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K.S.A. § 32-1301 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 13 / Section 32-1301
32-1301 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

32-1301. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, municipality or other business entity.

(b) "Wildlife sanctuary" means a not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2006, that:

(1) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned or displaced dangerous regulated animals are provided care for such animal's lifetime;

(2) does not conduct any commercial activity with respect to any dangerous regulated animal possessed by the organization;

(3) does not sell, trade, auction, lease or loan dangerous regulated animals, or parts thereof, which the organization possesses;

(4) does not breed any dangerous regulated animal of which the organization possesses, except as an integral part of the species survival plan of the American zoo and aquarium association;

(5) does not conduct any activity that is not inherent to the dangerous regulated animal's nature;

(6) does not use the dangerous regulated animal for any type of entertainment purposes; and

(7) operates a refuge in compliance with regulations promulgated by the United States department of agriculture for dangerous regulated animals, except non-native, venomous snakes, under the animal welfare act, public law 89-544, as amended and in effect on July 1, 2006, and the regulations and standards adopted under such act in effect on July 1, 2006, relating to operations, animal health and husbandry. All dangerous regulated animals shall be caged in compliance with the provisions set forth in K.S.A. 32-1306, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Possess" means to own, care for, have custody of or control.

(d) "Dangerous regulated animal" means a live or slaughtered parts of:

(1) Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and mountain lions, or any hybrid thereof;

(2) bears or any hybrid thereof; and

(3) all non-native, venomous snakes.

(e) "Local animal control authority" means an agency of the county or city that is responsible for animal control operations in such governmental entity's jurisdiction and includes the animal control officer, as defined by K.S.A. 47-1701, and amendments thereto, of such county or city. If the county or city does not have an animal control officer, for cities of the first class, the chief law enforcement officer shall have the local animal control authority duties and responsibilities pursuant to this act and for all other cities and counties, the county sheriff shall have the local animal control authority duties and responsibilities pursuant to this act.

(f) "Registered designated handler" means a person who is registered or would be required to be registered pursuant to K.S.A. 32-1310, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 65-34,147 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-34,147
65-34,147 - Same; criteria for expenditures.
Status: in_force

65-34,147. Same; criteria for expenditures. It is the intent of the legislature that, to the maximum extent possible, moneys in the fund be utilized to address contamination resulting from releases of drycleaning solvents. The department is directed to administer the Kansas drycleaner environmental response act under the following criteria:

(a) To the maximum extent possible, the department itself should deal with contamination from drycleaning facilities utilizing moneys in the fund. The department should discourage other units of government, both federal and local, including the United States environmental protection agency, from becoming involved in contamination problems resulting from releases from drycleaning facilities.

(b) The department should make every reasonable effort to keep sites where drycleaning solvents are involved off of the national priorities list, as defined in 40 C.F.R. 300.5.

(c) The department should not seek out contaminated drycleaning facility sites because of the existence of the fund or the other provisions of this act. The moneys are made available for use as sites are discovered in the normal course of the business of the agency.

(d) Careful consideration should be given to interim or early corrective action which may result in an overall reduction of risk to human health and the environment and in the reduction of total costs of corrective action at a site. Such interim or early corrective action should receive consideration by the department as a high priority.

(e) The department, in its discretion, may use innovative technology to perform corrective action.
K.S.A. § 61-2902 — KS Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-2902
61-2902 - Commencement of actions, limitations of actions.
Status: in_force

61-2902. Commencement of actions, limitations of actions. (a) An action pursuant to the code of civil procedure for limited actions is commenced at the time of:

(1) Filing a petition with the clerk of the district court, if service of process is obtained or the first publication is made for service by publication, within 90 days after the petition is filed, except that the court may extend that time an additional 30 days upon a showing of good cause by the plaintiff; or

(2) service of process or first publication, if service of process or first publication is not made within the time specified by provision (1).

(b) If service of process or first publication purports to have been made but is later adjudicated to have been invalid due to any irregularity in form or procedure or any defect in making service, the action shall nevertheless be deemed to have been commenced at the applicable time under subsection (a) if valid service is obtained or first publication is made within 90 days after that adjudication, except that the court may extend that time an additional 30 days upon a showing of good cause by the plaintiff.

(c) An entry of appearance by the defendant shall have the same effect as service of process on the defendant.

(d) The limitation of time for commencing lawsuits pursuant to the code of civil procedure for limited actions shall be as provided in article 5 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except where a different limitation is specifically provided by statute.
K.S.A. § 65-28,107 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,107
65-28,107 - Same; attending physician's refusal to comply with declaration of qualified patient; transfer of patient; unprofessional conduct; unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

65-28,107. Same; attending physician's refusal to comply with declaration of qualified patient; transfer of patient; unprofessional conduct; unlawful acts. (a) An attending physician who refuses to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient pursuant to this act shall effect the transfer of the qualified patient to another physician. Failure of an attending physician to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient and to effect the transfer of the qualified patient shall constitute unprofessional conduct as defined in K.S.A. 65-2837, and amendments thereto.

(b) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates or damages the declaration of another without such declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another shall be guilty of a class A person misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of the revocation of a declaration, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of the declarant, and thereby, because of such act, directly causes life-sustaining procedures to be withheld or withdrawn and death to be hastened, shall be guilty of a severity level 7 person felony.
K.S.A. § 79-3669 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 36 / Section 79-3669
79-3669 - Same; sourcing of retail sales; application of sourcing rules.
Status: in_force

79-3669. Same; sourcing of retail sales; application of sourcing rules. (a) The retail sale of a product shall be sourced in accordance with K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto. The provisions of K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto, apply regardless of the characterization of a product as tangible personal property, a digital good or a service. The provisions of K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto, only apply to determine a seller's obligation to pay or collect and remit a sales or use tax with respect to the seller's retail sale of a product. These provisions do not affect the obligation of a purchaser or lessee to remit tax on the use of the product to the taxing jurisdictions of that use.

(b) K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto, does not apply to sales or use taxes levied on the following: (1) The retail sale or transfer of water craft, modular homes, manufactured homes or mobile homes. The retail sale of these items shall be sourced according to K.S.A. 12-191, and amendments thereto;

(2) the retail sales, excluding lease or rental, of motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers or aircraft that do not qualify as transportation equipment, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto. The retail sale of these items shall be sourced according to K.S.A. 12-191, and amendments thereto, and the lease or rental of these items must be sourced according to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 79-3670, and amendments thereto; and

(3) telecommunications services, as set out in K.S.A. 79-3673, and amendments thereto, and ancillary services, as defined in K.S.A. 79-3602, and amendments thereto, shall be sourced in accordance with K.S.A. 79-3673, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 71-1105 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 11 / Section 71-1105
71-1105 - Order establishing new college; contents.
Status: in_force

71-1105. Order establishing new college; contents. The order of the state board establishing any community college shall contain the following:

(a) A description of the territory of the community college district.

(b) A statement of the legal name of the community college.

(c) The effective date of the establishment of the community college for the purpose of taxation.

(d) The date that courses may first be offered by the community college.

(e) The date of the first election of members of the board of trustees, and a date two weeks prior thereto upon which the primary election, if needed, shall be held.

(f) A designation of the voting plan and method of election which shall initially apply in such community college district, and the voting plan and method of election shall be selected from those specified in chapter 71 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. If a member district method is selected the boundary of each member district shall be set forth.

(g) A specification of the election officer or officers who shall be locally responsible for conduct of the first election of trustees, and if more than one election officer is involved, the order shall also provide for certification of the results in each county to the state board for canvass of the vote and announcement and certification of the final result thereof, both in the primary and general elections.

(h) The date and place of the first meeting of the board of trustees.
K.S.A. § 36-501 — KS Code / Chapter 36 / Article 5 / Section 36-501
36-501 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

36-501. Definitions. (a) K.S.A. 36-501 through 36-520, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the lodging inspection act.

(b) As used in the lodging inspection act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Hotel" means every building or other structure that is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay primarily to transient guests and in which four or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, regardless of whether such building or structure is designated as a cabin camp, tourist cabin, motel or other type of lodging unit.

(2) "Rooming house" means every building or other structure that is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests and in which eight or more guests may be accommodated, but that does not maintain common facilities for the serving or preparation of food for such guests.

(3) "Boarding house" means every building or other structure that is kept, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests and in which eight or more guests may be accommodated, and that maintains common facilities for the serving or preparation of food for such guests. The term "boarding house" shall not include facilities licensed under K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 75-3307b(a)(5), prior to its repeal, or facilities licensed by the Kansas department for aging and disability services that are: (A) Facilities for developmentally disabled persons receiving assistance through the department and that receive or have received after June 30, 1967, any state or federal funds; or (B) facilities where developmentally disabled persons who require supervision or limited assistance with the taking of medication reside.

(4) "Lodging establishment" means a hotel, rooming house, guest house or boarding house.

(5) "Food" means the same as provided in K.S.A. 65-656, and amendments thereto.

(6) "Guest house" means every building or other structure that is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests. A guest house shall accommodate no more than seven guests in no more than three rooms furnished with sleeping accommodations, regardless of whether common facilities for the serving or preparation of food are maintained.

(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons.

(8) "Municipality" means any city or county of this state.

(9) "Secretary" means the secretary of agriculture and the secretary's authorized representatives.

(10) "Department" means the Kansas department of agriculture.
K.S.A. § 20-341 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 20-341
20-341 - District magistrate judges; expenses; retirement system.
Status: in_force

20-341. District magistrate judges; expenses; retirement system. (a) District magistrate judges shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in the same manner and to the same extent district judges are reimbursed for such expenses.

(b) Commencing with the first day of the first payroll period of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, district magistrate judges who make an election as provided in K.S.A. 20-2620 and district magistrate judges who are elected or appointed on and after July 1, 1993, shall become members of the retirement system for judges and shall be subject to and covered by the provisions of article 26 of chapter 20 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. For such purpose a district magistrate judge shall be considered a district judge. If, upon entry into the retirement system for judges, a district judge has prior service under the Kansas public employees' retirement system, any retirement benefits to which such judge was entitled under the Kansas public employees' retirement system and retirement benefits under the retirement system for judges shall become vested whenever the total service under both systems equals 10 years, and upon such judge's retirement, each such retirement system shall be liable for the payment of retirement benefits under such system in the proportion that the years of such judge's service under such system bears to such judge's total years of service under both such systems.
K.S.A. § 68-10,129 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 10 / Section 68-10,129
68-10,129 - Designation of part of U.S. highway 81 as the trooper James D. Thornton memorial highway.
Status: in_force

68-10,129. Designation of part of U.S. highway 81 as the trooper James D. Thornton memorial highway. The portion of United States highway 81 from its junction with United States highway 166, then north to the Sedgwick county line, is hereby designated as the trooper James D. Thornton memorial highway. The secretary of transportation shall place highway signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the trooper James D. Thornton memorial highway.
K.S.A. § 65-1731 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1731
65-1731 - Failure, neglect or refusal to pay fee classified as class B misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

65-1731. Failure, neglect or refusal to pay fee classified as class B misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any officer or agent of any funeral establishment or branch establishment required to pay the establishment fee authorized by the provisions of this act to fail, neglect or refuse to pay such fee. Any officer or agent of such funeral establishment or branch establishment who fails, neglects or refuses to pay such fee shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 38-2352 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 23 / Section 38-2352
38-2352 - Time of hearing.
Status: in_force

38-2352. Time of hearing. All cases filed under the code shall be heard without unnecessary delay. Continuances may be granted to either party for good cause shown.
K.S.A. § 25-2705 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 27 / Section 25-2705
25-2705 - Security of ballot boxes at polls; application of section.
Status: in_force

25-2705. Security of ballot boxes at polls; application of section. (a) At the time a voting place is opened, the supervising judge shall cause the ballot boxes to be opened in the presence of people there assembled. The ballot boxes shall be turned upside down so as to empty such boxes of everything therein. Each ballot box shall then be locked securely and shall not be opened again until opened for the purpose of canvassing.

(b) The provisions of this section shall only apply to elections conducted in counties that do not use tabulators or optical scanners to count votes.
K.S.A. § 72-26,103 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-26,103
72-26,103 - Same; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

72-26,103. Same; rules and regulations. The board of education shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the carrying out of the purpose of this act not in conflict therewith.
K.S.A. § 75-3649 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 36 / Section 75-3649
75-3649 - Same; pooled money investment board to loan funds therefor; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; 900 Jackson street acquisition fund created.
Status: in_force

75-3649. Same; pooled money investment board to loan funds therefor; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; 900 Jackson street acquisition fund created. (a) To provide for the payment of the costs of acquisition of the property described in K.S.A. 75-3648 and expenses related to such acquisition, the pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to loan to the department of administration sufficient funds therefor, except that no such loan shall be made unless the terms thereof have been approved by the state finance council acting on this matter which is hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c. The pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to use any moneys in the active accounts, inactive accounts or time deposits, open accounts, of the state of Kansas to provide the funds for such loan. Such loan shall bear interest at a rate equal to the interest rate being paid on state inactive account moneys at the time of the making of such loan. The loan principal and interest thereon shall be payable solely from revenues derived from charges imposed for the use of the property, or as otherwise provided by law. Such loan shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness or debt of the state of Kansas within the meaning of section 6 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas.

(b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 900 Jackson street acquisition fund. Upon certification to the pooled money investment board by the secretary of administration of the amount of the loan approved pursuant to subsection (a), the pooled money investment board shall transfer the amount so certified from the state bank accounts described in subsection (a) to the 900 Jackson street acquisition fund.
K.S.A. § 12-1762 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1762
12-1762 - Same; fixing of rates and charges.
Status: in_force

12-1762. Same; fixing of rates and charges. The public building commission authorized to be created under this act shall be authorized to establish and fix rates, rentals, fees and charges, for the use of any and all buildings or space therein or other facilities owned and operated by the commission, sufficient at all times to pay maintenance and operation costs of such buildings or facilities, the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued by the commission as the same shall become due and payable, and to make all payments to any accounts created by any bond resolution.
K.S.A. § 19-1430 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 14 / Section 19-1430
19-1430 - Preservation of corner monuments; cost.
Status: in_force

19-1430. Preservation of corner monuments; cost. When a United States public land survey corner or section center corner monument located in a street or road:

(a) Is at risk of being displaced or destroyed;

(b) projects above the usual grade of a roadbed;

(c) is at risk of coverage by concrete, asphalt or other permanent type surfacing; or

(d) is at risk that fill will cover the corner monument more than two feet, the agency responsible for maintaining the road shall preserve the corner monument by employing a land surveyor to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 58-2011, and amendments thereto.

The cost of the preservation or reestablishment of the corner monument shall be paid by the agency responsible for maintaining the road, or if such corner monument is located on private property, by the landowner.
K.S.A. § 65-2866 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2866
65-2866 - Attorney general, county or district attorney to prosecute violations; recovery of expenses; disposition of recovered penalties.
Status: in_force

65-2866. Attorney general, county or district attorney to prosecute violations; recovery of expenses; disposition of recovered penalties. (a) Upon the request of the board, the attorney general or county or district attorney of the proper county shall institute in the name of the state or board the proper proceedings against any person regarding whom a complaint has been made charging such person with the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and the attorney general, and such county or district attorney, at the request of the attorney general or of the board shall appear and prosecute any and all such actions.

(b) In pursuing an action under the Kansas healing arts act solely in the name of the state or county, the attorney general and the county or district attorney are authorized to sue for and collect reasonable expenses and investigation fees as determined by the court. Civil penalties or contempt penalties sued for and recovered by the attorney general shall be paid into the state general fund. Civil penalties and contempt penalties sued for and recovered by the county or district attorney shall be paid into the general fund of the county where the proceedings were instituted.