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K.S.A. § 75-5746 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 57 / Section 75-5746
75-5746 - Expenditure of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 moneys appropriated for unemployment compensation modernization project; review and report by legislative coordinating council required.
Status: in_force

75-5746. Expenditure of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 moneys appropriated for unemployment compensation modernization project; review and report by legislative coordinating council required. During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, on the effective date of this act, no state agency named in this or other appropriation act of the 2021 regular session of the legislature shall expend any moneys appropriated from the state general fund or from any special revenue fund or funds for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 as authorized by chapter 5 of the 2020 Session Laws of Kansas or any appropriation act of the 2021 regular session of the legislature for the purposes of entering into a contract or agreement with any party to make any changes, improvements or upgrades to the technology infrastructure for claims, benefits and system integrity or to the methods for information and data sharing concerning Kansas unemployment benefits unless and until: (a) The unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, created by K.S.A. 44-771, and amendments thereto, has reviewed the information technology system, technology and platform specifications pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 44-772, and amendments thereto, and made a recommendation to the legislative coordinating council; and (b) the legislative coordinating council has reviewed any such specifications and any such recommendations. Such legislative coordinating council review shall take place within 60 days of the last date of accepting bids on the modernization project. After the requesting state agency receives a report from the legislative coordinating council regarding such council's review, such state agency is authorized to expend all approved moneys lawfully credited to and available in such fund or funds during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
K.S.A. § 17-6903 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 69 / Section 17-6903
17-6903 - Notices to stockholders and creditors.
Status: in_force

17-6903. Notices to stockholders and creditors. All notices required to be given to stockholders and creditors in any action in which a trustee or receiver for a corporation was appointed shall be given by the clerk of the district court or in the manner provided by any applicable section of the code of civil procedure, unless otherwise ordered by the district court.
K.S.A. § 8-1724 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 17 / Section 8-1724
8-1724 - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; visibility; direction of beam; high beam indicator.
Status: in_force

8-1724. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; visibility; direction of beam; high beam indicator. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations, and in addition, such lamps may be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:

(1) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least four hundred fifty (450) feet ahead for all conditions of loading.

(2) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

(b) Every new motor vehicle registered in this state which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamp is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
K.S.A. § 18-195 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-195
18-195 - Stevens.
Status: in_force

18-195. Stevens. The county of Stevens is bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the east line of range thirty-five west with the sixth standard parallel; thence south along said range line, to where it intersects the south boundary line of the state of Kansas; thence west along said boundary line, to where it intersects the section line, three miles west of the east line of range thirty-nine west; thence north along said section line, to where it intersects the sixth standard parallel; thence east, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 65-6732 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 67 / Section 65-6732
65-6732 - Legislative declaration that life begins at fertilization.
Status: in_force

65-6732. Legislative declaration that life begins at fertilization. (a) The legislature hereby finds and declares the following:

(1) The life of each human being begins at fertilization;

(2) unborn children have interests in life, health and well-being that should be protected; and

(3) the parents of unborn children have protectable interests in the life, health and well-being of the unborn children of such parents.

(b) On and after July 1, 2013, the laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development, all the rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons, citizens and residents of this state, subject only to the constitution of the United States, and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States supreme court and specific provisions to the contrary in the Kansas constitution and the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.

(2) "Unborn children" or "unborn child" shall include all unborn children or the offspring of human beings from the moment of fertilization until birth at every stage of biological development.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a cause of action against a woman for indirectly harming her unborn child by failing to properly care for herself or by failing to follow any particular program of prenatal care.
K.S.A. § 72-3473 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 34 / Section 72-3473
72-3473 - Same; individualized education plan.
Status: in_force

72-3473. Same; individualized education plan. Instruction in Braille reading and writing shall be sufficient to enable each student to communicate effectively and efficiently at a level commensurate with such student's sighted peers of comparable grade level and intellect. The individualized education plan shall specify:

(a) How Braille will be implemented as the primary mode for learning through integration with normal classroom activities. If Braille will not be provided to a child who is blind, the reason for not incorporating it in the individualized education plan shall be documented therein;

(b) the date on which Braille instruction will commence;

(c) the level of competency in Braille reading and writing to be achieved by the end of the period covered by the individualized education plan; and

(d) the duration of each session.
K.S.A. § 90-19 — KS Code / Chapter 90 / Article 0 / Section 90-19
90-19 - Creation of territorial government.
Status: in_force

§ 19. Creation of territorial government. That all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, except such portions thereof as are hereinafter expressly exempted from the operations of this act, to wit, beginning at a point on the western boundary of the state of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of New Mexico; thence north on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight; thence following said boundary westward to the east boundary of the territory of Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward on said summit to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the state of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said state to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, created into a temporary government by the name of the territory of Kansas; and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission: Provided , That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States: Provided further , That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with an Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the territory of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the president of the United States to be included within the said territory of Kansas, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make if this act had never passed.
K.S.A. § 79-32,199 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,199
79-32,199 - Application of K.S.A. 79-32,194 through 79-32,198.
Status: in_force

79-32,199. Application of K.S.A. 79-32,194 through 79-32,198. The provisions of this act shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 1993.
K.S.A. § 44-611 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 6 / Section 44-611
44-611 - Powers in investigations.
Status: in_force

44-611. Powers in investigations. The secretary of labor shall have the power and authority to issue summons and subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and parties and to compel the production of the books, correspondence, files, records, and accounts of any industry, employment, utility or common carrier, or of any person, corporation, association or union of employees affected, and to make any and all investigations necessary to ascertain the truth in regard to the controversy. In case any person shall fail or refuse to obey any summons or subpoena issued by the secretary after due service then and in that event the secretary is hereby authorized and empowered to take proper proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel obedience to such summons or subpoena.
K.S.A. § 74-5501 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 55 / Section 74-5501
74-5501 - State council on developmental disabilities; establishment; membership.
Status: in_force

74-5501. State council on developmental disabilities; establishment; membership. (a) There is hereby established the state council on developmental disabilities which shall consist of not less than 18 members. The membership of the council shall at all times include representatives of the state entities that administer funds provided under federal laws related to individuals with disabilities, including the rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the individuals with disabilities education act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the older americans act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and titles V (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) and XIX of the social security act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and centers in the state, the state protection and advocacy system, local agencies, and nongovernmental agencies and private nonprofit groups concerned with services to persons with developmental disabilities. The council shall be appointed by the governor who shall make appropriate provisions for the rotation of membership on the council and shall on July 1 of each year designate one member to be chairperson for the following year.

(b) At least 60% of the membership of the state council shall consist of persons who are:

(1) Persons with developmental disabilities or parents or guardians of such persons; or

(2) Immediate relatives or guardians of persons with mentally impairing developmental disabilities and who are not (A) employees of a state agency which receives funds or provides services under the federal rehabilitation act, or (B) managing employees (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1320a-5 in effect on the effective date of this act) of any other entity which receives funds or provides services under the federal rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended.

(c) Of the members of the state council described in subsection (b):

(1) At least one-third shall be persons with developmental disabilities; and

(2) At least one-third shall be individuals described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), and at least one of such individuals shall be an immediate relative or guardian of an institutionalized person with a developmental disability, or shall be an individual with a developmental disability who resides or previously resided in an institution.
K.S.A. § 25-1442 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 14 / Section 25-1442
25-1442 - Contests involving state senators and members of house of representatives; district judge to hear contest; dismissals.
Status: in_force

25-1442. Contests involving state senators and members of house of representatives; district judge to hear contest; dismissals. In contests of election of state senators and members of the house of representatives of the state, notice of contest shall be filed and served as provided in K.S.A. 25-1437, 25-1438, 25-1439 and 25-1441, except that the clerk of the district court with whom the notice has been filed shall, within three days of receipt thereof, submit by restricted mail one copy thereof to the chief justice of the supreme court. Upon receipt of the notice of contest, the chief justice shall, within five days, submit to the parties a list of all the district judges in the judicial district or districts all or any part of which is located in the district of the legislative office being contested. If there be more than one name on the list the contestant and contestee shall within two days after receiving the list of judges meet together at a time and place designated by the chief justice and, under the supervision of the clerk of the supreme court, by alternating strikes commencing with the contestee remove the names of all judges until but one remains who shall then proceed to hear the contest pursuant to this act. The judge shall, within twenty (20) days after notice has been filed, convene a hearing at an appropriate place within the county, or, if the legislative district includes all or portions of more than one county then within one such county, and hear testimony of the parties, under the rules of evidence for civil actions. If the contestant does not proceed within the time provided for herein the action shall be dismissed and the judge shall transmit a copy of the order of dismissal to the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate, as appropriate.
K.S.A. § 75-4702 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 47 / Section 75-4702
75-4702 - Transfer of powers, duties and functions to the executive chief information technology officer.
Status: in_force

75-4702. Transfer of powers, duties and functions to the executive chief information technology officer. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing director of information systems and communications and division of information systems and communications are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the executive chief information technology officer, except as otherwise provided by this act.

(b) The executive chief information technology officer shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the director of information systems and communications and division of information systems and communications in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the executive chief information technology officer shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the director of information systems and communications and division of information systems and communications in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.

(c) Whenever the director of information systems and computing, the division of information systems and computing, the division of information systems and communications, or the director of information systems and communications, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the executive chief information technology officer.
K.S.A. § 40-272 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-272
40-272 - Same; proxies, consents or authorization concerning securities of domestic companies.
Status: in_force

40-272. Same; proxies, consents or authorization concerning securities of domestic companies. The commissioner of insurance shall have specific authority to prescribe rules and regulations regarding proxies, consents or authorizations in respect of securities issued by domestic insurance companies and such rules and regulations shall conform to those prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners.
K.S.A. § 84-3-310 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 3 / Section 84-3-310
84-3-310 - Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken.
Status: in_force

84-3-310. Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier's check or teller's check is taken for an obligation, the obligation is discharged to the same extent discharge would result if an amount of money equal to the amount of the instrument were taken in payment of the obligation. Discharge of the obligation does not affect any liability that the obligor may have as an endorser of the instrument.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed and except as provided in subsection (a), if a note or an uncertified check is taken for an obligation, the obligation is suspended to the same extent the obligation would be discharged if an amount of money equal to the amount of the instrument were taken, and the following rules apply:

(1) In the case of an uncertified check, suspension of the obligation continues until dishonor of the check or until it is paid or certified. Payment or certification of the check results in discharge of the obligation to the extent of the amount of the check.

(2) In the case of a note, suspension of the obligation continues until dishonor of the note or until it is paid. Payment of the note results in discharge of the obligation to the extent of the payment.

(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), if the check or note is dishonored and the obligee of the obligation for which the instrument was taken is the person entitled to enforce the instrument, the obligee may enforce either the instrument or the obligation. In the case of an instrument of a third person which is negotiated to the obligee by the obligor, discharge of the obligor on the instrument also discharges the obligation.

(4) If the person entitled to enforce the instrument taken for an obligation is a person other than the obligee, the obligee may not enforce the obligation to the extent the obligation is suspended. If the obligee is the person entitled to enforce the instrument but no longer has possession of it because it was lost, stolen or destroyed, the obligation may not be enforced to the extent of the amount payable on the instrument, and to that extent the obligee's rights against the obligor are limited to enforcement of the instrument.

(c) If an instrument other than one described in subsection (a) or (b) is taken for an obligation, the effect is (1) that stated in subsection (a) if the instrument is one on which a bank is liable as maker or acceptor, or (2) that stated in subsection (b) in any other case.
K.S.A. § 15-1201 — KS Code / Chapter 15 / Article 12 / Section 15-1201
15-1201 - When commission form applicable.
Status: in_force

15-1201. When commission form applicable. All cities of the third class which shall adopt the provisions of this act, by a majority vote of all electors voting at a special election called for that purpose as hereinafter provided, shall be governed by the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 75-5269 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5269
75-5269 - Failure of prisoner to remain within limits or to return within time prescribed, deemed aggravated escape.
Status: in_force

75-5269. Failure of prisoner to remain within limits or to return within time prescribed, deemed aggravated escape. The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the extended limits of such inmate's confinement or to return within the time prescribed to an institution or facility designated by the secretary shall be deemed an aggravated escape from custody as provided for in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-5911, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 74-8930 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 89 / Section 74-8930
74-8930 - Same; reimbursement of Wyandotte county; secretary of commerce certification of expenses.
Status: in_force

74-8930. Same; reimbursement of Wyandotte county; secretary of commerce certification of expenses. Within 120 days of the effective date of this act, developer of a project of state-wide as well as local importance shall reimburse the unified government of Wyandotte county for cash investment in the project as documented to and determined by the secretary of commerce.
K.S.A. § 16-1305 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 13 / Section 16-1305
16-1305 - Civil action; liabilities; costs.
Status: in_force

16-1305. Civil action; liabilities; costs. In the event that any supplier, after such supplier or the retailer terminates, cancels, fails to renew, or in fact substantially discontinues such contract, fails or refuses to make payment to such retailer as required by the provisions of K.S.A. 16-1303, and amendments thereto, such supplier shall be liable in a civil action to the retailer for the actual costs of the action, including attorney, paralegal and expert witness fees; for interest as provided in K.S.A. 16-1303, and amendments thereto; for 100% of the net cost of such machinery, plus transportation charges which have been paid by the retailer; and for 100% of the current net price of the repair parts, plus 5% for handling, packing and loading plus freight charges which have been paid by the retailer. In any such action, it shall be the burden of the supplier to establish that the terms of K.S.A. 16-1304, and amendments thereto, may apply to except any particular item of outdoor power equipment from the terms of K.S.A. 16-1303, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 17-1922 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 19 / Section 17-1922
17-1922 - Unconstitutional provisions not severable.
Status: in_force

17-1922. Unconstitutional provisions not severable. If any provision of this act*, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would not have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional provisions.