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K.S.A. § 42-376 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-376
42-376 - Disbursements.
Status: in_force

42-376. Disbursements. All moneys coming into the hands of the treasurer of said board shall be paid out only on the order of the president, countersigned by the secretary thereof.
K.S.A. § 8-1475 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1475
8-1475 - "Through highway" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1475. "Through highway" defined. "Through highway" means every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such highway in obedience to either a stop sign, yield sign or other traffic-control device, when such signs or devices are erected as provided in this act.
K.S.A. § 76-1928 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19 / Section 76-1928
76-1928 - Enforcement of rules and regulations for management and operation of home.
Status: in_force

76-1928. Enforcement of rules and regulations for management and operation of home. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services or the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home shall enforce such rules and regulations and may furlough any member for violation of such rules.
K.S.A. § 66-1,117 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,117
66-1,117 - Forms of application; hearings concerning applications; written findings and recommendations to commission.
Status: in_force

66-1,117. Forms of application; hearings concerning applications; written findings and recommendations to commission. The corporation commission shall prescribe forms of applications for certificates, permits and licenses for the use of prospective applicants and shall make regulations for the filing thereof. The commission may use a presiding officer from the office of administrative hearings as a presiding officer for any hearing that may be required concerning any application for a certificate or license and the presiding officer shall make written findings and recommendations to the commission.
K.S.A. § 44-1819 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 18 / Section 44-1819
44-1819 - Rules and regulations; applicability of certain standards; exceptions or variances by state fire marshal.
Status: in_force

44-1819. Rules and regulations; applicability of certain standards; exceptions or variances by state fire marshal. (a) On or before January 1, 2025, the state fire marshal shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this act. Rules and regulations adopted by the state fire marshal shall be based on and follow generally accepted national engineering standards, formula and practices and may include adoption of current American national standards known as the American society of mechanical engineers (ASME) safety code for elevators and escalators and the safety standards for wind turbine tower elevators, except that no rules and regulations shall require an elevator installed before July 1, 2024, to be in compliance with current American national standards as provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-1805(d), and amendments thereto.

(b) Such rules and regulations shall include rules and regulations:

(1) For the operation, maintenance, servicing, construction, alteration and installation of elevators;

(2) requirements and qualifications for the licensure of elevator contractors, mechanics and inspectors, including initial and renewal application requirements, examination requirements and continuing education requirements;

(3) requirements and qualifications for the issuance of emergency and temporary licenses;

(4) requirements for issuance of permits and certificates of operation, including initial and renewal application requirements;

(5) requirements for registration of elevators; and

(6) standards for granting exceptions and variances from rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act and municipal ordinances.

(c) The state fire marshal shall establish a schedule for fees for licenses, permits, certificates of operation, inspections and variance requests. The fees shall reasonably reflect the state fire marshal's actual costs and expenses to operate and to conduct those duties and obligations as described in this act.

(d) The state fire marshal shall have the authority to grant or deny requests for exceptions and variances from the requirements of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act or from municipal ordinances in cases where the state fire marshal finds such exception or variance would not jeopardize the public safety and welfare and that the request meets the applicable standards adopted by the state fire marshal for granting such an exception or variance.
K.S.A. § 65-1640 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 16 / Section 65-1640
65-1640 - Act not applicable to manufacture or to certain sales of poisons.
Status: in_force

65-1640. Act not applicable to manufacture or to certain sales of poisons. Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shall prevent the manufacture by any person of any poisons, nor shall anything in such act prevent the sale by any person of any poisons when the poison is sold in unbroken packages and is labeled as required by law.
K.S.A. § 72-64,103 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 64 / Section 72-64,103
72-64,103 - School bus safety fund.
Status: in_force

72-64,103. School bus safety fund. There is hereby created the school bus safety fund in the state treasury which shall be administered by the state board of education. All expenditures from the school bus safety fund shall be for the purpose of regulating the design and operation of school buses. All expenditures from the school bus safety fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board of education or by the board's designee.
K.S.A. § 59-1703 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 17 / Section 59-1703
59-1703 - Duties of fiduciary; certain transactions voidable; exceptions.
Status: in_force

59-1703. Duties of fiduciary; certain transactions voidable; exceptions. No fiduciary shall make a profit by the increase, nor suffer loss by the decrease or destruction without such fiduciary's fault, of any part of the estate, and such fiduciary shall account for the excess when he or she sells for more than the appraisement and shall not be responsible for the loss when he or she sells for less, if such sale appears to be beneficial to the estate.

A fiduciary shall not be responsible for any loss happening by the insolvency of any purchaser, or his or her sureties, for any sale duly made according to law, if such fiduciary proceeded with due caution in taking surety, and has used due diligence to collect thereon.

A fiduciary shall not be accountable for debts due the decedent or conservatee which remain uncollected without fault on such fiduciary's part, but where a fiduciary neglects or unreasonably delays to raise money by collecting debts or selling property, or neglects to pay over the money in his or her hands and by reason thereof the value of the estate is lessened, or unnecessary costs, interest, or penalties accrue, or the persons interested suffer loss, the same shall be deemed waste and the fiduciary shall be charged in his or her account with the damages sustained. A fiduciary shall not purchase any claim against the estate nor shall a fiduciary purchase directly or indirectly or be interested in the purchase of any property sold by such fiduciary, except as hereinafter provided.

Any sale, lease or mortgage to the personal representative, his or her spouse, child or grandchild, agent or attorney in fact, or to any corporation in which he or she has a substantial beneficial interest, or any transaction which is affected by a substantial conflict of interest on the part of the personal representative, is voidable unless: (1) The will or a contract entered into by the decedent expressly authorized the transaction; or (2) the transaction is approved by the court after hearing upon notice to interested persons.
K.S.A. § 17-76,118 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 76 / Section 17-76,118
17-76,118 - Winding up.
Status: in_force

17-76,118. Winding up. (a) (1) Unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, a manager who has not wrongfully dissolved a limited liability company or, if none, the members or a person consented to or approved by the members, in either case, by members who own more than 50% of the then-current percentage or other interest in the profits of the limited liability company owned by all of the members, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs, but the district court upon cause shown, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs upon application of any member or manager, or the member's personal representative or assignee, and in connection therewith, may appoint a liquidating trustee.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, a limited liability company whose original articles of organization were filed with the secretary of state and effective on or prior to June 30, 2019, shall not be governed by paragraph (1) but shall be governed by this paragraph. Unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, a manager who has not wrongfully dissolved a limited liability company or, if none, the members or a person consented to or approved by the members or, if there is more than one class or group of members, then by each class or group of members, in either case, by members who own more than 50% of the then-current percentage or other interest in the profits of the limited liability company owned by all of the members or by the members in each class or group, as appropriate, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs; but the district court upon cause shown, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs upon application of any member or manager, or the member's personal representative or assignee, and in connection therewith, may appoint a liquidating trustee.

(b) Upon dissolution of a limited liability company and until the filing of a certificate of cancellation as provided in K.S.A. 17-7675, and amendments thereto, the persons winding up the limited liability company's affairs may, in the name of, and for and on behalf of, the limited liability company, prosecute and defend suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, gradually settle and close the limited liability company's business, dispose of and convey the limited liability company's property, discharge or make reasonable provision for the limited liability company's liabilities, and distribute to the members any remaining assets of the limited liability company, all without affecting the liability of members and managers and without imposing liability on a liquidating trustee.
K.S.A. § 59-709 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 7 / Section 59-709
59-709 - Filing of certain petitions; notice to creditors.
Status: in_force

59-709. Filing of certain petitions; notice to creditors. (a) Every petitioner who files a petition for administration or probate of a will shall give notice thereof to creditors, pursuant to an order of the court, and within 30 days after such filing. Such notice shall be published in some newspaper of the county authorized by law to publish legal notices and shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks. A petitioner for the appointment of a successor administrator, administrator CTA or administrator DBN shall publish notice to creditors only in the event the original petitioner for administration or for the probate of a will had failed to give such notice.

(b) The personal representative of a decedent's estate shall give actual notice to known or reasonably ascertainable creditors prior to the expiration of the nonclaim statute.

(c) Notwithstanding any other notice requirements of the probate code, notice to creditors shall not be necessary if a petition for administration or probate of a will shall have been filed after the period of time prescribed by K.S.A. 59-2239, and amendments thereto, for the timely exhibit of creditors' claims.
K.S.A. § 59-2209 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 22 / Section 59-2209
59-2209 - Notice by publication and mailing.
Status: in_force

59-2209. Notice by publication and mailing. (a) When notice of hearing is required by any provision of this act by specific reference to this section, such notice shall be published once per week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of the county authorized by law to publish legal notices. The first publication shall be made within 30 days after the order fixing the time and place of the hearing and, within seven days after the first published notice, the petitioner shall mail or cause to be mailed, postage prepaid, a copy of the notice to each heir, devisee and legatee or guardian and ward, conservator and conservatee or guardian ad litem, as the case may be, other than the petitioner, whose name and address is known to the petitioner. A copy of the petition, any attachments to it and, when applicable, a copy of the will, accounting and settlement agreement shall be included with the notice, unless excused by court order. The date set for the hearing shall not be earlier than 10 days and not later than 30 days after the date of the last publication of notice.

(b) Whenever notice is mailed to a person residing in a foreign country, such notice shall be mailed by air mail.
K.S.A. § 83-405 — KS Code / Chapter 83 / Article 4 / Section 83-405
83-405 - Testing of dispensing device for accuracy by secretary.
Status: in_force

83-405. Testing of dispensing device for accuracy by secretary. When the secretary finds or is notified by a licensed service company or a city or county department of public inspection of weights and measures established pursuant to K.S.A. 83-210, and amendments thereto, that a dispensing device does not comply with tolerances and specifications adopted by the secretary, by rules and regulations, the secretary may test the dispensing device for accuracy after repairs have been made.
K.S.A. § 12-4203 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 42 / Section 12-4203
12-4203 - Complaint; service; notice to appear or warrant; failure to issue.
Status: in_force

12-4203. Complaint; service; notice to appear or warrant; failure to issue. (a) A copy of the complaint shall be served, together with a notice to appear or a warrant, by a law enforcement officer upon the accused person, and forthwith, the complaint shall be filed with the municipal court, except that a complaint may be filed initially with the municipal court, and if so filed, a copy of the complaint shall forthwith be delivered to the city attorney.

(b) If a city attorney fails either to cause a notice to appear or to request a warrant to be issued, on a complaint initially filed with the municipal court, the municipal judge may, upon affidavits filed with him or her alleging the violation of an ordinance, order the city attorney to institute proceedings against any person. Any such municipal judge shall be disqualified from sitting in any case wherein such order was entered and is further prohibited from communicating about such case with the municipal judge pro tem appointed by the municipal judge to preside therein.
K.S.A. § 21-5920 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 59 / Section 21-5920
21-5920 - Tampering with a public record.
Status: in_force

21-5920. Tampering with a public record. (a) Tampering with a public record is knowingly and without lawful authority altering, destroying, defacing, removing or concealing any public record.

(b) Tampering with a public record is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 12-2624 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 26 / Section 12-2624
12-2624 - Gross premium tax, rate, payment, assessment period; deductions for cancellations and dividends.
Status: in_force

12-2624. Gross premium tax, rate, payment, assessment period; deductions for cancellations and dividends. In addition to the fees required to be paid in K.S.A. 12-2623, and amendments thereto, and as a condition precedent to the continuation of the certificate of authority provided in this act, all group-funded pools shall pay not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar year a tax upon the annual Kansas gross premium collected by the pool at the rate of 1% per annum applied to the collective premium relating to all Kansas members of the pool for the preceding calendar year. In the computation of the tax, all pools shall be entitled to deduct any annual Kansas gross premiums returned on account of cancellation or dividends returned to members of such pools or expenditures used for the purchase of specific and aggregate excess insurance, as provided in K.S.A. 12-2618(h), and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 47-2002 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 20 / Section 47-2002
47-2002 - Kansas sheep council; members, officers, compensation.
Status: in_force

47-2002. Kansas sheep council; members, officers, compensation. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas sheep council.

(b) The council shall consist of seven members who will be elected at the annual meeting of the Kansas sheep association. The board of directors of the Kansas sheep association shall act as interim council members until council members can be elected and qualified. Vacancies which may occur shall be filled for unexpired terms by the board of directors of the Kansas sheep association from among the producers of the state. Each council member appointed on and after the effective date of this act, other than a council member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term, shall be elected for a term of four years except that three of the council members first elected on and after the effective date of this act shall be elected for a term of two years. No member may serve more than one consecutive term. Upon the expiration of a term of a member of the council, such member shall continue to serve as a member of the council until a successor to such member is elected and qualified.

(c) Members of the council shall be residents of this state and have been an active producer in this state for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment. Of such members, two members shall be lamb feeders, two members shall have ewe flocks, one member shall produce purebred sheep and two members shall be from producers at large. The selections shall be made from nominations for each respective position by each respective producer group. The elections will be held at an open session to all sheep producers at the annual meeting of the Kansas sheep association.

(d) The dean of the college of agriculture of Kansas state university or the dean's representative and the secretary or the secretary's designee shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board.

(e) The council shall annually elect a chairperson from its membership.

(f) A member of the council may cease to hold such member's position on the council for any of the following reasons, at the discretion of a majority of the council, upon resolution duly adopted by the council dismissing such member: (1) Failure to attend two or more regular meetings of the council; or (2) ceasing to be a producer.

(g) Members of the Kansas sheep council attending meetings of such council, or attending a subcommittee meeting authorized by such council, shall be paid compensation and other expenses.

(h) The council shall meet at least once every calendar quarter regularly and hold an annual meeting which shall be open to the public. The day, time and place of each meeting shall be determined by the council. The chairperson or any three members of the council may call special meetings of the council upon such notice as may be prescribed by the duly adopted rules and regulations of the council.
K.S.A. § 17-2235 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 22 / Section 17-2235
17-2235 - Credit union council's compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

17-2235. Credit union council's compensation and expenses. Members of the credit union council attending meetings of such council, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such council, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223.
K.S.A. § 75-765 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 7 / Section 75-765
75-765 - Fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund; deposits and expenditures.
Status: in_force

75-765. Fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund; deposits and expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund which shall be administered by the attorney general. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the attorney general or the attorney general's designee. All moneys credited to the fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund shall be expended for the prevention and detection of fraud and abuse and for support of criminal investigations and prosecutions within the jurisdiction of the attorney general. In expending moneys from the fund, the attorney general shall give priority to criminal cases referred to the attorney general for investigation or prosecution by or pursuant to:

(1) The office of the securities commissioner of Kansas, established by K.S.A. 75-6301, and amendments thereto;

(2) the criminal anti-fraud division of the department of insurance, established by K.S.A. 40-113, and amendments thereto; and

(3) the abuse, neglect and exploitation unit established by K.S.A. 75-723, and amendments thereto.

(b) On July 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as unencumbered funds are available, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer to the fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund an amount equal to: (1) $200,000 from the securities act fee fund created by K.S.A. 17-12a601, and amendments thereto; and (2) $200,000 from the insurance department service regulation fund created by K.S.A. 40-112, and amendments thereto. Upon making any such transfer, the director of accounts and reports shall give notice thereof to the attorney general, the commissioner of insurance and the securities commissioner who shall make the proper entries on the records of their respective offices to show such transfers.

(c) The attorney general may apply for, receive and accept moneys from any source for the purposes for which moneys in the fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund may be expended. Upon receipt of any such moneys, the attorney general shall remit the entire amount 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 fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund.
K.S.A. § 65-421 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-421
65-421 - Consideration and forwarding of applications; hearing.
Status: in_force

65-421. Consideration and forwarding of applications; hearing. The secretary shall afford to every applicant for federal funds or loans for a medical facility project under K.S.A. 65-420, and any amendments thereto, an opportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. If the secretary, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of K.S.A. 65-420 and any amendments thereto, and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, the secretary shall approve such application and shall forward the application to the federal secretary of health, education and welfare along with such recommendation.