establishments, or in types of lodging establishments. Any inspection of such establishments by the secretary, or the secretary's officers, employees and agents, to determine compliance with the Kansas fire prevention code, shall have the same force and effect as if performed by the state fire marshal or the marshal's deputies and agents.
K.S.A. § 58-3063 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 30 / Section 58-3063
58-3063 - Fees.
Status: in_force

58-3063. Fees. (a) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations fixing the amounts of the fees provided for by this act, subject to the following:

(1) For any examination required for licensure, a fee in an amount equal to the actual cost of the examination and the administration thereof.

(2) For any criminal history record check, a fee in the amount necessary to reimburse the commission for the cost of administering the criminal history record check.

(3) For submission of an application for an original salesperson's license, an amount not exceeding $25.

(4) For submission of an application for an original broker's license, an amount not exceeding $50.

(5) For an original salesperson's license, a fee based on a two-year amount not exceeding $150.

(6) For an original broker's license, a fee based on a two-year amount not exceeding $200.

(7) For renewal of a salesperson's license, a fee based on a two-year amount not exceeding $150.

(8) For renewal of a broker's license, a fee based on a two-year amount not exceeding $200.

(9) For reinstatement of a license which has been deactivated pursuant to K.S.A. 58-3047(c), and amendments thereto, an amount not exceeding $15.

(10) For approval of a course of instruction submitted by a course provider pursuant to K.S.A. 58-3046a, and amendments thereto, an amount not exceeding $75.

(11) For approval of a course of instruction submitted by any licensee for credit toward the 12 hours of additional instruction required by K.S.A. 58-3046a, and amendments thereto, an amount not exceeding $20.

(12) For each branch office opened or established, an amount not exceeding $100.

(13) For each primary office of a company created or established by a supervising broker, an amount not exceeding $100.

(b) Subject to the limitations of this section, the commission shall fix the fees provided for by this section in the amounts necessary to administer and enforce this act.

(c) The fees provided for by this section shall be applicable regardless of the type of license.
K.S.A. § 22-4209 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-4209
22-4209 - Terms and conditions of order.
Status: in_force

22-4209. Terms and conditions of order. The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of his testimony, proper safeguards on his custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisdiction for all expenses incurred in the production and return of the witness, and may prescribe such other conditions as the judge thinks proper or necessary. The order shall not become effective until the judge of the state requesting the witness enters an order directing compliance with the conditions prescribed.
K.S.A. § 72-3572 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 35 / Section 72-3572
72-3572 - Same; appropriation, limitation.
Status: in_force

72-3572. Same; appropriation, limitation. Any appropriations for the implementation of the provisions of K.S.A. 72-3566 through 72-3572, and amendments thereto, shall not exceed $20,000,000, in the aggregate, from one or more funds in the state treasury.
K.S.A. § 66-1,165 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,165
66-1,165 - Precedence of action for review.
Status: in_force

66-1,165. Precedence of action for review. Any action for review pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1,164 and amendments thereto shall have precedence over all other hearings and shall be heard not later than the first term of court after the action is commenced and the court shall decide all such actions within 60 days after being docketed in such court.