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K.S.A. § 40-604 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 6 / Section 40-604
40-604 - Regulations and restrictions.
Status: in_force

40-604. Regulations and restrictions. It shall be unlawful for such association to make insurance on the health of individuals, or to contract the payment to any member or his beneficiaries a sum greater than three thousand dollars, unless such corporation or association shall have a membership sufficient to pay the face value of the certificate or policy in full with one single assessment to make insurance on the life of any person until such person has first been subjected to a medical examination by a regular practicing physician, and found to be insurable, except when insurance is granted against accident or disablement only; to make insurance on the life of any person above sixty years of age; to issue joint life certificates or policies granting insurance on the life of more than one person under one certificate or policy, unless each person insured under such certificate or policy shall be named and assessed individually for their full pro rata share.
K.S.A. § 14-1043 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-1043
14-1043 - Same; acreage within or without city limits.
Status: in_force

14-1043. Same; acreage within or without city limits. If there be within the city limits 640 acres or more of land, the governing body may divide the area of the city into 640 acre drilling units and consolidate any excess area with lands owned by others in the same manner as hereinafter provided for cities having less than 640 acres within the city limits. If there be no suitable drilling site for any unit available at reasonable cost within the corporate limits of the city, the governing body is hereby granted power and authority to acquire by lease or purchase a suitable drilling site outside such limits.
K.S.A. § 74-4931 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4931
74-4931 - Eligible employers; participating employers; entry date.
Status: in_force

74-4931. Eligible employers; participating employers; entry date. On the effective date of this act, the following shall be eligible employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902(13), and amendments thereto, and as further defined herein:

(1) Kansas public school districts;

(2) Kansas technical colleges;

(3) Kansas community junior colleges; or

(4) the state of Kansas for state agencies having employees who are members of the state school retirement system on December 31, 1970.

Such eligible employers shall become participating employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902(24), and amendments thereto. The entry date into the Kansas public employees retirement system of such eligible employers shall be January 1, 1971.
K.S.A. § 60-1706 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 17 / Section 60-1706
60-1706 - Power to declare rights or legal relations.
Status: in_force

60-1706. Power to declare rights or legal relations. Any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an insolvent, a person under 18 years of age or other person for whom a guardian has been appointed, or any person holding an interest in such trust or estate, may seek and obtain declaration of rights or legal relations to:

(a) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others;

(b) direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do any particular act in their fiduciary capacity or to refrain from doing any act in such capacity; or

(c) determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
K.S.A. § 12-17,160 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-17,160
12-17,160 - Purpose of act; issuance of sales tax and revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

12-17,160. Purpose of act; issuance of sales tax and revenue bonds. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to promote, stimulate and develop the general and economic welfare of the state of Kansas and its communities and to assist in the development and redevelopment of eligible areas within and without a city thereby promoting the general welfare of the citizens of this state, by authorizing cities and counties to acquire certain property and to issue sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds for the financing of STAR bond projects as defined in K.S.A. 12-17,162, and amendments thereto. It is further found and declared that the powers conferred by this act are for a public purpose and public use for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain may be exercised. The necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this act is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
K.S.A. § 59-2308 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 23 / Section 59-2308
59-2308 - Notice of sale at public auction.
Status: in_force

59-2308. Notice of sale at public auction. In all sales at public auction the personal representative shall give notice containing a particular description of the real estate to be sold, and such notice shall state the time, terms and place of sale. The notice shall be given by publication once per week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper, authorized to publish legal notices, of the county where the real estate is situated. The date set for the sale shall not be earlier than 10 days and not later than 30 days after the date of the last publication of notice. If the sale is being held as an auction that takes place over more than one day, the first day that the auction is open for bidding shall not be earlier than 10 days and not later than 30 days after the date of the last publication notice. If the tracts to be sold are contiguous and lie in more than one county, notice may be given and the sale made in either of such counties.
K.S.A. § 65-5730 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 57 / Section 65-5730
65-5730 - Transfer of property and records; resolution of conflicts.
Status: in_force

65-5730. Transfer of property and records; resolution of conflicts. (a) The adjutant general and the secretary of health and environment shall engage in consultations with the purpose of reaching agreement regarding the disposition of all property, all property rights, and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of any of the powers and duties transferred to the adjutant general pursuant to this order.

(b) Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property, records, or the unexpended balance of any appropriation arising as a result of any abolition, transfer, attachment or change made by this order shall be determined by the governor, whose decision shall be final.
K.S.A. § 40-1612 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 16 / Section 40-1612
40-1612 - Certain provisions of code to reciprocals.
Status: in_force

40-1612. Certain provisions of code to reciprocals. In addition to the provisions of this article, the provisions set forth in the following sections of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, which govern other types of insurance companies shall apply to reciprocals to the extent that such provisions do not conflict with the provisions of this article: Sections 40-208, 40-209, 40-214, 40-215, 40-216, 40-218, 40-220, 40-221a, 40-222, 40-223, 40-224, 40-225, 40-229, 40-229a, 40-231, 40-233, 40-234, 40-234a, 40-235, 40-236, 40-237, 40-238, 40-239, 40-240, 40-241, 40-242, 40-244, 40-245, 40-246, except as to contracts written through traveling salaried representatives to whom no commissions are paid, 40-246a, 40-247, 40-248, 40-249, 40-250, 40-251, 40-253, 40-256, 40-281, 40-2,125, 40-2,126, 40-2,127, 40-2,128, 40-2,156, 40-2,156a, 40-2,157, 40-2,159, 40-952, 40-2001, 40-2002, 40-2003, 40-2004, 40-2005, 40-2006 and 40-2404 and article 2a of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and any other provision of law pertaining to insurance which specifically refers to reciprocals.
K.S.A. § 75-7310 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 73 / Section 75-7310
75-7310 - Confidentiality of information, records and reports; reports of health and safety of residents to state officials; summary report and publication on website.
Status: in_force

75-7310. Confidentiality of information, records and reports; reports of health and safety of residents to state officials; summary report and publication on website. All information, records and reports received by or developed by an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman which relate to a resident of a facility, including written material identifying a resident or other complainant, are confidential and not subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 45-215 through 45-226, and amendments thereto, and shall not be disclosed or released by an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman, either by name of the resident or other complainant or of facts which allow the identity of the resident or other complainant to be inferred, except upon the order of a court or unless the resident or the resident's legal representative consents in writing to such disclosure or release by an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman, except the state long-term care ombudsman shall forward to the secretary for aging and disability services a quarterly summary report relating to the health and safety of residents, complaints reported and resolutions to complaints. A summary report may be posted on the state long-term care ombudsman program website quarterly, exclusive of information or material that identifies residents or any other individuals.
K.S.A. § 75-5740 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 57 / Section 75-5740
75-5740 - Accident problems of state; understanding, reduction, prevention; safety education.
Status: in_force

75-5740. Accident problems of state; understanding, reduction, prevention; safety education. It shall be the duty of the secretary of labor: To promote better understanding of the accident problem of this state and of state and municipal laws enacted for the purpose of aiding in the solution of the problem; to promote a permanent educational program for the purpose of enlisting the cooperation of all citizens in reducing accidents; to work for the prevention of accidents on streets and highways, in the home, in the factories, on the farm and whenever preventable accidents occur; and to promote safety measures of every kind and character and to educate the public generally in the matters of safety.
K.S.A. § 66-1329 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 13 / Section 66-1329
66-1329 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

66-1329. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Wrecker or tow truck" means any motor vehicle equipped with booms, winches or similar equipment specifically designed for recovery or towing of vehicles.

(b) "Car carrier" means any vehicle specifically designed to transport wrecked, disabled or otherwise inoperable vehicles.

(c) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(d) "Wrecker or towing service" means the act of transporting, towing or recovering with a wrecker, tow truck or car carrier, any vehicle not owned by the operator of the wrecker, tow truck or car carrier for which the operator receives compensation or other personal gain, either directly or indirectly, except that such terms shall not include a private wrecker or towing service.

(e) "Private wrecker or towing service" means the act of transporting with a wrecker, tow truck or car carrier any vehicle owned by the operator of the wrecker, tow truck or car carrier.
K.S.A. § 9-904 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 9-904
9-904 - Reduction of capital stock, when.
Status: in_force

9-904. Reduction of capital stock, when. (a) With prior approval of the commissioner, a stock bank or trust company may reduce the amount of its capital stock account. No such reduction shall be approved unless the commissioner finds that:

(1) The proposed reduction is necessary to provide greater operational flexibility to an adequately capitalized, well-managed institution;

(2) the proposed reduction does not result in or is not in furtherance of a reduction in the institution's capital to an amount below the amount required by K.S.A. 9-901*, and amendments thereto;

(3) the proposed reduction is not intended to delay, prevent or be in lieu of capital stock impairment or a stockholder's assessment pursuant to K.S.A. 9-906, and amendments thereto;

(4) the proposed reduction poses no significant risk to the financial stability, safety or soundness of the institution;

(5) the bank's or trust company's surplus account will be increased in an amount equal to the amount of the proposed reduction in the capital stock account, unless a waiver is granted by the commissioner; and

(6) a resolution approving the reduction has been adopted by the stockholders representing 2 / 3 of the voting stock of the bank or trust company.

(b) Upon completion of the reduction, the stock bank or trust company shall file with the commissioner a list of its stockholders and the amount of stock held by each.

(c) Whenever the capital stock of any stock bank or trust company shall be reduced as herein provided, every stockholder, owner or holder of any stock certificate shall surrender the same for cancellation and shall be entitled to receive a new certificate for such person's proportion of the new stock. No dividends shall be paid to any such stockholder until the old certificate is surrendered.
K.S.A. § 40-1129 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 11 / Section 40-1129
40-1129 - Same; no liability.
Status: in_force

40-1129. Same; no liability. There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against any insurer reporting hereunder or its agents or employees, or the state board of healing arts or the board's employees, for any action taken by them pursuant to this act.
K.S.A. § 32-1008 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-1008
32-1008 - Migratory birds.
Status: in_force

32-1008. Migratory birds. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Migratory birds" means such birds as are defined under the administrative provisions of the migratory bird treaty act (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 703 to 711) and regulations now in force or hereafter adopted thereunder.

(2) "Migratory waterfowl" means such birds as are defined by 16 U.S.C.A. § 718.

(b) It is unlawful to take, buy, sell or offer to sell by any means or in any manner any migratory bird or birds in Kansas except as authorized and permitted by federal regulations now in force or hereafter adopted pursuant to authority provided by the migratory bird treaty act.

(c) It is unlawful to take, buy, sell or offer to sell by any means or in any manner any migratory waterfowl in Kansas except as authorized or permitted by 16 U.S.C.A. § 718a.
K.S.A. § 25-203 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 2 / Section 25-203
25-203 - Date of primary election for national, state, county and township offices.
Status: in_force

25-203. Date of primary election for national, state, county and township offices. The primary national, state, county and township election shall be held on the first Tuesday of August in even-numbered years for the nomination of all candidates to be voted for at the next following general election.
K.S.A. § 38-2306 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 23 / Section 38-2306
38-2306 - Right to an attorney.
Status: in_force

38-2306. Right to an attorney. (a) Appointment of attorney to represent juvenile. A juvenile is entitled to have the assistance of an attorney at every stage of the proceedings. If a juvenile appears before any court without an attorney, the court shall inform the juvenile and the juvenile's parent of the right to employ an attorney. Upon failure to retain an attorney, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the juvenile. The expense of the appointed attorney may be assessed to the juvenile, the parent, or both, as part of the expenses of the case.

(b) Continuation of representation. An attorney appointed for a juvenile shall continue to represent the juvenile at all subsequent court hearings in the proceeding under this code, including appellate proceedings, unless relieved by the court upon a showing of good cause or upon transfer of venue.

(c) Attorney fees. An attorney appointed pursuant to this section shall be allowed a reasonable fee for services, which may be assessed as an expense in the proceedings as provided in K.S.A. 38-2314, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 76-2131 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-2131
76-2131 - Sale of certain lands in Shawnee county to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company by secretary of administration authorized.
Status: in_force

76-2131. Sale of certain lands in Shawnee county to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company by secretary of administration authorized. The secretary of administration of Kansas is hereby authorized to sell in the manner hereinafter provided, to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company, a Delaware corporation, a tract of land owned by the state of Kansas and now being held for the use of the state industrial school for boys, the legal description of which tract is as follows:

Part of the northeast quarter of section 13, township 11 south, range 15 east, Shawnee county, Kansas, described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of said northeast quarter; thence south 88 degrees 49 minutes, 26 seconds west, along the north line of said northeast quarter, a distance of 1211.71 feet to the east right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad; thence south 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds east, along the east right-of-way line of said railroad, a distance of 375.67 feet to the south right-of-way line of the Soldier creek diversion project and the point of beginning; thence south 82 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds east, along the south right-of-way line of the Soldier creek diversion project, a distance of 83.79 feet; thence south 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds east, parallel to and 150 feet from the center line of the main track of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, a distance of 1232.37 feet; thence southeasterly 150 feet from and parallel to the center line of said main track, and on a curve to the left that has a radius of 5579.58 feet and a chord that bears south 19 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds east, an arc distance of 115.93 feet to the north line of the south 60 acres of said northeast quarter; thence south 88 degrees 43 minutes 34 seconds west, along the north line of the south 60 acres of said northeast quarter, a distance of 79.25 feet to the east right-of-way line of said railroad; thence northwesterly along the east right-of-way line of said railroad and on a curve to the right that has a radius of 5654.58 feet and a chord that bears north 19 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds west, an arc distance of 91.72 feet; thence north 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds west, parallel to and 75 feet from the center line of said main tract and along the east right-of-way line of said railroad a distance of 1269.73 feet to the point of beginning. This tract contains 2.333 acres, more or less.
K.S.A. § 12-810 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-810
12-810 - Condemnation by foreign municipality for water plant.
Status: in_force

12-810. Condemnation by foreign municipality for water plant. Any foreign municipal corporation duly chartered and organized under the laws of its state, and owning a water plant and having some part thereof within the state of Kansas, may apply to the district court or judge thereof, of any county in which said foreign municipal corporation has located any part of its water plant to condemn land for the same, or as much as may be desired, as well as a route for such proposed water mains as may be located by such foreign municipal corporation, and also such land as may be deemed necessary for engine houses, pumping stations, workshops, water stations, intakes, reservoirs, filtering basins, tunnels, shafts and conduits for conveying water, together with all necessary means, ways and devices for building, constructing, maintaining, repairing and operating the same, and materials for the construction sufficient to enable said foreign municipal corporation to construct and repair its plant, mains and stations, and right of making proper drains, which said lands or rights therein may be condemned as provided by law: Provided, Such foreign municipal corporation shall not be permitted to condemn any lands actually used by a water company in serving a municipal corporation in the state of Kansas, when the taking of the lands so sought to be condemned would interfere with the actual operation of such water company's plant.
K.S.A. § 19-715 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-715
19-715 - Vacancy in office.
Status: in_force

19-715. Vacancy in office. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of county attorney, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor of a person elected by a district convention, in accordance with K.S.A. 25-3902, and amendments thereto. If the vacancy occurs on or after May 1 of the second year of the term, the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies at the next county general election to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Nomination and election of such successor shall be in the same manner as nomination and election of a county attorney for a regular term.

(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of county attorney, the district judges of the judicial district in which the county is located shall appoint a person to serve as temporary county attorney until a person is appointed and qualifies to fill the vacancy in accordance with subsection (a). A person appointed as temporary county attorney shall be an elector of the same political party as such person's predecessor.

(c) A county attorney or temporary county attorney appointed pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and duties and be subject to the same qualifications as an elected county attorney.
K.S.A. § 44-928 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 9 / Section 44-928
44-928 - Hearing on actions of state fire marshal; judicial review.
Status: in_force

44-928. Hearing on actions of state fire marshal; judicial review. (a) Any person aggrieved by an order issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, may request a hearing thereon within 15 days from the date of the service of such order by filing such request in writing with the office of the state fire marshal. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The filing of a request for a hearing shall not abate or operate as a stay of the effect of an order to cease and desist unless otherwise stated in such order.

(b) Judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions under this act shall be in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.