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K.S.A. § 80-1542 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 15 / Section 80-1542
80-1542 - Same; governing body.
Status: in_force

80-1542. Same; governing body. If a fire district includes land located in less than four townships, the members of the township boards shall be the governing body of such fire district. If such fire district includes land located in four or more townships, the governing body of such townships, meeting and acting together, shall adopt a resolution fixing the number of members from each township board that will constitute the governing body of such fire district and the period of time that such member will serve on the governing body of such fire district. If any of the members of the township board serving on the governing body of a fire district do not reside in such fire district, the township board shall appoint an elector of such township residing in such fire district to serve on the governing body of such fire district in place of any member of the township board who does not reside in such fire district. In any fire district in which there is located a city of the third class, which has consented to be included in such fire district, the governing body of such city shall appoint a person to serve as a member of the governing body of such fire district. For a fire district which includes land in less than four townships, a member of the township board once elected shall continue to serve as a member of the governing board of the fire district throughout the remainder of such person's term as an officer of the township. The member appointed by a city of the third class shall serve on the governing body of such fire district until a successor is appointed. Any vacancy shall be filled by the township or city of the third class from which such vacancy occurs.
K.S.A. § 72-5539 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 55 / Section 72-5539
72-5539 - Federal fund applications for special education research; use and handling of funds.
Status: in_force

72-5539. Federal fund applications for special education research; use and handling of funds. (a) It is hereby declared to be a policy of the state of Kansas to cooperate with the federal government in doing research in the field of special education within this state to determine the needs of educable children with intellectual disability in areas where population is not sufficiently large to make possible the organization of day school special classes in centers within travel distance for children.

(b) The state board of education is designated the "educational agency" responsible for carrying out the purposes of this act, and is authorized to make and file applications for federal funds as provided in the federal act of July 26, 1954 (68 Stat. 533). The state board of education is authorized and empowered to receive from the federal government, or any of its agencies, any funds made available under existing law, rules or regulations, or that may hereafter be made available for expenses of doing research, and such board may expend the same for such purposes in accordance with the rules, regulations and requirements under which such funds are made available.

(c) The state board of education is authorized and directed to require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe such regulations, as it deems necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act, and shall make such reports to federal agencies as may be required by such agencies in granting federal funds.

(d) The state treasurer is designated the custodian of all funds made available for the purposes of this act. The state board of education shall deposit all such funds received from the federal government in the state treasury, and the treasurer of the state shall credit same to the proper accounts. The director of accounts and reports is hereby authorized to draw his warrants upon the treasurer of [the] state against such accounts upon duly authorized vouchers approved by the state board of education as provided by law.
K.S.A. § 65-5301 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 53 / Section 65-5301
65-5301 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

65-5301. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Asbestos project" means an activity undertaken to remove or encapsulate friable asbestos containing materials.

(b) "Business entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or other business concern.

(c) "License" means an authorization issued by the secretary permitting a business entity to engage in an asbestos project.

(d) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.

(e) "Friable asbestos containing material" means any material that contains more than 1% asbestos, by weight, which is applied to ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, ductwork or any other part of a building and which, when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

(f) "Asbestos" means that asbestiform varieties of: Chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite.
K.S.A. § 3-321 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 3-321
3-321 - Same; effect of not making a levy; limitations.
Status: in_force

3-321. Same; effect of not making a levy; limitations. In the event that any county is unconditionally authorized to make a tax levy under authority of K.S.A. 3-316, but the board of county commissioners of such county chooses, in any year, not to make such tax levy, or chooses to make a smaller tax levy for such purpose, such board of county commissioners may do so. In the event that the board of county commissioners of any county refrains from making a levy in any one or more years or making the full levy which it is authorized to make under K.S.A. 3-316 and the resolution adopted thereunder, the authority of such county to make a tax levy under K.S.A. 3-316 shall not thereby be extended beyond the original period specified in the resolution adopted under K.S.A. 3-316, nor shall the number of mills of tax authorized in any succeeding year be increased thereby.
K.S.A. § 17-6911 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 69 / Section 17-6911
17-6911 - Discontinuance of liquidation of assets; dismissal of trustee or receiver.
Status: in_force

17-6911. Discontinuance of liquidation of assets; dismissal of trustee or receiver. The liquidation of the assets and business of an insolvent corporation may be discontinued at any time during the liquidation proceedings when it is established that cause for liquidation no longer exists. In such event the district court in its discretion, and subject to such condition as it may deem appropriate, may dismiss the proceedings and direct the trustee or receiver to redeliver to the corporation all of its remaining property and assets.
K.S.A. § 42-393 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-393
42-393 - Penalty for failure of superintendent to deliver water.
Status: in_force

42-393. Penalty for failure of superintendent to deliver water. Any superintendent having charge of any ditch, canal, conduit or reservoir who shall willfully neglect or refuse to deliver water as in this act provided to any person entitled thereto, shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than one month, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment; and the proprietors of such works shall moreover be liable in damages to the person or persons deprived of the use of water to which he or they were entitled, as in this act provided.
K.S.A. § 65-474 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-474
65-474 - Same; insurance and other coverage to provide benefits for services performed by a critical access hospital.
Status: in_force

65-474. Same; insurance and other coverage to provide benefits for services performed by a critical access hospital. Each individual and group policy of accident and sickness insurance, each contract issued by health maintenance organizations and all coverage maintained by an entity authorized under K.S.A. 40-2222 and amendments thereto or by a municipal group funded pool authorized under K.S.A. 12-2618 and amendments thereto shall provide benefits for services when performed by a critical access hospital if such services would be covered under such policies or contracts if performed by a general hospital.
K.S.A. § 66-1,219 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,219
66-1,219 - Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers.
Status: in_force

66-1,219. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers. The commission, upon its own initiative, may investigate all rates, joint rates, tolls, charges and exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and rules and regulations of common carriers, except a motor carrier holding a certificate of public service. If after full hearing and investigation the commission finds that such rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates or rules and regulations are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, the commission shall have the power to fix and order substituted therefor such rates, tolls, charges, exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and such rules and regulations as are just and reasonable.

If upon any investigation it is found that any such regulation, measurement, practice, act or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unduly preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of this act or of the orders of the commission, or if it is found that any service is inadequate or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the commission may substitute therefor such other regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts, and make such order respecting any such changes in such regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts as are just and reasonable. When, in the judgment of the commission, public necessity and convenience require, the commission may establish just and reasonable concentration or other special rates, charges or privileges, but all such rates, charges and privileges shall be open to all users of a like kind of service under similar circumstances and conditions. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, unless, in the case of a general investigation, for good cause, the commission orders otherwise.
K.S.A. § 66-1,138 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,138
66-1,138 - Certain vehicles exempt from K.S.A. 66-1,139 and 66-1,140.
Status: in_force

66-1,138. Certain vehicles exempt from K.S.A. 66-1,139 and 66-1,140. K.S.A. 66-1,139 and 66-1,140 shall not apply to any truck, truck tractor or passenger vehicle used in operations exempt under the provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,109 and any amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 8-1349 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 8-1349
8-1349 - Funeral processions; definitions.
Status: in_force

8-1349. Funeral processions; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 8-1349 through 8-1352, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Funeral procession" means two or more vehicles accompanying the body of a deceased person, or traveling to the cemetery, church, chapel or other location where the funeral service is to be held, in the daylights hours, including a funeral lead vehicle or a funeral escort.

(b) "Funeral lead vehicle" means any authorized law enforcement or nonlaw enforcement motor vehicle properly equipped pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1723, and amendments thereto, or a funeral escort vehicle being used to lead and facilitate the movement of a funeral procession. A funeral hearse may serve as a funeral lead vehicle.

(c) "Funeral escort" means a person or entity that provides escort services for funeral processions, including law enforcement personnel and agencies and groups designated to escort military funeral processions.
K.S.A. § 26-506 — KS Code / Chapter 26 / Article 5 / Section 26-506
26-506 - Eminent domain procedure; view of lands by appraisers; hearings, procedure; notice, sufficiency.
Status: in_force

26-506. Eminent domain procedure; view of lands by appraisers; hearings, procedure; notice, sufficiency. (a) Notice, time, place and manner of hearing. The appraisers shall, after having been sworn, and instructed by the judge, make an appraisal and assessment of damages, by actual view of the lands to be taken and of the tracts of which the lands are a part, and by hearing of oral or written testimony from the plaintiff and each interested party as named in K.S.A. 26-502, and amendments thereto, appearing in person or by an attorney. Such testimony shall be given at a public hearing held in the county where the action is pending at a time and place fixed by the appraisers. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed at least 14 days in advance thereof to the plaintiff and to each party named in the petition if their address is known or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each county where the lands are situated at least 14 days in advance of the hearing. In case of failure to meet on the day designated in the notice, the appraisers may meet on the following day without further notice. In case of failure to meet on either of such days, a new notice shall be required. A hearing begun pursuant to proper notice may be continued or adjourned from day to day and from place to place until the hearing with respect to all properties involved in the action has been concluded.

(b) Form of notice. The notice of hearing shall be deemed sufficient if in substantial compliance with the form set forth by the judicial council.
K.S.A. § 2-2205 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 22 / Section 2-2205
2-2205 - Determinations after hearings; rules and regulations; uniformity between states and federal government.
Status: in_force

2-2205. Determinations after hearings; rules and regulations; uniformity between states and federal government. (a) The secretary is authorized, after opportunity for a hearing: (1) To declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, men, domestic animals, articles, or substances; (2) to determine whether agricultural chemicals are highly toxic to man; (3) to determine standards of coloring or discoloring for agricultural chemicals; and (4) to subject agricultural chemicals to the requirements of K.S.A. 2-2203(a)(6), and amendments thereto.

(b) The secretary is authorized, after due public hearing, to make appropriate rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act, including rules and regulations providing for the collection and examination of samples of agricultural chemicals.

(c) In order to avoid confusion endangering the public health and safety resulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling and coloring of agricultural chemicals and to avoid increased costs to the people of this state due to the necessity of complying with such diverse requirements in the manufacture and sale of such products, it is desirable that there should be uniformity between the requirements of the several states and the federal government relating to such products. To this end the secretary is authorized, after due public hearing, to adopt regulations, applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this act; or as have or may be prescribed by the EPA with respect to agricultural chemicals or pesticides.
K.S.A. § 76-7,136 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7,136
76-7,136 - Citation of the act.
Status: in_force

76-7,136. Citation of the act. K.S.A. 76-7,136 through 76-7,143, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the university engineering initiative act.
K.S.A. § 75-2262 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 22 / Section 75-2262
75-2262 - Construction, equipping, furnishing, renovation and repair of capitol; duties of secretary of administration and legislative coordinating council; limitation on expenditures; bonds.
Status: in_force

75-2262. Construction, equipping, furnishing, renovation and repair of capitol; duties of secretary of administration and legislative coordinating council; limitation on expenditures; bonds. (a) The secretary of administration jointly with the legislative coordinating council may make expenditures from money available therefor for the construction, equipping, furnishing, renovation, reconstruction and repair of the state capitol. The capital improvement project for the construction, equipping, furnishing, renovation, reconstruction and repair of the state capitol is hereby approved for the secretary of administration jointly with the legislative coordinating council for the purpose of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 74-8905, and amendments thereto, and the authorization of the issuance of bonds by the Kansas development finance authority in accordance with the statute. Expenditures authorized by this section for this capital improvement project shall not exceed $40,000,000 plus all amounts required for costs of any bond issuance, costs of interest on any bond issued or obtained for such capital improvement project and any required reserves for payment of principal and interest on any bond. Bonds issued under this section shall be financed by appropriations from the state general fund.

(b) In addition to other renovations, reconstructions, repairs or improvements and within the funds appropriated and available therefor, the capital improvement project approved by this section may include portions that (1) address issues of health and safety, (2) modernize building systems, including the technology infrastructure, (3) preserve the artistic and historic integrity of the state capitol, specifically regarding works of art, public spaces, building materials, light wells and skylights and the exterior, and (4) utilize and improve space available, including the basement, to increase the functionality of the state capitol as a working capitol.
K.S.A. § 84-9-304 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-304
84-9-304 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.
Status: in_force

84-9-304. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts. (a) Law of bank's jurisdiction governs. The local law of a bank's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank.

(b) Bank's jurisdiction. The following rules determine a bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this part:

(1) If an agreement between the bank and the debtor governing the deposit account expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this part, this article, or the uniform commercial code, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(2) If paragraph (1) does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(3) If neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) applies and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the deposit account is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(4) If none of the preceding paragraphs apply, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the customer's account is located.

(5) If none of the preceding paragraphs apply, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the bank is located.
K.S.A. § 72-1143 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1143
72-1143 - Teacherages.
Status: in_force

72-1143. Teacherages. The board of education of any unified school district may acquire, purchase, construct, rent, operate and maintain suitable quarters for the use of its teachers. Such quarters may consist of real or personal property or both, and may be referred to as "teacherages." The acquisitions of such property for teacherages shall be by resolution of the board of education, which shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county or counties where such school district is located. If, within thirty (30) days after publication of such resolution, there is filed a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors who voted at the last general school election, demanding that such resolution be submitted to a vote of the electors in such school district, such resolution shall not take effect until submitted to a referendum and approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon. Such referendum may be held at a special election called for such purpose or at the general school election. Any school district may dispose of any teacherage or any interest therein or part thereof as provided by law for other school property.
K.S.A. § 22-3407 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 34 / Section 22-3407
22-3407 - Motion to discharge jury panel.
Status: in_force

22-3407. Motion to discharge jury panel. (1) Any objection to the manner in which a jury panel has been selected or drawn shall be raised by a motion to discharge the jury panel. The motion shall be made at least five days prior to the date set for trial if the names and addresses of the panel members and the grounds for objection thereto are known to the parties or can be learned by an inspection of the records of the clerk of the district court at that time; in other cases the motion must be made prior to the time when the jury is sworn to try the case. For good cause shown, the court may entertain the motion at any time thereafter.

(2) The motion shall be in writing and shall state facts which, if true, show that the jury panel was improperly selected or drawn.

(3) If the motion states facts which, if true, show that the jury panel has been improperly selected or drawn, it shall be the duty of the court to conduct a hearing. The burden of proof shall be on the movant.

(4) If the court finds that the jury panel was improperly selected or drawn, the court shall order the jury panel discharged and the selection or drawing of a new panel in the manner provided by law.
K.S.A. § 84-9-104 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-104
84-9-104 - Control of deposit account.
Status: in_force

84-9-104. Control of deposit account. Requirements for control. (a) A secured party has control of a deposit account if:

(1) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;

(2) the debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or

(3) the secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account.

(b) Debtor's right to direct disposition. A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.