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K.S.A. § 72-3261 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 32 / Section 72-3261
72-3261 - Legislative declaration affirming focus on academic achievement and the promotion of excellence in education.
Status: in_force

72-3261. Legislative declaration affirming focus on academic achievement and the promotion of excellence in education. (a) The legislature hereby affirms that excellence in education provides an essential gateway to success not only for students but for the entire state. Achieving excellence in education opens doors of opportunity for long-term personal, professional and economic growth and improvement for all students. As academic achievement is elevated, inspired and attained, more students will gain the soft skills that are necessary to succeed in the workforce, including improved time management, personal accountability and communication skills. Maintaining high academic achievement standards for all students provides the basis for the fundamental belief that all people, despite their socioeconomic, racial or cultural status, are uniquely capable and worthy of meeting and exceeding the highest caliber of expectations. In affirming this focus on excellence, the legislature hereby desires consistent communication with the state board of education and the state department of education to annually review academic achievement, as quantitatively measured by performance on state assessments and the interventions, goals and strategies that are being utilized to move all students to academic proficiency.

(b) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
K.S.A. § 90-36 — KS Code / Chapter 90 / Article 0 / Section 90-36
90-36 - Bonds of officers.
Status: in_force

§ 36. Bonds of officers. That all officers to be appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the territory of Kansas, who, by virtue of the provisions of any law now existing, or which may be enacted during the present congress, are required to give security for moneys that may be entrusted with them for disbursement, shall give such security at such time and place, and in such manner, as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe.
K.S.A. § 19-515 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 19-515
19-515 - Collector of taxes.
Status: in_force

19-515. Collector of taxes. The county treasurer of each county shall be, by virtue of his office, collector of taxes therein, and shall perform such duties in that regard as are prescribed by law.
K.S.A. § 47-1826 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 18 / Section 47-1826
47-1826 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

47-1826. Definitions. As used in the farm animal and field crop and research facilities protection act:

(a) "Aircraft" means the same as defined in 14 C.F.R. § 1.1, as in effect on July 1, 2024.

(b) "Animal" means any warm or coldblooded animal used in food, fur or fiber production, agriculture, research, testing or education. "Animal" includes dogs, cats, poultry, fish and invertebrates.

(c) "Animal facility" includes any vehicle, building, structure, research facility or premises where an animal is kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred or offered for sale.

(d) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.

(e) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor.

(f) "Person" means any individual, state agency, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation, joint stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two or more persons having a joint or common interest or other legal entity.

(g) "Research facility" means any place, laboratory, institution, medical care facility, elementary school, secondary school, college or university, where any scientific test, experiment or investigation involving the use of any living animal or field crop product is carried out, conducted or attempted.
K.S.A. § 31-170 — KS Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-170
31-170 - Use of pyrotechnics; places of public assembly.
Status: in_force

31-170. Use of pyrotechnics; places of public assembly. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Place of public assembly" means a building or structure with an occupancy capacity of 50 or more.

(2) "Pyrotechnics" mean any controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to create the effects of heat, gas, sound, dispersion of aerosols, emission of visible electromagnetic radiation or a combination of these effects to provide the maximum effect from the least volume for entertainment purposes.

(3) "Pyrotechnic device" means any device which contains pyrotechnic material and which is capable of producing a visual or audible effect for entertainment purposes.

(4) "Pyrotechnic material" means a chemical mixture used to produce visible or audible effects by combustion for entertainment purposes.

(b) (1) Except as provided by this section, the use of any pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic device or pyrotechnic material is prohibited in any building which is a place of public assembly.

(2) The use of pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices or pyrotechnic materials in violation of this section or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section or any ordinance or resolution prohibiting or restricting such use shall constitute a common nuisance.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply to:

(1) Any building in which there has been installed an automatic sprinkler system which is adequate for suppression of a fire in the building or structure and such system is functioning properly;

(2) any building in which the interior and exterior walls and ceilings are constructed with or consist of fire-restrictive materials;

(3) candles that are securely supported on noncombustible bases and if the candle flame is protected;

(4) any other building, structure or use exempted by rules and regulations adopted by the state fire marshal.

(d) The state fire marshal shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the powers of cities and counties to regulate or restrict the use of pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices or pyrotechnic materials.
K.S.A. § 16-1410 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 14 / Section 16-1410
16-1410 - Remedies not exclusive.
Status: in_force

16-1410. Remedies not exclusive. The provisions of this act shall be supplemental to any agreement between the retailer and the supplier. The retailer may elect to pursue either the contract remedy, the remedy provided herein, or any other remedies permitted by law, and an election by the retailer to pursue such retailer contract or other remedies shall not bar such retailer's right to any remedy provided herein as to the lawn and garden equipment and repair parts not affected by the contract or other remedies.
K.S.A. § 42-356 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-356
42-356 - Powers of commission.
Status: in_force

42-356. Powers of commission. The state corporation commission shall have the same powers in relation to irrigation companies that they have in relation to railroad companies.
K.S.A. § 74-2608 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 26 / Section 74-2608
74-2608 - Duties of office.
Status: in_force

74-2608. Duties of office. The Kansas water office shall:

(a) Collect and compile information pertaining to climate, water and soil as related to the usage of water for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes and the availability of water supplies in the several watersheds of the state, and, in so doing, the office shall collect and compile the information obtainable from other agencies, instrumentalities of the state, political subdivisions of the state and the federal government.

(b) Develop a state plan of water resources management, conservation and development for water planning areas as determined by the office, and cooperate with any agency or instrumentality of the state or federal government now or hereafter engaged in the development of plans or having developed plans affecting any such area of the state.

(c) Develop and maintain guidelines for water conservation plans and practices. Such guidelines shall:

(1) Not prejudicially or unreasonably affect the public interest;

(2) be technologically and economically feasible for each water user to implement;

(3) be designed to curtail the waste of water;

(4) consider the use of other water if the use of freshwater is not necessary;

(5) not require curtailment in water use which will not benefit other water users or the public interest;

(6) not result in the unreasonable deterioration of the quality of the waters of the state;

(7) consider the reasonable needs of the water user at the time;

(8) not conflict with the provisions of the Kansas water appropriation act and the state water planning act;

(9) be limited to practices of water use efficiency except for drought contingency plans for municipal users; and

(10) take into consideration drought contingency plans for municipal and industrial users.

When developing such guidelines, the Kansas water office shall consider existing guidelines of groundwater management districts and the cost to benefit ratio effect of any plan.

(d) The Kansas water office, with the approval of the Kansas water authority, shall establish guidelines as to when conditions indicative of drought exist. When the Kansas water office determines that such conditions exist in an area, it shall so advise the governor and shall recommend the assembling of the governor's drought response team.
K.S.A. § 3-311 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 3-311
3-311 - Same; lease or assignment; purposes.
Status: in_force

3-311. Same; lease or assignment; purposes. The board of county commissioners of such counties so acquiring airports or flying fields may lease, assign or sublease the whole or part of such airport or flying field to one or more responsible persons, associations or corporations for any purpose directly or incidentally required for the successful operation of such property: Provided, Areas not necessary for such activities may be leased for uses, such as agricultural, which are not hazardous to aviation.
K.S.A. § 40-5512 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 55 / Section 40-5512
40-5512 - Continuing education requirements.
Status: in_force

40-5512. Continuing education requirements. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Biennial due date" means the last day of the month of the date of birth of any public adjuster who is required to complete continuing education credits and report the completion of the continuing education credits to the commissioner, except that such due date shall not be earlier than two years from the date of the public adjuster's initial licensure under this act.

(2) "Biennium" means, for any public adjuster who was born in an odd-numbered year, the two-year period starting with the public adjuster's biennial due date in 2011 and each two-year period thereafter. For any public adjuster who was born in an even-numbered year, such term means the two-year period starting with the public adjuster's biennial due date in 2012 and each two-year period thereafter.

(b) An individual, who holds a public adjuster license and who is not exempt under subsection (d), shall satisfactorily complete a minimum of 18 hours of continuing education courses including three hours of ethics, reported on a biennial basis in conjunction with the license renewal cycle. Only continuing education courses approved by the commissioner shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.

(c) Unless suspended, revoked or refused renewal pursuant to K.S.A. 40-5510, and amendments thereto, a public adjuster's license shall remain in effect as long as the education requirements for a resident public adjuster are met by such public adjuster's biennial due date.

(d) The continuing education requirements of this section shall not apply to licensees holding nonresident public adjuster licenses who have met the continuing education requirements of their home state and whose home state gives credit to residents of this state on the same basis.
K.S.A. § 8-2904 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 29 / Section 8-2904
8-2904 - Same; requirements in the event of a vehicle accident.
Status: in_force

8-2904. Same; requirements in the event of a vehicle accident. In the event of an accident that would otherwise be subject to K.S.A. 8-1602 through 8-1606 and 8-1609, and amendments thereto, such provisions shall not apply to a driverless-capable vehicle operating without a conventional human driver if the vehicle remains at the scene or in the immediate vicinity of the accident until law enforcement arrives or vehicle registration and insurance information is provided to the parties affected by the accident, and either:

(a) The vehicle owner, or a person acting on behalf of the vehicle owner, promptly contacts the applicable law enforcement agency to report the accident; or

(b) for a vehicle that has the capability of promptly alerting a law enforcement agency or emergency services, the vehicle alerts a law enforcement agency or emergency services to the accident.
K.S.A. § 55-1005 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 10 / Section 55-1005
55-1005 - Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty.
Status: in_force

55-1005. Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty. It shall be unlawful to use wells for the disposal of salt brines or other oil field wastes which do not meet the requirements for minimum depth established by the rules and regulations of the corporation commission. The state corporation commission shall inspect such wells to ascertain whether they meet such requirements for minimum depth. Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a severity level 9, nonperson felony. Each day of violation shall be considered to constitute a separate offense.
K.S.A. § 48-950 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-950
48-950 - Kansas mutual aid system; participation by political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

48-950. Kansas mutual aid system; participation by political subdivisions. All political subdivisions within the state, upon enactment of this act, are automatically a part of the Kansas mutual aid system. A political subdivision may elect not to participate or to later withdraw from the system by adoption of an appropriate resolution by its governing body declaring that it elects not to participate in the statewide mutual aid system and providing a copy of the resolution to the division. This act does not preclude participating political subdivisions from entering into supplementary agreements with another political subdivision and does not affect any other agreement to which a political subdivision may currently or in the future be a party under other Kansas statutes.
K.S.A. § 19-2873 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 28 / Section 19-2873
19-2873 - Rules and regulations; conduct, fees, leases.
Status: in_force

19-2873. Rules and regulations; conduct, fees, leases. (a) The board may by resolution adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the park and recreation district and rules and regulations applying to any particular park or playground and prescribe penalties for violation of any rules and regulations relating to the conduct of persons in the parks and playgrounds or park or playgrounds. Such penalties shall not exceed imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed three months or a fine not to exceed $100 or both. Any rules and regulations for the conduct of persons, applying to all parks or any park and providing penalties, shall be published once in the official county paper and copies of the rules and regulations shall be posted and kept posted in all parks to which they are applicable, and the violation of any penal rule or regulation when so published and posted shall constitute a misdemeanor.

(b) No charge shall be made for entrance into any park and no admission charge shall be made for use of any of the facilities of any park. The board may lease sites for food, soft drinks, boat rentals, amusements and other concessions as in its judgment may be deemed appropriate and lawful for the comfort, convenience and enjoyment of the public, and may limit purchase and use charges to be made by concessionaires in operating the same. The board may establish and operate food, soft drinks, boat rentals, amusements and other lawful and appropriate conveniences as may in its judgment be necessary or appeal to the public comfort and enjoyment, all in accordance with K.S.A. 19-2873a, and amendments thereto. A reasonable fee may be charged for recreational activities and the board may regulate and control all fishing and boating within the boundaries of park property, including daily and possession limits of fish caught and time limits when fishing may be restricted, subject to law and rules and regulations of the secretary of wildlife and parks with respect to such fishing and boating; and may require a park permit for fishing and boating for which a reasonable fee may be charged all persons so engaged.

(c) A separate schedule of fees may be established for nonresidents. The board may enter into long term leases for such authorized concessions, not to exceed 50 years, under the terms of which the concessionaires (lessees), shall at their own expense, construct and install the facilities and improvements to be occupied and used under such lease, upon such terms, conditions and control as the park and recreation district may require and subject in all such long term leases to unconditional reversion of title to such facilities and improvements so constructed by the concessionaire to the district upon the expiration of the term of such lease or upon abandonment or forfeiture thereof by the concessionaire prior to its expiration.
K.S.A. § 72-408 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4 / Section 72-408
72-408 - Organizational status of state department of education; application of K-GOAL.
Status: in_force

72-408. Organizational status of state department of education; application of K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby established the state department of education with appropriate divisions which shall be under the administrative supervision of the commissioner as directed by law and by the state board.

(b) The provisions of the Kansas governmental operations accountability law apply to the state department of education, and the department is subject to audit, review and evaluation under such law.
K.S.A. § 72-3353 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 33 / Section 72-3353
72-3353 - Fees; supplemental charges authorized to be prescribed and collected; disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

72-3353. Fees; supplemental charges authorized to be prescribed and collected; disposition of moneys. (a) The board of education of any school district may prescribe, assess and collect fees and supplemental charges for:

(1) The use, rental or purchase by pupils of any of the items designated in K.S.A. 72-3352, and amendments thereto, to offset, in part or in total, the expense of purchasing such items; and

(2) participation in activities, or the use of facilities, materials and equipment, which participation or use is not mandatory, but optional to pupils, whether incidental to curricular, extracurricular or other school-related activities.

(b) Moneys received by a board of education under this section shall be deposited in the textbook and student materials revolving fund of the school district.
K.S.A. § 65-6215 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 62 / Section 65-6215
65-6215 - Same; notice of assessment; method of payment; assessment adjustment when a health maintenance organization ceases operations.
Status: in_force

65-6215. Same; notice of assessment; method of payment; assessment adjustment when a health maintenance organization ceases operations. (a) After December 31 of each year, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and on or before March 31 of the succeeding year, the department shall send a notice of assessment to every health maintenance organization subject to assessment under this act.

(b) The health maintenance organization notice of assessment shall notify the health maintenance organization of its assessment for the state fiscal year commencing on the next July 1.

(c) If a health maintenance organization operates, conducts or maintains more than one health maintenance organization in the state, the health maintenance organization shall pay the assessment for each health maintenance organization separately.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this act, in the case of a person who ceases to operate, conduct or maintain a health maintenance organization in respect of which the person is subject to assessment in K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, as a health maintenance organization, the assessment for the state fiscal year in which the cessation occurs shall be adjusted by multiplying the assessment computed under K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the year during which the health maintenance organization operates, conducts or maintains a health maintenance organization and the denominator of which is 365. Immediately upon ceasing to operate, conduct or maintain a health maintenance organization, the person shall pay the adjusted assessment for the state fiscal year, to the extent not previously paid.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this act, a person who commences operating, conducting or maintaining a health maintenance organization shall pay the assessment computed under K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, in installments on the due dates stated in the notice and on the regular installment due dates for the state fiscal year occurring after the due dates of the initial notice.
K.S.A. § 75-707 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 7 / Section 75-707
75-707 - Register of actions.
Status: in_force

75-707. Register of actions. The attorney general shall keep in proper books, to be provided at the expense of the state for such purpose, a register of all actions and demands prosecuted or defended by him or her in behalf of the state, and all proceedings had in relation thereto, and shall deliver the same to his or her successor in office.
K.S.A. § 79-34,121 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 34 / Section 79-34,121
79-34,121 - Suspension or revocation of registration, permit or other evidence of right; hearing.
Status: in_force

79-34,121. Suspension or revocation of registration, permit or other evidence of right; hearing. In addition to any one or more other penalties imposed under this act, the director, after notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, may suspend or revoke any registration, permit or other evidence of right issued by the director under this act, of any interstate motor fuel user guilty of violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation adopted under authority thereof.
K.S.A. § 74-2620 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 26 / Section 74-2620
74-2620 - Transfer of unexpended balances of appropriations.
Status: in_force

74-2620. Transfer of unexpended balances of appropriations. (a) On July 1, 1981, the balance of all funds appropriated and reappropriated to any of the state agencies or offices abolished by this act is hereby transferred to the Kansas water office and shall be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made.

(b) On July 1, 1981, liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of any state agency or office abolished or transferred by this act shall be assumed and paid by the Kansas water office established by this act.