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K.S.A. § 10-1101 — KS Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-1101
10-1101 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

10-1101. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) "Municipality" means any county, township, city, municipal university, school district, community college, drainage district and any other taxing district or political subdivision of the state which is supported with tax funds.

(b) "Governing body" means the governing body of a municipality.

(c) "Person" means any person, partnership, association or corporation.

(d) "Claim" means any claim arising on contract express or implied, or a claim determined by final judgment, but shall not include claims arising from alleged tort or negligence on the part of the municipality.
K.S.A. § 21-6710 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 67 / Section 21-6710
21-6710 - Fines; crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993.
Status: in_force

21-6710. Fines; crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who has been convicted of a felony may, in addition to or instead of the imprisonment authorized by law, be sentenced to pay a fine which shall be fixed by the court as follows:

(1) For a class B or C felony, a sum not exceeding $15,000.

(2) For a class D or E felony, a sum not exceeding $10,000.

(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony violation of or any attempt or conspiracy to commit a felony violation of any provision of the uniform controlled substances act may, in addition to or instead of the imprisonment authorized by law, be sentenced to pay a fine which shall be fixed by the court as follows:

(1) For a class A felony, a sum not exceeding $500,000.

(2) For a class B or C felony, a sum not exceeding $300,000.

(3) For a class D or E felony, a sum not exceeding $100,000.

(c) A person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor may, in addition to or instead of the confinement authorized by law, be sentenced to pay a fine which shall be fixed by the court as follows:

(1) For a class A misdemeanor, a sum not exceeding $2,500.

(2) For a class B misdemeanor, a sum not exceeding $1,000.

(3) For a class C misdemeanor, a sum not exceeding $500.

(4) For an unclassified misdemeanor, any sum authorized by the statute that defines the crime; if no penalty is provided in such law, the fine shall not exceed the fine provided herein for a class C misdemeanor.

(d) As an alternative to any of the above fines, the fine imposed may be fixed at any greater sum not exceeding double the pecuniary gain derived from the crime by the offender.

(e) A person who has been convicted of a traffic infraction may be sentenced to pay a fine which shall be fixed by the court not exceeding $500.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993.
K.S.A. § 65-34,109 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-34,109
65-34,109 - Unlawful acts; penalties.
Status: in_force

65-34,109. Unlawful acts; penalties. (a) It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a storage tank to deposit, store or dispense, or permit any person to deposit, store or dispense, any regulated substance into such storage tank which does not comply with the provisions of this act, the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or any order of the secretary.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(1) Construct, install, modify or operate a storage tank without any required permit or other written approval from the secretary or otherwise be in violation of the rules and regulations, standards or orders of the secretary;

(2) prevent or hinder a properly identified officer or employee of the department or other authorized agent of the secretary from entering, inspecting or sampling at a facility on which a storage tank is located or from copying records concerning such storage tank as authorized by this act;

(3) knowingly make any false material statement or representation in any application, record, report, permit or other document filed, maintained or used for purposes of compliance with this act;

(4) knowingly destroy, alter or conceal any record required to be maintained by this act or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder;

(5) knowingly allow a release, knowingly fail to report a release or knowingly fail to take corrective action in response to a release of a regulated substance in violation of this act or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder; or

(6) deposit, store or dispense any regulated substance into any storage tank which does not comply with the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, after written notice by certified mail has been supplied by the secretary that such storage tanks do not comply with the provisions of the act or such rules and regulations.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) or (b) shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law.
K.S.A. § 40-4323 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 43 / Section 40-4323
40-4323 - Dormant captive insurance companies; certification of; authorization of commissioner to set and publish renewal fee.
Status: in_force

40-4323. Dormant captive insurance companies; certification of; authorization of commissioner to set and publish renewal fee. (a) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, "dormant captive insurance company" means a captive insurance company that has:

(1) Ceased transacting the business of insurance, including the issuance of insurance policies; and

(2) no remaining liabilities associated with insurance business transactions or insurance policies issued prior to the filing of its application for a certificate of dormancy under this section.

(b) A captive insurance company domiciled in Kansas that meets the criteria of subsection (a) may apply to the commissioner for a certificate of dormancy. The certificate of dormancy shall be subject to renewal every five years and shall be forfeited if not renewed within such time.

(c) A dormant captive insurance company that has been issued a certificate of dormancy shall:

(1) Possess and thereafter maintain unimpaired, paid-in capital and surplus of not less than $25,000;

(2) prior to March 15 of each year, submit to the commissioner a report of its financial condition, verified by oath by two of its executive officers, in a form as may be prescribed by the commissioner; and

(3) pay a license renewal fee not to exceed $500. Not later than December 1 of each year, the commissioner shall set and cause to be published in the Kansas register such fee required pursuant to this paragraph.

(d) A dormant captive insurance company shall not be subject to or liable for the payment of any tax under K.S.A. 40-4314, and amendments thereto, or as provided in article 28 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.

(e) A dormant captive insurance company shall apply to the commissioner for approval to surrender its certificate of dormancy and resume conducting the business of insurance prior to issuing any insurance policies.

(f) A certificate of dormancy shall be revoked if a dormant captive insurance company no longer meets the criteria of subsection (a).

(g) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
K.S.A. § 65-6406 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 64 / Section 65-6406
65-6406 - Licensure of individual registered, certified or licensed in another jurisdiction; when authorized; application fee.
Status: in_force

65-6406. Licensure of individual registered, certified or licensed in another jurisdiction; when authorized; application fee. (a) The board may issue a license to an individual who is currently registered, certified or licensed to practice marriage and family therapy in another jurisdiction if the board determines that:

(1) The standards for registration, certification or licensure to practice marriage and family therapy in the other jurisdiction are substantially the equivalent of the requirements of the marriage and family therapists licensure act and rules and regulations of the board; or

(2) the applicant demonstrates on forms provided by the board compliance with the following standards as adopted by the board:

(A) Registration, certification or licensure to practice marriage and family therapy with a similar scope of practice for at least 12 months immediately preceding the application;

(B) the absence of disciplinary actions of a serious nature brought by a registration, certification or licensing board or agency; and

(C) completion of at least a master's degree in marriage and family therapy or a related field as approved by the board from a regionally accredited university.

(b) Applicants for licensure as a clinical marriage and family therapist shall additionally demonstrate competence to diagnose and treat mental disorders through meeting the requirements of either subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) and at least two of the following areas acceptable to the board:

(1) Either graduate coursework as established by rules and regulations of the board or passing a national clinical examination approved by the board;

(2) three years of clinical practice with demonstrated experience in diagnosing or treating mental disorders; or

(3) attestation from a professional licensed to diagnose and treat mental disorders in independent practice or licensed to practice medicine and surgery stating that the applicant is competent to diagnose and treat mental disorders.

(c) An applicant for a license under this section shall pay an application fee established by the board under K.S.A. 65-6411, and amendments thereto, if required by the board. Upon notification from the board that all eligibility requirements have been satisfied, the applicant shall pay the license fee as provided in K.S.A. 65-6411, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 49-621 — KS Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-621
49-621 - Civil penalties; amount; procedures.
Status: in_force

49-621. Civil penalties; amount; procedures. (a) The secretary, upon finding that the operator has failed to comply with any provision of this act, any provision of a reclamation plan or any condition of a license or site registration with which the operator is required to comply pursuant to this act, may impose upon the operator a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each day of noncompliance.

(b) All civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be due and payable within 35 days after written notice of the imposition of a civil penalty has been served upon whom the penalty is being imposed, unless a longer period of time is granted by the secretary or unless the operator appeals the assessment as provided in this section.

(c) No civil penalty shall be imposed under this section except upon the written order of the secretary or the secretary's designee to the operator upon whom the penalty is to be imposed, stating the nature of the violation, the penalty imposed and the right of the operator upon whom the penalty is imposed to appeal to the director for a hearing on the matter. An operator upon whom a civil penalty has been imposed may appeal, within 15 days after service of the order imposing the civil penalty, to the secretary. If appealed, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The decision of the secretary shall be final unless review is sought under subsection (d).

(d) Any action of the secretary pursuant to this section is subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
K.S.A. § 76-3310 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 33 / Section 76-3310
76-3310 - Cessation of regents' authority for hospital operation.
Status: in_force

76-3310. Cessation of regents' authority for hospital operation. Following the creation of the authority and on the transfer date under this act, the regents shall have no further control over, or responsibility for the operation of the university of Kansas hospital.
K.S.A. § 8-608 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-608
8-608 - Damage actions.
Status: in_force

8-608. Damage actions. In addition to the penalties herein provided, any person who is injured in business or property by any other person or corporation or association or partnership, by reason of any thing forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any court, having jurisdiction thereof in the county where the defendant resides or is found, or any agent resides or is found, or where service may be obtained, without respect to the amount in controversy, and to recover twofold the damages sustained, and the costs of suit. Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceedings under this act are pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties shall be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be made parties defendant and summoned, whether they reside in the county where such action is pending, or not.
K.S.A. § 12-2111 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 21 / Section 12-2111
12-2111 - Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

12-2111. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to enable cities to prevent insanitary and dangerous conditions caused by the accumulation of garbage and trash. Nothing herein shall limit the existing power of cities to prohibit and abate nuisances.
K.S.A. § 40-4362 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 43 / Section 40-4362
40-4362 - Formation of protected cell captive insurance company.
Status: in_force

40-4362. Formation of protected cell captive insurance company. (a) One or more sponsors may form a protected cell captive insurance company under this act. This act shall apply to protected cell captive insurance companies.

(b) A protected cell captive insurance company shall be incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders as a mutual corporation, as a nonprofit corporation with one or more members or as a limited liability company.
K.S.A. § 12-2723 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 27 / Section 12-2723
12-2723 - Installation of separate water meter for individual dwelling units.
Status: in_force

12-2723. Installation of separate water meter for individual dwelling units. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household.

(2) "Water meter" means a device used for measuring and billing for water consumed.

(b) No city or public water supply system shall prohibit the installation of a separate water meter for each dwelling unit within a building containing multiple dwelling units in lieu of installation of a master meter for the entire building.
K.S.A. § 25-418 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 25-418
25-418 - Leave allowance for employees to vote; obstruction of voting privilege, penalty.
Status: in_force

25-418. Leave allowance for employees to vote; obstruction of voting privilege, penalty. Any person entitled to vote at an election conducted by a county election officer in this state shall, on the day of such election, be entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period of not to exceed two (2) consecutive hours between the time of opening and closing of polls: Provided, That if the polls are open before commencing work or after terminating work but the period of time the polls are so open is less than two (2) consecutive hours, he shall only be entitled to absent himself from such service or employment for such a period of time which, when added to the period of time the polls are so open, will not exceed two hours; and such voter shall not because of so absenting himself be liable to any penalty, nor shall deductions be made, on account of such absence, from his usual salary or wages.

The employer may specify the particular time during the day which said employee may absent himself as aforesaid except such specified time shall not include any time during the regular lunch period.

Obstruction of voting privilege is (a) intentionally obstructing an employee in his or her exercise of voting privilege or (b) imposing a penalty upon an employee exercising his or her voting privilege under this section.

Obstruction of voting privilege is a class A misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 65-34,146 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-34,146
65-34,146 - Trust fund; establishment; credits; expenditures.
Status: in_force

65-34,146. Trust fund; establishment; credits; expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the drycleaning facility release trust fund. The fund shall be administered by the secretary. Moneys from the following sources shall be remitted 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 fund:

(1) Any proceeds from the taxes and fees imposed by this act;

(2) any interest attributable to investment of moneys in the drycleaning facility release trust fund;

(3) moneys recovered by the state under the provisions of this act, including any moneys paid under an agreement with the secretary or as civil penalties; and

(4) moneys received by the secretary in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements or appropriations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of this act.

(b) Moneys in the fund may be expended for only the following purposes and for no other governmental purpose:

(1) The direct costs of administration and enforcement of this act; and

(2) the costs of corrective action as provided in K.S.A. 65-34,148, and amendments thereto.

(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the fund shall remain intact and inviolate for the purposes set forth in this act, and moneys in the fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3722, 75-3725a and 75-3726a, and amendments thereto.

(d) On or before the 10th day of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the drycleaning facility release trust fund interest earnings based on: (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the drycleaning facility release trust fund for the preceding month; and (2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

(e) All expenditures from the drycleaning facility release trust fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of the accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for the purposes set forth in this section.
K.S.A. § 65-2876 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2876
65-2876 - Accredited school or college of chiropractic, defined.
Status: in_force

65-2876. Accredited school or college of chiropractic, defined. An accredited school or college of chiropractic for the purpose of this act shall be a school or college teaching chiropractic which the board shall determine to have a standard of education not below that required for a recognized or accredited status with the council on chiropractic education. All such schools shall be approved by the board.
K.S.A. § 65-2013 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 20 / Section 65-2013
65-2013 - Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

65-2013. Rules and regulations. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of the podiatry act, and may amend or revoke any existing rules and regulations adopted by the state podiatry board of examiners.
K.S.A. § 12-4904 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 49 / Section 12-4904
12-4904 - Revenues from home; deposit and use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

12-4904. Revenues from home; deposit and use of proceeds. Revenue derived from the operation of the home for the aged shall be paid into the treasury of the city and deposited in a separate fund, except that if the city governing body has appointed a board of trustees to supervise the operation of the home as provided in K.S.A. 12-4909, and amendments thereto, revenues shall be paid into the treasury of the board of trustees and deposited in a separate fund. Revenues shall be used only for the purpose of paying the cost of operation, maintenance and repair of such home for the aged, providing an adequate depreciation fund and paying the principal of and the interest upon the revenue bonds. Such revenue bonds are hereby made a lien on the revenues produced by such home for the aged, shall not be general obligations of the city issuing the same but shall contain recitals stating the authority under which such bonds are issued, that they are issued in conformity with the provisions, restrictions and limitations of that authority, that such bonds and the interest thereon are to be paid by the issuing city from the revenues derived from the rates, fees and charges herein mentioned and not from any other fund or source, that the same have been registered in the offices of the clerk of the city and the state treasurer, respectively, and that the bonds are negotiable. All such bonds when registered and issued, as herein provided, shall import absolute verity and shall be conclusive in favor of all persons purchasing such bonds that all proceedings and conditions precedent have been had and performed to authorize the issuance thereof and may be issued in addition to the statutory limit of bonded indebtedness of the city. The provisions of K.S.A. 10-1207, and amendments thereto, shall apply to revenue bonds issued under this act.
K.S.A. § 32-852 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-852
32-852 - Same; liability for damages.
Status: in_force

32-852. Same; liability for damages. The lessee, under any oil, gas or other mineral lease executed by the secretary, shall be liable in damages to any surface lessee and to the state for any and all injury, damages or loss, caused by any negligent act or omission of the lessee, to any property of the surface lessee or to any property of the state located upon or used in connection with the lands subject to the mineral lease.
K.S.A. § 74-32,249 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,249
74-32,249 - Powers of state board of regents.
Status: in_force

74-32,249. Powers of state board of regents. The state board of regents shall have the power to sue and be sued, adopt necessary rules and regulations and establish and maintain such records as are required by good accounting practices, but said board of regents shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, pledge the credit of the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 79-1945 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 19 / Section 79-1945
79-1945 - Authority for counties to levy taxes.
Status: in_force

79-1945. Authority for counties to levy taxes. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the general fund and other county purposes. Revenues derived from property taxes levied for mental health programs or for programs for people with disabilities, whether deposited in special funds or in the general funds of the several counties, shall be expended exclusively for such purposes.
K.S.A. § 19-2778 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 27 / Section 19-2778
19-2778 - Power of directors to operate revenue producing works.
Status: in_force

19-2778. Power of directors to operate revenue producing works. The board of directors of any improvement district are authorized to operate and maintain any revenue producing works or to contract for the operation and maintenance of same and to do all other things necessary for proper conduct of the operation and maintenance of such works. They shall establish rates and charges and shall have the power to change such rates or charges if it be deemed necessary.