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K.S.A. § 55-1631 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 16 / Section 55-1631
55-1631 - Assessments for funding activities of board; amount, collection and payment; assessments voluntary and refundable to interest owner.
Status: in_force

55-1631. Assessments for funding activities of board; amount, collection and payment; assessments voluntary and refundable to interest owner. (a) To fund the activities of the Kansas oil and gas resources board, and in the discretion of the board, a voluntary assessment not to exceed 0.05% of the gross revenues from oil or natural gas produced from each well in the state of Kansas shall be deducted from proceeds paid by the first purchaser to each interest owner. The Kansas oil and gas resources board, however, may permit or require an entity other than the first purchaser to deduct such proceeds where that entity is the operator or the entity distributes revenues to interest owners, directly or indirectly. Any interest owner may seek a refund, as provided in this act. This assessment is a voluntary checkoff and shall be treated in all respects accordingly. The assessment shall not in any manner be deemed to be a tax or governmental assessment of any kind, and the state of Kansas shall have no duty or responsibility with respect to any such assessment.

(b) The assessment imposed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deducted from the proceeds of production and collected by the first purchaser. There shall be a conspicuous line item on each statement showing the amount and pertinent time period of the assessment. The statement shall provide the Kansas oil and gas resources board contact information for obtaining more information or directions for obtaining a refund of the assessment. The assessments, which are imposed on the interest owner, shall be remitted to the Kansas oil and gas resources board by the first purchaser not later than the 60 th day following the end of the month in which the assessment was collected. The moneys collected pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1630, and amendments thereto, shall be deposited with a bank or savings and loan association and shall be used only in defraying costs of administration of the petroleum education and marketing program and for carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 55-1627, 55-1628, 55-1633 and 55-1634, and amendments thereto.

(c) The board shall be responsible for taking any appropriate legal action necessary to collect any assessment which is not paid or is not properly paid by the first purchaser.
K.S.A. § 21-6315 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 63 / Section 21-6315
21-6315 - Criminal street gang intimidation.
Status: in_force

21-6315. Criminal street gang intimidation. (a) Criminal street gang intimidation is the communication, directly or indirectly with another, any threat of personal injury or actual personal injury to another or any threat of damage or actual damage to property of another with the intent to:

(1) Deter such person from assisting a criminal street gang member or associate to withdraw from such criminal street gang; or

(2) punish or retaliate against such person for having withdrawn from a criminal street gang.

(b) Criminal street gang intimidation is a severity level 5, person felony.
K.S.A. § 47-818 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-818
47-818 - State board of veterinary examiners; appointment; terms; vacancies; qualifications; removal by governor.
Status: in_force

47-818. State board of veterinary examiners; appointment; terms; vacancies; qualifications; removal by governor. (a) In order to promote the public health, safety and welfare in relation to the practice of veterinary medicine, there is hereby established the state board of veterinary examiners which shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be licensed veterinarians and one member who shall not be a veterinarian. Upon the expiration of any member's term, the governor shall appoint a successor to ensure the representation of the major facets of veterinary medical practice for a term of four years, which term shall commence on July 1 and shall expire on June 30. Before entering into a term of office, each member of the board shall file with the secretary of state a written oath to discharge the member's duties in a faithful manner.

(b) The procedure for appointing members of the board under this act shall be as follows:

(1) The board of directors of the Kansas veterinary medical association shall submit the names of three or more, or any other person may submit the name of one or more qualified veterinarians to the governor at least 30 days before the expiration of the term of any member of the board who is a licensed veterinarian. The governor may appoint one of the persons whose name is so submitted to the veterinarian member's seat.

(2) A vacancy occurring on the board prior to expiration of the term of a member who is a veterinarian shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as prescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b).

(c) No person shall be qualified to serve as a veterinarian member of the board unless such person:

(1) Is a legal resident of the state of Kansas;

(2) is a graduate of a board-approved school of veterinary medicine;

(3) is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state; and

(4) has had three years of actual practice in veterinary medicine in the state of Kansas preceding the time of appointment.

(d) No person shall be qualified to serve as the nonveterinarian member of the board unless such person:

(1) Has been a legal resident of the state of Kansas for three or more years;

(2) is not a family member, as defined in K.A.R. 19-40-4 and amendments thereto of a veterinarian;

(3) has no financial interest in any veterinary practice or veterinary premises as an owner or employee, or as a family member of an owner or employee, of such practice or premises; and

(4) has never engaged in the profession or business of educating or training veterinarians or students of veterinary medicine.

(e) The governor may remove any member of the board upon recommendation of the board.
K.S.A. § 68-1403 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 14 / Section 68-1403
68-1403 - Same; issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

68-1403. Same; issuance of bonds. In order to pay for the reconstruction, improvement, removal or relocation of any bridge and approaches thereto, provided for in this act, the board of county commissioners of such counties shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of such counties, to issue negotiable bonds of such counties as provided by law. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by a general tax levied upon all the taxable property of the county.
K.S.A. § 76-1952 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19 / Section 76-1952
76-1952 - Rates and charges to members and patients; authority of director of the Kansas office of veterans services.
Status: in_force

76-1952. Rates and charges to members and patients; authority of director of the Kansas office of veterans services. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services shall establish rates of charges to be made to members and patients of the Kansas veterans' home. The charges in the first year of operation of the Kansas veterans' home shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas soldiers' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is less, and thereafter the charges shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas veterans' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is the lesser amount. No action shall be commenced by the director of the Kansas office of veterans services against a member or patient or the estate of a member or patient for the recovery of any such charges unless such action is commenced within five years after the date such charges are incurred. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services may compromise and settle any claim for charges under this section, and may, upon payment of a valuable consideration by the member or patient or the estate of the member or patient, discharge and release such member, patient or estate of any or all past liability incurred under this section due or claim to be due from a member or a patient or the estate of the member or patient, no action shall thereafter be brought or claim made for any amounts due for charges incurred prior to the effective date of the agreement entered into, except for the amounts provided for in the agreement. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend the period specified in K.S.A. 59-2239, and amendments thereto, for the purposes therein specified.
K.S.A. § 8-1438 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1438
8-1438 - "Motorcycle" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1438. "Motorcycle" defined. "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, including autocycles, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding an electric-assisted bicycle or a tractor.
K.S.A. § 40-5004 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 50 / Section 40-5004
40-5004 - Same; suspension, revocation, refusal to issue or renew license; grounds; hearing; powers of commissioner.
Status: in_force

40-5004. Same; suspension, revocation, refusal to issue or renew license; grounds; hearing; powers of commissioner. (a) The commissioner may refuse to issue, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker in the event that investigation by the commissioner discloses that:

(1) There was any material misrepresentation in the application for the license;

(2) the licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has been convicted of fraudulent or dishonest practices, is subject to a final administrative action in this state or another state or is otherwise shown to be untrustworthy or incompetent;

(3) the viatical settlement provider demonstrates a pattern of unreasonable payments to viators;

(4) the licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has been found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony, or to a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude, regardless of whether a judgment of conviction has been entered by the court;

(5) the viatical settlement provider has entered into any viatical settlement contract that has not been approved pursuant to this act;

(6) the viatical settlement provider has failed to honor contractual obligations set out in a viatical settlement contract;

(7) the licensee no longer meets the requirements for initial licensure;

(8) the viatical settlement provider has assigned, transferred or pledged a viaticated policy to a person other than a viatical settlement provider licensed in this state, viatical settlement purchaser, an accredited investor or qualified institutional buyer as defined respectively in regulation D, rule 501 or rule 144A of the federal securities act of 1933, as in effect on the effective date of this act, financing entity, special purpose entity or related provider trust; or

(9) the licensee or any officer, partner, member or key management personnel has violated any provision of this act.

(b) If the commissioner denies a license application or suspends, revokes or refuses to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 54-105 — KS Code / Chapter 54 / Article 1 / Section 54-105
54-105 - Falsifying oaths or affirmations.
Status: in_force

54-105. Falsifying oaths or affirmations. All oaths and affirmations alike subject the party who shall falsify them to the pains and penalties of perjury.
K.S.A. § 17-1613 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 16 / Section 17-1613
17-1613 - Certificate of membership; stock and stockholders.
Status: in_force

17-1613. Certificate of membership; stock and stockholders. (a) When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid such member's membership fee in full, such member shall receive a certificate of membership. No association shall issue stock to a member until such stock has been fully paid for; promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but such retention as security shall not affect the member's right to vote. Except for debts lawfully contracted between the member and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on such member's membership fee or such member's subscription to the capital stock. No stockholder of a cooperative association, except another cooperative association shall own more than 20% of the common stock of the association. An association in its bylaws may limit the amount of common stock which one member may own to any amount less than 20% of the common stock.

(b) The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may provide that no member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote and may also provide for voting based on patronage or patronage equity or both. In the event voting is based on patronage or patronage equity or both, no member shall have more than 5% of the total vote unless the member is another cooperative association. If voting based on patronage or patronage equity, or both, is used, the provisions of this act referring to a majority or similar percentage vote by members, shareholders or shares shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the voting power of the members, stockholders or shares. Any association organized with stock, under this act, may issue preferred stock with or without the right to vote, or with such restrictions on its voting power as the articles of incorporation may prescribe; such stock may be redeemed or retired by the association upon such terms and conditions as may be provided for in the articles of incorporation, and printed on the certificate.

(c) The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock of the association to persons not eligible to be a member of the association and such restrictions must be printed upon every certificate of stock subject thereto.

(d) The association may at any time buy in or purchase its common stock at par or book value as conclusively determined by the board of directors.
K.S.A. § 60-3002 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 30 / Section 60-3002
60-3002 - Filing and status of foreign judgments.
Status: in_force

60-3002. Filing and status of foreign judgments. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress, the statutes of this state or certified in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the judgment was rendered, may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court of this state. Such copy must be filed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas. The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment filed as provided by this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
K.S.A. § 75-7309 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 73 / Section 75-7309
75-7309 - Ombudsman access to records and documents concerning residents.
Status: in_force

75-7309. Ombudsman access to records and documents concerning residents. (a) With the consent of the resident of the facility, the resident representative or next of kin of a deceased resident, an ombudsman shall have access to all records and documents kept for or concerning the resident.

(b) An ombudsman shall have access to all records and documents kept for or concerning a resident (1) in any case in which the resident is unable to consent and there is no resident representative, and (2) in a case in which (A) access to the records and documents is necessary to investigate a complaint, (B) the resident is unable to consent and the resident representative refuses to give permission for such access, (C) the investigating ombudsman has reasonable cause to believe that the resident representative is not acting in the best interests of the resident, and (D) the state long-term care ombudsman has approved such access by the investigating ombudsman.

(c) In addition, in assisting a resident of a facility, an ombudsman or volunteer ombudsman shall have access to all administrative records, policies and documents of the facility that the residents have or the general public has access to that are relevant to such assistance to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of the long-term care ombudsman act.
K.S.A. § 60-4916 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 49 / Section 60-4916
60-4916 - Discovery.
Status: in_force

60-4916. Discovery. (a) Trust claim materials and trust governance documents are presumed to be relevant and authentic, and are admissible in evidence in an asbestos claim. A claim of privilege does not apply to any trust claim materials or trust governance documents.

(b) A defendant in an asbestos claim may seek discovery from an asbestos trust. The plaintiff may not claim privilege or confidentiality to bar discovery and shall provide consent or other expression of permission that may be required by the asbestos trust to release information and materials sought by a defendant.
K.S.A. § 65-6134 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 61 / Section 65-6134
65-6134 - Temporary limitation or restriction of operator's permit; hearing.
Status: in_force

65-6134. Temporary limitation or restriction of operator's permit; hearing. An operator's permit may be temporarily limited or restricted by the board, pending a hearing, upon receipt of a complaint indicating the public health, safety or welfare to be in imminent danger. If an inspection proves the complaint to be invalid, or that the cause therefor has been corrected, the limitation or restriction shall be terminated.

Proceedings under this section may be initiated by the board or by any person filing written charges with the board. The board shall not limit nor restrict any permit pursuant to this section without first conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 16-709 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 7 / Section 16-709
16-709 - Transfer of stock by stockholder of corporate licensee; effect.
Status: in_force

16-709. Transfer of stock by stockholder of corporate licensee; effect. It shall be unlawful for any shareholder of a corporate licensee to transfer any stock in said corporation to any person who would be ineligible to receive a license as an individual, and any such transfer shall be null and void: Provided, That if any such stockholder of a corporate licensee shall become deceased, and his heirs or devisees to whom said stock descends by descent and distribution or by will shall be ineligible to receive a license hereunder, then the legal representatives of said deceased stockholder's estate, his heirs and devisees shall have fourteen (14) months from the date of the death of said stockholder within which to sell said stock to a person eligible to receive a license hereunder, with such sale to be made in accordance with the provisions of the probate code and any amendments thereto. If said legal representatives, heirs and devisees shall fail, refuse or neglect to so convey said stock within the time hereinbefore prescribed, then said stock shall revert to and become the property of the corporation, for which the corporation shall pay to said legal representatives, heirs or devisees the book value of such stock. If the stock in any corporation shall be the subject of any trust heretofore or hereafter created, the trustee or trustees and the beneficiaries of each trustee and beneficiary of said trust who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older must be a person who would be eligible to receive a license, or the trustee shall be and he is hereby authorized and required, within fourteen (14) months after the effective date of the trust, to sell said stock to a person eligible to receive a license under this act, and he shall hold and disburse the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of the trust, or the license of the corporation shall be forfeited.

During the fourteen-month periods hereinbefore mentioned, a corporation shall not be denied a license or have its license revoked if it meets all of the other requirements necessary to have a license as provided in this act.
K.S.A. § 44-802 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 8 / Section 44-802
44-802 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

44-802. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this act, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

(1) The term "labor organization" means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.

(2) The term "business agent" as used herein shall mean any authorized person, without regard to title, who is a full-time official of a labor organization and whose principal duties are to act or attempt to act for a labor organization in collective bargaining and other contract negotiations, in servicing existing contracts, or in organizing employees into collective bargaining units.

(3) The term "collective bargaining unit" shall mean all the employees of one employer which are employed within the state where a majority of whom have voted by secret ballot as provided and in accordance with rules set up in K.S.A. 44-816 to organize themselves into a collective bargaining unit, except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division, department or plant shall have voted to constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered.

(4) The word "person" when used in this act shall mean and apply to every individual, association, partnership, corporation, employer, employee, collective bargaining unit, labor organization or business agent.

(5) The term "all-union agreement" shall mean an agreement between an employer and his employees or the duly authorized representative of his employees in a collective bargaining unit whereby all or any of the employees in such unit are required as a condition of continued employment to become or remain members of a single labor organization on or after the sixtieth day following the beginning of such employment or the effective date of such agreement whichever is the later.
K.S.A. § 48-274 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-274
48-274 - Orders of adjutant general not subject to Kansas administrative procedure act.
Status: in_force

48-274. Orders of adjutant general not subject to Kansas administrative procedure act. The Kansas administrative procedure act does not apply to orders of the adjutant general.
K.S.A. § 14-645 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-645
14-645 - Same; eminent domain.
Status: in_force

14-645. Same; eminent domain. If the governing body of said city and the owner of any property desired by them for hospital and training school purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, said governing body is authorized and empowered to institute and prosecute to completion condemnation proceedings in the name of the city by the city attorney under the provisions of the law in similar cases.