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K.S.A. § 65-179 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-179
65-179 - Same; unauthorized disclosure; penalty; construction of act.
Status: in_force

65-179. Same; unauthorized disclosure; penalty; construction of act. Any disclosure of data in violation of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as conferring upon the secretary of health and environment the power to demand or require that any physician or other person furnish any data other than as may be expressly required by law.
K.S.A. § 40-1107 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 11 / Section 40-1107
40-1107 - Maximum amount of one risk or hazard; exceptions.
Status: in_force

40-1107. Maximum amount of one risk or hazard; exceptions. No insurance company organized under the laws of this state and transacting business in this state shall, except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 40-1107a, expose itself to loss on any one risk or hazard to an amount exceeding ten percent (10%) of its paid-up capital and surplus unless the excess shall be reinsured in some other company duly authorized to transact similar business in this state or as otherwise provided in the insurance code and no insurance company not organized under the laws of this state and transacting business in this state shall, except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 40-1107a, expose itself to loss on any one risk or hazard to an amount exceeding ten percent (10%) of its paid-up capital and surplus unless the excess shall be reinsured either in some company duly authorized to transact similar business in this state or as provided by the laws of such company's domiciliary state.
K.S.A. § 21-5204 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 52 / Section 21-5204
21-5204 - Culpable mental state; exclusions.
Status: in_force

21-5204. Culpable mental state; exclusions. Proof of a culpable mental state does not require proof:

(a) Of knowledge of the existence or constitutionality of the statute under which the accused is prosecuted, or the scope or meaning of the terms used in that statute; or

(b) that the accused had knowledge of the age of a minor, even though age is a material element of the crime with which the accused is charged.
K.S.A. § 79-32,238 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,238
79-32,238 - Integrated coal gasification power plants; credits for certain investments; definitions.
Status: in_force

79-32,238. Integrated coal gasification power plants; credits for certain investments; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 79-32,238 through 79-32,241, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Commission" means the state corporation commission.

(b) "Expansion of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant" means expansion which begins after December 31, 2005, of the capacity of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant by at least 10% of such capacity.

(c) "Integrated coal gasification power plant" means a facility which: (1) Is located in Kansas, (2) converts coal into synthesis gas that can be used as a fuel to generate energy and (3) uses the synthesis gas as a fuel to generate electric energy.

(d) "Kansas coal" means coal from a mine whose coal deposits are located in the ground wholly or partially in Kansas regardless of the location of the mine's tipple.

(e) "New integrated coal gasification power plant" means an integrated coal gasification power plant, construction of which begins after December 31, 2005.

(f) "Pass-through entity" means any: (1) Corporation which is exempt from income tax under section 1363 of the federal internal revenue code and which complies with the requirements of K.S.A. 79-32,100e, and amendments thereto; (2) limited liability company; (3) partnership; (4) limited liability partnership; (5) corporation organized under the electric cooperative act; or (6) nonstock member-owned electric cooperative corporation incorporated in this state.

(g) "Qualified investment" means expenditures made in construction of a new integrated coal gasification power plant or in expansion of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant, for real and tangible personal property incorporated in and used as part of such plant.
K.S.A. § 17-78,607 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 78 / Section 17-78,607
17-78,607 - Savings clause.
Status: in_force

17-78-607. Savings clause. This act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 68-2243 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 22 / Section 68-2243
68-2243 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

68-2243. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 68-2231 through 68-2244, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 68-2245, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the highway advertising control act.
K.S.A. § 25-4701 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 47 / Section 25-4701
25-4701 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

25-4701. Citation of act. K.S.A. 25-4701 through 25-4716, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the help America vote act of 2002 administrative complaint act.
K.S.A. § 24-635 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-635
24-635 - Overseers; appointment; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

24-635. Overseers; appointment; powers and duties. For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dike or other works constructed or erected under the provisions of this act the board of supervisors shall have the power to appoint not more than three overseers of their respective districts, who shall hold their offices for a term of one year; whose duty it shall be to keep the ditches, drains, dikes and other works erected or constructed for the reclamation of the lands in the drainage district in good repair, and remove all obstructions from all ditches, drains or watercourses within their respective districts. It shall also be the duty of said overseers to cause the arrest of all persons who shall be known to have filled up, or put any timber or brush into, or to have in any way obstructed any ditch, drain or watercourse, or have damaged any dike or other work erected or constructed for the reclamation of lands as aforesaid, within their respective districts, and bring them before a court having jurisdiction for trial and punishment.
K.S.A. § 20-127 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 20-127
20-127 - Change in status affecting membership; vacancies.
Status: in_force

20-127. Change in status affecting membership; vacancies. If the chairman or any other members of the commission elected by the members of the bar shall cease to be a member of the bar entitled to engage in the general practice of law in Kansas, or if the chairman shall change his place of residence from the state or if any other member of the commission, whether elected or appointed, shall change his place of residence to a congressional district other than that from which he was elected or appointed, the chairman or such other member as to whom such change of condition exists, shall no longer be a member of the commission and a vacancy shall exist as to his membership.
K.S.A. § 75-4282 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 42 / Section 75-4282
75-4282 - Same; state and state treasurer not liable to lending institution.
Status: in_force

75-4282. Same; state and state treasurer not liable to lending institution. The state and the state treasurer shall not be liable to any eligible lending institution in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on the loan to an eligible developer borrower. Any delay in payments or default on the part of an eligible developer borrower does not in any manner affect the housing loan deposit agreement between the eligible lending institution and the state treasurer.
K.S.A. § 65-3307 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 33 / Section 65-3307
65-3307 - Application of act.
Status: in_force

65-3307. Application of act. The provisions of this act shall be applicable to any water pollution control project on which construction was started after July 1, 1969.
K.S.A. § 65-790 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 7 / Section 65-790
65-790 - Penalties for violation of act.
Status: in_force

65-790. Penalties for violation of act. Any person who violates any provision of this act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
K.S.A. § 74-5809 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 58 / Section 74-5809
74-5809 - Same; purchase agreement required; contents.
Status: in_force

74-5809. Same; purchase agreement required; contents. Any person who practices the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids shall provide to each purchaser of a hearing instrument, a purchase agreement which shall contain the licensee's printed name, signature, address of regular place of practice and licensee number. The purchase agreement shall include the brand, model, style, type of technology, warranty and the amount charged for the hearing instrument furnished to the consumer. The purchase agreement shall also include the condition of the hearing instrument and whether it is assembled, new, used or rebuilt.
K.S.A. § 10-204 — KS Code / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 10-204
10-204 - Joint bridge projects by counties, cities or townships.
Status: in_force

10-204. Joint bridge projects by counties, cities or townships. Whenever any two counties, cities or townships are separated by a stream of water, which it is desirable to bridge, such counties, cities or townships may join in the construction of the same, and the officers aforesaid of such counties, cities or townships shall determine the proportionate share of bonds to be issued by each, and each county, city or township shall bear the same proportionate expense and cost of constructing and maintaining said bridge, and if the same be a toll bridge, shall receive the same proportion of tolls collected therefrom; but each county, city or township shall vote separately on the issuing of bonds.
K.S.A. § 12-2839 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 28 / Section 12-2839
12-2839 - Adoption of ordinance; election required.
Status: in_force

12-2839. Adoption of ordinance; election required. The provisions of this act shall be adopted by ordinance at any regular meeting, adjourned meeting or special meeting called for such purpose. Any such ordinance shall not take effect unless and until the question of the approval of such ordinance has been submitted to a vote of the electors of the city and a majority of those voting on the question shall have voted in favor thereof. The election and vote on any such ordinance shall be called, held and conducted in like manner as provided by the general bond law.
K.S.A. § 72-4229 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 42 / Section 72-4229
72-4229 - Technical advice and assistance.
Status: in_force

72-4229. Technical advice and assistance. The state board shall provide, upon request, any board of education with technical advice and assistance regarding the preparation of an application for a grant of authority to operate a public innovative district.
K.S.A. § 24-519 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 24-519
24-519 - Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties.
Status: in_force

24-519. Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties. The board of directors shall appoint, at such a salary as they shall determine, a benefits assessment commission, consisting of three disinterested members, one of whom shall be an engineer, who shall serve during the pleasure of the board of directors. The members of said commission shall receive pay for such time only as they may spend in the actual performance of their duties. It shall be the duty of this commission to assess the costs of improvements made against the separate tracts of land and other real property in proportion to the benefits derived therefrom.
K.S.A. § 65-2427 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 24 / Section 65-2427
65-2427 - Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
Status: in_force

65-2427. Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body. When death or stillbirth occurs outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and regulations in force where the death or stillbirth occurred, the permit shall authorize the transportation of the body into or through this state.
K.S.A. § 72-7210 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 72 / Section 72-7210
72-7210 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

72-7210. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "School district" means any public school district organized and operating under the laws of this state.

(b) "Student publication" means any matter which is prepared, substantially written, or published by students, which is distributed or generally made available, either free of charge or for a fee, to members of the student body, and which is prepared under the direction of a certified employee.
K.S.A. § 12-2534 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 25 / Section 12-2534
12-2534 - Same; additional powers of the authority.
Status: in_force

12-2534. Same; additional powers of the authority. In further effectuation of that certain compact between the states of Kansas and Missouri heretofore made and entered into on December 28, 1965, the Kansas City area transportation authority of the Kansas City area transportation district, created by and under the aforesaid compact, is authorized to exercise the following powers in addition to those heretofore expressly authorized by the aforesaid compact:

(1) To make all appointments and employ all its officers, agents and employees, determine their qualifications and duties and fix their compensation.

(2) To deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, pension or retirement provisions, and insurance benefits.

(3) To provide for the retirement and pensioning of its officers and employees and the widows and children of the deceased officers and employees, and to provide for paying benefits upon disability or death of its officers and employees and to make payments from its funds to provide for said retirements, pensions and death or disability benefits.
K.S.A. § 79-32,263 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,263
79-32,263 - Tax credit for property taxes paid by certain senior citizens; selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR).
Status: in_force

79-32,263. Tax credit for property taxes paid by certain senior citizens; selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR). This act shall be known and may be cited as the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR). There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax liability of a taxpayer imposed under the Kansas income tax act, the following: (a) For tax years 2008, 2009 and 2010, an amount equal to 45% of the amount of property and ad valorem taxes actually and timely paid as described in this section; and (b) for tax year 2011 and all tax years thereafter, an amount equal to 75% of the amount of property and ad valorem taxes actually and timely paid by a taxpayer who is 65 years of age or older and who has household income equal to or less than 120% of the federal poverty level for two persons if such taxes were paid upon real or personal property used for residential purposes of such taxpayer which is the taxpayer's principal place of residence for the tax year in which the tax credit is claimed. The amount of any such credit for any such taxpayer shall not exceed the amount of property and ad valorem taxes paid by such taxpayer as specified in this section. A taxpayer shall not take the credit pursuant to this section if such taxpayer has received a homestead property tax refund pursuant to K.S.A. 79-4501 et seq., and amendments thereto, for such property for such tax year. Subject to the provisions of this section, if the amount of such tax credit exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability for the taxable year, the amount of such excess credit which exceeds such tax liability shall be refunded to the taxpayer. The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the filing of documents that support the amount of the credit claimed pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, "household income" means all income as defined in K.S.A. 79-4502(a), and amendments thereto, including any payments received under the federal social security act, received by persons of a household in a calendar year while members of such household. The provisions of this act shall be part of and supplemental to the homestead property tax refund act.
K.S.A. § 59-2982 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 29 / Section 59-2982
59-2982 - Notice of death of patients in treatment facilities.
Status: in_force

59-2982. Notice of death of patients in treatment facilities. In the event of the death of a patient in a treatment facility, the head of the treatment facility shall immediately give notice of the date, time, place and cause of such death, to the extent known, to the nearest known relative of the patient, and, as appropriate, to the court having jurisdiction over the patient, the attorney for the patient, and to the county or district attorney and as otherwise provide for by law, to the coroner for the county in which the patient died.
K.S.A. § 72-2312 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 23 / Section 72-2312
72-2312 - Responsibilities and duties of professional standards board.
Status: in_force

72-2312. Responsibilities and duties of professional standards board. The professional standards board shall have the following responsibilities and duties:

(a) To develop through the professions of teaching and school administration and recommend for adoption, or amendment and adoption, by the state board of education the rules and regulations for professional standards governing teacher and school administrator pretraining selection, teacher and school administrator preparation, admission to and continuance in the professions of teaching and school administration, including the requirements of continuing education for teachers and school administrators. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the state board of education from initiating and adopting rules and regulations on the matters specified in this section, irrespective of any action or lack thereof by the professional standards board. However, in such instance, the proposed rule and regulation governing a matter specified in this subsection shall be submitted to the professional standards board for its recommendation at least 30 days prior to a motion for adoption by the state board of education. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, if the state board of education finds that an emergency exists, it may immediately adopt any rules and regulations without submission to the professional standards board and without a waiting period.

(b) To develop and recommend to the state board of education for adoption thereby a code of professional responsibility and competency for teachers and school administrators.
K.S.A. § 79-2980 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 29 / Section 79-2980
79-2980 - Credit towards payment of taxes on certain property of television broadcasters; determination of amount of credit; limitations.
Status: in_force

79-2980. Credit towards payment of taxes on certain property of television broadcasters; determination of amount of credit; limitations. (a) Television broadcasters shall receive a credit from the county treasurer of the county in which digital television equipment is located, to apply only towards payment of the broadcaster's personal property taxes, in an amount equal to the broadcaster's personal property taxes on digital television equipment acquired prior to July 1, 2006, multiplied by one minus the digital television fraction. The digital television fraction shall be a fraction the numerator of which is the total number of digital television sets in the United States and the denominator of which is an amount representing the total television sets in the United States as of the assessment date. The digital television fraction will be determined on an annual basis based upon sales data reported by the consumer electronics association or other national organization acceptable to the department of revenue. The Kansas association of broadcasters shall provide, by July 1 of each year, to the department an estimate of the digital television fraction as of the preceding January 1. The department shall communicate such estimate to each county appraiser. The credit shall not be applicable to years after the federal communications commission has ended the broadcast of analog television signals by all full power commercial television stations in Kansas.

(b) As used in this section, "digital television equipment" means all items of tangible personal property that are used directly or indirectly in broadcasting television shows or commercials through the use of digital technology including studio broadcast equipment, transmitter and antenna equipment and broadcast towers.
K.S.A. § 72-3134 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 31 / Section 72-3134
72-3134 - Personnel represent entities on board; costs.
Status: in_force

72-3134. Personnel represent entities on board; costs. Each entity represented on a school attendance review board may assign personnel to represent the entity on a continuing basis in accordance with the intent of this act. The duties, obligations or responsibilities which may be imposed on entities by this act are such that the related costs are incurred as a part of the entities' normal operating procedures. The minor costs of such services may be borne by each entity and each or all of the participants may apply for and utilize state or federal funds as may be available.