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K.S.A. § 40-2217 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 22 / Section 40-2217
40-2217 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

40-2217. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:

(a) The term "form" means policies, riders, endorsements, applications, subscriber contracts, or other documents required to be filed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-216 or 40-19a07, and amendments thereto.

(b) The term "accident and sickness insurance" means insurance written under K.S.A. 40-401, K.S.A. 40-1102(1)(a), other than credit insurance, and coverages written under K.S.A. 40-19a02, and amendments thereto. For purposes of this act nonprofit dental service corporations shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of insurance.

(c) The term "policy" means the entire contract between the insurer and the insured, including the policy, riders, endorsements, and the application if attached, and such term includes subscriber agreements issued by nonprofit dental service corporations.
K.S.A. § 76-770 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-770
76-770 - Research and development activities, procurements and travel allowances; procedures, guidelines and exemptions; definitions.
Status: in_force

76-770. Research and development activities, procurements and travel allowances; procedures, guidelines and exemptions; definitions. (a) Each contract entered into by a state educational institution for the acquisition of goods or services for a research and development activity shall be exempt from the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto, if the contract is financed 50% or more by moneys received from federal agencies or other external sources.

(b) Nothing contained in article 32 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be construed to limit or prescribe the conduct of any in-state or out-of-state travel or to limit expense allowances for such travel which is undertaken for and funded as a part of any research and development activity of a state educational institution if such expense is funded 50% or more by moneys received from federal agencies or other external sources. The provisions of K.S.A. 75-3208, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to any such travel.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "Research and development activity" means any center of excellence at a state educational institution, any research or development project or activity at the state educational institution funded under a research matching grant program of the department of commerce, or any other sponsored research project at a state educational institution; and

(2) "state educational institution" means a state educational institution as defined by K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 9-2019 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 20 / Section 9-2019
9-2019 - Unlawful to obstruct examination; penalty.
Status: in_force

9-2019. Unlawful to obstruct examination; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, employee or agent of a bank or trust company to alter, destroy, shred, mutilate, conceal, cover up or falsify any record with the intent to impede, obstruct, impair or influence any examination, investigation or proceeding by the commissioner. Any director, officer, employee or agent of a bank or trust company who violates this section, upon conviction shall be guilty of a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
K.S.A. § 74-8135 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 81 / Section 74-8135
74-8135 - Same; designation upon determination that criteria satisfied; reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

74-8135. Same; designation upon determination that criteria satisfied; reporting requirements. (a) The designation of a business as a qualified Kansas business shall be made by the secretary, and such designation must be renewed annually. A business shall be so designated if the secretary determines, based upon the application submitted by the business and any additional investigation the staff of the department shall make, that the following criteria have been or shall be satisfied:

(1) The business has a reasonable chance of success;

(2) the business has the reasonable potential to create measurable employment within the state;

(3) the business has an innovative and proprietary technology, product and service;

(4) the existing owners of the business and other founders have made or are committed to make a substantial financial and time commitment to the business;

(5) the securities to be issued and purchased are qualified securities; and

(6) binding commitments have been made by the business to the department for adequate reporting of financial data, including a requirement for an annual report, or, if required by the secretary, an annual audit of the financial and operational records of the business, the right of access to the financial records of the business and the right of the department to record and publish normal and customary data and information related to the issuance of tax credits that are not otherwise determined to be trade or business secrets.

(b) In addition to reports by the businesses to the department, the secretary will also provide an annual report, on or before February 1, to the governor, to the senate committee on commerce and the house committee on commerce, labor and economic development and any successor committees thereto, on the marketing and use of the angel investor tax credits. This report will include the following: The amount of tax credits used in the previous fiscal year including what percentage was claimed by individuals and what percentage was claimed by investment firms; the types of businesses that benefited from the tax credits; and any aggregate job creation or capital investment in Kansas that resulted from the use of the tax credits for a period of five years beginning from the date on which the tax credits were awarded. In addition, the annual report will provide information regarding what businesses which derived benefit from the tax credits remained in Kansas and what businesses ceased business, what businesses were purchased and what businesses may have moved out-of-state and why.
K.S.A. § 17-2210 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 22 / Section 17-2210
17-2210 - Method of making loans.
Status: in_force

17-2210. Method of making loans. The credit committee, credit manager, or loan officer shall have the general supervision of all loans to members. The credit committee, credit manager or loan officer may approve or disapprove loans, subject to written policies established by the board of directors. The president or general manager or a designee thereof may serve as the credit manager.
K.S.A. § 31-148 — KS Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-148
31-148 - Inspection of building under jurisdiction of state penal director and division of institutional management.
Status: in_force

31-148. Inspection of building under jurisdiction of state penal director and division of institutional management. The state fire marshal at least annually shall inspect all buildings under the jurisdiction of the state penal director and the division of institutional management of the department of social welfare.
K.S.A. § 17-1311 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 13 / Section 17-1311
17-1311 - Cemetery permanent maintenance fund; requirements; use; purpose; trust instruments, terminated, transferred or amended.
Status: in_force

17-1311. Cemetery permanent maintenance fund; requirements; use; purpose; trust instruments, terminated, transferred or amended. (a) A cemetery corporation shall maintain in a permanent maintenance fund with a trustee a percentage of the purchase price based upon the funding requirement as such term is defined in K.S.A. 17-1301c, and amendments thereto. Deposits to the permanent maintenance fund shall be made within 30 days following each calendar month end, after the moneys are received. Moneys placed in such fund under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1308, and amendments thereto, shall be credited for the purposes of fulfilling such requirement. Moneys in such fund may be held and invested subject to the requirements of subsections (a) through (f) of K.S.A. 58-24a02, and amendments thereto, but the total amount of money invested in any mortgage upon real property shall not exceed an amount equal to 75% of the market value of such property at the time of such investment. No part of the principal of the fund shall ever be used for any purpose except for investment. In no event shall any loan of the funds be made to any stockholder, officer or employee of such cemetery corporation, or to any person related, by blood or marriage, to a stockholder, officer or employee. The treasurer of such corporation may deposit, to the credit of such fund, donations or bequests for the fund and may retain property so acquired without limitation as to time and without regard to its suitability for original purchase.

(b) The primary purpose of the permanent maintenance fund is to maintain the corpus of the fund. The income earned from the permanent maintenance fund may be dispersed to the cemetery. All capital gains shall be allocated to principal after liability for any capital gains tax has been paid as allowed by K.S.A. 17-1312, and amendments thereto.

(c) The cemetery corporation shall obtain prior written approval from the secretary of state before the trust instrument shall be terminated, transferred, or amended. The cemetery corporation shall provide the secretary of state copies of any amendments to the trust instrument before the amendments shall become effective.
K.S.A. § 36-202 — KS Code / Chapter 36 / Article 2 / Section 36-202
36-202 - Detention of baggage and property; priority of liens.
Status: in_force

36-202. Detention of baggage and property; priority of liens. That said innkeeper, hotelkeeper, boardinghouse keeper, apartment-house keeper, or rooming-house keeper shall have the right to detain such baggage and other property until the amount of such charges is paid, and such baggage and other property shall be exempt from attachment or execution until such innkeeper, hotelkeeper, boardinghouse keeper, apartment-house keeper, or rooming-house keeper's lien and the cost of satisfying it are paid: Provided, Such lien shall not supersede a valid existing lien of record.
K.S.A. § 84-9-707 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-707
84-9-707 - Pre-effective-date financing statement; applicable law; amendment.
Status: in_force

84-9-707. Pre-effective-date financing statement; applicable law; amendment. (a) Pre-effective-date financing statement. In this section, "pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before this act takes effect.

(b) Applicable law. After this act takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in part 3. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.

(c) Method of amending: General rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after this act takes effect only if:

(1) The pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-501, and amendments thereto;

(2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-501, and amendments thereto, concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-706(c), and amendments thereto; or

(3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-706(c), and amendments thereto, is filed in the office specified in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-501, and amendments thereto.

(d) Method of amending: Continuation. If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-705(d) and (f), and amendments thereto.

(e) Method of amending: Additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after this act takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-706(c), and amendments thereto, has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in part 3 as the office in which to file a financing statement.
K.S.A. § 76-7,107 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7,107
76-7,107 - Long-term infrastructure maintenance program; transfers of moneys from state general fund to the infrastructure maintenance fund; expenditures and transfers from fund for program.
Status: in_force

76-7,107. Long-term infrastructure maintenance program; transfers of moneys from state general fund to the infrastructure maintenance fund; expenditures and transfers from fund for program. (a) (1) On July 1, 2008, or as soon thereafter as sufficient moneys are available, $7,000,000 shall be transferred by the director of accounts and reports from the state general fund to the infrastructure maintenance fund established by K.S.A. 76-7,104, and amendments thereto.

(2) No moneys shall be transferred by the director of accounts and reports from the state general fund to the infrastructure maintenance fund established by K.S.A. 76-7,104, and amendments thereto, during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, pursuant to this section.

(b) All transfers made in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be considered to be demand transfers from the state general fund.

(c) All moneys credited to the infrastructure maintenance fund shall be expended or transferred only for the purpose of paying the cost of projects approved by the state board pursuant to the state educational institution long-term infrastructure maintenance program.
K.S.A. § 65-1931 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 19 / Section 65-1931
65-1931 - Minors prohibited from tanning; fines.
Status: in_force

65-1931. Minors prohibited from tanning; fines. (a) No tanning facility shall provide access to a tanning device for any person under 18 years of age.

(b) In addition to the board's authority to impose discipline pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1920, and amendments thereto, the board shall have the authority to assess a fine not in excess of $250 against a licensee for each violation. Such fine may be assessed in lieu of or in addition to such discipline.

(c) The board shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2017.
K.S.A. § 8-258 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 8-258
8-258 - No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state.
Status: in_force

8-258. No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state. Any resident or nonresident, whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this act or whose privilege to obtain a driver's license has been suspended or revoked pursuant to K.S.A. 8-252a, and amendments thereto, shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license, permit or registration certificate issued by any other jurisdiction or otherwise during such suspension or after such revocation until a new license is obtained when and as permitted under this act.
K.S.A. § 19-1604 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 16 / Section 19-1604
19-1604 - Determination of legal electors.
Status: in_force

19-1604. Determination of legal electors. For the purposes of this act, the county commissioners shall be governed by the last assessment rolls of the several township and city assessors of the county, and no petitioner shall be deemed a legal elector unless he be an elector and his name appears on said rolls.
K.S.A. § 66-1281 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1281
66-1281 - Anemometer towers; definitions; requirements; penalties.
Status: in_force

66-1281. Anemometer towers; definitions; requirements; penalties. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Anemometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of wind; and

(2) "anemometer tower" means a structure, including all guy wires and accessory facilities, on which an anemometer is mounted.

(b) Any anemometer tower that is 50 feet in height above the ground or higher, located outside the corporate boundaries of any city, and whose appearance is not otherwise mandated by state or federal law, shall be marked, painted, flagged or otherwise constructed to be recognizable in clean air during daylight hours. Any anemometer tower that was erected before July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required by this section within two years after the effective date of this act. Any anemometer tower that is erected on or after the* July 1, 2011, shall be marked as required by this section at the time it is erected. Marking required under this section includes marking the anemometer tower, guy wires and accessory facilities as follows:

(1) The top ⅓ of the anemometer tower shall be painted in equal, alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with orange at the top of the tower and ending with orange at the bottom of the marked portion of the tower;

(2) two marker balls shall be attached to and evenly spaced on each of the outside guy wires; and

(3) one or more seven-foot safety sleeves shall be placed at each anchor point and shall extend from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.

(c) Failure to properly mark an anemometer tower is failing to mark an anemometer tower as required by subsection (b). An owner of an anemometer tower who fails to properly mark an anemometer tower shall be guilty of a class C nonperson misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 19-3813 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 38 / Section 19-3813
19-3813 - Compensation of directors; term of office.
Status: in_force

19-3813. Compensation of directors; term of office. The compensation of directors of industrial districts is hereby fixed at one dollar ($1) per year and all directors, excepting those first designated as hereinbefore provided, shall be elected to their offices for two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
K.S.A. § 65-1,106 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1,106
65-1,106 - Statewide program for sickle cell anemia testing; information confidential; exception; penalty.
Status: in_force

65-1,106. Statewide program for sickle cell anemia testing; information confidential; exception; penalty. Any information obtained from such program of tests for sickle cell trait and sickle cell anemia shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except upon the consent of the person upon whom such test was performed: Provided, That if such person is eighteen (18) years of age or younger the results of such test may be made known to the parents of such person without the prior consent of such person. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 74-50,113 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 50 / Section 74-50,113
74-50,113 - Kansas enterprise zone act.
Status: in_force

74-50,113. Kansas enterprise zone act. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-50,113 through 74-50,119 and K.S.A. 79-32,160a through 79-32,160c and amendments thereto shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas enterprise zone act.
K.S.A. § 8-1462 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-1462
8-1462 - "Security agreement" defined.
Status: in_force

8-1462. "Security agreement" defined. "Security agreement" means a written agreement which reserves or creates a security interest.
K.S.A. § 12-5244 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 52 / Section 12-5244
12-5244 - Creation of incentive districts generally; resolution of required findings; review by secretary of commerce.
Status: in_force

12-5244. Creation of incentive districts generally; resolution of required findings; review by secretary of commerce. (a) The governing body of any city or county is hereby authorized to designate reinvestment housing incentive districts within such city or county. Any city governing body may designate one or more such districts in such city, and any county governing body may designate one or more such districts in any part of the unincorporated territory of such county. Prior to making such a designation, the governing body shall conduct a housing needs analysis to determine what, if any, housing needs exist within its community. After conducting the analysis, the governing body shall adopt a resolution containing a legal description of the proposed district, a map depicting the existing parcels of real estate in the proposed district, and a statement of the following findings and determinations:

(1) There is a shortage of quality housing of various price ranges in the city or county despite the best efforts of public and private housing developers;

(2) the shortage of quality housing can be expected to persist and that additional financial incentives are necessary in order to encourage the private sector to construct or renovate housing in such city or county;

(3) the shortage of quality housing is a substantial deterrent to the future economic growth and development of such city or county; and

(4) the future economic well-being of the city or county depends on the governing body providing additional incentives for the construction or renovation of quality housing in such city or county.

(b) The resolution containing the findings contained in subsection (a) shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the city or county.

(c) Upon publication of the resolution as provided in subsection (b), the governing body shall send a certified copy of the resolution to the secretary, requesting that the secretary review the resolution and advise the governing body whether the secretary agrees with the findings contained therein. If the secretary advises the governing body in writing that the secretary agrees with each of the findings of the governing body, the governing body may proceed to establish the district as set forth in this act. If the secretary fails to agree with the findings, the secretary shall advise the governing body in writing of the specific reasons therefor.