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K.S.A. § 47-1727 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 17 / Section 47-1727
47-1727 - Injunctive relief to commissioner.
Status: in_force

47-1727. Injunctive relief to commissioner. Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, when it appears to the commissioner that any person is violating any provisions of the Kansas pet animal act, the commissioner may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction or other process against such person to enjoin, restrain or prevent such person from continuing operation in violation of the Kansas pet animal act without regard to whether administrative proceedings have been or may be instituted or whether criminal proceedings may be or have been instituted.
K.S.A. § 34-2,113 — KS Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-2,113
34-2,113 - Sample of commodity; procedure; powers of secretary.
Status: in_force

34-2,113. Sample of commodity; procedure; powers of secretary. (a) The secretary of agriculture or the authorized representative of the secretary may sample any commodity contained in a licensed warehouse whenever indications of quality problems with the potential of causing a loss of value are observed. Observations indicating the following may serve as the basis for the sample provided for by this section: (1) Odor consistent with spoiled or rotten grain; (2) insect damage; (3) distinct discoloration of the kernels; (4) insect webbing; (5) sprouting from the kernels; (6) crust on the top layer of the grain; or (7) any other evidence consistent with grain quality.

(b) If obtaining the sample requires the assistance of the warehouseman, that assistance shall be provided within a reasonable time of the request of the secretary or the secretary's authorized representative.

(c) Upon obtaining a sample, the secretary or the authorized representative of the secretary shall make the sample available to the warehouseman for review.

(d) If after examination of the sample or samples a quality problem is still suspected the secretary may:

(1) Order the warehouseman to have all commodities suspected of quality problems sampled and officially graded in a manner sufficient to accurately determine the nature and extent of the problem;

(2) arrange for the sampling and grading of the suspected commodities, if the warehouseman fails to do so within the time ordered by the secretary and assess the costs to the warehouseman; and

(3) order the warehouseman to take immediate management and handling steps in response to the quality problem.

(e) Any failure by a warehouseman to maintain grain quality, comply with any order of the secretary related to quality or to remit funds to cover sampling and grading costs shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of article 2 of chapter 34 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.

(f) The provisions of this section shall be part of and supplemental to article 2 of chapter 34 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 48-2204 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 22 / Section 48-2204
48-2204 - (KCMJ Art. 10) Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
Status: in_force

48-2204. (KCMJ Art. 10) Restraint of persons charged with offenses. Any person subject to this code charged with an offense under this code may be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require. When any person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform the person of the specific wrong of which the person is accused and to try the person or to dismiss the charges and release the person, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the governor.
K.S.A. § 72-1087 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 10 / Section 72-1087
72-1087 - Election requirements for change in method of election.
Status: in_force

72-1087. Election requirements for change in method of election. In the event that an election is to be called as determined in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-1085, or subsection (c) of K.S.A. 72-1086, in not less than forty-five (45) days and not more than sixty (60) days the county election officer shall make one publication notice calling such election, and stating the ballot title and proposition to be voted upon. Such notice shall be published not less than three (3) days prior to such election. Each ballot used in such election shall contain a ballot title giving a brief and clear description of the proposed change, specifying the existing and proposed method of election and voting plan. The ballot title shall be followed by the proposition which shall be stated as follows: "Shall a change in the method of election or voting plan or both, as described in the ballot title above, be approved?" When the results of any such election are determined by the county board of canvassers as provided by law, the county election officer shall promptly notify the state board and the school district board thereof.
K.S.A. § 60-233 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2 / Section 60-233
60-233 - Interrogatories to parties.
Status: in_force

60-233. Interrogatories to parties. (a) In general. (1) Availability; timing. A party may serve written interrogatories on the plaintiff after commencement of the action and on any other party with or after service of process on that party.

(2) Scope. An interrogatory may relate to any matter that may be inquired into under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-226, and amendments thereto. An interrogatory is not objectionable merely because it asks for an opinion or contention that relates to fact or the application of law to fact, but the court may order that the interrogatory need not be answered until designated discovery is complete, or until a pretrial conference or some other time.

(b) Answer and objection. (1) Responding party. The interrogatories must be answered:

(A) By the party to whom they are directed; or

(B) if that party is a public or private corporation, a partnership, an association, a governmental agency or other entity, by any officer or agent, who must furnish the information available to the party.

(2) Time to respond. The responding party must serve its answers and any objections within 30 days after being served with the interrogatories, except that a defendant may serve answers or objections within 45 days after being served with process. A shorter or longer time may be stipulated to under K.S.A. 60-229, and amendments thereto, or be ordered by the court.

(3) Answering each interrogatory. Each interrogatory must, to the extent it is not objected to, be answered separately and fully in writing under oath.

(4) Objections. The grounds for objecting to an interrogatory must be stated with specificity. Any ground not stated in a timely objection is waived unless the court, for good cause, excuses the failure.

(5) Signature. The person who makes the answers must sign them, and the attorney who objects must sign any objections.

(c) Use. An answer to an interrogatory may be used to the extent allowed by the rules of evidence.

(d) Option to produce business records. If the answer to an interrogatory may be determined by examining, auditing, compiling, abstracting or summarizing a party's business records, including electronically stored information, and if the burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer will be substantially the same for either party, the responding party may answer by:

(1) Specifying the records that must be reviewed, in sufficient detail to enable the interrogating party to locate and identify them as readily as the responding party could; and

(2) giving the interrogating party a reasonable opportunity to examine and audit the records and to make copies, compilations, abstracts or summaries.
K.S.A. § 34-241 — KS Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-241
34-241 - Transfer of grain between warehouses; form of receipt; procedure.
Status: in_force

34-241. Transfer of grain between warehouses; form of receipt; procedure. If grain is delivered for storage in any licensed public warehouse and the warehouseman's storage is limited, the public warehouseman may transfer grain for storage to another licensed public warehouse where storage is available. The owner of the grain may designate the receiving licensed public warehouse if a written contract to that effect has been entered into and agreed upon between the owner of the grain and the warehouseman prior to the deposit of the grain. Upon receipt of the grain by the receiving warehouseman, from the originating warehouseman, a negotiable warehouse receipt must be issued upon the demand of the owner of the grain. The warehouse receipt must be returned to the originating warehouseman, and the originating warehouseman shall deliver it to the owner upon payment of freight and all legal charges and upon the owner's surrender of any trust receipts which may have been issued by the originating warehouseman for such grain. If the grain is transferred to a receiving licensed warehouse designated by the owner of the grain, the warehouseman, in addition to his current posted public warehouse charges, may make an additional charge of one and one-half cents (1 1 / 2 ¢) per bushel for risk and shrinkage in transit and shall also assess the transportation and all legal charges against the owner of the grain.
K.S.A. § 8-2011 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 20 / Section 8-2011
8-2011 - Removal of traffic hazards on private property.
Status: in_force

8-2011. Removal of traffic hazards on private property. (a) It shall be the duty of the owner of real property to remove from such property any tree, plant, shrub or other obstruction, or part thereof, which, by obstructing the view of any driver, constitutes a traffic hazard.

(b) When the secretary of transportation or any local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that such a traffic hazard exists, the secretary or such local authority shall notify the owner and order that the hazard be removed within ten (10) days.

(c) The failure of the owner to remove such traffic hazard within ten (10) days shall constitute an offense punishable by a penalty of ten dollars ($10) and every day said owner shall fail to remove it shall be a separate and distinct offense.
K.S.A. § 65-7210 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 72 / Section 65-7210
65-7210 - Moneys received by board; disposition; healing arts fee fund.
Status: in_force

65-7210. Moneys received by board; disposition; healing arts fee fund. (a) The board shall remit all moneys received by or for it from fees, charges or penalties 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 healing arts fee fund. All expenditures from such 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 president of the board or by a person designated by the president of the board.

(b) The provisions of this section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2003.
K.S.A. § 58-2208 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-2208
58-2208 - Adverse possession; interest may be conveyed notwithstanding.
Status: in_force

58-2208. Adverse possession; interest may be conveyed notwithstanding. Any person claiming title to real estate may, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof, sell and convey his or her interest therein, in the same manner and with like effect as if he or she was in the actual possession thereof.
K.S.A. § 65-1734 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1734
65-1734 - Order of priority of persons authorized to dispose of decedent's remains; immunity of funeral directors, funeral establishments and crematories.
Status: in_force

65-1734. Order of priority of persons authorized to dispose of decedent's remains; immunity of funeral directors, funeral establishments and crematories. (a) The following persons, in order of priority stated, may order any lawful manner of final disposition of a decedent's remains including burial, cremation, entombment or anatomical donation:

(1) The agent for health care decisions established by a durable power of attorney for health care decisions pursuant to K.S.A. 58-625 et seq. , and amendments thereto, if such power of attorney conveys to the agent the authority to make decisions concerning disposition of the decedent's remains;

(2) the spouse of the decedent;

(3) the decedent's surviving adult children. If there is more than one adult child, any adult child who confirms in writing the notification of all other adult children, may direct the manner of disposition unless the funeral establishment or crematory authority receives written objection to the manner of disposition from another adult child;

(4) the decedent's surviving parents;

(5) the persons in the next degree of kinship under the laws of descent and distribution to inherit the estate of the decedent. If there is more than one person of the same degree, any person of that degree may direct the manner of disposition;

(6) a guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of such person's death;

(7) the personal representative of the decedent; or

(8) in the case of indigents or any other individuals whose final disposition is the responsibility of the state or county, the public official charged with arranging the final disposition pursuant to K.S.A. 22a-215, and amendments thereto.

(b) If the decedent died during active military service, as provided in 10 U.S.C. § 1481(a)(1) through (8), in any branch of the United States armed forces, United States reserve forces or national guard, the person authorized by the decedent to direct disposition pursuant to public law 109-163, § 564, as listed on the decedent's United States department of defense record of emergency data, DD form 93, or its successor form, shall take priority over all other persons described in subsection (a).

(c) A funeral director, funeral establishment or crematory shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for carrying out the otherwise lawful instructions of the person or persons under subsection (a) if the funeral director reasonably believes such person is entitled to control final disposition.
K.S.A. § 59-30,210 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,210
59-30,210 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Status: in_force

59-30,210. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act. This act modifies, limits or supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).
K.S.A. § 75-442 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 4 / Section 75-442
75-442 - Audits of prearranged funeral agreements and cemetery corporations, payment of expenses; fixed and charged by secretary of state.
Status: in_force

75-442. Audits of prearranged funeral agreements and cemetery corporations, payment of expenses; fixed and charged by secretary of state. Whenever the secretary of state audits any person, association, partnership, firm or corporation pursuant to K.S.A. 16-310 or 16-325 or K.S.A. 17-1312a, and amendments thereto, such person, association, partnership, firm or corporation shall pay the expenses thereof, which shall be assessed against it by the secretary of state on a per diem basis for days or parts thereof related to a field audit in an amount not to exceed $100 per diem.

The secretary of state shall determine the expenses of any audit and submit a bill to the person, association, partnership, firm or corporation audited. The bill shall constitute notice of such assessment and demand of payment thereof.
K.S.A. § 77-611 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 6 / Section 77-611
77-611 - Standing.
Status: in_force

77-611. Standing. The following persons have standing to obtain judicial review of final or nonfinal agency action:

(a) A person to whom the agency action is specifically directed;

(b) a person who was a party to the agency proceedings that led to the agency action;

(c) if the challenged agency action is a rule and regulation, a person subject to that rule; or

(d) a person eligible for standing under another provision of law.
K.S.A. § 58-4226 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 42 / Section 58-4226
58-4226 - Remittance and deposit of civil penalties and fees in state housing trust fund.
Status: in_force

58-4226. Remittance and deposit of civil penalties and fees in state housing trust fund. Any civil penalties or fees paid to the president or corporation pursuant to K.S.A. 58-4217 to 58-4225, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state housing trust fund.
K.S.A. § 15-119 — KS Code / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 15-119
15-119 - Same; notice of hearing required for certain officials.
Status: in_force

15-119. Same; notice of hearing required for certain officials. The county clerk shall, not less than 15 days before the hearing, send notices of the hearing with a copy of the petition, without the signatures, to the county clerk of any other county in which any part of the territory lies; to the clerk, secretary or chairperson of any duly constituted city, county, regional or metropolitan planning commission exercising planning authority over all or part of the territory; to the director of the division of community development of the department of economic development; and to the city clerk of any city, any portion of whose area is within five miles of the nearest boundary of the territory as described in the petition.
K.S.A. § 40-3309 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 33 / Section 40-3309
40-3309 - Rules, regulations and orders of commissioner; hearings.
Status: in_force

40-3309. Rules, regulations and orders of commissioner; hearings. The commissioner of insurance, upon notice and opportunity for all interested persons to be heard, may issue such rules and regulations and orders as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Hearings on orders, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 77-502, and amendments thereto, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 26-515 — KS Code / Chapter 26 / Article 5 / Section 26-515
26-515 - Same; proceedings pending prior to effective date of this act; invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

26-515. Same; proceedings pending prior to effective date of this act; invalidity of part. All proceedings or actions under any power of eminent domain pending at the time of the effective date of this act shall be completed in conformity with the laws in effect prior to such date.

If any part or parts of this act shall be held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this act if it had known that such part or parts thereof would be declared unconstitutional.
K.S.A. § 75-3515 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 35 / Section 75-3515
75-3515 - Real estate transactions of state agencies; definitions.
Status: in_force

75-3515. Real estate transactions of state agencies; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Real estate transaction" means to acquire real estate, or any right, title or interest therein, by purchase, grant, gift, devise, lease or otherwise or to sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of real estate, or any right, title or interest therein, but does not include the lease or rental of real estate, or any right, title or interest therein, for a term of five (5) years or less.

(b) "State agency" means any state office, officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority, which is authorized by law to engage in any real estate transaction for and in the name of the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 58-2532 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 25 / Section 58-2532
58-2532 - Terms of such contracts variant from approved rental agreements.
Status: in_force

58-2532. Terms of such contracts variant from approved rental agreements. The foregoing lease conditions and requirements are variant from the ordinary and generally used and approved rental agreements between landlord and tenant in the particulars above mentioned, are harsh, burdensome, oppressive and extortionate in their terms, and are entered into by necessitous persons only because of the scarcity of other rental lands. On account of the pledge of lien by the tenant to the landlord of the tenant's crops, teams, and all his or her other property the tenant is deprived of credit with merchants and banks for the purchase of the comforts and conveniences of ordinary farm life, his or her children deprived of educational advantages, and himself or herself and family kept impoverished in condition and estate.
K.S.A. § 65-3472 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-3472
65-3472 - Immunity; exceptions.
Status: in_force

65-3472. Immunity; exceptions. (a) Any person who renders assistance or advice concerning an emergency or accident involving threatened discharge of hazardous materials or the cleanup thereof shall not be liable for any civil damages for any acts or omissions at the scene of the emergency or accident in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials or cleanup thereof.

(b) The immunity provided in subsection (a) shall not apply to any person (1) whose act or omission caused in whole or in part such actual or threatening discharge and who would otherwise be liable therefor; or (2) who receives compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for services in rendering such assistance or advice.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence or from such person's reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.