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K.S.A. § 75-753 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 7 / Section 75-753
75-753 - Reporting of complaints regarding Kansas open records act and Kansas open meetings act by county or district attorneys; duties of attorney general related thereto.
Status: in_force

75-753. Reporting of complaints regarding Kansas open records act and Kansas open meetings act by county or district attorneys; duties of attorney general related thereto. (a) On or before October 15, of each year, the county or district attorney of each county shall report to the attorney general all complaints received during the preceding fiscal year concerning violations of the open records act and open meetings act and the disposition of each complaint.

(b) The attorney general shall compile information received pursuant to subsection (a) with information relating to investigations of violations of the open records act and the open meetings act conducted by the office of the attorney general. The attorney general shall publish a yearly abstract of such information listing by name the public agencies which are the subject of such complaints or investigations.
K.S.A. § 48-243 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-243
48-243 - Faithful performance of duties required.
Status: in_force

48-243. Faithful performance of duties required. The commanding officer of a military organization ordered into active service shall faithfully perform the duties required and such officer shall not hinder or prevent the civil authorities in a faithful performance of their duties, nor shall any officer or enlisted person neglect or refuse to obey the lawful orders of the commanding officer issued in line of duty.
K.S.A. § 12-2812 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 28 / Section 12-2812
12-2812 - Investment of authority reserve or sinking funds.
Status: in_force

12-2812. Investment of authority reserve or sinking funds. The authority shall have power to invest and reinvest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds not required for immediate disbursement, in investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed therein or in bonds or notes of the United States, bonds of the state of Kansas or bonds of any county, unified school district or city of the first class in which said authority is operating a transportation system or in bonds or certificates of the authority at not to exceed their par value or their call price and to sell these securities whenever the funds are needed for disbursement. Such investment or reinvestment of any funds shall not be in conflict with any provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds or certificates of the authority.
K.S.A. § 44-1025 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 10 / Section 44-1025
44-1025 - Same; cooperation of commission with local agencies; agreements.
Status: in_force

44-1025. Same; cooperation of commission with local agencies; agreements. The commission may cooperate with local agencies charged with the administration of local fair housing ordinances and, with the consent of such agencies, utilize the services of such agencies and their employees and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may reimburse such agencies and their employees for services rendered to assist the commission in carrying out this act. In furtherance of such cooperative efforts, the commission may enter into written agreements with such local agencies. All such agreements and terminations thereof shall be made available to the public by the commission.
K.S.A. § 59-2803 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 28 / Section 59-2803
59-2803 - Court order; appointment; effect.
Status: in_force

59-2803. Court order; appointment; effect. If the court shall find that the applicant, recipient, or payee is unable to manage the assistance payments, or otherwise fails so to manage, to the extent that deprivation or hazard to himself or herself or others results, or, in case of aid to dependent children, the payment is not being used for the children, the court may thereupon enter an order embracing said findings and appointing some responsible person not an employee of the secretary for children and families, as personal representative of the applicant, recipient or payee for the purpose set forth herein. The appointment shall not have the effect of adjudication that the applicant, recipient or payee is an incapacitated person.
K.S.A. § 22-4508 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 45 / Section 22-4508
22-4508 - nvestigative, expert and other services; ex parte proceedings; compensation; claim, approval, payment.
Status: in_force

22-4508. I nvestigative, expert and other services; ex parte proceedings; compensation; claim, approval, payment. An attorney other than a public defender who acts as counsel for a defendant who is financially unable to obtain investigative, expert or other services necessary to an adequate defense in the defendant's case may request them in an ex parte application addressed to the district court where the action is pending. Upon finding, after appropriate inquiry in the ex parte proceeding, that the services are necessary and that the defendant is financially unable to obtain them, the district court shall authorize counsel to obtain the services on behalf of the defendant. The district court may, in the interests of justice, and upon a finding that timely procurement of necessary services could not await prior authorization, ratify such services after they have been obtained. Within the standards and guidelines adopted by the state board of indigents' defense services, the district court shall determine reasonable compensation for the services and approve payment to the organization or person who rendered them upon the filing of a certified claim for compensation supported by a written statement specifying the time expended, services rendered, expenses incurred on behalf of the defendant, and the compensation received in the same case or for the same services from any other source. Payment shall be made in the manner provided in K.S.A. 22-4507, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 79-2809 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 28 / Section 79-2809
79-2809 - Sale, redemption, conveyance, foreclosure and sale of real estate begun under prior statutes.
Status: in_force

79-2809. Sale, redemption, conveyance, foreclosure and sale of real estate begun under prior statutes. All tax foreclosure actions begun prior to the effective date of this act shall be completed in conformity with the laws in effect prior to such date, and in all cases where tax sale certificates are held by persons other than the county, the redemption and conveyance of lands governed thereby shall be governed by the law in force prior to the effective date of this act. In all other cases the provisions of this act shall govern, but no suit for the foreclosure of tax liens on lands first bid off by the county at the tax sale held in September, 1940, or any prior year, shall be filed until the expiration of four years from the date of the first sale from which said land has not been redeemed.
K.S.A. § 8-1591 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1591
8-1591 - Same; carrying articles.
Status: in_force

8-1591. Same; carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the driver from keeping at least one (1) hand upon the handlebars.
K.S.A. § 40-5108 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 51 / Section 40-5108
40-5108 - Insurance score models, filing required; trade secret.
Status: in_force

40-5108. Insurance score models, filing required; trade secret. (a) Each insurer that uses insurance scores to underwrite and rate risks shall file the procedure required by paragraph (b) of K.S.A. 40-5107, and amendments thereto, and such insurer's insurance scoring models or other insurance scoring processes with the insurance department. A third party may file with the insurance department such third party's scoring models or other scoring processes used on behalf of an insurer. Any filing that includes insurance scoring may include loss experience justifying the use of credit information.

(b) Except for the procedure required by paragraph (b) of K.S.A. 40-5107, and amendments thereto, any filing relating to insurance scoring models or other insurance scoring processes shall be considered to be a trade secret and confidential under the open records act.
K.S.A. § 83-205 — KS Code / Chapter 83 / Article 2 / Section 83-205
83-205 - Weights and measures inspection program; personnel; functions.
Status: in_force

83-205. Weights and measures inspection program; personnel; functions. (a) There is hereby established in the Kansas department of agriculture a weights and measures inspection program to enforce the provisions of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. The program shall be under the supervision of the secretary, and the secretary shall employ an administrator of the program and appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the proper administration of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The administrator shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act.

(b) The weights and measures inspection program shall perform the following functions:

(1) Assure that weights and measures in commercial service within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed, accurate and are so maintained by their owner or user;

(2) prevent unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold or purchased within this state;

(3) make available to all users of physical standards or weighing and measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the Kansas department of agriculture;

(4) promote uniformity, to the extent such conformance is practicable and desirable, between weights and measures requirements of this state and those of other states and federal agencies;

(5) encourage desirable economic growth while protecting the consumer through the adoption by rule and regulation of weights and measures requirements as necessary to assure equity among buyers and sellers; and

(6) such other functions as may be specified by law or deemed necessary by the secretary to carry out the duties and functions of chapter 83 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder.
K.S.A. § 50-6,148 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6,148
50-6,148 - Required disclosures to distributed energy retailers by electric public utilities.
Status: in_force

50-6,148. Required disclosures to distributed energy retailers by electric public utilities. (a) To allow a distributed energy retailer to provide informed and accurate information to a distributed energy customer pursuant to K.S.A. 50-6,147, and amendments thereto, upon request of any distributed energy retailer, a utility shall disclose all applications, rules, service standards, forms or other documents required for interconnection of a distributed energy system pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1,184 or 66-1263 et seq., and amendments thereto, or a net metering tariff that was voluntarily established by a utility, including the utility's historic amount of compensation per kilowatt hour for interconnected systems and the current compensation amount for such systems. Such historic amount of compensation shall be provided in a dollar amount and shown on a monthly or similar billing period basis for not less than the preceding five years.

(b) The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 40-966 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 9 / Section 40-966
40-966 - Premiums; account charged in accordance with act; rebates and other inducements prohibited.
Status: in_force

40-966. Premiums; account charged in accordance with act; rebates and other inducements prohibited. (a) No broker or producer shall knowingly charge, demand or receive a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the provisions of this act. No insurer or employee thereof and no broker or producer shall pay, allow, give, offer to pay, or allow to give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever, not specified in the policy of insurance, except to the extent provided for in an applicable filing or otherwise permitted by law. No insured named in a policy of insurance, or any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of premium, or any such special favor or valuable consideration or inducement. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the payment of commissions or other compensation to duly licensed agents and brokers, nor as prohibiting any insurer from allowing or returning to its participating policyholder, members or subscribers, dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits.

(b) As used in this section, "insurance" includes suretyship and "policy" includes bond.
K.S.A. § 84-8-511 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 8 / Section 84-8-511
84-8-511 - Priority among security interests and entitlement holders.
Status: in_force

84-8-511. Priority among security interests and entitlement holders. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), if a securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in a particular financial asset to satisfy both its obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements to that financial asset and its obligation to a creditor of the securities intermediary who has a security interest in that financial asset, the claims of entitlement holders, other than the creditor, have priority over the claim of the creditor.

(b) A claim of a creditor of a securities intermediary who has a security interest in a financial asset held by a securities intermediary has priority over claims of the securities intermediary's entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to that financial asset if the creditor has control over the financial asset.

(c) If a clearing corporation does not have sufficient financial assets to satisfy both its obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to a financial asset and its obligation to a creditor of the clearing corporation who has a security interest in that financial asset, the claim of the creditor has priority over the claims of entitlement holders.
K.S.A. § 65-4956 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 49 / Section 65-4956
65-4956 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

65-4956. Same; definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement among two or more health care providers for the sharing, allocation or referral of patients, personnel, instructional programs, support services and facilities, or medical, diagnostic or laboratory facilities or procedures or other services traditionally offered by health care providers.

(b) "Health care provider" means health care provider as defined under K.S.A. 65-4921 and amendments thereto; licensed pharmacist; or licensed optometrist.

(c) "Hospital" has the same meaning as defined under K.S.A. 65-425 and amendments thereto.

(d) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
K.S.A. § 74-2909 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 29 / Section 74-2909
74-2909 - Board of trustees authorized to contract with private entity for administration of sports hall of fame; acceptance of gifts.
Status: in_force

74-2909. Board of trustees authorized to contract with private entity for administration of sports hall of fame; acceptance of gifts. (a) The state of Kansas sports hall of fame board of trustees may contract with a private entity for the daily administration of the state of Kansas sports hall of fame in accordance with the terms and conditions of such contract. If a contract is entered into under this subsection, such contract shall provide that the private entity shall provide for an appropriate place for the display of any plaques, trophies, mementoes, awards, photographs and biographical material that may come into its possession which recognizes the achievements of the individual Kansans.

(b) The state of Kansas sports hall of fame board of trustees is further authorized to accept gifts, grants, bequests and gratuities to be used for the state of Kansas sports hall of fame and any such moneys shall be used for the purposes for which given, including the purchase of proper awards, display or exhibit cases and for such other purposes the state of Kansas sports hall of fame board of trustees shall deem proper.
K.S.A. § 44-1610 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 16 / Section 44-1610
44-1610 - Penalties for violation of act.
Status: in_force

44-1610. Penalties for violation of act. (a) It is a class B misdemeanor for an owner or operator of an amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity knowingly to operate, or cause or permit to be operated, any amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity without a valid permit issued by the secretary.

(b) A notice of violation may be issued by the department when an amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism acitivity is found to be out of compliance with the provisions of this act, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The notice of violation may include an order to cease and desist operation of the specific ride until all violations are satisfactorily corrected.

(c) Within 10 business days after a notice of violation has been issued, the person issued such notice may file a written request with the department for an informal conference regarding the notice. If the person issued the notice of violation does not request an informal conference within this time frame, all provisions of the notice shall become final. If the notice of violation is not resolved within the prescribed time frame, the department may seek judicial enforcement of the notice of violation, or an enforcement order may be issued.

(d) The secretary may impose a fine of not more than $1,000 for any violation of the provisions of this act, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. All fines received by the secretary pursuant to this section shall be remitted by the secretary 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 to the credit of the amusement ride safety fund.

(e) Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(f) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the Kansas administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 65-5414 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 54 / Section 65-5414
65-5414 - Representation as occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; prohibitions; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

65-5414. Representation as occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; prohibitions; misdemeanor. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this act as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or whose license has been suspended or revoked to use, in connection with such person's name or place of business, the words "occupational therapist," "licensed occupational therapist," "occupational therapist licensed," "occupational therapy assistant," "licensed occupational therapy assistant," or the letters, "O.T.," " L.O.T.," "O.T.L.," "O.T.A." or " L.O.T.A." or any other words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that such person is an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or who in any way, orally, in writing, in print or by sign, directly or by implication, represents oneself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant.

(b) Any violation of this section shall constitute a class C misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 58-319 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 3 / Section 58-319
58-319 - Return of instruments to mortgagor by register of deeds.
Status: in_force

58-319. Return of instruments to mortgagor by register of deeds. Whenever any chattel mortgage or other instrument of writing or indebtedness which may have been filed in the office of the register of deeds of any county shall have been satisfied or paid, it shall be the duty of the register of deeds, after making a proper entry of such satisfaction or payment in the record where the instrument is recorded, to return the original, or the copy, if such it be, to the mortgagor or person executing the same.
K.S.A. § 38-108 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1 / Section 38-108
38-108 - District court may confer rights of majority.
Status: in_force

38-108. District court may confer rights of majority. That the district courts for the several counties in this state shall have authority to confer upon minors the rights of majority, concerning contracts and real and personal property, and to authorize and empower minors to purchase, hold, possess and control in their own person and right, and without the intervention or control of a guardian or trustee, any goods, chattels, rights, interests in lands, tenements and effects by such minor lawfully acquired or inherited; and such minor shall have full power to hold, convey and dispose of the same, and to make contracts and be subject to all the liabilities incident thereto, sue and be sued, and in all respects to exercise and enjoy all rights of property and of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as persons at the age of majority.
K.S.A. § 19-2887 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 28 / Section 19-2887
19-2887 - Meetings; rules; records; quorum.
Status: in_force

19-2887. Meetings; rules; records; quorum. The county park board shall at a time and place to be designated by said board meet in regular session once in each month during the year, and in special session on the call of the chairman or at the request of any two (2) members on the board, for the transaction of any business, general or special, as often as the interest or business of the park district may demand. The call of the chairman or the request of two (2) members shall be in writing and signed by them and shall specify the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of meeting, and a copy thereof shall be served by the secretary, chairman or one (1) of the requesting members on each member of the board personally or by leaving such copy at his usual place of residence not less then forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting, and the person or persons serving the notices shall certify that such service was made before the secretary who shall record the call or request and the certificate or certificates in the minutes of the meeting: Provided, That members may file a waiver of notice of such special meeting with the secretary. The nature of the business to be transacted at any called meeting shall be governed by the matters and things set out in the call or request. The district board shall adopt rules of procedure for its meetings and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings, records and accounts of the board shall be public. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and a majority vote of the members present when there is a quorum shall decide any question.