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K.S.A. § 65-4006 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 40 / Section 65-4006
65-4006 - Powers of secretary.
Status: in_force

65-4006. Powers of secretary. The secretary may:

(1) Plan for, establish, amend, and revise standards for treatment programs as necessary or desirable;

(2) make contracts necessary or incidental to the performance of the secretary's duties and the execution of the secretary's powers;

(3) solicit and accept for use any gift of money or property, real or personal, made by will or otherwise, and any grant of money, services or property from the federal government, the state or any political subdivision thereof or any private source, and do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government or any of its agencies in making an application for any grant;

(4) administer or supervise the administration of the provisions relating to persons with alcohol or other drug addiction of any state plan submitted for federal funding pursuant to federal health, welfare or treatment legislation;

(5) coordinate its activities and cooperate with treatment facilities for alcohol or other drug addiction programs in this and other states, and make contracts and other joint or cooperative arrangements with state, local or private agencies in this and other states for the treatment of persons with alcohol or other drug addiction and for the common advancement of treatment facilities;

(6) keep records, gather relevant statistics and make and disseminate analysis of same;

(7) do other acts and things necessary to execute the authority expressly granted to the secretary.
K.S.A. § 59-1704 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 17 / Section 59-1704
59-1704 - Liability for conversion.
Status: in_force

59-1704. Liability for conversion. If any person embezzles or converts to his or her own use any of the personal property of a decedent or conservatee, such person shall be liable for double the value of the property so embezzled or converted.
K.S.A. § 74-32,258 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,258
74-32,258 - Determination of entitlements; learning needs survey.
Status: in_force

74-32,258. Determination of entitlements; learning needs survey. In each fiscal year, to the extent that appropriations are available therefor, each board shall be entitled to receive from state funds, an amount to be determined by the state board on the basis of priorities established through the learning needs survey conducted in accordance with the state plan.
K.S.A. § 60-3601 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 36 / Section 60-3601
60-3601 - Immunity from liability for volunteers of certain nonprofit organizations, limitations.
Status: in_force

60-3601. Immunity from liability for volunteers of certain nonprofit organizations, limitations. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Nonprofit organization" means those nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income tax pursuant to section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the effective date of this act.

(2) "Compensation" does not include actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a volunteer in connection with the services that the volunteer performs for a nonprofit organization and that are reimbursed to the volunteer or otherwise paid.

(3) "Volunteer" means an officer, director, trustee or other person who performs services for a nonprofit organization but does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, for those services. Volunteer does not include a person who delivers health care services to patients in a medical care facility as defined in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.

(b) If a nonprofit organization carries general liability insurance coverage, a volunteer of such organization shall not be liable for damages in a civil action for acts or omissions as such volunteer unless: (1) Such conduct constitutes willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct; or (2) such volunteer is required to be insured by law or is otherwise insured against such acts or omissions but, in such case, liability shall be only to the extent of the insurance coverage.

(c) If a nonprofit organization carries general liability insurance coverage, a volunteer of such organization shall not be liable for damages in a civil action for the actions or omissions of any of the officers, directors, trustees, employees or other volunteers of the nonprofit organization unless: (1) The volunteer authorizes, approves, ratifies or otherwise actively participates in the action or omission and the action or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct; or (2) such volunteer is required to be insured by law or is otherwise insured against such acts or omissions but, in such case, liability shall be only to the extent of the insurance coverage.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of a nonprofit organization for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of its volunteer and a volunteer's negligence or wrongful act or omission, when acting as a volunteer, shall be imputed to the nonprofit organization for the purpose of apportioning liability for damages to a third party pursuant to K.S.A. 60-258a, and amendments thereto.

(e) The provisions of this act shall apply only to causes of action accruing on or after July 1, 1987.
K.S.A. § 79-2973 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 29 / Section 79-2973
79-2973 - Payment of taxes and fees by credit card authorized.
Status: in_force

79-2973. Payment of taxes and fees by credit card authorized. (a) The director of taxation, any county treasurer and any authorized employee or agent of the director or treasurer may accept credit cards in payment of any of the taxes or fees administered by the director or collected by the county treasurer. The type of credit cards accepted shall be at the discretion of the director or the county treasurer.

(b) The director and the county treasurer may set a fee to be added to each credit card transaction equal to the charge paid by the state, county treasurer or the taxpayer for the use of the credit card by the taxpayer. Except for the fees imposed under this section, no other fees may be imposed by the director or county treasurer.

(c) In no event shall the director or county treasurer discount or otherwise reduce the tax liability of a taxpayer who has elected to use a credit card for payment of the tax liability.
K.S.A. § 77-203 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-203
77-203 - Notice; certified mail in lieu of registered mail; sufficiency.
Status: in_force

77-203. Notice; certified mail in lieu of registered mail; sufficiency. In lieu of giving notice by registered mail as provided for by specific statutes of this state, any party may give the notice required by certified mail and notice so given by certified mail shall constitute and be sufficient notice the same as though such notice was made pursuant to specific statutes requiring registered mail.
K.S.A. § 65-3308 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 33 / Section 65-3308
65-3308 - Countywide wastewater management plans; rules and regulations of secretary.
Status: in_force

65-3308. Countywide wastewater management plans; rules and regulations of secretary. The secretary of health and environment shall promulgate rules and regulations, guidelines, standards and procedures for the development of countywide wastewater management plans, and any other rules and regulations necessary for effective implementation of this act.
K.S.A. § 74-626 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6 / Section 74-626
74-626 - Conflicts to be resolved by the governor.
Status: in_force

74-626. Conflicts to be resolved by the governor. Whenever any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, duty or function as a result of any transfer made by or under authority of K.S.A. 74-623 through 74-628, and amendments thereto, such conflict shall be resolved by the governor, and the decision of the governor shall be final.
K.S.A. § 80-1616 — KS Code / Chapter 80 / Article 16 / Section 80-1616
80-1616 - Creation of joint water district; governing body; election; transfer of assets and liabilities.
Status: in_force

80-1616. Creation of joint water district; governing body; election; transfer of assets and liabilities. (a) The governing body of the city of Lansing, Kansas, and the governing body of Delaware township shall establish a joint water district. The joint water district shall be governed by a board elected in the manner provided by subsection (b). Such board shall be independent of the township and city.

(b) Such district shall be governed by a five member board. The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the joint district and shall be elected on an at-large basis. Except as provided by subsection (c), board members shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. An election to choose board members shall be held on the first Tuesday in November, 1984, and every two years thereafter. If a vacancy occurs on the joint water district board, a successor shall be appointed by the remaining board members and shall hold office until the next regular election. All elections shall be nonpartisan and shall be called and conducted by the county election officer. Laws applying to other local elections occurring at the same time and in the same locality shall apply to the elections under this act to the extent that the same can be made to apply. All members shall take an oath of office as prescribed for other public officials.

(c) At the first election, the two members receiving the largest number of votes shall hold office for a term of four years. The three remaining members shall serve for a term of two years. At all succeeding elections all members shall be elected for terms of four years.

(d) All assets and liabilities of any existing township water district may be transferred to the joint water district. All covenants, terms and conditions contained in the resolution authorizing the issuance of water revenue bonds which are outstanding at the time the joint district is established shall be maintained and complied with by the governing body of the joint water district.

(e) The joint water district board shall be responsible for the maintenance, operation, improvement and extension of the district's water system. The joint water district board shall establish rates for the district's customers.
K.S.A. § 71-204 — KS Code / Chapter 71 / Article 2 / Section 71-204
71-204 - Tax levy authorization; determination of amount; budget.
Status: in_force

71-204. Tax levy authorization; determination of amount; budget. (a) For the purpose of community college maintenance and operation, the board of trustees is authorized to levy a tax on the taxable tangible property of the community college district.

Such tax levy shall be the amount determined by the board of trustees to be sufficient to finance that part of the budget of the community college which is not financed from any other source provided by law. The budget of the community college shall be prepared and adopted as provided by law, and the tax levy therefor shall be certified to the county clerk of every county a part of the territory of which is in the community college district.

(b) The tax levy authorized by subsection (a) shall be reduced (1) in the 2001 fiscal year by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of state aid received by the community college in the 2000 fiscal year less an amount equal to 25% of the amount of out-district tuition received by the community college in such fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the 2001 fiscal year and (2) in fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004 by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of the state grant received by the community college in the preceding fiscal year less an amount equal to 25% of the amount of out-district tuition received by the community college in the 2000 fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the current fiscal year and (3) in each fiscal year after the 2004 fiscal year by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of the state grant received by the community college in the preceding fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the current fiscal year.
K.S.A. § 75-3798 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 37 / Section 75-3798
75-3798 - State agency unemployment claims auditing; fund; powers and duties of secretary of administration; fees.
Status: in_force

75-3798. State agency unemployment claims auditing; fund; powers and duties of secretary of administration; fees. (a) The state agency unemployment claims audit fund is hereby established in the state treasury. Within the limits of appropriations and the provisions of appropriations acts relating thereto, moneys credited to the fund shall be used by the secretary of administration to pay for the auditing of claims made against the state's reimbursing account under the employment security law and to provide for the development, implementation and operation of administrative policies and procedures relating to such claims.

(b) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1985, the secretary of administration may charge and collect a claims processing and auditing fee each fiscal year from all covered state agencies at a rate fixed by the secretary which shall not exceed .1% of covered total wages under the employment security law, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1985, such rate shall not exceed .04% of covered total wages. The claims processing and auditing fee shall be collected as part of the amounts collected for the state of Kansas reimbursement payments levied against state agencies pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(G) of K.S.A. 44-710 and amendments thereto and shall be deducted from such amounts and credited to the state agency unemployment claims audit fund.
K.S.A. § 75-142 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 1 / Section 75-142
75-142 - Same; all functions, powers and duties transferred.
Status: in_force

75-142. Same; all functions, powers and duties transferred. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 75-141 through 75-147, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of the commission on disability concerns under K.S.A. 74-6701 et seq., and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the commission.
K.S.A. § 47-1736 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 17 / Section 47-1736
47-1736 - Retail breeder license.
Status: in_force

47-1736. Retail breeder license. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as or be a retail breeder unless such person has obtained from the commissioner a retail breeder license for each retail breeder premises operated by such person. Application for each such license shall be made in writing on a form provided by the commissioner. The license period shall be for the license year ending on September 30 following the issuance date.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas pet animal act.
K.S.A. § 75-7501 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 75 / Section 75-7501
75-7501 - Kansas false claims act; citation.
Status: in_force

75-7501. Kansas false claims act; citation. K.S.A. 75-7501 through 75-7511, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas false claims act."
K.S.A. § 39-1412 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 14 / Section 39-1412
39-1412 - Transfer of certain powers, duties and functions of secretary of health and environment to secretary of aging; preservation of certain actions.
Status: in_force

39-1412. Transfer of certain powers, duties and functions of secretary of health and environment to secretary of aging; preservation of certain actions. (a) On July 1, 2003, certain powers, duties and functions of the secretary of health and environment under K.S.A. 39-1401 through 39-1411, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred from the secretary of health and environment to the secretary of aging, as provided by this act.

(b) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, which pertains to any of the transferred reporting of abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult care home residents, which is lawfully commenced, or could have been commenced, by or against the secretary of health and environment in such secretary's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of such secretary's official duties, shall abate by reason of the transfer of such program. The secretary of aging shall be named or substituted as the defendant in place of the secretary of health and environment in any suit, action or other proceeding involving claims arising from facts or events first occurring either on or before the date the pertinent program is transferred or on any date thereafter.

(c) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, pertaining to the reporting of abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult care home residents which otherwise would have been dismissed or concluded shall continue to exist by reason of any transfer under this act.

(d) Any final appeal decision of the department of health and environment entered pursuant to K.S.A. 39-1401 et seq., and amendments thereto, or the Kansas judicial review act, K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., and amendments thereto, currently pertaining to reporting of abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult care home residents, transferred pursuant to this act shall be binding upon and applicable to the secretary of aging and the department on aging.
K.S.A. § 65-1729 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1729
65-1729 - Funeral establishment license; branch establishment license; fees; disposition of moneys; unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

65-1729. Funeral establishment license; branch establishment license; fees; disposition of moneys; unlawful acts. (a) The funeral director in charge of a funeral establishment, as defined by K.S.A. 65-1713a and amendments thereto, including any branch establishment, located or doing business within the state shall apply for and obtain a funeral establishment license or branch establishment license, as appropriate, from the state board of mortuary arts for each location within the state of such funeral establishment or branch establishment.

(b) An application for a new license is required if the funeral establishment or branch establishment changes ownership, name or location. Such application shall be made to the state board of mortuary arts at least 30 days prior to such change of ownership, name or location.

(c) The funeral establishment license fee or branch establishment license fee shall be fixed by the state board of mortuary arts under K.S.A. 65-1727 and amendments thereto and shall be due and paid to the state board of mortuary arts on or before the expiration date of such license. The disposition of all funds collected under the provisions of this act shall be in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1718 and amendments thereto.

(d) Each funeral establishment license or branch establishment license shall expire every two years on a date established by the state board of mortuary arts by duly adopted rules and regulations.

(e) It is unlawful for any person who does not hold a funeral establishment or branch establishment license to operate, offer to operate, advertise or represent oneself as operating a funeral or branch establishment.
K.S.A. § 58-819 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 8 / Section 58-819
58-819 - Rental agreements entered into prior to July 1, 1983.
Status: in_force

58-819. Rental agreements entered into prior to July 1, 1983. All rental agreements, entered into before July 1, 1983, which have not been extended or renewed after that date, shall remain valid and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute or law of this state.
K.S.A. § 72-1528 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-1528
72-1528 - Relief of purchasers in continuous possession.
Status: in_force

72-1528. Relief of purchasers in continuous possession. Laws 1917, chapter 295, sections 1 and 2, included by reference.
K.S.A. § 34-238 — KS Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-238
34-238 - Warehouse receipts; issuance; furnishing by secretary.
Status: in_force

34-238. Warehouse receipts; issuance; furnishing by secretary. (a) Warehouse receipts may be issued by any licensed public warehouseman and must be issued in the manner and form prescribed by this act.

(b) The form of all receipts shall be approved by the secretary. All of the expense incurred shall be paid by the department. The secretary shall distribute the warehouse receipts to licensed public warehouses at cost.

(c) All warehouse receipts shall be written upon warehouse receipt forms furnished by the department.
K.S.A. § 23-36,314 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 36 / Section 23-36,314
23-36,314 - Limited immunity of petitioner.
Status: in_force

23-36,314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.

(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this act.

(c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this act committed by a party while present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
K.S.A. § 47-1724 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 17 / Section 47-1724
47-1724 - Unlawful to purchase from person not licensed or permitted.
Status: in_force

47-1724. Unlawful to purchase from person not licensed or permitted. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase a dog or a cat for the purpose of resale to another from a person required to be licensed or permitted under public law 91-579, 7 U.S.C. § 2131 et seq., or K.S.A. 47-1701 et seq., and amendments thereto, or both, if that person is not so licensed or permitted.

(b) It shall be unlawful for licensees to knowingly sell to out-of-state distributors, animal distributors or pet shops operating within the state who are not permitted or licensed in accordance with the Kansas pet animal act.