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K.S.A. § 46-235 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 2 / Section 46-235
46-235 - Restrictions on compensation of state officers and employees.
Status: in_force

46-235. Restrictions on compensation of state officers and employees. No state officer or employee shall accept compensation for performance of official duties, other than that to which such person is entitled for such performance. No person shall pay or offer to pay any state officer or employee any compensation for performance of official duties, except a state officer or employee performing official duties in making payments to state officers and employees. The receipt of wages or salary from an individual's non-state employer during a period of service as a state officer or employee shall not be construed as compensation for performance of official duties.
K.S.A. § 25-2117 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 21 / Section 25-2117
25-2117 - Vacancies in certain elective city offices; appointment by governing body.
Status: in_force

25-2117. Vacancies in certain elective city offices; appointment by governing body. Whenever any vacancy occurs in any elective city office, and no other provision is made by law for filling such vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governing body of the city, or the remaining member or members of such governing body. A majority of the members of the governing body then in office shall be sufficient for approval of any such appointment.
K.S.A. § 58-5014 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 50 / Section 58-5014
58-5014 - Defenses in action against trust director.
Status: in_force

58-5014. Defenses in action against trust director. In an action against a trust director for breach of trust, the director may assert the same defenses a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances could assert in an action for breach of trust against the trustee.
K.S.A. § 59-2201 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 22 / Section 59-2201
59-2201 - Pleading.
Status: in_force

59-2201. Pleading. Every application in a probate proceeding, unless made during a hearing or trial, shall be by petition signed and verified by or on behalf of the petitioner. No defect in form shall impair substantial rights; and no defect in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing shall invalidate any proceedings.
K.S.A. § 74-4945 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4945
74-4945 - Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule; past service cost.
Status: in_force

74-4945. Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule; past service cost. (a) Any member, joint annuitant or beneficiary of a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system who is receiving a benefit from the Kansas public employees retirement system calculated in accordance with K.S.A. 74-4915, shall have the benefit increased permanently in accordance with the following schedule: Those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1962 and 1963 will be increased thirty-two percent (32%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1964 and 1965 will be increased twenty-eight percent (28%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1966 and 1967 will be increased twenty-two percent (22%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1968 will be increased fifteen percent (15%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1969 will be increased nine percent (9%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1970 will be increased two percent (2%); those members whose retirement date occurred on and after January 1, 1971, are not increased by this act; those members whose retirement date occurs on or after the effective date of this act are not increased by this act.

(b) The increases granted in subsection (a) of this section shall accrue from July 1, 1973, and be in addition to the increase granted under K.S.A. 74-4943.

(c) The cost of the increases granted in subsection (a) is hereby made a past service cost and shall be amortized in the same manner and over the same period as all other past service costs of each of the participating employers under the Kansas public employees retirement system.
K.S.A. § 65-28,129 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,129
65-28,129 - State board of healing arts; fingerprinting and criminal history; fees.
Status: in_force

65-28,129. State board of healing arts; fingerprinting and criminal history; fees. (a) As part of an original application for or reinstatement of any license, registration, permit or certificate or in connection with any investigation of any holder of a license, registration, permit or certificate, the state board of healing arts may require a person to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto.

(b) The state board of healing arts may fix and collect a fee as may be required by the board in an amount necessary to reimburse the board for the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check. Any moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the healing arts fee fund.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.
K.S.A. § 80-1116 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 11 / Section 80-1116
80-1116 - Same; right of elector of township being disorganized to vote and become candidate for office in townships to which territory will attach.
Status: in_force

80-1116. Same; right of elector of township being disorganized to vote and become candidate for office in townships to which territory will attach. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall have adopted a resolution providing for the disorganization of any township under the provisions of this act and attachment of the territory thereof to another township or townships and the time for the filing of a petition in opposition thereto has expired, without the filing of a valid and sufficient petition in opposition thereto, prior to the date fixed by law for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for township offices, or prior to the date fixed for the holding of primary and general elections for the election of township officers, but the effective date for the disorganization of such township and the attachment of the territory thereof to another township shall not become effective until the expiration of the terms of office of the officers holding such offices, any qualified elector residing within the township being disorganized may become a candidate and may be nominated and elected to an office of the township to which the territory in which he or she resides shall be attached and made a part of at the time fixed by law for the taking and holding of such office. Any qualified elector residing within the township being disorganized may vote at such primary or general election for the election of township officers of the township to which the territory in which he or she resides shall be attached and made a part of at the time fixed by law for the taking of office by officers elected at such primary or general election.
K.S.A. § 48-512 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 5 / Section 48-512
48-512 - Articles of war; freedom from arrest; jury duty.
Status: in_force

48-512. Articles of war; freedom from arrest; jury duty. (a) Whenever such forces or any part thereof shall be ordered out for active service, the articles of war of the United States applicable to members of the national guard of this state in relation to courts-martial, their jurisdiction and the limits of punishment and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder shall be in full force and effect with respect to the Kansas state guard.

(b) Whenever such forces or any part thereof shall be ordered out for service of any kind, they shall have all powers, duties and immunities of peace officers of the state of Kansas in addition to all powers, duties and immunities now otherwise provided by law.

(c) No officer or enlisted person of such forces shall be arrested on any warrant, except for treason or felony, while going to, remaining at, or returning from a place where he or she is ordered to attend for military duty.

Every officer and enlisted person of such forces shall, during service therein, be exempt from service upon any posse comitatus and from jury duty.
K.S.A. § 19-26,105 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-26,105
19-26,105 - Budgets; accounts and records; annual reports.
Status: in_force

19-26,105. Budgets; accounts and records; annual reports. (a) The bank shall be subject to the provisions of the cash-basis law, K.S.A. 10-1101 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(b) The budget of the bank shall be prepared, adopted and published as provided by law for other political subdivisions of the state. No budget shall be adopted by the board until it has been submitted to, reviewed and approved by the board of county commissioners.

(c) The board shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the board shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the board.

(d) All records and accounts shall be subject to public inspection pursuant to K.S.A. 45-216 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(e) Any moneys of the bank which are not immediately required for the purposes of the bank shall be invested in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto.

(f) The bank shall make an annual report to the board of county commissioners on or before January 31 of each year, showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its control and showing all property transactions occurring in each year. Such report shall include an inventory of all property held by the bank. A copy of such inventory also shall be published in the official county newspaper on or before January 31 of each year.

(g) The bank shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 9-1401 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 77-108 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 1 / Section 77-108
77-108 - Quorum of commission.
Status: in_force

77-108. Quorum of commission. The duties imposed upon said commission may be performed by a majority thereof.
K.S.A. § 46-216 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 2 / Section 46-216
46-216 - "Compensation" defined.
Status: in_force

46-216. "Compensation" defined. "Compensation" means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on, or received by, any person in return for services rendered, or to be rendered, by such person or another.
K.S.A. § 39-1205 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 12 / Section 39-1205
39-1205 - Purpose of grants-in-aid.
Status: in_force

39-1205. Purpose of grants-in-aid. The purpose of grants-in-aid shall be: (a) To encourage the development of local community initiative in broadening the scope of noninstitutional care and training programs for people with intellectual or other disabilities; (b) to maintain minimum standards in the operation of such programs; (c) to review the experiences of the individual community programs as they develop or maintain their programs; (d) to foster the progress of rehabilitation programs and half-way house programs to higher levels of quality and service. Grants-in-aid under the provisions of this act shall only supplement funds, shall not exceed 1 / 2 of the cost of operating expense of rehabilitation facilities or half-way houses for adults with intellectual or other disabilities and shall not be used for the purchase or construction of buildings.
K.S.A. § 40-755 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7 / Section 40-755
40-755 - Annual statement to include valuation of certificates in force; certification or verification of actuary.
Status: in_force

40-755. Annual statement to include valuation of certificates in force; certification or verification of actuary. As part of the annual statement herein required, each society shall, on or before the first day of March, file with the commissioner of insurance a valuation of its certificates in force on December 31 last preceding, providing the commissioner of insurance may, in the exercise of discretion for cause shown, extend the time for filing such valuation for not more than two calendar months. Such valuation shall be done in accordance with the standards specified in K.S.A. 40-754. Such valuation and underlying data shall be certified by a qualified actuary or, at the expense of the society, verified by the actuary of the department of insurance of the state of domicile of the society.
K.S.A. § 74-32,132 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,132
74-32,132 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

74-32,132. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Committee" means the nursing service scholarship review committee established under K.S.A. 74-3299, and amendments thereto.

(b) "Executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the state board of regents appointed under K.S.A. 74-3203a, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Educational and training program for advanced practice registered nurses" means a post-basic nursing education program a graduate of which meets the education requirements of the board of nursing for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse.

(d) "Medically underserved area" means a practice location designated medically underserved by the secretary of health and environment.

(e) "Rural area" means any county of this state other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties.
K.S.A. § 77-207 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-207
77-207 - Biological sex; application thereof to any state law or rule or regulation; application of intermediate constitutional scrutiny standard of review; important governmental objectives; collection of vital statistics.
Status: in_force

77-207. Biological sex; application thereof to any state law or rule or regulation; application of intermediate constitutional scrutiny standard of review; important governmental objectives; collection of vital statistics. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary, with respect to the application of an individual's biological sex pursuant to any state law or rules and regulations, the following shall apply:

(1) An individual's "sex" means such individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth;

(2) a "female" is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova, and a "male" is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female;

(3) the terms "woman" and "girl" refer to human females, and the terms "man" and "boy" refer to human males;

(4) the term "mother" means a parent of the female sex, and the term "father" means a parent of the male sex;

(5) with respect to biological sex, the term "equal" does not mean "same" or "identical";

(6) with respect to biological sex, separate accommodations are not inherently unequal; and

(7) an individual born with a medically verifiable diagnosis of "disorder/differences in sex development" shall be provided legal protections and accommodations afforded under the Americans with disabilities act and applicable Kansas statutes.

(b) Laws and rules and regulations that distinguish between the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny. Intermediate constitutional scrutiny forbids unfair discrimination against similarly situated male and female individuals but allows the law to distinguish between the sexes where such distinctions are substantially related to important governmental objectives. Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary, distinctions between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms and other areas where biology, safety or privacy are implicated that result in separate accommodations are substantially related to the important governmental objectives of protecting the health, safety and privacy of individuals in such circumstances.

(c) Any school district, or public school thereof, and any state agency, department or office or political subdivision that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with anti-discrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic or other data shall identify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth.
K.S.A. § 25-4325 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 43 / Section 25-4325
25-4325 - Recall of local officers; petition; affidavit, form, number of signatures.
Status: in_force

25-4325. Recall of local officers; petition; affidavit, form, number of signatures. Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the sponsor who personally circulated the petition. The affidavit shall state in substance that (a) the person signing the affidavit is a sponsor, (b) the person is the only circulator of that petition or copy, (c) the signatures were made in such person's actual presence, (d) to the best of such person's knowledge, the signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be, (e) the person circulated the petition in the manner provided by this act and (f) the person signing the affidavit, being duly sworn, on oath states that the statements of grounds for recall contained in the recall petition are true. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the county election officer shall not count signatures on petitions not properly certified. The recall committee may file the petition only if signed by registered electors in the election district of the local officer sought to be recalled equal in number to not less than 40% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office of the local officer sought to be recalled, such percentage to be based upon the last general election for the current term of office of the local officer sought to be recalled. If more than one person was elected to such office at such election the number of signatures required shall be equal to not less than 40% of the votes cast at such election for all candidates for the office divided by the number of persons elected to such office.
K.S.A. § 38-537 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5 / Section 38-537
38-537 - Maintenance and support; tax levy, use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

38-537. Maintenance and support; tax levy, use of proceeds. For the improvement, support, operation and maintenance of such home, school or youth center and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, the county commissioners shall levy a tax as in the case of providing for other expenses of the county on all taxable tangible property of said county.
K.S.A. § 22-4502 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 45 / Section 22-4502
22-4502 - rocedure to obtain services for representation before appearance.
Status: in_force

22-4502. P rocedure to obtain services for representation before appearance. The state board for indigents' defense services shall prescribe by rule and regulation the procedure to be followed by law enforcement officials in obtaining the services of counsel from the panel for indigents' defense services to represent indigent persons detained by such law enforcement officials prior to appearance before a court.
K.S.A. § 19-2202 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 22 / Section 19-2202
19-2202 - Penalties for itinerant vendors without a license.
Status: in_force

19-2202. Penalties for itinerant vendors without a license. Any such itinerant vendor who shall pursue such occupation without first obtaining a license as aforesaid, or who shall upon demand of any sheriff, constable or householder of the county, refuse to produce his license and permit the same to be read, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
K.S.A. § 74-7035 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 70 / Section 74-7035
74-7035 - Act not applicable to certain practices and persons.
Status: in_force

74-7035. Act not applicable to certain practices and persons. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not apply to:

(a) The work of an employee, consultant or a subordinate of a person holding a license under K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, if such work does not include final designs or decisions, responsible charge of design and is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a person practicing lawfully a technical profession;

(b) the work of any person who is exclusively and regularly employed by a single employer, provided, such employer is not an engineering, architectural, surveying, landscape architectural or geology firm, and is not primarily engaged in the business of conveying an interest in real property, and also provided, such work is performed under an employer-employee relationship, and making surveys of land and determinations of physical property rights is performed solely in connection with the affairs of such employer or its subsidiaries and affiliates and solely for the uses, purposes and benefit of such employer, subsidiaries and affiliates;

(c) a plumbing contractor, master plumber or journeyman plumber licensed under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1508 et seq. , and amendments thereto, while performing the work such plumber is authorized to perform pursuant to such license; or

(d) an electrical contractor, master electrician, journeyman electrician or residential electrician licensed under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1525 et seq. , and amendments thereto, while performing the work such electrician is authorized to perform pursuant to such license.

(e) For purposes of this act, public officers and employees who, within the scope of their employment and in the discharge of their public duties, provide information pertinent to or review the sufficiency of technical submissions, or who inspect property or buildings for compliance with requirements safeguarding life, health or property, are not engaged in the practice of the technical professions.
K.S.A. § 12-3505 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 35 / Section 12-3505
12-3505 - Representation by attorney general, department heads and secretary.
Status: in_force

12-3505. Representation by attorney general, department heads and secretary. Upon receiving any notice under K.S.A. 12-3504, the secretary shall give notice thereof to all interested department heads, the attorney general, and such other state officers as the secretary may determine. The secretary, the attorney general or any department head specified by the secretary shall be authorized by himself or by herself or by his or her representative to represent the state of Kansas in negotiations relating to such special assessment tax, or protest thereof. Such representation may be either in writing or by personal appearance or otherwise.