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K.S.A. § 45-310 — KS Code / Chapter 45 / Article 3 / Section 45-310
45-310 - Session laws; publication, printing, title and contents.
Status: in_force

45-310. Session laws; publication, printing, title and contents. (a) All acts passed at each session of the legislature shall be published in one or more volumes, under the direction of the secretary of state, as soon as practicable after the close of the session at which the same are passed. Such acts shall take effect and be in force from and after such publication, unless otherwise specifically provided in such act. Such volume or volumes shall also have included therein an index, the veto messages of the governor, if any, all certificates that a bill or item or items of a bill have been approved notwithstanding the governor's veto, if any, and all concurrent resolutions adopted by the legislature, except such resolutions extending congratulations or making a memorial for any decedent. Whenever any bill or act of the legislature shall provide that the same shall be effective from and after its publication in the statute book, the words "publication in the statute book" mean the date of publication of the session laws of Kansas specified in the certificate provided for by K.S.A. 45-311. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require the same date of publication for separate volumes of the session laws of Kansas when more than one volume is published for a single legislative session.

(b) Such volume or volumes shall be titled and may be cited as "________ Session Laws of Kansas." The blank shall be filled with the numeric designation of the year, in the case of regular sessions, and in the case of special sessions the blank shall be filled with the numeric designation of the year followed by the word "Special." Such title shall be printed on the back of each volume.

(c) The sections in such volume or volumes shall be printed in the same manner as the 1967 Session Laws of Kansas, except (1) material added to an existing section of the statutes shall be printed in italic type, and (2) material deleted from an existing section of the statutes shall be printed in canceled type.

(d) The secretary of state is authorized and directed to exercise editorial judgment in preparation of such volume or volumes to the end that the purposes of this act are made effective.
K.S.A. § 14-604 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-604
14-604 - Board of trustees; membership; term; election.
Status: in_force

14-604. Board of trustees; membership; term; election. A hospital having been established, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen from the citizens of the city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The said trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent city election, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as other officers are elected, none of whom shall be physicians. In any city in which a regular city election as provided by law may be held only once every two years, then there shall be elected one trustee for a two-year term of office and one trustee for a four-year term of office or until their successors shall have been respectively elected and qualified, and the person receiving the greater number of votes shall be deemed elected to the four-year term of office. Any trustee now holding office whose term will expire in an even-numbered year shall hold over and continue in office until a successor shall be duly elected and qualified as provided herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions to the contrary, from and after the effective date of this act the governing body by resolution may increase the number of trustees to serve on the board to five (5) or seven (7) members. In the event the governing body does not increase by resolution the number of members to serve on the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall consist of three (3) members. Whenever the number of members of an existing board of trustees is increased by resolution of the governing body, said governing body shall provide by resolution for the initial appointment or election of the new members. The governing body shall also provide by resolution for the expiration of the terms of the members initially appointed or elected to new positions on the board of trustees.
K.S.A. § 19-4735 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 47 / Section 19-4735
19-4735 - Fine; statement of amount and manner of payment; failure to pay.
Status: in_force

19-4735. Fine; statement of amount and manner of payment; failure to pay. When a fine is levied as punishment, the judge or clerk of the district court shall issue a statement setting forth the amount of the fine and the manner of payment. Failure to pay in the manner specified may constitute contempt of court.
K.S.A. § 71-216 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 2 / Section 71-216
71-216 - Policy of personnel evaluation; adoption; forms; contents; time.
Status: in_force

71-216. Policy of personnel evaluation; adoption; forms; contents; time. Each board shall adopt a written policy of personnel evaluation procedure in accordance with this act. Every policy so adopted shall:

(a) Be prescribed in writing at the time of original adoption and at all times thereafter when any amendments are adopted.

(b) Include evaluation procedures applicable to all employees.

(c) Provide that all evaluations are to be made in writing and that evaluation documents and responses thereto are to be maintained in a personnel file for each employee for a period of not less than three years from the date each evaluation is made.

(d) Except as provided herein, provide that every employee in the first two consecutive school years of employment shall be evaluated at least one time per semester. Any employee who is not employed for the entire semester shall not be required to be evaluated. During the third and fourth years of employment, every employee shall be evaluated at least one time each school year. After the fourth year of employment every employee shall be evaluated at least once in every three years.
K.S.A. § 2-3709 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 37 / Section 2-3709
2-3709 - Kansas agricultural remediation board; creation.
Status: in_force

2-3709. Kansas agricultural remediation board; creation. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas agricultural remediation board. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the governor. Of the five members, one shall be a representative of agricultural retailers, one shall be a representative of agricultural producers, one shall be a representative of agricultural processors, one shall be a representative of specialty chemical distributors or retailers and one shall be a representative of agricultural and specialty chemical registrants. Not more than three voting members shall be members of the same political party. One representative of the Kansas department of agriculture and one representative of the Kansas department of health and environment shall serve as members of the board ex officio .

(b) Except as provided by this section, the term of office of each member of the board shall be four years. Each member shall serve until a successor is appointed. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board prior to the expiration of a term of office, the governor shall appoint a qualified successor to fill the unexpired term.

(c) The governor shall designate the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board from the members of such board.

(d) Meetings shall be held as determined by the board.

(e) Members of the board attending meetings of the board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 79-2902 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 29 / Section 79-2902
79-2902 - Lands in controversy; payment of taxes; recovery, when.
Status: in_force

79-2902. Lands in controversy; payment of taxes; recovery, when. In case taxes are paid by any party whose lands are in controversy in any of the courts of this state, and the party so paying shall fail to recover such land, such party shall be entitled to collect from the parties recovering the taxes so paid, with interest thereon at the rate prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2004, and amendments thereto, and the taxes so paid shall be a lien on any such land.
K.S.A. § 65-2821 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2821
65-2821 - Same; filing oaths.
Status: in_force

65-2821. Same; filing oaths. The oaths provided for herein shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
K.S.A. § 72-2642 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-2642
72-2642 - Audits.
Status: in_force

72-2642. Audits. The retirement system shall be subject to supervision and audit in the same manner and by the same agencies as other departments of the state. The board shall have authority either to conduct or to require audits of those accounts of the boards and agencies designated by this act to make deductions which affect the retirement system.
K.S.A. § 12-12,112 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12,112
12-12,112 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

12-12,112. Definitions. When used in this act and unless otherwise specifically provided therein:

(a) "Board of education" means the board of education of unified school district No. 463;

(b) "city" means the city of Udall, Kansas;

(c) "county" means Cowley county;

(d) "library" means a library that serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax moneys and shall be called the Udall area public district library;

(e) "library district" means all territory located within the boundaries of unified school district No. 463; and

(f) "library district board" means the library district board of trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 19-217 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 19-217
19-217 - New townships; area and population; petition; notice.
Status: in_force

19-217. New townships; area and population; petition; notice. The board of county commissioners shall not set off or organize any new township unless it shall contain territory equal to at least thirty square miles, and at least two hundred inhabitants within the limits thereof, except when an incorporated city or town is included in the limits of said township; nor shall any township be set off or organized unless a petition be first presented to the board, signed by at least fifty electors resident therein, asking for such change, nor unless notice of such proposed change and of the presenting of a petition therefor has been given for at least three months next prior to the time of presenting such petition, by publication at least once a week in a newspaper published in the county, and of general circulation among the people to be affected by such proposed change, for three consecutive weeks, or if no such paper be published in the county, then by written or printed notices securely posted in at least three public places in each township to be affected by the change.
K.S.A. § 66-1603 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 16 / Section 66-1603
66-1603 - Damages and costs.
Status: in_force

66-1603. Damages and costs. In any civil action brought pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1602, the utility may recover as damages three times the amount of actual damages, if any, plus the costs of the suit as defined in K.S.A. 60-2003.
K.S.A. § 75-2925 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 29 / Section 75-2925
75-2925 - Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

75-2925. Purpose of act. The general purpose of this act is to establish a system of personnel administration that meets the social, economic and program needs of the people of the state of Kansas as these needs now or in the future may be established. This system shall provide means to recruit, select, develop and maintain an effective and responsible work force and shall include policies and procedures for employee hiring and advancement, training and career development, job classification, salary administration, retirement, fringe benefits, discipline, discharge and other related activities. All personnel administration actions regarding employees in the state classified service shall be made without regard to race, national origin or ancestry, religion, political affiliation, or other nonmerit factors. Personnel administration actions shall be based on merit principles and fitness to perform the work required and shall provide fair and equal opportunity for public service.
K.S.A. § 74-3244 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-3244
74-3244 - Rights in judicial and administrative proceedings saved.
Status: in_force

74-3244. Rights in judicial and administrative proceedings saved. No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against the state education commission abolished by this order, or by or against any employee of such office in his or her official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his or her official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of this order. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the state board of regents or any employee affected.
K.S.A. § 17-619 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 17-619
17-619 - Powers of sundry companies.
Status: in_force

17-619. Powers of sundry companies. That any macadam-road, plank-road, telegraph, hydraulic, irrigating, gas company, milling or other manufacturing corporation using power, duly chartered and organized, may furnish, sell, let, or lease, for such time as such corporation may determine, any portion of its water or power or gas to any person or persons or corporation or partnerships who may wish to use the same, and may convey water in channels, raceways, or pipes, and convey gas or compressed air in pipes, and may transmit power by shafting, belting, belting and pulleys, ropes and pulleys, or by electrical current, or by compressed air; and such corporation may borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for completing, furnishing or operating its canals, raceways, pipes, dams, mills, or machinery, and may issue and dispose of its bonds for any amount so borrowed, and may mortgage the corporate property and franchise, or any part of the same, to secure the payment of any debt contracted by the corporation for the purposes aforesaid.
K.S.A. § 55-1203 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 12 / Section 55-1203
55-1203 - Appropriation of certain property.
Status: in_force

55-1203. Appropriation of certain property. Any natural gas public utility may appropriate for its use for the underground storage of natural gas any subsurface stratum or formation in any land which the commission shall have found to be suitable and in the public interest for the underground storage of natural gas, and in connection therewith may appropriate such other interests in property as may be required adequately to examine, prepare, maintain and operate such underground natural gas storage facilities. The right of appropriation hereby granted shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or of other rights or interests therein to drill or bore through the underground stratum or formation so appropriated in such manner as shall comply with orders, rules and regulations of the commission issued for the purpose of protecting underground storage strata or formations against pollution and against the escape of natural gas therefrom and shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or other rights or interests therein as to all other uses thereof.
K.S.A. § 8-276 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-276
8-276 - Drivers' training schools; qualifications for instructor of school.
Status: in_force

8-276. Drivers' training schools; qualifications for instructor of school. (a) In order for a person to qualify as an instructor for a driving school, such person shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Present to the department evidence of:

(A) Credit in driver education and safety from an accredited college or university equivalent to credits in those subjects required of instructors in the schools accredited by the state board;

(B) having a valid credential issued by the state board to teach driver education; or

(C) having completed at least 30 hours of classroom and 24 hours of behind the wheel training under the direct supervision of an individual who is presently licensed as an instructor by the state board under subparagraph (A) or (B) and who has been continuously licensed and who has actively instructed students for a period of at least three years;

(2) have knowledge of the Kansas operation lifesaver highway/railroad grade crossing safety program;

(3) be physically able to operate safely a motor vehicle and to train others in the operation of motor vehicles;

(4) provide a certificate of health from a medical doctor stating that such person is physically and mentally able to safely operate a motor vehicle;

(5) hold a valid Kansas driver's license or driver's license issued by any other state; and

(6) pay to the department an application fee of $5.

(b) For a motorcycle instructor subject to the provisions of this section, such motorcycle instructor shall be required to:

(1) Have successfully completed all requirements of this section; and

(2) possess a valid class M driver's license or equivalent license allowing such individual to operate a motorcycle for another state.
K.S.A. § 21-5935 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 59 / Section 21-5935
21-5935 - Failure to register an aircraft.
Status: in_force

21-5935. Failure to register an aircraft. (a) Failure to register an aircraft is possessing an aircraft knowing that is not registered in accordance with the regulations of the federal aviation administration contained in title 14, chapter 1, parts 47-49 of the code of federal regulations.

(b) Failure to register an aircraft is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to any aircraft registration or information supplied by a governmental entity in the course and scope of performing its lawful duties.
K.S.A. § 65-488 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-488
65-488 - Insurance coverage parity for services performance by a rural emergency hospital.
Status: in_force

65-488. Insurance coverage parity for services performance by a rural emergency hospital. Each individual and group policy of accident and sickness insurance, each contract issued by a health maintenance organization and all coverage maintained by an entity authorized under K.S.A. 40-2222, and amendments thereto, or by a municipal group-funded pool authorized under K.S.A. 12-2618, and amendments thereto, shall provide benefits for services when performed by a rural emergency hospital if such services would be covered under such policies, contracts or coverage if performed by a general hospital.
K.S.A. § 9-2310 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-2310
9-2310 - General powers.
Status: in_force

9-2310. General powers. Any fiduciary financial institution is hereby authorized to exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, the following powers:

(a) To engage in fidfin transactions in accordance with K.S.A. 9-2311, and amendments thereto;

(b) to receive, retain and manage alternative asset custody accounts in accordance with K.S.A. 9-2313, and amendments thereto; and

(c) to engage in trust business as defined in K.S.A. 9-701, and amendments thereto, as incidental to the activities in subsections (a) and (b).
K.S.A. § 19-1203 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 12 / Section 19-1203
19-1203 - Vacancy in office of register of deeds, how filled.
Status: in_force

19-1203. Vacancy in office of register of deeds, how filled. In case of a vacancy in the office of register of deeds, the same shall be filled by the appointment of a qualified elector of the county. If the vacancy occurs on or after May 1 of the second year of the term, the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies at the next general election to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Nomination and election of such successor shall be in the same manner as nomination and election of a county register of deeds for a regular term. In the absence or inability of the register of deeds to perform the duties of his office, the deputy shall perform the duties of said register during the continuance of such absence or inability. Appointments hereunder shall be made in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in the office of member of the house of representatives.
K.S.A. § 40-1141 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 11 / Section 40-1141
40-1141 - Same; violations and penalties.
Status: in_force

40-1141. Same; violations and penalties. If the commissioner determines that the title insurance agent or any other person has violated this act, or any rules and regulation or order promulgated thereunder, after notice and opportunity to be heard, the commissioner may order that such person be subject to the penalties provided in K.S.A. 40-2406 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 83-322 — KS Code / Chapter 83 / Article 3 / Section 83-322
83-322 - Same; transfer of officers and employees; retention of benefits and rights; service deemed continuous.
Status: in_force

83-322. Same; transfer of officers and employees; retention of benefits and rights; service deemed continuous. On the effective date of this act, officers and employees who immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of the Kansas grain inspection laws pertaining to the actual inspection of the scales and other weighing and measuring devices specified in chapter 34 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and who in the opinion of the secretary of agriculture, are necessary to perform the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas grain inspection laws pertaining to the actual inspection of the scales and other weighing and measuring devices specified in chapter 34 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be transferred to and shall become officers and employees of the state department of agriculture. Any such officer or employee shall retain all retirement benefits and all rights of civil service which had accrued to or vested in such officer or employee prior to the effective date of this act. The service of each such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous.
K.S.A. § 40-412 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4 / Section 40-412
40-412 - When action to be maintained on insurance contract.
Status: in_force

40-412. When action to be maintained on insurance contract. No action shall be maintained upon or in respect to any contract of life insurance heretofore or hereafter made, upon which any premium shall remain unpaid after the expiration of the period specified in the policy for the payment of such premium, for the enforcement of any right under such contract which is by the terms of the policy conditioned upon the payment of such premium, or which is by the terms of the policy subject to termination or cancellation for failure to pay such premium, unless such action, or an action to reinstate such policy as a premium-paying policy, shall be commenced within six months after the expiration of the period specified in the policy for the payment of the premium so remaining unpaid in cases of failure to pay which may hereafter occur, or within six months from the date hereof in cases of failure to pay which have heretofore occurred.