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K.S.A. § 9-595 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-595
9-595 - Enforcement powers of the commissioner under a summary or consent order; informal agreements; confidentiality; fines.
Status: in_force

9-595. Enforcement powers of the commissioner under a summary or consent order; informal agreements; confidentiality; fines. (a) As part of any summary order or consent order, the commissioner may:

(1) Assess a fine against any person who violates this act or any rules and regulations adopted hereunder in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per violation. The commissioner may designate any fine collected pursuant to this section be used for consumer education;

(2) assess the agency's operating costs and expenses for investigating and enforcing this act;

(3) require the person to pay restitution for any loss arising from the violation or requiring the person to reimburse any profits arising from the violation;

(4) prohibit the person from future application for licensure pursuant to the act; and

(5) require such affirmative action as determined by the commissioner to carry out the purposes of this act.

(b) (1) The commissioner may enter into an informal agreement at any time with a person to resolve a matter arising under this act, rules and regulations adopted hereunder or an order issued pursuant to this act.

(2) Any informal agreement authorized by this subsection shall be considered confidential examination material. The adoption of an informal agreement authorized by this subsection shall not be:

(A) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 77-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., and amendments thereto;

(B) considered an order or other agency action;

(C) subject to the Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments thereto; or

(D) discovery or be admissible in evidence in any private civil action.

(3) The provisions of this subsection providing for the confidentiality of public records shall expire on July 1, 2030, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts such provisions in accordance with the Kansas open records act, K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2030.

(c) Through an examination finding, the commissioner may:

(1) Assess a fine against any licensee who violates this act or rules and regulations adopted thereto, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per violation. The commissioner may designate any fine collected pursuant to this section be used for consumer education; or

(2) require the licensee to pay restitution for any loss arising from the violation or require the person to reimburse any profits arising from the violation.

(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 79-337 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 3 / Section 79-337
79-337 - Same; failure of owner or operator of park or land to notify assessor; class C misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

79-337. Same; failure of owner or operator of park or land to notify assessor; class C misdemeanor. The owner, lessee or operator of any mobile home park or the owner of any land which is not used as a mobile home park but where one or more mobile homes or manufactured homes are located who shall willfully and knowingly fail to submit a list of mobile homes or manufactured homes located or parked within such owner's, lessee's or operator's park or court in compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 79-336, and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in the manner provided by law.
K.S.A. § 75-5661 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5661
75-5661 - Management of mammal exposed to rabies.
Status: in_force

75-5661. Management of mammal exposed to rabies. (a) As used in this section, "exposed to rabies" means a bite, scratch or abrasion by a known or suspected rabid mammal, or open wound or mucous membrane contact with the saliva or brain tissue from a known or suspected rabid mammal.

(b) Any law enforcement officer or local health officer, upon private or public property, may take up any mammal which has exposed to rabies a person or other mammal.

(c) The mammal shall be managed in a manner as described in rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of health and environment.
K.S.A. § 60-2102 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 21 / Section 60-2102
60-2102 - Appeals to the court of appeals and supreme court.
Status: in_force

60-2102. Appeals to the court of appeals and supreme court. (a) Appeal to court of appeals as matter of right. Except for any order or final decision of a district magistrate judge who is not regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas, the appellate jurisdiction of the court of appeals may be invoked by appeal as a matter of right from:

(1) An order that discharges, vacates or modifies a provisional remedy.

(2) An order that grants, continues, modifies, refuses or dissolves an injunction, or an order that grants or refuses relief in the form of mandamus, quo warranto or habeas corpus.

(3) An order that appoints a receiver or refuses to wind up a receivership or to take steps to accomplish the purposes thereof, such as directing sales or other disposal of property, or an order involving the tax or revenue laws, the title to real estate, the constitution of this state or the constitution, laws or treaties of the United States.

(4) A final decision in any action, except in an action where a direct appeal to the supreme court is required by law. In any appeal or cross appeal from a final decision, any act or ruling from the beginning of the proceedings shall be reviewable.

(b) Appeal to supreme court as matter of right. The appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court may be invoked by appeal as a matter of right from:

(1) A preliminary or final decision in which a statute of this state has been held unconstitutional as a violation of Article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5633, and amendments thereto. Any appeal filed pursuant to this subsection (b)(1) shall be filed within 30 days of the date the preliminary or final decision is filed.

(2) A final decision of the district court in any action challenging the constitutionality of or arising out of any provision of the Kansas expanded lottery act, any lottery gaming facility management contract or any racetrack gaming facility management contract entered into pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act.

(c) Other appeals. When a district judge, or a district magistrate judge who is regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas, in making in a civil action an order not otherwise appealable under this section, is of the opinion that such order involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, the judge shall so state in writing in such order. The court of appeals may thereupon, in its discretion, permit an appeal to be taken from such order, if application is made to it within 14 days after the entry of the order under such terms and conditions as the supreme court fixes by rule. Application for an appeal pursuant to this subsection shall not stay proceedings in the district court unless the judge of the district court or an appellate court or a judge thereof so orders.
K.S.A. § 23-3805 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 38 / Section 23-3805
23-3805 - Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

23-3805. Jurisdiction. (a) A petition under this act may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a child-custody determination with respect to the child at issue under the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, K.S.A. 23-37,101 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(b) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction under K.S.A. 23-37,204, and amendments thereto, if the court finds a credible risk of abduction.
K.S.A. § 21-6502 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 65 / Section 21-6502
21-6502 - Debt adjusting.
Status: in_force

21-6502. Debt adjusting. ( a) Debt adjusting is knowingly engaging in the business of making contracts, express or implied, with a debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount of money periodically to the person engaging in the debt adjusting business who shall for a consideration distribute the same among certain specified creditors.

(b) Debt adjusting is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to those situations involving debt adjusting, which is incidental to the lawful practice of law in this state or to any person registered as a credit services organization under the Kansas credit services organization act.
K.S.A. § 60-3306 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 33 / Section 60-3306
60-3306 - Seller not subject to liability, when.
Status: in_force

60-3306. Seller not subject to liability, when. (a) A product seller shall not be subject to liability in a product liability claim arising from an alleged defect in a product, if the product seller establishes that: (1) Such seller had no knowledge of the defect;

(2) such seller in the performance of any duties the seller performed, or was required to perform, could not have discovered the defect while exercising reasonable care;

(3) such seller was not a manufacturer of the defective product or product component;

(4) the manufacturer of the defective product or product component is subject to service of process either under the laws of the state of Kansas or the domicile of the person making the product liability claim; and

(5) any judgment against the manufacturer obtained by the person making the product liability claim would be reasonably certain of being satisfied.

(b) A product seller that is a retail seller of used products shall not be subject to liability in a product liability claim arising from an alleged defect in a used product sold by the retail seller, if the retail seller establishes that:

(1) Such seller is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986;

(2) the product liability claim is for strict liability in tort; or

(3) (A) Such seller resold the product after the product was used by a consumer or other product user;

(B) the product was sold in substantially the same condition as it was when it was acquired for resale;

(C) the manufacturer of the defective product or product component is subject to service of process either under the laws of the state of Kansas or the domicile of the person making the product liability claim; and

(D) any judgment against the manufacturer obtained by the person making the product liability claim would be reasonably certain of being satisfied.
K.S.A. § 12-4907 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 49 / Section 12-4907
12-4907 - Home for the aged fund, established; use of fund.
Status: in_force

12-4907. Home for the aged fund, established; use of fund. All moneys received from the sale of the revenue bonds herein authorized, together with all moneys received by donation, gift, bequest or otherwise, shall be placed by the city in a special fund which shall be known as the "home for the aged fund" the fund may be used for the purpose of establishing or acquiring a home for the aged or for the payment of existing debt on an acquired home as in this act provided. Whenever sufficient moneys are available in the fund, the governing body of the city may proceed to acquire the site by gift or purchase and let the contract for such building or buildings and the equipment therefor or to acquire by gift or purchase an existing adult care home to be used as a home for the aged. No building shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and adopted by the governing body of the city and bids advertised for according to law as for other city buildings.
K.S.A. § 19-622 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-622
19-622 - Audit of claims; duties of county clerk.
Status: in_force

19-622. Audit of claims; duties of county clerk. It shall be the duty of such auditor to audit all claims of every nature and description presented to or claimed against his county, showing the nature of the claim, the amount allowed, to whom, and keep a perfect record thereof, and of his decisions thereon. And it shall be the duty of the county clerk to report to the auditor, on or before the first Monday of each month, all claims or demands against the county on file in his office and to furnish to the auditor all information he may have in regard thereto. For the purposes of this act, the term "audit" shall be construed to mean to examine and render opinion as to allowance or rejection in whole or in part.
K.S.A. § 44-639 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 6 / Section 44-639
44-639 - State policy as to wages, hours and insanitary conditions.
Status: in_force

44-639. State policy as to wages, hours and insanitary conditions. The state of Kansas exercising herewith its police and sovereign powers declares that inadequate wages, long continued hours and insanitary conditions of labor, exercise a pernicious effect on the health and welfare of learners and apprentices, and minors.
K.S.A. § 60-437 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 60-437
60-437 - Waiver of privilege by contract or previous disclosure.
Status: in_force

60-437. Waiver of privilege by contract or previous disclosure. A person who would otherwise have a privilege to refuse to disclose or to prevent another from disclosing a specified matter has no such privilege with respect to that matter if the judge finds that such person or any other person while the holder of the privilege has (a) contracted with a party against whom the privilege is claimed that he or she would not claim the privilege or, (b) without coercion, or without any trickery, deception, or fraud practiced against him or her, and with knowledge of the privilege, made disclosure of any part of the matter or consented to such a disclosure made by anyone.
K.S.A. § 8-1571 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1571
8-1571 - Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
Status: in_force

8-1571. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:

(1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

(i) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

(ii) On a sidewalk;

(iii) Within an intersection;

(iv) On a crosswalk;

(v) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;

(vi) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

(vii) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

(viii) On any railroad tracks;

(ix) On any controlled-access highway;

(x) In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers; or

(xi) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

(i) In front of a public or private driveway;

(ii) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;

(iii) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

(iv) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;

(v) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance, when properly signposted; or

(vi) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.

(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:

(i) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or

(ii) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
K.S.A. § 75-303 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 3 / Section 75-303
75-303 - Duties; service as secretary or head of state department upon appointment by governor.
Status: in_force

75-303. Duties; service as secretary or head of state department upon appointment by governor. If the governor determines that in the best interest of the state the powers and duties of the lieutenant governor should include serving as a secretary of a state department or as a department head, the governor may appoint the lieutenant governor to such position if the position is required by law to be appointed by the governor. A lieutenant governor appointed to a position in accordance with this section shall be subject to all qualifications established by law for a person holding such position.
K.S.A. § 32-858 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-858
32-858 - Same; disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

32-858. Same; disposition of proceeds. (a) All moneys derived from the sale of bonds as provided in K.S.A. 32-857 through 32-864, and amendments thereto, shall be paid into the state treasury and the state treasurer shall credit the same to a special account for the use of the department to pay the cost of the specific public improvement or project for which the bonds were issued as shown by the bond indenture executed in connection with the issuance of the bonds. If moneys derived from the sale of bonds exceed the amount necessary to complete the specific public improvement or project for which the bonds were issued, the secretary shall have power by resolution to direct the state treasurer to transfer any surplus from the special account to another account in the department's fee funds for the purpose of retiring the bonds. Upon making any such transfer the state treasurer shall notify the director of accounts and reports and the secretary thereof, who shall make the proper entries in the records of their respective offices to show such transfer.

(b) On or before the 10 th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the special account established in subsection (a) interest earnings based on:

(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the special account established in subsection (a) for the preceding month; and

(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

(c) The director of accounts and reports, upon the presentation of properly itemized and executed vouchers, approved by the secretary, is hereby authorized to draw warrants on the state treasurer against the special account created under this section.
K.S.A. § 12-687 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-687
12-687 - Same; improving trafficways and connections.
Status: in_force

12-687. Same; improving trafficways and connections. The governing body of such city shall have power to improve or reimprove or cause to be improved or reimproved, any main trafficway or trafficway connection designated and established under the provisions of this act. Such improvement or reimprovement may include grading, regrading, curbing, recurbing, guttering, reguttering, paving, repaving, macadamizing, remacadamizing, constructing, reconstructing, opening, widening, extending, rounding corners, straightening, relocating, building any necessary bridges and approaches thereto, viaducts, overpasses, underpasses, culverts and drainage, trafficway illumination, traffic control devices, pedestrian ways, or other improvements, or any two (2) or more of such improvements or reimprovements and the acquisition of right-of-way by purchase or condemnation when necessary for any of such purposes. The governing body may also employ highway and traffic engineering assistance when necessary to the proper development and planning of such improvement or reimprovement.
K.S.A. § 65-5011 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 50 / Section 65-5011
65-5011 - Application of act to certain credentialing applications.
Status: in_force

65-5011. Application of act to certain credentialing applications. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the review of an application for credentialing commenced prior to the effective date of this act shall be governed by the provisions of this act which apply to that part of the review of such application which was not completed prior to the effective date of this act. The secretary shall authorize an original application for credentialing filed prior to the effective date of this act, to be amended to address the standards and criteria established under this act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the filing of a new application with the secretary.
K.S.A. § 17-1611 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 16 / Section 17-1611
17-1611 - Board of directors; election from districts; delegates to meetings; compensation of officers and directors; executive committee; vacancy in board of directors.
Status: in_force

17-1611. Board of directors; election from districts; delegates to meetings; compensation of officers and directors; executive committee; vacancy in board of directors. (a) The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or voting stockholders from such association's own numbers.

(b) The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected according to such districts, either directly or by district delegates elected by the members in that district. In such a case the bylaws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, the manner and method of reapportioning the directors and of redistricting the territory covered by the association.

(c) The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to such districts and the result of all such primary elections must be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association.

(d) The bylaws may take away the right to vote by proxy or by mail, and may provide for the election of delegates to the annual meeting. In all cases where the annual meeting is a delegate meeting a majority of the delegates elected shall constitute a quorum. The bylaws may provide for delegates to district meetings and define their powers. An association may provide for a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service. No director during the term of such director's office shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association, or to any other kind of contract differing from terms generally current in that district.

(e) The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors subject to the general direction and control of the board.

(f) When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs, other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy unless the bylaws provide for an election of directors by district. In such a case the board of directors shall immediately call a special meeting of the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy.