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K.S.A. § 61-2706 — KS Code / Chapter 61 / Article 27 / Section 61-2706
61-2706 - Claims exceeding scope of the small claims jurisdiction of the court.
Status: in_force

61-2706. Claims exceeding scope of the small claims jurisdiction of the court. (a) Whenever a plaintiff demands judgment beyond the scope of the small claims jurisdiction of the court, the court shall:

(1) Dismiss the action without prejudice at the cost of the plaintiff;

(2) allow the plaintiff to amend the plaintiff's pleadings and service of process to bring the demand for judgment within the scope of the court's small claims jurisdiction and thereby waive the right to recover any excess, assessing the costs accrued to the plaintiff; or

(3) if the plaintiff's demand for judgment is within the scope of the court's general jurisdiction, allow the plaintiff to amend the plaintiff's pleadings and service of process so as to commence an action in such court in compliance with K.S.A. 61-1703, and amendments thereto, assessing the costs accrued to the plaintiff.

(b) Whenever a defendant asserts a claim beyond the scope of the court's small claims jurisdiction, but within the scope of the court's general jurisdiction, the court may determine the validity of defendant's entire claim. If the court refuses to determine the entirety of any such claim, the court must allow the defendant to make:

(1) No demand for judgment and reserve the right to pursue the defendant's entire claim in a court of competent jurisdiction;

(2) demand for judgment of that portion of the claim not exceeding $10,000, plus interest, costs and any damages awarded pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2610, and amendments thereto, and reserve the right to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for any amount in excess thereof; or

(3) demand for judgment of that portion of the claim not exceeding $10,000, plus interest, costs and any damages awarded pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2610, and amendments thereto, and waive the right to recover any excess.
K.S.A. § 72-4356 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 43 / Section 72-4356
72-4356 - Certification of substantial compliance.
Status: in_force

72-4356. Certification of substantial compliance. (a) (1) To qualify for the tax credit allowed by this act, the scholarship granting organization shall apply each tax year to the state board for a certification that the scholarship granting organization is in substantial compliance with the program based on information received in the annual audit and yearly report filed by the scholarship granting organization with the state board.

(2) The state board shall prescribe the form of the application, which shall include, but not be limited to, the information set forth in subsection (a)(1).

(b) If the state board determines that the requirements under this section were met by the scholarship granting organization, the state board shall issue a certificate of compliance to the director of taxation.

(c) The state board shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
K.S.A. § 40-1602 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 16 / Section 40-1602
40-1602 - Execution of contracts by attorney-in-fact.
Status: in_force

40-1602. Execution of contracts by attorney-in-fact. Reciprocal insurance contracts may be executed by an attorney-in-fact, duly authorized and acting for the subscribers of a reciprocal, and such attorney-in-fact may be a corporation. The office or offices of such attorney-in-fact may be maintained at such place or places as may be designated by the subscribers in the power of attorney.
K.S.A. § 21-5707 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 57 / Section 21-5707
21-5707 - Unlawful manufacture, distribution, cultivation or possession of controlled substances using a communication facility.
Status: in_force

21-5707. Unlawful manufacture, distribution, cultivation or possession of controlled substances using a communication facility. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally use any communication facility:

(1) In committing, causing, or facilitating the commission of any felony under K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto; or

(2) in any attempt to commit, any conspiracy to commit, or any criminal solicitation of any felony under K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto. Each separate use of a communication facility may be charged as a separate offense under this subsection.

(b) Violation of subsection (a) is a nondrug severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(c) As used in this section, "communication facility" means any and all public and private instrumentalities used or useful in the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures or sounds of all kinds and includes telephone, wire, radio, computer, computer networks, beepers, pagers and all other means of communication.
K.S.A. § 65-34,133 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-34,133
65-34,133 - UST redevelopment fund compensation advisory board.
Status: in_force

65-34,133. UST redevelopment fund compensation advisory board. (a) There is hereby established the UST redevelopment fund compensation advisory board composed of five members, including the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee, the director of the division of environment of the department or designee, two representatives from the petroleum industry, at least one of which shall be a petroleum marketer and one representative from the petroleum equipment installation industry. The governor shall appoint the appointive members of the board, and the members so appointed shall serve for terms of the duration of [the] UST redevelopment fund. The governor also shall designate a member of the board as its chair, to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall provide staff to support the activities of the board.

(b) Appointed members of the board attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof, when authorized by such board, shall receive the amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.

(c) The board shall provide advice and counsel and make recommendations to the secretary regarding disputes over the disbursement of moneys from the UST redevelopment fund.
K.S.A. § 72-1562 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-1562
72-1562 - U.S.D. 494 authorized to transfer certain land to Coolidge township.
Status: in_force

72-1562. U.S.D. 494 authorized to transfer certain land to Coolidge township. (a) The board of education of unified school district No. 494, Hamilton county, Kansas, is hereby authorized to transfer to Coolidge township of Hamilton county, Kansas, the following described parcels of land: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of block 9; all of block 10; lots 1 through 32 of block 16; lots 10 through 18 of block 41; all in St. Johns addition to the city of Coolidge, Hamilton county, Kansas, as shown by the recorded plat thereof.

(b) The transfer of land described in subsection (a), together with the buildings located thereon, may be made by the board of education to Coolidge township in consideration of $1 and no other consideration, and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by both parties. The transfer authorized by this act shall be made by quitclaim deed. The transaction authorized by this act shall require approval by majority vote of the members of the board of education and the members of the township board and shall require no other approval. To the extent that the provisions of K.S.A. 72-3216, and amendments thereto, or the provisions of K.S.A. 80-104, and amendments thereto, conflict with this act, this act shall control.
K.S.A. § 20-2207 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 22 / Section 20-2207
20-2207 - Publications fee fund; administration of fund; expenditures.
Status: in_force

20-2207. Publications fee fund; administration of fund; expenditures. (a) The judicial council may fix, charge and collect fees for sale and distribution of legal publications in order to recover direct and indirect costs incurred for preparation, publication and distribution of legal publications. The judicial council may request and accept gifts, grants and donations from any person, firm, association or corporation or from the federal government or any agency thereof for preparation, publication or distribution of legal publications.

(b) The publications fee fund of the judicial council that was established in the state treasury pursuant to appropriation acts is hereby continued in existence and shall be administered by the judicial council. Revenue from the fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state general fund. All moneys received as gifts, grants or donations for preparation, publication or distribution of legal publications shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the publications fee fund.

(c) Moneys deposited in the publications fee fund of the judicial council may be expended for operating expenditures related to preparation, publication and distribution of legal publications of the judicial council and for operating expenses that are not related to publication activities.

(d) All expenditures from the publications fee 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 chairperson of the judicial council or the chairperson's designee.
K.S.A. § 38-611 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 6 / Section 38-611
38-611 - Duties of inspector and county attorney.
Status: in_force

38-611. Duties of inspector and county attorney. That it shall be the duty of the state labor commissioner, and his deputies, to inspect the permits and lists hereinabove provided for, to examine children employed in factories, workshops, theaters, elevators, packing houses and mines, and the vocations mentioned in K.S.A. 38-601 and 38-602, as to their age and education, and to file complaints in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the county attorney of the proper county to appear and prosecute all complaints so filed.
K.S.A. § 80-201 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 2 / Section 80-201
80-201 - Filling of vacancies; term, oath and bond.
Status: in_force

80-201. Filling of vacancies; term, oath and bond. All township officers appointed to fill vacancies shall hold their office for the remainder of the unexpired term, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they shall take a like oath and give a like undertaking as is required to be given by officers elected.
K.S.A. § 24-627 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-627
24-627 - Scope of act.
Status: in_force

24-627. Scope of act. None of the provisions of this act shall be construed as repealing or in any wise modifying the provisions of any other act relating to the subject of draining, reclaiming, or protecting swamp, overflowed, or submerged lands. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any person or persons to divert the water of any river, creek, stream, canal, or ditch from its channel to the detriment of any person or persons having any interest in such river, creek, stream, canal, or ditch, or the waters therein, unless previous compensation be ascertained and paid therefor, under the laws of this state authorizing the taking of private property for public use.
K.S.A. § 32-817 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-817
32-817 - Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings.
Status: in_force

32-817. Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in K.S.A. 32-810 through 32-818, and amendments thereto, or by or against any officer of the state in such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of K.S.A. 32-810 through 32-818, and amendments thereto. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of any such state agency or any officer affected.

(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state shall abate by the taking effect of K.S.A. 32-810 through 32-818, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 38-529 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5 / Section 38-529
38-529 - Same; agreement for joint action by county commissioners; resolution; specifications for agreement; approval by attorney general.
Status: in_force

38-529. Same; agreement for joint action by county commissioners; resolution; specifications for agreement; approval by attorney general. Before the boards of county commissioners shall provide a detention home or juvenile farm as authorized by K.S.A. 38-528, said boards shall enter into an agreement for joint or co-operative action pursuant to the provisions of this act. Appropriate action by resolution by each of such boards of county commissioners shall be necessary before any such agreement may enter into force. Such agreement shall specify the following:

(a) Its duration.

(b) The precise organization, composition and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby together with the powers delegated thereto.

(c) Its purpose or purposes.

(d) The manner of financing the joint undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor.

(e) The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property upon such partial or complete termination.

(f) Any other necessary and proper matters.

In the event that the agreement does not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint undertaking, the agreement shall, in addition to items (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) listed above, contain the following: (1) Provision for an administrator or a joint board responsible for administering the joint undertaking; and in the case of a joint board, each county party to the agreement shall be represented; and (2) the manner of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property used in the joint undertaking.

Every agreement made hereunder shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the attorney general who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state. The attorney general shall approve any agreement submitted to him hereunder unless he shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and shall detail in writing addressed to the boards of county commissioners concerned the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure of the attorney general to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within ninety (90) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.
K.S.A. § 24-518 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 24-518
24-518 - Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund.
Status: in_force

24-518. Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund. A record shall be kept by the secretary of the board of directors of all bonds issued under this act, showing the date, number and amount thereof, and when the same become due, and it shall be the duty of the board of directors to annually levy and certify to the clerk of each county in which the drainage district is located a tax upon all of the lands and other real property in the county and within the drainage district sufficient in amount to pay the interest on all bonds, and after 10 years from the date of issue, and each year thereafter, to provide a levy sufficient for the redemption of maturing bonds. All special assessments for the redemption of bonds shall be levied against the property in proportion to the benefits derived from the improvements.
K.S.A. § 19-2621 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 26 / Section 19-2621
19-2621 - Unlawful connection with water mains.
Status: in_force

19-2621. Unlawful connection with water mains. That it shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any connection with the water mains or laterals of any such grantee, or to turn on or off, or in any manner interfere with any valve, stopcock or other appliance belonging to such grantee, without first procuring from such grantee written permit for the same to be done.
K.S.A. § 40-4703 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 47 / Section 40-4703
40-4703 - Same; health partnership; organization.
Status: in_force

40-4703. Same; health partnership; organization. (a) The health partnership selected by the health committee shall:

(1) Be a domestic not-for-profit corporation; and

(2) have a board of directors which includes among its members at least one director who is a small employer and at least one director who is an employee.

(3) No director shall have any interest in any business which sells health insurance or which provides or delivers any health care services.

(b) Operate the Kansas business health partnership.
K.S.A. § 75-5743 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 57 / Section 75-5743
75-5743 - Same; duty to submit information.
Status: in_force

75-5743. Same; duty to submit information. (a) All employers and labor organizations doing business in this state shall submit information concerning each new employee to the secretary of labor within 20 business days of the hiring, rehiring or return to work of the newly hired employee or within 20 business days from the date the newly hired employee first receives wages or other compensation from the employer. The information shall include the newly hired employee's name, address, social security number and the date services for remuneration were first performed by the newly hired employee and the employer's name, address, federal tax identification number and any other information as may be required by section 453A of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 653a.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "newly hired employee" means an employee who has not previously been employed by the employer, or was previously employed by the employer, but has been separated from such prior employment for at least 60 consecutive days.

(c) The Kansas department for children and families shall have access to such information to match the employee's social security number with title IV-D cases.
K.S.A. § 25-4407 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 44 / Section 25-4407
25-4407 - Acquisition of systems and poll books.
Status: in_force

25-4407. Acquisition of systems and poll books. (a) When a board of commissioners and county election officer have determined that such kind or make of electronic or electromechanical voting system or electronic poll book shall be used in a county, the board of county commissioners and the county election officer shall provide such number of units as shall be necessary to equip voting places for the use of voters.

(b) No tax shall be levied under this section, nor shall any moneys be paid from any fund under authority of this section for any contract to purchase, lease or rent any electronic or electromechanical voting system or equipment thereof or electronic poll books, if approval of such voting system or equipment or kind or make of electronic poll book has been rescinded by the secretary of state.

(c) The secretary of state may purchase, rent or lease voting equipment only for the purpose of providing such equipment to counties pursuant to the provisions of the help America vote act of 2002.
K.S.A. § 8-1346 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 8-1346
8-1346 - Same; nonuse not negligence per se.
Status: in_force

8-1346. Same; nonuse not negligence per se. Failure to employ a child passenger restraint system shall not constitute negligence per se .
K.S.A. § 23-3319 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 33 / Section 23-3319
23-3319 - Notice to parent by nonparent required, when.
Status: in_force

23-3319. Notice to parent by nonparent required, when. (a) (1) A nonparent who is entitled to visitation with a child under this act shall give written notice to the parent or person acting as a parent if the nonparent:

(A) Is subject to the registration requirements of the Kansas offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any comparable registration requirements of another jurisdiction;

(B) has been convicted of abuse of a child as described in K.S.A. 21-5602, and amendments thereto; or

(C) is residing with an individual who is known by the nonparent to be subject to the registration requirements or convicted as described in subparagraphs (A) or (B).

(2) The notice described in this subsection shall be sent by restricted mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the parent or person acting as a parent within 14 days following knowledge of an event described in paragraph (1).

(b) Failure to give notice as required in this section is an indirect civil contempt punishable as provided by law. The court may order the nonparent required to give notice to pay reasonable attorney fees and any other expenses incurred by the parent or person acting as a parent as a result of the failure to give notice.

(c) An event described in subsection (a)(1) may be considered a material change of circumstances that justifies modification of a prior order of visitation.
K.S.A. § 8-1507 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1507
8-1507 - Official traffic-control devices; required obedience; placement; presumptions.
Status: in_force

8-1507. Official traffic-control devices; required obedience; placement; presumptions. (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of this act, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this act.

(b) No provision of this act for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

(c) Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this act, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(d) Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this act and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this act, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
K.S.A. § 66-1276 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1276
66-1276 - Same; memorandum of understanding between state corporation commission and department of health and environment concerning administration of act.
Status: in_force

66-1276. Same; memorandum of understanding between state corporation commission and department of health and environment concerning administration of act. The commission and the department may enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning implementation of the requirements and responsibilities under the compressed air energy storage act.
K.S.A. § 79-1301 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 13 / Section 79-1301
79-1301 - Dogs as personalty; rights and restraints.
Status: in_force

79-1301. Dogs as personalty; rights and restraints. A dog shall be considered as personal property and have all the rights and privileges and be subject to like lawful restraints as other livestock.