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K.S.A. § 66-138 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-138
66-138 - Common carriers, public utilities; penalties for violation of law; disposition; enforcement.
Status: in_force

66-138. Common carriers, public utilities; penalties for violation of law; disposition; enforcement. (a) If any common carrier or public utility governed by the provisions of this act violates any of the provisions of this act, or shall do any act herein prohibited, or fails or refuses to perform any duty enjoined upon it in this act, or fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the commission, or any final judgment or decree made by any court upon appeal from any order of the commission, it shall, for every such violation, failure or refusal, forfeit and pay to the state treasurer (1) A sum not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for such offense if the violator is a telecommunications public utility subject to traditional rate of return regulation; a telecommunications public utility described in K.S.A. 66-104a, and amendments thereto; a municipally owned and operated electric or natural gas public utility; an electric or natural gas cooperative public utility; a water public utility; or a nonprofit public utility; and (2) a sum not less than $100 and not more than $5,000 for such offense if the violator is any other common carrier or public utility. Upon receipt of any such sum, the state treasurer shall credit the entire amount thereof to the public service regulation fund or the motor carrier license fee fund, as the case requires.

Such forfeiture shall be enforced and collected by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction. The attorney general may appoint a corporation commission attorney as a special assistant attorney general for the purposes of enforcing and collecting any forfeiture contemplated herein. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, any act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any such public utility or common carrier, while acting within the scope of such person's employment, shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such public utility or common carrier and every day during which any such public utility or common carrier or officer, agent or employee thereof, fails to comply with any order or direction of the commission, or to perform any duty required or enjoined by this act, shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of the provisions of this act.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a), shall not apply to any motor carrier.
K.S.A. § 74-3210 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-3210
74-3210 - Same; issuance of permits and allocation of space; fees; removal and impounding of vehicles, when; lien.
Status: in_force

74-3210. Same; issuance of permits and allocation of space; fees; removal and impounding of vehicles, when; lien. (a) All roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of each institution shall be under the care, control, maintenance and supervision of the state board of regents. The state board of regents may designate the chief executive officers of the institutions to act on behalf of the state board in exercising the authority provided under this subsection for the care, control, maintenance and supervision of all roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of the institutions.

(b) No vehicle, whether privately or publicly owned, may be parked upon institution parking facilities except as authorized by the governing authority of the institution. The governing authority of an institution is authorized to allocate and designate parking areas on the grounds of the institution and may issue permits to use such parking areas to its officers or employees and to the students attending such institution; to allocate parking areas to those persons having business appointments or to guests of such institution; and to fix such fees for misuse of such parking areas by the officers, employees or students attending such institution and by all other persons parking a vehicle at such institution, as shall be established by rules and policies. Any vehicle parked upon any of the parking facilities of an institution without the permission of the governing authority of the institution or the authorized institution agents shall be deemed a common nuisance, and the governing authority shall provide for the abatement of such nuisance by adoption of rules and policies relating to the removal and impounding of such vehicle. The cost of such abatement and removal and impounding shall be a lien against the vehicle until paid by the owner or the owner's representative.
K.S.A. § 21-5840 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 58 / Section 21-5840
21-5840 - Counterfeiting currency.
Status: in_force

21-5840. Counterfeiting currency. (a) Counterfeiting currency is:

(1) Making, forging or altering any note, currency, obligation or security of the United States with the intent to defraud;

(2) distributing, or possessing with the intent to distribute, any note, currency, obligation or security of the United States knowing such note, currency, obligation or security has been made, forged or altered with the intent to defraud; or

(3) possessing any paper, ink, printer, press, currency plate, computer or other item with the intent to make, forge or alter any note, currency, obligation or security of the United States.

(b) Counterfeiting currency as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a:

(A) Severity level 7, nonperson felony, if the total face value of the notes, currency, obligations or securities is $25,000 or more; and

(B) severity level 8, nonperson felony, if the total face value of the notes, currency, obligations or securities is less than $25,000; and

(2) subsection (a)(3) is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.

(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
K.S.A. § 75-2717 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 27 / Section 75-2717
75-2717 - Historical society designated as state historic preservation agency; secretary to act as historic preservation officer.
Status: in_force

75-2717. Historical society designated as state historic preservation agency; secretary to act as historic preservation officer. (a) The state historical society is hereby designated as the state historic preservation agency.

(b) The secretary of the state historical society shall act as state historic preservation officer for the conduct of relations with representatives of the federal government and other states with respect to matters of historic preservation.
K.S.A. § 12-3603 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 36 / Section 12-3603
12-3603 - City regulation of installation, service or repair; enforcement.
Status: in_force

12-3603. City regulation of installation, service or repair; enforcement. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any city from establishing rules and regulations governing the installation, service or repair of water conditioning equipment or providing for the inspection of the original installation or repair of the same to secure the enforcement of any ordinance specifically applying to the installation, service or repair of water conditioning equipment.
K.S.A. § 65-3423 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 34 / Section 65-3423
65-3423 - Same; contracts with private persons for performance of certain functions; authority of private entities.
Status: in_force

65-3423. Same; contracts with private persons for performance of certain functions; authority of private entities. (a) When a city or a county or any combination of cities or counties, or both, provides for a facility or facilities to recover materials or energy as a part of an approved solid waste management plan, the city or county or the separate legal entity created to govern the combination of cities or counties, or both, if such an entity exists, may enter into contracts with private persons for the performance of any such functions of the plan which, in the opinion of the city or county or such separate legal entity, can desirably and conveniently be carried out by a private person under contract provided any such contract shall contain such terms and conditions as will enable the city or county or such separate legal entity to retain overall supervision and control of the business, design, operating management, transportation, marketing, planning and research and development functions to be carried out or to be performed by such private persons pursuant to such contract. Such contracts may be entered into either on a negotiated or an open-bid basis, and the city or county or such separate legal entity in its discretion may select the type of contract it deems most prudent to utilize considering the scope of work, the management complexities associated therewith, the extent of current and future technological development requirements and the best interests of the state.

(b) Private entities may construct, operate, maintain and own resource recovery facilities; form contracts to supply solid waste to the resource recovery facility or facilities; form contracts to market materials or energy recovered from such facility or facilities; or utilize such facility or facilities to conserve materials or energy by reducing the volume of solid waste under the supervision of and with the approval of the city or county or such separate legal entity, subject to the approval of the Kansas department of health and environment, and in accordance with the approved local solid waste management plan.
K.S.A. § 50-159 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 50-159
50-159 - owers and duties of the attorney general.
Status: in_force

50-159. P owers and duties of the attorney general. The attorney general may conduct research, hold public hearings, make inquiries and publish studies relating to antitrust, monopolies, combinations and other subjects relating to restraint of trade.
K.S.A. § 38-2338 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 23 / Section 38-2338
38-2338 - Service of process.
Status: in_force

38-2338. Service of process. (a) Summons, notice of hearing or other process may be served pursuant to K.S.A. 60-303, and amendments thereto, or as provided in subsection (b).

(b) Service may be made by first-class mail, addressed to the individual to be served at the usual place of residence of the person with postage prepaid, and is completed upon the person appearing before the court in response thereto. If the person fails to appear when served by first-class mail, the summons, notice or other process shall be pursuant to K.S.A. 60-303, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 2-2145 — KS Code / Chapter 2 / Article 21 / Section 2-2145
2-2145 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

2-2145. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2-2144 through 2-2151, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Act" means the Kansas cotton boll weevil act.

(b) "Board" means the board of directors of the Kansas cotton boll weevil program established by K.S.A. 2-2146, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Cotton pest" means Anthonomus grandis Boheman, commonly known as boll weevils, or any other pest that may infest, destroy or otherwise inhibit the growth of cotton.

(d) "Grower" means any person engaged in the growing of cotton in this state who owns such cotton or shares in the ownership and risk of loss of such cotton, whether as a landlord or tenant.

(e) "Person" means a natural person, public or private corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity.

(f) "Secretary" means the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee.
K.S.A. § 48-312 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 3 / Section 48-312
48-312 - Reports concerning armories.
Status: in_force

48-312. Reports concerning armories. The military board shall make a report, annually, of the proceedings incident to the location and management of such armories, respectively; also, a detailed account of disbursements, which shall be filed in the office of the adjutant general.
K.S.A. § 58-3801 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 38 / Section 58-3801
58-3801 - Creation of solar easements; recordation.
Status: in_force

58-3801. Creation of solar easements; recordation. Any easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of a solar energy device shall be created in writing. The instrument containing such easement shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the county within which the property affected by such easement is situated.
K.S.A. § 9-2234 — KS Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-2234
9-2234 - Cure of default and notice of right to cure; surrender of collateral by consumer; possession of collateral by mortgage company.
Status: in_force

9-2234. Cure of default and notice of right to cure; surrender of collateral by consumer; possession of collateral by mortgage company. (a) After a consumer has been in default for 10 days for failure to make a required payment in a covered transaction payable in installments, a mortgage company may give the consumer the notice described in this section.

(1) A mortgage company provides notice to the consumer under this section when the mortgage company delivers the notice to the consumer or delivers or mails the notice to the consumer's residence.

(2) The notice shall be in writing and shall conspicuously state:

(A) The name, address and telephone number of the mortgage company to which payment is to be made;

(B) a brief description of the covered transaction;

(C) the consumer's right to cure the default;

(D) the amount of payment and date by which payment must be made to cure the default; and

(E) the consumer's possible liability for the reasonable costs of collection including, but not limited to, court costs, either attorney fees or collection agency fees, and any other information required by the commissioner as set forth by rules and regulations or by administrative interpretation.

(b) With respect to a covered transaction payable in installments, after a default consisting only of the consumer's failure to make a required payment, a mortgage company may neither accelerate maturity of the unpaid balance of the obligation or take possession of collateral as a result of such default until 20 days after a notice of the consumer's right to cure is given. Within 20 days after the notice is given, the consumer may cure all defaults resulting from a failure to make the required payment by tendering the amount of all unpaid sums due at the time of the tender, without acceleration, plus any unpaid late fees. Such cure restores the consumer to the consumer's rights under the agreement as though the defaults had not occurred.

(c) With respect to defaults on the same obligation after a mortgage company has once given a notice of the consumer's right to cure, this section shall confer on the consumer no right to cure and imposes no limitation on the mortgage company's right to proceed against the consumer or the collateral.

(d) Unless the consumer voluntarily surrenders the collateral to the mortgage company, the mortgage company may take possession of the collateral without judicial process only if possession can be taken without entry into a dwelling and without the use of force or other breach of the peace.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a consumer from voluntarily surrendering the collateral of the covered transaction and shall not prohibit the mortgage company from thereafter enforcing the mortgage company's security interest in the collateral at any time after surrender.

(f) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas mortgage business act.
K.S.A. § 40-2116 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 21 / Section 40-2116
40-2116 - Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

40-2116. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may establish rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 74-2621 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 26 / Section 74-2621
74-2621 - Rights saved in legal actions.
Status: in_force

74-2621. Rights saved in legal actions. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, by or against any state agency mentioned in this act, or by or against any officer of the state in such officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of this act. The court may allow any such suit, action or proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of any such state agency or any officer affected.

(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state shall abate by the taking effect of this act.
K.S.A. § 12-2626 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 26 / Section 12-2626
12-2626 - Application for membership in pool; written notice; approval; termination or cancellation of participation.
Status: in_force

12-2626. Application for membership in pool; written notice; approval; termination or cancellation of participation. (a) After the inception date of the group-funded pool, prospective new members of the pool shall submit an application for membership to the board of trustees or its administrator. The trustees may approve the application for membership pursuant to the bylaws of the pool.

(b) Before the time that membership in a group funded pool is granted, the applicant for such membership shall be provided a written notice stating that: (1) The group funded pool is not an insurance company subject to the general laws and rules and regulations relating to insurance companies; and (2) the group funded pool is subject to separate regulation by the Kansas insurance department as authorized by state statute and cannot commence or continue operations without a certificate of authority. Such authorization does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of the coverage provided.

(c) Individual members may elect to terminate their participation in a pool or be subject to cancellation by the pool pursuant to the bylaws of the pool. On termination or cancellation of a workers' compensation member, the pool shall notify the division of workers' compensation within 10 days and shall maintain coverage of each cancelled or terminating member for 30 days after notice to such division or until such division gives notice that the cancelled or terminating member has procured workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance, whichever occurs first.
K.S.A. § 8-1598 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 8-1598
8-1598 - Operation of motorcycles; equipment required for operators and riders.
Status: in_force

8-1598. Operation of motorcycles; equipment required for operators and riders. (a) No person under the age of 18 years shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, unless wearing a helmet which complies with minimum guidelines established by the national highway traffic safety administration pursuant to the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act of 1966 for helmets designed for use by motorcyclists and other motor vehicle users.

(b) No person shall allow or permit any person under the age of 18 years to: (1) Operate a motorcycle or motorized bicycle or to ride as a passenger upon a motorcycle or motorized bicycle without being in compliance with the provisions of subsection (a); or (2) operate a motorcycle or to ride as a passenger upon a motorcycle without being in compliance with the provisions of subsection (c).

(c) (1) No person shall operate a motorcycle unless such person is wearing an eye-protective device which shall consist of protective glasses, goggles or transparent face shields which are shatter proof and impact resistant, except when the motorcycle is equipped with a windscreen which has a minimum height of 10 inches measured from the center of the handlebars.

(2) No person under the age of 18 years shall ride as a passenger on a motorcycle unless such person is wearing an eye-protective device which shall consist of protective glasses, goggles or transparent face shields which are shatter proof and impact resistant.

(d) This section shall not apply to persons riding within an enclosed cab, an autocycle or on a golf cart, nor shall it apply to any person operating or riding any industrial or cargo-type vehicle having three wheels and commonly known as a truckster.
K.S.A. § 14-302 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-302
14-302 - Signing commissions, appointments, and approval of bonds.
Status: in_force

14-302. Signing commissions, appointments, and approval of bonds. The mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all the officers elected or appointed in the city, and endorse the approval of all official bonds by the governing body.
K.S.A. § 60-3328 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 33 / Section 60-3328
60-3328 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

60-3328. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the uniform trade secrets act.
K.S.A. § 97-808 — KS Code / Chapter 97 / Article 8 / Section 97-808
97-808 -
Status: in_force

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
K.S.A. § 59-3304 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 33 / Section 59-3304
59-3304 - Orders of court if informal administration appropriate; bond.
Status: in_force

59-3304. Orders of court if informal administration appropriate; bond. (a) Whenever the court finds that an estate can be completely administered under the Kansas informal administration act:

(1) The court shall make the following orders:

(A) For informal administration of the estate; and

(B) assigning, with sufficient particularity to allow their transfer, all assets of the estate, remaining after payment of any family allowances, debts and expenses, to the proper legatees and devisees, if there is an instrument admitted to probate as decedent's last will and testament; to the proper heirs, if pursuant to the law of descent and distribution; or to the proper persons entitled thereto, if pursuant to a valid settlement agreement.

(2) The court may make any of the following orders, if applicable:

(A) For family allowances pursuant to K.S.A. 59-403 and amendments thereto;

(B) for the payment of all unpaid debts, in order of their preference, and all expenses of the informal administration;

(C) designating specific moneys of the estate to be used for payment of the debts and expenses of informal administration and designating the person authorized to pay them;

(D) for release of the nominated fiduciary, if any, from all responsibility and liability;

(E) admitting to probate the decedent's last will and testament, upon proper proof; or

(F) the giving of bond, if appropriate.

(b) (1) The person ordered to pay debts and expenses of informal administration under subsection (a)(2)(C), unless excused by a testamentary instrument, shall file a bond with sufficient sureties in an amount equal to not less than 125% of the amount of money authorized to be used for payment of the debts and expenses of informal administration under subsection (a)(2)(C).

(2) If distribution of the estate, under subsection (a)(1)(B), is ordered before six months from the date of death or before any statute of nonclaims has run, any distributee who receives any property pursuant to that order shall give a redelivery bond with sufficient sureties in the amount of the value of the property assigned to that distributee.

(3) Bonds shall run for a period of time beginning with the date of the court's order and continuing until the running of any statute of nonclaims. The bonds shall be for the benefit of the heirs, devisees, legatees, trustees, creditors and nominated fiduciary, if any.