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K.S.A. § 23-2504 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 25 / Section 23-2504
23-2504 - Solemnizing marriage; persons authorized to officiate.
Status: in_force

23-2504. Solemnizing marriage; persons authorized to officiate. (a) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this state, after a license has been issued for the marriage, in the following manner: By the mutual declarations of the two parties to be joined in marriage, made before an authorized officiating person and in the presence of at least two competent witnesses over 18 years of age, other than the officiating person, that they take each other as husband and wife.

(b) The following are authorized to be officiating persons:

(1) Any currently ordained clergyman or religious authority of any religious denomination or society;

(2) any licentiate of a denominational body or an appointee of any bishop serving as the regular clergyman of any church of the denomination to which the licentiate or appointee belongs, if not restrained from so doing by the discipline of that church or denomination;

(3) any judge or justice of a court of record;

(4) any municipal judge of a city of this state; and

(5) any retired judge or justice of a court of record.

(c) The two parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they take each other as husband and wife, in accordance with the customs, rules and regulations of any religious society, denomination or sect to which either of the parties belong, may be married without an authorized officiating person.
K.S.A. § 32-867 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-867
32-867 - Resort bonds; definitions.
Status: in_force

32-867. Resort bonds; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 32-867 through 32-873 and K.S.A. 32-874a through 32-874d, and amendments thereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Resort" means the comprehensive collection of land, buildings and facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed and operated for the use of the public for vacation, convention or recreational purposes.

(b) "Facilities" means and includes, but is not limited to, any building, drive, access road, air strip, restaurant, lodge, pavilion, tennis court, golf course, parking lot, beach, bathhouse, dock or other improvement or any equipment necessary, in the opinion of the secretary, for use in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation or management of a resort authorized by K.S.A. 32-867 through 32-873 or K.S.A. 32-874a through 32-874d, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Site" means a geographical location selected by the secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 32-874d, and amendments thereto, for installation of a resort.
K.S.A. § 8-222 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-222
8-222 - Liability of owner for damages caused by negligence of minors under age of sixteen.
Status: in_force

8-222. Liability of owner for damages caused by negligence of minors under age of sixteen. Every owner of a motor vehicle causing or knowingly permitting a minor under the age of sixteen years to drive such vehicle upon a highway, and any person who gives or furnishes a motor vehicle to such minor, shall be jointly and severally liable with such minor for any damages caused by the negligence of such minor in driving such vehicle.
K.S.A. § 74-5016 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-5016
74-5016 - Property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred.
Status: in_force

74-5016. Property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred. The department of commerce shall succeed to all property and records which were used for, or pertain to, the performance of the powers, duties, and functions transferred to it from the department of economic development. On January 12, 1987, all records of and unexpended balances of appropriations for the department of economic development shall be transferred to the department of commerce. Any conflict as to the proper disposition of such property or records or the unexpended balances of any appropriation arising under this section shall be determined by the governor, and such decision shall be final.
K.S.A. § 13-1904 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 19 / Section 13-1904
13-1904 - Control and regulation of railroads on streets.
Status: in_force

13-1904. Control and regulation of railroads on streets. The board of commissioners shall have power by ordinance to require all street and other railway companies to keep the streets and alleys over which they run properly drained, and to light the same wherever deemed necessary, and to require all street and other railway companies to construct and keep in repair, to their full width, all viaducts, and all crossings over all ditches used by them, and to construct and maintain drains and culverts where crossed by any line of said railways on all streets and alleys over which they run, to direct and control the laying and construction of railway tracks, turnouts, and switches, and to regulate the grade of the same, and to require them to conform to the grade of the streets and alleys of said city as they may be hereafter or are now established; and the cost of such improvements shall be a lien upon the property and franchises of any such company, and may be assessed and taxed against the property in the same manner as other taxes are levied. Said board shall have power by ordinance to require any railroad company or street-railway company to pay the cost of grading, paving, repaving, draining and repairing of streets and alleys used or occupied by such railroad or railway company, and such cost shall be a lien upon the property and franchises of the company, and shall be assessed and taxed against the same like other taxes.

The portion of the street or alley so used or occupied by such railway companies shall be deemed to be the space between their tracks and eighteen inches on the outside of each of their rails, and all the space between two or more tracks, turnouts, and switches. Any railroad company or street-railway company occupying any street or alley already occupied by any other such company, in addition to paying for paving or repaving as provided for in the next preceding paragraph, shall pay one-half the cost of paving or repaving between the tracks of said two roads.
K.S.A. § 13-10,122 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 10 / Section 13-10,122
13-10,122 - Same; limitations.
Status: in_force

13-10,122. Same; limitations. No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this act in excess of the total sum of three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000): Provided, In cities having a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) and not more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000), bonds issued under the authority of this act shall not exceed a total amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
K.S.A. § 79-2002 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 20 / Section 79-2002
79-2002 - Tax receipts by county treasurer; contents.
Status: in_force

79-2002. Tax receipts by county treasurer; contents. Receipts shall be given for all taxes received by the county treasurer, except that with respect to payments received by mail, receipts shall be given only upon request of the taxpayer. Payment of current ad valorem property taxes shall be validated by a statement indicating the date received and the amount paid on all copies of such receipts.
K.S.A. § 8-1912 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 19 / Section 8-1912
8-1912 - When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways.
Status: in_force

8-1912. When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways. (a) Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may prohibit, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed ninety (90) days in any one (1) calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced.

(b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and until such signs are erected and maintained.

(c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction also, by ordinance or resolution, may prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as to the weight or size thereof, on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways: Provided, That adjacent premises to such restricted streets may be served, and such restrictions shall not apply to any street which is a connecting link of the state highway system, unless a satisfactory alternate route is provided and has been approved by the secretary of transportation.

(d) The secretary of transportation likewise shall have authority as hereinabove granted to local authorities to determine by resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight or size of vehicles operated upon any highways under the jurisdiction of said secretary and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
K.S.A. § 20-2911 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 29 / Section 20-2911
20-2911 - Appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment.
Status: in_force

20-2911. Appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment. (a) Whenever a district judicial nominating commission has submitted to the governor the required number of nominations for appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of the district court, it shall be the duty of the governor to make such appointment within 60 days after such nominations are submitted or resubmitted to the governor. If the governor fails to make the appointment within 60 days, the chief justice of the supreme court shall make the appointment from among such nominees, except whenever any change in the nominations is made pursuant to K.S.A. 20-2910, and amendments thereto, such 60-day period commences on the day the nominations are resubmitted.

(b) Whenever a vacancy in the office of judge of the district court exists at the time the appointment to fill such vacancy is made pursuant to this section, the appointment shall be effective at the time it is made, but where an appointment is made pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy which will occur at a future date, such appointment shall not take effect until such future date.
K.S.A. § 12-1260 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-1260
12-1260 - Topeka and Shawnee county library district; definitions.
Status: in_force

12-1260. Topeka and Shawnee county library district; definitions. When used in this act and unless otherwise specifically provided therein:

(a) "County" means Shawnee county;

(b) "city" means the city of Topeka, Kansas;

(c) "library district" means all territory located within Shawnee county except that territory located within Rossville township and Silver Lake township;

(d) "board" means the library board of trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act;

(e) "library" means a library which serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax money and shall be called the Topeka and Shawnee county public library;

(f) "governing body" means the governing body of a city or the board of county commissioners of a county; and

(g) "maintenance and support" means the general and usual cost and expense of operating a library.
K.S.A. § 40-773 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7 / Section 40-773
40-773 - Same; conversion into stock company; purchase of stock; notice to members or policyholders of right to purchase; preference; limitation; nonmembers of society.
Status: in_force

40-773. Same; conversion into stock company; purchase of stock; notice to members or policyholders of right to purchase; preference; limitation; nonmembers of society. If such fraternal benefit society is converting into a stock life insurance company, it shall be the duty of such fraternal benefit society to advise every member or policyholder of the right to subscribe for and purchase the stock of such stock life insurance company and of the amount of such stock for which such member or policyholder is entitled to subscribe and all other terms and conditions. The amount of such capital stock available to each member or policyholder shall be determined as set forth in the plan of proposed conversion. Exercise of such right shall be limited to 90 days after notice. Notice of such right shall be written or printed on a form approved by the commissioner of insurance and shall be given either personally or by mail. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, with postage prepaid, addressed to the member or policyholder at the address as it appears on the records of the society.

No portion of the stock shall be offered for public sale until the membership of the society shall have had preference in the purchase thereof. No one member shall be allowed to subscribe for or purchase more than 25% of the capital stock of the new company if there are other members applying in writing for the purchase of stock whose subscriptions are not filled. If the membership shall not have subscribed for the total capital stock authorized, others who were not members of the society at the time of the conversion may be permitted to subscribe for stock and be allowed equal rights in the ownership thereof with all other stockholders.
K.S.A. § 19-3518 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 35 / Section 19-3518
19-3518 - Same; certificate of convenience and necessity canceled.
Status: in_force

19-3518. Same; certificate of convenience and necessity canceled. Upon the payment of the purchase price or condemnation award by which the district acquires any water utility system which is operating under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the state corporation commission, such certificate shall immediately be canceled by operation of law and such utility shall be relieved of any responsibility to serve any area defined by such certificate of convenience and necessity.
K.S.A. § 55-1610 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 16 / Section 55-1610
55-1610 - Development of minerals within city; definitions.
Status: in_force

55-1610. Development of minerals within city; definitions. When used in this act*:

(a) "Minerals" mean oil and gas;

(b) "city" means any city located within the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 58-3820 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 38 / Section 58-3820
58-3820 - Restrictive covenants; political yard signs; limitations.
Status: in_force

58-3820. Restrictive covenants; political yard signs; limitations. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, any provision of a restrictive covenant which prohibits the display of political yard signs, which are less than six square feet, during a period commencing 45 days before an election and ending two days after the election is hereby declared to be against public policy and such provision shall be void and unenforceable.

(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to any restrictive covenant in existence on the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 77-423 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 4 / Section 77-423
77-423 - State rules and regulations board; creation; membership; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

77-423. State rules and regulations board; creation; membership; powers and duties. There is hereby created a state rules and regulations board consisting of the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee, the secretary of administration or the secretary of administration's designee, the chairperson of the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations or a member of the joint committee designated by the chairperson from the same house of the legislature as the chairperson, the vice chairperson of the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations or a member of the joint committee designated by the vice chairperson from the same house of the legislature as the vice chairperson, the ranking minority member of the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations or a member of the joint committee designated by the minority leader of the same house of the legislature as the chairperson and the chairperson of the senate committee on ways and means in even-numbered years and the chairperson of the house of representatives committee on appropriations in odd-numbered years. If a member is designated to serve on the board by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the joint committee, the designated member shall serve in lieu of the designating officer on a temporary or permanent basis as specified by the designating officer. The attorney general shall be the chairperson of the board. The secretary of state shall serve as the secretary to the board. The state rules and regulations board shall determine whether a rule and regulation should be adopted as a temporary rule and regulation and shall perform such other duties as may be required by this act.
K.S.A. § 24-435 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-435
24-435 - Supplemental assessments to correct errors.
Status: in_force

24-435. Supplemental assessments to correct errors. That if at any time it shall appear to the board of directors that any lands that will be affected by the proposed work have been omitted from the assessment, or if any mistake has occurred in the assessment, it shall have power, by an order to be entered on its journal, to cause a supplemental assessment or different supplemental assessments to be made by the same assessors for the supplying of such omissions and the correction of such mistakes. The owners of all lands embraced in or directly affected by any such supplemental assessment shall have notice of the time and place of making the same and of a time and place when and where they shall be entitled to be heard in respect to the same, in the same manner as is provided in respect to the original assessment. Such supplemental assessments, when completed and confirmed by the board of directors, shall from that date be a lien on the lands described in them in like manner as the original assessments and shall be collected in the same manner.
K.S.A. § 60-1204 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 12 / Section 60-1204
60-1204 - Judgments.
Status: in_force

60-1204. Judgments. (a) Where party claims office. If judgment be rendered in favor of a party claiming an office he or she shall proceed to exercise the functions of the office, after he or she has been qualified as required by law, and the court shall order the defendant to deliver over all the books and papers in his or her custody or within his or her power, belonging to the office from which the defendant shall have been ousted.

(b) Against corporations. If judgment be rendered against a corporation, or any persons claiming to be a corporation, the court may restrain any disposition of the effects of the corporation, appoint a receiver of its property and effects, take an account, and make a distribution thereof among the creditors and persons entitled, and the corporation will be dissolved.
K.S.A. § 40-2,190 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,190
40-2,190 - Health insurance abortion coverage; separate coverage; when required.
Status: in_force

40-2,190. Health insurance abortion coverage; separate coverage; when required. (a) Any individual or group health insurance policy, medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, hospital and medical service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization, municipal group-funded pool and the state employee health care benefits plan which is delivered, issued for delivery, amended or renewed on or after July 1, 2011, shall exclude coverage for elective abortions, unless the procedure is necessary to preserve the life of the mother. Coverage for abortions may be obtained through an optional rider for which an additional premium is paid. The premium for the optional rider shall be calculated so that it fully covers the estimated cost of covering elective abortions per enrollee as determined on an average actuarial basis.

(b) No health insurance exchange established within this state or any health insurance exchange administered by the federal government or its agencies within this state shall offer health insurance contracts, plans, or policies that provide coverage for elective abortions, nor shall any health insurance exchange operating within this state offer coverage for elective abortions through the purchase of an optional rider.

(c) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Abortion" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.

(2) "Elective" means an abortion for any reason other than to prevent the death of the mother upon whom the abortion is performed, except that an abortion may not be deemed one to prevent the death of the mother based on a claim or diagnosis that such mother will engage in conduct that will result in such mother's death.
K.S.A. § 22-4206 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-4206
22-4206 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

22-4206. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
K.S.A. § 38-613 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 6 / Section 38-613
38-613 - Federal aid, labor commissioner authorized to receive.
Status: in_force

38-613. Federal aid, labor commissioner authorized to receive. The state labor commissioner is hereby authorized to receive any federal aid or assistance that is authorized by law to be expended for purposes relating to article 6 of chapter 38 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.