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K.S.A. § 74-3236 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-3236
74-3236 - Board or commission; appointment in compliance with federal requirements; functions; compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

74-3236. Board or commission; appointment in compliance with federal requirements; functions; compensation and expenses. Whenever it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the governor to comply with the requirements of any federal act or the federal administration thereof, which federal act is related to a function provided by this order to be transferred to the state board of regents, the governor may appoint persons to serve with the state board of regents as a board or commission to carry out such federal requirements, and such board or commission shall have and exercise the powers and functions conferred upon the state board of regents by this order to the extent only of such federal requirements, with the residue of all powers or functions transferred by this order remaining with the state board of regents as constituted by law. Any persons appointed by the governor attending meetings of such a board or commission, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such committee shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, or any amendments thereto, but shall receive no compensation for services as such members.
K.S.A. § 55-527 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 5 / Section 55-527
55-527 - Limitation of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel; contingent on EPA waiver.
Status: in_force

55-527. Limitation of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel; contingent on EPA waiver. (a) As used in this section, terms have the meanings provided by K.S.A. 79-3401, and amendments thereto.

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (h), on and after July 1, 2004, no person shall sell or deliver to any distributor within Kansas or import into Kansas for sale in this state any motor-vehicle fuel containing methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in quantities greater than 0.5% by volume.

(c) On and after July 1, 2003, the distributor shall be provided, at the time of delivery of motor-vehicle fuel, on an invoice, bill of lading, shipping paper or other documentation, a declaration of the MTBE content, by volume percent, in the motor-vehicle fuel delivered.

(d) Determination of the volume percentage of MTBE in motor-vehicle fuel shall be by one or more test methods approved by the secretary of agriculture.

(e) In no event shall the provisions of this section be interpreted to authorize quantities of MTBE in motor-vehicle fuels to exceed those specified in any applicable Kansas or federal statute.

(f) The secretary of health and environment or the director of the division of environment, upon a finding that a person knowingly and willfully has violated this section, may impose a penalty not to exceed $10,000 which shall constitute an actual and substantial economic deterrent to the violation for which it is assessed. In the case of a continuing violation, every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation. No such penalty shall be imposed except after notice of violation and opportunity for hearing upon the written order of the secretary or the director of the division of environment issued to the person who committed the violation. The order shall state the violation, the penalty to be imposed and the right to request a hearing thereon. The request for hearing shall be in writing, directed to the secretary and filed with the secretary within 15 days after service of the order. The hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge, limit or otherwise impair the right of any person to damages or other relief on account of injury to persons or property and to maintain any action or other appropriate proceeding therefor.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not take effect until the United States environmental protection agency grants a waiver allowing the state of Kansas to control or prohibit the use of MTBE in motor-vehicle fuels. The secretary of health and environment shall apply for such waiver in a timely manner in order to obtain such waiver prior to July 1, 2004.
K.S.A. § 79-2903 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 29 / Section 79-2903
79-2903 - Liability of executor or administrator for failure to list lands or pay taxes.
Status: in_force

79-2903. Liability of executor or administrator for failure to list lands or pay taxes. Every person being seized or having the care of lands as executor or administrator, and who shall neglect or refuse either to list or pay the taxes on the same, shall be liable in an action to the devisee or devisees of the persons whose executor he or she is for any damage occasioned by such neglect.
K.S.A. § 58-4713 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 47 / Section 58-4713
58-4713 - Record keeping required; inspection of records.
Status: in_force

58-4713. Record keeping required; inspection of records. (a) Each AMC seeking to be registered or to renew an existing registration in this state shall certify to the board on an annual basis on a form prescribed by the board that such AMC maintains a detailed record of each service request that it receives for appraisal of real property located in Kansas.

(b) An AMC registered under the provisions of this act shall retain for a period of five years all records required to be maintained under this act. This five-year period shall commence on:

(1) The date of the final action by the AMC for each individual transaction; or

(2) if the AMC is notified that the transaction is involved in litigation, the date that the final judgment has been issued and all appeals, if any, have been taken.

(c) All records required to be maintained by the registered AMC pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be made available by the registration holder for inspection and copying by the board or its designee on reasonable notice to the AMC.
K.S.A. § 47-420 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 4 / Section 47-420
47-420 - Unlawful use of brands; additional marking systems; feedlot brands.
Status: in_force

47-420. Unlawful use of brands; additional marking systems; feedlot brands. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any brand for branding any livestock unless such brand has been duly registered in the office of the animal health commissioner, except: (1) The use of a single numeral digit, zero to nine, in conjunction with the registered brand of the owner may be used for the purpose of determining the age of the branded animal, such number to be applied at least six inches from such registered brand; (2) the use of serial numbers in conjunction with the registered brand of the owner may be used for the purpose of identifying individual animals, such numbers to be applied at least six inches from the registered brand; (3) the use of numbers in conjunction with the registered brand of the owner may be used for the purpose of identifying herds of the same owner for feeding or experimental purposes, such numbers to be applied at least six inches from the registered brand; and (4) the use of a digital system of branding livestock may be used for the purpose of identifying animals in a licensed feedlot. Such feedlot brand may be used in conjunction with the registered brand of the owner, such brand to be applied at least six inches from such registered brand or may be used on animals which are not branded with a registered brand of the owner, subject to conditions, limitations and requirements applicable to the use of a feedlot brand as prescribed in K.S.A. 47-446, and amendments thereto.

(b) The age, serial, herd or feedlot brand shall not be construed as a part of the registered brand and the use of such numeral or numerals, whether or not such use is in conjunction with a registered brand, shall not be unlawful.

(c) The animal health commissioner may allow applicants to denote on an application for a registered brand whether the applicant shall use age, serial or herd brands, and may allow the owner of a registered brand to amend the registered brand to denote whether the applicant will use such age, serial or herd brands.
K.S.A. § 75-7211 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 72 / Section 75-7211
75-7211 - Legislative oversight of information technology projects.
Status: in_force

75-7211. Legislative oversight of information technology projects. (a) The joint committee shall monitor state agency execution of reported information technology projects. The joint committee shall require the three chief information technology officers to report progress regarding the implementation of such projects and all proposed expenditures therefor, including all revisions to such proposed expenditures for the current fiscal year and for ensuing fiscal years.

(b) For information technology projects, the joint committee may:

(1) Require the head of any state agency with primary responsibility for an information technology project to advise and consult on the status and progress of such information technology project, including revisions to expenditures for the current fiscal year and ensuing fiscal years; and

(2) report on the status and progress of such information technology projects to the senate standing committee on ways and means, the house of representatives standing committee on appropriations and the legislative budget committee.

(c) Prior to authorizing or approving any information technology project change or overrun, the head of a state agency with primary responsibility for such information technology project shall report all such information technology project changes or overruns to the joint committee through the chief information technology officer of the branch of state government of which the agency is a part pursuant to the information technology executive council's policy. The joint committee shall report all such changes and overruns to the senate standing committee on ways and means, the house of representatives standing committee on appropriations and the legislative budget committee.
K.S.A. § 58-3201 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 32 / Section 58-3201
58-3201 - Limiting liability of property owners to persons entering premises for recreational purposes.
Status: in_force

58-3201. Limiting liability of property owners to persons entering premises for recreational purposes. The purpose of this act is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes.
K.S.A. § 8-2201 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 22 / Section 8-2201
8-2201 - Act not retroactive.
Status: in_force

8-2201. Act not retroactive. This act shall not have a retroactive effect and shall not apply to any traffic accident, to any cause of action arising out of a traffic accident or judgment arising therefrom, or to any violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state, occurring prior to the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 24-453 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-453
24-453 - Watercourses on boundary of district; jurisdiction; sale of abandoned channel.
Status: in_force

24-453. Watercourses on boundary of district; jurisdiction; sale of abandoned channel. Every watercourse any section or reach of which runs through or constitutes a boundary of any drainage district shall, within the meaning and intent of this act, be deemed to be within such district for the distance that it runs through or constitutes such boundary thereof; and whenever any watercourse constitutes a boundary of any district, such district shall have jurisdiction and control over the whole width of such watercourse between the banks of highwater mark for the distance that such watercourse constitutes such boundary, except that in cases where drainage districts shall be organized on opposite sides of and bounded by the same watercourse or the watercourse is the boundary of the state of Kansas, the jurisdiction and control of such districts shall respectively extend from the bank on the side of such watercourse on which the district is located to the center of the main channel thereof. When a drainage district has been incorporated under the provisions of this act after the whole or any portion of the channel of any watercourse, title to which is vested in the state of Kansas, which watercourse constitutes a boundary of any such drainage district, shall be abandoned, or no longer used for a channel, the secretary of state shall cause the same to be surveyed and sold in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 82a-209 to 82a-211, inclusive, and the purchasers of said land so sold shall take fee title subject only to the drainage district's rights to exclusive control and possession for its corporate purposes including impoundment rights, flowage easements and other interests of the drainage district essential to its plan of flood protection or reclamation, and said purchasers shall have the full enjoyment of said lands subject only to the aforementioned rights of the drainage district.
K.S.A. § 74-50,123 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,123
74-50,123 - Annual report of economic effects by secretary; loss of qualified industrial manufacturer designation.
Status: in_force

74-50,123. Annual report of economic effects by secretary; loss of qualified industrial manufacturer designation. (a) The secretary shall transmit annually to the governor, the standing committee on commerce of the senate and the standing committee on commerce, labor and economic development of the house of representatives, or any successor committee, a report, based upon information received from each qualified industrial manufacturer for which benefits have been issued during the preceding year, describing the following: (1) The manner in which the purpose, as described in this act, has been carried out;

(2) an estimate of jobs created and jobs preserved by cash investments made in qualified industrial manufacturers; and

(3) an estimate of the multiplier effect on the Kansas economy of the cash investments made pursuant to this act.

(b) The secretary shall conduct an annual review of the activities undertaken pursuant to this act to ensure that benefits issued pursuant to this act are issued in compliance with the provisions of this act or rules and regulations adopted by the department with respect to this act.

(c) Any violation of the reporting requirements set forth in the agreement shall be grounds for loss of designation as a qualified industrial manufacturer under this section.

(d) If the secretary determines that a qualified industrial manufacturer is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of this act, the secretary, by written notice, shall inform the officers of the qualified industrial manufacturer that such qualified industrial manufacturer shall lose its designation as a qualified industrial manufacturer unless such qualified industrial manufacturer corrects the deficiencies and is once again in compliance with the requirements for designation.
K.S.A. § 19-2693 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-2693
19-2693 - Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond.
Status: in_force

19-2693. Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond. Reports and documentation relating to all expenses paid by the director from the funds established pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2691 and 19-2692 shall be filed with the county controller at least monthly. The county department of administration shall devise adequate internal controls and procedures for administering the funds, and such controls and procedures shall be reviewed by an independent auditor. Each such fund shall be audited at the same time as funds of the county are audited and a report thereon shall be prepared for the county commissioners.

All contracts of the director with independent shows or promoters shall be approved by the board of county commissioners before the same are valid and binding on either party.

The director shall secure a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in Kansas in an amount required by the board of county commissioners, but the amount of such bond shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
K.S.A. § 75-714 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 7 / Section 75-714
75-714 - Public officer; appointment or qualifications contrary to law; ouster proceedings; duty of attorney general.
Status: in_force

75-714. Public officer; appointment or qualifications contrary to law; ouster proceedings; duty of attorney general. Whenever the attorney general determines that any person appointed by the governor to any public office, position, board, commission, department, agency or other instrumentality of the state, or any governmental subdivision thereof, does not possess the requisite qualifications prescribed by law for such appointee, or that the appointment was otherwise in contravention of such law or any other law of this state, said attorney general shall commence ouster proceedings against such appointee in the manner provided in the code of civil procedure.
K.S.A. § 79-506 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 5 / Section 79-506
79-506 - Same; interim standards; time for adoption of final standards.
Status: in_force

79-506. Same; interim standards; time for adoption of final standards. (a) The uniform standards of professional appraisal practice as promulgated by the appraisal standards board of the appraisal foundation in effect on March 1, 1992, for all dates of valuation on or after January 1, 1993, are hereby adopted upon the effective date of this act as interim standards.

(b) Rules and regulations or appraiser directives promulgating appraisal standards adopted by the director of property valuation shall be proposed not later than six months and shall be adopted in final form and become effective not later than 12 months following the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 72-2308 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 23 / Section 72-2308
72-2308 - Teaching and school administration declared professions.
Status: in_force

72-2308. Teaching and school administration declared professions. It is the intent and purpose of the legislature that the practice of teaching and its related services, including school administration and supervisory services, shall be designated as professional services. Teaching and school administration are hereby declared to be professions in Kansas with all the similar rights, responsibilities, and privileges accorded other legally recognized professions.
K.S.A. § 65-1114 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 11 / Section 65-1114
65-1114 - Unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

65-1114. Unlawful acts. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) To practice or to offer to practice professional nursing in this state;

(2) to use any title, abbreviation, letters, figures, sign, card or device to indicate that any person is a registered professional nurse;

(3) to practice or offer to practice practical nursing in this state; or

(4) to use any title, abbreviation, letters, figures, sign, card or device to indicate that any person is a licensed practical nurse, unless such person has been duly licensed under the provisions of this act.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) To practice or offer to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse in this state; or

(2) to use any title, abbreviation, letters, figures, sign, card or device to indicate that any person is an advanced practice registered nurse, unless such person has been duly issued a license as an advanced practice registered nurse under the Kansas nurse practice act.
K.S.A. § 72-3221 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 32 / Section 72-3221
72-3221 - Legislative declaration; purpose and intention of act.
Status: in_force

72-3221. Legislative declaration; purpose and intention of act. The legislature hereby declares that secondary school students should be challenged continuously in order to maintain their interests in the pursuit of education and skills critical to success in the modern world. It is the purpose and intention of the Kansas challenge to secondary school students act to provide a means that school districts, in cooperation with institutions of postsecondary education, may provide new and exciting challenges to secondary school students by encouraging such students to take full advantage of the wealth of postsecondary educational opportunities available in this state.
K.S.A. § 61-3301 — KS Code / Chapter 61 / Article 33 / Section 61-3301
61-3301 - Default judgment.
Status: in_force

61-3301. Default judgment. (a) The court may enter a default judgment in the following situations:

(1) If a defendant fails to either appear or file a written answer on or before the time specified in the summons, judgment may be entered against the defendant upon proof of service and at such time as the plaintiff requests same, without further notice to the defendant.

(2) If a defendant fails to appear at the time set for a pretrial or trial hereunder, judgment may be entered against the defendant at the request of the plaintiff without further notice to the defendant.

(3) If the defendant has filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff and the plaintiff fails to appear at the time set for a pretrial or trial hereunder, judgment may be entered against the plaintiff at the request of the defendant without further notice to the plaintiff.

(b) A default judgment shall not be different in kind from or exceed the amount of the relief sought in the demand for judgment.

(c) If a defendant seeks to set aside a default judgment for failure to appear at the time specified in the summons, the defendant shall file a motion not more than 14 days from the date of such judgment in a lawsuit where the defendant was personally served with summons within the state, or not more than 45 days where service of summons was by other than personal service within the state. If any party seeks to set aside any other default judgment, that party shall file a motion not more than 14 days from the date of such judgment. Any motion to set aside a default judgment, except for the time limits set forth above, shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-260, and amendments thereto.

(d) In cases where no service is had, for good cause shown, the court may set aside a default judgment pursuant to the applicable provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-260, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 59-30,270 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,270
59-30,270 - Effect of registration.
Status: in_force

59-30,270. Effect of registration. (a) Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.

(b) A court of this state may grant any relief available under this act and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.
K.S.A. § 65-3237 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 32 / Section 65-3237
65-3237 - Immunity.
Status: in_force

65-3237. Immunity. (a) A person or healthcare provider that acts in accordance with this act or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or in good faith attempts to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.

(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this act, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in K.S.A. 65-3228(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8), and amendments thereto, relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.