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K.S.A. § 25-4502 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 45 / Section 25-4502
25-4502 - Presidential preference primary election; eligibility to vote; voting procedure; candidates' filing requirements and deadline; declaration of intent and fee; petition.
Status: in_force

25-4502. Presidential preference primary election; eligibility to vote; voting procedure; candidates' filing requirements and deadline; declaration of intent and fee; petition. (a) Every registered elector who has declared such elector's party affiliation with a political party eligible to participate in a state primary election shall have the opportunity to vote one vote at a presidential preference primary election for such elector's preference for one person to be the candidate for nomination by such candidate's party for president of the United States or for "none of the names shown." Any registered elector who has not declared such candidate's party affiliation prior to the election may make such a declaration at the polling place, and thereupon shall be permitted likewise the opportunity to vote one vote at the presidential preference primary. A vote for "none of the names shown" shall express the preference for an uncommitted delegation from Kansas to the national convention of that elector's party. Preference shall be indicated by marking with a cross or check mark inside a voting square or a darkened oval on the ballot at the left of the voter's choice, or by voting by using a voting machine.

(b) The name of any candidate for a political party nomination for president of the United States shall be printed on the ballots only if such candidate has filed the appropriate registration information with the federal election commission to become a candidate for president of the United States and one of the following is filed with the secretary of state not later than 12* noon on the date that is 60 days prior to the date of the presidential preference primary or, if such date falls on Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, not later than 12* noon the following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday:

(1) A declaration of intent to become a candidate filed by the candidate and accompanied by a fee of $10,000; or

(2) a petition in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, signed by not less than 5,000 registered electors, who are affiliated with the political party of such candidate as shown by the party affiliation list. The secretary of state shall determine the sufficiency of each such petition, and such determination shall be final.

(c) All fees received by the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be remitted 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.
K.S.A. § 65-2916 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 29 / Section 65-2916
65-2916 - Penalties for violations of act; injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

65-2916. Penalties for violations of act; injunctive relief. (a) Any violation of the provisions of this act shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.

(b) When it appears to the board that any person is violating any of the provisions of article 29 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or supplemental thereto, the board may bring an action in the name of the state in a court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction against such violation without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.

(c) The board, in addition to any other penalty prescribed under the provisions of article 29 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or supplemental thereto, may assess a civil fine, after proper notice and an opportunity to be heard, against a licensee for a violation of the provisions of article 29 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or supplemental thereto, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the first violation, $10,000 for the second violation and $15,000 for the third violation and for each subsequent violation. All fines assessed and collected under this section shall be remitted 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.
K.S.A. § 49-103 — KS Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-103
49-103 - Temporary injunction.
Status: in_force

49-103. Temporary injunction. Whenever it shall be made to appear by petition verified by the oath of the plaintiff, his or her agent or attorney, and by the survey of the county surveyor, that any person or persons, corporation or corporations, is or are without authority mining or taking coal, rock or limestone from the land of the plaintiff, whether held by lease or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the proper district court in termtime, or the judge thereof in vacation, to grant a temporary injunction restraining such person or persons, corporation or corporations, from mining or taking coal, rock or limestone from such land until the further order of the court or judge.
K.S.A. § 41-1203 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 12 / Section 41-1203
41-1203 - Dispensing alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage; carrying alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage onto permitted premises.
Status: in_force

41-1203. Dispensing alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage; carrying alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage onto permitted premises. (a) All alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage sold at an event covered by a temporary permit shall be dispensed only from original containers.

(b) An individual may carry an original container of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage onto the event premises with the approval of the temporary permit holder and under the following conditions:

(1) The temporary permit holder shall not store any such containers of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage on the event premises; and

(2) each individual carrying any such container onto the event premises shall remove such container when the individual exits the event premises.
K.S.A. § 21-6413 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 64 / Section 21-6413
21-6413 - Unlawful disposition of animals.
Status: in_force

21-6413. Unlawful disposition of animals. (a) Unlawful disposition of animals is knowingly raffling or giving as a prize or premium living rabbits or chickens, ducklings or goslings.

(b) Unlawful disposition of animals is a class C misdemeanor.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person giving such animals to minors for use in agricultural projects under the supervision of commonly recognized youth farm organizations.
K.S.A. § 2-144 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-144
2-144 - Fair board; how appointed; organization.
Status: in_force

2-144. Fair board; how appointed; organization. The county free fair shall be managed by a board of seven members, four of whom shall be appointed by the governing body of the city and three of whom shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located, one from each commissioner district. In any county having more than three county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may appoint a member to the fair board from each commissioner district. The fair board shall select a chairperson and treasurer from its membership and may appoint such other officers as may be necessary.
K.S.A. § 19-4616 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 46 / Section 19-4616
19-4616 - Revenue bonds; notice; use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

19-4616. Revenue bonds; notice; use of proceeds. The commission may issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of purchasing, leasing or otherwise acquiring an existing hospital building or buildings and improving, remodeling or repairing and equipping the same, or for the purpose of constructing, equipping and furnishing an addition to an existing county hospital and, if necessary, acquiring a site therefor, or for the purpose of acquiring a site for constructing, equipping and furnishing a new hospital building or facility, separate and apart from an existing county hospital. Before any such bonds shall be issued, the commission shall publish a resolution declaring its intention to issue such bonds, stating the purpose for which such bonds are to be issued and the amount thereof. Such resolution shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper, or if there is no official county newspaper, a newspaper published as provided in K.S.A. 64-101, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 21-5928 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 59 / Section 21-5928
21-5928 - Unlawful acts relating to the medicaid program.
Status: in_force

21-5928. Unlawful acts relating to the medicaid program. (a) No recipient of medicaid benefits, family member of such recipient, or provider of medicaid services shall intentionally:

(1) Solicit or receive any remuneration, including but not limited to any kickback, bribe or rebate, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind:

(A) In return for referring or refraining from referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any goods, service, item, facility or accommodation for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under the medicaid program; or

(B) in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending purchasing, leasing or ordering any goods, service, item, facility or accommodation for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under the medicaid program;

(2) offer or pay any remuneration, including, but not limited to, any kickback, bribe or rebate, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind to any person to induce such person:

(A) To refer or refrain from referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any goods, service, item, facility or accommodation for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under the medicaid program; or

(B) to purchase, lease, order, or arrange for or recommend purchasing, leasing, or ordering any goods, service, item, facility or accommodation for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under the medicaid program; or

(3) divide or share any funds illegally obtained from the medicaid program.

(b) No medicaid recipient shall intentionally trade a medicaid number for money or other remuneration, sign for services that are not received by the medicaid recipient or sell or exchange for value goods purchased or provided under the medicaid program.

(c) A violation of this section is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.

(d) This section shall not apply to a refund, discount, copayment, deductible, incentive or other reduction obtained by a provider in the ordinary course of business, and appropriately reflected in the claims or reports submitted to the medicaid program, or its fiscal agent, nor shall it be construed to prohibit deductibles, copayments or any other cost or risk sharing arrangements which are a part of any program operated by or pursuant to contracts with the medicaid program.
K.S.A. § 75-7716 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 77 / Section 75-7716
75-7716 - Changes or alternations required to comply with law; notice; duty of licensee.
Status: in_force

75-7716. Changes or alternations required to comply with law; notice; duty of licensee. (a) Whenever an authorized agent of the director of the Kansas office of early childhood or the secretary for children and families finds a day care facility that is not being conducted according to law, it shall be the duty of such agent to notify the licensee in writing of changes or alterations as such agent determines is necessary in order to comply with the requirements of the law, and such agent shall file a copy of such notice with the director of the Kansas office of early childhood. It shall thereupon be the duty of the licensee to make such changes or alterations as are contained in the written notice within five days from the receipt of such notice. Notice shall be given in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(b) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2026.
K.S.A. § 19-4716 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 47 / Section 19-4716
19-4716 - Schedule of fines for violations; waiver of right to trial; voluntary appearance; plea of guilty or no contest.
Status: in_force

19-4716. Schedule of fines for violations; waiver of right to trial; voluntary appearance; plea of guilty or no contest. (a) The board of county commissioners shall establish a schedule of fines which shall be imposed for violations of county codes and resolutions. Any fine established shall be within the minimum and maximum allowable fines established by county resolutions for such offenses by the board of county commissioners.

(b) A person charged with the violation of a county code or resolution contained in a schedule of fines established under subsection (a) shall, except as provided in subsection (c), appear at the place and time specified in the notice to appear. If the person enters an appearance, waives right to trial, pleads guilty or no contest, the fine shall be no greater than that specified in the schedule.

(c) Prior to the time specified in the notice to appear, a person charged with the violation of a county code or resolution contained in a schedule of fines established under subsection (a) may enter an appearance, waive right to trial, plead guilty or no contest and pay the fine for the violation as specified in the schedule. At the election of the person charged, such appearance, waiver, plea and payment may be made by any means accepted by the court. The complaint shall not have been complied with if a payment is not honored for any reason, or the fine is not paid in full prior to the time specified in the notice to appear. When a person charged with violating a county code or resolution on a schedule of fines makes payment without executing a written waiver of right to trial and plea of guilty or no contest, the payment shall be deemed such an appearance, waiver of right to trial and plea of no contest.

The judge may authorize the clerk of the district court or some other person to accept by mail, in person or other means as ordered by the court, such voluntary appearance, plea of guilty or no contest and payment of the fine imposed by the schedule.

The schedule of fines and persons authorized to accept such pleas shall be conspicuously displayed in the office where such voluntary appearance, plea of guilty and payment of fine occurs.

(d) No person who violates a county code or resolution and is prosecuted under this code shall be imprisoned for such violation.
K.S.A. § 12-1686 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-1686
12-1686 - Same; resolution or ordinance for establishment and operation of museums after approval by electors.
Status: in_force

12-1686. Same; resolution or ordinance for establishment and operation of museums after approval by electors. Upon the adoption of the proposition by a majority of those voting thereon at the election, the governing body of the city or school district if acting independently or the joint governing bodies of a city and school district then acting jointly, shall by appropriate resolution or ordinance provide for the establishment, maintenance and conduct of such community historical museum as they deem advisable and practicable and shall establish a commission to be vested with the powers, duties and obligations necessary for the conduct of such community historical museum, the members of which shall serve without pay.
K.S.A. § 60-5303 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 53 / Section 60-5303
60-5303 - Exercise of religion; burden of proof; remedies.
Status: in_force

60-5303. Exercise of religion; burden of proof; remedies. (a) Government shall not substantially burden a person's civil right to exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless such government demonstrates, by clear and convincing evidence, that application of the burden to the person:

(1) Is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and

(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

(b) A person whose exercise of religion has been burdened, or is substantially likely to be burdened, in violation of this act, may assert such violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding. A court may grant appropriate relief as may be necessary including:

(1) Injunctive relief;

(2) protective order;

(3) writ of mandamus or prohibition;

(4) declaratory relief;

(5) actual damages; or

(6) costs and attorney fees determined by the court.

(c) Any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have abused the protection of this act by making a fraudulent claim may be enjoined from filing further claims under this act without leave of court.
K.S.A. § 75-5008 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 50 / Section 75-5008
75-5008 - Division of engineering and design; director of engineering and design, appointment and salary.
Status: in_force

75-5008. Division of engineering and design; director of engineering and design, appointment and salary. There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of transportation a division of engineering and design, which shall be administered, under the supervision of the office of the secretary of transportation, by the director of engineering and design, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the division. The director of engineering and design shall be appointed by the secretary of transportation and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The director of engineering and design shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of transportation and approved by the governor.
K.S.A. § 72-9933 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 99 / Section 72-9933
72-9933 - Teacher exchange program; participation authorized.
Status: in_force

72-9933. Teacher exchange program; participation authorized. (a) The board of education of any school district may grant to a teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the teacher exchange program established under public law 87-256, 75 Stat. 527, as amended, and public law 83-480, as amended. The board of education granting such leave of absence may employ with or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if the national will be authorized to teach at a grade level and in a field or subject similar to that which the national is authorized to teach in such foreign state.

(b) Any teacher of this state who participates in the teacher exchange program and teaches in a foreign state shall be deemed to have taught during the period of exchange in the school district by which the teacher is employed for the following purposes: (1) Participation in the Kansas public employees' retirement system; and (2) entitlement to any benefits to which the teacher would have been entitled had the teacher taught in the school district.

(c) No liability, civil or criminal, with respect to the misuse of public funds, shall attach to any board of education, or any member thereof, for effectuating the provisions of this section.

(d) The state board of education shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the temporary licensure of teachers from a foreign state who participate in the teacher exchange program.
K.S.A. § 40-3223 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 32 / Section 40-3223
40-3223 - Open enrollment.
Status: in_force

40-3223. Open enrollment. (a) After a health maintenance organization has been in operation twenty-four (24) months, it may have an annual open enrollment period of at least one month during which it accepts enrollees up to the limits of its capacity, as determined by the health maintenance organization, in the order in which they apply for enrollment. A health maintenance organization shall apply to the commissioner for authorization to impose such underwriting restrictions upon enrollment as may be deemed necessary by the health maintenance organization and the commissioner to preserve its financial stability, to prevent excessive adverse selection by prospective enrollees, or to avoid unreasonably high charges for enrollee coverage for health care services. The commissioner shall approve or deny such application within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof from the health maintenance organization.

(b) Health maintenance organizations providing or arranging for services exclusively on a group contract basis may limit the open enrollment provided for in subsection (a) to all members of the group or groups covered by such contracts.
K.S.A. § 25-804 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 25-804
25-804 - Selection of presidential electors; certification of names to secretary of state.
Status: in_force

25-804. Selection of presidential electors; certification of names to secretary of state. (a) Each political party that is a recognized political party in accordance with K.S.A. 25-302a, and amendments thereto, shall adopt procedures to select presidential electors and select presidential electors in accordance with such procedures.

(b) (1) The names of the presidential electors for a presidential candidate of a political party with a state organization shall be certified to the secretary of state by the chairperson of the state political party.

(2) The names of presidential electors for presidential candidates of a political party that does not have a state organization shall be certified to the secretary of state by the chairperson of the national political party.

(3) The names of presidential electors for independent presidential candidates shall be selected and certified to the secretary of state by the candidate.

(c) All names of presidential electors shall be certified to the secretary of state on or before September 1 of the year in which there is a presidential election.
K.S.A. § 74-4550 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 45 / Section 74-4550
74-4550 - State park and resources authority to acquire land for Hillsdale state park.
Status: in_force

74-4550. State park and resources authority to acquire land for Hillsdale state park. The state park and resources authority shall acquire from the appropriate federal agency, as authorized by K.S.A. 74-4510, and amendments thereto, the following described tracts of land located in Miami county, Kansas, to be known as Hillsdale state park: Approximately 1,475 acres of federally owned land in the lower regions of Hillsdale lake above elevation 917.0 MSL and further described as that land above Hillsdale dam in sections 11 through 14, 18, 23, 24, and below the dam in section 24, township 19S, range 22E, and above the dam in section 19, township 19S, range 23E, known as the Jayhawker and north and south Tecumseh areas.
K.S.A. § 14-692 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-692
14-692 - Same; training school for nurses.
Status: in_force

14-692. Same; training school for nurses. A training school for nurses may be established and maintained in connection with such hospital and as a part of same.