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K.S.A. § 66-1,236 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,236
66-1,236 - Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date.
Status: in_force

66-1,236. Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date. (a) If upon such hearing and investigation the rates, joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rules, regulations, classifications or schedules of any miscellaneous public utility governed by this act are found unjust, unreasonable, unfair, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or in any way in violation of this act, or of any of the laws of the state of Kansas, the commission shall have the power to fix and establish, and order substituted therefor, such rates, joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rules, regulations, classifications or schedules as it shall determine to be just, reasonable and necessary. If it is found that any regulation, practice or act, relating to any service performed or to be performed by such miscellaneous public utility for the public is in any respect unreasonable, unjust, unfair, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or otherwise in violation of this act or of any of the laws of the state of Kansas, the commission may substitute therefor such other regulations, practice, service or act as it determines to be just, reasonable and necessary. For the purposes of determining just and reasonable rates, joint rates, tolls and charges, the commission may adopt a policy of disallowing a percentage, not to exceed 50%, of utility dues, donations and contributions to charitable, civic and social organizations and entities, in addition to disallowing specific dues, donations and contributions which are found unreasonable or inappropriate.

(b) All orders and decisions of the commission whereby any rates, joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rules, regulations, classifications, schedules, practice or acts relating to any service performed or to be performed by any miscellaneous public utility for the public are altered, changed, modified, fixed or established shall be reduced to writing, and a copy thereof, duly certified, shall be served on the miscellaneous public utility affected thereby. Such order and decision shall become operative and effective within 30 days after such service. Such miscellaneous public utility, unless an action is commenced in a court of proper jurisdiction to set aside the findings, orders and decisions of the commission, or to review and correct the same, shall carry the provisions of such order into effect.
K.S.A. § 75-4618 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 46 / Section 75-4618
75-4618 - Average fuel economy standards for state-owned vehicles; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

75-4618. Average fuel economy standards for state-owned vehicles; rules and regulations. Within 18 months after the effective date of this act, the secretary of administration shall adopt rules and regulations that require that the average fuel economy standard for state-owned motor vehicles purchased during fiscal year 2011 shall not be less than 10% higher than the average fuel economy standard of state-owned motor vehicles purchased during fiscal year 2008, if such higher average fuel economy standards are life-cycle cost effective for such motor vehicles purchased during fiscal year 2011. The head of each state agency shall provide information to and cooperate with the secretary of administration for the purposes of implementing and administering this section and the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of administration.
K.S.A. § 60-484 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 60-484
60-484 - Costs and attorney fees.
Status: in_force

60-484. Costs and attorney fees. If the court finds that the party seeking to compel disclosure had no reasonable basis to request such disclosure, the court may assess costs and attorney fees against the party seeking to compel disclosure. If the court finds that the party claiming the privilege had no reasonable basis to claim such privilege, the court may assess costs and attorney fees against the party claiming the privilege. If an application for attorney fees is made, the judge shall set forth the reasons for awarding or denying such costs or fees.
K.S.A. § 74-2429 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 24 / Section 74-2429
74-2429 - Motor fuels tax law administration by director of taxation.
Status: in_force

74-2429. Motor fuels tax law administration by director of taxation. The director of taxation shall administer the law with reference to the inspections, collections and payment of tax upon gasoline and motor fuel.
K.S.A. § 40-516 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 5 / Section 40-516
40-516 - Same; act supplemental to insurance code; severability.
Status: in_force

40-516. Same; act supplemental to insurance code; severability. (a) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to enlarge the charter powers of any insurance company except in conformity with the provisions of the proposed articles of incorporation of the merged or consolidated company as provided in this act, nor to authorize any insurance company to do any kind of insurance business not authorized by its charter or articles of incorporation, nor to authorize any insurance company to do any kind of insurance business in this state not authorized by its license or certificate of authority to do business in this state.

(b) This act shall be part of and supplemental to the insurance code of the state of Kansas.

(c) If any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this act and the application of such provision to persons and circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
K.S.A. § 8-1348 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 8-1348
8-1348 - Driving motor vehicle upon or across real or personal property of another, intentionally damaging same, unlawful; civil liability; suspension of registration.
Status: in_force

8-1348. Driving motor vehicle upon or across real or personal property of another, intentionally damaging same, unlawful; civil liability; suspension of registration. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon, across or onto the lawn, sidewalk, yard, farmland, crops or fences or other real or personal property of another person, intentionally damaging the same. The owner of any lawn, sidewalk, yard, farmland, crops or fences or other real or personal property so damaged may bring an action in the district court against the owner of the motor vehicle causing such damage for the amount thereof. It shall be a defense to such action if the owner of the vehicle proves that it had been stolen at the time of the damage.

In addition to awarding damages in any such action, the court may direct the suspension of the registration of such motor vehicle for not to exceed six months, and upon notice to the division of vehicles by such court, such registration shall be so suspended.
K.S.A. § 58-2571 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 25 / Section 58-2571
58-2571 - Tenant's refusal to allow lawful access; remedies; landlord's unlawful or unreasonable entry; remedies.
Status: in_force

58-2571. Tenant's refusal to allow lawful access; remedies; landlord's unlawful or unreasonable entry; remedies. (a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access to the dwelling unit, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access, or may terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the landlord may recover actual damages.

(b) If the landlord makes an unlawful entry, or a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner, or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct, or may terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the tenant may recover actual damages.
K.S.A. § 40-3639 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 36 / Section 40-3639
40-3639 - Same; denial of claims; objections to denial; claims secured by the undertaking of another, rights to prove and file.
Status: in_force

40-3639. Same; denial of claims; objections to denial; claims secured by the undertaking of another, rights to prove and file. (a) When a claim is denied in whole or in part by the liquidator, written notice of the determination shall be given to the claimant or the claimant's attorney by first-class mail at the address shown in the proof of claim. Within 60 days from the mailing of the notice, the claimant may file objections with the liquidator. If no such filing is made, the claimant may not further object to the determination.

(b) Whenever objections are filed with the liquidator and the liquidator does not alter denial of the claim as a result of the objections, the liquidator shall ask the court for a hearing as soon as practicable and give notice as set by the court of the hearing to the claimant or the claimant's attorney and to any other persons directly affected. The matter may be heard by the court or by a court-appointed referee who shall submit findings of fact along with recommendation.

(c) Whenever a creditor whose claim against an insurer is secured, in whole or in part, by the undertaking of another person, fails to prove and file that claim the other person may do so in the creditor's name, and shall be subrogated to the rights of the creditor, whether the claim has been filed by the creditor or by the person in the creditor's name, to the extent that the person discharges the undertaking. In the absence of an agreement with the creditor to the contrary, the other person shall not be entitled to any distribution; however, until the amount paid to the credit on the undertaking plus the distributions paid on the claim from the insurer's estate to the creditor equals the amount of the entire claim of the creditor. Any excess received by the creditor shall be held by such creditor in trust for such other person, the term "other person," as used in this section is not intended to apply to a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association.
K.S.A. § 2-201 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 2-201
2-201 - State fair at Hutchinson; unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

2-201. State fair at Hutchinson; unlawful acts. A state fair shall be held annually in the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, at such time as shall be fixed by the state fair board. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association, or for any corporate entity other than the state fair board, to hold or conduct a state fair in Kansas or to hold or conduct any exhibition or display of any livestock or agricultural products under a designation, publicity or advertisement as a state fair.

A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 75-3365 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 33 / Section 75-3365
75-3365 - Sale of certain real estate in Stafford county; proceeds.
Status: in_force

75-3365. Sale of certain real estate in Stafford county; proceeds. (a) The secretary of social and rehabilitation services is hereby authorized to sell and convey on behalf of the state of Kansas in the manner provided by this act the following described real estate: The southwest Quarter of Section 24; Township 22, Range 13 in Stafford County, Kansas. The above described property being that which was willed to the state of Kansas by Otto Hitz following the life estate created for Delmar Lee Hitz.

(b) When the real estate described in subsection (a) is sold, the proceeds thereof, after deduction of the expenses of such sale and the cost of the survey and the appraisal of the real estate, 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 with 1 / 2 being credited to the Parsons state hospital patient benefit fund and 1 / 2 being credited to the Kansas neurological institute patient benefit fund.
K.S.A. § 12-3901 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 39 / Section 12-3901
12-3901 - Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

12-3901. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to authorize and permit political and taxing subdivisions of this state to more efficiently and effectively serve the needs of their constituents by consolidating or cooperating in the consolidation of operations, procedures and functions of offices and agencies of such subdivisions which may be more efficiently and effectively exercised or provided by a single office or agency.
K.S.A. § 72-4165 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 41 / Section 72-4165
72-4165 - Parent education program fund; establishment.
Status: in_force

72-4165. Parent education program fund; establishment. There is hereby established in every school district which has developed and is operating a parent education program for which grants are awarded under this act a fund which shall be called the parent education program fund, which fund shall consist of all moneys deposited therein or transferred thereto according to law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys received by the school district from whatever source for a parent education program operated under this act shall be credited to the fund established by this section. Amounts deposited in the parent education program fund may be used for the payment of expenses directly attributable to the program or may be transferred to the general fund of the school district as approved by the board of education.
K.S.A. § 21-6409 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 64 / Section 21-6409
21-6409 - Installing communication facilities for gamblers.
Status: in_force

21-6409. Installing communication facilities for gamblers. (a) Installing communication facilities for gamblers is:

(1) Installing communication facilities in a place known to the installer to be a gambling place;

(2) installing communication facilities knowing that they will be used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets; or

(3) allowing the continued use of communication facilities knowing that such facilities are being used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets.

(b) Installing communications facilities for gamblers is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(c) (1) When any public utility providing telephone communications service is notified in writing by a state or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used principally for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information, it shall discontinue or refuse the furnishing of service to such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber. No damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any such public utility for any act done in compliance with any notice received from a law enforcement agency.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.
K.S.A. § 50-619 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-619
50-619 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

50-619. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:

(a) "Junk dealer" means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, or any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring junk or any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered together and stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer, but shall not include antique dealers, or automotive salvage dealers dealing in wrecked vehicles as defined in this act;

(b) "Junk yard" means any yard, plot, space, enclosure, building or any other place where junk is collected, stored, gathered together and kept;

(c) "Junk" shall mean and include, in addition to items or goods commonly referred to as junk, such other used or secondhand goods as rope, scrap iron, brass, lead, copper or aluminum wire or tubing and other scrap metals, but shall not include antiques, or wrecked vehicles as defined in this act, or aluminum in food or beverage containers;

(d) "Antique" means any furniture, object of art, or other object, item or article made or manufactured at an earlier period of time, but shall not include junk;

(e) "Antique dealer" means any person conducting a business of buying and selling antiques;

(f) "Wrecked vehicle" means any wrecked, ruined, dismantled or inoperative motor passenger vehicle or motor truck, and any part or accessory therefrom, for which an original or assigned certificate of title is transferred for such vehicle or truck to an automotive salvage dealer and later surrendered and reported to the division of vehicles of the state department of revenue as required by law;

(g) "Automotive salvage dealer" means any person holding a valid license under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-2201 to 68-2215, inclusive, and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, designated as the junkyard and salvage control act.
K.S.A. § 8-1,126 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1,126
8-1,126 - Parking privileges for persons with disability.
Status: reserved

8-1,126. Parking privileges for persons with disability. When a motor vehicle which bears a special license plate, placard or decal issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, is being operated by or used for the transportation of a person with a disability, such motor vehicle:

(a) May be parked in any parking space, whether on public or private property, which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability, except a parking space on private property which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of a specified person with a disability;

(b) may be parked for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours in any parking zone which is restricted as to the length of parking time permitted, except where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited to all vehicles, where parking is reserved for special types of vehicles or where parking would clearly present a traffic hazard; and

(c) shall be exempt from any parking meter fees of the state or any city, county or other political subdivision.
K.S.A. § 80-1404 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 14 / Section 80-1404
80-1404 - Cities of first and second classes excluded from townships; wards.
Status: in_force

80-1404. Cities of first and second classes excluded from townships; wards. No city of the first or second class shall be included within the corporate limits of any township. In the event any city of the first or second class has designated no ward or wards, the entire territory of such city shall be one ward until such city is divided into additional wards as provided by law.
K.S.A. § 75-5171 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 51 / Section 75-5171
75-5171 - Kansas charitable gaming act; citation of act.
Status: in_force

75-5171. Kansas charitable gaming act; citation of act. K.S.A. 75-5171 through 75-5188, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas charitable gaming act.
K.S.A. § 84-3-418 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 3 / Section 84-3-418
84-3-418 - Payment or acceptance by mistake.
Status: in_force

84-3-418. Payment or acceptance by mistake. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the drawee of a draft pays or accepts the draft and the drawee acted on the mistaken belief that (1) payment of the draft had not been stopped pursuant to K.S.A. 84-4-403 or (2) the signature of the drawer of the draft was authorized, the drawee may recover the amount of the draft from the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or, in the case of acceptance, may revoke the acceptance. Rights of the drawee under this subsection are not affected by failure of the drawee to exercise ordinary care in paying or accepting the draft.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), if an instrument has been paid or accepted by mistake and the case is not covered by subsection (a), the person paying or accepting may, to the extent permitted by the law governing mistake and restitution, (1) recover the payment from the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or (2) in the case of acceptance, may revoke the acceptance.

(c) The remedies provided by subsection (a) or (b) may not be asserted against a person who took the instrument in good faith and for value or who in good faith changed position in reliance on the payment or acceptance. This subsection does not limit remedies provided by K.S.A. 84-3-417 or K.S.A. 84-4-407 and amendments thereto.

(d) Notwithstanding K.S.A. 84-4-215 and amendments thereto, if an instrument is paid or accepted by mistake and the payor or acceptor recovers payment or revokes acceptance under subsection (a) or (b), the instrument is deemed not to have been paid or accepted and is treated as dishonored, and the person from whom payment is recovered has rights as a person entitled to enforce the dishonored instrument.
K.S.A. § 79-34,123 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 34 / Section 79-34,123
79-34,123 - Administration and enforcement of act; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

79-34,123. Administration and enforcement of act; rules and regulations. The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act. The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this act. In the performance of his or her duties under this act, the director may call upon the peace officers of this state to perform their several duties within their respective jurisdictions.
K.S.A. § 48-253 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-253
48-253 - Annual civilian rifle-team competition; expense of.
Status: in_force

48-253. Annual civilian rifle-team competition; expense of. The state shall pay annually beginning from and after the passage of this act to the adjutant general of this state the sum of $500 for the purpose of aiding in defraying and paying the expenses of an annual civilian rifle-team competition and tryout for places on the rifle team selected to represent Kansas at the annual shoots held by the National Rifle Association, and of selecting members of such teams.
K.S.A. § 60-2420 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 24 / Section 60-2420
60-2420 - General execution; notice.
Status: in_force

60-2420. General execution; notice. If a general execution is issued, a notice shall be served on the defendant along with the writ of execution, notifying the defendant of the following:

(a) That a general execution has been issued directing an officer to seize any nonexempt property of the defendant to be sold in satisfaction of the judgment against the defendant;

(b) of the defendant's right to assert any claim of exemption allowed under the law with respect to the property seized; and

(c) of the defendant's right to a hearing on such claim.

The notice shall contain a description of the exemptions that are applicable to general executions and the procedure by which the defendant can assert any claim of exemption and shall be deemed sufficient if in substantial compliance with the form set forth by the judicial council. The return filed with the writ of execution shall indicate that a copy of the notice was served on the defendant along with the writ.
K.S.A. § 25-2431 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 24 / Section 25-2431
25-2431 - False impersonation of a voter.
Status: in_force

25-2431. False impersonation of a voter. (a) False impersonation of a voter is representing oneself as another person, whether real or fictitious, and thereby voting or attempting to vote.

(b) False impersonation of a voter is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.