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K.S.A. § 75-718 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 7 / Section 75-718
75-718 - Appointment of special assistant attorney general to investigate matters relating to certain capital improvement projects at the university of Kansas medical center; powers and duties thereof.
Status: in_force

75-718. Appointment of special assistant attorney general to investigate matters relating to certain capital improvement projects at the university of Kansas medical center; powers and duties thereof. The attorney general shall appoint a special assistant attorney general to make an inquiry and investigation into the performance and execution of state contracts for architectural services and construction work for the clinical facility addition and any other capital improvement project, as the special assistant attorney general may decide, at the university of Kansas medical center and to act as the special attorney for the state in any civil case which may result from such inquiry and investigation. Such inquiry and investigation shall include an investigation into possible deficiencies in architectural, engineering and construction plans and designs on such projects and the persons responsible therefor, an investigation into possible deficiencies in mechanical, electrical and construction work on such projects and the persons responsible therefor and such other matters as may be related to the plans, specifications, contracts, design and construction of such projects.

The special assistant attorney general appointed under the provisions of this section may commence any civil action in the name of the state, which such special assistant attorney general deems warranted as a result of the inquiry and investigation undertaken pursuant to this section. Such special assistant attorney general shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by law for assistant attorneys general and such other powers and duties as are lawfully delegated to him or her by the attorney general. Such special assistant attorney general shall not be prohibited from engaging in the practice of law but shall devote such time to the inquiry and investigation undertaken pursuant to this section as may be necessary. No contract entered into under authority of this section shall require approval under any other act or statute.
K.S.A. § 72-4227 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 42 / Section 72-4227
72-4227 - Same; grant of authority; released or revoked.
Status: in_force

72-4227. Same; grant of authority; released or revoked. (a) If at any time a public innovative district fails to meet any of the renewal criteria set forth in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 72-4226, and amendments thereto, for two or more consecutive school years, then:

(1) Such public innovative district may submit a petition to the state board for a release of the grant of authority to operate as a public innovative district; or

(2) the coalition board may submit a petition to the state board requesting that such public innovative district have its grant of authority to operate as a public innovative district revoked.

(b) If a petition is submitted to the state board pursuant to subsection (a)(1), then the state board shall grant such petition and release such public innovative district from the grant of authority to operate as a public innovative district. Such release shall be effective for the school year immediately succeeding the grant of the petition.

(c) If a petition is submitted to the state board pursuant to subsection (a)(2), then the state board shall hold a hearing on the issues in controversy. Representatives of the public innovative district shall be provided the opportunity to present information refuting the basis upon which the petition is premised. At least 30 days' notice shall be provided to the board of education of the public innovative district prior to the hearing. Within 60 days after the hearing, the state board shall determine whether to grant or deny the petition. Notification of such decision shall be sent to the board of education of the public innovative district and shall specify the reasons therefor. If the petition is granted, the authority to operate as a public innovative district shall be revoked commencing with the school year immediately succeeding the grant of the petition.
K.S.A. § 80-1521 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 15 / Section 80-1521
80-1521 - Same; existing governing body to exercise powers until new body qualified.
Status: in_force

80-1521. Same; existing governing body to exercise powers until new body qualified. In the event that the governing body of any existing fire district is changed by the provisions of this act, the governing body of the fire district in office at the time this act takes effect shall continue in office and continue to exercise their powers until the members of the new governing body are appointed and have qualified.
K.S.A. § 22-2601 — KS Code / Chapter 22 / Article 26 / Section 22-2601
22-2601 - Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

22-2601. Jurisdiction. Except as provided in K.S.A. 12-4104, and amendments thereto, the district court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try all cases of felony and other criminal cases arising under the statutes of the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 40-3633 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 36 / Section 40-3633
40-3633 - Mutual debts and mutual credits; setoff; accounting statements; debts currently due and payable.
Status: in_force

40-3633. Mutual debts and mutual credits; setoff; accounting statements; debts currently due and payable. (a) Mutual debts or mutual credits whether arising out of one or more contracts between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under this act, shall be setoff and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) No setoff, except as provided in K.S.A. 40-3602, and amendments thereto, shall be allowed in favor of any person where:

(1) The obligation of the insurer to the person would not at the date of the filing of a petition for liquidation entitle the person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer;

(2) the obligation of the insurer to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff;

(3) the obligation of the insurer is owed to an affiliate of such person, or any other entity or association other than the person;

(4) the obligation of the person is owed to an affiliate of the insurer, or any other entity or association other than the insurer;

(5) the obligations of the person is to pay an assessment levied against the members or subscribers of the insurer, or is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution; or

(6) the obligations between the person and the insurer arise out of transactions where either the person or the insurer has assumed risks and obligations from the other party and then has ceded back to that party substantially the same risks and obligations.

(c) The receiver shall provide persons with accounting statements identifying debts which are currently due and payable. Accounts currently due and payable as identified by such accounting statements shall be promptly paid to the receiver. However, persons making such payments may setoff against such payments mutual credits currently due and payable by the insurer and may assert setoff of mutual credits which become due and payable from the insurer in the future. Notwithstanding K.S.A. 40-3641, the receiver shall promptly and fully refund to the extent of the person's prior payments any mutual credits so asserted that may become due and payable to the person by the insurer.

(d) This section shall apply to all contracts entered into, renewed, extended or amended on or after the effective date of this act.
K.S.A. § 14-6,101 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-6,101
14-6,101 - Same; bonds; limitation; election.
Status: in_force

14-6,101. Same; bonds; limitation; election. Any city which has accepted a gift for hospital purposes as provided in K.S.A. 14-6,100 may issue bonds to supplement the money received by such gift to acquire a site for and construct and equip such hospital or to add to or enlarge and equip any such hospital in course of construction when received or to add to or enlarge any such hospital already constructed and equip the same when received, in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000): Provided, That the question of issuing bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at the next regular city primary or regular election or at any election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds: Provided further, A proposition for the issuance of bonds hereunder may be voted on at the same election where the acceptance of the gift is voted on.
K.S.A. § 76-824 — KS Code / Chapter 76 / Article 8 / Section 76-824
76-824 - Statutory construction.
Status: in_force

76-824. Statutory construction. This act, being necessary for the prosperity and welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. The provisions of this act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any general or special laws, or parts thereof, the provisions of this act shall be controlling.
K.S.A. § 58-5011 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 50 / Section 58-5011
58-5011 - No duty to monitor, inform or advise.
Status: in_force

58-5011. No duty to monitor, inform or advise. (a) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:

(1) A trustee does not have a duty to:

(A) Monitor a trust director; or

(B) inform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or trust director concerning an instance in which the trustee might have acted differently than the director; and

(2) by taking an action described in paragraph (1), a trustee does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1).

(b) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:

(1) A trust director does not have a duty to:

(A) Monitor a trustee or another trust director; or

(B) inform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or another trust director concerning an instance in which the director might have acted differently than a trustee or another trust director; and

(2) by taking an action described in paragraph (1), a trust director does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1).
K.S.A. § 79-2203 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 22 / Section 79-2203
79-2203 - County clerk's statement to director of accounts and reports, contents; county responsible to state for levies after making adjustments.
Status: in_force

79-2203. County clerk's statement to director of accounts and reports, contents; county responsible to state for levies after making adjustments. On or before June 30 of each year, the county clerk shall send to the director of accounts and reports a statement showing tax information prescribed by the director of accounts and reports. Such information may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) all double and erroneous assessments abated, (2) taxes refunded, (3) additions to the tax rolls made subsequent to the certification thereof to the director of property valuation, (4) the amount of tax warrants uncollected and returned by the sheriff "not found" and "no property." Also a showing of the valuations and levy rates of personal tax warrants of prior years for which credit has been taken in previous settlements with the state, and which have been subsequently collected, and the state's share of the tax warrants thus collected. Such statement shall be signed by the county clerk and countersigned by the county treasurer. Each county is responsible to the state for the full amount of the taxes levied by law for state and other purposes, after making adjustment for the credits and additions as shown on said statement.
K.S.A. § 23-37,402 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 37 / Section 23-37,402
23-37,402 - Severability clause.
Status: in_force

23-37,402. Severability clause. (UCCJEA 402). If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 65-1684 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 16 / Section 65-1684
65-1684 - Same; charges and fees prohibited.
Status: in_force

65-1684. Same; charges and fees prohibited. The board shall not impose any charge for the establishment or maintenance of the prescription monitoring program database on a registered wholesale distributor, pharmacist, dispenser or other person authorized to prescribe or dispense scheduled substances and drugs of concern. The board shall not charge any fees for the transmission of data to the database or for the receipt of information from the database, except that the board may charge a fee to an individual who requests the individual's own prescription monitoring information in accordance with procedures adopted by the board.
K.S.A. § 44-1043 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 10 / Section 44-1043
44-1043 - Provisions of K.S.A. 44-1039 through 44-1042 supplemental to act against discrimination.
Status: in_force

44-1043. Provisions of K.S.A. 44-1039 through 44-1042 supplemental to act against discrimination. The provisions of K.S.A. 44-1039 to 44-1042, inclusive, shall be supplemental to and a part of the Kansas act against discrimination.
K.S.A. § 19-4411 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 44 / Section 19-4411
19-4411 - Law enforcement personnel commission; appointment; duties; compensation.
Status: in_force

19-4411. Law enforcement personnel commission; appointment; duties; compensation. The agency of any county may appoint a commission for the purpose of examining applicants for the position of law enforcement officer, the administration of its civil service or merit rating system and for hearing and affirming or revoking the suspension or removal of any such officer. Such commission shall have three (3) members. Of the members first appointed, one member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one member shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and one member shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter all members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. The agency shall provide such commission with necessary personnel and shall by resolution prescribe the duties and compensation of such commission. Before entering upon the duties of their office each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the state of Kansas, and to obey the laws and to endeavor to secure and maintain an honest and efficient force, free from partisan influence or control, and to perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability. Such oath shall be filed with the secretary of the agency.
K.S.A. § 19-2951 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 29 / Section 19-2951
19-2951 - Notice and hearing; zoning resolution; procedure.
Status: in_force

19-2951. Notice and hearing; zoning resolution; procedure. Before any improvement district shall create any zone or district or regulate or restrict the use of buildings or land therein, the governing body shall approve a proposed zoning resolution fixing the boundaries of the proposed zoning districts and the regulations and restrictions to be imposed therein. Such proposed zoning resolution together with a notice of a public hearing thereon shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. At least 20 days shall elapse between the date of the last publication of such resolution and notice and the public hearing held thereon. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time and at the conclusion of the same the governing body may adopt such zoning resolution as proposed or may revise or amend and adopt the same as revised or amended. The boundaries of zones or districts may be set out upon a map incorporated and published as a part of the zoning resolution. Upon adoption such zoning resolution shall be published once in the official county newspaper. For the purpose of defining the boundaries of zones or districts, the governing body shall publish a map upon which boundaries shall be fixed.

The governing body may from time to time supplement, change or generally revise the boundaries or regulations contained in any zoning resolution. Any amendments or changes made in any zoning resolution shall be made by resolution in the manner, and after notice and hearing, as prescribed for the adoption of the original zoning resolution. If a protest against any such amendment or change in any zoning resolution is filed in the office of the county clerk within 14 days after the date of the conclusion of the hearing duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% or more of any property proposed to be rezoned or by the owners of 20% of the total area excepting public streets and ways which is located within 200 feet of the boundaries of the property proposed to be rezoned, the resolution adopting such amendment or change shall not be passed except by unanimous vote of the members of the governing body of the district.
K.S.A. § 12-1779 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 17 / Section 12-1779
12-1779 - Issuance of industrial revenue bonds in redevelopment district.
Status: in_force

12-1779. Issuance of industrial revenue bonds in redevelopment district. Industrial revenue bonds may be issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 et seq., and amendments thereto, for the purchase, construction, reconstruction, equipping, maintenance and repair of buildings and facilities within a redevelopment district established under the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 59-3104 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 31 / Section 59-3104
59-3104 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

59-3104. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the "uniform testamentary additions to trusts act."
K.S.A. § 50-6,104 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6,104
50-6,104 - Sale of cigarettes in violation of cigarette and tobacco products act.
Status: in_force

50-6,104. Sale of cigarettes in violation of cigarette and tobacco products act. A violation of subsection (u), (v) or (w) of K.S.A. 79-3321 or K.S.A. 79-3395, and amendments thereto, shall constitute an unlawful trade practice as provided in K.S.A. 50-626, and amendments thereto. In addition to any remedies or penalties set forth in the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act, any remedy or penalty available for a violation of K.S.A. 50-626, and amendments thereto, also may be imposed for such violation.
K.S.A. § 58-2419 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-2419
58-2419 - Act does not extend to simple power of attorney to convey lands.
Status: in_force

58-2419. Act does not extend to simple power of attorney to convey lands. The provisions of this act relative to power shall not extend to a simple power of attorney to convey lands in the name and for the benefit of the owner.
K.S.A. § 65-482 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-482
65-482 - Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

65-482. Purpose of act. The legislature of the state of Kansas recognizes the importance and necessity of providing and regulating the system by which healthcare services are structured and integrated to promote the availability of and access to necessary and appropriate healthcare to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the rural residents of Kansas. The legislature of the state of Kansas seeks to: Improve the health of the rural population of Kansas; preserve access to healthcare; encourage collaboration among rural healthcare providers; promote delivery of quality rural healthcare; promote efficiency and efficacy of rural healthcare; embrace technology in the delivery of rural healthcare; and promote adequate and fair reimbursement for rural healthcare services. To this end, it is the policy of the state of Kansas to create a category of licensure to enable certain Kansas hospitals to receive federal healthcare reimbursement as rural emergency hospitals, and the implementation of this act facilitates such policy.
K.S.A. § 60-2503 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 25 / Section 60-2503
60-2503 - Notice of hearing of application.
Status: in_force

60-2503. Notice of hearing of application. Notice of the hearing on the application shall be given in the same manner as provided for summons and service of process by article 3 of this chapter.
K.S.A. § 38-1724 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 17 / Section 38-1724
38-1724 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

38-1724. Uniformity of application and construction. This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
K.S.A. § 17-7920 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 79 / Section 17-7920
17-7920 - Name requirements for limited liability companies.
Status: in_force

17-7920. Name requirements for limited liability companies. (a) The name of a limited liability company shall contain:

(1) One of the following phrases: "limited liability company" or "limited company";

(2) one of the following abbreviations: "L.L.C." or "L.C."; or

(3) one of the following designations: "LLC" or "LC."

(b) The name of a limited liability company may contain the name of a member or manager.

(c) The name of a limited liability company may contain one or more of the following words: "Company"; "association"; "club"; "foundation"; "fund"; "institute"; "society"; "union"; "syndicate"; "limited"; "trust" or abbreviations of like import.

(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.