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K.S.A. § 2-3308 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 33 / Section 2-3308
2-3308 - Unlawful acts; criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

2-3308. Unlawful acts; criminal penalties. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), it is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 for:

(1) Any person to engage in chemigation without first obtaining a permit as provided in this act;

(2) any person to engage in chemigation on a suspended or revoked permit;

(3) any person to tamper with, or otherwise damage in any way, equipment specified in this act; or

(4) any permit holder to fail to immediately notify the secretary of any actual or suspected accident resulting from the use of chemigation.

(b) It is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 per violation for any person to knowingly:

(1) Commit any act described by subsection (a); or

(2) commit any unlawful act described by K.S.A. 2-3313, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-4405 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 44 / Section 12-4405
12-4405 - Appointment of counsel, when.
Status: in_force

12-4405. Appointment of counsel, when. If the municipal judge has reason to believe that if found guilty, the accused person might be deprived of his or her liberty and is not financially able to employ counsel, the judge shall appoint an attorney to represent the accused person.

Financial inability to employ counsel shall be determined by the methods provided in K.S.A. 22-4504.
K.S.A. § 65-1832 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 18 / Section 65-1832
65-1832 - Performance of duties by board; additional compensation prohibited.
Status: in_force

65-1832. Performance of duties by board; additional compensation prohibited. The members of the board shall not be entitled to additional compensation for the performance of duties required of them by this act.
K.S.A. § 39-7,157 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-7,157
39-7,157 - Same; termination of proceedings; issuance of driver's license.
Status: in_force

39-7,157. Same; termination of proceedings; issuance of driver's license. If a person previously certified pursuant to K.S.A. 39-7,155, and amendments thereto, is decertified by the secretary for children and families, the secretary of revenue shall immediately terminate any proceedings under K.S.A. 39-7,155, and amendments thereto, and, if the person's driving privileges have been restricted, may issue a driver's license to the person if the person meets requirements to receive a license. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or stay any proceeding by the secretary of revenue to suspend, revoke or restrict the person's driving privileges on any other grounds.
K.S.A. § 72-6311 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 63 / Section 72-6311
72-6311 - Right of privacy policies; definitions.
Status: in_force

72-6311. Right of privacy policies; definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the state board of regents, the state board of education, the board of trustees of any public community college, the board of regents of any municipal university, the governing board of any technical college and the board of education of any school district.

(2) "Student" means a person who has attained 18 years of age, or is attending an institution of postsecondary education.

(3) "Pupil" means a person who has not attained 18 years of age and is attending an educational institution below the postsecondary level.

(b) Every board shall adopt a policy in accordance with the student data privacy act and applicable federal laws and regulations to protect the right of privacy of any student, or pupil and such pupil's family regarding personally identifiable records, files and data directly related to such student or pupil. The board shall adopt and implement procedures to effectuate such policy by January 1, 1977. Such procedures shall provide for: (1) Means by which any student or parent of a pupil, as the case may be, may inspect and review any records or files directly related to the student or pupil; and (2) restricting the accessibility and availability of any personally identifiable records or files of any student or pupil and preventing disclosure thereof unless made upon written consent of such student or parent of such pupil, as the case may be.
K.S.A. § 2-3203 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 32 / Section 2-3203
2-3203 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

2-3203. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Agricultural activity" means the growing or raising of horticultural and agricultural crops, hay, poultry and livestock, and livestock, poultry and dairy products for commercial purposes and includes activities related to the handling, storage and transportation of agricultural commodities.

(b) "Farmland" means land devoted primarily to an agricultural activity.

(c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation, trust, organization or any other business entity, but does not include any governmental entity.

(d) "Agricultural chemical" means those agricultural chemicals as defined in the agricultural chemical act set forth in K.S.A. 2-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 38-2377 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 23 / Section 38-2377
38-2377 - Notification of pending release; hearing; maximum term of imprisonment.
Status: in_force

38-2377. Notification of pending release; hearing; maximum term of imprisonment. (a) The secretary shall notify the county or district attorney, the court, the local law enforcement agency and the school district in which the juvenile offender will be residing of such pending release at least 45 days before release if the juvenile is still required to attend school, if the juvenile offender has committed an act prior to July 1, 1999, which, if committed by a person 18 years of age or over, would have constituted: (1) A class A or B felony, before July 1, 1993; or (2) an off-grid crime, a nondrug crime ranked at severity level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 or a drug crime ranked at severity level 1, 2 or 3, if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 1993, and, if such juvenile is to be released. The county or district attorney shall give written notice at least 30 days prior to discharge of the juvenile offender pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2379, and amendments thereto. The county attorney, district attorney or the court on its own motion may file a motion with the court for a hearing to determine if the juvenile offender should be placed on conditional release if not previously ordered by the court, subject to the overall case length limit. The court shall fix a time and place for hearing and shall notify each party of the time and place.

(b) Following the hearing, if the court orders a period of conditional release, the juvenile offender shall not be supervised for longer than six months of conditional release and the overall case length limit.
K.S.A. § 97-1405 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 14 / Section 97-1405
97-1405 - Apportionment of Representatives.
Status: in_force

§ 5. Apportionment of Representatives. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
K.S.A. § 65-6208 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 62 / Section 65-6208
65-6208 - Assessment imposed on hospital providers; rate.
Status: in_force

65-6208. Assessment imposed on hospital providers; rate. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6209, and amendments thereto, an annual assessment on services is imposed on each hospital provider in an amount not greater than 6% of each hospital's net inpatient and outpatient operating revenue, as determined by the healthcare access improvement panel in consultation with the department of health and environment, for the hospital's fiscal year three years prior to the assessment year. In the event that a hospital does not have a complete 12-month fiscal year in such third prior fiscal year, the assessment under this section shall be $200,000 until such date that such hospital has completed the hospital's first 12-month fiscal year. Upon completing such first 12-month fiscal year, such hospital's assessment under this section shall be the amount not greater than 6% of such hospital's net inpatient and outpatient operating revenue, as determined by the healthcare access improvement panel in consultation with the department of health and environment, for such first completed 12-month fiscal year.

(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize any home rule unit or other unit of local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment upon hospital providers or a tax or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a hospital provider.
K.S.A. § 4-3,918 — KS Code / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 4-3,918
4-3,918 - District 55.
Status: in_force

4-3,918. District 55. Representative district 55 shall consist of the following voting districts in Shawnee county: (000590), (000600), (000610), (000630), (000640), (000650), (000740), (001040), (001050), (001060), (001070), (001080), (001090), (001100), (001120), (001130), (001140), (001150), (001160), (001170), (001180), (001190), (001200), (001210), (001220), (001230), (001240), (001250), (600020); and the following blocks in voting district (900030), tract 0022.00, block group 1, in Shawnee county: block 000.
K.S.A. § 66-273 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 2 / Section 66-273
66-273 - Permitting trains, engines or cars to stand on public highway.
Status: in_force

66-273. Permitting trains, engines or cars to stand on public highway. Each and every railroad company or any corporation leasing or otherwise operating a railroad in Kansas is hereby prohibited from allowing its trains, engines or cars to stand upon any public road within one half mile of any incorporated or unincorporated city or town, station or flag station, or upon any crossing or street, to exceed ten minutes at any one time without leaving an opening in the traveled portion of the public road, street or crossing of at least thirty feet in width.
K.S.A. § 72-3710 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 37 / Section 72-3710
72-3710 - Same; joint and cooperative provision authorized; sharing of information required, when.
Status: in_force

72-3710. Same; joint and cooperative provision authorized; sharing of information required, when. The boards of education of any two or more school districts are hereby authorized to enter into a school district interlocal agreement in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-8230, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of jointly and cooperatively providing technology education programs in such school districts. Any school district having a technology education program in operation or having a plan to develop, implement or enhance such program shall, upon request, share information on the research, development and operation of such programs with other school districts.
K.S.A. § 66-524 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 5 / Section 66-524
66-524 - Railroad policemen; appointment; approval by attorney general; power and authority.
Status: in_force

66-524. Railroad policemen; appointment; approval by attorney general; power and authority. Any railroad company may appoint one (1) or more persons to be designated by such railroad company as a railroad policeman to aid and supplement the law enforcement agencies of this state in the protection of railroad property and the protection of the persons and property of railroad passengers and employees: Provided, That the appointment of any such person as a railroad policeman shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general of this state or any person that he might designate for such purpose. While engaged in the conduct of his employment, each railroad policeman so appointed shall possess and exercise all law enforcement powers in every city and county of this state which are prescribed by law for the sheriffs of the several counties and for the police officers and city marshals of any city. Each railroad policeman shall carry upon his person at all times while engaged in the conduct of his duties an identification card setting forth the date of his appointment and signed by the attorney general or his designated agent.
K.S.A. § 58-3058 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 30 / Section 58-3058
58-3058 - Appeal of commission orders.
Status: in_force

58-3058. Appeal of commission orders. Any person aggrieved by an order of the commission may appeal the order in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.
K.S.A. § 38-2344 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 23 / Section 38-2344
38-2344 - First appearance; plea.
Status: in_force

38-2344. First appearance; plea. (a) When the juvenile appears without an attorney in response to a complaint, the court shall inform the juvenile of the following:

(1) The nature of the charges in the complaint;

(2) the right to hire an attorney of the juvenile's own choice;

(3) the duty of the court to appoint an attorney for the juvenile if no attorney is hired by the juvenile or parent;

(4) that the court may require the juvenile or parent to pay the expense of a court appointed attorney; and

(5) the right to be offered an immediate intervention pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2346, and amendments thereto.

Upon request the court shall give the juvenile or parent an opportunity to hire an attorney. If no request is made or the juvenile or parent is financially unable to hire an attorney, the court shall promptly appoint an attorney for the juvenile. The court shall afford the juvenile an opportunity to confer with the attorney before requiring the juvenile to plead to the allegations of the complaint.

(b) When the juvenile appears with an attorney in response to a complaint, the court shall require the juvenile to plead guilty, nolo contendere or not guilty to the allegations stated in the complaint, unless there is an application for and approval of an immediate intervention program. Prior to making this requirement, the court shall inform the juvenile of the following:

(1) The nature of the charges in the complaint;

(2) the right of the juvenile to be presumed innocent of each charge;

(3) the right to jury trial without unnecessary delay;

(4) the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses appearing in support of the allegations of the complaint;

(5) the right to subpoena witnesses;

(6) the right of the juvenile to testify or to decline to testify; and

(7) the sentencing alternatives the court may select as the result of the juvenile being adjudicated a juvenile offender.

(c) If the juvenile pleads guilty to the allegations contained in a complaint or pleads nolo contendere, the court shall determine, before accepting the plea and entering a sentence: (1) That there has been a voluntary waiver of the rights enumerated in subsections (b)(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6); and (2) that there is a factual basis for the plea.

(d) If the juvenile pleads not guilty, the court shall schedule a time and date for trial to the court.

(e) First appearance may be conducted by two-way electronic audio-video communication between the juvenile and the judge in lieu of personal presence of the juvenile or the juvenile's attorney in the courtroom from any location within Kansas in the discretion of the court. The juvenile may be accompanied by the juvenile's attorney during such proceedings or the juvenile's attorney may be personally present in court as long as a means of confidential communication between the juvenile and the juvenile's attorney is available.
K.S.A. § 40-113 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-113
40-113 - Criminal anti-fraud division; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

40-113. Criminal anti-fraud division; powers and duties. (a) There is hereby established within the insurance department a criminal anti-fraud division of the Kansas insurance department. The criminal anti-fraud division shall accept information and complaints regarding possible insurance fraud. The criminal anti-fraud division shall also investigate possible violations of Kansas criminal statutes pertaining to and related to insurance fraud. The criminal anti-fraud division shall prepare and refer criminal cases to the attorney general, or in consultation with the attorney general to the proper county or district attorney, who may, in such prosecutor's discretion, with or without such a reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under the laws of this state. The commissioner may pay extradition and witness expenses and other costs associated with the case.

(b) Complaints of insurance fraud shall be accepted from Kansas consumers, other divisions within the insurance department, other state and federal law enforcement agencies, and insurance companies. The criminal anti-fraud division's investigators shall prepare clear and concise reports concerning investigations and preserve evidence.

(c) The criminal anti-fraud division shall assist in the preparation and presentation of criminal cases as requested by the attorney general or county or district attorney. The criminal anti-fraud division shall perform other such duties in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud as may be necessary. Such preparation may include affidavits, interviews, preservation of evidence and securing the attendance of individuals involved in the case. In presenting the prosecution's case, members of the criminal anti-fraud division may testify as to the facts of the case.
K.S.A. § 80-1118 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 11 / Section 80-1118
80-1118 - Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election.
Status: in_force

80-1118. Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election. From and after July 1, 2008: (a) The board of county commissioners may disorganize any township if any of the following apply:

(1) The number of residents in the township shall become less than 200;

(2) a vacancy exists in the office of township trustee, clerk or treasurer for two consecutive years; or

(3) the township fails to file an annual budget for two consecutive years.

The territory of any township disorganized under this section shall be attached to one or more townships which are contiguous to such township.

(b) The board of county commissioners desiring to disorganize a township under this section shall adopt a resolution stating the county is considering the disorganization of such township. The resolution shall:

(1) Give notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the disorganization and fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing. Unless the board determines adequate facilities are not available, the public hearing shall be held at a site located within such township. The site and time of the hearing shall be held at a location and time determined to be the most convenient for the greatest number of interested persons.

(2) A copy of the resolution providing for the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation of the township.

(c) Following the public hearing the board may pass a resolution disorganizing the township and attaching the territory to one or more adjacent townships. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation of the township. The resolution shall take effect 60 days after the final publication unless a petition signed by electors of such township equal in number to at least 10% of the electors who voted at the last general election is presented to the county clerk calling for an election on the issue. Such proposition may be submitted at the next general election held in such townships or at special elections called for that purpose by the board of county commissioners, and shall be submitted on a separate ballot in substantially the following form:

Proposition to consolidate__________________township

(name of township)

with ______________________________ township(s).

(name of township or townships)

Yes ☐ No ☐

If a majority of the votes cast in such township in such election shall be in the affirmative, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to disorganize such township and attach the territory to such other township or townships. The expenses of such election shall be paid by the county from the county general fund.
K.S.A. § 24-625 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-625
24-625 - Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property.
Status: in_force

24-625. Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property. In order to effect the drainage of said district the board is authorized to clean out and remove all obstructions from the bed of any stream, creek, bayou, or any other watercourse in said district, to straighten or shorten and deepen or widen the course in said district, to straighten the bed of any stream and construct a new channel therefor, and to fill up any channel, or part of a channel of any stream, creek, bayou, or other watercourse in order to turn the direction of the volume of water or to concentrate the water so as to deepen and form a new main channel.

The said board shall have the power to construct the said works across any street, avenue, highway, railway, ditch or flume which the route of said ditches may intersect or cross, in such a manner as to afford security for life and property but the said board shall restore the same, when so crossed or intersected, to its former state as near as may be, or in a sufficient manner not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness; and every company whose railroad shall be intersected and crossed by said works shall unite with said board in forming said intersections and crossings and shall grant the privilege aforesaid; and if such railroad company and said board, or the owners and controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid therefor, or the points or the manner of said crossings, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as is provided in respect to the taking of land. The right of way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart, to locate, construct and maintain said works over and through any of the lands which are now, or may be property of the state.
K.S.A. § 72-26,132 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 26 / Section 72-26,132
72-26,132 - Same; policies for investment of fund; formulation and review.
Status: in_force

72-26,132. Same; policies for investment of fund; formulation and review. Subject to the standards, objectives and restrictions set forth in K.S.A. 72-17,125, each such board of education shall formulate policies for the investment and reinvestment of moneys in the retirement fund of the school district and the acquisition, retention, management and disposition of investments of such fund. From time to time, each board of education shall review any policies so adopted and make such changes therein as it deems necessary.