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K.S.A. § 9-559 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-559
9-559 - Examinations; access to records; costs incurred.
Status: in_force

9-559. Examinations; access to records; costs incurred. (a) The commissioner may conduct an examination or investigation of a licensee or authorized delegate or otherwise take independent action authorized by this act or by any rules and regulations adopted or an order issued under this act as reasonably necessary or appropriate to administer and enforce this act, regulations implementing this act and other applicable federal law. The commissioner may:

(1) Conduct an examination on-site or off-site as the commissioner may reasonably require;

(2) conduct an examination in conjunction with an examination conducted by representatives of other state agencies, agencies of another state or the federal government;

(3) accept the examination report of another state agency or an agency of another state or the federal government or a report prepared by an independent accounting firm, which, on being accepted, is considered for all purposes as an official report of the commissioner; and

(4) summon and examine under oath or subpoena a key individual or employee of a licensee or authorized delegate and require such individual or employee to produce records regarding any matter related to the condition and business of the licensee or authorized delegate.

(b) A licensee or authorized delegate shall provide the commissioner with full and complete access to all records the commissioner may reasonably require to conduct a complete examination. The records shall be provided at the location and in the format specified by the commissioner. The commissioner may utilize multistate record production standards and examination procedures when such standards will reasonably achieve the requirements of this section.

(c) Unless otherwise directed by the commissioner, a licensee shall pay all costs reasonably incurred in connection with an examination of the licensee or the licensee's authorized delegates.

(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 22-4615 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 46 / Section 22-4615
22-4615 - Call location information of telecommunications device in emergency situation; telecommunications carriers; Kansas bureau of investigation database, law enforcement agency access.
Status: in_force

22-4615. Call location information of telecommunications device in emergency situation; telecommunications carriers; Kansas bureau of investigation database, law enforcement agency access. (a) Upon request of a law enforcement agency, a wireless telecommunications carrier shall provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of the user to the requesting law enforcement agency in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section prohibits a wireless telecommunications carrier from establishing protocols by which the carrier could voluntarily disclose call location information.

(c) No cause of action shall lie in any court against any wireless telecommunications carrier, its officers, employees, agents or other specified persons for providing call location information while acting in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(d) (1) All wireless telecommunications carriers registered to do business in the state of Kansas or submitting to the jurisdiction thereof and all resellers of wireless telecommunications services shall submit their emergency contact information to the Kansas bureau of investigation in order to facilitate requests from a law enforcement agency for call location information in accordance with this section. This contact information must be submitted annually by June 15 th or immediately upon any change in contact information.

(2) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall maintain a database containing emergency contact information for all wireless telecommunications carriers registered to do business in the state of Kansas and shall make the information immediately available upon request to all public safety answer points in the state.

(e) Rules and regulations shall be promulgated by the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation to fulfill the requirements of this section no later than July 1, 2011.

(f) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Kelsey Smith act.
K.S.A. § 2-141 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-141
2-141 - Intent of law; not applicable to certain counties.
Status: in_force

2-141. Intent of law; not applicable to certain counties. It is the purpose of this act to provide a general law under which all fairs and agricultural societies of one county or less may operate, and as such shall be liberally construed, and shall be known as the county agricultural fair act: Provided, This act shall not apply to county agricultural or fair associations or livestock associations holding fairs and supporting the same, in counties of over fifty thousand (50,000) population, levying taxes and appropriating money as aid for such fairs, under the provisions and authority of K.S.A. 2-301, 2-302, 2-303, 2-304 and 2-305, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 21-5603 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 56 / Section 21-5603
21-5603 - Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation.
Status: in_force

21-5603. Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation. (a) Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation is:

(1) Knowingly causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to become or remain a child in need of care as defined by the revised Kansas code for care of children;

(2) knowingly causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to commit a traffic infraction or an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a misdemeanor or to violate the provisions of K.S.A. 41-727 or subsection (j) of K.S.A. 74-8810, and amendments thereto;

(3) failure to reveal, upon inquiry by a uniformed or properly identified law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of such officer's duty, any information one has regarding a runaway, with intent to aid the runaway in avoiding detection or apprehension;

(4) sheltering or concealing a runaway with intent to aid the runaway in avoiding detection or apprehension by law enforcement officers;

(5) knowingly causing or encouraging a child under 18 years of age to commit an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony; or

(6) knowingly causing or encouraging a child to violate the terms or conditions of the child's probation or conditional release pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 38-2361, and amendments thereto.

(b) Contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(5) is a severity level 7, person felony;

(2) subsection (a)(4) is a severity level 8, person felony;

(3) subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(6) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) A person may be found guilty of contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation even though no prosecution of the child whose misconduct or deprivation the defendant caused or encouraged has been commenced pursuant to the revised Kansas code for care of children, revised Kansas juvenile justice code or Kansas criminal code.

(d) As used in this section, "runaway" means a child under 18 years of age who is voluntarily absent from:

(1) The child's home without the consent of the child's parent or other custodian; or

(2) a court ordered or designated placement, or a placement pursuant to court order, if the absence is without the consent of the person with whom the child is placed or, if the child is placed in a facility, without the consent of the person in charge of such facility or such person's designee.
K.S.A. § 45-502 — KS Code / Chapter 45 / Article 5 / Section 45-502
45-502 - Use of standard size paper for documents filed with state agencies and courts.
Status: in_force

45-502. Use of standard size paper for documents filed with state agencies and courts. (a) All state agencies and all courts of this state shall permit the filing of documents and pleadings, which are required, authorized or permitted by law, on standard size forms or paper and shall not require the filing of documents and pleadings on legal size forms or paper.

(b) On and after July 1, 1990, subject to the other provisions of this section, all documents and pleadings which are required, authorized or permitted by law to be filed with a state agency or a court of this state shall be filed on standard size forms or paper and legal size forms and paper shall not be used for that purpose.

(c) This section does not prohibit the use or filing of:

(1) Forms larger than standard size, if the forms are to be used for maintenance of accounting or bookkeeping records, for preparation of architectural or engineering drafts or documents, or for preparation of maps, graphs, charts or artwork;

(2) fan-fold paper designed for use in computer peripheral devices and forms, bond paper or legal pads which are perforated or otherwise designed to produce complete documents not larger than standard size;

(3) public records smaller than standard size, computer generated printouts, output from test measurements and diagnostic equipment, machine generated paper tapes, charts, graphs, tables, maps, diplomas, artwork and public records otherwise required to be nonstandard size or exempt by law;

(4) documents or pleadings authorized or permitted by any court of this state to be filed on nonstandard size forms or paper in order to avoid unnecessary cost or delay or to promote justice; or

(5) documents required by the federal government to be nonstandard size.

(d) Upon written application of any state agency, the secretary of administration may approve additional exemptions from the requirements of this section if, based upon such application, the secretary finds that the cost of compliance with such requirements is so great as to not be in the best interests of the state.

(e) Upon written application of any court of this state, the supreme court may approve additional exemptions from the requirements of this section if, based upon such application, the supreme court finds that compliance with such requirements would be contrary to the effective administration of justice.

(f) Each state agency and court of this state shall use its store of paper supplies, that exceed standard size and that are on hand on the effective date of this act, until such store of supplies is exhausted. The secretary of administration and the director of printing shall provide assistance in form analysis and design to any state agency on request to assist in complying with the provisions of this act.

(g) As used in this section:

(1) "Standard size" means 8 1/2 x 11 inches or 21.59 x 27.94 centimeters.

(2) "State agency" means any state office, department, institution, commission, board or authority of this state.
K.S.A. § 60-5105 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 51 / Section 60-5105
60-5105 - Choice of jurisdiction; claim of forum non conveniens or related claim.
Status: in_force

60-5105. Choice of jurisdiction; claim of forum non conveniens or related claim. (a) A contract or contractual provision, if capable of segregation, which provides for a jurisdiction for purposes of granting the courts or arbitration panels in personam jurisdiction over the parties to adjudicate any disputes between parties arising from the contract mutually agreed upon shall violate the public policy of this state and be void and unenforceable if the jurisdiction chosen includes any foreign law, legal code or system, as applied to the dispute at issue, that would not grant the parties the same fundamental liberties, rights and privileges granted under the United States and Kansas constitutions, including, but not limited to, equal protection, due process, free exercise of religion, freedom of speech or press, and any right of privacy or marriage.

(b) If a resident of this state, subject to personal jurisdiction in this state, seeks to maintain litigation, arbitration, agency or similarly binding proceedings in this state and if the courts of this state find that granting a claim of forum non conveniens or a related claim violates or would likely violate the fundamental liberties, rights and privileges granted under the United States and Kansas constitutions of the nonclaimant in the foreign forum with respect to the matter in dispute, including, but not limited to, equal protection, due process, free exercise of religion, freedom of speech or press, and any right of privacy or marriage, then it is the public policy of this state that the claim shall be denied.
K.S.A. § 75-5249 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5249
75-5249 - Chief physician; duties.
Status: in_force

75-5249. Chief physician; duties. The secretary of corrections shall employ or contract with a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery to be the chief physician for each correctional institution under the secretary's supervision and control. One chief physician may be made responsible for more than one such institution. It is hereby made the duty of the chief physician of any correctional institution to direct the operation and management of such institution's medical services and to supervise and coordinate all inmate health care in such institution. Such physician may recommend to the warden of any institution the transportation of an inmate to an outside medical care facility, as defined by K.S.A. 65-425 and amendments thereto, when necessary to protect the health of such inmate.
K.S.A. § 8-2907 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 29 / Section 8-2907
8-2907 - Same; registration and titling of driverless-capable vehicles.
Status: in_force

8-2907. Same; registration and titling of driverless-capable vehicles. (a) A driverless-capable vehicle shall be properly registered in accordance with K.S.A. 8-127, and amendments thereto. If a driverless-capable vehicle is registered in this state, the vehicle shall be identified on the registration as a fully autonomous vehicle.

(b) A driverless-capable vehicle shall be properly titled in accordance with K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto. If a driverless-capable vehicle is titled in this state, the vehicle shall be identified on the title as a driverless-capable vehicle.
K.S.A. § 25-2410 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 24 / Section 25-2410
25-2410 - Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers.
Status: in_force

25-2410. Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers. Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers is knowingly: (a) Offering any benefit, property or thing of value to any person to induce him to sign any nomination paper; or

(b) accepting any benefit, property or thing of value, as consideration for signing any nomination paper.

Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers is a class B misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 84-9-509 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-509
84-9-509 - Persons entitled to file a record.
Status: in_force

84-9-509. Persons entitled to file a record. (a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

(1) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or

(2) the person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.

(b) Security agreement as authorization. By authenticating or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:

(1) The collateral described in the security agreement; and

(2) property that becomes collateral under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-315(a)(2), and amendments thereto, whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.

(c) Acquisition of collateral as authorization. By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-315(a)(1), and amendments thereto, a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-315(a)(2), and amendments thereto.

(d) Person entitled to file certain amendments. A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; or

(2) the amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-513(a) or (c), and amendments thereto, the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.

(e) Multiple secured parties of record. If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d).
K.S.A. § 65-5310 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 53 / Section 65-5310
65-5310 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing; appeals; temporary suspension.
Status: in_force

65-5310. Denial, suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing; appeals; temporary suspension. (a) The secretary may deny, suspend or revoke any license issued under this act if the secretary finds, after notice and hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, that the applicant for license or licensee, whichever is applicable, has:

(1) Fraudulently or deceptively obtained or attempted to obtain a license;

(2) failed at any time to meet the qualifications for a license or to comply with any provision or requirement of this act or any rules and regulations adopted by the secretary under this act;

(3) failed at any time to meet any applicable federal or state standard for removal or encapsulation of asbestos; or

(4) employed or permitted an untrained individual person to work on an asbestos project.

(b) Before any license is denied, suspended or revoked, the secretary shall conduct a hearing thereon in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(c) Any individual person or business entity aggrieved by a decision or order of the secretary may appeal the order or decision in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.

(d) (1) If the secretary finds that the public health or safety is endangered by the continuation of an asbestos project, the secretary may temporarily suspend, without notice or hearing in accordance with the emergency adjudication procedures of the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the license of the business entity engaging in such asbestos project.

(2) In no case shall a temporary suspension of a license under this section be in effect for a period of time in excess of 90 days. At the end of such period of time, the license shall be reinstated unless the secretary has suspended or revoked the license, after notice and hearing, or the license has expired as otherwise provided under this act.
K.S.A. § 60-430 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 60-430
60-430 - Religious belief.
Status: in_force

60-430. Religious belief. Every person has a privilege to refuse to disclose his or her theological opinion or religious belief unless his or her adherence or nonadherence to such an opinion or belief is material to an issue in the action other than that of his or her credibility as a witness.
K.S.A. § 13-2419 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 24 / Section 13-2419
13-2419 - Same; manager of production and distribution; appointment; salary; qualifications; duties; bond.
Status: in_force

13-2419. Same; manager of production and distribution; appointment; salary; qualifications; duties; bond. The waterworks board may appoint a manager of production and distribution of the waterworks plant and fix his or her salary, and the manager's term of office shall be during the pleasure of said board. The manager of production and distribution shall be an engineer who has had experience in the supervision and operation of water plants. He or she shall manage and control the water plant and distribution system under the direction of said board. The manager of production and distribution shall inspect all parts of said plant and see that it is maintained in good condition for use and that all employees attend to their respective duties. He or she shall keep in good repair all machinery and other property, and shall advise said board as to the needs of said plant. All officers, employees, servants and agents of the water plant, when appointed by the board, shall be under the immediate control and management of said manager.

The manager of production and distribution shall perform all such other duties as may be prescribed by the said waterworks board. He or she shall receive as a salary the sum fixed by the waterworks board, and shall give a good and sufficient surety company bond to the city in a sum to be fixed and approved by the waterworks board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The actual cost of said bond shall be paid pro rata out of the revenue of said department.
K.S.A. § 65-1925 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 19 / Section 65-1925
65-1925 - Rules and regulations; inspections; violations; remedies.
Status: in_force

65-1925. Rules and regulations; inspections; violations; remedies. (a) The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement this act. The board, after consultation with the secretary of health and environment, shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the safe functioning of tanning devices. Pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148, and amendments thereto, the secretary of health and environment shall adopt sanitation standards for tanning facilities.

(b) An authorized agent shall have access at all reasonable times to any tanning facility to inspect the facility to determine compliance with this act.

(c) If an authorized agent finds that a person has violated, or is violating or threatening to violate this act and that the violation or threat of violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public, the authorized agent may petition the district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain the violation or threat of violation.

(d) If a person has violated or is violating or threatening to violate this act or rules and regulations adopted by the board or by the secretary of health and environment, as provided by this section, the board, after a hearing in accordance with the administrative procedure act, may suspend the license of a tanning facility until such time that the tanning facility can demonstrate to the board that it has corrected deficiencies and is in compliance with this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act.

(e) On application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person is violating or threatening to violate this act or rules and regulations adopted by the board or by the secretary of health and environment, as provided by this section, the district court shall grant any injunctive relief warranted by the facts.
K.S.A. § 13-3107 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 31 / Section 13-3107
13-3107 - Same; eminent domain.
Status: in_force

13-3107. Same; eminent domain. The power of eminent domain is granted to such cities for the purpose of acquiring land, equipment, supplies, buses, contracts and other assets from persons, firms or corporations holding franchises from any such cities for the conduct of transit systems and the transportation of persons or property or from any other person, firm or corporation.