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K.S.A. § 74-32,113 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,113
74-32,113 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

74-32,113. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Kansas ethnic minority fellowship program" means a program under which grants of financial assistance in the form of fellowships are awarded to qualified ethnic minority graduate students.

(b) "Qualified ethnic minority graduate student" means a person who: (1) Is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a member of an ethnic minority group; (3) has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled full time in a graduate program at a state educational institution; and (4) has qualified for the award of a fellowship under the Kansas ethnic minority fellowship program on the basis of having demonstrated scholastic ability, or who has previously so qualified and remains qualified for renewal of the fellowship on the basis of remaining in good standing and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements of the graduate program in which enrolled.

(c) "Ethnic minority group" means a group of persons categorized as: (1) American Indian; (2) Asian or Pacific Islander; (3) Black, non-Hispanic; or (4) Hispanic.

(d) "American Indian" means a person having origins in the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.

(e) "Asian" or "Pacific Islander" means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or Pacific Islands, including, but not by way of limitation, persons from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, Samoa, India, Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia.

(f) "Black, non-Hispanic" means a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (except those of Hispanic origin).

(g) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(h) "State educational institution" has the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto.

(i) "Executive officer" means the executive officer of the state board of regents, appointed under K.S.A. 74-3203a, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 12-758 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 7 / Section 12-758
12-758 - Same; existing uses; alterations; agricultural land exempted, exception.
Status: in_force

12-758. Same; existing uses; alterations; agricultural land exempted, exception. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and K.S.A. 12-770 and 12-771, and amendments thereto, regulations adopted under authority of this act shall not apply to the existing use of any building or land, but shall apply to any alteration of a building to provide for a change in use or a change in the use of any building or land after the effective date of any regulations adopted under this act. If a building is damaged by more than 50% of its fair market value such building shall not be restored if the use of such building is not in conformance with the regulations adopted under this act.

(b) Except for flood plain regulations in areas designated as a flood plain, regulations adopted by a city pursuant to K.S.A. 12-715b, and amendments thereto, or a county pursuant to this act shall not apply to the use of land for agricultural purposes, nor for the erection or maintenance of buildings thereon for such purposes so long as such land and buildings are used for agricultural purposes and not otherwise.
K.S.A. § 16-2003 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 20 / Section 16-2003
16-2003 - Certain contract provisions prohibited.
Status: in_force

16-2003. Certain contract provisions prohibited. (a) Unless otherwise required by law, each governmental entity within this state that contracts for public works construction shall ensure that neither the awarding governmental entity nor any agent responsible for procuring a contract directly between the governmental entity and a contractor shall not:

(1) Require any bidder, contractor, subcontractor or material supplier to enter into or agree to enter into any prehire agreement, project labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement or any other similar agreement with one or more labor organizations on the same or other related construction projects; or

(2) discriminate against or treat differently any bidder, contractor, subcontractor or material supplier for becoming, refusing to become or remaining signatories or otherwise to agree to enter into any prehire agreement, project labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement or any other similar agreement with one or more labor organizations on the same or other related construction projects.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:

(1) Any bidder, contractor, subcontractor, construction manager, design-builder or material supplier of any tier from voluntarily entering into agreements described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a); or

(2) any contractor, construction manager or design builder from requiring its subcontractors or material suppliers of any tier to enter into a collective bargaining agreement.
K.S.A. § 65-3455 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-3455
65-3455 - Responsibility for payment of clean-up costs; actions to recover costs.
Status: in_force

65-3455. Responsibility for payment of clean-up costs; actions to recover costs. Except as provided by K.S.A. 65-3453(d), and amendments thereto, any person responsible for the discharge, abandonment or disposal of hazardous substances which the secretary determines is necessary to be cleaned up pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3453 and amendments thereto shall be responsible for the payment of the costs of investigation to determine whether remedial action is necessary at the site. If remedial action is required to protect the public health and environment, the costs of that remedial action shall be borne by the responsible party. If the secretary incurs costs or expends funds for such activities, the responsible person shall be notified of such costs and expenditures and shall make repayment of all costs incurred for response to the site in accordance with K.S.A. 65-3454a and amendments thereto. If the responsible person fails to pay for such costs, such payment or repayment shall be recoverable in an action brought by the secretary in the district court of Shawnee county. Any money recovered under this section shall be deposited in the environmental response fund.
K.S.A. § 8-2809 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 28 / Section 8-2809
8-2809 - Same; peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program insurable interest in shared vehicle.
Status: in_force

8-2809. Same; peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program insurable interest in shared vehicle. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule or regulation to the contrary, a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall have an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the vehicle sharing period.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program maintain the coverage mandated by K.S.A. 8-2803, and amendments thereto.

(c) A peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for:

(1) Liabilities assumed by the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program under a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program agreement;

(2) any liability of the shared vehicle owner;

(3) damage or loss to the shared motor vehicle; or

(4) any liability of the shared vehicle driver.
K.S.A. § 72-1178 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 11 / Section 72-1178
72-1178 - School activity funds.
Status: in_force

72-1178. School activity funds. (a) The board of education of any school district may authorize, by separate resolutions, the establishment of school activity funds from which to make needed expenditures for the payment of expenses attributable to activities in which pupils of the district may participate directly or indirectly. Every such resolution shall specify the general purpose for which the fund is to be established and shall authorize an employee of the school district to administer the fund.

(b) The employee authorized to administer any school activity fund established by any resolution provided for in this section shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures from the fund, and shall, from time to time, and at the end of each school year, prepare a statement for the board of education showing all receipts, expenditures, and the balance in the fund. The fund shall be kept separate from all other funds and be used only for authorized expenditures, and itemized receipts shall be taken for each expenditure.

(c) All moneys received from the sale of admissions to activities which the school district sponsors shall be credited to school activity funds in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the board of education. Such moneys shall not be considered to be moneys of the school district for the purposes of K.S.A. 72-1136, and amendments thereto.

(d) The provisions of K.S.A. 12-105b, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to claims against any school activity fund established by any resolution provided for in this section.

(e) As used in this section, the term "activities" means activities, events, and competitions in such fields as athletics, music, forensics, and dramatics, and other interschool or intraschool extracurricular activities in which pupils may participate directly or indirectly.
K.S.A. § 75-7715 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 77 / Section 75-7715
75-7715 - Inspections; surveyor certification.
Status: in_force

75-7715. Inspections; surveyor certification. (a) It is hereby made the duty of the director of the Kansas office of early childhood to inspect or cause to be inspected on or after July 1, 2026, and once every 12 months thereafter, every day care facility, unless otherwise provided in subsection (b). For the purpose of inspection, the director or the director's authorized agent, as an employee of the director or who has a contract with the director to provide inspections pursuant to this act and who holds a certificate issued pursuant to subsection (c), shall have the right of entry and access to every department and every place in the premises, to call for and examine the records that are required to be kept according to this act and to make and preserve a record of every inspection. The licensee shall give all reasonable information to the authorized agent of the director of the Kansas office of early childhood and afford every reasonable facility for viewing the premises and seeing the children therein. No such child, without the consent of the child's parent, shall be required to be interviewed by any agent.

(b) The director of the Kansas office of early childhood shall conduct an inspection of any day care facility upon receiving a complaint. Any new day care facility shall be inspected prior to issuance of a license. The director may conduct an inspection of any day care facility that has a record of repeated complaints or serious violations at any time. Every 12 months, the director or authorized agent of the director shall inspect any day care facility that provides services to military families receiving military assistance for child care.

(c) (1) The director shall create a surveyor certification and provide a minimum of yearly continuing education to qualify for such certification.

(2) If a surveyor fails to comply with the certification requirements established by the director pursuant to paragraph (1), the director may require such surveyor to complete an improvement plan.

(3) If such surveyor does not satisfactorily complete the improvement plan, the director may terminate such surveyor's current certification.

(d) Persons conducting inspections and surveys pursuant to this act shall hold a certification issued by the director.

(e) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2026.
K.S.A. § 8-602 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-602
8-602 - Free competition.
Status: in_force

8-602. Free competition. It hereby is declared to be the policy of this state that free and unrestricted competition shall prevail in the business of financing the purchase or sale of motor vehicles and other specific commodities.
K.S.A. § 75-3343 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 33 / Section 75-3343
75-3343 - Vending facilities advisory committee; membership; meetings; expenses of members.
Status: in_force

75-3343. Vending facilities advisory committee; membership; meetings; expenses of members. There is hereby established a vending facilities advisory committee to the division of services for the blind consisting of five members who shall be designated and certified annually by the board of directors of the Randolph-Sheppard vendors of Kansas, inc., a nonprofit organization of blind vending facilities operators, and the director of the division of services for the blind shall meet with said advisory committee at least one time annually for the purpose of mutual advice and consultation; and the actual expenses incurred by the members of said advisory committee in attendance of such meetings are hereby authorized to be reimbursed by said division of services for the blind: Provided, Special meetings may be called upon the written request of the director of the division of services for the blind which special meeting shall convene within fifteen (15) days of the making of such written request: And provided further, Expenses incurred by the members of said committee in their attendance of special meetings convened at their request shall not be reimbursed as hereinbefore stated.
K.S.A. § 79-32,155 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 32 / Section 79-32,155
79-32,155 - Same; election to defer credit.
Status: in_force

79-32,155. Same; election to defer credit. A taxpayer entitled to the credit allowed by K.S.A. 79-32,153, and amendments thereto, may elect to defer the commencement of the ten-year period during which such credit is allowed to any taxable year not later than the third taxable year following the taxable year in which commencement of commercial operations at the qualified business facility occurs. The taxpayer shall perfect such election by notifying the secretary of revenue, by a written statement attached to the return for the taxable year in which commencement of commercial operations at the qualified business facility occurs, of the intention to make such election. Once said election has been perfected, the credit shall be allowed for the taxable year specified in such election and for each of the nine succeeding taxable years.
K.S.A. § 49-105 — KS Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-105
49-105 - Ingress and egress for survey; penalty for interference.
Status: in_force

49-105. Ingress and egress for survey; penalty for interference. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation owning coal mines, and every person in charge of the same, to provide the county surveyor with all the ordinary means of ingress and egress, to make any survey thereof he or she may be ordered to make; and any person or persons in any way interfering, molesting or hindering such county surveyor in making any survey he or she may be ordered to make under the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable for each offense to a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, to be prosecuted and recovered as in other cases of misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 58-650 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 6 / Section 58-650
58-650 - of act.
Status: in_force

58-650. Citation of act. K.S.A. 58-650 through 58-665, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas power of attorney act.
K.S.A. § 68-550 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-550
68-550 - Continuance of special laws.
Status: in_force

68-550. Continuance of special laws. No provision of this act shall be construed as repealing or superseding any special act now in force in any county of this state.
K.S.A. § 40-4912 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 49 / Section 40-4912
40-4912 - Same; appointment of agents.
Status: in_force

40-4912. Same; appointment of agents. (a) Any company authorized to transact business in this state may, upon determining that the insurance agent is of good business reputation and, if an individual, has had experience in insurance or will immediately receive a course of instruction in insurance and on the policies and policy forms of such company, appoint such insurance agent as the insurance agent of the company under the license in effect for the insurance agent. The appointment shall be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Such form shall be sent to the commissioner within 30 days of the date the company appoints such insurance agent. A nonrefundable appointment or certification fee set forth in K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto, shall be paid in accordance with the billing procedures established by the commissioner. Such procedures shall require payment of the fees annually, based on the number of insurance agents appointed during the calendar year preceding the return. The certification fees required by K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto, shall be due for all insurance agents appointed by the company during the preceding calendar year, irrespective of the number of months the insurance agent was appointed for that year. The certification fee shall not be returned for any reason, and failure of the company to certify an insurance agent within 30 working days of such insurance agent's appointment shall subject the company to a penalty of not more than $25 per calendar day from the date the appropriate return was required from the date of appointment to the date proper certification is recorded by the insurance department.

(b) With respect to insurance on growing crops, evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the insurance agent is qualified to transact insurance in accordance with standards or procedures established by any branch of the federal government shall be deemed to be the equivalent of certification by a company.

(c) Duly licensed insurance agents transacting business in accordance with the provisions of article 41 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be deemed to be certified by a company for the kinds of insurance permitted under the license in effect for the insurance agent.
K.S.A. § 39-1810 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 18 / Section 39-1810
39-1810 - Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

39-1810. Rules and regulations. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 74-575 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 5 / Section 74-575
74-575 - Division of marketing and director of marketing; transfer of powers and duties to the secretary of agriculture.
Status: in_force

74-575. Division of marketing and director of marketing; transfer of powers and duties to the secretary of agriculture. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the secretary of agriculture shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the division of marketing and director of marketing in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act and which are transferred pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties, and functions by or under the authority of the secretary of agriculture shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the division of marketing or director of marketing in which such powers, duties, and functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.

(b) Whenever the "division of markets," or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference is in regard to one of the powers and duties transferred to the department of agriculture pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of agriculture. Whenever the "director of marketing," or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference is in regard to one of the powers and duties transferred to the department of commerce pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary of agriculture.

(c) All rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the division of marketing or director of marketing pertaining to powers and duties transferred pursuant to K.S.A. 74-574 shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the secretary of agriculture until revised, amended, or nullified pursuant to law.
K.S.A. § 40-2250 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 22 / Section 40-2250
40-2250 - Insurance coverage to include reimbursement for services performed by advanced practice registered nurses.
Status: in_force

40-2250. Insurance coverage to include reimbursement for services performed by advanced practice registered nurses. Notwithstanding any provision of an individual or group policy or contract for health and accident insurance delivered within the state, whenever such policy or contract shall provide for reimbursement for any services within the lawful scope of practice of a licensed advanced practice registered nurse within the state of Kansas, the insured, or any other person covered by the policy or contract, shall be allowed and entitled to reimbursement for such service irrespective of whether it was provided or performed by a duly licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse.
K.S.A. § 48-1620 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 16 / Section 48-1620
48-1620 - Licensing of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility required; conditions.
Status: in_force

48-1620. Licensing of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility required; conditions. The secretary shall review and grant or deny final approval for each low-level radioactive waste disposal facility license in the same manner as provided in K.S.A. 65-3433 et seq., and amendments thereto. The secretary shall not approve any such license which would permit the disposal of low-level radioactive waste below the natural level of the disposal site unless the secretary, subject to legislative approval, has determined that below grade disposal provides greater protection than above grade disposal for the environment and public health for the period of time for which such low-level radioactive waste may continue to pose a hazard to the environment and public health.
K.S.A. § 37-109 — KS Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-109
37-109 - Oath of president and members of senate.
Status: in_force

37-109. Oath of president and members of senate. Before the senate shall proceed to try the impeachment, the president of the senate, and every senator present, shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully and impartially try the impeachment against A.B., and do justice according to the law and the evidence."