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K.S.A. § 55-425 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 4 / Section 55-425
55-425 - Standards for tests; test methods and equipment.
Status: in_force

55-425. Standards for tests; test methods and equipment. (a) Whenever possible, in making any test pursuant to this act, the secretary shall use methods and equipment similar to those methods and equipment adopted by the American society for testing materials. Such methods of testing shall be prescribed by rules and regulations. Methods of testing in existence prior to the effective date of the act shall continue until changed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this act.

(b) The secretary is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the testing of petroleum products pursuant to the provisions of this act.

(c) The secretary is authorized to adopt, by rules and regulations, any additional methods of testing petroleum products and standards setting forth specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for the equipment used in performing such tests. In establishing rules and regulations pursuant to this subsection, the secretary shall conform to the standards of the American society for testing materials whenever possible. Specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for the testing equipment in existence prior to the effective date of the act shall continue until changed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 8-1430 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1430
8-1430 - "License" and "license to operate a motor vehicle" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1430. "License" and "license to operate a motor vehicle" defined. "License" or "license to operate a motor vehicle" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:

(a) Any temporary license, or instruction permit;

(b) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; and

(c) any nonresident's operating privilege.
K.S.A. § 65-1,204 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1,204
65-1,204 - Same; qualification requirements.
Status: in_force

65-1,204. Same; qualification requirements. In order to qualify for a license, a business entity or public agency shall:

(a) Ensure that each employee or agent of the business entity or public agency who will engage in a lead-based paint activity is certified;

(b) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the secretary that the business entity or public agency is capable of complying with all requirements, procedures and standards of the United States environmental protection agency, the United States occupational safety and health administration and the secretary, as applicable, to lead-based paint activities;

(c) comply with all rules and regulations adopted by the secretary under the residential childhood lead poisoning prevention act; and

(d) allow representatives of the secretary, after identification, to enter and inspect any habitation or property on which a habitation is situated at any reasonable time with consent of the owner or under search warrant for the purpose of inspecting lead-based paint activities as required in order to implement provisions of the residential childhood lead poisoning prevention act.
K.S.A. § 25-1117 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 11 / Section 25-1117
25-1117 - Advance voting; definitions.
Status: in_force

25-1117. Advance voting; definitions. (a) "Question submitted election" means any election at which a special question is to be voted on by the electors of the state or a part of them.

(b) "Election officer" means the county clerk or the election commissioner, if there is one, or the city clerk when specifically charged by law to conduct a particular election.

(c) "Ballot" or "advance voting ballot" means the ballot a voter casts, except ballots cast under the authority of K.S.A. 25-1214 through 25-1228, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 19-2646 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-2646
19-2646 - Appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond.
Status: in_force

19-2646. Appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond. The board of commissioners, city manager, or mayor and council of any city of the second or third class may appoint a policeman or policemen to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority or for a stated period and for stated hours per day, at such compensation as shall be agreed upon: Provided, That such policeman or policemen shall be residents of the county in which said city is located or of an adjoining county of this state: Provided, That in commission cities and mayor-council cities the mayor may make temporary appointments hereunder, but such appointments shall in no case extend beyond the next regular, adjourned or special meeting of the commission or council unless confirmed by a majority of the commission or council. Such policeman shall have the powers of assistant marshal or policeman, after having taken the oath or oaths as required by statute and the giving of bond if a bond be required. All such appointments shall be in writing and a copy filed in the office of the city clerk.
K.S.A. § 8-2108 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 21 / Section 8-2108
8-2108 - Citation deemed lawful complaint.
Status: in_force

8-2108. Citation deemed lawful complaint. In the event the form of citation provided for in K.S.A. 8-2106, and amendments thereto, includes information required by law and is signed by the officer preparing it, such citation when filed with a court having jurisdiction shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution for the violation specified.
K.S.A. § 12-743 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 7 / Section 12-743
12-743 - Same; notice to other units of government.
Status: in_force

12-743. Same; notice to other units of government. (a) Before any city adopts a comprehensive plan or part thereof, subdivision regulations, zoning regulations or building or setback lines affecting property located outside the corporate limits of such city, written notice of such proposed action shall be given to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such property is located. Such notice also shall be given to the township board of the township in which such property is located if the township is located in a county not operating under the county unit road system. Such notice shall be given at least 20 days prior to the proposed action.

(b) Before any county adopts a comprehensive plan or part thereof, subdivision regulations, zoning regulations or building or setback lines affecting property located within three miles of the corporate limits of a city, written notice of such proposed action shall be given to the governing body of such city. In any county not operating under the county unit road system, before any county adopts a comprehensive plan or part thereof, subdivision regulations or building or setback lines, written notice of such proposed action shall be given to the township board of such township in which the affected property is located. The notice required by this subsection shall be given at least 20 days prior to the proposed action.

(c) The provisions of this section shall become effective on and after January 1, 1992.
K.S.A. § 60-5603 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 56 / Section 60-5603
60-5603 - Composition of athletic teams or sports by biological sex; athletic teams or sports for females not open to males; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

60-5603. Composition of athletic teams or sports by biological sex; athletic teams or sports for females not open to males; rules and regulations. (a) Interscholastic, inter collegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public educational entity or any school or private postsecondary educational institution whose students or teams compete against a public educational entity shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex:

(1) Males, men or boys;

(2) females, women or girls; or

(3) coed or mixed.

(b) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.

(c) (1) The Kansas state high school activities association shall adopt rules and regulations for its member schools to implement the provisions of this section.

(2) The state board of regents and the governing body for each municipal university, community college and technical college shall adopt rules and regulations for the postecondary educational institutions governed by each such entity, respectively, to implement the provisions of this section.
K.S.A. § 21-5224 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 52 / Section 21-5224
21-5224 - Presumptions.
Status: in_force

21-5224. Presumptions. (a) For the purposes of K.S.A. 21-3211 and 21-3212, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5222 and 21-5223, and amendments thereto, a person is presumed to have a reasonable belief that deadly force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to such person or another person if:

(1) The person against whom the force is used, at the time the force is used:

(A) Is unlawfully or forcefully entering, or has unlawfully or forcefully entered, and is present within, the dwelling, place of work or occupied vehicle of the person using force; or

(B) has removed or is attempting to remove another person against such other person's will from the dwelling, place of work or occupied vehicle of the person using force; and

(2) the person using force knows or has reason to believe that any of the conditions set forth in paragraph (1) is occurring or has occurred.

(b) The presumption set forth in subsection (a) does not apply if, at the time the force is used:

(1) The person against whom the force is used has a right to be in, or is a lawful resident of, the dwelling, place of work or occupied vehicle of the person using force, and is not subject to any order listed in K.S.A. 21-3843, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5924, and amendments thereto, that would prohibit such person's presence in the property;

(2) the person sought to be removed is a child, grandchild or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of the person against whom the force is used;

(3) the person using force is engaged in the commission of a crime, attempting to escape from a location where a crime has been committed, or is using the dwelling, place of work or occupied vehicle to further the commission of a crime; or

(4) the person against whom the force is used is a law enforcement officer who has entered or is attempting to enter a dwelling, place of work or occupied vehicle in the lawful performance of such officer's lawful duties, and the person using force knows or reasonably should know that the person who has entered or is attempting to enter is a law enforcement officer.
K.S.A. § 12-857 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-857
12-857 - Same; ordinance.
Status: in_force

12-857. Same; ordinance. The governing body of any city may by ordinance declare its waterworks system and sewage disposal system to be a water and sewage system and thereafter it shall be operated and financed as herein provided.
K.S.A. § 79-3274 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-3274
79-3274 - Apportionment of net income; nonbusiness income allocation.
Status: in_force

79-3274. Apportionment of net income; nonbusiness income allocation. Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal property, capital gains, interest, dividends, or patent or copyright royalties, to the extent that they constitute nonbusiness income, shall be allocated as provided in K.S.A. 79-3275 to 79-3278, inclusive, and amendments thereto. Allocable nonbusiness income shall be limited to the total nonbusiness income received which is in excess of any related expenses which have been allowed as a deduction during the income year.
K.S.A. § 12-619 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-619
12-619 - Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not subject to assessment.
Status: in_force

12-619. Cost of main sewers, how determined; ordinance; lands not subject to assessment. If the estimated cost of the main sewer or drain of said system now or hereafter constructed shall be relatively large as compared with the estimated cost of the lateral sewers or drains tributary thereto, or if the said main sewer or drain shall be so located that it will or may receive the sewage or drainage from two or more districts, the governing body shall have power to pass an ordinance providing that the cost of such main sewer or drain below a certain designated point shall be borne by the city and paid in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-624 for the payment of the cost of main sewers and drains now or hereafter constructed beyond the corporate limits of the city. If the said main sewer or drain shall be so located that it will or may receive the sewage or drainage from two or more districts, the governing body shall have power to pass an ordinance providing that the cost of such sewer or drain below a certain designated point shall be divided among the said districts as nearly as possible in proportion to the benefits which the respective districts will eventually receive from the use of the said sewer drain, and that the proportion of the cost assigned to each district shall be assessed against that district in the manner provided by law: Provided, That the said ordinance shall state the point in the line of the main sewer or drain below which the provisions of this section shall apply, shall describe the proposed location of the said main sewer or drain from the said point to the outlet of the same or to the city limits, and shall state the manner of payment of the cost of the said main sewer or drain, whether by the city or by the tributary districts, and if by the tributary districts shall fix the proportion of the cost to be assessed against said district: Provided further, That any land within the corporate limits of any city which land is served by county or township sewers shall not be subject to assessment as herein provided.
K.S.A. § 47-1901 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 19 / Section 47-1901
47-1901 - Definition.
Status: in_force

47-1901. Definition. As used in this act, "aquaculture" means the controlled cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants and animals.
K.S.A. § 60-1901 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 19 / Section 60-1901
60-1901 - Cause of action.
Status: in_force

60-1901. Cause of action. (a) If the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, an action may be maintained for the damages resulting therefrom if the former might have maintained the action had such person lived, in accordance with the provisions of this article, against the wrongdoer, or such wrongdoer's personal representative if such wrongdoer is deceased.

(b) As used in article 19 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the term "person" includes an unborn child.

(c) As used in this section, the term "unborn child" means a living individual organism of the species homo sapiens, in utero, at any stage of gestation from fertilization to birth.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a wrongful death action if the death is of an unborn child by means of:

(1) Any act committed by the mother of the unborn child;

(2) any lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of the pregnant woman or her legal guardian;

(3) the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication; or

(4) a legal abortion.

(e) If any provision or clause of this act or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect 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 declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 65-424 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-424
65-424 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

65-424. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the act are declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 59-1503 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 15 / Section 59-1503
59-1503 - Time for distribution.
Status: in_force

59-1503. Time for distribution. If at any time prior to final settlement it appears that there is sufficient money to satisfy all the demands against an estate, the executor or administrator, on order of the court, may make payment of legacies and distribution of shares, except that specific legacies shall be first satisfied. If any demands are not yet barred or six months have not passed since the date of death, no executor or administrator shall be compelled to pay legacies or make distribution unless ordered to do so by the court and until bond or security is given by the legatee or distributee to refund the legatee's or distributee's due proportion of any demand which may afterward be established against the estate and the cost of its recovery, except that upon petition of the executor or administrator, or upon petition of a legatee or distributee with the approval of the executor or administrator, the court may waive the requirement that bond or security be given by the legatee or distributee. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, whenever any executor or administrator of an estate has been served prior to settlement with an order of garnishment having the effect of attaching and creating a first and prior lien upon any property or funds within the estate to which any person is or may become entitled as a legatee or distributee upon settlement and distribution of the estate, the executor or administrator shall not deliver or pay over any such property or funds to that legatee or distributee until further order of the court from which the order of garnishment was issued.
K.S.A. § 59-30,152 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,152
59-30,152 - Emergency guardian for adult.
Status: in_force

59-30,152. Emergency guardian for adult. (a) On its own after a petition has been filed under K.S.A. 59-30,142, and amendments thereto, or on verified petition by a person interested in an adult's welfare, the court may appoint an emergency guardian for the adult if the court finds a sufficient factual basis to establish probable cause that:

(1) Appointment of an emergency guardian is necessary to prevent imminent and substantial harm to the adult's physical health, safety or welfare;

(2) no other person has authority and willingness to act in the circumstances; and

(3) a basis for appointment of a guardian under K.S.A. 59-30,141, and amendments thereto, exists.

(b) The duration of authority of an emergency guardian for an adult may not exceed 30 days, and the emergency guardian may exercise only the powers specified in the order of appointment. The emergency guardian's authority may be extended up to three times for not more than 30 days per extension if the court finds good cause and that the conditions for appointment of an emergency guardian in subsection (a) continue.

(c) Immediately upon filing of a petition for appointment of an emergency guardian for an adult, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the respondent in the proceeding. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), reasonable notice of the date, time, and place of a hearing on the petition must be given to the respondent, the respondent's attorney and any other person the court determines.

(d) The court may appoint an emergency guardian for an adult without notice to the adult and any attorney for the adult only if the court finds from an affidavit or testimony that the respondent's physical health, safety or welfare will be substantially harmed before a hearing with notice on the appointment can be held. If the court appoints an emergency guardian without giving notice under subsection (c), the court must:

(1) Give notice of the appointment not later than 48 hours after the appointment to:

(A) The respondent;

(B) the respondent's attorney; and

(C) any other person the court determines; and

(2) hold a hearing on the appropriateness of the appointment not later than five days after the appointment.

(e) Appointment of an emergency guardian under this section is not a determination that a basis exists for appointment of a guardian under K.S.A. 59-30,141, and amendments thereto.

(f) The court may remove an emergency guardian appointed under this section at any time. The emergency guardian shall make any report the court requires.
K.S.A. § 39-1448 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 14 / Section 39-1448
39-1448 - Notification of disclosure of information to certain persons authorized; exceptions.
Status: in_force

39-1448. Notification of disclosure of information to certain persons authorized; exceptions. A qualified person who, in good faith and exercising reasonable care, makes a disclosure of information pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-1446, and amendments thereto, may notify any person reasonably associated with the eligible adult of the disclosure, unless the qualified person suspects that such person reasonably associated with the eligible adult has committed or attempted financial exploitation of such eligible adult.
K.S.A. § 46-272 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 2 / Section 46-272
46-272 - Same; purchase or lease of property or acquisition of services from state officer or employee, candidate for state office or associated person.
Status: in_force

46-272. Same; purchase or lease of property or acquisition of services from state officer or employee, candidate for state office or associated person. No lobbyist shall pay or agree to pay to any state officer or employee, candidate for state office or an associated person thereof a price, fee, compensation or other consideration for the sale or lease of any property or the furnishing of services which is substantially in excess of that which other persons in the same business or profession would charge in the ordinary course of business.
K.S.A. § 72-17,134 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17,134
72-17,134 - State and federal funds; allocation and distribution; where deposited; payments.
Status: in_force

72-17,134. State and federal funds; allocation and distribution; where deposited; payments. The state board shall be responsible for the allocation and distribution of state and federal funds for food service programs in accordance with this act and with the state plan. Such moneys shall be expended only in accordance with and for the purposes specified in federal or state law or the state plan. Federal funds for food service programs shall be deposited in the state treasury. Payments under this act may be made in installments and in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments. The state board shall approve vouchers for disbursements from moneys in the state treasury for food service programs, and the director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants thereon in accordance with law.