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K.S.A. § 81-215 — KS Code / Chapter 81 / Article 2 / Section 81-215
81-215 - Remedies.
Status: in_force

81-215. Remedies. (a) Any owner of a mark registered under this act may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of such mark and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale as the court deems just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale, or both. Such court also may order that any such counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such case be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed. The court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three times such profits and damages or reasonable attorney fees of the prevailing party, or both, in such cases where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case.

(b) The enumeration of any right or remedy in this section shall not affect a registrant's right to prosecute under any criminal law of this state.
K.S.A. § 80-2205 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 22 / Section 80-2205
80-2205 - Operation of solid waste disposal site by certain townships; tax levy; solid waste disposal fund; protest petition; election, when.
Status: in_force

80-2205. Operation of solid waste disposal site by certain townships; tax levy; solid waste disposal fund; protest petition; election, when. The township board of any township located in a county having a population of more than seven thousand eight hundred (7,800) and less than eight thousand three hundred (8,300) and an assessed tangible valuation of more than forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) and less than fifty-seven million dollars ($57,000,000) may annually levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mill on all taxable tangible property within the township for the purpose of operating and maintaining a site for the disposal of solid waste. The moneys derived from the levy authorized herein shall be placed in a special fund known as the "solid waste disposal fund" and shall be used only for the purposes authorized herein. Said levy shall be in addition to, and shall not be included within, any aggregate limit fixed by law for townships.

No such tax levy shall be made under the authority of this act until the board of township trustees shall have adopted a resolution authorizing the same and stating the purpose for which the levy is to be made. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. If, within sixty (60) days following the last publication of the resolution, a petition in opposition to the levy signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified voters of the township is filed with the county election officer of the county in which such township is located, no such levy shall be made unless and until the same is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the township voting thereon at a special election called and held for such purpose. Any such election shall be called, noticed and held in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 65-5516 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 55 / Section 65-5516
65-5516 - State agency adjudicative proceedings and judicial review; conduct.
Status: in_force

65-5516. State agency adjudicative proceedings and judicial review; conduct. All state agency adjudicative proceedings under K.S.A. 65-5501 to 65-5517, inclusive, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act and shall be reviewable in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
K.S.A. § 68-532 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-532
68-532 - Letting township contracts.
Status: in_force

68-532. Letting township contracts. The township board, in letting contracts and in employing labor for the construction or maintenance of township roads, shall follow the same proceedings and regulations as herein provided for county roads, so far as the same are applicable.
K.S.A. § 75-5116 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 51 / Section 75-5116
75-5116 - Abolition of motor vehicle reciprocity commission; transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of interstate contracts, arrangements and declarations.
Status: in_force

75-5116. Abolition of motor vehicle reciprocity commission; transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of interstate contracts, arrangements and declarations. (a) The motor vehicle reciprocity commission created by K.S.A. 74-4301 is hereby abolished on and after July 1, 1973.

(b) From and after July 1, 1973, all of the powers, duties and functions of the existing motor vehicle reciprocity commission are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the director of vehicles created by this act, except as is herein otherwise provided.

(c) From and after July 1, 1973, the director of vehicles created by this act shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the motor vehicle reciprocity commission in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act, except as herein otherwise provided. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the director of vehicles created by this act shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the motor vehicle reciprocity commission in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this act.

(d) From and after July 1, 1973, whenever the motor vehicle reciprocity commission, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the director of vehicles created by this act.

(e) All interstate contracts, arrangements or declarations of the motor vehicle reciprocity commission in existence on July 1, 1973, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be duly made interstate contracts, arrangements or declarations of the director of vehicles created by this act, until revised, amended, revoked or nullified by the director of vehicles and the same is approved by the governor.

(f) From and after July 1, 1973, the director of vehicles created by this act shall be a continuation of the motor vehicle reciprocity commission created by K.S.A. 74-4301.
K.S.A. § 74-3287 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-3287
74-3287 - Administration of the Kansas education opportunity program by the state board of regents; duties.
Status: in_force

74-3287. Administration of the Kansas education opportunity program by the state board of regents; duties. The state board of regents shall adopt rules and regulations for administration of this act and shall:

(a) Publicize the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program and the manner and method of qualifying for designation as a Kansas education opportunity scholar and for the award of a Kansas education opportunity scholarship;

(b) provide application forms;

(c) determine residence, as provided by law, of applicants for Kansas education opportunity scholarships;

(d) determine eligibility of applicants for Kansas education opportunity scholarships;

(e) determine the evidence deemed necessary to be submitted as proof of educational ability;

(f) designate Kansas education opportunity scholars;

(g) notify each person who qualifies for designation as a Kansas education opportunity scholar and for the award of a Kansas education opportunity scholarship or who remains qualified as a Kansas education opportunity scholar for the renewal of a Kansas education opportunity scholarship;

(h) approve and award or renew Kansas education opportunity scholarships;

(i) determine the equivalent of a semester for the purpose of awarding Kansas education opportunity scholarships for any program period or term that is not a semester;

(j) define full-time enrollment;

(k) provide for apportionment of Kansas education opportunity scholarships if appropriations therefor are insufficient for payment in full to all Kansas education opportunity scholars;

(l) request any eligible institution to furnish any information relating to and necessary for administration of this act;

(m) determine the average amount of tuition and fees required of full-time, in-state students for enrollment at the state educational institutions; and

(n) evaluate the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program annually, and make a report thereon to the governor and legislature.
K.S.A. § 17-2716 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 27 / Section 17-2716
17-2716 - Authority of professional licensing boards not restricted by this act; additional regulations.
Status: in_force

17-2716. Authority of professional licensing boards not restricted by this act; additional regulations. Nothing in this chapter restricts or limits in any manner the authority and duty of any regulating board for the licensing of individual persons rendering professional service or the practice of the profession which is within the jurisdiction of the regulating board, notwithstanding that the person is an officer, director, shareholder or employee of a professional corporation and rendering professional service or engaging in the practice of the profession through the professional corporation. Each regulating board shall adopt and enforce, pursuant to law, any additional rules and regulations governing the practice of each profession as are necessary to enforce and comply with this chapter and the law applicable to each profession.
K.S.A. § 12-606 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-606
12-606 - Assessments against unplatted or partially platted lands; extent of benefit district.
Status: in_force

12-606. Assessments against unplatted or partially platted lands; extent of benefit district. Where any of the improvements specified in this act are to be made upon streets or avenues, and the pieces of land abutting on such improvement shall not be divided into lots or blocks, the assessments for such improvement shall be made on the piece or pieces of ground adjoining such improvement or through which the same may be located to the distance of 300 feet from the street or avenue upon which such improvements are made extending along the street or avenue the distance improved or to be improved: Provided, That where the street or avenue to be improved runs partially through platted ground and partially through unplatted ground, the assessments for the payment of the cost of the construction of the improvement on the street or avenue running through the unplatted ground shall be levied on the lots and pieces of ground along said street or avenue on either side thereof, to the same distance on either side of said street or avenue as the levy is made where the street or avenue to be improved runs through platted ground: Provided, That in no case shall the benefit district extend more than half way to the street or public highway parallel with and next to the public ground to be improved.
K.S.A. § 40-288 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-288
40-288 - Same; provisions of article 22 of chapter 40 not required.
Status: in_force

40-288. Same; provisions of article 22 of chapter 40 not required. The standard provisions as set out in article 22 of chapter 40, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or amendments thereto, shall not be required in the coverage provided by this act.
K.S.A. § 68-2244 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 22 / Section 68-2244
68-2244 - Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority; compensation for removal.
Status: in_force

68-2244. Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority; compensation for removal. From and after July 1, 1981, any outdoor advertising signs lawfully erected prior to November 6, 1978, which do not conform to the standards adopted by local zoning authorities as authorized by K.S.A. 68-2234, as amended, may be subject to removal, upon request of the local zoning authority, by the secretary of transportation in the manner provided by the highway advertising control act of 1972. In the event that action by a local zoning authority forces the removal of any such signs for which any person or persons are entitled to just compensation under subsection (g) of section 131 of title 23 of the United States Code and not subject to compensation under K.S.A. 68-2238, the local zoning authority shall be responsible for payment of the non-federal share of such just compensation and for payment of incidental administrative expenses incurred by the secretary of transportation for the removal of such signs.
K.S.A. § 19-4312 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 43 / Section 19-4312
19-4312 - Compensation of board; expenses.
Status: in_force

19-4312. Compensation of board; expenses. The members of the said civil service board shall not receive any salary for their services, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties and shall receive mileage pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3203.
K.S.A. § 38-1711 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 17 / Section 38-1711
38-1711 - Single custodianship.
Status: in_force

38-1711. Single custodianship. A transfer may be made only for one minor, and only one person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this act by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.
K.S.A. § 40-2,130 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,130
40-2,130 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

40-2,130. Same; definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Actuary" means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance of this state.

(c) "Insurer" means any person, firm, association or corporation duly licensed in this state as an insurance company.

(d) "Managing general agent" or "MGA" means any person, firm, association or corporation who manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer, including the management of a separate division, department or underwriting office, and acts as an agent for such insurer whether known as a managing general agent, manager or other similar term, who, with or without the authority, either separately or together with affiliates, produces, directly or indirectly, and underwrites an amount of gross written premium equal to or more than 5% of the policyholder surplus as reported in the last annual statement of the insurer in any one quarter or year together with one or more of the following:

(1) Adjusts or pays claims in excess of an amount determined by the commissioner; or

(2) negotiates reinsurance on behalf of the insurer.

(e) Notwithstanding the above, the following persons shall not be considered as MGAs for the purposes of this act:

(1) An employee of the insurer;

(2) a United States manager of the United States branch of an alien insurer;

(3) an underwriting manager which, pursuant to contract, manages all the insurance operations of the insurer, is under common control with the insurer, subject to the holding company regulatory act, and whose compensation is not based on the volume of premiums written;

(4) an attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal exchange or inter-insurance exchange as described in K.S.A. 40-1602, and amendments thereto; and

(5) an administrator registered in accordance with K.S.A. 40-3810, and amendments thereto.

(f) "Underwrite" means the authority to accept or reject risk on behalf of the insurer.
K.S.A. § 46-1016 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 10 / Section 46-1016
46-1016 - Inherent legislative power not limited.
Status: in_force

46-1016. Inherent legislative power not limited. Nothing in this act shall limit the legislature or either house thereof in their inherent powers, nor limit powers or procedures for impeachment.
K.S.A. § 4-4,496 — KS Code / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 4-4,496
4-4,496 - Same; basis of reapportionment.
Status: in_force

4-4,496. Same; basis of reapportionment. (a) As used in K.S.A. 4-4,499 through 4-4,538, and amendments thereto, "voting district," "tract," "block group" or "block" means, respectively, a voting district (VTD), tract, block group or block identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps.

(b) Voting districts, tracts, block groups and blocks are referred to in K.S.A. 4-4,499 through 4-4,538, and amendments thereto, by the alphanumeric code by which they are identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps and data lists.

(c) The boundaries of counties, voting districts, tracts, block groups and blocks referred to in K.S.A. 4-4,499 through 4-4,538, and amendments thereto, are those boundaries as they exist and are identified on the official United States 2020 decennial census maps.
K.S.A. § 60-247 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2 / Section 60-247
60-247 - Jurors.
Status: in_force

60-247. Jurors. (a) Number of prospective jurors. The court must call enough prospective jurors so that, after challenges for cause and peremptory challenges allowed by law, there will remain 12, or sufficient jurors to be sworn to try the case.

(b) Examining jurors. Prospective jurors must be examined under oath or affirmation regarding their qualifications to sit as jurors. The court must permit the parties or their attorneys to conduct an examination of prospective jurors.

(c) Challenges. (1) Challenges for cause. All challenges for cause, whether to the array or panel or to individual prospective jurors, must be decided by the court.

(2) Peremptory challenges. After the panel has been passed for cause, each party is entitled to three peremptory challenges, except as provided in subsection (h) of K.S.A. 60-248, and amendments thereto, when there are alternate jurors. Multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants are considered a single party for the purpose of making challenges. However, if the court finds a good faith controversy exists between multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants, the court may allow any of the parties, single or multiple, additional peremptory challenges and permit them to be exercised separately or jointly. Peremptory challenges must be exercised in a manner that will not communicate to the challenged prospective juror the identity of the challenging party or attorney.

(d) Oath of jurors. The jurors must swear or affirm to try the case conscientiously and return a verdict according to the law and the evidence.
K.S.A. § 79-4228 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 42 / Section 79-4228
79-4228 - Same; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

79-4228. Same; rules and regulations. The secretary is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 72-2260 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 22 / Section 72-2260
72-2260 - Same; application of act; years of employment requirements, waiver.
Status: in_force

72-2260. Same; application of act; years of employment requirements, waiver. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 72-2253 through 72-2258, and amendments thereto, apply only to: (1) Teachers who have completed not less than three consecutive years of employment, and been offered a fourth contract, in the technical college, institute of technology at Washburn university or community college by which any such teacher is currently employed; and (2) teachers who have completed not less than two consecutive years of employment, and been offered a third contract, in the technical college, institute of technology at Washburn university or community college by which any such teacher is currently employed if at any time prior to the current employment the teacher has completed the years of employment requirement of paragraph (1) of this subsection in any technical college, the institute of technology at Washburn university or community college in this state.

(b) Any board may waive, at any time, the years of employment requirements of subsection (a)(1) for any teacher employed by it.

(c) The provisions of this subsection [section] are subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 72-2262, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 48-959 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-959
48-959 - Seizure of firearms prohibited during official state of emergency; cause of action created; attorney fees.
Status: in_force

48-959. Seizure of firearms prohibited during official state of emergency; cause of action created; attorney fees. (a) No officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof, member of the Kansas national guard in the service of the state, or any person operating pursuant to or under color of state law, receiving state funds, under control of any official of the state or political subdivision thereof, or providing services to such officer, employee or other person, while acting during a declared official state of emergency, may:

(1) Temporarily or permanently seize, or authorize seizure of, any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under state law, other than as evidence in a criminal investigation; or

(2) require registration of any firearm for which registration is not required by state law.

(b) Any individual aggrieved by a violation of this section may seek in the courts of this state relief in an action at law or in equity or other proper proceeding for redress against any person who subjects such individual, or causes such individual to be subjected, to the deprivation of any of the rights, privileges or immunities provided by this section.

(c) In addition to any other remedy at law or in equity, an individual aggrieved by the seizure or confiscation of a firearm in violation of this section may bring an action for return of such firearm in the district court of the county in which that individual resides or in which such firearm is located. In any action or proceeding to enforce this section, the court shall award the prevailing party, other than the state or political subdivision thereof, reasonable attorneys' fees.

(d) "Seize" shall mean the act of forcible dispossessing an owner of property under actual or apparent authority of law.
K.S.A. § 17-78,103 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 78 / Section 17-78,103
17-78,103 - Relationship of act to other laws.
Status: in_force

17-78-103. Relationship of act to other laws. (a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this act, the principles of law and equity supplement this act.

(b) This act does not authorize an act prohibited by, and does not affect the application or requirements of, law other than this act.

(c) A transaction effected under this act may not create or impair any right or obligation on the part of a person under a provision of the law of this state other than this act relating to a change in control, takeover, business combination, control-share acquisition or similar transaction involving a domestic merging, acquired, converting or domesticating corporation unless:

(1) If the corporation does not survive the transaction, the transaction satisfies any requirements of the provision; or

(2) if the corporation survives the transaction, the approval of the agreement is by a vote of the shareholders or directors which would be sufficient to create or impair the right or obligation directly under the provision.

(d) Any entity subject to special regulation pursuant to chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be subject to the special provisions and requirements applicable to such entities including K.S.A. 66-127 and 66-136, and amendments thereto. Where the provisions of this act are not inconsistent, they shall be construed as supplemental to chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and not in derogation or limitation thereof.