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K.S.A. § 8-2009 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 20 / Section 8-2009
8-2009 - Regulations governing design and operation of school buses; effect of noncompliance.
Status: in_force

8-2009. Regulations governing design and operation of school buses; effect of noncompliance. (a) All seats on school buses shall be forward-facing and shall be securely fastened to that part or parts of the school bus which support them, and any rule and regulation of the state board of education providing for any other seating arrangement shall be null and void. The state board of education shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act to govern the design and operation of all school buses. The state board of education shall confer and consult, at such time or times as deemed necessary or advisable, with school officers and administrators and other persons responsible for school transportation services as to the effect of such rules and regulations. When any privately owned school bus is operated under contract with any school district or nonpublic school in this state, such rules and regulations shall by reference be made a part of any such contract with a school district or with a nonpublic school. Every school district, its officers and employees, and every nonpublic school, its officers and employees, and every person employed under contract by a school district or a nonpublic school shall be subject to such rules and regulations.

(b) Any officer or employee of any school district who violates any of the rules and regulations or fails to include obligation to comply with such rules and regulations in any contract executed on behalf of a school district shall be guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment. Any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district who fails to comply with any of the rules and regulations shall be guilty of breach of contract and such contract shall be canceled after notice and hearing by the responsible officers of such school district.

(c) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions contained in K.S.A. 8-2009a, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 59-1408 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 14 / Section 59-1408
59-1408 - Refund of legacies and distributive shares.
Status: in_force

59-1408. Refund of legacies and distributive shares. If after the payment of legacies or distribution it becomes necessary that the same or any part thereof be refunded for the payment of debts or other items, the amount necessary to be refunded shall be apportioned among the legatees and distributees according to their liability for payment as provided in K.S.A. 59-1405.
K.S.A. § 12-12,102 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12,102
12-12,102 - Library district bonds; election.
Status: in_force

12-12,102. Library district bonds; election. (a) The library district board may issue general obligation bonds of the library district for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, furnishing and equipping any library building or additions thereto, including any sites therefor. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not be subject to or within any bonded debt limit of the city of Eudora or Eudora township. The library district may levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such bonds.

(b) The question of issuing general obligation bonds shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the library district. The election shall be called and held, and the bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. An election may be conducted pursuant to the mail ballot election act, K.S.A. 25-431 et seq., and amendments thereto. If a majority of persons eligible to vote approve the bond issue proposition, the bonds may be issued.

(c) The bonds shall not be considered a debt obligation of the city of Eudora or the Eudora township.
K.S.A. § 59-1203 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 12 / Section 59-1203
59-1203 - Supplementary inventory.
Status: in_force

59-1203. Supplementary inventory. Whenever assets of any kind, not mentioned in the inventory that has been made, come to the knowledge or possession of the personal representative, such representative shall make an inventory thereof, stating opposite each item contained in the inventory the value thereof. The personal representative shall file such inventory with the court within 30 days after the discovery of the assets.
K.S.A. § 12-1,110 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1,110
12-1,110 - Same; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

12-1,110. Same; rules and regulations. The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this act.
K.S.A. § 72-1513 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-1513
72-1513 - Interest; supplemental agreement.
Status: in_force

72-1513. Interest; supplemental agreement. Laws 1883, chapter 142, section 1, included by reference.
K.S.A. § 9-563 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-563
9-563 - Commissioner authorized to establish consistent licensing practices with other states and utilize the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.
Status: in_force

9-563. Commissioner authorized to establish consistent licensing practices with other states and utilize the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry. (a) To establish consistent licensing practices between Kansas and other states, the commissioner is hereby authorized to:

(1) Implement all licensing provisions of this act in a manner consistent with other states that have adopted this act or multistate licensing processes; and

(2) participate in nationwide protocols for licensing cooperation and coordination among state regulators, if such protocols are consistent with this act.

(b) The commissioner is authorized to establish relationships or contracts with the national multistate licensing system and registry or other entities designated by the national multistate licensing system and registry to:

(1) Collect and maintain records;

(2) coordinate multistate licensing processes and supervision processes;

(3) process fees; and

(4) facilitate communication between the commissioner and licensees or other persons subject to this act.

(c) The commissioner may utilize the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry for all aspects of licensing in accordance with this act, including, but not limited to, license applications, applications for acquisitions of control, surety bonds, reporting, criminal history background checks, credit checks, fee processing and examinations.

(d) The commissioner may utilize nationwide multistate licensing system and registry forms, processes and functionalities in accordance with this act. If the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry does not provide functionality, forms or processes for the provision of this act, the commissioner is authorized to implement the requirements in a manner that facilitates uniformity regarding the licensing, supervision, reporting and regulation of licensees that are licensed in multiple jurisdictions.

(e) The commissioner may establish new requirements or waive or modify, in whole or in part, any or all of the existing requirements as reasonably necessary to participate in the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry through the adoption of any rules and regulations adopted or an order issued or the issuance of an order.

(f) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 25-1227 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 12 / Section 25-1227
25-1227 - Certain provisions of penal law to apply.
Status: in_force

25-1227. Certain provisions of penal law to apply. The provisions of other laws of this state prohibiting offenses against the elective franchise shall apply in the case of elections and voting conducted pursuant to the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 21-5711 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 57 / Section 21-5711
21-5711 - Factors to consider when determining what is drug paraphernalia.
Status: in_force

21-5711. Factors to consider when determining what is drug paraphernalia. (a) In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority shall consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:

(1) Statements by an owner or person in control of the object concerning its use;

(2) prior convictions, if any, of an owner or person in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;

(3) the proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto;

(4) the proximity of the object to controlled substances;

(5) the existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;

(6) direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner or person in control of the object, to deliver it to a person the owner or person in control of the object knows, or should reasonably know, intends to use the object to facilitate a violation of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto. The innocence of an owner or person in control of the object as to a direct violation of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto, shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use as drug paraphernalia;

(7) oral or written instructions provided with the object concerning its use;

(8) descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;

(9) national and local advertising concerning the object's use;

(10) the manner in which the object is displayed for sale;

(11) whether the owner or person in control of the object is a legitimate supplier of similar or related items to the community, such as a distributor or dealer of tobacco products;

(12) direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object or objects to the total sales of the business enterprise;

(13) the existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;

(14) expert testimony concerning the object's use;

(15) any evidence that alleged paraphernalia can or has been used to store a controlled substance or to introduce a controlled substance into the human body as opposed to any legitimate use for the alleged paraphernalia; or

(16) advertising of the item in magazines or other means which specifically glorify, encourage or espouse the illegal use, manufacture, distribution or cultivation of controlled substances.

(b) The fact that an item has not yet been used or did not contain a controlled substance at the time of the seizure is not a defense to a charge that the item was possessed with the intention for use as drug paraphernalia.
K.S.A. § 17-1775 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 17 / Section 17-1775
17-1775 - Venue of actions pursuant to act.
Status: in_force

17-1775. Venue of actions pursuant to act. (a) Every action pursuant to this act shall be brought in the district court of any county in which there occurred an act or practice declared to be a violation of this act, or in which the defendant resides or has such defendant's principal place of business. If the defendant is a nonresident and has no principal place of business within this state, then the nonresident defendant can be sued either in the district court of Shawnee county or in the district court of any county in which there occurred an act or practice declared to be a violation of this act.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the charitable organizations and solicitations act.
K.S.A. § 55-711 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 7 / Section 55-711
55-711 - Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-701 through 55-713; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

55-711. Assessment of costs of administering K.S.A. 55-701 through 55-713; disposition of moneys. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the state corporation commission is hereby directed to tax and assess against the parties involved in any hearing or application all or any part of the costs incurred therein, also all or any part of the costs to the commission incurred in making the necessary investigations and the enforcement of its orders under K.S.A. 55-701 to 55-713, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and divide such costs among the interested parties in such proportion as may be just and equitable.

(b) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs under this section 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. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.

(c) Assessments imposed on the basis of a volume measure of production under the authority of this section shall be reported and remitted in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-4230, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 38-110 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1 / Section 38-110
38-110 - Costs of proceedings under K.S.A. 38-108 to 38-110.
Status: in_force

38-110. Costs of proceedings under K.S.A. 38-108 to 38-110. The costs of proceedings under this act shall be taxed against the minor petitioner, and the same shall be paid before the entry of the decree herein provided for.
K.S.A. § 66-1245 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1245
66-1245 - Same; determination of utility's revenue requirements.
Status: in_force

66-1245. Same; determination of utility's revenue requirements. (a) If an electric public utility constructs new or expanded electric generation capacity on or after January 1, 2004, in a county where the population has not increased more than 5% between the dates of the two most recent decennial censuses taken and published by the United States bureau of the census, the state corporation commission, in determining the utility's revenue requirements, shall make adjustments that allow the utility to retain benefits equivalent to 10% of the net revenues from sales of electricity generated by such new or expanded capacity to customers outside the state.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to net revenues which are subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 66-1,184a, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-3911 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 39 / Section 12-3911
12-3911 - Same; districts or departments; initiation of procedure.
Status: in_force

12-3911. Same; districts or departments; initiation of procedure. Upon the request of the governing body of two or more fire districts or departments, the board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may provide for the consolidation of fire districts and may include within the newly created district any area not currently being provided fire protection.
K.S.A. § 12-848 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-848
12-848 - Control of streets and public grounds.
Status: in_force

12-848. Control of streets and public grounds. The streets, alleys, public parks and grounds in cities of the second and third classes in the state of Kansas shall be under the control of the governing body of the municipalities thereof, and the jurisdiction over and the control thereof is vested in said cities.
K.S.A. § 84-9-309 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-309
84-9-309 - Security interest perfected upon attachment.
Status: in_force

84-9-309. Security interest perfected upon attachment. The following security interests are perfected when they attach:

(1) A purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-311(b), and amendments thereto, with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-311(a), and amendments thereto;

(2) an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor's outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;

(3) a sale of a payment intangible;

(4) a sale of a promissory note;

(5) a security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;

(6) a security interest arising under K.S.A. 84-2-401, 84-2-505, 84-2-711(3), or 84-2a-508(5), and amendments thereto, until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;

(7) a security interest of a collecting bank arising under K.S.A. 84-4-210, and amendments thereto;

(8) a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under K.S.A. 84-5-118, and amendments thereto;

(9) a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-206, and amendments thereto;

(10) a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;

(11) a security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;

(12) an assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and

(13) a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent's estate.
K.S.A. § 9-2314 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-2314
9-2314 - Trust advisor; rights, powers, immunities and liabilities.
Status: in_force

9-2314. Trust advisor; rights, powers, immunities and liabilities. Any instrument providing for a trust advisor may also provide such trust advisor with some, none or all of the rights, powers, privileges, benefits, immunities or authorities available to a trustee under Kansas law or under such instrument. Unless the instrument provides otherwise, a trust advisor has no greater liability to any person than would a trustee holding or benefiting from the rights, powers, privileges, benefits, immunities or authority provided or allowed by the instrument to such trust advisor.
K.S.A. § 58-2414 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-2414
58-2414 - Grant reserving power of revocation.
Status: in_force

58-2414. Grant reserving power of revocation. A grantor of lands, reserving an absolute power of revocation, shall be deemed an absolute owner as regards creditors and purchasers.
K.S.A. § 65-1905 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 19 / Section 65-1905
65-1905 - Examinations; qualifications of applicants; temporary permit.
Status: in_force

65-1905. Examinations; qualifications of applicants; temporary permit. (a) All examinations held or conducted by the board shall be in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. The examinations shall include a written test administered at the completion of 1,000 hours of training. If the applicant has attended a licensed school electing to base the course of instruction and practice on credit hours as provided in K.S.A. 65-1903, and amendments thereto, the written test shall be administered at the completion of the credit hours which are the equivalent of 1,000 clock hours under the formula for conversion used by the licensed school. A practical test may be administered prior to licensure. Examinations to qualify for an instructor's license shall be limited to written tests.

(b) Each applicant for licensure by examination shall:

(1) Be at least 17 years of age;

(2) be a graduate of an accredited high school, or equivalent thereof. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any applicant who was at least 25 years of age and licensed as an apprentice on May 21, 1998;

(3) submit to the board verification of date of birth; and

(4) have served as an apprentice for the period of time provided by K.S.A. 65-1912, and amendments thereto.

(c) Any person making application who possesses the necessary qualifications to take an examination provided herein, upon application and payment of the nonrefundable temporary permit fee, may be issued a temporary permit by the board to practice cosmetology until the next regular examination conducted by the board.
K.S.A. § 81-201 — KS Code / Chapter 81 / Article 2 / Section 81-201
81-201 - Title.
Status: in_force

81-201. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the revised Kansas trademark act.
K.S.A. § 22-4302 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 43 / Section 22-4302
22-4302 - Delivery of request to custodian; officials' duties.
Status: in_force

22-4302. Delivery of request to custodian; officials' duties. Upon receipt of a request made pursuant to K.S.A. 22-4301, and amendments thereto, the secretary of corrections shall promptly:

(a) Certify the term of commitment under which the inmate is being held, the time already served on the sentence, the time remaining to be served, the good time earned, the time of parole eligibility of the inmate, and any decisions of the prisoner review board relating to the inmate;

(b) for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, certify the length of time served on the prison portion of the sentence, any good time earned and the projected release date for the commencement of the postrelease supervision term; and

(c) send by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, one copy of the request and certificate to the court and one copy to the county attorney to whom it is addressed.
K.S.A. § 21-5501 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 55 / Section 21-5501
21-5501 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

21-5501. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply when the words and phrases defined are used in article 55 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and K.S.A. 21-6419 through 21-6422, and amendments thereto, except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning:

(a) "Sexual intercourse" means any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger, the male sex organ or any object. Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to constitute sexual intercourse. "Sexual intercourse" does not include penetration of the female sex organ by a finger or object in the course of the performance of:

(1) Generally recognized health care practices; or

(2) a body cavity search conducted in accordance with K.S.A. 22-2520 through 22-2524, and amendments thereto.

(b) "Sodomy" means oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia; anal penetration, however slight, of a male or female by any body part or object; or oral or anal copulation or sexual intercourse between a person and an animal. "Sodomy" does not include penetration of the anal opening by a finger or object in the course of the performance of:

(1) Generally recognized health care practices; or

(2) a body cavity search conducted in accordance with K.S.A. 22-2520 through 22-2524, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Spouse" means a lawful husband or wife, unless the couple is living apart in separate residences or either spouse has filed an action for annulment, separate maintenance or divorce or for relief under the protection from abuse act.

(d) "Unlawful sexual act" means any rape, indecent liberties with a child, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy, lewd and lascivious behavior, sexual battery or aggravated sexual battery, as defined in this code.
K.S.A. § 74-50,210 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,210
74-50,210 - Title and intent of act.
Status: in_force

74-50,210. Title and intent of act. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 74-50,210 through 74-50,219, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the promoting employment across Kansas act.

(b) It shall be the intent of this act to foster economic development and the creation of new jobs and opportunities for the citizens of Kansas and to incentivize the location of business facilities, other operations and jobs in Kansas. The primary objective of this legislation is economic development for Kansas.