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K.S.A. § 25-4607 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 46 / Section 25-4607
25-4607 - Ballots; printing and design.
Status: in_force

25-4607. Ballots; printing and design. The ballot information shall be in the order of arrangement provided for in article 6, chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated for official ballots. Such information may be printed on both sides of one ballot or on more than one ballot. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the use of multiple ballots when the information for any election exceeds the capacity of a single ballot. Voting squares or ovals may be placed before or after the names of candidates and statements of questions or on a separate paper corresponding to the ballot upon which the names of candidates and statements of questions appear. Voting squares or ovals shall be of such size as is compatible with the system used. Ballots shall be printed on paper and with ink compatible with the system used and the information printed in as plain clear type and size as the ballot spaces permit. On each ballot shall be printed a box, which shall be placed on the ballot in such a manner so as not to interfere with the scanning of the ballot. Such box shall be provided to allow for the insertion of a unique mark designated by the county election officer to verify the authenticity of the ballot.
K.S.A. § 59-1611 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 16 / Section 59-1611
59-1611 - Article not retroactive.
Status: in_force

59-1611. Article not retroactive. This article shall apply only to trusts the administration of which shall begin after the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 48-3303 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 33 / Section 48-3303
48-3303 - Expenditure of state moneys; receipt of other moneys; patrol part of adjutant general's office for budget and personnel and other state administrative processes; form of appropriation.
Status: in_force

48-3303. Expenditure of state moneys; receipt of other moneys; patrol part of adjutant general's office for budget and personnel and other state administrative processes; form of appropriation. (a) The Kansas department of civil air patrol may expend moneys appropriated from the state general fund for the department to purchase and maintain communications systems, to pay the maintenance and insurance costs of aircraft and vehicles owned by the department, to pay necessary operations and administrative expenses incurred in support of the functions specified in K.S.A. 48-3302, and amendments thereto, and to pay salaries of necessary secretarial or administrative support personnel, in accordance with appropriation acts. For the purpose of preparation of the governor's budget report, personnel actions and other actions in the state administrative process, the Kansas department of civil air patrol shall be considered part of the adjutant general's office. Vehicles of the civil air patrol shall be considered federal assets.

(b) Moneys appropriated from the state general fund to the adjutant general's office for the civil air patrol shall be appropriated as a separate line item and shall not be merged with other items of appropriation for the adjutant general. Such moneys shall not be expended to procure or replace equipment which is otherwise obtainable through grants or contributions from any other source nor shall moneys appropriated from the state general fund to the adjutant general's office for the civil air patrol be expended for uniforms or personal equipment of any volunteer member of the department, or for the purchase of aircraft or motor vehicles, or for payment of any salaries other than salaries of necessary secretarial or administrative support personnel.

(c) The head of the department for and on behalf of the department may request of and accept from individuals, the United States government or any of its departments or agencies or any other public or private body, grants or contributions of moneys or property which the head of the department may authorize to be used for or in aid of any of the purposes of this act. All moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted 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 civil air patrol grants and contributions fund.

(d) All expenditures of moneys from the civil air patrol grants and contribution fund shall be made in accordance with appropriations acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the head of the department.
K.S.A. § 4-3,861 — KS Code / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 4-3,861
4-3,861 - Same; basis of reapportionment.
Status: in_force

4-3,861. Same; basis of reapportionment. (a) As used in K.S.A. 4-3,864 through 4-3,988, and amendments thereto, "voting district," "tract," "block group" or "block" means, respectively, a voting district (VTD), tract, block group or block identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps.

(b) Voting districts, tracts, block groups and blocks are referred to in K.S.A. 4-3,864 through 4-3,988, and amendments thereto, by the alphanumeric code by which they are identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps and data lists.

(c) The boundaries of counties, voting districts, tracts, block groups and blocks referred to in K.S.A. 4-3,864 through 4-3,988, and amendments thereto, are those boundaries as they exist and are identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps.
K.S.A. § 45-313 — KS Code / Chapter 45 / Article 3 / Section 45-313
45-313 - Printing of session laws.
Status: in_force

45-313. Printing of session laws. Paper-bound copies of the laws passed at each legislative session shall be printed in such quantity as the secretary of state determines sufficient.
K.S.A. § 19-226 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 19-226
19-226 - Record of orders.
Status: in_force

19-226. Record of orders. The board of county commissioners, at their July session of each year, or oftener if they deem it necessary, shall carefully examine the county orders returned by the county treasurer, by comparing each order with the record of orders in the clerk's office. They shall cause to be entered on said record, opposite to the entry of each order issued, the date when the same was canceled. They shall also make a list of the orders so canceled, specifying the number, date, amount, and the person to whom the same was payable, and enter the same on the journal of the board.
K.S.A. § 40-2,108 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,108
40-2,108 - Same; rules and regulations by commissioner.
Status: in_force

40-2,108. Same; rules and regulations by commissioner. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Violations of this act shall be violations of the unfair trade practices act, K.S.A. 40-2407 and 40-2411. This act shall not apply if the commissioner determines nonrenewal or policy limitation is necessary to preserve insurance company solvency or protect policyholders interests.
K.S.A. § 75-52,136 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-52,136
75-52,136 - Lease of land under secretary's control for production of oil, gas or other minerals.
Status: reserved

75-52,136. Lease of land under secretary's control for production of oil, gas or other minerals. (a) The secretary of corrections is hereby authorized to lease any of the lands under the secretary's control, the title of which is vested in the state of Kansas for the production of oil, gas or other minerals which the secretary may deem valuable for that purpose. All such leases shall be on such terms and conditions as the secretary may prescribe, except that such leases shall not be for a period of more than five years, and so long thereafter as oil, gas or other minerals are produced in paying quantities thereon.

(b) Before entering into any lease pursuant to this section, the secretary of corrections shall give not less than 30 days' public notice, by publication in the Kansas register, of the secretary's intention to enter such lease. Any such lease shall be awarded in accordance with the competitive bid laws of this state. The right to reject any and all bids for leases shall be reserved by the secretary of corrections. Any lease under the provisions of this act shall be executed by the secretary of corrections, shall contain a recital of all proceedings in compliance with this section and shall be approved as to form by the attorney general.

(c) The lessee under any lease pursuant to this section shall be liable in damages to any surface lessee and to the state for any and all injury, damage or loss, caused by any act or omission of the lessee, to any property of the surface lessee or to any property of the state located upon or used in connection with such lands.

(d) No lease pursuant to this section, nor the uses or occupancy thereunder, shall interfere materially with the purposes for which the lands were granted to the state of Kansas.

(e) All proceeds of any lease pursuant to this section shall be remitted 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 state general fund.
K.S.A. § 18-117 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-117
18-117 - Comanche.
Status: in_force

18-117. Comanche. The county of Comanche is bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the west line of range twenty west with the north line of township thirty-one; thence south along range line, to its intersection with the south boundary line of the state of Kansas; thence east along the said boundary line of the state of Kansas, to a point where it is intersected by the west line of range fifteen west; thence north along range line, to where it intersects the north line of township thirty-one; thence west, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 48-269 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-269
48-269 - Death benefits; computation; beneficiaries.
Status: in_force

48-269. Death benefits; computation; beneficiaries. Whenever a member is entitled to death benefits under this act:

(a) The member's estate shall be paid an amount equal to:

(1) Any reimbursement due the deceased under this act;

(2) the accrued pay and allowances of the deceased; and

(3) the amount of actual funeral expenses of the deceased not to exceed $3,500.

(b) The member's surviving spouse shall be paid a monthly compensation equal to $850 plus 12.5% of the monthly basic pay that the deceased member would be entitled to under K.S.A. 48-225, and amendments thereto, if such member were called to active duty by the governor at the time entitlement under this act accrued, until the surviving spouse dies or remarries.

(c) If a member's surviving spouse remarries, the surviving child or children under 18 years of age, or under 21 years of age and unmarried and still in school, shall be entitled to compensation as follows:

(1) One such child — $545 per month.

(2) Two such children — $390 per month to each child.

(3) Three such children — $340 per month to each child.

(4) More than three such children — to each child per month an amount determined by dividing the sum of $1,020, plus the product of $198 times the number of such children in excess of three, by the total number of children entitled to compensation.

(d) If a member is not married but is survived by a child or children, such children under 18 years of age, or under 21 years of age and unmarried and still in school, shall be entitled to compensation as specified in subsection (c).

(e) The children entitled to compensation under subsection (c) or (d) shall be the member's surviving children who meet the prescribed conditions on the first day of each calendar month. Compensation payable under subsection (c) or (d) shall be paid to the children or guardian as determined by the military disability board.

(f) If a member is survived by a child or children, such child or children during the period such child is under 22 years of age and is unmarried shall be entitled to attend any postsecondary educational institution as defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto, operated by the state or any county, city, school district or other political subdivision without being required to pay tuition or admission fees of any kind if such child is otherwise eligible to enroll in such institution and during the period such child is in good standing.
K.S.A. § 32-889 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-889
32-889 - Same; property tax exemption; payments in lieu of taxes; disposition.
Status: in_force

32-889. Same; property tax exemption; payments in lieu of taxes; disposition. All improvements of the selected state park site shall be exempt from ad valorem property tax but the owner or owners of the improvements shall be required to make a contract or contracts for payment of service charges in lieu of the ad valorem property tax in an amount equal to the value of the improvements as assessed by the county appraiser under the then existing tax process times 100 mills. All in lieu of moneys received will be divided equally between the county of location and the parks fee fund, established under K.S.A. 32-991, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 2-3008 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 30 / Section 2-3008
2-3008 - Assessments; collection; deposit in commission account; security for accounts.
Status: in_force

2-3008. Assessments; collection; deposit in commission account; security for accounts. (a) The assessment imposed pursuant to this act shall on or before the 20 th d ay of the calendar month following the date of settlement be paid by the purchaser to the secretary. The secretary shall issue a receipt to the purchaser for such assessment. The secretary shall deposit all moneys received in payment of such assessment in a bank account established in the name of the commission in accordance with the provisions of this act.

(b) Each bank account used in operating and conducting the commission's duties shall be secured by a pledge of securities in the manner prescribed for state bank accounts as provided under K.S.A. 75-4218, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 72-1140 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1140
72-1140 - Expenses of board of education members.
Status: in_force

72-1140. Expenses of board of education members. Board members shall be paid their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
K.S.A. § 59-1406 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 14 / Section 59-1406
59-1406 - Specifically bequeathed property.
Status: in_force

59-1406. Specifically bequeathed property. Property specifically bequeathed may be delivered to the legatee entitled thereto upon his or her giving security for the redelivery thereof, or its appraised value, if ordered by the court so to do, to the executor or administrator; otherwise it shall remain in the custody of the executor or administrator, to be delivered or sold as may be required by law.
K.S.A. § 65-213 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2 / Section 65-213
65-213 - Mental health clinic in certain counties; board of trustees, appointment, qualifications, terms.
Status: in_force

65-213. Mental health clinic in certain counties; board of trustees, appointment, qualifications, terms. (a) In all counties having a population of more than 20,000 and less than 22,000, and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than $40,000,000, wherein there has been established a county hospital, the board of county commissioners of such county may, by resolution, provide for the establishment of a mental health clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, which mental health clinic, when so established, shall be operated by and subject to the jurisdiction of a board of trustees.

(b) The board of trustees shall consist of five citizens who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners with reference to their fitness for such office, all residents of the county, not more than three members shall be residents of the city in which the hospital is located. In addition, the board of trustees shall include consumers of mental health services or representatives of mental health consumer groups and shall include family members of mentally ill persons.

(c) The members shall be appointed initially to hold their office as follows, three for four years and two for two years, and, thereafter, each subsequent two years, the board of county commissioners shall appoint, for four-year terms, successors to such members whose terms have expired.
K.S.A. § 40-111 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-111
40-111 - Seal of commissioner of insurance.
Status: in_force

40-111. Seal of commissioner of insurance. The seal of the commissioner of insurance shall be one inch and three-fourths in diameter, surrounded by the words "Commissioner of Insurance of Kansas," with such device as the governor and the commissioner of insurance may prescribe, an impression of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state; and every certificate, assignment or authority executed by the commissioner of insurance in pursuance of any authority conferred by law, and sealed with his seal of office, shall be received as evidence, and may be recorded in the proper recording offices in the same manner and with like effect as a deed regularly acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments; and copies of any paper or record in the office of the commissioner of insurance, certified by him, and authenticated by his seal, shall in all cases be evidence equally and in like manner as the original.
K.S.A. § 74-32,282 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,282
74-32,282 - Establishment and administration of program; rules and regulations; duties of state board of regents; reports.
Status: in_force

74-32,282. Establishment and administration of program; rules and regulations; duties of state board of regents; reports. (a) There is hereby established the Kansas adult learner grant program. The state board of regents shall administer the program.

(b) On or before March 1, 2024, the state board of regents shall adopt rules and regulations to implement and administer the Kansas adult learner grant program. Such rules and regulations shall establish:

(1) Grant application and renewal forms and deadlines;

(2) appeal procedures for denial or revocation of a Kansas adult learner grant;

(3) the terms, conditions and requirements for the Kansas adult learner grant consistent with the provisions of this act; and

(4) procedures for requesting and approving medical, military and personal absences from an eligible postsecondary educational institution while a Kansas adult learner grant recipient is receiving such grant.

(c) The state board of regents shall:

(1) Identify the adult learner grant eligible programs offered by each eligible postsecondary educational institution that are:

(A) In any of the following fields of study:

(i) Information technology and security;

(ii) healthcare and nursing;

(iii) science, engineering, aerospace and advanced manufacturing;

(iv) education, early childhood education and development;

(v) business, accounting and data analytics; or

(B) designated by the eligible postsecondary educational institution pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,283, and amendments thereto;

(2) work with community partners, such as community foundations, school districts, postsecondary educational institutions, Kansas business and industry and Kansas economic development organizations to publicize Kansas adult learner grants, including, but not limited to, publicizing eligible postsecondary educational institutions, approved grant-eligible educational programs and application and renewal procedures and deadlines;

(3) disburse funds to each eligible postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of awarding Kansas adult learner grants;

(4) request information from eligible postsecondary educational institutions necessary for the administration of this act; and

(5) beginning January 1, 2025, annually evaluate the Kansas adult learner grant program and prepare and submit a report to the senate standing committee on education and committee on commerce and the house of representatives standing committee on education and committee on commerce, labor and economic development.
K.S.A. § 29-103 — KS Code / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 29-103
29-103 - Fences composed of posts and wires.
Status: in_force

29-103. Fences composed of posts and wires. In fences composed of posts and wires, the posts shall be of ordinary size for fencing purposes, and set in the ground at least two feet deep and not more than twelve feet apart, with holes through the posts or staples on the side not more than fifteen inches apart, to admit four separate strands of fence wire not smaller than No. 9, and shall be provided with rollers and levers, at suitable distances, to strain and hold the wire straight and firm.
K.S.A. § 58-2253 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-2253
58-2253 - Action to set aside defective assignment or releases of trust deeds or to foreclose; time limit.
Status: in_force

58-2253. Action to set aside defective assignment or releases of trust deeds or to foreclose; time limit. Any holder or assignee of any trust deed of the character mentioned in the preceding section, or any holder or assignee of the note secured by such trust deed, and assignment or release of which executed by the trustee only has been on record in the county where the land is situated for more than ten (10) years prior to the taking effect of this act and more than ten (10) years have elapsed since the time the indebtedness secured by such trust deed became due and payable, shall have six (6) months from the taking effect of this act in which to commence an action to set aside such assignment or release or to foreclose such trust deed, and if such action shall not be commenced within said period of six (6) months then such holder or assignee of said trust deed and the holder or assignee of the note secured thereby shall forever be barred from bringing any action to set aside such assignment or release or to foreclose such trust deed.
K.S.A. § 12-16,134 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16,134
12-16,134 - Knives and knife making components; regulation by municipality, limitations.
Status: in_force

12-16,134. Knives and knife making components; regulation by municipality, limitations. (a) A municipality shall not enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution, regulation or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing, registration or use of a knife or knife making components.

(b) A municipality shall not enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the manufacture of a knife that is more restrictive than any such ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the manufacture of any other commercial goods.

(c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by either subsection (a) or (b) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2014, shall be null and void.

(d) No action shall be commenced or prosecuted against any individual for a violation of any ordinance, resolution or regulation that is prohibited by either subsection (a) or (b) and which was adopted prior to July 1, 2014, if such violation occurred on or after July 1, 2013.

(e) As used in this section:

(1) "Knife" means a cutting instrument and includes a sharpened or pointed blade.

(2) "Municipality" has the same meaning as defined in K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto, but shall not include unified school districts, jails, as defined in K.S.A. 38-2302, and amendments thereto, or juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in K.S.A. 38-2302, and amendments thereto.