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K.S.A. § 46-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 15 / Section 46-1501
46-1501 - Legislative information system; supervision and operation by revisor of statutes; function and scope of system.
Status: in_force

46-1501. Legislative information system; supervision and operation by revisor of statutes; function and scope of system. In accordance with any instructions given by the legislative coordinating council and as provided in this act, the revisor of statutes shall introduce in phases and supervise or operate, or both supervise and operate as may be appropriate, a comprehensive legislative information system. Such system shall initially be operated to accomplish computer search of existing statutes of Kansas and computer preparation of legislative bills and resolutions. In succeeding years, as may be convenient, such system shall encompass computer preparation of the following:

(a) Statutory search;

(b) search of other documents;

(c) bill and resolution preparation;

(d) printing (outside the office of revisor of statutes) of bills, resolutions and other documents within the legislative branch;

(e) preparation of such legislative documents as journals, calendars, bill locators, bill indexes and research materials;

(f) cathode ray tube display of any of the foregoing;

(g) preparation of session laws, statutes and other books; and

(h) printing (outside the office of revisor of statutes) of any or all of the foregoing.
K.S.A. § 40-2420 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 24 / Section 40-2420
40-2420 - Same; invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

40-2420. Same; invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application 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. § 75-7305 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 73 / Section 75-7305
75-7305 - State long-term care ombudsman duties; avoidance of conflicts of interest; availability of legal counsel; resources to provide remedies; contracts for services, limitation, bidding exemption; grants and donations.
Status: in_force

75-7305. State long-term care ombudsman duties; avoidance of conflicts of interest; availability of legal counsel; resources to provide remedies; contracts for services, limitation, bidding exemption; grants and donations. (a) The state long-term care ombudsman shall ensure that:

(1) No individual involved in the authorization of any individual to represent the office as an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman is subject to a conflict of interest;

(2) no officer, employee or other representative of the office is subject to a conflict of interest;

(3) policies and procedures are in place to identify and remedy all conflicts of interest specified under paragraphs (1) and (2);

(4) legal counsel is available to the office for advice and consultation and that legal representation is provided to any ombudsman against whom suit or other legal action is brought in connection with the performance of the ombudsman's official duties; and

(5) the office has the ability to pursue administrative, legal and other appropriate remedies on behalf of residents of facilities.

(b) The state long-term care ombudsman may enter into contracts with service providers to provide investigative, legal, public education, training or other services as may be required to assist the state long-term care ombudsman in providing ombudsman services to residents of facilities or as otherwise required to carry out the powers, duties and functions of the office. Contracts entered into under this subsection shall not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments thereto. No contract may be entered into by the state long-term care ombudsman to privatize the office or to otherwise provide that all or substantially all of the ombudsman services or functions of the office are to be performed by one or more service providers.

(c) For the purposes of carrying out the powers and duties of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman, the state long-term care ombudsman may request and accept a grant or donation from any person, firm, association or corporation or from any federal, state or local governmental agency and may enter into contracts or other transactions with any such person or entity in connection with the grant or donation.
K.S.A. § 65-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 15 / Section 65-1501
65-1501 - Practice of optometry defined; exclusions; standard of care in diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma; low vision rehabilitation services.
Status: in_force

65-1501. Practice of optometry defined; exclusions; standard of care in diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma; low vision rehabilitation services. (a) The practice of optometry means:

(1) The examination of the human eye and its adnexae and the employment of objective or subjective means or methods (including the administering, prescribing or dispensing, of topical pharmaceutical drugs) for the purpose of diagnosing the refractive, muscular, or pathological condition thereof;

(2) the prescribing, dispensing or adapting of lenses (including any ophthalmic lenses which are classified as drugs by any law of the United States or of this state), prisms, low vision rehabilitation services, orthoptic exercises and visual training therapy for the relief of any insufficiencies or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexae; and

(3) the prescribing, administering or dispensing of topical pharmaceutical drugs and oral drugs for the examination, diagnosis and treatment of ocular conditions and any insufficiencies or abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexae including adult open-angle glaucoma .

(b) The practice of optometry shall not include: (1) The management and treatment of glaucoma, except as provided in subsection (a) ; (2) the performance of surgery, including the use of lasers for surgical purposes, except that licensees may remove non- perforating foreign bodies from the cornea , conjunctiva or eyelids; remove eyelashes; scrape the cornea for diagnostic tests, smears or cultures; dilate, probe, irrigate or close by punctal plug the tear drainage structures of the eye; express conjunctival follicles or cysts; debridement of the corneal epithelium and co-management of post-operative care; or (3) the performance of procedures requiring anesthesia administered by injection or general anesthesia .

(c) A licensee shall be held to a standard of care in the diagnosis and treatment of adult open-angle glaucoma commensurate to that of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, who exercises that degree of skill and proficiency commonly exercised by an ordinary, skillful, careful and prudent person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.

(d) Under the direction and supervision of a licensee, a licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, licensed physical therapist and licensed occupational therapist may assist in the provision of low vision rehabilitation services in addition to such other services which such licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, licensed physical therapist and licensed occupational therapist is authorized by law to provide under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 65-1113, subsection (h) of K.S.A. 65-1124, subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-2901 and subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-5402, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 48-3108 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 31 / Section 48-3108
48-3108 - (KCMJ Art. 142) Payment of fines and disposition thereof.
Status: in_force

48-3108. (KCMJ Art. 142) Payment of fines and disposition thereof. (a) Fines imposed through imposition of nonjudicial punishment may be paid to the state and delivered to the imposing officer or to a person executing the process. Fines may be collected in the following manners:

(1) By cash or money order;

(2) by retention of any pay or allowances due or to become due the person fined from any state or the United States;

(3) by garnishment or levy, together with costs, on the wages, goods and chattels of a person delinquent in paying a fine; and

(4) registered and filed as a foreign judgment.

(b) Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund to be available for general governmental expenses. The adjutant general shall remit all fines and penalties so received to the state treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto.

(c) Damages assessed and approved under K.S.A. 48-3105, and amendments thereto, shall be paid promptly to the owner of the injured property and delivered to the commanding officer who convened the investigating board. Damages may be collected in any of the following manners:

(1) By cash or money order;

(2) by retention of any pay or allowances due or to become due to the person fined from any state or the United States; or

(3) by garnishment or levy, together with costs, on the wages, goods and chattels of a person delinquent in paying a fine.
K.S.A. § 72-2153 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 21 / Section 72-2153
72-2153 - Application of K.S.A. 72-2151 and 72-2152 to certain educational institutions.
Status: in_force

72-2153. Application of K.S.A. 72-2151 and 72-2152 to certain educational institutions. The provisions of K.S.A. 72-2151 and 72-2152, and amendments thereto, shall apply to state educational institutions under the control and supervision of the state board of regents, and may, at the discretion of the state board, be extended to any institution in any of the United States which shall satisfy the state board, that it maintains an efficient department of education, and meets the other requirements for schools on the accredited list.
K.S.A. § 2-2701 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 27 / Section 2-2701
2-2701 - Acquisition of certain real estate in Wyandotte county by highway commission authorized; purposes; conditions; title; succession by secretary of transportation to commission's right, title and interest in said property.
Status: in_force

2-2701. Acquisition of certain real estate in Wyandotte county by highway commission authorized; purposes; conditions; title; succession by secretary of transportation to commission's right, title and interest in said property. The state highway commission is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation the following described real estate, together with all improvements thereon: A tract of real estate in the northeast one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of section seventeen (17), township eleven (11), range twenty-three (23), bounded on the north by Riverview road and the west by K-7 highway and on the south by the Kansas turnpike north right-of-way lines and on the east by the east section line. Also that portion lying north of the Kansas turnpike right-of-way in the north one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of northwest one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of section sixteen (16), township eleven (11), range twenty-three (23), all in Wyandotte county, Kansas, for the purpose of securing a site which will provide: (1) Visual access to the agricultural hall of fame; (2) an area suitable for the location of recreational facilities in connection with such hall of fame; and (3) an area for landscaping adjoining such hall of fame. No purchase or condemnation of such real estate shall be made unless and until the agricultural hall of fame is located on a site adjoining the real estate described herein. Said commission shall acquire fee simple title to such real estate, and if it shall be necessary to condemn any of such real estate, the commission may exercise the power of eminent domain in the acquisition of the fee simple title to such real estate in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, or acts amendatory thereof, and the legal department of said commission shall institute and prosecute said condemnation proceedings in the name of the state, and if any such real estate shall be acquired by purchase, the abstract of title and the deed conveying the same shall be approved by the attorney general before payment therefor is made; said commission shall record all conveyances of any such real estate in the office of the register of deeds of Wyandotte county which shall thereafter be deposited in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of transportation shall succeed to all right, title and interest of the highway commission in such property.
K.S.A. § 31-164 — KS Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-164
31-164 - Same; act in addition to local law.
Status: in_force

31-164. Same; act in addition to local law. This law shall be in addition to any county resolution or city ordinance relating to regulation of smoke detectors.
K.S.A. § 25-2024 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 20 / Section 25-2024
25-2024 - Oath, where filed; notices by county election officer when filing is late.
Status: in_force

25-2024. Oath, where filed; notices by county election officer when filing is late. Every person elected or appointed to be a member of a board of education of any school district shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified in K.S.A. 54-106, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the county election officer of the home county of the school district. In the event that any filing required by this section has not been so filed within thirty (30) days after a certificate of election has been issued therefor, the county election officer shall send a letter to the offending person, advising him that he has failed to qualify for office and quoting the provisions of this section. Thereupon, if the filing required by this section has not been made as herein required within sixty (60) days after such certificate of election was issued, the county election officer shall send a written notice thereof to the clerk of the board of education to which such candidate was elected.
K.S.A. § 71-1803 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 18 / Section 71-1803
71-1803 - Same; eligibility for state aid; determination of residency.
Status: in_force

71-1803. Same; eligibility for state aid; determination of residency. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2012 fiscal year, each community college, technical college and the Washburn institute of technology is eligible for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid from the state general fund for postsecondary tiered technical course credit hours approved by the state board and delivered by the institution to students who are residents of the state of Kansas, in an amount to be determined by the state board using a credit hour cost calculation model that: (1) Is tiered to recognize and support cost differentials in providing high-demand, high-tech training; (2) takes into consideration target industries critical to the Kansas economy; (3) is responsive to program growth; (4) takes into consideration local taxing authority for credit hours generated by in-district students; and (5) includes other factors and considerations as deemed necessary or advisable by the state board. The state board shall establish the rates to be used as the state's share in a given year, as well as in the actual distribution.

(b) For purposes of K.S.A. 71-1801 through 71-1810, and amendments thereto, residency for all community college students shall be determined in accordance with K.S.A. 71-406 and 71-407, and amendments thereto, and residency for all technical college and Washburn institute of technology students shall be determined in accordance with laws or policies applicable to those institutions.

(c) In fiscal year 2012, any portion of the appropriation for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid that an institution actually receives that is in excess of the amount of community college operating grant or postsecondary aid that the institution received for fiscal year 2011 shall be considered new state funds for purposes of K.S.A. 74-3202d, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 19-4009 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 40 / Section 19-4009
19-4009 - Application of act as to other laws.
Status: in_force

19-4009. Application of act as to other laws. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as repealing any existing law nor as affecting any mental health center or facilities for people with intellectual disability established by any county under any other law prior to the effective date of this act except as herein otherwise specifically provided; but no county which has heretofore established or shall hereafter establish under any other law a mental health center or facilities for people with intellectual disability shall make a tax levy under such other law for a mental health center or facilities for people with intellectual disability if it shall establish either singly or jointly a mental health center under the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 2-908 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 2-908
2-908 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

2-908. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 2-908 to 2-916, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the poultry disease control act.
K.S.A. § 41-1002 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 10 / Section 41-1002
41-1002 - Complaint, indictment or information; allegations as to quantity and kind; second offense; proof.
Status: in_force

41-1002. Complaint, indictment or information; allegations as to quantity and kind; second offense; proof. In any indictment, information, or complaint charging the violation of any of the provisions of this act, it shall not be necessary to allege the quantity of such alcoholic liquor or the kind thereof further than to allege that the same was alcoholic liquor and, in case of sale, keeping for sale or delivery, it shall not be necessary to set out the name of the person to whom sale or delivery has been made; and, in any prosecution for a second offense, it shall not be necessary to state in the indictment, complaint or information the record of the former conviction, but it shall be sufficient briefly to allege such conviction. Proof of sale, delivery or unlawful disposition of alcoholic liquors to any person, not authorized by this act to purchase or receive the same, shall be sufficient to sustain the allegation of unlawful sale, delivery or disposition, as the case may be.
K.S.A. § 19-3002 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 30 / Section 19-3002
19-3002 - Management and operation; records and statements; fees for water delivered to user from drought-relief wells; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

19-3002. Management and operation; records and statements; fees for water delivered to user from drought-relief wells; disposition of moneys. The above-mentioned machinery and equipment, when so purchased or otherwise acquired shall remain the property of the county, and shall be operated under management of a proper person selected by the board of county commissioners, and the operator so named shall keep a record of the costs of fuels and materials and the actual costs of operation of such machinery and equipment used in the construction and maintenance of each drought-relief water-supply project, and he shall file a statement of the costs of fuels and materials used on each project with the county clerk, and such statement shall be a part of the public record; and if water shall be sold by the board of county commissioners from any such well as hereinafter authorized, said person shall keep a record of all sales of water. The board of county commissioners may fix, charge and collect a reasonable fee for water delivered to users from any drought-relief well drilled, constructed or obtained under the provisions of this act. Said moneys when collected shall be paid into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall credit the same to a special fund which shall only be used for the purpose of paying the costs of the maintenance and operation of said well and for the construction of any new well when necessary.
K.S.A. § 65-1651 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 16 / Section 65-1651
65-1651 - Sections part of and supplemental to pharmacy act.
Status: in_force

65-1651. Sections part of and supplemental to pharmacy act. The provisions of K.S.A. 65-1627a to 65-1627h, inclusive, 65-1628a, 65-1628b and 65-1650, are hereby declared to be a part of and supplemental to the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 23-3121 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 31 / Section 23-3121
23-3121 - Reporting of support arrearages to consumer credit reporting agencies.
Status: in_force

23-3121. Reporting of support arrearages to consumer credit reporting agencies. (a) As used in this section, "consumer reporting agency" means any person which, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties and which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.

(b) The secretary for children and families shall develop procedures for making information concerning support arrearages owed or assigned to the secretary or owed to any person who has applied for services pursuant to K.S.A. 39-756, and amendments thereto, available to consumer reporting agencies upon their request. The procedures shall provide for the information to be made available to such agencies in any case in which the support arrearage is $1,000 or more unless the secretary determines that providing the information is not appropriate in a particular case. The procedures may additionally provide for the information to be available to such agencies if the amount of the support arrearage is less than $1,000.

(c) The secretary may charge a consumer reporting agency requesting support arrearage information a fee not to exceed the actual cost to the secretary in providing such information.

(d) Prior to providing any information concerning an obligor's arrearage to a consumer reporting agency, the secretary shall provide advance notice to the obligor who owes support by first-class mail to the obligor's last known address, concerning the proposed release of information to a consumer reporting agency and of the methods available for contesting the accuracy of the information as provided for in K.S.A. 50-710, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 65-3440 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-3440
65-3440 - Permit, revocation or suspension, hearing; judicial review.
Status: in_force

65-3440. Permit, revocation or suspension, hearing; judicial review. Any person aggrieved by any order or denial of the secretary, may within 15 days of service of the order request in writing a hearing on the order. Hearings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Any person adversely affected by any action of the secretary pursuant to this section may obtain review of such action in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.