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K.S.A. § 16-1411 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 14 / Section 16-1411
16-1411 - Severability.
Status: in_force

16-1411. Severability. If any section of this act, or any part of any section thereof, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration of invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions thereof and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances.
K.S.A. § 16-1902 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 19 / Section 16-1902
16-1902 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

16-1902. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Alternate security" means an irrevocable bank letter of credit, certificate of deposit, cash bond or other type of asset or security of value equal to or exceeding the amount of retained funds. "Alternate security" shall not include a performance bond or a payment bond.

(b) "Construction" means furnishing labor, equipment, material or supplies used or consumed for the design, construction, alteration, renovation, repair or maintenance of a building, water or waste water treatment facility, oil line, gas line, appurtenance or other improvement to real property, including any moving, demolition or excavation of a building. "Construction" shall not mean the design, construction, alteration, renovation, repair or maintenance of a road, highway or bridge.

(c) "Contract" means a contract or agreement concerning construction made and entered into by and between an owner and a contractor, a contractor and a subcontractor or a subcontractor and another subcontractor.

(d) "Contractor" means a person performing construction and having a contract with an owner of the real property or with a trustee or agent of an owner.

(e) "Owner" means a public entity that holds an ownership interest in real property.

(f) "Public entity" means the state of Kansas, political subdivisions, cities, counties, state universities or colleges, school districts, all special districts, joint agreement entities, public authorities, public trusts, nonprofit corporations and other organizations which are operated with public money for the public good.

(g) "Retainage" or "retention" means money earned by a contractor or subcontractor but withheld to ensure timely performance by the contractor or subcontractor.

(h) "Subcontractor" means any person performing construction covered by a contract between an owner and a contractor but not having a contract with the owner.

(i) "Substantial completion" means the stage of a construction project where the project, or a designated portion thereof, is sufficiently complete in accordance with the contract, so that the owner can occupy or utilize the constructed project for its intended use.

(j) "Undisputed payment" means payments which all parties to the contract agree are owed to the contractor.
K.S.A. § 74-8755 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 87 / Section 74-8755
74-8755 - Consent to any action or garnishment by lottery gaming facility manager and racetrack gaming facility manager.
Status: in_force

74-8755. Consent to any action or garnishment by lottery gaming facility manager and racetrack gaming facility manager. As a condition precedent to contracting for the privilege of being a lottery gaming facility manager or a racetrack gaming facility manager, such manager shall file with the secretary of state of this state a written and irrevocable consent that any action or garnishment proceeding may be commenced against such manager in the proper court of any county in this state by the service of process on a resident agent, and stipulating and agreeing that such service shall be valid and binding as if service had been made upon such manager. Such written consent shall state that the courts of this state have jurisdiction over the person of the lottery gaming facility manager or racetrack gaming facility manager and are the proper and convenient forum for such action and shall waive the right to request a change of jurisdiction or venue to a court outside this state and that all actions arising under this act and commenced by such manager shall be brought in this state's courts as the proper and convenient forum. Such consent shall be executed by the lottery gaming facility manager or racetrack gaming facility manager and, if a corporation, by the president and secretary of such corporate manager. Such consent shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the order or resolution of the board of directors, trustees or managers authorizing the president and secretary to execute the same.
K.S.A. § 60-4703 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 47 / Section 60-4703
60-4703 - Application of act.
Status: in_force

60-4703. Application of act. (a) Nothing in this act shall apply to actions arising out of claims for personal injury or death or where the defect or damage to the dwelling is so substantial that it is not habitable.

(b) This act shall not supersede express warranty, implied warranty or other provisions of a contract between the contractor and the claimant.
K.S.A. § 24-204 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2 / Section 24-204
24-204 - Duties of township trustee; eminent domain proceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments.
Status: in_force

24-204. Duties of township trustee; eminent domain proceedings; assistance of engineer; adjournments. On the day set for the hearing of said petition, if it appear to the trustee that any person or persons who may be interested in said ditch have not been notified as required by this act, or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, he shall adjourn to some future time, not exceeding twenty (20) days, and order such notice to be given, or such preliminary steps to be taken. But if said trustee shall find that said bond has been filed and said notice given, he shall proceed to determine said petition, and if he deem it necessary shall view the premises along such proposed route, and if he find such ditch, drain or watercourses to be necessary, and that the same is demanded by or will be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare, shall institute proceedings to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and after the determination of such proceedings shall proceed to locate and establish such ditch, drain or watercourse as conforms with the route described in the eminent domain proceedings. Such trustee, in hearing and determining said petition shall call to his assistance an engineer to locate, level, and measure the distance of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and may adjourn from time to time to determine their proceedings herein; and the said township clerk shall enter a full and complete record of all such proceedings in the journal of the proceedings of the trustee of such township.
K.S.A. § 19-3545 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 35 / Section 19-3545
19-3545 - Purpose of act; purpose of districts.
Status: in_force

19-3545. Purpose of act; purpose of districts. It is the purpose of K.S.A. 19-3545 to 19-3556, inclusive, and amendments thereto, to permit certain public agencies to make the most efficient use of their powers relating to public water supplies by enabling them to cooperate with other public agencies on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities to wholesale water to participating public agencies and to provide for the establishment for such purpose of a quasi-municipal corporation which shall be known as a public wholesale water supply district. The function of the public wholesale water supply district shall be to:

(a) Secure a source of water on a scale larger than is feasible for public water supply districts, municipalities, publicly and privately owned water distribution companies, acting alone;

(b) sell such water at wholesale to public water supply districts, municipalities, and publicly and privately owned water distribution companies; and

(c) provide services, pursuant to contract, to participating public agencies of the district, except that, if the contract amount for such services is $10,000 or more, the district shall be authorized to provide such services only if the award of the contract is based on competitive bids.
K.S.A. § 66-1807 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 18 / Section 66-1807
66-1807 - Emergency excavations.
Status: in_force

66-1807. Emergency excavations. (a) In the case of an emergency which involves danger to life, health or property or which requires immediate correction in order to continue the operation of an industrial plant or to assure the continuity of public utility service, excavation, maintenance or repairs may be made without using explosives, if notice and advice thereof, whether in writing or otherwise are given to the operator or notification center as soon as reasonably possible.

(b) If an operator receives a request to locate its facilities for an emergency condition, such operator shall make a reasonable effort to identify the location of its facility within two hours of receiving notification or before excavation is scheduled to begin, whichever is later.

(c) Any person providing a misrepresentation of an emergency excavation may be subject to the penalties set out in K.S.A. 66-1812, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 3-704 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 3-704
3-704 - Relation to comprehensive zoning regulations.
Status: in_force

3-704. Relation to comprehensive zoning regulations. (1) Incorporation. In the event that a political subdivision has adopted, or hereafter adopts, a comprehensive zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations applicable to the same area or portion thereof, may be incorporated in and made a part of such comprehensive zoning regulations, and be administered and enforced in connection therewith.

(2) Conflict. In the event of conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted under this act and any other regulations applicable to the same area, whether the conflict be with respect to the height of structures or trees, the use of land, or any other matter, and whether such other regulations were adopted by the political subdivisions which adopted the airport zoning regulations or by some other political subdivision, the more stringent limitation or requirement as to airport hazards shall govern and prevail.
K.S.A. § 8-299 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-299
8-299 - Photo fee fund; expenditures.
Status: in_force

8-299. Photo fee fund; expenditures. There is hereby created in the state treasury the photo fee fund. All moneys credited to the photo fee fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose of funding the administration and operation, including equipment, associated with the issuance of drivers' licenses, identification cards and licenses to carry concealed weapons. All expenditures from the photo fee 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 secretary of the department of revenue.
K.S.A. § 76-1613 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 16 / Section 76-1613
76-1613 - Name of institution.
Status: in_force

76-1613. Name of institution. Any reference in the laws of this state to the "Winfield state training school" or the "state training school at Winfield" or words of similar import, shall be deemed to mean the Winfield state hospital and training center.
K.S.A. § 40-1001 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 10 / Section 40-1001
40-1001 - Mutual company for insurance against fire, lightning, tornado, hail or explosion; exceptions; extended coverage endorsements; limitations.
Status: in_force

40-1001. Mutual company for insurance against fire, lightning, tornado, hail or explosion; exceptions; extended coverage endorsements; limitations. Any number of persons not less than twenty-five (25), citizens of this state, each of whom shall be a property owner and who shall own collectively property of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in value in one of the classes as hereinafter set forth, which they desire to have insured, may form an incorporated company for the purpose of the mutual insurance of its members against loss or damage by fire, lightning, tornado, hail or explosion, other than the explosion of steam boilers or the breaking of flywheels, and those classes of coverage included in the extended coverage endorsement as provided in K.S.A. 40-1002. The extended coverage endorsement shall be deemed to include the classes of coverage now or hereafter defined by statute or by ruling of the commissioner of insurance: Provided, Explosion, other than the explosion of steam boilers or the breaking of flywheels, insurance and the classes of coverage included in the extended coverage endorsement shall be written only on property included in the first class under the provisions of K.S.A. 40-1002, and any amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 75-52,113 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-52,113
75-52,113 - Community corrections supervision fund.
Status: in_force

75-52,113. Community corrections supervision fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the community corrections supervision fund. All moneys credited to the community corrections supervision fund shall be used for grants for community correctional services in accordance with K.S.A. 75-52,111, and amendments thereto, to implement the provisions of this act. All expenditures from the community corrections supervision 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 secretary of corrections or the secretary's designee.
K.S.A. § 68-1093 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 10 / Section 68-1093
68-1093 - Designation of part of US-75 as the Floyd H. Robinson memorial highway Vietnam MIA.
Status: in_force

68-1093. Designation of part of US-75 as the Floyd H. Robinson memorial highway Vietnam MIA. The portion of United States highway 75 from the northern border of Coffey county, then south on United States highway 75 to the northern border of Woodson county is hereby designated as the Floyd H. Robinson memorial highway Vietnam MIA. The secretary of transportation shall place signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Floyd H. Robinson memorial highway Vietnam MIA, except that such signs shall not be placed until the secretary has received sufficient moneys from gifts and donations to reimburse the secretary for the cost of placing such signs and an additional 50% of the initial cost to defray future maintenance or replacement costs of such signs. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable signs.
K.S.A. § 74-9802 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 98 / Section 74-9802
74-9802 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

74-9802. Definitions. As used in the tribal gaming oversight act:

(a) "Class III gaming" means all tribal gaming activities defined as class III gaming by the Indian gaming regulatory act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), as in effect on the effective date of this act.

(b) "Employee" means a person who has applied for a position of employment or is currently employed by the state gaming agency.

(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the state gaming agency.

(d) "Licensee" means a person who has submitted an application for licesure or currently holds a license in tribal gaming issued pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact.

(e) "Tribal gaming" means any class III gaming conducted pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact. "Tribal gaming" does not include games on video lottery machines, as defined by K.S.A. 74-8702, and amendments thereto, that the Kansas lottery is prohibited from conducting under K.S.A. 74-8704, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Tribal gaming commission" means a commission created by a native American tribe in accordance with a tribal-state gaming compact.

(g) "Tribal gaming facility" means a facility where tribal gaming is conducted or operated.

(h) "Tribal-state gaming compact" means a compact entered into between the state of Kansas and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas or the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska with respect to the tribe's authority to engage in class III gaming on the tribe's reservation property in the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 74-4999 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4999
74-4999 - Persons formerly members of court reporters retirement system made members or special members of Kansas public employees retirement system; statutes applicable.
Status: in_force

74-4999. Persons formerly members of court reporters retirement system made members or special members of Kansas public employees retirement system; statutes applicable. (a) As used in this section, "member of the retirement system for court reporters" means any official court reporter who, under the law in effect prior to July 1, 1975, had been making the required contributions to the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters, or any former official court reporter who, under the law in effect prior to July 1, 1975, shall have made the required contributions to the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters and shall have not received a refund of such contributions.

(b) On and after July 1, 1975, every member of the retirement system for court reporters who has not retired thereunder shall be a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system and, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 to 74-4929, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.

(c) On and after July 1, 1975, every person who has retired and has been receiving or is eligible to receive an annuity from the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters, and every other person who has been receiving benefits from the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters shall be a special member of the Kansas public employees retirement system and, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 to 74-4929, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
K.S.A. § 19-1211 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 12 / Section 19-1211
19-1211 - Previous transfers first entered in numerical index.
Status: in_force

19-1211. Previous transfers first entered in numerical index. Whenever such index is procured, it shall be the duty of the register to enter, in their appropriate divisions, before any other entries are made, all the transfers embraced within the instruments recorded in his office, commencing with the first.
K.S.A. § 42-614 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 6 / Section 42-614
42-614 - Ford county.
Status: in_force

42-614. Ford county. Laws 1919, chapter 168, section 1, included by reference. ["An act authorizing the conveyance by the state of Kansas to the county of Ford, in the state of Kansas, certain real estate therein described, situated within the county of Ford."]
K.S.A. § 18-155 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-155
18-155 - Logan.
Status: in_force

18-155. Logan. That the county of St. John is hereby created and formed, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point where the east boundary line of range No. thirty-two west crosses the second standard parallel south; thence west on said second standard parallel, to a point where the east boundary line of range No. thirty-eight west crosses the second standard parallel south; thence south on said range line, to a point where said range line crosses the third standard parallel south; thence east on said standard parallel, to a point where said standard parallel crosses the east boundary of range No. thirty-two; thence north on said range line, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 40-238 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-238
40-238 - Resident general agents of foreign companies.
Status: in_force

40-238. Resident general agents of foreign companies. Any insurance company not organized under the laws of this state may appoint one or more general agents or managers in this state, with authority to appoint other agents of said company in this state. A certified copy of such appointment shall be filed with the commissioner of insurance. Agents for any such company in this state may be appointed by the president, vice-president, chief manager or secretary thereof, in writing, with or without the seal of the company.
K.S.A. § 12-4101 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 41 / Section 12-4101
12-4101 - Title.
Status: in_force

12-4101. Title. This act is called and may be cited as the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts.
K.S.A. § 79-2004 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 20 / Section 79-2004
79-2004 - Time for payment of real estate taxes; interest, when; distribution of interest to city, when.
Status: in_force

79-2004. Time for payment of real estate taxes; interest, when; distribution of interest to city, when. (a) Except as provided by K.S.A. 79-4521, and amendments thereto, any person charged with real property taxes on the tax books in the hands of the county treasurer may pay, at such person's option, the full amount thereof on or before December 20 of each year, or 1 / 2 thereof on or before December 20 and the remaining 1 / 2 on or before May 10 next ensuing. If the full amount of the real property taxes listed upon any tax statement is $10 or less the entire amount of such tax shall be due and payable on or before December 20.

In case the first half of the real property taxes remains unpaid after December 20, the first half of the tax shall draw interest at the rate prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2968, and amendments thereto, plus five percentage points per annum and may be paid at any time prior to May 10 following by paying 1 / 2 of the tax together with interest at such rate from December 20 to date of payment. Subject to the provisions of subsection (d), all real property taxes of the preceding year and accrued interest thereon which remain due and unpaid on May 11 shall accrue interest at the rate prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2968, and amendments thereto, plus five percentage points per annum from May 10 until paid, or until the real property is sold for taxes by foreclosure as provided by law. Except as provided by subsection (c), all interest herein provided shall be credited to the county general fund, and whenever any such interest is paid the county treasurer shall enter the amount of interest so paid on the tax rolls in the proper column and account for such sum.

(b) Whenever any date prescribed in subsection (a) for the payment of real property taxes occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, such date for payment shall be extended until the next-following regular business day of the office of the county treasurer.

(c) The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the governing body of any city located in the county for the distribution of part or all of the interest paid on special assessments levied by the city which remain unpaid.

(d) All real property taxes of any year past due and unpaid on the effective date of this section and interest accrued thereon pursuant to this section prior to its amendment by this act shall draw interest at the rate prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2968, and amendments thereto, plus five percentage points per annum from the effective date of this section until paid or until the real property is sold for taxes by foreclosure as provided by law.