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K.S.A. § 24-1227 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 12 / Section 24-1227
24-1227 - Extension of territory of district; petition, contents; approval of chief engineer.
Status: in_force

24-1227. Extension of territory of district; petition, contents; approval of chief engineer. The secretary of state, with the approval of the chief engineer of the division of water resources, shall have power, upon proper petition being presented for that purpose to extend the territory of any watershed district organized and incorporated under the provision of article 12 of chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or any amendments thereto. The petition to extend the territory of any watershed district shall be addressed to the secretary of state, and shall: (a) Describe the territory to be annexed by section numbers and fractions thereof, and other platted areas as appropriate, except as provided for in K.S.A. 24-1205, as amended, for the inclusion of incorporated cities; (b) state to what watershed district annexation is sought; (c) have a map attached thereto as an exhibit, and incorporated therein by reference, showing said watershed district and the lands proposed to be annexed; and (d) show that the proposed extension of territory has been recommended by the watershed district concerned by resolution duly adopted by its board.

The petition shall be circulated, signed, filed and transmitted in the manner prescribed for the original organization of a watershed district in K.S.A. 24-1203, 24-1205, 24-1206, and 24-1207, or any amendments thereto, and similar action shall be taken as prescribed in said section 24-1206, in so far as same is applicable.
K.S.A. § 55-517 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 5 / Section 55-517
55-517 - Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement officers; fees.
Status: in_force

55-517. Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement officers; fees. All county or district attorneys and law enforcement officers of this state are hereby charged with the same duties in respect of motor fuels and other liquid fuels so unlawfully transported, and motor trucks and other vehicles and containers so unlawfully used, as are now imposed upon them in respect of intoxicating liquors and automobiles, vehicles and other property used in their transportation in this state. The person primarily responsible and instrumental in procuring the seizure of any such contraband property and instituting proceedings for its confiscation, other than a state officer, and the county or district attorney who prosecutes the proceeding or proceedings resulting in confiscation and sale of any such contraband property, upon the making of an order to sell such property, shall each be allowed and paid a fee of not less than $5 nor more than $20, to be by the court taxed as costs and paid as other costs. The fee allowed shall not in any case exceed 1/3 of the proceeds of such sale or sales, and the court making such order shall determine any conflicting claims to such allowance.
K.S.A. § 75-1225 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 12 / Section 75-1225
75-1225 - Severability.
Status: in_force

75-1225. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the act and the application of such provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not thereby be rendered invalid or unconstitutional or affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
K.S.A. § 22-3204 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-3204
22-3204 - Joinder of defendants; separate trials.
Status: in_force

22-3204. Joinder of defendants; separate trials. When two or more defendants are jointly charged with any crime, the court may order a separate trial for any one defendant when requested by such defendant or by the prosecuting attorney.
K.S.A. § 74-32,252 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,252
74-32,252 - Higher education loan program for students and parents of students; administration by nonprofit corporation; revenue bonds and interest exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force

74-32,252. Higher education loan program for students and parents of students; administration by nonprofit corporation; revenue bonds and interest exempt from taxation. (a) All revenue bonds, and all interest paid to holders thereof, issued by a qualified nonprofit corporation for the purpose of providing a higher education loan program in Kansas shall be exempt from taxation of every kind by the state of Kansas and by any taxing subdivision thereof.

(b) As used in this act:

(1) "Higher education loan program" means a program which is provided for the purpose of making loans available to students and to parents of students and which is operated under applicable federal loan programs established pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended; and

(2) "qualified nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state of Kansas which is approved as the single nonprofit corporation providing a statewide higher education loan program and which is authorized to issue obligations which are exempt from federal income taxation.
K.S.A. § 24-657 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-657
24-657 - Same; authorization.
Status: in_force

24-657. Same; authorization. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, drainage districts, the proposed territory of which lies in two or more counties, may be organized and incorporated in the manner provided in this act.
K.S.A. § 60-302 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 3 / Section 60-302
60-302 - Summons; form.
Status: in_force

60-302. Summons; form. The summons must be signed by the clerk, dated the day it is issued and bear the court's seal. The summons is sufficient if in substantial compliance with the form set forth by the judicial council.
K.S.A. § 68-10,116 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 10 / Section 68-10,116
68-10,116 - Designation of part of U.S. highway 400 as the John Troy, Pete Hughes and Earl Seifert highway.
Status: in_force

68-10,116. Designation of part of U.S. highway 400 as the John Troy, Pete Hughes and Earl Seifert highway. The portion of United States highway 400 from the intersection with Queens road in Labette county, then east to the intersection with Udall road is hereby designated as the John Troy, Pete Hughes and Earl Seifert highway. Upon compliance with K.S.A. 68-10,114, and amendments thereto, the secretary of transportation shall place highway signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the John Troy, Pete Hughes and Earl Seifert highway.
K.S.A. § 65-5420 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 54 / Section 65-5420
65-5420 - Registration deemed to be licensure on effective day of act.
Status: in_force

65-5420. Registration deemed to be licensure on effective day of act. (a) Any person holding a valid registration as an occupational therapist immediately prior to the effective date of this act which has been issued by the state board of healing arts shall be deemed to be a licensed occupational therapist and shall be subject to the provisions of article 54 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(b) Any person holding a valid registration as an occupational therapy assistant immediately prior to the effective date of this act which has been issued by the state board of healing arts shall be deemed to be a licensed occupational therapy assistant and shall be subject to the provisions of article 54 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the occupational therapy practice act.

(d) The provisions of this section shall take effect on and after April 1, 2003.
K.S.A. § 48-904 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-904
48-904 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

48-904. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Emergency management" means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters;

(b) "adjutant general" means the adjutant general of the state of Kansas;

(c) "division of emergency management" means the division of emergency management created in the office of the adjutant general by K.S.A. 48-905, and amendments thereto;

(d) "disaster" means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, epidemics, contagious or infectious disease, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, terrorism or hostile military or paramilitary action;

(e) "unorganized militia" means all able-bodied male and female persons between the ages of 16 and 50 years;

(f) "state disaster emergency plan" means the plan prepared and maintained by the division of emergency management pursuant to K.S.A. 48-926, and amendments thereto;

(g) "local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans" means all disaster emergency plans developed and promulgated by county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies pursuant to K.S.A. 48-929, and amendments thereto; and

(h) "hazardous material" means any substance or material in a quantity or form which may be harmful or injurious to the health and safety of humans, animals, crops or property when released into the environment. Hazardous material includes, but is not limited to, explosives, radioactive materials, disease-causing agents, flammable liquids, solids or gases, combustible liquids, poisons, poisonous gases, oxidizing materials, corrosive materials, irritants, nonflammable gases, cryogenics and blasting agents.
K.S.A. § 14-662 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-662
14-662 - Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in cities in certain counties between 20,000 and 25,000 population; limitation; election.
Status: in_force

14-662. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in cities in certain counties between 20,000 and 25,000 population; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class located in a county having a population of not less than twenty thousand nor more than twenty-five thousand and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than thirty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars nor more than forty-five million dollars, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That the question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at any regular city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. Said election may be called by the governing body upon its own motion and shall be called by the governing body upon petition of at least forty percent of the qualified electors of such city.
K.S.A. § 20-135 — KS Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 20-135
20-135 - Appointments by chief justice, when.
Status: in_force

20-135. Appointments by chief justice, when. In the event of the failure of the governor to make the appointment within sixty days from the time names of the nominees are submitted to him, the chief justice of the supreme court shall make the appointment from such nominees. Any change in names made pursuant to K.S.A. 20-134 shall constitute a resubmission.
K.S.A. § 27-324 — KS Code / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 27-324
27-324 - Same; public records; annual audit; copies to city.
Status: in_force

27-324. Same; public records; annual audit; copies to city. All contracts, leases, agreements, books and records of the authority shall constitute public books and records and shall be available for examination by the city and any of its officers, employees and agents during normal business hours. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and records to be conducted, at least annually, by an independent certified public accountant and the city shall be furnished copies of the report of such examination.
K.S.A. § 24-480 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-480
24-480 - Concurrent remedies.
Status: in_force

24-480. Concurrent remedies. That the remedies provided by other acts, relating to the same subject matter, shall be held to be concurrent herewith.
K.S.A. § 74-32,424 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,424
74-32,424 - Awarding of career technical workforce grants; eligibility and qualifications.
Status: in_force

74-32,424. Awarding of career technical workforce grants; eligibility and qualifications. Within the limits of appropriations therefor and in accordance with the provisions of this act:

(a) The board of regents may: (1) Award a career technical workforce grant to persons enrolled in or accepted for admission to an eligible career technical education program at a designated educational institution; and (2) renew the award of career technical workforce grants to every person who is currently receiving a career technical workforce grant and who qualifies on the basis of satisfactory performance in a vocational education program at a designated educational institution for the renewal of the award of a vocational education scholarship; and

(b) in each school year, the board of regents may award career technical workforce grants to those applicants who exhibit financial need as determined on the basis of criteria under the federal methodology of need analysis, with preference given to those who exhibit the greatest financial need. An applicant who is found to be ineligible for a career technical workforce grant shall not be disqualified from subsequently applying in later school years.
K.S.A. § 65-785 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 7 / Section 65-785
65-785 - Secretary may issue stop sale or stop use order.
Status: in_force

65-785. Secretary may issue stop sale or stop use order. (a) The secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale or stop use order to the owner or custodian of any quantity of milk, milk products or dairy products or any equipment used in the storage, handling, production or packaging of milk, milk products or dairy products which the secretary determines to be in violation of any provisions of this act or any rules or regulations adopted hereunder. The order shall prohibit the further sale, processing, movement, and use of such equipment or product, except on approval of the enforcing officer, until such enforcing officer has evidence that the law and rules and regulations have been complied with and issues a release from the order issued.

(b) No person may sell, use or remove any milk, milk products or dairy products or otherwise violate the terms of any order issued pursuant to subsection (a).

(c) Any order issued pursuant to this subsection is subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.

(d) The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed as limiting the right of the enforcing officer to proceed as authorized by other sections of this act.
K.S.A. § 84-3-414 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 3 / Section 84-3-414
84-3-414 - Obligation of drawer.
Status: in_force

84-3-414. Obligation of drawer. (a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer.

(b) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft (1) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or (2) if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in K.S.A. 84-3-115 and 84-3-407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an endorser who paid the draft under K.S.A. 84-3-415.

(c) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.

(d) If a draft is accepted and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an endorser under K.S.A. 84-3-415(a) and (c).

(e) If a draft states that it is drawn "without recourse" or otherwise disclaims liability of the drawer to pay the draft, the drawer is not liable under subsection (b) to pay the draft if the draft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability stated in subsection (b) is not effective if the draft is a check.

(f) If (1) a check is not presented for payment or given to a depository bank for collection within 30 days after its date, (2) the drawee suspends payments after expiration of the 30-day period without paying the check, and (3) because of the suspension of payments, the drawer is deprived of funds maintained with the drawee to cover payment of the check, the drawer to the extent deprived of funds may discharge its obligation to pay the check by assigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the rights of the drawer against the drawee with respect to the funds.
K.S.A. § 19-1579 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 15 / Section 19-1579
19-1579 - Certain counties of less than 5,000 population; courthouse, jail or sheriff quarters.
Status: in_force

19-1579. Certain counties of less than 5,000 population; courthouse, jail or sheriff quarters. The provisions of this act shall apply to any county having a population of less than five thousand (5,000) and having a total assessed tangible valuation of more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and which county has prior to the effective date of this act made a tax levy or levies for the purpose of providing funds to be used for the construction of a courthouse, jail or sheriff's quarters or for one or more such purposes, and which has accumulated at least forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for such purposes and in which county the state fire marshal has condemned the basement and the second floor above the ground of the courthouse now in existence in said county.
K.S.A. § 19-3803 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 38 / Section 19-3803
19-3803 - Conduct of hearing; incorporation, when; corporate name; first board of directors.
Status: in_force

19-3803. Conduct of hearing; incorporation, when; corporate name; first board of directors. At the time of the hearing provided for in the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners first to ascertain and determine whether the required notice has been published, and if so, to hear all persons in favor or opposed to granting the prayer of the petition and all evidence with respect to whether or not such petition contains the proper number of signers prescribed by this act and whether the statements in said petition are true; and if upon such hearing it shall be found and determined that such petition is sufficient under the requirements of this act and that the granting of such petition has been recommended by the governing body of an incorporated city when such recommendation is required under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3801, then such board of county commissioners may make a finding and decision approving the application, and if such application is approved, shall thereupon immediately declare the territory described in the petition to constitute a corporation and to be incorporated as an industrial district under the name of "The __________ industrial district of __________ county, Kansas" (inserting the name designated in the petition and the name of the proper county) and thenceforth the said territory and the owners and lessees of the property therein shall constitute a body politic and corporate and be a corporation under said name, and shall have perpetual succession. The five persons named in the petition shall be officially designated by the board of county commissioners as the first board of directors of such industrial district.
K.S.A. § 24-715 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7 / Section 24-715
24-715 - Penalty for obstruction or injury of ditch or drain.
Status: in_force

24-715. Penalty for obstruction or injury of ditch or drain. Any person who shall willfully obstruct or injure or destroy any ditch or drain constructed under the provisions of this act and the act to which it is amendatory and other amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
K.S.A. § 12-5235 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 52 / Section 12-5235
12-5235 - Act liberally construed.
Status: in_force

12-5235. Act liberally construed. This act is necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the state, its municipalities and its inhabitants; therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
K.S.A. § 65-4024 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 40 / Section 65-4024
65-4024 - Acceptance for treatment; rules and regulations; standards.
Status: in_force

65-4024. Acceptance for treatment; rules and regulations; standards. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for acceptance of persons into a licensed treatment facility. In adopting rules and regulations the secretary shall be guided by the following:

(1) If possible a person shall be treated on a voluntary rather than an involuntary basis.

(2) A person shall be assessed to determine the appropriateness of the treatment and shall receive treatment in the least restrictive treatment environment possible.

(3) A person shall not be denied treatment solely because such person has withdrawn from treatment against medical advice on a prior occasion or because such person has relapsed after earlier treatment.

(4) An individualized treatment plan shall be prepared and maintained on a current basis for each person.

(5) Provisions shall be made for a continuum of coordinated treatment services, so a person who leaves a facility or a form of treatment will have available other appropriate treatment.
K.S.A. § 84-2-724 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 2 / Section 84-2-724
84-2-724 - Admissibility of market quotations.
Status: in_force

84-2-724. Admissibility of market quotations. Whenever the prevailing price or value of any goods regularly bought and sold in any established commodity market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of such market shall be admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of such a report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.