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K.S.A. § 84-9-207 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-207
84-9-207 - Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral.
Status: in_force

84-9-207. Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral. (a) Duty of care when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party's possession. In the case of chattel paper or an instrument, reasonable care includes taking necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties unless otherwise agreed.

(b) Expenses, risks, duties, and rights when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if a secured party has possession of collateral:

(1) Reasonable expenses, including the cost of insurance and payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the custody, preservation, use, or operation of the collateral are chargeable to the debtor and are secured by the collateral;

(2) the risk of accidental loss or damage is on the debtor to the extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance coverage;

(3) the secured party shall keep the collateral identifiable, but fungible collateral may be commingled; and

(4) the secured party may use or operate the collateral:

(A) For the purpose of preserving the collateral or its value;

(B) as permitted by an order of a court having competent jurisdiction; or

(C) except in the case of consumer goods, in the manner and to the extent agreed by the debtor.

(c) Duties and rights when secured party in possession or control. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party having possession of collateral or control of collateral under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-7-106, and amendments thereto and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-104, 84-9-105, 84-9-106 or 84-9-107, and amendments thereto:

(1) May hold as additional security any proceeds, except money or funds, received from the collateral;

(2) shall apply money or funds received from the collateral to reduce the secured obligation, unless remitted to the debtor; and

(3) may create a security interest in the collateral.

(d) Buyer of certain rights to payment. If the secured party is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor:

(1) Subsection (a) does not apply unless the secured party is entitled under an agreement:

(A) To charge back uncollected collateral; or

(B) otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor based on the nonpayment or other default of an account debtor or other obligor on the collateral; and

(2) subsections (b) and (c) do not apply.
K.S.A. § 38-2290 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 22 / Section 38-2290
38-2290 - Child with sexual behavior problems; referral to mental health provider; additional services.
Status: in_force

38-2290. Child with sexual behavior problems; referral to mental health provider; additional services. (a) (1) In addition to any services required under K.S.A. 38-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto, after the department for children and families receives a report of child abuse or neglect where the subject of the report is a child with sexual behavior problems and the department determines that a joint investigation with law enforcement is required in accordance with K.S.A. 38-2226, and amendments thereto, the department shall immediately provide a referral to a child advocacy center or other mental health provider and, as needed, offer additional services to:

(A) The child with sexual behavior problems; and

(B) such child's family.

(2) Such services shall be voluntary, unless the department determines there will be a high risk of future sexual behavior problems by such child if such child or such child's family refuses to accept the services. The department shall thoroughly document:

(A) Offers by the department to provide voluntary services;

(B) the reasons these services are important to reduce the risk of future sexual behavior problems by the child;

(C) whether services were accepted and provided; and

(D) the outcome for the child and family.

(b) As used in this section, "child with sexual behavior problems" means a person less than 18 years of age who has allegedly committed sexual abuse against another person less than 18 years of age.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any other investigation or action by the department or law enforcement that is otherwise authorized by law.

(d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the revised Kansas code for care of children, K.S.A. 38-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 55-1,101 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 1 / Section 55-1,101
55-1,101 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

55-1,101. Definitions. (a) As used in K.S.A. 55-1,101 through 55-1,109, and amendments thereto:

(1) "Gas gathering services" means the gathering or preparation of natural gas for transportation, including transportation to a main transmission line or to any exit tap on a gas gathering system, whether such services are performed for hire or in connection with the purchase of natural gas by the person gathering or preparing the gas or a marketer affiliated with the person gathering or preparing the gas. "Gas gathering services" does not include the gathering of natural gas by an owner or operator of gathering facilities who: (A) Does not hold such facilities out for hire on or after the effective date of this act; and (B) does not purchase the gas for resale. Existing, new or additional exit taps added to a gas gathering system shall not cause a gas gathering system to be regulated as a public utility as that term is used in K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, or as a common carrier as that term is used in K.S.A. 66-105, and amendments thereto.

(2) "Exit tap on a gas gathering system" means the point on a gas gathering system at which natural gas is delivered to a consumer, homeowner, business, agricultural user, person, gas marketer or public utility.

(3) Other terms have the meanings provided by K.S.A. 55-150, and amendments thereto.

(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 55-1,101 through 55-1,109, and amendments thereto, shall be part of and supplemental to chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
K.S.A. § 50-722 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 7 / Section 50-722
50-722 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

50-722. Citation of act. K.S.A. 50-701 through 50-725, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the fair credit reporting act.
K.S.A. § 25-442 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 25-442
25-442 - Prohibition on using ranked-choice voting methods.
Status: in_force

25-442. Prohibition on using ranked-choice voting methods. (a) No form of ranked-choice voting method shall be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any federal, state, county or other municipal elected office.

(b) As used in this section, the term "ranked-choice voting" means a form of voting that allows voters to rank two or more candidates for an elected office in order of preference and tabulates the cast ballots in multiple rounds with the elimination of the lowest vote-receiving candidate after each round until a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.

(c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by subsection (a) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2025, shall be null and void.
K.S.A. § 40-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 15 / Section 40-1501
40-1501 - Formation of companies; membership fee.
Status: in_force

40-1501. Formation of companies; membership fee. Any number of persons, not less than four hundred, residing in this state, who collectively own not less than twenty thousand acres of growing grain, in this state, which they desire to insure against loss or damage by hail, and who shall actually subscribe for such insurance to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, in not less than four hundred separate risks, located in not less than ten counties, and upon not more than five risks of one hundred sixty acres each in any one township, may form an incorporated company for the purpose of mutually insuring growing grain against loss or damage by hail: Provided, That each subscriber shall have paid a membership fee of five dollars, for which duplicate receipts have been executed conditioned for the return thereof at the end of one year from date of first subscription if the company has not then completed its organization, the original receipt to be delivered to the member subscribing, and the duplicate receipt, together with the fee, shall within thirty days after the execution thereof be deposited with the commissioner of insurance, until a certificate of authority to transact business has been granted by the commissioner of insurance, if granted within one year from date of first subscription, otherwise to be returned to the subscribing member.
K.S.A. § 74-5,110 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 5 / Section 74-5,110
74-5,110 - Same; effective date.
Status: in_force

74-5,110. Same; effective date. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-5,104 through 74-5,109, and amendments thereto, shall be effective on and after October 1, 2008.
K.S.A. § 40-2,136 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,136
40-2,136 - Same; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

40-2,136. Same; rules and regulations. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations deemed to be necessary for the implementation and administration of this act.
K.S.A. § 5-501 — KS Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-501
5-501 - Citation of act; application.
Status: in_force

5-501. Citation of act; application. (a) K.S.A. 5-501 through 5-516, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the dispute resolution act.

(b) The dispute resolution act shall apply to registered and approved programs and individuals, and personnel thereof, to parties to dispute resolution being conducted by registered programs and individuals, and to disputes referred by a court, by state government or as otherwise provided by statute to dispute resolution other than litigation. The dispute resolution act shall not apply to any judge acting in an official capacity.
K.S.A. § 17-78,203 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 78 / Section 17-78,203
17-78,203 - Approval of merger; requirements.
Status: in_force

17-78-203. Approval of merger; requirements. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), an agreement of merger is not effective unless it has been approved:

(1) By a domestic merging entity:

(A) In accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of:

(i) In the case of an entity that is not a corporation, a merger; or

(ii) in the case of a corporation, a merger requiring approval by a vote of the interest holders of the corporation; or

(B) if neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of a merger described in subparagraph (A), by all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter; and

(2) in a record, by each interest holder of a domestic merging entity that will have interest holder liability for liabilities that arise after the merger becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a corporation:

(A) The organic rules of the entity provide in a record for the approval of a merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all of the interest holders; and

(B) the interest holder voted for or consented in a record to that provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of that provision.

(b) A merger involving a foreign merging entity is not effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization.

(c) If a merging entity owns at least 90% of the interests of a domestic corporation or corporations, other than a domestic corporation that has in its articles of incorporation the provisions required by K.S.A. 17-6701(g)(7)(B), and amendments thereto, of which there are interests that, absent this subsection would be entitled to approve an agreement of merger, an agreement of merger is effective if such merging entity has approved the agreement of merger as provided in subsection (a) or (b) and the approval of such domestic corporation or corporations is not required.
K.S.A. § 65-442 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-442
65-442 - Limited liability for medical care facilities and certain duly appointed officials thereof; good faith requirement.
Status: in_force

65-442. Limited liability for medical care facilities and certain duly appointed officials thereof; good faith requirement. (a) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no action for damages shall arise against, any duly appointed member of the governing board or the duly appointed member of a committee of the medical staff of a licensed medical care facility for any act, statement or proceeding undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions and within the course of the performance of the duties of such committee of the medical staff if such member acted in good faith and without malice, and the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws that have been approved by the governing board of the medical care facility.

(b) There shall be no liability on the part of and no action for damages shall arise against any licensed medical care facility because of the rendering of or failure to render professional services within such medical care facility by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery if such person is not an employee or agent of such medical care facility.
K.S.A. § 19-4016 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 40 / Section 19-4016
19-4016 - Financial assistance to person studying to be licensed as psychologist or in a social work specialty; agreements, provisions.
Status: in_force

19-4016. Financial assistance to person studying to be licensed as psychologist or in a social work specialty; agreements, provisions. (a) The governing board of a community mental health center that is organized pursuant to K.S.A. 19-4001 et seq., and amendments thereto, and that is licensed under K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto, is hereby authorized to expend funds of the community mental health center to provide loans or scholarships to aid in financing the education of persons studying to become licensed psychologists or licensed in one of the social work specialties and who agree, upon completion of their education and attainment of such licensure, to become members of the staff of the community mental health center.

(b) Every agreement entered into under this section shall be in writing and shall specify the amount of financial assistance to be provided, the terms of eligibility for such financial assistance, the length of employment with the community mental health center required as a condition to the receipt of such financial assistance, the circumstances under which such employment obligation may be discharged or forgiven and such other additional provisions as the parties to the agreement may include as part of the agreement.
K.S.A. § 22-4602 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 46 / Section 22-4602
22-4602 - Effect on pending actions.
Status: in_force

22-4602. Effect on pending actions. (1) The trial of any prosecution commenced prior to the effective date of this chapter, and proceedings incidental thereto, shall be governed by this chapter unless the defendant elects to be proceeded against under the law in force at the time the prosecution was commenced. Such election shall be made by the defendant in open court or in writing at or prior to the time of commencement of trial.

(2) Appeals commenced prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter from and after its effective date.
K.S.A. § 75-4295 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 42 / Section 75-4295
75-4295 - Funding of loans; rate of loans.
Status: in_force

75-4295. Funding of loans; rate of loans. Upon the placement of an economic recovery loan deposit with an eligible lending institution, the institution shall fund the loan to each approved eligible borrower listed in the economic recovery deposit loan package in accordance with the economic recovery loan deposit agreement between the institution and the state treasurer. The loan shall be at a rate as provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-4294(c), and amendments thereto. A certification of compliance with this section in the form and manner as prescribed by the state treasurer shall be required of the eligible lending institution.
K.S.A. § 79-32,287 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,287
79-32,287 - Tax rate imposed; credit allowance; modifications and certain expensing deductions.
Status: in_force

79-32,287. Tax rate imposed; credit allowance; modifications and certain expensing deductions. (a) With respect to any taxable period for which it has made the election under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,286, and amendments thereto, an electing pass-through entity shall be subject to a tax in an amount equal to the highest rate of tax for the applicable income tax year under K.S.A. 79-32,110(a), and amendments thereto, multiplied by the sum of:

(1) Each nonresident electing pass-through entity owner's pro rata or distributive share of the electing pass-through entity's income attributable to the state; and

(2) each resident electing pass-through entity owner's pro rata or distributive share of the electing pass-through entity's income calculated as either: (A) The sum of income attributable to the state and income not attributable to the state; or (B) income attributable to the state. The electing pass-through entity must use the same method of calculation for all resident electing pass-through entity owners. The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be determined pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,130, 79-32,131, 79-32,133 and 79-32,139, and amendments thereto.

(b) An electing pass-through entity shall be treated as a corporation under K.S.A. 79-32,101, and amendments thereto, with respect to the tax imposed under this act, except that K.S.A. 79-32,107, and amendments thereto, shall not apply during the first taxable period for which this act is applicable.

(c) Any credit allowed pursuant to article 32 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, that is attributable to the activities of an electing pass-through entity in the taxable year shall be passed through to and claimed by the electing pass-through entity owner.

(d) Any modification to federal taxable income pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,117 or 79-32,138, and amendments thereto, and any expensing deduction allowed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,143a, and amendments thereto, that is attributable to the activities of an electing pass-through entity in the taxable year shall be claimed on:

(1) The electing pass-through entity's return; and

(2) each electing pass-through entity owner's individual return, in the same proportion and manner as would have applied without the election under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,286, and amendments thereto.

(e) The provisions of article 32 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, regarding the collection, administration and enforcement of tax shall be applicable to the tax due under this section, and notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 79-32,129 and 79-32,139, and amendments thereto, an electing pass-through entity shall be a taxpayer.

(f) The provisions of this section shall apply to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2022.
K.S.A. § 75-3676 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 36 / Section 75-3676
75-3676 - Construction of state printing plant; pooled money investment board to loan funds therefor; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; state printing plant construction fund created.
Status: in_force

75-3676. Construction of state printing plant; pooled money investment board to loan funds therefor; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; state printing plant construction fund created. (a) To provide for the payment of the costs of constructing the facility described in K.S.A. 75-3675, and amendments thereto, and expenses related thereto, the pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to loan to the secretary of administration sufficient funds therefor in amounts which in the aggregate do not exceed $3,856,900. The pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to use any moneys in the operating accounts, investment accounts or other investments, of the state of Kansas to provide the funds for such loan. Commencing on January 1, 1986, such loan shall bear interest at a rate of 8.8% for calendar year 1986; each year thereafter the rate of interest shall be fixed on January 1 of such year at a rate equal to the average yield before taxes received on 91-day United States treasury bills as determined by the federal reserve banks as fiscal agents of the United States at its most recent public offering of such bills in effect on such date. The loan principal and interest thereon shall be payable solely from revenues derived from charges imposed for services performed by the division of printing and credited to the intragovernmental printing service fund, or as otherwise provided by law. Such loan shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness or debt of the state of Kansas within the meaning of section 6 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas.

(b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the state printing plant construction fund. From and after the effective date of this act, the secretary of administration may periodically certify to the pooled money investment board amounts to be transferred pursuant to this subsection. Upon certification to the pooled money investment board by the secretary of administration of the amounts of the loan authorized by subsection (a), the pooled money investment board shall transfer amounts certified by the secretary of administration from the state bank accounts described in subsection (a) to the state printing plant construction fund which in the aggregate do not exceed the amount specified in subsection (a).
K.S.A. § 72-245 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 2 / Section 72-245
72-245 - Composition of state board; position numbers; residence qualification; filling vacancies; powers generally.
Status: in_force

72-245. Composition of state board; position numbers; residence qualification; filling vacancies; powers generally. (a) In compliance with sections 2 and 3 of article 6 of the constitution of this state, provisions are hereby made for the state board of education. The board shall be comprised of ten (10) members. The board shall have ten (10) board member positions, which are numbered one (1) to ten (10). The state is divided into ten (10) board member districts, which are numbered one (1) to ten (10). Each board member position shall correspond to the respectively numbered board member district. Each board member position shall be occupied by a resident of the board member district having the same number.

(b) Members of the state board of education shall be elected as provided by law, except that vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled by appointment under the conditions herein specified.

(c) The state board of education shall have the powers that it is specified to have in the constitution as such powers are more specifically described and defined by law.