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K.S.A. § 58-5201 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 52 / Section 58-5201
58-5201 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

58-5201. Citation of act. (a) K.S.A. 58-5201 through 58-5204, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas contract for deed act.

(b) As used in K.S.A. 58-5201 through 58-5204, and amendments thereto:

(1) "Buyer" means a person who purchases property subject to a contract for deed or any legal successor in interest to the buyer.

(2) "Contract for deed" means an executory agreement in which the seller agrees to convey title to real property to the buyer and the buyer agrees to pay the purchase price in five or more subsequent payments exclusive of the down payment, if any, while the seller retains title to the property as security for the buyer's obligation. Option contracts for the purchase of real property are not contracts for deed.

(3) "Property" means real property located in this state upon which there is located or will be located a structure designed principally for occupancy of one to four families that is or will be occupied by the buyer as the buyer's principal place of residence.

(4) "Seller" means any person who makes a sale of property by means of a contract for deed or any legal successor in interest to the seller.
K.S.A. § 65-1703 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1703
65-1703 - Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; registration and supervision; definitions.
Status: in_force

65-1703. Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; registration and supervision; definitions. (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed as an embalmer to advertise, practice, offer to practice, or hold oneself out as practicing the science of embalming, either by arterial or cavity treatment, or otherwise, in this state, or to embalm any dead human body for shipment or transportation by common or private carrier.

(2) It is unlawful for any common carrier to receive for transportation or to transport any dead human body unless the body has been prepared by a licensed embalmer, in accordance with this act and the rules and regulations of the board.

(3) No one except a licensed embalmer, an apprentice embalmer or a student embalmer under the provisions of this act and rules and regulations of the board shall be permitted to do any of the actual embalming of a dead human body, and no licensed embalmer shall permit anyone who is not a licensed embalmer, an apprentice embalmer or a student embalmer assigned to such embalmer, to perform in such embalmer's place of business, or elsewhere, or under such embalmer's supervision, any of the actual embalming of a dead human body, or perform any act necessary to embalm and preserve a dead human body.

(b) Student embalmers shall preregister or register with the board and be under the direct personal supervision of a licensed Kansas embalmer at all times during the embalming process. Apprentice embalmers shall be under the personal supervision of a licensed embalmer except under a split apprenticeship pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1701a, and amendments thereto, during which the apprentice embalmer shall be under the direct personal supervision of a licensed embalmer for the first six-month period.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "Actual embalming" does not include dressing the hair, bathing, moving or dressing the body or cosmetic work.

(2) "Direct personal supervision" means that a licensed Kansas embalmer takes full responsibility for actions of the student embalmer and shall be physically present at all times.

(3) "Personal supervision" means that a licensed embalmer takes full responsibility for the actions of the apprentice embalmer but does not require any physical presence.
K.S.A. § 72-3571 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 35 / Section 72-3571
72-3571 - Same; grants, distribution of.
Status: in_force

72-3571. Same; grants, distribution of. (a) In school year 2006-2007 and in each school year thereafter, subject to the limits of appropriations therefore, the state board may award grants to districts whose applications have been approved by the state board pursuant to the skills for success program.

(b) Moneys awarded through grants authorized by this section shall be distributed proportionately among districts receiving such grants on a per pupil basis.

(c) Moneys received by a district under subsection (a) shall be credited to the skills for success in school fund of the district established pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3573, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 42-354 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-354
42-354 - Same; damages ascertained under laws relating to eminent domain.
Status: in_force

42-354. Same; damages ascertained under laws relating to eminent domain. In order to cut such drains and trenches, or to lay such pipes and conduits, such proprietors shall be entitled to pass with the same over the intervening lands of others if necessary; and in case of being unable to agree with the proprietors of such intervening lands touching the compensation in that behalf payable, or in case of the nonage or other disability, or absence of such proprietors, or any of them cannot be found, may cause such damages and compensation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by the laws regulating the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
K.S.A. § 58-4619 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 46 / Section 58-4619
58-4619 - Board of directors; removal.
Status: in_force

58-4619. Board of directors; removal. (a) Unit owners present in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot at any meeting of the unit owners at which a quorum is present, may remove any member of the board of directors and any officer elected by the unit owners, with or without cause, if the number of votes cast in favor of removal exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to removal, but:

(1) A member appointed by the declarant may not be removed by a unit owner vote during the period of declarant control;

(2) if a member may be elected or appointed pursuant to the declaration by persons other than the declarant or the unit owners, that member may be removed only by the person that elected or appointed that member; and

(3) the unit owners may not consider whether to remove a member of the board of directors or an officer elected by the unit owners at a meeting of the unit owners unless that subject was listed in the notice of the meeting.

(b) At any meeting at which a vote to remove a member of the board of directors or an officer is to be taken, the member or officer being considered for removal must have a reasonable opportunity to speak before the vote.

(c) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2011.
K.S.A. § 76-1936 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19 / Section 76-1936
76-1936 - Transfer of patients from certain institutions to soldiers' home; transfer back to such institutions in certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

76-1936. Transfer of patients from certain institutions to soldiers' home; transfer back to such institutions in certain circumstances. (a) The commissioner of community services and programs of the Kansas department for aging and disability services, with the approval of the secretary for aging and disability services and the director of the Kansas office of veterans services, may transfer patients in the state hospitals at Osawatomie, Larned, Wichita and the Parsons state hospital who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States or whose husband, wife, father, son or daughter has served in the active military or naval service of the United States during any period of any war as defined in K.S.A. 76-1908, and amendments thereto, and who was discharged or relieved therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, to the Kansas soldiers' home. No patient who is such a mentally ill person, as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendments thereto, in the opinion of the commissioner of state hospitals, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure themselves or others, shall be transferred to such Kansas soldiers' home, and no such patient shall be transferred if such transfer will deny admission to persons entitled to admission under K.S.A. 76-1908, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Persons transferred shall not be considered as members of the Kansas soldiers' home but shall be considered as patients therein.

(b) All of the laws, rules and regulations relating to patients in state hospitals and mental health facility specified in subsection (a) shall be applicable to such patients transferred under subsection (a). Any patient transferred who is found to be or shall become such a mentally ill person, as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendments thereto, in the opinion of the commissioner of state hospitals, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure themselves or others or who is determined to need additional psychiatric treatment, shall be retransferred by the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home, with the approval of the commissioner of state hospitals and the director of the Kansas office of veterans services, to the institution from whence the patient was originally transferred.
K.S.A. § 60-4705 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 47 / Section 60-4705
60-4705 - Notice of construction defect to insurer.
Status: in_force

60-4705. Notice of construction defect to insurer. (a) A contractor who receives a notice of a construction defect pursuant to this act, may present the notice to an insurer who issued a policy of insurance covering all or part of the conduct or business of the contractor or subcontractor.

(b) Such notice provided to an insurer:

(1) Constitutes the making of a claim under the policy; and

(2) requires the contractor, subcontractor and the insurer to perform any obligations or duties required by the policy upon the making of a claim.
K.S.A. § 50-117 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 50-117
50-117 - Transactions by nonresident; subject to provisions of act.
Status: in_force

50-117. Transactions by nonresident; subject to provisions of act. The purchase, sale or manufacture of any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities in this state by any person who has entered into any such arrangements, contracts, agreements, trusts or combinations in any other state or territory, as described in K.S.A. 50-112 and 50-113, and amendments thereto, or the purchase, sale or manufacture of any such articles by any agent or attorney for such person, or as an agent, officer or stockbroker of any such corporation, as a trustee, committee, or in any capacity whatever, shall constitute a violation of this act, and shall subject the offender to the liabilities and penalties as provided by this act.
K.S.A. § 65-6132 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 61 / Section 65-6132
65-6132 - Denial, revocation, limitation, modification or suspension of operator's permit; hearing.
Status: in_force

65-6132. Denial, revocation, limitation, modification or suspension of operator's permit; hearing. (a) An operator's permit may be denied, revoked, limited, modified or suspended by the board upon proof that such operator or any agent or employee thereof:

(1) Has been guilty of misrepresentation in obtaining the permit or in the operation of the ambulance service;

(2) has engaged or attempted to engage in, or represented themselves as entitled to perform, any ambulance service not authorized in the permit;

(3) has demonstrated incompetence as defined by rules and regulations adopted by the board or has shown themselves otherwise unable to provide adequate ambulance service;

(4) has failed to keep and maintain the records required by the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations adopted by the board, or has failed to make reports when and as required;

(5) has knowingly operated faulty or unsafe equipment;

(6) has violated or aided and abetted in the violation of any provision of this act or the rules and regulations adopted by the board; or

(7) has engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(b) The board shall not limit, modify, revoke or suspend any operator's permit pursuant to this section without first conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedure act.
K.S.A. § 19-1911 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 19 / Section 19-1911
19-1911 - Process; preservation and records.
Status: in_force

19-1911. Process; preservation and records. (a) When a prisoner is confined by virtue of any process directed to the sheriff and such process is required to be returned to the issuing court, such sheriff shall keep a copy of such process and return. Such copy, duly certified by such sheriff, shall be presumptive evidence of such sheriff's right to retain such prisoner in custody.

(b) All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof, by which a prisoner is committed to or released from the custody of the sheriff, shall be regularly endorsed and filed and safely kept in a paper or electronic form by such sheriff, or such sheriff's deputy acting as the keeper of the jail.

(c) The records required to be retained in this section shall be delivered to the successor of the officers having charge of the prisoner.
K.S.A. § 19-2128 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 21 / Section 19-2128
19-2128 - Use and disposition of proceeds from sale of revenue bonds; county commissioners authorized to contract for construction, furnishing and equipping home.
Status: in_force

19-2128. Use and disposition of proceeds from sale of revenue bonds; county commissioners authorized to contract for construction, furnishing and equipping home. The proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds herein authorized shall be deposited to the credit of the board of county commissioners in a bank, banks or other depositories designated by the board and kept in a separate fund and used solely for the purpose for which the bonds are authorized. The board is authorized to make all contracts and execute all instruments which in its discretion may be deemed necessary or advisable to provide for constructing, furnishing and equipping of the home for the aged addition, and to provide for the manner of disbursement of the funds for such purposes. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as placing in the county general fund or other county fund any money collected under this act or requiring such action.
K.S.A. § 2-2128 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 21 / Section 2-2128
2-2128 - Disposition of moneys received; plant protection fee fund.
Status: in_force

2-2128. Disposition of moneys received; plant protection fee fund. (a) The secretary shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary under article 21 of chapter 2 of * Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the plant protection fee fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary.

(b) The entomology fee fund is hereby redesignated the plant protection fee fund.
K.S.A. § 79-1484 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 14 / Section 79-1484
79-1484 - Severability.
Status: in_force

79-1484. Severability. If any sentence, clause, subsection or section of this act is held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the act not so held unconstitutional or invalid.
K.S.A. § 8-1466 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1466
8-1466 - "Solid rubber tire" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1466. "Solid rubber tire" defined. "Solid rubber tire" means every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.
K.S.A. § 19-1630 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 16 / Section 19-1630
19-1630 - Application of K.S.A. 19-1613 through 19-1629 to county-seat elections.
Status: in_force

19-1630. Application of K.S.A. 19-1613 through 19-1629 to county-seat elections. Sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of chapter eighty-nine of the Laws of 1881 be and the same are hereby made applicable to any and all elections held and to be held for the purpose of locating the county seat of any county in the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 32-1003 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-1003
32-1003 - Unlawful methods of taking wildlife; penalties.
Status: in_force

32-1003. Unlawful methods of taking wildlife; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person, unless authorized by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, to:

(1) Take any game animal or furbearing animal from a motorboat, airplane, motor vehicle or other water, air or land vehicle unless such person holds a valid handicapped hunting and fishing permit issued to such person pursuant to K.S.A. 32-931, and amendments thereto;

(2) provide or receive information concerning the location of any game animal or furbearing animal by radio or other mechanical device for purposes of taking such bird or animal;

(3) use sodium fluoroacetate, commonly called formula 1080, except as permitted by rules and regulations of the secretary;

(4) use poison, poisonous gas, smoke or ferrets, or any smoke gun or other device for forcing smoke or any other asphyxiating or deadly gas or liquid into the holes, dens, runways or houses of wildlife, except as permitted by rules and regulations of the secretary;

(5) fish by placing in or upon any lake, pond, river, creek, stream or any other water, bordering on or within the state of Kansas, any deleterious substance or fishberries;

(6) place or explode any dynamite, giant powder, lime, nitroglycerine or any other explosive of any character or kind in any waters of the state of Kansas with the intent to take or stun fish;

(7) throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight or other artificial light on any highway, roadway, field, grassland, woodland or forest for the purpose of spotting, locating or taking any wildlife while having in possession or control, either singly or as one of a group of persons, any rifle, pistol, shotgun, bow or other implement whereby wildlife could be taken, except that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a person from carrying a weapon while using artificial light for conducting surveillance, actively caring for agricultural equipment or livestock or conducting activities described in subsection (c)(2) of K.S.A. 32-1002, and amendments thereto, when on land under the person's control, if the person owns such land, is in lawful possession of such land or is regularly employed for purposes of livestock or agricultural production or management on such land.

(b) Any person convicted of violating provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in K.S.A. 32-1031, and amendments thereto, except as provided in K.S.A. 32-1032, and amendments thereto, relating to big game and wild turkey.
K.S.A. § 65-1134 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 11 / Section 65-1134
65-1134 - Citation of Kansas nurse practice act.
Status: in_force

65-1134. Citation of Kansas nurse practice act. The acts contained in article 11 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto or made specifically supplemental thereto shall be construed together and may be cited as the Kansas nurse practice act.
K.S.A. § 13-1353 — KS Code / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 13-1353
13-1353 - Board may acquire lands outside of cities; sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

13-1353. Board may acquire lands outside of cities; sale of bonds. The board of park commissioners of any city of the first class shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise such lands as they may deem necessary for public parks outside of the corporate limits of the city and not to exceed one mile therefrom, and to issue and sell, subject to the limitations of this act, general bonds of the city to pay therefor: Provided, That the board of park commissioners of any city of the first class having a population of more than 80,000, shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise such lands as they may deem necessary for public parks outside of the corporate limits of the city and not to exceed five miles therefrom and to issue and sell subject to the limitations of this act general bonds of the city to pay therefor.
K.S.A. § 2-3902 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 39 / Section 2-3902
2-3902 - Advisory board, establishment, membership; criminal history record checks of hemp employees.
Status: in_force

2-3902. Advisory board, establishment, membership; criminal history record checks of hemp employees. (a) The Kansas department of agriculture shall, by the adoption of rules and regulations, establish an advisory board within the department to provide input and information regarding the regulation and development of industrial hemp in the state of Kansas and any programs proposed or operated by the department . Such board shall include a minimum of six members, including members that represent the following:

(1) The Kansas legislature;

(2) crop research;

(3) industrial hemp production or processing;

(4) law enforcement;

(5) seed certification; and

(6) the state entity designated to regulate hemp processors.

(b) The state advisory board shall meet at least annually. Members shall receive no compensation but shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.

(c) The secretary of agriculture may require a hemp employee to be fingerprinted and to submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto.

(2) An individual who has been convicted of a felony violation of article 57 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction, within the immediately preceding 10 years, shall be disqualified from initial or continuing employment under this section.

(3) The individual seeking initial or continuing employment under this section shall pay the costs of fingerprinting and the state and national criminal history record checks.
K.S.A. § 60-482 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 60-482
60-482 - Compelled disclosure, when.
Status: in_force

60-482. Compelled disclosure, when. (a) A journalist may not be compelled to disclose any previously undisclosed information or the source of any such information procured while acting as a journalist until the party seeking to compel the disclosure establishes by a preponderance of the evidence in district court that the disclosure sought:

(1) Is material and relevant to the proceeding for which the disclosure is sought;

(2) could not, after a showing of reasonable effort, be obtained by readily available alternative means; and

(3) is of a compelling interest.

(b) For purposes of this section, a "compelling interest" is evidence likely to be admissible and has probative value that is likely to outweigh any harm done to the free dissemination of information to the public through the activities of journalists, which includes, but is not limited to:

(1) The prevention of a certain miscarriage of justice; or

(2) an imminent act that would result in death or great bodily harm.

Interests that are not compelling include, but are not limited to, those of parties whose litigation lacks sufficient grounds, is abusive or is brought in bad faith.