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KS Stat § 17-4749 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4749 Acquisition of property; eminent domain.

17-4749. Acquisition of property; eminent domain. (a) A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project under this act. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by chapter 26 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner: Provided, That no real property belonging to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired without its consent.(b) In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the taking of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:(1) Any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under, any law or any ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, county, municipality, other political subdivision, or any agency thereof, in which such property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, insanitary or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare;(2) The effect on the value of such property, of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation;(c) The foregoing testimony and evidence shall be admissible notwithstanding that no action has been taken by any public body or public officer toward the abatement, prohibition, elimination or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation. Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made or issued any judgment, decree, determination or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition or operation.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 8; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-4752 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4752 Investments in bonds issued pursuant to act; conditions.

17-4752. Investments in bonds issued pursuant to act; conditions. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this act or by any urban renewal agency vested with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756: Provided, That such bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, moneys in an amount which (together with any other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on such bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the principal of such bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which moneys under the terms of said agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on such bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 11; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-4753 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4753 Property exempt from levy and sale by execution and judgment charge or lien; alternative remedies.

17-4753. Property exempt from levy and sale by execution and judgment charge or lien; alternative remedies. (a) All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this act shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against a municipality be a charge or lien upon such property: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this act by a municipality on its rents, fees, grants or revenues from urban renewal projects.(b) The property of a municipality, acquired or held for the purposes of this act, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 12; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4755 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4755 Instrument executed by municipality; presumption.

17-4755. Instrument executed by municipality; presumption. Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this act shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this act insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of such property is concerned.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 14; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-4758 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4758 Acquisition of interest in project by public officials, commissioners or employees; disclosures; holding other public office; violation of section, effect.

17-4758. Acquisition of interest in project by public officials, commissioners or employees; disclosures; holding other public office; violation of section, effect. No public official or employee of a municipality (or board or commission thereof), and no commissioner or employee of an urban renewal agency which has been vested by a municipality with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756 shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project of such municipality or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such urban renewal project. Where such acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body.If any such official, commissioner or employee presently owns or controls or owned or controlled within the preceding two (2) years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he knows is included or planned to be included in an urban renewal project, he shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and any such official, commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the municipality (or board or commission thereof), or urban renewal agency affecting such property.Any disclosure required to be made by this section to the local governing body shall concurrently be made to an urban renewal agency which has been vested with urban renewal project powers by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 17-4756. No commissioner or other officer of any urban renewal agency, board or commission exercising powers pursuant to this act shall hold any other public office under the municipality other than his commissionership or office with respect to such urban renewal agency, board or commission. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 17; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-4759a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4759a Same; purpose of act.

17-4759a. Same; purpose of act. This act is intended to authorize a municipality to prescribe minimum standards for all types of structures (both "residential" and "nonresidential") and to regulate their use, occupancy, maintenance and repair, removal and demolition. This expansion of K.S.A. 17-4759 to include "nonresidential" structures is not intended to limit or impair in any manner a municipality's power to prescribe minimum housing standards within the municipality.History: L. 1965, ch. 155, § 2; May 18.
KS Stat § 17-4761 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4761 Invalidity of part; act supplemental to other laws.

17-4761. Invalidity of part; act supplemental to other laws. Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall be controlling. The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 20; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-4762 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 47 - Urban Renewal Law|17-4762 Township authorized to administer, receive and expend federal funds.

17-4762. Township authorized to administer, receive and expend federal funds. If, prior to the effective date of this act, any persons residing within a township and outside the corporate limits of any city having [have]submitted an application to an agency of the United States government for moneys to assist in providing additional housing facilities in the community in which such persons reside, the governing body of the township, in which such persons reside shall be authorized, upon approval of such project application, to administer such project and to receive and expend any federal moneys granted therefor in accordance with any terms, rules, regulations or requirements of the federal agency granting such moneys.History: L. 1971, ch. 324, § 1; April 9.
KS Stat § 17-4903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4903 Definitions.

17-4903. Definitions. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) "Assignment" includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust, or other instrument of transfer.(b) "Claim of beneficial interest" includes a claim of any interest by a decedent's legatee, distributee, heir, or creditor, a beneficiary under a trust, a conservatee, a beneficial owner of a security registered in the name of a nominee, or a minor owner of a security registered in the name of a custodian, or a claim of any similar interest, whether the claim is asserted by the claimant or by a fiduciary or by any other authorized person on his behalf, and includes a claim that the transfer would be a [in] breach of fiduciary duties.(c) "Corporation" means a private or public corporation, association or trust issuing a security.(d) "Fiduciary" means an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator, curator, tutor, custodian, nominee, receiver, assignee for benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, trust or estate.(e) "Person" includes an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.(f) "Security" includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note, or other security issued by a corporation which is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation.(g) "Transfer" means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership of a security.(h) "Transfer agent" means a person employed or authorized by a corporation to transfer securities issued by the corporation.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 150, § 6; January 1, 1966.
KS Stat § 17-4904 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4904 Registration in the name of a fiduciary.

17-4904. Registration in the name of a fiduciary. A corporation or transfer agent registering a security in the name of a person who is a fiduciary or who is described as a fiduciary is not bound to inquire into the existence, extent, or correct description of the fiduciary relationship; and thereafter the corporation and its transfer agent may assume without inquiry that the newly registered owner continues to be the fiduciary until the corporation or transfer agent receives written notice that the fiduciary is no longer acting as such with respect to the particular security.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4905 Assignment by a fiduciary.

17-4905. Assignment by a fiduciary. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a corporation or transfer agent making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary:(a) May assume without inquiry that the assignment, even though to the fiduciary himself or to his nominee, is within his authority and capacity and is not in breach of his fiduciary duties;(b) May assume without inquiry that the fiduciary has complied with any controlling instrument and with the law of the jurisdiction governing the fiduciary relationship, including any law requiring the fiduciary to obtain court approval of the transfer; and(c) It is not charged with notice of and is not bound to obtain or examine any court record or any recorded or unrecorded document relating to the fiduciary relationship or the assignment, even though the record or document is in its possession.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4906 Evidence of appointment or incumbency.

17-4906. Evidence of appointment or incumbency. A corporation or transfer agent making a transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary who is not the registered owner shall obtain the following evidence of appointment or incumbency:(a) In the case of a fiduciary appointed or qualified by a court, a certificate issued by or under the direction or supervision of that court or an officer thereof and dated within sixty days before the transfer; or(b) In any other case, a copy of a document showing the appointment or a certificate issued by or on behalf of a person reasonably believed by the corporation or transfer agent to be responsible or, in the absence of such a document or certificate, other evidence reasonably deemed by the corporation or transfer agent to be appropriate.Corporations and transfer agents may adopt standards with respect to evidence of appointment or encumbency under this subsection provided such standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Neither the corporation nor transfer agent is charged with notice of the contents of any document obtained pursuant to this paragraph (b) except to the extent that the contents relate directly to the appointment or incumbency.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4907 Adverse claims.

17-4907. Adverse claims. (a) A person asserting a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary may give the corporation or transfer agent written notice of the claim. The corporation or transfer agent is not put on notice unless the written notice identifies the claimant, the registered owner, and the issue of which the security is a part, provides an address for communications directed to the claimant and is received before the transfer. Nothing in this act relieves the corporation or transfer agent of any liability for making or refusing to make the transfer after it is so put on notice, unless it proceeds in the manner authorized in subsection (b).(b) As soon as practicable after the presentation of a security for transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a corporation or transfer agent which has received notice of a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer may send notice of the presentation by registered or certified mail to the claimant at the address given by him. If the corporation or transfer agent so mails such a notice it shall withhold the transfer for thirty (30) days after the mailing and shall then make the transfer unless restrained by a court order.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4908 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4908 Nonliability of corporation and transfer agent.

17-4908. Nonliability of corporation and transfer agent. A corporation or transfer agent incurs no liability to any person by making a transfer or otherwise acting in a manner authorized by this act.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4909 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4909 Nonliability of third persons.

17-4909. Nonliability of third persons. (a) No person who participates in the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary, including a person who guarantees the signature of the fiduciary, is liable for participation in any breach of fiduciary duty by reason of failure to inquire whether the transaction involves a breach, unless it is shown that he acted with actual knowledge that the proceeds of the transaction were being or were to be used wrongfully for the individual benefit of the fiduciary, or that the transaction was otherwise in breach of duty.(b) If a corporation or transfer agent makes a transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a person who guaranteed the signature of the fiduciary is not liable on the guarantee to any person to whom the corporation or transfer agent by reason of this act incurs no liability.(c) This section does not impose any liability upon the corporation or its transfer agent.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4910 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4910 Rights and duties of corporation and transfer agents in registering or transferring securities.

17-4910. Rights and duties of corporation and transfer agents in registering or transferring securities. (a) The rights and duties of a corporation and its transfer agents in registering a security in the name of a fiduciary or in making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary are governed by the law of the jurisdiction under whose laws the corporation is organized.(b) This act applies to the rights and duties of a person other than the corporation and its transfer agents with regard to acts and omissions in this state in connection with the acquisition, disposition, assignment, or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary and of a person who guarantees in this state the signature of a fiduciary in connection with such a transaction.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4911 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4911 Tax obligations of corporation and transfer agents; proof of inheritance tax lien release not required prior to transfer.

17-4911. Tax obligations of corporation and transfer agents; proof of inheritance tax lien release not required prior to transfer. The uniform act for the simplification of fiduciary security transfers does not affect any obligation of a corporation or transfer agent with respect to estate, inheritance, succession or other taxes imposed by the laws of this state. For purposes of the lien imposed by K.S.A. 79-1569, and amendments thereto, however, a transfer made under the provisions of such act shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with law, and a corporation or transfer agent need not require that a fiduciary furnish a consent to transfer as proof of release of the lien prior to the completion of a transfer made under the provisions of such act.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 9; L. 1997, ch. 82, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4912 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4912 Uniformity of interpretation.

17-4912. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-4913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 49 - Uniform Act For Simplification Of Fiduciary Security Transfers|17-4913 Title of act.

17-4913. Title of act. This act may be cited as the uniform act for the simplification of fiduciary security transfers.History: L. 1961, ch. 123, § 11; July 1.