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K.S.A. § 9-2225 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-2225
9-2225 - Waiver or agreement to forego rights; settlement of claims; authorization to confess judgment prohibited; authorization in violation of section is void.
Status: in_force

9-2225. Waiver or agreement to forego rights; settlement of claims; authorization to confess judgment prohibited; authorization in violation of section is void. (a) A consumer shall not waive or agree to forego rights or benefits under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2223 through 9-2234, and amendments thereto, relating to covered transactions except as follows:

(1) The following may be settled by agreement if disputed in good faith. Any claim:

(A) By a consumer against a mortgage company for any violation of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2223 through 9-2234, and amendments thereto, including for a civil penalty; or

(B) against a consumer for default or for breach of a duty imposed by K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2223 through 9-2234, and amendments thereto.

(2) A claim against a consumer shall be settled for less value than the amount claimed.

(3) A settlement in which the consumer waives or agrees to forego rights or benefits under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2223 through 9-2234, and amendments thereto, is invalid if the court, as a matter of law, finds the settlement to have been unconscionable at the time it was made. The competence of the consumer, any deception or coercion practiced upon the consumer, the nature and extent of the legal advice received by the consumer and the value of the consideration are relevant to the issue of unconscionability.

(b) A consumer may not authorize any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of a covered transaction. An authorization in violation of this section shall be void.

(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas mortgage business act.
K.S.A. § 48-3069 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 30 / Section 48-3069
48-3069 - (KCMJ Art. 120c) Sexual misconduct.
Status: in_force

48-3069. (KCMJ Art. 120c) Sexual misconduct. (a) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer if such person, without legal justification or lawful authorization:

(1) Knowingly and wrongfully views the private area of another person without the other person's consent and when that other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy;

(2) knowingly photographs, videotapes, films or records by any means the private area of another person without that other person's consent and when that other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; or

(3) knowingly broadcasts or distributes any such recording that the person knew or reasonably should have known was made under the circumstances prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2).

(b) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer and is guilty of forcible pandering if such person compels another person to engage in an act of prostitution with any person.

(c) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer and is guilty of indecent exposure if such person intentionally exposes, in an indecent manner, the genitalia, anus, buttocks or female areola or nipple.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Act of prostitution" means a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in UCMJ article 120 and where the person performing the act receives something of value in return.

(2) "Another person" or "other person" means a member of the state military forces, the United States armed forces, the state military forces from another state, a cadet, a candidate, a trainee or a recruit.

(3) "Broadcast" means to electronically transmit a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person or persons.

(4) "Distribute" means to deliver to the actual or constructive possession of another, including transmission by electronic means.

(5) "Indecent manner" means conduct that amounts to a form of immorality relating to sexual impurity that is grossly vulgar, obscene and repugnant to common propriety and tends to excite sexual desire or deprave morals with respect to sexual relations.

(6) "Private area" means the naked or underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks or female areola or nipple.

(7) "Reasonable expectation of privacy" means circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that:

(A) The person could disrobe in privacy without being concerned that an image of a private area of the person is being captured; or

(B) a private area of the person would not be visible to the public.
K.S.A. § 74-32,415 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,415
74-32,415 - Career technical education capital outlay aid; determination of amounts; payments and disposition; overpayments and underpayments.
Status: in_force

74-32,415. Career technical education capital outlay aid; determination of amounts; payments and disposition; overpayments and underpayments. The amount of career technical education capital outlay aid for each eligible institution shall be determined by the state board on the basis of need and the condition of existing facilities and equipment and payments thereof shall be distributed on payment dates to be determined by the state board. The state board shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount due as career technical education capital outlay aid to each eligible institution five days before each payment date. The director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable to the treasurer of each institution eligible for payment of career technical education capital outlay aid, pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board or by a person or persons designated by the state board. Upon receipt of such warrant, the treasurer of each eligible institution shall deposit the amount of such warrant to the credit of the career technical education capital outlay fund established by this act.

In the event any eligible institution is paid more than it is entitled to receive under any distribution made under this act, the state board shall notify the institution of the amount of such overpayment, and such institution shall remit the same to the state board. The state board shall remit any moneys so received to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. If any such institution fails to remit, the state board shall deduct the excess amounts so paid from future payments becoming due to such institution. In the event any institution is paid less than the amount to which it is entitled under any distribution made under this act, the state board shall pay the additional amount due at any time within the academic year in which the underpayment was made or within 60 days after the end of such academic year.
K.S.A. § 65-675 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 6 / Section 65-675
65-675 - Same; reports and dissemination of information.
Status: in_force

65-675. Same; reports and dissemination of information. (a) The secretary may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this act, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.

(b) The secretary may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics as the secretary deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in the section shall be construed to prohibit the secretary from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of the investigations of the secretary.
K.S.A. § 2-1113 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 2-1113
2-1113 - Dressed poultry; increasing weight prohibited.
Status: in_force

2-1113. Dressed poultry; increasing weight prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to inject, or cause to be injected, water or any other substance by means of what is known as a "needle" or "watergun" or by any other means, into dressed poultry that is prepared and/or offered for sale or sold in the state of Kansas, when such injection would increase the weight of such poultry.
K.S.A. § 12-331 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 12-331
12-331 - Ordinance approving city's plat; action to set aside.
Status: in_force

12-331. Ordinance approving city's plat; action to set aside. The plat executed and filed by the mayor shall be approved by ordinance, and any person aggrieved by said plat shall have thirty days after the publication of such ordinance in which to bring an action to set the same aside in whole or in part, and in case such action is not brought within the time specified, every person affected thereby shall be forever barred of all right to question the same.
K.S.A. § 25-2110 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 21 / Section 25-2110
25-2110 - Candidate for office elected at large; filing of petition or statement of candidacy; fee; elections conducted by county election officer; nomination petitions.
Status: in_force

25-2110. Candidate for office elected at large; filing of petition or statement of candidacy; fee; elections conducted by county election officer; nomination petitions. (a) Any person desiring to become a candidate for city office elected at large shall file with the county election officer of the county in which the city is located, or of the county in which the greater population of the city is located if the city extends into more than one county, before the filing deadline, established in K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, a declaration of candidacy on a form furnished by the county election officer as specified by the secretary of state.

(b) The number of qualified electors of the city which must sign a nomination petition, shall be established by the city governing body by passage of an ordinance.

(c) Within three days from the date of the filing of a nomination petition or a declaration of intention to become a candidate for a city office elected at large, the county election officer shall determine the validity of such petition or declaration.

(d) If a nomination petition or declaration is found to be invalid, the county election officer shall notify the candidate on whose behalf the petition or declaration was filed that such nomination petition or declaration has been found to be invalid and the reason for the finding. Such candidate may make objection to the finding of invalidity by the county election officer in accordance with K.S.A. 25-308, and amendments thereto.

(e) All city elections shall be conducted by the county election officer of the county in which such city is located, or of the county in which the greater population of the city is located if the city extends into more than one county.
K.S.A. § 79-215 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 2 / Section 79-215
79-215 - Property exempt from taxation; personal property held for sale or display at certain functions.
Status: in_force

79-215. Property exempt from taxation; personal property held for sale or display at certain functions. (a) The following personal property is exempt from all property or ad valorem taxes levied under the laws of this state: Personal property held for sale or display at, and in connection with, a fair, exposition, trade show, auction, bazaar, flea market or convention.

(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 79-213, and amendments thereto, shall not be applicable to property exempted under this section.

(c) Any dispute or grievance arising under this section shall be heard and determined by the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the property subject to the dispute or grievance is located.

(d) The provisions of this section shall apply to all taxable years commencing after December 31, 1986.
K.S.A. § 14-696 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-696
14-696 - Same; budget; tax levy; revenues.
Status: in_force

14-696. Same; budget; tax levy; revenues. In addition to the certification of January under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-605, the board of hospital trustees shall, on or before the tenth day of July of each year, file with the governing body of the city a budget for the ensuing budget year, which shall be the ensuing calendar year, and shall accompany such budget with a condensed budget to be published as a part of the regular city budget. At the hearing on the regular city budget there shall be a hearing on the hospital budget, and all persons within the hospital territory may appear at the hearing and be heard. The budget may be modified and reduced but not increased before final adoption and the budget may be adopted by the hospital board immediately after the hearing or afterward. A copy of the adopted budget shall be certified by the chairman and secretary to the governing body of the city.

The governing body of the city shall make a tax levy not exceeding one-half mill, according to the requirements of the budget, for hospital purposes, and such levy shall be extended by the county clerk over the entire hospital territory within the county and such levy shall not be included within the total aggregate tax levy limit of the city. Where the added territory extends into an adjacent county the city clerk shall certify the hospital levy to the county clerk of the adjacent county and he or she shall extend the levy on all the tangible taxable property of such territory in his or her county. Upon the receipt of the revenue provided by such levy from the county treasurer or treasurers the city treasurer shall turn the money over to the treasurer of the board of hospital trustees, taking his or her receipt therefor.
K.S.A. § 48-513 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 5 / Section 48-513
48-513 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

48-513. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 40-2,100 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,100
40-2,100 - Insurance coverage to include reimbursement or indemnity for services performed by optometrist, dentist or podiatrist.
Status: in_force

40-2,100. Insurance coverage to include reimbursement or indemnity for services performed by optometrist, dentist or podiatrist. Notwithstanding any provision of any individual, group or blanket policy of accident and sickness, medical or surgical expense insurance coverage or any provision of a policy, contract, plan or agreement for medical service, issued on or after the effective date of this act, whenever such policy, contract, plan or agreement provides for reimbursement or indemnity for any service which is within the lawful scope of practice of any practitioner licensed under the healing arts act of this state, reimbursement or indemnification under such policy contract, plan or agreement shall not be denied when such services are performed by an optometrist, dentist or podiatrist acting within the lawful scope of their license.
K.S.A. § 12-836 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-836
12-836 - Waterworks bonds; limitation.
Status: in_force

12-836. Waterworks bonds; limitation. Cities of the second and third class whose total bonded indebtedness shall not exceed fifteen percent of its total assessed valuation now owning and operating, or hereafter acquiring a system of waterworks are hereby empowered to issue bonds for the purpose of enlarging, repairing, extending, and improving such system of waterworks, in any sum not exceeding two percent of the total assessed valuation of the property of such city as shown by the assessment books for the year preceding the issuance of such bonds, as hereinafter provided: Provided, however, That in computing its total bonded indebtedness any such city may, for the purposes of this act, deduct therefrom the aggregate amount of any sinking fund or funds collected by said city for the payment of its outstanding bonds, at maturity.
K.S.A. § 75-5657 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5657
75-5657 - Environmental protection grant program; contracts; plans, approval; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

75-5657. Environmental protection grant program; contracts; plans, approval; rules and regulations. (a) On and after January 1, 1990, the state of Kansas shall provide state environmental protection grants to local health departments or other local entities for the purpose of developing and implementing environmental protection plans and programs. A local entity or the Kansas department of health and environment may enter into contracts to develop, implement or carry out any elements of the local environmental protection plan or program.

(b) The governing board of any local health department or other local entity desiring to receive a state environmental protection grant pursuant to this act shall indicate its intent to develop an environmental protection plan to implement the environmental protection strategy of the state water plan. An environmental protection plan should include, but not be limited to, the sanitary code, subdivision water and wastewater plan, solid waste management plan, hazardous waste management plan, public water supply protection plan and nonpoint source pollution control plan.

(c) A local health department or other local entity may request certification by the secretary that it has an approved environmental protection plan and is prepared to assume a program of permitting, inspection, compliance and enforcement of specified elements of the department's environmental protection plan. The secretary shall provide guidance on achieving environmental results for certification of local programs and audit annually each local program based on achievement of environmental results.

(d) The secretary of health and environment may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary for the administration of this section.
K.S.A. § 68-714 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 7 / Section 68-714
68-714 - Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile.
Status: in_force

68-714. Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the construction or improvement of roads costing less than five hundred dollars per mile.
K.S.A. § 65-535 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 5 / Section 65-535
65-535 - Staff secure facility; requirements; services; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

65-535. Staff secure facility; requirements; services; rules and regulations. (a) A staff secure facility shall:

(1) Not include construction features designed to physically restrict the movements and activities of residents, but shall have a design, structure, interior and exterior environment, and furnishings to promote a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for the residents;

(2) implement written policies and procedures that include the use of a combination of supervision, inspection and accountability to promote safe and orderly operations;

(3) rely on locked entrances and delayed-exit mechanisms to secure the facility, and implement reasonable rules restricting entrance to and egress from the facility;

(4) implement written policies and procedures for staff monitoring of all facility entrances and exits;

(5) implement written policies and procedures for the screening and searching of both residents and visitors;

(6) implement written policies and procedures for knowing the whereabouts of all residents at all times and for handling runaways and unauthorized absences; and

(7) implement written policies and procedures for determining when the movements and activities of individual residents may, for treatment purposes, be restricted or subject to control through the use of intensive staff supervision.

(b) A staff secure facility shall provide the following services to children placed in such facility, as appropriate, for the duration of the placement:

(1) Case management;

(2) life skills training;

(3) health care;

(4) mental health counseling;

(5) substance abuse screening and treatment; and

(6) any other appropriate services.

(c) Service providers in a staff secure facility shall be trained to counsel and assist victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

(d) A staff secure facility may be on the same premises as that of another licensed facility. If the staff secure facility is on the same premises as that of another licensed facility, the living unit of the staff secure facility shall be maintained in a separate, self-contained unit. No staff secure facility shall be in a city or county jail.

(e) The secretary for children and families, in consultation with the attorney general, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section on or before January 1, 2017.

(f) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 41-2728 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 27 / Section 41-2728
41-2728 - Title of act; power to regulate cereal malt beverage.
Status: in_force

41-2728. Title of act; power to regulate cereal malt beverage. From and after November 15, 2005:

(a) K.S.A. 41-2701 through 41-2727 and section 14*, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas cereal malt beverage act.

(b) Except as specifically provided in the Kansas cereal malt beverage act, the power to regulate all phases of the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, transportation and traffic in cereal malt beverages is vested exclusively in the state and shall be exercised as provided in the Kansas cereal malt beverage act. No city or county shall enact any ordinance or resolution which is in conflict with the provisions of the Kansas cereal malt beverage act and any such ordinance or resolution shall be null and void.

(c) The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be presumed conclusively that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional provision.
K.S.A. § 38-141 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1 / Section 38-141
38-141 - Parents' rights to exercise primary control over the upbringing of their children; cause of action.
Status: in_force

38-141. Parents' rights to exercise primary control over the upbringing of their children; cause of action. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age; and

(2) "parent" means and includes a natural parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent or a guardian or conservator of a child who is liable by law to maintain, care for or support the child.

(b) It shall be the public policy of this state that parents shall retain the fundamental right to exercise primary control over the care and upbringing of their children in their charge. It is further the public policy of this state that children shall have the right to protection from abuse and neglect.

(c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be interpreted to expand, diminish or in any way alter the scope of the rights of parents or children to the extent such rights exist as of the effective date of this act.

(d) Any parent may maintain a cause of action in state court or in any court of competent jurisdiction for claims arising under the principles established in subsection (b). Any person authorized by law to act on behalf of a child may maintain a cause of action in the name of such child in any court of competent jurisdiction for claims arising under the principles established in subsection (b).
K.S.A. § 2-507 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-507
2-507 - Crops.
Status: in_force

2-507. Crops. All crops grown upon such demonstration farm to be the property of the county in which it is located, and any surplus shall be sold to the citizens thereof when desired for seed or propagation, or used for public institutions; the receipts from such sales to be credited to the farm.