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K.S.A. § 66-1,234 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,234
66-1,234 - Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
Status: in_force

66-1,234. Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings. The commission, upon its own initiative, may investigate all rates, joint rates, tolls, charges and exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and rules and regulations of miscellaneous public utilities. If after full hearing and investigation the commission finds that such rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates or rules and regulations are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, the commission shall have the power to fix and order substituted therefor such rates, tolls, charges, exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and such rules and regulations as are just and reasonable.

If upon any investigation it is found that any regulation, measurement, practice, act or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unduly preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of this act or of the orders of the commission, or if it is found that any service is inadequate or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the commission may substitute therefor such other regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts, and make such order respecting any such changes in such regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts as are just and reasonable. When, in the judgment of the commission, public necessity and convenience require, the commission may establish just and reasonable concentration, commodity, transit or other special rates, charges or privileges, but all such rates, charges and privileges shall be open to all users of a like kind of service under similar circumstances and conditions. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, unless, in the case of a general investigation, for good cause, the commission orders otherwise.
K.S.A. § 12-4410 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 44 / Section 12-4410
12-4410 - Discovery, depositions.
Status: in_force

12-4410. Discovery, depositions. The accused person shall be permitted to inspect all matters relevant to the case. Depositions shall not be taken or used except by written agreement of both parties filed with the court or by order of the court upon such conditions as the court may prescribe.
K.S.A. § 72-6261 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 62 / Section 72-6261
72-6261 - Health tests and inoculations; definitions.
Status: in_force

72-6261. Health tests and inoculations; definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "School board" means the board of education of a school district and the governing authority of any nonpublic school;

(b) "school" means all elementary, junior high, or high schools within the state;

(c) "local health department" means any county or joint board of health established under the laws of Kansas and having jurisdiction over the place where any pupil affected by this act may reside;

(d) "secretary" means the secretary of the state department of health and environment;

(e) "physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.
K.S.A. § 19-15,140 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 15 / Section 19-15,140
19-15,140 - General obligation bonds for civic centers in certain counties; election.
Status: in_force

19-15,140. General obligation bonds for civic centers in certain counties; election. In order to carry out the authority granted in K.S.A. 19-15,139, and for no other purpose, the board of county commissioners of Shawnee and Wyandotte counties may issue general obligation bonds of the county in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. The board of county commissioners of Seward county may issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000. No bonds shall be issued until the question of their issuance has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at any county general election, school board election or special election called and held for that purpose, and a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon votes in favor thereof. The election shall be called and held and the bonds shall be issued, sold, delivered, registered and retired in the manner provided by the general bond law.
K.S.A. § 40-4324 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 43 / Section 40-4324
40-4324 - Same; notification of material change required.
Status: in_force

40-4324. Same; notification of material change required. The captive insurance company shall notify the commissioner in writing within 10 days of any material change in the financial condition or management of the captive insurance company. The commissioner shall designate material changes through rules and regulations.
K.S.A. § 48-280 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-280
48-280 - Exchange of certain property in Saline county.
Status: in_force

48-280. Exchange of certain property in Saline county. (a) The Kansas military board, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas is hereby authorized to exchange and convey the real property described in subsection (b) and improvements thereon to Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas, in consideration for which Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas, are hereby authorized to exchange and convey the real property described in subsection (c) and improvements thereon to the Kansas military board, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas. The exchange and conveyance of real property and improvements thereto by the Kansas military board under this section shall be executed in the name of the state of Kansas and shall be delivered upon receipt of a good and sufficient warranty deed from Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas, to the real property described in subsection (c). Before such real property is exchanged and conveyed, the attorney general shall approve the instruments of conveyance of the Kansas military board to Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas, and the instruments of conveyance of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas, to the Kansas military board and shall approve the title to the real property exchanged and conveyed by the Kansas military board and the instruments of conveyance of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas.

(b) In accordance with the provisions of this section, the Kansas military board is hereby authorized to exchange and convey the following described real property to Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas: Beginning at the SW corner of Block Three (3) in the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Three (3), Township Fifteen (15) South, Range Three (3) West of the 6th Principal Meridian, thence N 00°06′24″ W for a distance of 350′-8″, thence N 89°53′36″ E for a distance of 400′-0″, thence S 00°06′24″ E for a distance of 350′-8″, thence S 89°53′36″ W for a distance of 400′-0″to P.O.B. within the Schilling Subdivision, Saline County, Kansas, and containing 3.22 acres.

(c) In accordance with the provisions of this section, the Kansas military board is hereby authorized to accept title on behalf of the state of Kansas to the following described real property conveyed to the state of Kansas by Mr. and Mrs. Jon Flickinger, Salina, Kansas: The South Two Hundred Ninety-Six Feet (296′) of the West Four Hundred Seventy-Four Feet (474′) of Block Seven (7) of the Schilling Subdivision to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas, and which contains 3.22 acres more or less.
K.S.A. § 79-34,175 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 34 / Section 79-34,175
79-34,175 - Annual report to legislature of incentives claimed and fuels sold.
Status: in_force

79-34,175. Annual report to legislature of incentives claimed and fuels sold. The secretary of revenue shall annually submit a written report to the house appropriations and energy and utilities committees and to the senate ways and means and agriculture committees, or the successors to those committees, beginning with the 2010 legislative session. The report shall contain information regarding the amount of incentives claimed and paid pursuant to K.S.A. 79-34,170 through 79-34,175, and amendments thereto, and information regarding the amount of renewable fuels and biodiesel sold in the state. The secretary also may include in the report any recommendations for changes to law necessary to implement K.S.A. 79-34,170 through 79-34,175, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 39-7,136 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-7,136
39-7,136 - Access to information relating to a IV-D case.
Status: in_force

39-7,136. Access to information relating to a IV-D case. Pursuant to a subpoena for records issued under the code of civil procedure or K.S.A. 39-7,144, and amendments thereto, the secretary or a title IV-D agency of another state shall have access to information related to a IV-D case that is in the custody or control of an individual or private entity as follows:

(a) Each party to a paternity or child support proceeding in any case included in the state case registry shall provide, and update as appropriate, information about the location and identity of the party. To the extent such information exists, it shall include but not be limited to the person's full name, social security number, residential and mailing addresses, telephone number, driver's license number and the name, address and telephone number of the person's employer.

(b) Any employer shall promptly provide information on the employment, compensation and benefits of any individual employed by such person or entity as an employee or contractor.

(c) Any person or entity holding customer records of a public utility or cable television company shall comply with a subpoena for information about an individual consisting of the individual's name, address, employer, or employer's address as reflected in such records.

(d) A financial institution shall promptly provide information upon request about an individual or the individual's property of liabilities.

(e) Confidential information received by the secretary under this section shall be subject to the safeguards of K.S.A. 39-759 and amendments thereto.

(f) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 7 of chapter 39 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
K.S.A. § 47-662 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-662
47-662 - Same; penalty for violating act.
Status: in_force

47-662. Same; penalty for violating act. Any person, who owns or is in possession of domestic animals, who shall refuse to allow any authorized officer or officers or their authorized deputies to examine such domestic animals for any infectious or contagious disease, or who shall hinder or obstruct any authorized official or his authorized deputy in any examination of or in an attempt to examine such domestic animals, or who shall violate any provision in this act or who shall fail or refuse to perform any act or duty imposed upon him under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than $100 nor more than $500.
K.S.A. § 68-1114 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 11 / Section 68-1114
68-1114 - Deposit with bid.
Status: in_force

68-1114. Deposit with bid. Each bidder shall be required to deposit with such bidder's proposal a good and sufficient surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state, a certified check or a cashier's check in an amount of not less than 5% of such bid proposal, in the discretion of the board, payable to the county treasurer. If the bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall fail to accept and execute the contract and file a bond as provided in this act, the bidder's check shall be forfeited and paid to the county treasurer and the board may award the contract to the next lowest responsible bidder.
K.S.A. § 60-5006 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 50 / Section 60-5006
60-5006 - Civil action to recover damages resulting from a fire event; fire claims against an electric public utility; standard of evidence; statute of limitations; maximum amount of punitive damages.
Status: in_force

60-5006. Civil action to recover damages resulting from a fire event; fire claims against an electric public utility; standard of evidence; statute of limitations; maximum amount of punitive damages. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Commission" means the state corporation commission.

(2) "Electric public utility" means a public utility as defined in K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, that is engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity.

(3) "Fire claim" means any claim, whether based on negligence, nuisance, trespass or any other claim for relief, brought by a person against an electric public utility in a civil action to recover for damages resulting from a fire event.

(4) "Fire event" means an uncontrolled or unplanned fire in the state alleged to have been caused by an electric public utility.

(b) A fire claim shall be brought within two years of the date of the damage from the fire event that is the subject of such claim or, if the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party, except that in no event shall an action be commenced more than 10 years beyond the fire event.

(c) After an injured plaintiff establishes by a preponderance of evidence that a loss was due to a fire event caused by an electric public utility's conduct, such plaintiff bringing a fire claim under this section may recover economic and noneconomic damages to compensate for any such loss.

(d) Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3702(e), and amendments thereto, punitive damages awarded under a fire claim brought pursuant to this section shall not exceed $5,000,000.
K.S.A. § 75-7508 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 75 / Section 75-7508
75-7508 - Same; recovered proceeds, distribution; false claims litigation revolving fund.
Status: in_force

75-7508. Same; recovered proceeds, distribution; false claims litigation revolving fund. (a) Proceeds recovered as a result of an action filed pursuant to the Kansas false claims act shall be distributed in the following order:

(1) To refund moneys falsely obtained from the federal government, state government or political subdivision thereof pursuant to subsection (b); and

(2) to the state treasurer for deposit in the state general fund pursuant to subsection (c).

(b) A portion of the recovery equal to the amount of moneys falsely obtained from the federal government, state government, affected political subdivision thereof or state agencies, or a combination thereof, shall be remitted to the appropriate entity shown to be defrauded, subject to any further requirements established by federal or state law.

(c) That portion of any recovery remitted to the state treasurer pursuant to subsection (a) shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state general fund and, subject to any relevant guidelines of the federal department of health and human services' office of inspector general regarding repayment of fees or recoveries, shall credit 10% of such remittance to the false claims litigation revolving fund, which is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys in the false claims litigation revolving fund may be expended by the attorney general for the purpose of hiring necessary staff and to defray the costs of investigating and litigating ongoing false claims cases and may be shared at the direction of the attorney general with the Kansas medicaid fraud and abuse division, Kansas bureau of investigation or any county, city or private attorneys who may be utilized or contracted with pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7504, and amendments thereto, in carrying out the purposes of this act and any other operating expenses incurred in administering the Kansas false claims act. All expenditures from the false claims litigation revolving fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the attorney general or the attorney general's designee.
K.S.A. § 74-50,294 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,294
74-50,294 - Duties; special committees.
Status: in_force

74-50,294. Duties; special committees. (a) The commission shall plan, coordinate and implement a program in 2026 to commemorate the 250 th anniversary of the founding of the United States. In developing the plans and overall program for the event, the commission shall:

(1) Give due consideration to related plans and programs developed by federal, state, local and private groups;

(2) hold public meetings to solicit the input of Kansas citizens throughout the state in developing programs for the semiquincentennial. The first public meeting shall be held within 90 days of the commission's first meeting and public meetings shall continue throughout the commission's existence;

(3) showcase all counties of the state;

(4) draw attention to the achievements, struggles, honors, innovations and impacts of all people in the state;

(5) clearly delineate all expenses incurred by the commission in developing the program;

(6) create a website to communicate plans for the semiquincentennial; and

(7) solicit gifts and donations from private industry, corporations and individuals to support the commission's goals.

(b) To aid in developing plans, the commission may designate special committees with representatives from groups described in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-50,292(b), and amendments thereto, to plan, develop and coordinate specific activities.
K.S.A. § 66-1,205 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,205
66-1,205 - Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
Status: in_force

66-1,205. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings. (a) Upon a complaint in writing made against any natural gas public utility governed by this act that any rates or rules and regulations of such natural gas public utility are in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or both, or that any rule and regulation, practice or act whatsoever affecting or relating to any service performed or to be performed by such natural gas public utility for the public, is in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or that any service performed or to be performed by such natural gas public utility for the public is unreasonably inadequate, inefficient, unduly insufficient or cannot be obtained, the commission may proceed, with or without notice, to make such investigation as it deems necessary.

No order changing such rates, rules and regulations, practices or acts complained of shall be made or entered by the commission without a formal public hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, of which due notice shall be given by the commission to such natural gas public utility or to such complainant or complainants, if any. Any public investigation or hearing which the commission shall have power to make or to hold may be made or held before any one or more commissioners. All investigations, hearings, decisions and orders made by a commissioner shall be deemed the investigations, hearings, decisions and orders of the commission, when approved by the commission.

(b) The commission shall have power to require natural gas public utilities to make such improvements and do such acts as are or may be required by law to be done by any such natural gas public utility.
K.S.A. § 12-2817 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 28 / Section 12-2817
12-2817 - Same; resignations; removals; vacancies.
Status: in_force

12-2817. Same; resignations; removals; vacancies. Any member may resign from office to take effect when a successor has been appointed and has qualified. The mayor, with the approval of the governing body of the city, may remove any member of the board in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The member shall be given a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel upon not less than 10 days' notice. In case of failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment of office, or in case of death, conviction of a crime, involving moral turpitude or removal from office, the office of such member shall become vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the mayor with the approval of the governing body.
K.S.A. § 12-1740 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1740
12-1740 - Purpose of act; revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

12-1740. Purpose of act; revenue bonds. It is the purpose of this act to promote, stimulate and develop the general welfare and economic prosperity of the state of Kansas through the promotion and advancement of physical and mental health, industrial, commercial, agricultural, natural resources and of recreational development in the state; to encourage and assist in the location of new business and industry in this state and the expansion, relocation or retention of existing business, industry and health development; and to promote the economic stability of the state by providing greater employment opportunities, diversification of industry and improved physical and mental health, thus promoting the general welfare of the citizens of this state by authorizing all cities and counties of the state to issue revenue bonds, the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, equipping, furnishing, repairing, enlarging or remodeling facilities for agricultural, commercial, hospital, industrial, natural resources, recreational development and manufacturing purposes and to enter into leases or lease-purchase agreements with any person, firm or corporation for such facilities. For the purpose of this act, the term facility shall include a site and the necessary site preparation, structures, easements, rights-of-way and appurtenances necessary and convenient to the particular type of facility being financed.
K.S.A. § 65-245 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2 / Section 65-245
65-245 - Same; overpayment or underpayment to local health department; procedure.
Status: in_force

65-245. Same; overpayment or underpayment to local health department; procedure. In the event any local health department is paid more than it is entitled to receive under any distribution made under this act, the secretary shall notify the governing board of the local health department of the amount of such overpayment, and such governing board shall remit the same to the secretary. The secretary shall remit any moneys so received to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. If any such governing board fails to remit, the secretary shall deduct the excess amount paid from future payments becoming due to such local health department. In the event any local health department is paid less than the amount to which it is entitled under any distribution made under this act, the secretary shall pay the additional amount due at any time within the county fiscal year in which the underpayment was made or within 60 days after the end of such county fiscal year.