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K.S.A. § 23-2712 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 27 / Section 23-2712
23-2712 - Separation agreement.
Status: in_force

23-2712. Separation agreement. (a) If the parties have entered into a separation agreement which the court finds to be valid, just and equitable, the agreement shall be incorporated in the decree. A separation agreement may include provisions relating to a parenting plan. The provisions of the agreement on all matters settled by it shall be confirmed in the decree except that any provisions relating to the legal custody, residency, visitation parenting time, support or education of the minor children shall be subject to the control of the court in accordance with all other provisions of this article.

(b) Matters settled by an agreement incorporated in the decree, other than matters pertaining to the legal custody, residency, visitation, parenting time, support or education of the minor children, shall not be subject to subsequent modification by the court except: (1) As prescribed by the agreement; or (2) as subsequently consented to by the parties.
K.S.A. § 71-1805 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 18 / Section 71-1805
71-1805 - Same; distribution, when; credit to appropriate fund.
Status: in_force

71-1805. Same; distribution, when; credit to appropriate fund. One-half of the distribution of the appropriation for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid shall be made on August 1, and the remaining one-half shall be made on January 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The state board shall certify, on or before July 20 and December 20 of each fiscal year, to the director of accounts and reports the amount due on August 1 or on January 1, as the case may be, to each institution eligible for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid from such appropriation, and the director of accounts and reports shall draw a warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the eligible institution for such amount. Upon receipt of the warrant, the treasurer of each community college and the institute of technology shall credit the amount of the warrant to the postsecondary technical education fund of the community college or institute, and the treasurer of each technical college shall credit the amount of the warrant to the general operating fund of the technical college.
K.S.A. § 44-407 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 4 / Section 44-407
44-407 - Application fee; receipts.
Status: in_force

44-407. Application fee; receipts. Where a fee is charged for receiving or filing applications for employment, such fee shall not exceed $75 for which a duplicate receipt shall be given (one copy to be kept by the employee and the other for the employer), in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant, the date of such application, the amount of the fee, and the nature of the work to be done or the situation to be procured.
K.S.A. § 9-560 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 9-560
9-560 - Commissioner authorized to participate in multistate supervisory processes.
Status: in_force

9-560. Commissioner authorized to participate in multistate supervisory processes. (a) To administer and enforce the provisions of this act and minimize the regulatory burden, the commissioner is hereby authorized to participate in multistate supervisory processes established between states and coordinated through the conference of state bank supervisors, money transmitter regulators associations and affiliates and successors thereof for all licensees that hold licenses in Kansas or other states. As a participant in such established multistate supervisory processes, the commissioner may:

(1) Cooperate, coordinate and share information with other state and federal regulators in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-559, and amendments thereto;

(2) enter into written cooperation, coordination or information-sharing contracts or agreements with organizations, the membership of which is made up of state or federal governmental agencies; and

(3) cooperate, coordinate and share information with organizations, the membership of which is made up of state or federal governmental agencies, if the organizations agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality and security of the shared information in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-558, and amendments thereto.

(b) The commissioner shall not waive, and nothing in this section shall constitute a waiver of, the commissioner's authority to conduct an examination or investigation or otherwise take independent action authorized by this act or rules and regulations adopted or an order issued under this act to enforce compliance with applicable state or federal law.

(c) A joint examination or investigation or acceptance of an examination or investigation report shall not be construed to waive an examination assessment provided for in this act.

(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2025.
K.S.A. § 47-2006 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 20 / Section 47-2006
47-2006 - Lien; foreclosure.
Status: in_force

47-2006. Lien; foreclosure. If the assessment is not deducted and paid to the person or persons as provided in K.S.A. 47-2005, or within 10 days thereafter, such lien, within one year after the expiration of such 10-day period, may be foreclosed by action in any court having jurisdiction in the county in which such sheep or wool, or their products, was sold, or in which such sheep or wool, or their products, may be found, or in which such sheep or wool, or their products, shall have been commingled with other sheep or wool, or their products.
K.S.A. § 20-3010 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 30 / Section 20-3010
20-3010 - Commencement of duties by judge appointed to fill vacancy; rights, privileges, powers and duties; terms of office; eligibility for retention in office; election on question of retention; term for which retained; rejection, vacancy, appointment of successor; failure to declare candidacy, vacancy.
Status: in_force

20-3010. Commencement of duties by judge appointed to fill vacancy; rights, privileges, powers and duties; terms of office; eligibility for retention in office; election on question of retention; term for which retained; rejection, vacancy, appointment of successor; failure to declare candidacy, vacancy. (a) Any person appointed to the office of judge of the court of appeals to fill a vacancy or appointed by reason of the expiration of a term of office, shall serve until the second Monday in January following the next general election which occurs after one year in office and shall be eligible to be retained in office for a full term of four years as provided in K.S.A. 20-3006, and amendments thereto, for the retention of judges first appointed to the court of appeals.

(b) If a majority of the votes cast and counted at such election is in favor of retaining such judge in office, the judge shall remain in office for a regular term of four years from the second Monday in January next following such election. Thereafter, such judge shall be subject to retention in office as provided in K.S.A. 20-3006, and amendments thereto. If a majority of the votes cast and counted at such election is against retaining such judge in office, such judge's position on the court of appeals shall become vacant on the second Monday in January next following the election, and a successor shall be appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3020, and amendments thereto. If such judge does not declare such judge's candidacy for election to be retained in office, such judge's position on the court of appeals shall be vacant on the second Monday in January next following such election.
K.S.A. § 75-1230 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 12 / Section 75-1230
75-1230 - Same; placement of approved tie downs; roof protectors; over-the-top tie downs.
Status: in_force

75-1230. Same; placement of approved tie downs; roof protectors; over-the-top tie downs. (a) Approved tie downs shall be placed on a mobile home as follows:

(1) On any mobile home not less than 36 feet in length and not more than 50 feet in length, three frame tie downs shall be placed on each side, or three over-the-top tie downs shall be used or any combination thereof approved by the secretary;

(2) On any mobile home more than 50 feet in length and not more than 70 feet in length, four frame tie downs shall be placed on each side, or four over-the-top tie downs shall be used or any combination thereof approved by the secretary;

(3) On any mobile home more than 70 feet in length, five frame tie downs shall be placed on each side, or five over-the-top tie downs shall be used or any combination thereof approved by the secretary;

(4) On any doublewide mobile home, not more than 50 feet in length, three frame tie downs shall be placed on each side or three over-the-top tie downs shall be used, or any combination thereof approved by the secretary; and on any such mobile home more than 50 feet in length, four frame tie downs shall be used on each side or four over-the-top tie downs shall be used or any combination thereof approved by the secretary.

(b) Whenever over-the-top tie downs are required on any mobile home, one tie down shall be placed as close to each end of the mobile home as practicable, and the center tie down, if any, shall be located as close to the center of the mobile home as possible. The distance between all such adjacent tie downs shall be as nearly equal as practicable.

(c) Roof protectors shall be used with all over-the-top tie downs securing mobile homes not equipped with such tie downs by the manufacturer. Roof protectors shall be made of rust-resistant material and placed at stud and rafter locations on a mobile home.

(d) Over-the-top tie downs may be attached to the same ground anchor as frame tie downs.
K.S.A. § 84-8-208 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 8 / Section 84-8-208
84-8-208 - Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent.
Status: in_force

84-8-208. Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent. (a) A person signing a security certificate as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, warrants to a purchaser for value of the certificated security, if the purchaser is without notice of a particular defect, that:

(1) The certificate is genuine;

(2) the person's own participation in the issue of the security is within the person's capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and

(3) the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the certificated security is in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.
K.S.A. § 59-3402 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 34 / Section 59-3402
59-3402 - onvested property interest or power of appointment, creation.
Status: in_force

59-3402. N onvested property interest or power of appointment, creation. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 59-3405, the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law.

(b) For purposes of this act, if there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of (i) a nonvested property interest or (ii) a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 59-3401, the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates. For purposes of this act, a joint power with respect to community property or to marital property under the uniform marital property act held by individuals married to each other is a power exercisable by one person alone.

(c) For purposes of this act, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising from a transfer of property to a previously funded trust or other existing property arrangement is created when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment in the original contribution was created.
K.S.A. § 3-121 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 3-121
3-121 - Same; use of general funds; general obligation bonds; protest petition and election; tax levies, use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

3-121. Same; use of general funds; general obligation bonds; protest petition and election; tax levies, use of proceeds. Municipalities operating airports jointly may pay the expenses of purchasing or acquiring such airports from the general funds of such municipalities or may issue general obligation bonds, as authorized by law, but no such bonds shall be issued for the purchase or acquisition of airports as provided hereunder, by any municipality unless and until the question of issuing same shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of such municipality at any regular or special election and a majority of those voting on the proposition in such municipality shall have voted in favor of the issuance of said bonds. In addition, any such governing body may issue general obligation bonds of the county or city in an amount not to exceed $50,000 annually without an election, for the purpose of providing improvements on runways of any such airport. Any governing body proposing to issue such bonds shall publish a resolution to that effect in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or county, as applicable. Such resolution shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks. If, within 60 days following the final such publication, a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of such city or county, as applicable, is presented to the county election officer, no such bonds shall be issued until approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the next county or city general election following the presentation of the petition.

In lieu of issuing such bonds for the purchase or acquisition of an airport, the governing body of the municipality may levy an annual tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar on all the taxable tangible property in such municipality for not to exceed three years for the purpose of creating a special fund to be used to pay the expenses of purchasing or acquiring such airports or flying fields and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Any such governing bodies are hereby further authorized to levy an annual tax for the support, maintenance and operation of such airports and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Such support, maintenance and operation expenses shall be borne in the proportion agreed upon by the municipalities in case such airports are not leased.
K.S.A. § 61-2704 — KS Code / Chapter 61 / Article 27 / Section 61-2704
61-2704 - Commencement of action; fees and costs; authorized only by legislative enactment; limit on number of claims.
Status: in_force

61-2704. Commencement of action; fees and costs; authorized only by legislative enactment; limit on number of claims. (a) An action seeking the recovery of a small claim shall be considered to have been commenced at the time a person files a written statement of the person's small claim with the clerk of the court if, within 90 days after the small claim is filed, service of process is obtained or the first publication is made for service by publication. Otherwise, the action is deemed commenced at the time of service of process or first publication. An entry of appearance shall have the same effect as service.

(b) Upon the filing of a plaintiff's small claim, the clerk of the court shall require from the plaintiff a docket fee of $35 if the claim does not exceed $500; or $55 if the claim exceeds $500; unless for good cause shown the judge waives the fee. The docket fee shall be the only costs required in an action seeking recovery of a small claim. No person may file more than 20 small claims under this act in the same court during any calendar year.

(c) Except as provided further, the docket fee established in this section shall be the only fee collected or moneys in the nature of a fee collected for the docket fee. Such fee shall only be established by an act of the legislature and no other authority is established by law or otherwise to collect a fee. On and after July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2025, the supreme court may impose an additional charge, not to exceed $12.50 per docket fee, to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel.
K.S.A. § 38-2401 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 24 / Section 38-2401
38-2401 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

38-2401. Citation of act. K.S.A. 38-2401 through 38-2405, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the host families act.
K.S.A. § 40-4201 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 42 / Section 40-4201
40-4201 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

40-4201. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Prepaid service plan" means any person, company, corporation, partnership or other legal entity who collects periodic fees on a prepaid basis from residents of this state in connection with for-profit legal or dental coverage other than: (1) An employer on behalf of its employees or the employees of one or more subsidiary or affiliated corporations of such employer; (2) a union or association on behalf of its members; (3) an organization transacting business in this state pursuant to article 19a of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, including their sales representatives when engaged in the performance of their duties as such; (4) an insurance company duly authorized to conduct insurance pursuant to K.S.A. 40-1102(1)(m), and amendments thereto; or (5) a company providing products and services to customers for a fee where customers receive consultations with a licensed attorney connected to the customer by the company, so long as the company does not directly provide legal services, pay for legal services beyond a minimal administrative fee per customer or indemnify or reimburse the customer for any legal expenses incurred.

(b) "Provider" means any attorney or dentist currently licensed and in good standing in this state who enters into a provider agreement as defined in this act.

(c) "Member" means an individual or person on behalf of a group of individuals who enters into a membership agreement with a prepaid service plan which agrees to provide legal or dental services to the member: (1) For a predetermined monthly membership fee; (2) at a reduced rate in exchange for such a monthly membership fee; or (3) a combination of both a predetermined monthly fee and a reduced rate in exchange for such a monthly membership fee.

(d) "Membership agreement" means the written contract between the member and the prepaid service plan.

(e) "Provider agreement" means the written contract between the provider and the prepaid service plan.
K.S.A. § 12-145 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-145
12-145 - Same; exemptions.
Status: in_force

12-145. Same; exemptions. No city shall levy a vehicle tax on:

(a) Motor vehicles which are exempt from the requirements of state motor vehicle registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-128 or 8-136;

(b) motor vehicles for which provision is made for registration under K.S.A. 8-161, 8-168 or 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive.
K.S.A. § 21-6408 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 64 / Section 21-6408
21-6408 - Unlawful possession of a gambling device.
Status: in_force

21-6408. Unlawful possession of a gambling device. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a gambling device.

(b) Violation of this section is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that:

(1) The gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950; or

(2) the gambling device is possessed or under custody or control of a manufacturer registered under the federal gambling devices act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. § 1171 et seq.) or a transporter under contract with such manufacturer with intent to distribute for use:

(A) By the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;

(B) by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission;

(C) in a state other than the state of Kansas; or

(D) in tribal gaming.
K.S.A. § 44-1044 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 10 / Section 44-1044
44-1044 - Probable cause determinations under K.S.A. 44-1005 or 44-1019; exempt from judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions act.
Status: in_force

44-1044. Probable cause determinations under K.S.A. 44-1005 or 44-1019; exempt from judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions act. Determinations under K.S.A. 44-1005 or 44-1019, and amendments thereto, by the Kansas human rights commission that no probable cause exists for crediting the allegations of a complaint under the Kansas act against discrimination or the Kansas age discrimination in employment act are hereby specifically exempted from the Kansas judicial review act (K.S.A. 77-601 through 77-627, and amendments thereto).
K.S.A. § 66-1,191 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1,191
66-1,191 - Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
Status: in_force

66-1,191. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings. The commission, upon its own initiative, may investigate all rates, joint rates, tolls, charges and exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and rules and regulations of telecommunications public utilities over which the commission has control. If after full hearing and investigation the commission finds that such rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates or rules and regulations are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, the commission shall have the power to fix and order substituted therefor such rates, tolls, charges, exactions, classifications or schedules of rates or joint rates and such rules and regulations as are just and reasonable.

If upon any investigation it is found that any regulation, measurement, practice, act or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unduly preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of this act or of the orders of the commission, or if it is found that any service is inadequate or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the commission may substitute therefor such other regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts, and make such order respecting any such changes in such regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts as are just and reasonable. When, in the judgment of the commission, public necessity and convenience require, the commission may establish just and reasonable concentration or other special rates, charges or privileges, but all such rates, charges and privileges shall be open to all users of a like kind of service under similar circumstances and conditions. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, unless, in the case of a general investigation, for good cause, the commission orders otherwise.