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K.S.A. § 84-1-301 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 1 / Section 84-1-301
84-1-301 - Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose applicable law.
Status: in_force

84-1-301. Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose applicable law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a transaction bears reasonable relation to this state and also to another state or nation the parties may agree that the law either of this state or of such other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties.

(b) In the absence of an agreement effective under subsection (a), and except as provided in subsection (c), the uniform commercial code applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this state.

(c) If one of the following provisions of the uniform commercial code specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law so specified:

(1) K.S.A. 84-2-402, and amendments thereto;

(2) K.S.A. 84-2a-105 and 84-2a-106, and amendments thereto;

(3) K.S.A. 84-4-102, and amendments thereto;

(4) K.S.A. 84-4a-507, and amendments thereto;

(5) K.S.A. 84-5-116, and amendments thereto;

(6) K.S.A. 84-6-103, and amendments thereto;

(7) K.S.A. 84-8-110, and amendments thereto;

(8) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-301 through 84-9-307, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 65-427 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-427
65-427 - Licensure.
Status: in_force

65-427. Licensure. After July 1, 1973, no person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct or maintain a medical care facility in this state without a license under this law.
K.S.A. § 41-213 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 2 / Section 41-213
41-213 - Alcoholic beverage control modernization fee; assessment and disposition; alcoholic beverage control modernization fund created.
Status: in_force

41-213. Alcoholic beverage control modernization fee; assessment and disposition; alcoholic beverage control modernization fund created. (a) In addition to any initial application or renewal application fee prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-317 and 41-2606, and amendments thereto, each applicant for an initial application or a renewal application of a license shall pay at the time of application or renewal a non-refundable alcoholic beverage control modernization fee in the amount of $20. All revenue from the alcoholic beverage control modernization fee collected and remitted to the director of alcoholic beverage control 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 into the state treasury to the credit of the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund.

(b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund. All moneys credited to the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose of funding the replacement of the work processes, computer hardware and software and related equipment associated with the division of alcoholic beverage control's functions related to licensing, permitting and case management and supporting administrative processes, including maintenance, operation, repair and upgrade of such computer hardware, software and related equipment. All expenditures from the alcoholic beverage control modernization 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 director of alcoholic beverage control or the director's designee.
K.S.A. § 65-791 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 7 / Section 65-791
65-791 - Severability of act.
Status: in_force

65-791. Severability of act. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not effect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 39-7,134 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-7,134
39-7,134 - Establishment of system.
Status: in_force

39-7,134. Establishment of system. The secretary for children and families is hereby directed to establish a system for disseminating information and advice to and making referrals of persons seeking to enforce child support orders, whether or not the person or child is receiving public assistance.
K.S.A. § 79-1609 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 16 / Section 79-1609
79-1609 - Appeals to state board of tax appeals; notice, requirements; procedure; limit on increased appraised valuation by the board.
Status: in_force

79-1609. Appeals to state board of tax appeals; notice, requirements; procedure; limit on increased appraised valuation by the board. Any person aggrieved by any order of the hearing officer or panel, or by the classification and appraisal of an independent appraiser, as provided in K.S.A. 79-5b03, and amendments thereto, may appeal to the state board of tax appeals by filing a written notice of appeal, on forms approved by the state board of tax appeals and provided by the county clerk for such purpose, stating the grounds thereof and a description of any comparable property or properties and the appraisal thereof upon which they rely as evidence of inequality of the appraisal of their property, if that be a ground of the appeal, with the state board of tax appeals and by filing a copy thereof with the county clerk within 30 days after the date of the order from which the appeal is taken. The notice of appeal may be signed by the taxpayer, any person with an executed declaration of representative form from the property valuation division of the department of revenue or any person authorized to represent the taxpayer in K.S.A. 74-2433f(f), and amendments thereto. A county or district appraiser may appeal to the state board of tax appeals from any order of the hearing officer or panel. With regard to any matter properly submitted to the board relating to the determination of valuation of residential property or real property used for commercial and industrial purposes for taxation purposes, it shall be the duty of the county appraiser to initiate the production of evidence to demonstrate, by a preponderance of the evidence, the validity and correctness of such determination. With regard to leased commercial and industrial property, the burden of proof shall be on the taxpayer unless, within 30 calendar days following the informal meeting required by K.S.A. 79-1448, and amendments thereto, the taxpayer furnished to the county or district appraiser a complete income and expense statement for the property for the three years next preceding the year of appeal. Such income and expense statement shall be in such format that is regularly maintained by the taxpayer in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's business. If the taxpayer submits a single property appraisal with an effective date of January 1 of the year appealed, the burden of proof shall return to the county appraiser. With regard to any matter properly submitted to the board relating to the determination of valuation of property for taxation purposes, the board shall not increase the appraised valuation of the property to an amount greater than the final determination of appraised value by the county appraiser from which the taxpayer appealed.
K.S.A. § 24-424 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-424
24-424 - Hearing on assessments; notice; equalization; time for bringing actions.
Status: in_force

24-424. Hearing on assessments; notice; equalization; time for bringing actions. That as soon as practicable after the report of the assessors has been filed, the secretary of the board of directors shall cause a notice to be published once in some newspaper published in the county, stating in substance that a report of assessors has been filed charging real estate within the district with special assessments to be made therein, and that such report is on file in his office and open to inspection by all taxpayers in the district, and fixing a time, not less than five days from the date of the publication, when all persons aggrieved by such report may be heard to contest the justness of the same. It shall not be necessary in such notice to describe the land assessed nor state the names of the persons against whose property any assessment is made, but notice being given that such assessors' report is on file, all taxpayers must take notice of its contents. At the time fixed in such notice, the board of directors shall convene and hear the complaints of all persons interested, and shall have power to review, revise, alter, correct and amend the report of the assessors to any extent necessary to equalize and make such assessments just, equitable and impartial, and to correct all errors, wrong and injustice that may have been done to any person complaining of said report.

After hearing all persons complaining, the board of directors shall confirm the report of the assessors as returned by them, or amend the same as it may deem just and equitable, and confirm the same as so amended, and thereupon the amounts charged against each tract of land shall become a special assessment and constitute a lien thereon. The decisions of the board of directors correcting, altering or amending and confirming the report of the assessors shall be entered of record and shall be final and conclusive; and as soon as it shall have been properly determined that any work to be paid for by special assessments is to be done, such special assessments shall by the secretary of the board be certified to the county clerk and entered upon the tax rolls, and collected as other taxes under existing laws; and no suit nor action of any kind shall be maintained in any court to set aside or in any way contest or enjoin the levy of any special assessment so charged or levied to pay the cost of any improvement by any drainage district after the expiration of thirty days from the time the board of directors shall make its decision so confirming the report of the assessors.
K.S.A. § 65-2846 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2846
65-2846 - Costs of proceedings; assessment of costs incurred.
Status: in_force

65-2846. Costs of proceedings; assessment of costs incurred. (a) For all professions regulated by the board, if the board's order is adverse to the licensee, registrant, permit holder, certificate holder or applicant for reinstatement of license, costs incurred by the board in conducting any investigation or proceeding under the Kansas administrative procedure act may be assessed against the parties to the proceeding in such proportion as the board may determine upon consideration of all relevant circumstances including the nature of the proceeding and the level of participation by the parties. Costs assessed by the board pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2846, and amendments thereto, shall be considered costs in an administrative matter pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523. If the board is the unsuccessful party, the costs shall be paid from the healing arts fee fund.

(b) For purposes of this section, costs incurred shall include, but are not limited to: The presiding officer fees and expenses, costs of making any transcripts, reasonable investigative costs, witness fees and expenses, mileage, travel allowances and subsistence expenses of board employees and fees and expenses of agents of the board who provide services pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2878a, and amendments thereto. Costs incurred shall not include presiding officer fees and expenses unless the board has designated or retained the services of independent contractors to perform such functions.

(c) The board shall make any assessment of costs incurred as part of the final order rendered in the proceeding. Such order shall include findings and conclusions in support of the assessment of costs.
K.S.A. § 19-602 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-602
19-602 - Surety bond.
Status: in_force

19-602. Surety bond. Within ten days after receiving a certificate of the order appointing him to the office specified in the first* section of this act, and after his confirmation by the county board as provided herein, it shall be the duty of such person to file with the district clerk of his county a bond, with at least two sufficient sureties, in the sum of three thousand dollars, to the proper county, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, which bond and sureties thereon shall be approved by the district court of the proper county, which approval shall be made part of the records of said court: Provided, That a bond conditioned as hereinbefore recited, and executed by a bonding company authorized to do business under the laws of this state, shall, upon approval of the board of county commissioners, be construed to be and constitute sufficient surety.
K.S.A. § 12-1764 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1764
12-1764 - Acquisition of fee title to realty.
Status: in_force

12-1764. Acquisition of fee title to realty. The public building commission established under this act shall have the power to acquire the fee simple title to real property, or a leasehold interest in real property located on the campus of any state university, including campus property as defined in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 76-3a01, and amendments thereto, or any municipal university, including easements and reversionary interests in the streets, alleys and other public places and personal property required for its purposes, by purchase, gift, devise or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain of the state and title thereto shall be taken in the corporate name of the commission.
K.S.A. § 13-13,100 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 13-13,100
13-13,100 - Same; terms.
Status: in_force

13-13,100. Same; terms. Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009, and amendments thereto. In no case where revenue bonds are issued pursuant to this act, after the project has been completed, shall the total amount received therefrom be in excess of the actual costs of the project. In the case where the bonds are issued prior to completion of the project and the total amount received therefrom exceeds the actual costs of the project when completed, then the excess shall forthwith be deposited in a separate fund and shall not be used except for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest upon the revenue bonds issued under the act. No board or municipality shall have any right or authority to levy taxes to pay any of the principal of or interest on any such bond or any judgment against the issuing board or municipality on account thereof, and the provisions of K.S.A. 10-113, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to any bonds issued hereunder.
K.S.A. § 60-5506 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 55 / Section 60-5506
60-5506 - Covered facilities; affirmative defense to liability in a civil action for COVID-19 claims.
Status: in_force

60-5506. Covered facilities; affirmative defense to liability in a civil action for COVID-19 claims. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered facility is immune from liability in a civil action for damages for a COVID-19 claim if such facility was in substantial compliance with public health directives applicable to the activity giving rise to the cause of action when the cause of action accrued.

(b) As used in this section, "public health directives" means any of the following that are required by law to be followed related to COVID-19:

(1) State statutes or rules and regulations; or

(2) federal statutes or regulations from federal agencies, including the United States centers for disease control and prevention and the occupational safety and health administration of the United States department of labor.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to civil liability when it is established that the act, omission or decision giving rise to the cause of action constituted gross negligence or willful, wanton or reckless conduct.
K.S.A. § 17-2028 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 20 / Section 17-2028
17-2028 - efinitions.
Status: in_force

17-2028. D efinitions. For the purposes of this act:

(a) A "business trust" is an unincorporated business association of the type which at common law was known as a "common-law trust," "business trust," or "Massachusetts trust," created by a trust instrument under which property is held, managed, administered, controlled, invested, reinvested, and operated by trustees for the benefit and profit of such persons as are or may become the holders of transferable certificates evidencing beneficial interests in the trust estate, the holders of which certificates are entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit;

(b) a "domestic" business trust is one created under the laws of this state;

(c) a "foreign" business trust is one created under the laws of a foreign country or of a territory or state other than Kansas; and

(d) the "corpus" of any business trust is equivalent to the capital and accumulated earnings or earned surplus of a corporation.
K.S.A. § 39-791 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-791
39-791 - Application of K.S.A. 39-785 through 39-790 suspended; expiration of section.
Status: in_force

39-791. Application of K.S.A. 39-785 through 39-790 suspended; expiration of section. Upon the date payments commence under title XIX of the federal social security act as authorized by subsection (g)(1)(A) of section 303 and amendments thereto of the federal medicare catastrophic coverage act of 1988 for calendar quarters beginning on and after September 30, 1989, the provisions of K.S.A. 39-785, 39-786, 39-787, 39-788, 39-789 and 39-790 are hereby suspended. The provisions of this section shall expire on the date payments under title XIX of the federal social security act authorized by subsection (g)(1)(A) of section 303 and amendments thereto of the federal medicare catastrophic coverage act of 1988 cease to be made pursuant to an act of the congress of the United States which repeals such section or directs that payments authorized under subsection (g)(1)(A) of such section not be made.
K.S.A. § 3-604 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 3-604
3-604 - Moneys available under federal airport act; definitions.
Status: in_force

3-604. Moneys available under federal airport act; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:

(a) "Municipality" means any city or county or any agency thereof; and

(b) "Federal airport act" means the aviation facilities expansion act of 1969 or the airport and airways development act of 1969 or such other title as the referred to acts shall be finally enacted under by the United States congress during its 1970 session, and such other existing federal acts as are referred to therein.
K.S.A. § 71-1406 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 14 / Section 71-1406
71-1406 - Change of method of election, how determined.
Status: in_force

71-1406. Change of method of election, how determined. (a) Determination of any community college to change from one method of election to another method of election shall be by either one of the following:

(1) The board, by a majority vote of the members-elect thereof, may adopt a resolution to change the method of election. Such resolution shall specify the existing method of election, and the proposed method of election, together with a statement that the change will be made only after the proposed change and plan for change are first approved by the state board.

(2) The board, by a majority vote of the members-elect thereof, may adopt a resolution to change the method of election. Such resolution shall specify the existing method of election and the proposed method of election, together with a statement that the change will not be made unless approved by a majority of the electors of the community college district voting at an election at which the question is submitted. Such resolution shall state that the plan of change is filed in the office of the clerk of the board.

(b) Every plan of change shall also state the existing and proposed voting plan of the community college district, and such voting plan shall be one of the three voting plans specified in K.S.A. 71-1420, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 50-714 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 7 / Section 50-714
50-714 - Requirements on users of consumer reports.
Status: in_force

50-714. Requirements on users of consumer reports. (a) Whenever credit or insurance for personal, family or household purposes, or employment involving a consumer is denied or the charge for such credit or insurance is increased either wholly or partly because of information contained in a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency, the user of the consumer report shall so advise the consumer against whom such adverse action has been taken and supply the name and address of the consumer reporting agency making the report.

(b) Whenever credit for personal, family, or household purposes involving a consumer is denied or the charge for such credit is increased either wholly or partly because of information obtained from a person other than a consumer reporting agency bearing upon the consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living, the user of such information shall, within a reasonable period of time, upon the consumer's written request for the reasons for such adverse action received within sixty (60) days after learning of such adverse action, disclose the nature of the information to the consumer. The user of such information shall clearly and accurately disclose to the consumer the right to make such written request at the time such adverse action is communicated to the consumer.

(c) No person shall be held liable for any violation of this section if the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that at the time of the alleged violation he or she maintained reasonable procedures to assure compliance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b).
K.S.A. § 27-103 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 27-103
27-103 - Fort Hays military reservation.
Status: in_force

27-103. Fort Hays military reservation. Laws 1876, chapter 87, § 1, included by reference. [The title of the act reads as follows: "An act to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the territory of the Fort Hays military reservation." The reservation has since been receded to the state and accepted by the state for the purpose of establishing an agricultural experiment station and a branch of the then state normal school "and a public park" by L. 1901, ch. 421. See "state institutions."]
K.S.A. § 2-1434 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 14 / Section 2-1434
2-1434 - Agencies to be self-supporting.
Status: in_force

2-1434. Agencies to be self-supporting. Certification work, conducted by the agency or agencies designated by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science within the state of Kansas shall be on a financially self-supporting basis.
K.S.A. § 79-1462 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 14 / Section 79-1462
79-1462 - Same; refusal to give evidence; penalty.
Status: in_force

79-1462. Same; refusal to give evidence; penalty. If any person required by the county appraiser to give evidence as to any property, real or personal, refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or if having been sworn or affirmed, refuses to answer the questions or answers falsely or refuses to produce the records or documents touching the subject of inquiry, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not more than $500 nor less than $10, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both.