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K.S.A. § 75-3730 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 37 / Section 75-3730
75-3730 - Obligations; how incurred and paid.
Status: in_force

75-3730. Obligations; how incurred and paid. All commitments and claims shall be preaudited by the division of accounts and reports as provided in K.S.A. 75-3731. No payment shall be made and no obligation shall be incurred against any fund, allotment, or appropriation, except liabilities representing the expenses of the legislature, unless the director of accounts and reports shall first certify that his or her records disclose there is a sufficient unencumbered balance available in such fund, allotment, or appropriation to meet the same and until such commitment statements as may be required under rules and regulations established as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, shall have been duly filed with the director of accounts and reports: Provided, In case of contracts or transactions where it is impracticable to comply with the foregoing requirements, the director of accounts and reports shall dispense therewith under such regulations so established as will insure the proper payment of such obligations.
K.S.A. § 32-987 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-987
32-987 - Issues lost or stolen while in county clerk's possession.
Status: in_force

32-987. Issues lost or stolen while in county clerk's possession. In the event of licenses, permits, stamps or other issues of the department which are lost, stolen or destroyed while in the possession of a county clerk or an agent appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-985, the secretary may make such investigation as necessary and, if the secretary finds that the licenses, permits, stamps or other issues were lost, stolen or destroyed by a cause beyond the control of the county clerk or agent, the secretary may make an adjustment of the amount due for any such licenses, permits, stamps or other issues and may entirely relieve the county clerk or agent for payment of the fees for such licenses, permits, stamps or other issues or may make such lesser adjustment as the secretary considers proper.
K.S.A. § 8-1808 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 18 / Section 8-1808
8-1808 - Performance ability of brakes.
Status: in_force

8-1808. Performance ability of brakes. Upon application of the service brake, every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, shall be capable of stopping from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour in not more than thirty (30) feet, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.

Tests for stopping distance shall be made on a dry, smooth, hard and substantially level surface, not to exceed one percent (1%) grade, that is free from loose material.
K.S.A. § 19-2604 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-2604
19-2604 - Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds.
Status: in_force

19-2604. Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds. Every deputy in any of said offices shall, before entering upon his duties under such appointment, take and subscribe the like oath of office as that required to be taken by the officer appointing him, and shall deposit the same in the office where the bond of such officer is deposited.
K.S.A. § 19-4307 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 43 / Section 19-4307
19-4307 - Removal from office; hearing.
Status: in_force

19-4307. Removal from office; hearing. Any member of said civil service board may be removed from said board by affirmative vote of all three (3) county commissioners, but then only upon written charges filed with the county commission and after said member of the civil service board has been given a copy of all such charges and has been given an opportunity for a public hearing of such charges before the county commission.
K.S.A. § 19-2607 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-2607
19-2607 - New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence.
Status: in_force

19-2607. New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence. Whenever the term of office of any judge of the district court, county clerk or other county officer has expired or may expire, leaving unfinished business which is proper matter of record, or incomplete records, it shall be lawful for the immediate successor of such officer, in any case where written memoranda or copies of any such unfinished business or incomplete records may exist, to complete any such unfinished business or incomplete record from such written memoranda or copies, and make the same matter of record in his or her office; and such records shall be lawful evidence as fully as if the same had been made by such late officer; and in any such case the compensation therefor shall be collected from such late officer, or upon his or her official bond.
K.S.A. § 19-2865 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 28 / Section 19-2865
19-2865 - Board meetings; rules; records; quorum.
Status: in_force

19-2865. Board meetings; rules; records; quorum. The park board shall at a time and place to be designated by said board meet in regular session once in each month during the year, and in special session on the call of the chairperson or at the request of any three (3) members on the board, for the transaction of any business, general or special, as often as the interest or business of the park district may demand. The call of the chairperson or the request of three (3) members may be announced at any regular session. Any special session so called shall not commence prior to 7:30 p.m. of the day following the regular session. The secretary or the assistant secretary, or both, shall verbally notify any absent board member specifying the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of the meeting and file their written certification of so complying with the foregoing with the chairperson of the special session who shall make the certification a permanent part of the minutes prior to the meeting being called to order. As an alternative, the call of the chairperson or the request of three (3) members may be in writing and signed by them and shall specify the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of meeting, and a copy thereof shall be served by the secretary, chairperson or one (1) of the requesting members on each member of the board personally or by leaving such copy at such member's usual place of residence not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting, and the person or persons serving the notices shall certify that such service was made before the secretary who shall record the call or request and the certificate or certificates in the minutes of the meeting. Members may file a waiver of notice of such special meeting with the secretary. The nature of the business to be transacted at any called meeting shall be governed by the matters and things set out in the call or request. The district board shall adopt rules of procedure for its meetings and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and all records and accounts of the board shall be public. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and a majority vote of the members present when there is a quorum shall decide any question.
K.S.A. § 50-1209 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 12 / Section 50-1209
50-1209 - Firearms; exclusions.
Status: in_force

50-1209. Firearms; exclusions. K.S.A. 50-1201 through 50-1211, and amendments thereto, do not apply to: (a) A firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person;

(b) ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or

(c) other than shotguns, a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device.
K.S.A. § 12-2824 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 28 / Section 12-2824
12-2824 - Employment classification and regulation.
Status: in_force

12-2824. Employment classification and regulation. The board shall classify all the offices, positions and grades of regular employment required, excepting that of the chairman of the board, the general manager, secretary, treasurer, general attorney, and chief engineer, with reference to the duties thereof and the compensation fixed therefor, and adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. No discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion because of race, creed, color or political or religious affiliations. No officer or employee shall be discharged or demoted except for cause which is detrimental to the service. Any officer or employee who is discharged or demoted may file a complaint in writing with the board within ten days after notice of his or her discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a labor organization the complaint may be filed by such organization for and in behalf of such employee. The board shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days after it is filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by the board and due notice thereof given to the complainant, the labor organization by or through which the complaint was filed and the general manager. The hearing shall be conducted by the board, or any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the board. The complainant may be represented by counsel.

If the board finds, or approves a finding of the member or committee appointed by the board, that the complainant has been unjustly discharged or demoted, the complainant shall be restored to his or her office or position with back pay. The decision of the board shall be final and not subject to review. The board may abolish any office or reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of funds, but in so doing the officer or employee with the shortest service record in the class and grade to which he or she belongs shall be first released from service and shall be reinstated in order of seniority when additional force of employees is required. Seniority shall be considered a working condition and where employees are represented by a labor organization which has any labor agreement with the authority such working conditions shall be governed by the terms of such agreement.
K.S.A. § 75-2727 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 27 / Section 75-2727
75-2727 - Conveyance of land to Riley county for museum purposes.
Status: in_force

75-2727. Conveyance of land to Riley county for museum purposes. The secretary of the state historical society is hereby authorized to convey to the county of Riley the following described tract of land:

Part of Section 12, Township 10 South, Range 7 East of the Sixth P.M. in the City of Manhattan, in Riley County, Kansas, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the iron pin marking the Northeast corner of Lot 4 in Julia A. Bailey Addition to the City of Manhattan, thence East along the South line of Claflin Road 155.4 feet, more or less, to the West line of Goodnow Avenue, thence South along the West line of said Goodnow Avenue 80 feet, thence West 157.82 feet, more or less, to the East line of said Lot 4 in Julia A. Bailey Addition to a point 80 feet South of the point of beginning, thence North along the East line of said Lot 4 in Julia A. Bailey Addition to the point of beginning.

The conveyance of the tract of land shall provide for the reversion of title to the state of Kansas in the event such tract ceases to be used, operated and maintained by Riley county for museum purposes. No conveyance of such tract shall be made until the deed has been approved by the attorney general.
K.S.A. § 72-5152 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 51 / Section 72-5152
72-5152 - Same; adjustment of at-risk student enrollment.
Status: in_force

72-5152. Same; adjustment of at-risk student enrollment. (a) If a student submits an application for free meals under the national school lunch act on or before the date on which the enrollment of the school district is calculated and it is later determined by the school district or the department of education that the student should not have been eligible for free meals, the school district or the department shall notify the state board of such determination. Except as provided in subsection (b), upon receipt of such notice, the state board shall recompute the adjusted enrollment of the school district and the general fund budget of the school district based on the adjusted enrollment of the school district excluding the at-risk student weighting and high-density at-risk student weighting, if any, assigned to such student.

(b) If a student becomes ineligible to receive free meals under the national school lunch act for failure to submit, in a timely manner, any documentation necessary for verification of eligibility as required by the national school lunch act, but subsequently submits such documentation, such student shall not be excluded from the calculation of the adjusted enrollment of the school district if the school district forwards a copy of such documentation to the state board no later than January 14 of the school year.
K.S.A. § 97-2301 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 23 / Section 97-2301
97-2301 - Number of electors permitted.
Status: in_force

§ 1. Number of electors permitted. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice-President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice-President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
K.S.A. § 16-1502 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 15 / Section 16-1502
16-1502 - Contract termination or cancellation; notification, time periods.
Status: in_force

16-1502. Contract termination or cancellation; notification, time periods. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a producer fails to comply with the provisions of a contract that requires a capital investment in excess of $100,000 or more and has a useful life of five years or more, a contractor may not terminate or cancel that contract until:

(1) The contractor has given written notice with all the reasons for the termination or cancellation at least 90 days before termination or cancellation or as provided in subsection (b); and

(2) the producer who receives the notice fails to correct the reasons stated for termination or cancellation in the notice within 60 days of receipt of the notice.

(b) The 90-day notice period and 60-day notice period under subsection (a)(1) and (2) are waived and the contract may be terminated or canceled immediately if the alleged grounds for termination or cancellation are:

(1) Voluntary abandonment of the contract relationship by the producer;

(2) conviction of the producer of an offense directly related to the business contracted under the contract;

(3) material breach of the contract by the producer;

(4) a failure to care for the swine in accordance with good animal husbandry practices;

(5) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the producer; or

(6) an acceleration of any indebtedness secured by the property on which the swine are being raised.
K.S.A. § 79-1408 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 14 / Section 79-1408
79-1408 - Interrogatories and questions for taxpayers; penalties.
Status: in_force

79-1408. Interrogatories and questions for taxpayers; penalties. The director of property valuation shall prepare all necessary interrogatories and questions to be answered by the taxpayers and persons of each county, and the form of the same, and the oath to be annexed thereto, and the same shall be correctly and duly answered by each and every person required to list property for taxation; and if any person shall knowingly answer falsely any question or interrogatory so prepared and submitted to such person, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections for not less than one nor more than five years; and if any person shall willfully refuse to answer such questions and interrogatories and take and subscribe the oath annexed thereto, the person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than six months nor more than 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
K.S.A. § 8-1446 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1446
8-1446 - "Pedestrian" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1446. "Pedestrian" defined. "Pedestrian" means:

(a) Any person afoot;

(b) any person in a wheelchair, either manually or mechanically propelled, or other low powered, mechanically propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person; or

(c) any person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
K.S.A. § 39-1612 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 16 / Section 39-1612
39-1612 - Act does not require mental health centers to make expenditures not approved by governing board of center.
Status: in_force

39-1612. Act does not require mental health centers to make expenditures not approved by governing board of center. Nothing in the mental health reform act shall authorize the secretary or the Kansas department for aging and disability services to require that mental health centers make expenditures other than expenditures approved for the mental health center by the governing board of the center.
K.S.A. § 77-109 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 1 / Section 77-109
77-109 - Common law.
Status: in_force

77-109. Common law. The common law as modified by constitutional and statutory law, judicial decisions, and the conditions and wants of the people, shall remain in force in aid of the General Statutes of this state; but the rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof shall be strictly construed, shall not be applicable to any general statute of this state, but all such statutes shall be liberally construed to promote their object.
K.S.A. § 15-1122 — KS Code / Chapter 15 / Article 11 / Section 15-1122
15-1122 - Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings.
Status: in_force

15-1122. Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings. The land area described in such resolution and order shall constitute the drilling unit, and the approval of the proposal to drill such gas well, as evidenced by the result of said election, shall operate as a consent of all owners of natural gas underlying that portion of said drilling unit lying within the corporate limits of said city to the taking of such gas by said city and shall entitle the city to an acreage allowable equal to the number of acres lying within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit: Provided, however, That any owner of land situated within the corporate limits of said city feeling aggrieved by the interests and authority granted to said city by this act and by the approval of the proposal submitted at said election, may within ninety days after the date of said election, petition the district court of the county in which said city is located setting out any facts tending to show that such action will work undue hardship or operate inequitably as to the said petitioner.

Copy of the petition and of a summons shall be served upon the mayor of the city and the city shall within twenty days thereafter file answer thereto, and the cause shall be heard and determined by the court as a proceeding in equity, and the court shall find the facts and make such orders and enter such decree in the premises as the law and equities of the case require and in case the court finds in favor of the petitioner, the acreage owned by said petitioner shall be excluded from said drilling unit and the acreage allowable for natural gas production to said city shall be reduced accordingly. Any owner of land or mineral rights situated within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit who shall fail to petition the district court as herein authorized and have a determination of his or her rights, if any, shall thereafter be forever barred.
K.S.A. § 76-312 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 3 / Section 76-312
76-312 - Sale of university lands.
Status: in_force

76-312. Sale of university lands. Laws 1875, chapter 149, section 1; Laws 1879, chapter 172, sections 1, 2 and 3; Laws 1866, chapter 104, sections 6 and 7; included by reference. [Laws 1866, chapter 104 amended, as indicated, authorized the appraisement and sale of lands belonging to the state university granted by an act of congress, approved January 29, 1861, to the state for the support of the university. The act of 1879 provided for the appointment of an agent in certain counties to sell the land under the direction of the board of regents. The further provisions of the acts referred to relate to the details of the sale and the care and disposition of the funds arising therefrom. It is presumed that all these lands have been disposed of and that it is therefore unnecessary to print the acts in full.]
K.S.A. § 75-5091 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 50 / Section 75-5091
75-5091 - Transit buses, operation on right shoulder of certain highways in Johnson and Wyandotte counties; when, conditions; rules and regulations; reports.
Status: in_force

75-5091. Transit buses, operation on right shoulder of certain highways in Johnson and Wyandotte counties; when, conditions; rules and regulations; reports. (a) The secretary of transportation may authorize transit buses to be operated upon the right shoulders of city connecting links and other highways in the state highway system in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

(b) Transit buses shall be authorized to be operated upon shoulders under subsection (a), only if the speed of traffic on such connecting link or highway has been reduced to less than 35 miles per hour.

(c) Drivers of transit buses being operated upon the shoulder under this section shall:

(1) Not exceed the traffic speed by more than 10 miles per hour; and

(2) yield to merging, entering and exiting traffic and to other vehicles on the shoulder.

(d) The secretary of transportation shall adopt such rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including any requirements for highway signage.

(e) The secretary of transportation and persons designated by the board of county commissioners of Johnson and Wyandotte counties shall report to the legislature on or before March 1, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, concerning the implementation and operation of the program authorized by this section.