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K.S.A. § 45-250 — KS Code / Chapter 45 / Article 2 / Section 45-250
45-250 - Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open records law.
Status: in_force

45-250. Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open records law. The Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas, established pursuant to the settlement agreement entered into by the attorney general in the action filed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc., in the district court of Shawnee county, Kansas, case no. 97CV608, shall be and is hereby deemed to be a public agency and shall be subject to the open records law.
K.S.A. § 15-1401 — KS Code / Chapter 15 / Article 14 / Section 15-1401
15-1401 - Qualifications of mayor and commissioners.
Status: in_force

15-1401. Qualifications of mayor and commissioners. The mayor and each of said commissioners shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of such city.
K.S.A. § 44-5,101 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 5 / Section 44-5,101
44-5,101 - Informational and educational materials; contents; language; distribution to insured and self-insured.
Status: in_force

44-5,101. Informational and educational materials; contents; language; distribution to insured and self-insured. (a) In order to provide Kansas employers and employees full and fair information about the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees under the workers compensation act, the director of workers compensation and the commissioner of insurance are hereby authorized and directed to prescribe the format and content of educational and informational materials to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of this act. The educational and informational materials shall be available in both English and Spanish language versions and shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, brief descriptions or statements about the following topics in nontechnical language:

(1) Basic purpose of the workers compensation law;

(2) employer responsibilities;

(3) employee responsibilities;

(4) general components of workers compensation benefits;

(5) determination and administration of workers compensation benefits;

(6) workers compensation insurance rating procedures, including available methods of appeal; and

(7) accident prevention and workplace safety.

(b) No policy or contract of workers compensation insurance, no self-insurance permit, and no renewal of any such policy, contract or permit shall be issued or delivered to an employer of this state unless a copy of the materials prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) accompanies the policy, contract, permit or renewal certificate.
K.S.A. § 75-2249 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 22 / Section 75-2249
75-2249 - Sculpture to be placed atop state capitol; financing cost of acquisition and placement; state capitol dome sculpture fund.
Status: in_force

75-2249. Sculpture to be placed atop state capitol; financing cost of acquisition and placement; state capitol dome sculpture fund. (a) The director of architectural services shall cause a work of sculpture, selected in the manner prescribed by this section prior to its amendment by this act, to be placed atop the state capitol.

(b) The Kansas creative arts industries commission is hereby authorized to receive any grants, gifts, contributions or bequests made for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring and placing atop the state capitol the work of sculpture selected pursuant to this section prior to its amendment by this act. There is hereby established in the state treasury the state capitol dome sculpture fund. All expenditures from such 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 president of the Kansas creative arts industries commission.
K.S.A. § 72-53,121 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 53 / Section 72-53,121
72-53,121 - New authorization of levy.
Status: in_force

72-53,121. New authorization of levy. The board of education of any school district which has made a tax levy under K.S.A. 72-53,113, and amendments thereto, may at any time initiate procedures to renew its authority to make an annual tax levy in the amount and upon the conditions and in the manner specified in K.S.A. 72-53,113, and amendments thereto. Except as otherwise provided by its terms, any initial resolution adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-53,113, and amendments thereto, shall remain in full force and effect until such time as a second resolution becomes effective, at which time the initial resolution shall become null and void.
K.S.A. § 40-431 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4 / Section 40-431
40-431 - Definition of due date for the payment of premiums and of when premium in default.
Status: in_force

40-431. Definition of due date for the payment of premiums and of when premium in default. For the purpose of this act the due date for the payment of premiums shall be construed to mean the date specified in the policy when any premium will be due and payable without grace, and the premiums shall be deemed to be in default if not paid on or before said date, but this shall not be deemed to preclude the right to pay the premium during the grace period.
K.S.A. § 12-638 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-638
12-638 - Same; eminent domain proceedings; advertising for bids.
Status: in_force

12-638. Same; eminent domain proceedings; advertising for bids. Upon the approval of the engineer's report by the governing body of the city and the division of water resources, the governing body of the city, if property is to be condemned, shall proceed to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 through 26-516, and amendments thereto, and shall have the right to advertise for bids and enter into a contract for the improvements. Whenever a contract or agreement has been entered into by the United States army corps of engineers or any other federal agency or agencies and the city, or by a watershed or drainage district and the city, or the federal agency or agencies or a watershed or drainage district is willing to enter into the contract with the governing body of the city, for the construction of flood control improvements, the governing body of the city shall not be required to advertise for bids for the construction of the flood control works.
K.S.A. § 76-1956 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19 / Section 76-1956
76-1956 - Custodians of members' funds at veterans' home; designation of depositories.
Status: in_force

76-1956. Custodians of members' funds at veterans' home; designation of depositories. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services shall designate a person at the Kansas veterans' home who shall be in charge of the member funds at such veterans' home. Such person shall have custody and charge of all moneys belonging to the members, or patients residing in the Kansas veterans' home, which are held for their use, benefit and burial. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services shall designate the bank or banks, in which such moneys shall be deposited.
K.S.A. § 44-1131 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 11 / Section 44-1131
44-1131 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

44-1131. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 44-1131 and 44-1132, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in K.S.A. 60-3102, and amendments thereto.

(b) "Sexual assault" means any crime defined in K.S.A. 21-3502, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5503, and amendments thereto, (rape), 21-3503, prior to its repeal, or subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-5506, and amendments thereto, (indecent liberties with a child), 21-3504, prior to its repeal, or subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-5506, and amendments thereto, (aggravated indecent liberties with a child), 21-3505, prior to its repeal, or subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-5504, and amendments thereto, (criminal sodomy), 21-3506, prior to its repeal, or subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-5504, and amendments thereto, (aggravated criminal sodomy), 21-3602, prior to its repeal, or subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-5604, and amendments thereto, (incest) or 21-3603, prior to its repeal, or subsection (b) of K.S.A. 21-5604, and amendments thereto, (aggravated incest).
K.S.A. § 8-273 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-273
8-273 - Drivers' training schools; definitions.
Status: in_force

8-273. Drivers' training schools; definitions. As used in this act*:

(a) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(b) "Drivers' training schools" means any person, partnership or corporation giving driving instruction to 10 or more persons per calendar year for the purpose of meeting requirements for licensed driving of motor vehicles in Kansas.

(c) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school.

(d) "Department" means the department of revenue acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.

(e) "State board" means the state board of education.

(f) "Drivers' license examiners" means examiners appointed by the division of vehicles for the purpose of giving drivers' license examinations.
K.S.A. § 75-7054 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 70 / Section 75-7054
75-7054 - Employees appointed by the commissioner; unclassified.
Status: in_force

75-7054. Employees appointed by the commissioner; unclassified. The commissioner of juvenile justice may appoint deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners as determined necessary by the commissioner to carry out the mission of the authority. All deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the commissioner and approved by the governor. The commissioner may appoint a public information officer, a chief attorney, other attorneys and a personal secretary for the juvenile justice authority. These employees shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the commissioner and approved by the governor. Unless otherwise designated, all other employees of the juvenile justice authority shall be in the classified service.
K.S.A. § 12-5260 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 52 / Section 12-5260
12-5260 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

12-5260. Same; definitions. As used in the Kansas rural home loan guarantee act:

(a) "Act" means the Kansas rural home loan guarantee act;

(b) "corporation" means the Kansas housing resources corporation;

(c) "financial institution" means any bank, trust company, savings bank, credit union, savings and loan association or any other lending institution that is approved by the corporation;

(d) "loan" means a transaction with a financial institution to provide the owner financing for the construction or renovation of a single-family home in a rural county; and

(e) "rural county" means any county in this state with a population of less than 10,000, as certified to the secretary of state pursuant to K.S.A. 11-201, and amendments thereto, on July 1 of the preceding year.
K.S.A. § 8-171 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-171
8-171 - Same; lost license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt; fee for duplicate.
Status: in_force

8-171. Same; lost license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt; fee for duplicate. In the event that any license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt issued hereunder, shall be lost, mutilated, or shall have become illegible, the person who is entitled thereto shall make immediate application for and obtain a duplicate therefor, upon furnishing information of such fact satisfactory to the division and upon payment of the required fees: Namely, the same fees for certificate of title, registration receipt and license plates as listed in K.S.A. 8-139, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 22-4603 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 46 / Section 22-4603
22-4603 - Employment of county and city prisoners.
Status: in_force

22-4603. Employment of county and city prisoners. (1) Whenever any able-bodied prisoner is confined in the county jail or the jail of any town or city, having been convicted of a misdemeanor or of a violation of an ordinance of such town or city, the sheriff of such county, or the marshal or the chief of police of such town or city, under the direction of the county commissioners or the governing body of the town or city, may allow such persons to work at suitable public or charitable employment for not more than eight hours on each working day.

(2) A person so employed shall receive a credit on any fine and costs imposed in an amount equal to $5 for each full hour spent by the person in the specified work.

(3) Persons held in jail and awaiting trial or held on civil process, may, with their consent, be likewise so employed and shall receive a credit on any fines and costs in an amount equal to $5 for each full hour spent by the person in the specified work, or if there are no such fines and costs, compensation for such employment in an amount agreed to by the person and the city or county, but not less than $5 a day, to be paid by the city or the county.

(4) Any prisoner employed as above provided, shall continue to be deemed prisoners during the hours of their employment and subject to all laws, rules and regulations relating to prisoners.
K.S.A. § 55-1410 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 14 / Section 55-1410
55-1410 - Judicial review of commission's actions.
Status: in_force

55-1410. Judicial review of commission's actions. Any action of the commission under the Kansas natural gas pricing act is subject to review by the supreme court in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act. Such review shall be taken in the same manner and time as allowed by law for actions for review by the court of appeals of orders of the commission which relate to rate hearings.
K.S.A. § 49-101 — KS Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-101
49-101 - Survey of mine upon order of court; affidavit; bond for costs.
Status: in_force

49-101. Survey of mine upon order of court; affidavit; bond for costs. Whenever an affidavit properly verified by the person aggrieved, or his or her agent or attorney, shall be presented to the district court of the proper county during termtime, or to the judge thereof in vacation, in which it shall be made to appear that such person shall have good reason to believe that any other person or persons, corporation or corporations, are without authority encroaching upon the land of the person aggrieved, whether the same be held by lease or otherwise, and are mining or taking coal, rock or limestone therefrom, it shall be the duty of the said court or judge to order and direct the county surveyor to survey the mine or mines of the person or persons, corporation or corporations accused thereof, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth thereof; the party applying for such survey to first give bond in such sum as may be deemed sufficient by said court or judge, and the same to be at the time approved by said court or judge, conditioned for the payment of the payment of the costs of said survey.
K.S.A. § 28-1011 — KS Code / Chapter 28 / Article 10 / Section 28-1011
28-1011 - Provisions of article 7, chapter 28, inapplicable to counties under this act.
Status: in_force

28-1011. Provisions of article 7, chapter 28, inapplicable to counties under this act. The provisions of article 7, chapter 28 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall not apply to any county to which this act is applicable.
K.S.A. § 32-944 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-944
32-944 - Same; land requirements.
Status: in_force

32-944. Same; land requirements. Any person owning, holding or controlling, by lease or otherwise, for a term of five or more years, any contiguous tract of land having an area of not less than 160 acres nor more than 1,280 acres, who desires to establish a controlled shooting area to propagate and shoot game birds thereon shall make application to the secretary for a license to operate a controlled shooting area. If the controlled shooting area is to be used exclusively for the propagation and shooting of hand-raised mallard ducks, the area licensed may be less than the 160 acres required above. The application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 21-5828 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 58 / Section 21-5828
21-5828 - Criminal use of a financial card.
Status: in_force

21-5828. Criminal use of a financial card. (a) Criminal use of a financial card is any of the following acts done with intent to defraud and to obtain money, goods, property or services:

(1) Using a financial card without the consent of the cardholder;

(2) using a financial card, or the number or description thereof, which has been revoked or canceled; or

(3) using a falsified, mutilated, altered or nonexistent financial card or a number or description thereof.

(b) Criminal use of a financial card is a:

(1) Severity level 7, nonperson felony if the money, goods, property or services obtained within any seven-day period are of the value of $25,000 or more;

(2) Severity level 9, nonperson felony if the money, goods, property or services obtained within any seven-day period are of the value of at least $1,000 but less than $25,000; and

(3) class A nonperson misdemeanor if the money, goods, property or services obtained within a seven-day period are of the value of less than $1,000.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "Financial card" means an identification card, plate, instrument, device or number issued by a business organization authorizing the cardholder to purchase, lease or otherwise obtain money, goods, property or services or to conduct other financial transactions; and

(2) "cardholder" means the person or entity to whom or for whose benefit a financial card is issued.

(d) For the purposes of subsection (a)(2), a financial card shall be deemed canceled or revoked when notice in writing thereof has been received by the named holder thereof as shown on such financial card or by the records of the company.
K.S.A. § 19-3554 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 35 / Section 19-3554
19-3554 - Issuance of no-fund warrants; assessments.
Status: in_force

19-3554. Issuance of no-fund warrants; assessments. The governing body of any district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3545 et seq., and amendments thereto, may issue no-fund warrants in amounts sufficient to pay preliminary engineering, financial and legal services to determine the advisability of proceeding with the acquisition or construction of a water supply system. Such warrants shall be authorized, issued, registered and redeemed as prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009, and amendments thereto. Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto.

The governing body of the district shall make not more than five equal annual tax levies, as determined by the state board of tax appeals, at the next succeeding tax-levying periods after such warrants are issued in an amount sufficient to pay such warrants and interest thereon.
K.S.A. § 19-303 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-303
19-303 - Vacancy in office of county clerk, how filled.
Status: in_force

19-303. Vacancy in office of county clerk, how filled. If a vacancy in the office of county clerk should occur by death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a qualified elector of this state in the manner provided in this section. If the vacancy occurs on or after May 1 of the second year of the term, the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified at the next general election to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Nomination and election of such successor shall be in the same manner as nomination and election of a county clerk for a regular term. Appointments hereunder shall be made in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in the office of member of the house of representatives.
K.S.A. § 75-5727 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 57 / Section 75-5727
75-5727 - Custody of records, memoranda, writings of departmental transactions.
Status: in_force

75-5727. Custody of records, memoranda, writings of departmental transactions. The secretary of labor shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the department of labor.
K.S.A. § 59-3506 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 35 / Section 59-3506
59-3506 - pplication of K.S.A. 58-2414 to grantor.
Status: in_force

59-3506. A pplication of K.S.A. 58-2414 to grantor. The provisions of K.S.A. 58-2414, and amendments thereto, apply to the grantor of a transfer-on-death deed.
K.S.A. § 72-1133 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1133
72-1133 - Boards of education; president and vice-president; election; terms of office; duties.
Status: in_force

72-1133. Boards of education; president and vice-president; election; terms of office; duties. (a) At the first meeting of the board of education on or after the second Monday in January of each year, or at a later meeting during that calendar year if so determined by the board at the first meeting, the board shall elect a president and vice-president, both of whom shall be members of the board. The president and vice-president shall each serve for a term of one year and until a successor is elected and qualified.

(b) The president shall preside at meetings of the board and perform such other duties as are provided by law.

(c) In the absence or inability to act of the president, the vice-president shall perform the duties of the president. In the absence or inability to act of both the president and vice-president, the remaining members shall select a member to act in the capacity of president.
K.S.A. § 9-815 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 9-815
9-815 - Expenses of examination or investigation; payment; disposition of moneys received.
Status: in_force

9-815. Expenses of examination or investigation; payment; disposition of moneys received. (a) Any applicant making application under article 8 of chapter 9 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall pay to the commissioner a fee in an amount established pursuant to K.S.A. 9-1726, and amendments thereto, to defray the expenses of the state banking board, commissioner or other designees in the examination and investigation of the application.

(b) The commissioner shall remit all moneys received under this section 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 bank investigation fund. The moneys in the bank investigation fund shall be used to pay the expenses of the commissioner, or designee, in the examination and investigation of such applications and any unused balance shall be transferred to the bank commissioner fee fund.

(c) Any members of the state banking board who make such an examination or investigation shall be paid the sum of $35 per diem for the time the members actually are engaged in performing duties as members of the state banking board and shall be compensated from such funds all the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the members' duties.