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K.S.A. § 23-2404 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 24 / Section 23-2404
23-2404 - Same; areas with respect to which parties may contract; right of child to support not to be adversely affected.
Status: in_force

23-2404. Same; areas with respect to which parties may contract; right of child to support not to be adversely affected. (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to all of the following:

(1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either, or both, whenever and wherever acquired or located;

(2) the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of or otherwise manage and control property;

(3) the disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;

(4) the modification or elimination of spousal support;

(5) the making of a will, trust or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;

(6) the ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;

(7) the choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and

(8) any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.

(b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement.
K.S.A. § 66-531 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 5 / Section 66-531
66-531 - Title of act.
Status: in_force

66-531. Title of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "railroad leasing act."
K.S.A. § 25-2503 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 25 / Section 25-2503
25-2503 - Same; national, state, county, city, school and township elections; question submitted election.
Status: in_force

25-2503. Same; national, state, county, city, school and township elections; question submitted election. (a) "National election" means the election of members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate or members of the United States presidential electoral college.

(b) "State election" means the election of state officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the house of representatives and state senators, members of the state board of education, district judges, district magistrate judges and district attorneys.

(c) "County election" means the election of such county officers as are provided by law to be elected.

(d) "City election" means the election of such city officers as are provided by law to be elected.

(e) "School election" means the election of members of the governing body of a school district or a community college.

(f) "Township election" means the election of such township officers as are provided by law to be elected.

(g) "Question submitted election" means any election at which a special question is to be voted on by the electors of the state or a part of them.
K.S.A. § 8-1910 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 19 / Section 8-1910
8-1910 - Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when.
Status: in_force

8-1910. Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when. (a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with law.

(b) Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner, lessee or operator.

(c) Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 47-1305 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 13 / Section 47-1305
47-1305 - Penalty for violation of act.
Status: in_force

47-1305. Penalty for violation of act. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, city or official of any corporation or city, violating the provisions of this act or of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. Each day the provisions of this act or any rule and regulation made pursuant thereto is violated shall be a separate offense.
K.S.A. § 79-32,106 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,106
79-32,106 - Employers' and fiduciaries' liability for tax required to be withheld.
Status: in_force

79-32,106. Employers' and fiduciaries' liability for tax required to be withheld. (a) The employer shall be liable to the state for the payment of the amount required to be deducted and withheld under this act but shall not be otherwise liable for the amount of any such payments.

(b) If the employer is the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the return of the amount deducted and withheld upon any wages or payments other than wages may be made by any officer or employee of the United States or of such agency or instrumentality, as the case may be, having control of the payment of such wages or payments other than wages, or appropriately designated for that purpose. Such withholding shall, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 84c, be exempt from penalties otherwise provided by law for noncompliance with this act.

(c) In case a fiduciary, agent, or other person has the control, receipt, custody or disposal of, or pays the wages of an employee or group of employees, employed by one or more employers, the director, under rules and regulations of the secretary of revenue, is authorized to designate such fiduciary, agent, or other person to perform such acts as are required of employers under this act and as the director may specify. Except as may be otherwise prescribed by the director, all provisions of law (including penalties) applicable in respect of any employer shall be applicable to a fiduciary, agent, or other person so designated, but, except as so provided, the employer for whom such fiduciary, agent, or other persons acts shall remain subject to the provisions of law (including penalties) applicable in respect of employers.
K.S.A. § 19-724 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-724
19-724 - Exhumation of bodies; application.
Status: in_force

19-724. Exhumation of bodies; application. A district court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall have the power to order the exhumation of the body of a deceased person, and the removal of the same or any portion thereof for physical or chemical examination or analysis for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death. Such order may be made on the application of the county or district attorney, with such notice to the next of kin of the deceased person whose names and addresses are known to said county or district attorney and to any person having legal charge of said body, as the court may direct. The cost of such exhumation and examination or analysis shall be allowed and paid by the board of county commissioners from the county general fund.
K.S.A. § 72-26,110 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-26,110
72-26,110 - Same; teacher and other public school employee defined.
Status: in_force

72-26,110. Same; teacher and other public school employee defined. In construing this act, the word teacher shall include all members of the teaching staff regularly employed by the board of education of such city, which shall include superintendents, supervisors, and assistants to the superintendent of instruction, principals and teachers. Other public school employees shall include engineers, janitors, nurses, doctors, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, and librarians, and all other employees regularly employed by the board of education of such city.
K.S.A. § 80-401 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 4 / Section 80-401
80-401 - Duties of treasurer.
Status: in_force

80-401. Duties of treasurer. The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of all moneys belonging to the township, or which are by law required to be paid to him or her, and shall pay out and account for the same upon orders drawn upon him or her by the township trustee, and shall discharge such other duties as may be required of him or her by law.
K.S.A. § 23-2902 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 29 / Section 23-2902
23-2902 - Maintenance.
Status: in_force

23-2902. Maintenance. (a) A decree under K.S.A. 23-2711, and amendments thereto, may award to either party an allowance for future support denominated as maintenance, in an amount the court finds to be fair, just and equitable under all of the circumstances.

(b) Maintenance may be in a lump sum, in periodic payments, on a percentage of earnings or on any other basis.

(c) A decree under K.S.A. 23-2711, and amendments thereto, may make the future payments modifiable or terminable under circumstances prescribed in the decree.
K.S.A. § 65-1521 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 15 / Section 65-1521
65-1521 - Reinstatement of license after revocation.
Status: in_force

65-1521. Reinstatement of license after revocation. At any time after the expiration of one year, application may be made for reinstatement of any licensee whose license shall have been revoked, and such application shall be addressed to the secretary-treasurer of the board. The board may promulgate such rules and regulations concerning notice and hearing of such application as are deemed necessary.
K.S.A. § 12-1422 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 14 / Section 12-1422
12-1422 - Same; term of office; removal; vacancies.
Status: in_force

12-1422. Same; term of office; removal; vacancies. Said directors shall hold office, two for one year, two for two years and three for three years from the first day of February following their appointment, and annually thereafter the mayor shall, on or before the first day of February of each year, appoint directors to take the place of the retiring directors, who shall hold office for a term of three years and until their successors are appointed. The mayor may, by and with the consent of the governing body, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the board of directors occasioned by removal, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled in like manner as original appointments for unexpired terms.
K.S.A. § 75-5233 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5233
75-5233 - Contracting for transportation of inmates.
Status: in_force

75-5233. Contracting for transportation of inmates. (a) Except when another cost effective method of transportation is available, the secretary of corrections may contract with qualified individuals, partnerships or corporations for the purpose of transporting individuals in the secretary's custody, including the exchange of inmates with other states and the return of individuals who have violated the conditions of their parole or conditional release.

(b) The secretary of corrections shall require that any party desiring to enter into such a contract have adequate levels of liability insurance.

(c) The secretary of corrections shall require the contracting party to present evidence of training for its employees prior to transporting any individual.

(d) An individual engaged in transportation pursuant to a contract with the secretary of corrections shall have the authority of a person assisting a law enforcement officer as provided in K.S.A. 21-5227, and amendments thereto.

(e) The secretary of corrections shall adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
K.S.A. § 40-287 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-287
40-287 - Same; subrogation rights.
Status: in_force

40-287. Same; subrogation rights. The policy or endorsement affording the coverage specified in K.S.A. 40-284 may further provide that payment to any person of sums as damages under such coverage shall operate to subrogate the insurer to any cause of action in tort which such person may have against any other person or organization legally responsible for the bodily injury or death because of which such payment is made, and the insurer shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to the proceeds of any settlement or judgment that may thereafter result from the exercise of any rights of recovery of such person against any person or organization legally responsible for said bodily injury or death for which payment is made by the insurer. Such insurer may enforce such rights in its own name or in the name of the person to whom payment has been made, as their interest may appear, by proper action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
K.S.A. § 65-3425 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-3425
65-3425 - Plastic bottles and containers; labeling requirements; violations; penalties.
Status: in_force

65-3425. Plastic bottles and containers; labeling requirements; violations; penalties. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Code" means a molded, imprinted or raised symbol.

(2) "Person" means any individual, association, partnership, limited partnership, corporation or other entity.

(3) "Plastic" means any material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow.

(4) "Plastic bottle" means a plastic container which: (A) Has a neck that is smaller than the body of the container; (B) accepts a screw-type, snap-cap or other closure; and (C) has a capacity of 16 fluid ounces or more but less than five gallons.

(5) "Rigid plastic container" means any formed or molded container other than a bottle, intended for single use, composed predominantly of plastic resin and having a relatively inflexible finite shape or form with a capacity of eight ounces or more but less than five gallons.

(b) No person shall distribute, sell or offer for sale in this state any plastic bottle or rigid plastic container, unless it is labeled with a nationally recognized code indicating the plastic resin used to produce the bottle or container. The nationally recognized code shall appear on or near the bottom of the bottle or container.

(c) If the attorney general or county or district attorney has reason to believe that a person is violating the provisions of this section, the attorney general or county or district attorney shall give the person written notice thereof. If, after such notice is given, the attorney general or county or district attorney has reason to believe that the person is continuing to violate the provisions of this section, the attorney general or county or district attorney may bring an action to enjoin the violation and to recover a civil penalty of $50 for each violation but not exceeding a total of $500. Any such penalty recovered by the attorney general shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state general fund. Any such penalty recovered by the county or district attorney shall be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the violation occurred.
K.S.A. § 23-2102 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 21 / Section 23-2102
23-2102 - Construction of code.
Status: in_force

23-2102. Construction of code. The provisions of the Kansas family law code shall be construed to secure the just, speedy, inexpensive and equitable determination of issues in all domestic relations matters.
K.S.A. § 8-1529 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1529
8-1529 - Vehicle entering or crossing roadway.
Status: in_force

8-1529. Vehicle entering or crossing roadway. The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.
K.S.A. § 66-1,196 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,196
66-1,196 - Access to live operator required for certain calls.
Status: in_force

66-1,196. Access to live operator required for certain calls. (a) As used in this section, "telecommunications public utility" has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 66-1,187 and amendments thereto.

(b) Each telecommunications public utility shall ensure that a person initiating a live or mechanized operator-assisted call in this state may access a live operator at the beginning of all automated operator-assisted calls through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. The requirements of this section shall not apply to access codes or telephone calls that customers expect to be mechanized only. Each telecommunications public utility shall submit to the state corporation commission for review the method by which the utility will provide such access to a live operator.

(c) This section applies regardless of the methods by which the telecommunications utility provides the operator service.

(d) The requirements of this section shall not apply to telephone service from a jail or correctional institution or facility.
K.S.A. § 75-2558 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 25 / Section 75-2558
75-2558 - Grants-in-aid to libraries; limitations of expenditures from state aid funds; penalty.
Status: in_force

75-2558. Grants-in-aid to libraries; limitations of expenditures from state aid funds; penalty. State funds distributed to a local public library or a regional library as grants-in-aid shall not be expended for construction, repair or debt reduction, but state funds so received by a local public library or a regional library shall be expended or encumbered as authorized during the calendar year received even though not included in any budget of expenditures for such year. Funds expended in violation of this section may thereafter be withheld from later state grants-in-aid to the local public library or the regional library even though such withholding be made in a different fiscal year.
K.S.A. § 74-6707 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 67 / Section 74-6707
74-6707 - Same; executive director; offices; personnel.
Status: in_force

74-6707. Same; executive director; offices; personnel. The governor shall appoint an executive director of the commission and the commission shall designate the duties of the position. The office of the governor shall provide office space and such clerical and other personnel as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties prescribed by this act. All personnel serving the commission shall be in the classified service.
K.S.A. § 59-623 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 6 / Section 59-623
59-623 - Reference in will to statement to dispose of certain tangible personal property; admissibility.
Status: in_force

59-623. Reference in will to statement to dispose of certain tangible personal property; admissibility. A will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money, evidences of debt, documents of title, securities, and properties used in trade or business. To be admissible under this section as evidence of intended disposition, the writing either must be in the handwriting of the testator or be signed by the testator, and must describe the items with reasonable certainty. The writing may be referred to as one to be in existence at the time of the testator's death; it may be prepared before or after the execution of the will; and it may be altered by the testator after its preparation.
K.S.A. § 32-1436 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-1436
32-1436 - Liability of operator.
Status: in_force

32-1436. Liability of operator. Nothing in this act shall prevent or limit the liability of a registered agritourism operator if:

(a) The registered agritourism operator injures the participant by willful or wanton conduct; or

(b) the registered agritourism operator has actual knowledge of a dangerous condition in the land, facilities or equipment used in the registered agritourism activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in such activity and does not make such dangerous condition known to the participant and such dangerous condition causes the participant to sustain injuries.
K.S.A. § 39-744 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-744
39-744 - Transfer of powers, duties and functions.
Status: in_force

39-744. Transfer of powers, duties and functions. From and after January 1, 1974: (a) All the powers, duties and functions of the existing county social welfare boards and the existing county directors are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed, respectively, upon the secretary for children and families and the director of social services.

(b) The secretary for children and families and the director of social services shall be the successors in every way, respectively to the powers, duties and functions of the county social welfare boards and county directors 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 secretary for children and families or the director of social services, respectively, shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the county social welfare boards or county directors, respectively, in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.

(c) Whenever the county social welfare board, 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 secretary for children and families.

(d) Whenever the county director, 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 director of social services.
K.S.A. § 19-15,136 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 15 / Section 19-15,136
19-15,136 - Disposition of moneys received from sale of county farm or home property; use; budget law inapplicable.
Status: in_force

19-15,136. Disposition of moneys received from sale of county farm or home property; use; budget law inapplicable. Whenever the board of county commissioners of such county shall sell county home or farm property as provided in K.S.A. 19-15,135, all moneys received from the sale of such property shall be placed in a special building fund and shall be used for the construction, reconstruction or repair of county buildings or for the retirement of any outstanding indebtedness of the county incurred in paying the cost of constructing, reconstructing or repair of county buildings. Moneys in such fund shall not be subject to and may be used for the purposes herein authorized without regard to the limitations prescribed by the budget law.