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K.S.A. § 12-1557 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 15 / Section 12-1557
12-1557 - Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination; certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where license valid.
Status: in_force

12-1557. Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination; certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where license valid. (a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of general contractors, building contractors and residential contractors practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations designated by K.S.A. 12-1556 for the purpose of determining the competency of applicants for such licensure and shall not be allowed to ask further questions not designated on such examination. The board of county commissioners of such county or the governing body of such city shall adopt rules and regulations: (1) Governing the conduct and grading of such examinations; (2) prescribing a minimum score of 75% for passage of examinations; and (3) fixing a uniform fee to be charged all applicants taking each such examination.

(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556 shall be valid proof of competency for licensure, without additional examination, in any county or city of the state which requires licensure of such contractors practicing within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged all such applicants for licensure.

(c) All licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1556 shall bear a distinctive notation of such fact. All such licenses shall be valid in any other county or city which requires examination and licensure of such contractors for practice in such county or city.

(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989, upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated by the political subdivision and whose certificate or license was issued by such political subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal of certification or licensure.
K.S.A. § 24-643 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-643
24-643 - Same; bond issues legalized.
Status: in_force

24-643. Same; bond issues legalized. All acts of the officials of such districts in respect to the issuance of any and all unpaid bonds and interest thereon by any such drainage district for which such districts received value are hereby legalized, approved and validated and such unpaid bonds and interest thereon shall constitute the legal obligations of such drainage districts, if issued in substantial compliance with the laws relating thereto as printed in the statute book at the time of their issuance.
K.S.A. § 59-618 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 6 / Section 59-618
59-618 - Liability and effect of withholding will.
Status: in_force

59-618. Liability and effect of withholding will. Any person who has possession of the will of a testator dying a resident of this state, or has knowledge of such will and access to it for the purpose of probate, and knowingly withholds it from the district court having jurisdiction to probate it for more than six months after the death of the testator shall be liable for reasonable attorney fees, costs and all damages sustained by beneficiaries under the will who do not have possession of the will and are without knowledge of it and access to it. Such will may be admitted to probate as to any innocent beneficiary on petition for probate by any such beneficiary, if such petition is filed within 90 days after such beneficiary has knowledge of such will and access to it, except that the title of any purchaser in good faith, without knowledge of such will, to any property derived from the fiduciary, heirs, devisees or legatees of the decedent, shall not be defeated by the production of the will of such decedent and the petition for probate of the will after the expiration of six months from the death of the decedent.

The provisions of this section as amended by this act shall apply retroactively to the withholding of a will of a testator.
K.S.A. § 65-1644 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 16 / Section 65-1644
65-1644 - Duplicate licenses, registrations and permits; fees.
Status: in_force

65-1644. Duplicate licenses, registrations and permits; fees. The board may issue duplicate licenses, registrations or permits upon return of the original, or upon a sworn statement that the original has been lost or destroyed, and has not been given away or disposed of to some other person. Applications for such duplicate licenses, registrations and permits and the affidavits required by this section shall be made on forms furnished by the board. The fee for the issuance of a duplicate registration or permit shall not exceed $1.25 for permits, and $10 for certificates of registration.
K.S.A. § 75-2945 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 29 / Section 75-2945
75-2945 - Filling positions without using certified pool of eligible candidates, when.
Status: in_force

75-2945. Filling positions without using certified pool of eligible candidates, when. Subject to limitations imposed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3706 and amendments thereto, positions in the classified service may be filled without utilizing certified pool of eligible candidates only as follows:

(a) Where the services to be performed will require less than 1,000 hours of work within a twelve-month period, the director may authorize an agency to make a temporary appointment of a person who meets the qualifications for the position. The director may establish procedures for making temporary appointments. A person may have more than one temporary appointment in an agency within a twelve-month period, if the person works on such appointments for less than 1,000 hours within the twelve-month period. The period of temporary service shall not be counted as a part of the probationary period in case of subsequent appointment to a regular position.

(b) Appointments may be made without using a certified pool of eligible candidates to trainee or training positions approved by the director for job classes designed to provide job experience to persons pursuing a related degree, certificate or similar credential or job classes for which the state provides formal training programs in the work to be performed.
K.S.A. § 58-3412 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 34 / Section 58-3412
58-3412 - Extension of time period.
Status: in_force

58-3412. Extension of time period. If the twenty-five-year period specified in this act has expired prior to July 1, 1986, the period shall be extended to July 1, 1986.
K.S.A. § 42-703 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 7 / Section 42-703
42-703 - Proposed district; notice of hearing; protest against application; withdrawal of name from petition; review of action on application.
Status: in_force

42-703. Proposed district; notice of hearing; protest against application; withdrawal of name from petition; review of action on application. Upon receipt of the application of the proposed irrigation district by the chief engineer, the chief engineer shall cause to be published at applicant's expense, once each week for three consecutive weeks, in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the vicinity of the watercourse or source of supply from which water is sought for the land to be included in the proposed irrigation district, a notice of hearing upon such application. The published notice shall be directed to all persons concerned, without specifically naming any person. Such notice shall contain among other matters a general description of boundaries of the district as proposed; the purpose of the district as proposed; the source of the water supply sought for use and the approximate point of diversion proposed; and the date and place of hearing. Incorporated cities shall be excluded from such district. Any person interested, at any time after first publication of such notice and prior to the expiration of 60 days after the first publication of such notice, may file in duplicate with the chief engineer, a verified written protest against the approval of such application, stating therein all reasons relied upon in objection thereto, which objections shall be duly considered by the chief engineer.

A person who signs a petition and application for the organization and incorporation of a proposed irrigation district shall be permitted to withdraw such person's name as a signer only if the chief engineer determines that the signature was obtained by fraud, undue influence or mutual mistake of fact. All applications for withdrawal of a signature from the petition must be filed with the chief engineer, within 30 days after the first publication of the notice of hearing. The chief engineer may hear and determine any such application for withdrawal of a signature in advance of the hearing for approval of the petition for establishment and organization of the proposed irrigation district.

Any action of the chief engineer upon an application of a proposed irrigation district is subject to review in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 82a-1901, and amendments thereto. Any action upon such review is subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
K.S.A. § 19-1424 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 14 / Section 19-1424
19-1424 - Waiver of service; when publication service complete.
Status: in_force

19-1424. Waiver of service; when publication service complete. An acknowledgment in writing, or the voluntary appearance of a person interested in the survey, is equivalent to service. Service by publication shall be deemed complete when it shall have been made in the manner and for the time prescribed in the preceding section, for all the purposes of this act.
K.S.A. § 55-161 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 1 / Section 55-161
55-161 - Investigation of abandoned wells; integrity tests; costs.
Status: in_force

55-161. Investigation of abandoned wells; integrity tests; costs. The commission shall investigate abandoned wells, and, based on actual or potential pollution problems, may select abandoned wells to be drilled out by the commission in order to test the integrity of the plugs. The cost of such testing shall be paid from the abandoned oil and gas well fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 55-192, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 40-2,185 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,185
40-2,185 - Dental health insurance; fee setting provision, limitation on.
Status: in_force

40-2,185. Dental health insurance; fee setting provision, limitation on. No contract issued or renewed after July 1, 2010, between a health insurer and a dentist who is a participating provider with respect to such health insurer's health benefit plan shall contain any provision which requires the dentist who provides any service to an insured under such health benefit plan at a fee set or prescribed by the health insurer unless such service is a covered service.
K.S.A. § 74-8785 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 87 / Section 74-8785
74-8785 - Advertisement of sports wagering; limitations and restrictions; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

74-8785. Advertisement of sports wagering; limitations and restrictions; rules and regulations. The executive director shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the advertisement for sports wagering. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted on or before January 1, 2023, and shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Ensuring that advertisements, including limitations on the form, content, quantity, timing and location of such advertisements, do not target children and minors, or other persons who are ineligible to place wagers, or problem gamblers or other vulnerable persons;

(b) disclosure of the identity of the lottery gaming facility manager in all such advertisements;

(c) provision of the toll-free number for information and referral services for compulsive and problem gambling; and

(d) prohibitions on false, misleading or deceptive advertisements.
K.S.A. § 44-929 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 9 / Section 44-929
44-929 - Exclusive jurisdiction of state over boiler safety.
Status: in_force

44-929. Exclusive jurisdiction of state over boiler safety. No city, county or other political subdivision of this state shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance and repair of boilers or any pressure vessels installed after January 1, 1999, within the limits of such city, county or political subdivision, and any such laws, ordinances or resolutions heretofore made or passed shall be void and of no effect.
K.S.A. § 68-1052 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 10 / Section 68-1052
68-1052 - Designation of part of U.S. highway 24 as the Charles Sheldon trafficway.
Status: in_force

68-1052. Designation of part of U.S. highway 24 as the Charles Sheldon trafficway. United States highway 24 where it enters the city of Topeka on the east, then west through the city of Topeka to the point where it exits the city of Topeka on the west, is hereby designated as the Charles Sheldon trafficway. The secretary of transportation shall place signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Charles Sheldon trafficway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable signs.
K.S.A. § 19-15,142 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 15 / Section 19-15,142
19-15,142 - Coliseums in certain counties; operation and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
Status: in_force

19-15,142. Coliseums in certain counties; operation and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than 300,000 is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax for not to exceed two years in an amount not to exceed 4 / 10 mill upon all of the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of providing funds for the operation and maintenance of a coliseum and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. No tax levy shall be made under the provisions of this section until the board of county commissioners shall have published a resolution authorizing such tax once each week for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. If within 60 days following the last publication of said resolution, a petition in opposition to the levy, signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the county, is filed with the county election officer, no such tax shall be levied unless a majority of the electors voting on the question of levying the tax shall approve the same at the next general election.
K.S.A. § 20-3016 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 30 / Section 20-3016
20-3016 - Request by court of appeals to transfer case to supreme court; certification of jurisdiction and findings; rules of supreme court; disposition of case by supreme court.
Status: in_force

20-3016. Request by court of appeals to transfer case to supreme court; certification of jurisdiction and findings; rules of supreme court; disposition of case by supreme court. (a) The court of appeals, prior to final determination of any case before it, may request that such case be transferred to the supreme court for its review and final determination by certifying to the supreme court that the case is within the jurisdiction of the supreme court and that the court of appeals has made one (1) or more of the following findings with respect to such case:

(1) One or more issues in such case are not within the jurisdiction of the court of appeals;

(2) the subject matter of the case has significant public interest;

(3) the case involves legal questions of major public significance; or

(4) the caseload of the court of appeals is such that the expeditious administration of justice requires such transfer.

(b) Any certification of findings and request for transfer of a case pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by rules of the supreme court. The supreme court shall consider such certification and may accept the case for review and final determination or may decline jurisdiction and order that the case be determined by the court of appeals.
K.S.A. § 8-1521 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1521
8-1521 - One-way highways, roadways or traffic lanes; designation by secretary of transportation or local authorities; duties of drivers; rotary traffic islands.
Status: in_force

8-1521. One-way highways, roadways or traffic lanes; designation by secretary of transportation or local authorities; duties of drivers; rotary traffic islands. (a) The secretary of transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one (1) direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices.

(b) Upon a roadway so designated for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices.

(c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
K.S.A. § 2-2506 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 25 / Section 2-2506
2-2506 - Penalties; injunctions.
Status: in_force

2-2506. Penalties; injunctions. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such imprisonment and fine.

(b) The district courts of Kansas shall have jurisdiction to enjoin violations of this act by injunction without the institution of criminal proceedings.
K.S.A. § 39-949 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 9 / Section 39-949
39-949 - Disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

39-949. Disposition of moneys. All civil penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deposited in the state general fund.
K.S.A. § 72-2314 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 23 / Section 72-2314
72-2314 - Same; investigations; hearings.
Status: in_force

72-2314. Same; investigations; hearings. (a) The professional practices commission shall have responsibility, power and authority to investigate problems relating to the matters specified in K.S.A. 72-2313, and amendments thereto. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the state board of education from initiating and adopting rules and regulations on matters relating to the professions of teaching and school administration, irrespective of any action or lack thereof by the professional practices commission.

(b) The practices commission shall have, upon request by and at the direction of the state board of education, the responsibility, power and authority to conduct hearings relating to any case arising under this act, or the act of which this act is amendatory, or rules and regulations adopted by the state board of education.

(c) For the purpose of any investigation which the professional practices commission conducts, the commission shall have power to conduct such investigation, administer oaths, take depositions, and by order of the state board of education, to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents and testimony. If any person refuses to obey any subpoena so issued, or refuses to testify or produce any books, papers, or documents, the state board of education, or any member thereof, may present a petition to the district court of the judicial district in which any investigation is being conducted, setting forth the facts, and thereupon the court shall, in a proper case, issue its subpoena to such person, requiring attendance before the court and there to testify or to produce such books, papers and documents as may be deemed necessary and pertinent by the practices commission or any member of it. Any person failing or refusing to obey the subpoena or order of the district court may be proceeded against for contempt in the same manner as for refusal to obey any other subpoena or order of the court. Hearings before the practices commission, and any review of orders of the practices commission by the state board, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 72-1169 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1169
72-1169 - Payments required to be paid by districts; insufficient revenues.
Status: in_force

72-1169. Payments required to be paid by districts; insufficient revenues. Whenever a school district is required by law to make any payment during the month of June and there is insufficient revenue to make such payment as a result of the payment of state aid after the date prescribed by the state board of education pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5135 , and amendments thereto, the school district shall make such payment as soon as moneys are available.
K.S.A. § 76-217 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 2 / Section 76-217
76-217 - Sales of aircraft; bidding exemption.
Status: in_force

76-217. Sales of aircraft; bidding exemption. Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science is hereby authorized to make sales of aircraft on a negotiated basis as determined by the president of the university with the advice of the director of purchases and such sales shall not be subject to the competitive bid requirements of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 90-37 — KS Code / Chapter 90 / Article 0 / Section 90-37
90-37 - Indians.
Status: in_force

§ 37. Indians. That all treaties, laws, and other engagements made by the government of the United States with the Indian tribes inhabiting the territories embraced within this act shall be faithfully and rigidly observed, notwithstanding anything contained in this act; and that the existing agencies and superintendencies of said Indians be continued with the same powers and duties which are now prescribed by law, except that the president of the United States may, at his discretion, change the location of the office of superintendent.
K.S.A. § 97-1901 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 19 / Section 97-1901
97-1901 - Woman suffrage.
Status: in_force

§ 1. Woman suffrage. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
K.S.A. § 48-251 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-251
48-251 - Warrants of director of accounts and reports.
Status: in_force

48-251. Warrants of director of accounts and reports. The director of accounts and reports is hereby authorized and required to draw his or her warrants on the treasurer of state for the purposes and amounts specified in this act, on the presentation to the controller of itemized bills and estimates, verified by affidavits of the claimants, audited by the state military board, and approved by the governor.
K.S.A. § 50-6,116 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6,116
50-6,116 - Citation of act; supplemental to Kansas consumer protection act.
Status: in_force

50-6,116. Citation of act; supplemental to Kansas consumer protection act. K.S.A. 50-6,116 through 50-6,120, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the truth in musical performance advertising act. K.S.A. 50-6,116 through 50-6,120, and amendments thereto, shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act.