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K.S.A. § 32-922 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-922
32-922 - Same; courses of instruction; certificates from other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

32-922. Same; courses of instruction; certificates from other jurisdictions. (a) The secretary shall institute and coordinate a statewide course of instruction in hunter education and, in so doing, may cooperate with local subdivisions of government, with reputable individuals, or with any reputable organization having hunter education as one of its objectives.

(b) The secretary, using department personnel or other persons, may conduct such courses in hunter education and issue certificates of completion of an approved hunter education course on a temporary basis at times when and in areas where other competent agencies are unable or unwilling to meet the demand for instruction.

(c) Any similar certificate issued outside the state of Kansas by a governmental agency, or by a public or private association or club, in compliance with an approved governmental program having hunter education as one of its objectives shall be accepted as complying with the requirements of K.S.A. 32-920.
K.S.A. § 17-6601 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 66 / Section 17-6601
17-6601 - Amendment of articles of incorporation prior to receipt of any payment for stock; amendment of articles by nonstock corporation.
Status: in_force

17-6601. Amendment of articles of incorporation prior to receipt of any payment for stock; amendment of articles by nonstock corporation. (a) Before a corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, it may amend its articles of incorporation at any time or times, in any and as many respects as may be desired, so long as its articles of incorporation, as amended, would contain only such provisions as it would be lawful and proper to insert in an original articles of incorporation filed at the time of filing the amendment.

(b) The amendment of the articles of incorporation authorized by this section shall be adopted by a majority of the incorporators, if directors were not named in the original articles of incorporation or have not yet been elected, or, if directors were named in the original articles of incorporation or have been elected and have qualified, by a majority of the directors. A certificate setting forth the amendment and certifying that the corporation has not received any payment for any of its stock, or that the corporation has no members, as applicable, and that the amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be executed and filed in accordance with K.S.A. 17-7908 through 17-7910, and amendments thereto. Upon the effectiveness of such filing, the corporation's articles of incorporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly as of the date on which the original articles of incorporation became effective except as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the amendment and as to those persons the amendment shall be effective from the filing date.

(c) This section shall apply to a nonstock corporation before such corporation has any members, except that all references to directors shall be deemed to be references to members of the governing body of the corporation.
K.S.A. § 80-906 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 9 / Section 80-906
80-906 - Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
Status: in_force

80-906. Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners. The purchasing and securing of suitable grounds for the purpose of this act, or the acquiring and taking over of parks and cemeteries already in existence, whether by becoming absolute owners, or as trustee, under existing laws, shall not be done until twenty-five percent of the resident taxpayers of any such township, or townships, shall petition, in writing, the board of county commissioners to submit to the qualified voters of such township, or townships, a proposition to purchase or secure and maintain, or acquire and take over and maintain, a public park or parks or cemetery or cemeteries, or both such public parks and cemeteries, and issue bonds of such township or townships, or levy a tax in payment therefor.

Said petition shall particularly describe the parcel or parcels or tract or tracts of land to be so purchased or secured and maintained, or if paid for by taxation the number of annual installments into which the whole tax is to be divided; and if such petition be found true in accordance with law, then the board of county commissioners shall cause an election to be held to determine whether such purchase or securing the grounds and issue of bonds therefor, if any are provided for, shall be made, and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township, or townships, at a special or general election, as the same shall be specified in said petition: Provided, That where parks or cemeteries are already in existence and operated by a park or cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons are to be taken over and acquired that such petition, as is in this section provided, shall not be acted upon by the board of county commissioners until there has been filed with such board a written proposition stating the price, terms and conditions upon which the park or parks or cemetery association or cemetery associations engage themselves to convey to the township, or townships, all the property of such association or associations, corporation or corporations, or organization or organizations within such township, or townships, has been filed with the clerks of the township boards.
K.S.A. § 12-1748 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1748
12-1748 - Same; construction of act.
Status: in_force

12-1748. Same; construction of act. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method or thing in this act shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things.
K.S.A. § 12-5229 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 52 / Section 12-5229
12-5229 - Same; no personal liability.
Status: in_force

12-5229. Same; no personal liability. Neither the members of the governing body of a city or county, nor any official or employee thereof, nor any person executing bonds issued under this act shall be liable personally for payment of the bonds or the interest or redemption premium, if any, thereon or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
K.S.A. § 25-3705 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 37 / Section 25-3705
25-3705 - Poll book entries; returns to county election officers.
Status: in_force

25-3705. Poll book entries; returns to county election officers. Election boards receiving ballots of such former precinct resident voters shall record the names of such voters in the poll books, with the notation "former resident." They shall forward to the county election officer, with the election returns and supplies, any affidavits and statements in lieu of registration submitted by such voters.
K.S.A. § 75-1117 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 11 / Section 75-1117
75-1117 - Municipality defined.
Status: in_force

75-1117. Municipality defined. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "municipality" means any county, township, city, municipal university, unified school district, library district, improvement district, drainage district, cemetery district, industrial district, irrigation district, park and recreation district, conservation district, extension council, airport or building authority, fire district, lighting district, park district, sewer district, watershed district, community junior college, groundwater management district, rural water district, zoning board, municipal energy agency or intergovernmental or joint agency, including all boards, commissions, committees, bureaus and departments of such municipalities charged with the management or administration of recreation activities, parks, hospitals, libraries, cemeteries, pensions, public improvements or any other public activities maintained or subsidized with public funds and any municipally owned or operated utility, firemen's relief association, or public or quasi-public corporation entitled to receive and hold public moneys pursuant to any provision of state law authorizing such public or quasi-public corporation to collect or receive such public moneys.
K.S.A. § 72-3816 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 38 / Section 72-3816
72-3816 - Gifts, grants, bequests for career technical education programs.
Status: in_force

72-3816. Gifts, grants, bequests for career technical education programs. Any board may receive any donation, gift, grant or bequest made for any purpose related to the conduct of career technical education courses or programs approved by the state board. In accordance with any conditions imposed by the donor, such board may expend any nonfederal or nonstate donation, gift, grant or bequest without complying with the provisions of the budget law, and the same shall not reduce the authority granted to any school district or community college to levy and expend taxes and tax money for any purpose. The state board may receive any donation, gift, grant or bequest made in behalf of any specific area vocational school or area vocational-technical school, or for the state program of area vocational schools and area vocational-technical schools or for any career technical education course or program.
K.S.A. § 21-5103 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 51 / Section 21-5103
21-5103 - Scope and application.
Status: in_force

21-5103. Scope and application. (a) No conduct constitutes a crime against the state of Kansas unless it is made criminal in this code or in another statute of this state, but where a crime is denounced by any statute of this state, but not defined, the definition of such crime at common law shall be applied.

(b) Unless expressly stated otherwise, or the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this code apply to crimes created by statute other than in this code.

(c) This code does not affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or a civil judgment or decree.

(d) This code has no application to crimes committed prior to July 1, 2011. A crime is committed prior to the effective date of the code if any of the essential elements of the crime as then defined occurred before that date. Prosecutions for prior crimes shall be governed, prosecuted and punished under the laws existing at the time such crimes were committed.
K.S.A. § 59-1610 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 16 / Section 59-1610
59-1610 - Enforcement.
Status: in_force

59-1610. Enforcement. Any beneficiary may apply to the court for an order requiring the trustee to perform the duties imposed upon him or her by this article.
K.S.A. § 75-5385 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 53 / Section 75-5385
75-5385 - Same; compensation.
Status: in_force

75-5385. Same; compensation. Members of the Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse attending meetings of the committee, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the committee, shall be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223.
K.S.A. § 12-1790 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1790
12-1790 - Same; advisory board; duties.
Status: in_force

12-1790. Same; advisory board; duties. The governing body of a city establishing a business improvement district under the provisions of this act shall provide by ordinance for an advisory board for each such district, the members of which shall be representative of businesses located within the district. The board shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by ordinance and shall, not later than May 15 of each year, submit to the governing body a recommended program of services to be performed or provided within the district during the coming calendar year and a proposed budget to accomplish these objectives. Nothing herein shall prohibit the members of such advisory board from also serving on the board of directors of a not-for-profit corporation with which the city may contract to provide specified services within the district, but no member of the board shall, directly or indirectly, receive compensation for service on the board.
K.S.A. § 41-720 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 7 / Section 41-720
41-720 - Nonbeverage licensee forbidden to give or sell alcoholic liquors; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

41-720. Nonbeverage licensee forbidden to give or sell alcoholic liquors; violation; penalty. No nonbeverage user shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any alcohol or wine, purchased under his license as such nonbeverage user, in any form fit for beverage purposes. Any nonbeverage user who shall violate the provisions of this section shall pay to the director, for the use of the liquor control administration fund, the sum of two dollars and ten cents ($2.10) for each gallon of alcohol or wine so diverted, and in addition thereto shall be subject to the penalties provided in K.S.A. 41-901.
K.S.A. § 75-5669 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5669
75-5669 - Consistency with federal law.
Status: in_force

75-5669. Consistency with federal law. The statutes, rules and regulations and procedures shall be consistent with the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1989, 42 U.S.C. § 1395cc (COBRA) and the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd (EMTALA).
K.S.A. § 66-1403 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 14 / Section 66-1403
66-1403 - Showing required for fixing or charging rates.
Status: in_force

66-1403. Showing required for fixing or charging rates. In ascertaining the reasonableness of a rate or charge to be made by a public utility, no charge for services rendered by a holding or affiliated company, or charge for material or commodity furnished or purchased from a holding or affiliated company, shall be given consideration in determining a reasonable rate or charge unless there be a showing made by the utility affected by the rate or charge as to the actual cost to the holding or affiliated company furnishing such service and material or commodity. Such showing shall consist of an itemized statement furnished by the utility setting out in detail the various items, cost for services rendered and material or commodity furnished by the holding or affiliated company.
K.S.A. § 25-4612 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 46 / Section 25-4612
25-4612 - Optical scanning equipment fraud; criminal penalty.
Status: in_force

25-4612. Optical scanning equipment fraud; criminal penalty. (a) Optical scanning equipment fraud is:

(1) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, optical scanning equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software;

(2) accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to optical scanning equipment;

(3) knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to optical scanning equipment; or

(4) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof, or any ballot, operating system, firmware or software used by a system.

(b) Optical scanning equipment fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
K.S.A. § 49-613 — KS Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-613
49-613 - Reclamation of affected lands, when; extensions; inspections; approval; release of bond or security.
Status: in_force

49-613. Reclamation of affected lands, when; extensions; inspections; approval; release of bond or security. (a) An operator shall reclaim affected lands within a period not to exceed three years after the filing of the report required under K.S.A. 49-612(b), and amendments thereto, indicating the mining of any part of a site has been completed.

(b) For certain postmining land uses, such as a sanitary land fill, the director, with the approval of the secretary, may allow an extended reclamation period.

(c) An operator, upon completion of any reclamation work required by K.S.A. 49-611, and amendments thereto, shall apply to the director in writing for approval of the work. The director, within a reasonable time, shall inspect the completed reclamation work. Upon determination by the director that the operator has satisfactorily completed all required reclamation work on the land included in the application, the director shall release the bond or security on the reclaimed land, shall remove the land from registration and shall terminate or amend, as necessary, the operator's authorization to conduct surface mining on the site.

(d) Periodic inspections may be conducted by the director or the director's designee to ensure that the operator is following the reclamation plan.
K.S.A. § 24-611 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-611
24-611 - Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations.
Status: in_force

24-611. Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, and if the board of supervisors determines that land located outside the district benefits by the drainage improvements of the district, the board shall present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater portion of the territory of the original drainage district is located asking for the extension of the territorial limits of the district to include such land. The board of county commissioners shall investigate such petition and determine whether such land should be included within the district.

(b) The petition submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall:

(1) Describe the land proposed to be included within the drainage district by sections or subdivisions of sections, according to the government survey or by metes and bounds;

(2) state that the land and property thereon are subject to injury and damage from the overflow of some natural or manmade watercourse, naming or describing it;

(3) state that improvement of the channel of such watercourse, the construction and maintenance of levees, drains, ditches, dikes, jetties, riprap or other works are necessary to prevent such overflow;

(4) state that such improvement or works will be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare; and

(5) contain a prayer that the land described in the petition be included within such drainage district. If any land requested to be included in the original drainage district is located within the corporate limits of any city, it shall be sufficient to describe such land by appropriate number as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks.

Whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners shall fix a time for the hearing of such petition. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land described in the petition is located at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing.

(c) Following such hearing, if the board finds the petition is in conformity to the requirements of this section and that the allegations thereof are true, the board shall make a finding and decision to that effect, and shall declare the land described in the petition to be annexed to and included within the original drainage district. No territory within any city located in a county having an assessed tangible valuation of more than $150,000,000 shall be included within any drainage district without the approval of the governing body of such city.
K.S.A. § 74-7008 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 70 / Section 74-7008
74-7008 - Same; executive director and assistant executive director, appointment and salary; compensation and expenses of board members; personnel.
Status: in_force

74-7008. Same; executive director and assistant executive director, appointment and salary; compensation and expenses of board members; personnel. (a) The board may appoint an executive director and an assistant executive director who shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the board.

(b) Members of the state board of technical professions attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments thereto.

(c) The board may employ clerical personnel and other assistants all of whom shall be in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act and may make and enter into contracts of employment with such professional personnel as may be necessary, in the board's judgment, for the performance of its duties and functions and the execution of its powers.
K.S.A. § 84-2-607 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 2 / Section 84-2-607
84-2-607 - Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over.
Status: in_force

84-2-607. Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over. (1) The buyer must pay at the contract rate for any goods accepted.

(2) Acceptance of goods by the buyer precludes rejection of the goods accepted and if made with knowledge of nonconformity cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured but acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this article for nonconformity.

(3) Where a tender has been accepted

(a) the buyer must within a reasonable time after he discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy; and

(b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (subsection (3) of section 84-2-312) and the buyer is sued as a result of such a breach he must so notify the seller within a reasonable time after he receives notice of the litigation or be barred from any remedy over for liability established by the litigation.

(4) The burden is on the buyer to establish any breach with respect to the goods accepted.

(5) Where the buyer is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which his seller is answerable over

(a) he may give his seller written notice of the litigation. If the notice states that the seller may come in and defend and that if the seller does not do so he will be bound in any action against him by his buyer by any determination of fact common to the two litigations, then unless the seller after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend he is so bound.

(b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like (subsection (3) of section 84-2-312) the original seller may demand in writing that his buyer turn over to him control of the litigation including settlement or else be barred from any remedy over and if he also agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse judgment, then unless the buyer after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the buyer is so barred.

(6) The provisions of subsections (3), (4) and (5) apply to any obligation of a buyer to hold the seller harmless against infringement or the like (subsection (3) of section 84-2-312).