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K.S.A. § 40-507 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 5 / Section 40-507
40-507 - Merger or consolidation; order of commissioner directing delivery of assets.
Status: in_force

40-507. Merger or consolidation; order of commissioner directing delivery of assets. (a) Every mutual life insurance company formed under authority of K.S.A. 40-501 et seq., and amendments thereto may:

(1) Merge or consolidate with any other domestic mutual life insurance company;

(2) merge or consolidate with any other non-domestic mutual life insurance company if such merger or consolidation is authorized by the laws of the state or territory in which such nondomestic company is organized;

(3) merge or consolidate with a nondomestic nonprofit health services corporation or nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation if such merger or consolidation would be permitted by the state regulatory official or officials having jurisdiction over such nondomestic nonprofit health services corporation or nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation and the surviving or resulting company is a domestic mutual life insurance company; and

(4) by virtue of such merger or consolidation, do the kinds of insurance business in the manner and for the purposes for which a mutual life insurance company may be organized in this state or in the manner and for the purposes for which a nondomestic mutual life insurance company may be licensed or authorized to do business in this state.

(b) When a mutual life insurance company of this state shall be merged or consolidated with a mutual life insurance company organized under the laws of any other state, the commissioner of insurance in an order of approval shall direct that the assets of the domestic company be delivered to the company with which the domestic company is merged or consolidated.
K.S.A. § 22-3404 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 34 / Section 22-3404
22-3404 - Misdemeanor, cigarette or tobacco infraction and traffic infraction case; method of trial.
Status: in_force

22-3404. Misdemeanor, cigarette or tobacco infraction and traffic infraction case; method of trial. (1) The trial of misdemeanor cases shall be to the court unless a jury trial is requested in writing by the defendant not later than seven days after first notice of trial assignment is given to the defendant or such defendant's counsel. The time requirement provided in this subsection regarding when a jury trial shall be requested may be waived in the discretion of the court upon a finding that imposing such time requirement would cause undue hardship or prejudice to the defendant.

(2) A jury in a misdemeanor case shall consist of six members.

(3) Trials in the municipal court of a city shall be to the court.

(4) Except as otherwise provided by law, the rules and procedures applicable to jury trials in felony cases shall apply to jury trials in misdemeanor cases.

(5) The trial of cigarette or tobacco infraction or traffic infraction cases shall be to the court.
K.S.A. § 73-1242 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 12 / Section 73-1242
73-1242 - Disallowance of claim; form and design of medallion, medal and certificate.
Status: in_force

73-1242. Disallowance of claim; form and design of medallion, medal and certificate. If the director of the Kansas office of veterans services disallows any veteran's claim to a Vietnam war era medallion, medal and a certificate, a statement of the reason for the disallowance shall be filed with the application and notice of this disallowance shall be mailed to the applicant at the applicant's last known address. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services shall approve the form of the Vietnam war era medallion, medal and the certificate. It is the intent of the legislature to create statewide involvement in the design of these symbols in recognition of this historic endeavor. The director of the Kansas office of veterans services may solicit potential designs from elementary and secondary schools, veterans' groups, civic organizations or any other interested party, and may select the best design from among such solicited designs or may select another design.
K.S.A. § 75-5647 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 56 / Section 75-5647
75-5647 - References to advisory commission for crippled and chronically ill children apply to the advisory commission for children with special health care needs.
Status: in_force

75-5647. References to advisory commission for crippled and chronically ill children apply to the advisory commission for children with special health care needs. Whenever the advisory commission for crippled and chronically ill children is referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the advisory commission for children with special health care needs.
K.S.A. § 40-4504 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 45 / Section 40-4504
40-4504 - Contracts between reinsurance brokers and insurers; written authorization required, contents.
Status: in_force

40-4504. Contracts between reinsurance brokers and insurers; written authorization required, contents. Transactions between a reinsurance broker and the insurer it represents in such capacity shall only be entered into pursuant to a written authorization, specifying the responsibilities of each party. The authorization shall, at a minimum, provide that:

(a) The insurer may terminate the reinsurance broker's authority at any time;

(b) the reinsurance broker shall render accounts to the insurer accurately detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support all commissions, charges and other fees received by, or owing, to the reinsurance broker, and remit all funds due to the insurer within 30 days of receipt;

(c) all funds collected for the insurer's account shall be held by the reinsurance broker in a fiduciary capacity in a bank which is a qualified United States financial institution as defined herein;

(d) the reinsurance broker shall comply with K.S.A. 40-4505;

(e) the reinsurance broker shall comply with the written standards established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks; and

(f) the reinsurance broker shall disclose to the insurer any relationship with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.
K.S.A. § 75-2751 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 27 / Section 75-2751
75-2751 - Duties of attorney general.
Status: in_force

75-2751. Duties of attorney general. Upon request of the board, the attorney general shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing or trial pursuant to the provisions of this act and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this act. The attorney general shall report to or confer with the board regarding any such request within 30 days after receipt of the request.
K.S.A. § 73-1225 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 12 / Section 73-1225
73-1225 - Staff position established, appointment, duties.
Status: in_force

73-1225. Staff position established, appointment, duties. There is hereby established with the Kansas office of veterans services a full-time position dedicated to seeking and applying for grants and other moneys to fund activities under this act, to assist in the preparation and administration of surveys under this act, to promote programs and activities designed to assist persons affected by Gulf War syndrome to receive the help they need and to perform such other duties as the director may prescribe. The director shall appoint a qualified individual to this position.
K.S.A. § 42-306 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-306
42-306 - Rights of prior appropriator of such waters.
Status: in_force

42-306. Rights of prior appropriator of such waters. No person shall be permitted to take or appropriate the waters of any subterranean supply which naturally discharge into any superficial stream, to the prejudice of any prior appropriator of the water of such superficial channel.
K.S.A. § 74-50,321 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,321
74-50,321 - Adjustment of corporate income tax rate; certifications by secretary of commerce of agreement with qualified firm; reduction in rate by secretary of revenue; amount of reduction; report by secretary of revenue.
Status: in_force

74-50,321. Adjustment of corporate income tax rate; certifications by secretary of commerce of agreement with qualified firm; reduction in rate by secretary of revenue; amount of reduction; report by secretary of revenue. (a) Commencing with fiscal year 2022, in any fiscal year that a qualified firm enters into an agreement with the secretary of commerce for the first time pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-50,312, and amendments thereto, and commences construction on a qualified business facility under this act the secretary of commerce shall certify such fact to the secretary of revenue, the director of the budget and the director of legislative research. Such certification shall be made when such fact is known to the secretary, but in any event on or before June 30 of such fiscal year.

(b) Upon receipt of such certification, the secretary of revenue shall adjust the corporate income tax rate imposed pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-32,110, and amendments thereto, to go into effect for the next tax year by reducing the rate by 0.5%. The maximum reduction to be applied for one taxable year shall be 0.5% regardless of the number of eligible qualifying firms that may have satisfied the conditions of subsection (a).

(c) The rate reduction of 0.5% shall be applied to reduce the normal tax on corporations imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,110, and amendments thereto, until reduced to 0%.

(d) The secretary of revenue shall report any reduction in corporate income tax rates pursuant to this section to the chairpersons of the senate standing committees on assessment and taxation and commerce, the chairpersons of the house of representatives standing committees on commerce, labor and economic development and taxation and the governor, and shall cause notice of any such reduction to be published in the Kansas register prior to September 15 of the calendar year immediately preceding the tax year in which such reduction takes effect.
K.S.A. § 25-3004 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 30 / Section 25-3004
25-3004 - Exhibition of ballots to authorized poll agent during original canvass.
Status: in_force

25-3004. Exhibition of ballots to authorized poll agent during original canvass. During the original canvass by election boards, the judge announcing the vote on any ballot shall, upon request of any authorized poll agent, exhibit such ballot fully opened in a condition that such agent may fully and carefully read and examine the same. The judge shall not allow any such ballot to be taken from his hands.
K.S.A. § 21-6624 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 66 / Section 21-6624
21-6624 - Aggravating circumstances.
Status: in_force

21-6624. Aggravating circumstances. Aggravating circumstances shall be limited to the following:

(a) The defendant was previously convicted of a felony in which the defendant inflicted great bodily harm, disfigurement, dismemberment or death on another.

(b) The defendant knowingly or purposely killed or created a great risk of death to more than one person.

(c) The defendant committed the crime for the defendant's self or another for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value.

(d) The defendant authorized or employed another person to commit the crime.

(e) The defendant committed the crime in order to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest or prosecution.

(f) The defendant committed the crime in an especially heinous, atrocious or cruel manner. A finding that the victim was aware of such victim's fate or had conscious pain and suffering as a result of the physical trauma that resulted in the victim's death is not necessary to find that the manner in which the defendant killed the victim was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel. Conduct which is heinous, atrocious or cruel may include, but is not limited to:

(1) Prior stalking of or criminal threats to the victim;

(2) preparation or planning, indicating an intention that the killing was meant to be especially heinous, atrocious or cruel;

(3) infliction of mental anguish or physical abuse before the victim's death;

(4) torture of the victim;

(5) continuous acts of violence begun before or continuing after the killing;

(6) desecration of the victim's body in a manner indicating a particular depravity of mind, either during or following the killing; or

(7) any other conduct the trier of fact expressly finds is especially heinous.

(g) The defendant committed the crime while serving a sentence of imprisonment on conviction of a felony.

(h) The victim was killed while engaging in, or because of the victim's performance or prospective performance of, the victim's duties as a witness in a criminal proceeding.
K.S.A. § 55-1204 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 12 / Section 55-1204
55-1204 - Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

55-1204. Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys. (a) Any natural gas public utility desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain as to any property for use for underground storage of natural gas shall, as a condition precedent to the filing of its petition in the district court, obtain from the commission a certificate setting out findings of the commission:

(1) That the underground stratum or formation sought to be acquired is suitable for the underground storage of natural gas and that its use for such purposes is in the public interest; and

(2) the amount of recoverable oil and native gas, if any, remaining therein.

(b) The commission shall issue no such certificate until after public hearing is had on application and upon reasonable notice to interested parties in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto, the applicant shall be assessed an amount equal to all or any part of the costs of such proceedings and the applicant shall pay the amount so assessed.

(c) All provisions of K.S.A. 66-106, 66-118a, 66-118b, 66-118c, 66-118d, 66-118e, 66-118j and 66-118k, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to all proceedings of the commission under K.S.A. 55-1201 to 55-1206, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

(d) The state corporation commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for costs assessed 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 conservation fee fund created by K.S.A. 55-143, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 84-9-802 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-802
84-9-802 - Savings clause.
Status: in_force

84-9-802. Savings clause. (a) Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in this part, this act applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before July 1, 2013.

(b) Pre-effective-date proceedings. This act does not affect an action, case or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2013.
K.S.A. § 50-1306 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 13 / Section 50-1306
50-1306 - Adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets.
Status: in_force

50-1306. Adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d), the fair market value of total gross assets at the time of the merger or consolidation shall increase annually at a rate equal to the sum of:

(1) The prime rate as listed in the first edition of the wall street journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the wall street journal, in which case any reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first day of the year may be used; and

(2) one percent.

(b) The rate described in subsection (a) shall not be compounded.

(c) The adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall continue as provided in subsection (a) until the date the adjusted value is first exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the successor corporation or a predecessor or by or on behalf of a transferor after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined.

(d) No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets shall be applied to any liability insurance that may be included in the definition of total gross assets by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 50-1305, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 21-5703 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 57 / Section 21-5703
21-5703 - Unlawful manufacturing of controlled substances.
Status: in_force

21-5703. Unlawful manufacturing of controlled substances. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture any controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

(b) Violation or attempted violation of subsection (a) is a:

(1) Drug severity level 2 felony, except as provided in subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3);

(2) drug severity level 1 felony if:

(A) The controlled substance is not methamphetamine, as defined by K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(3) or (f)(1), and amendments thereto, or an analog thereof;

(B) the controlled substance is not a fentanyl-related controlled substance; and

(C) the offender has a prior conviction for unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance under this section, K.S.A. 65-4159, prior to its repeal, K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 21-36a03, prior to its transfer, or a substantially similar offense from another jurisdiction and the substance was not methamphetamine, as defined by K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(3) or (f)(1), and amendments thereto, or an analog thereof, in any such prior conviction; and

(3) drug severity level 1 felony if the controlled substance is methamphetamine, as defined by K.S.A. 65-4107(d)(3) or (f)(1), and amendments thereto, or an analog thereof, or is a fentanyl-related controlled substance.

(c) The provisions of K.S.A. 21-5301(d), and amendments thereto, shall not apply to a violation of attempting to unlawfully manufacture any controlled substance or controlled substance analog pursuant to this section.

(d) For persons arrested and charged under this section, bail shall be at least $50,000 cash or surety, and such person shall not be released upon the person's own recognizance pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2802, and amendments thereto, unless the court determines, on the record, that the defendant is not likely to re-offend, the court imposes pretrial supervision, or the defendant agrees to participate in a licensed or certified drug treatment program.

(e) The sentence of a person who violates this section shall not be subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentence, community service work or probation.

(f) The sentence of a person who violates this section, K.S.A. 65-4159, prior to its repeal or K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 21-36a03, prior to its transfer, shall not be reduced because these sections prohibit conduct identical to that prohibited by K.S.A. 65-4161 or 65-4163, prior to their repeal, K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 21-36a05, prior to its transfer, or K.S.A. 21-5705, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 8-1426 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1426
8-1426 - "Identifying numbers" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1426. "Identifying numbers" defined. "Identifying numbers" means the numbers, and letters, if any, on a vehicle designated by the division for the purpose of identifying the vehicle.
K.S.A. § 13-1351 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 13-1351
13-1351 - Publication of notices and resolutions.
Status: in_force

13-1351. Publication of notices and resolutions. All resolutions of the board of park commissioners providing for the issuing of bonds, or levying taxes, or special assessments, or ordering the grading, curbing, guttering, paving, macadamizing, or otherwise improving of any street, boulevard, parkway or park, excepting resolutions providing for repairs or maintenance, and all notices required to be given by publication, shall be published in some daily or weekly newspaper, designated by the board in such notices or resolutions and published in the city of which said commissioners are officers, and shall be in force from and after such publication thereof: Provided, No newspaper shall receive for such publication more than 33 1 / 3 percent of the fees allowed printers by K.S.A. 28-137.
K.S.A. § 12-1789 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1789
12-1789 - Same; protest petition to repeal ordinance; dissolution of district.
Status: in_force

12-1789. Same; protest petition to repeal ordinance; dissolution of district. Within 45 days following publication of an ordinance establishing a district pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1788, and amendments thereto, or the publication of an ordinance levying annual service fees pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1791, and amendments thereto, the owners of businesses located within the district may file with the governing body of the city a petition in opposition to the continuation of the district or the levying of such service fees. Upon a finding that a petition opposing the establishment of the district was signed by not less than a majority of the number of businesses located within the district, no service fee shall be levied within the district and the district shall be dissolved. Upon the finding that a petition opposing the levy of service fees for the ensuing year was signed by not less than a majority of the number of businesses located within the district, no service fees shall be levied pursuant to the ordinance specified in such petition and the district shall be dissolved as of the end of that calendar year. The governing body, by ordinance, shall repeal the ordinance which established the district or the ordinance which levied the annual service fees, effective as of the end of that calendar year. After the payment of all costs incurred by the district for that calendar year, the city shall return any unused and unencumbered moneys collected and distribute such moneys back to the businesses on a pro rata basis in the same percentage as such moneys were collected.
K.S.A. § 23-2507 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 25 / Section 23-2507
23-2507 - Registration.
Status: in_force

23-2507. Registration. All marriages occurring within the state shall be registered under the supervision of the secretary of health and environment as provided in K.S.A. 65-102.