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KS Stat § 66-2101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2101 Definitions.

66-2101. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:(a) "Certificate" means authority granted to a natural gas public utility to transact business pursuant to chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to include any certificated area, territory or exclusive service rights;(b) "city limits" means the area within the defined corporate limits of an incorporated city;(c) "existing gas service utility" means a natural gas public utility that presently owns, operates, maintains and is responsible for an existing gas service line that the public utility, or its predecessor in interest, constructed from its distribution system to the point of service physically located on the property being served and which is currently being used to provide the property with firm gas service. In no event will it include a natural gas public utility that merely owns, operates, maintains or is responsible for a meter or meter station and incidental pipeline connections;(d) "firm gas service" means the level of gas service which obligates the natural gas public utility, unless otherwise agreed between the natural gas public utility and the customer, to provide their customer with an unlimited supply of gas, available at all times and delivered to the customer's property without interruption for any reason other than force majeure;(e) "gas" means natural gas as the term is commonly understood in the natural gas industry to include the meanings ascribed to the terms "gas" and "natural gas" in chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;(f) "gas provider" means any person that provides gas, gas transportation, gas supply management or other gas services and any related facilities associated with delivering gas to a rural gas user;(g) "gas supply system" means any well, pipeline, plant tailgate, meter or other facility which is a source of gas or which is associated with the transportation, treatment, processing or delivery of gas;(h) "person" means an individual, association or other legal entity;(i) "public utility" means a natural gas public utility or common carrier as defined in chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;(j) "rural gas service" means all activities necessary or convenient to procure, manage, transport and deliver gas to a rural gas user; and(k) "rural gas user" means any person currently using natural gas from a wellhead or gathering facility for agricultural purposes on property they own, lease or operate that is located outside city limits and not presently receiving gas service from an existing gas service utility.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 1; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2102 Rural gas user, not public utility; notification to existing gas service utility.

66-2102. Rural gas user, not public utility; notification to existing gas service utility. Any rural gas user who desires to constructs its own pipeline connection to a gas supply system, and any gas provider assisting the rural gas user, shall not be considered a public utility. If the rural gas service is provided within an area where a public utility holds a certificate, the rural gas user or the rural gas user's gas provider shall first notify the existing gas service utility of their intent to provide rural gas service. If the public utility holding the certificated area is not an existing gas service utility, then the existence of such public utility and its certificate will not in any way limit the rural gas user or the rural gas user's provider in establishing and maintaining the rural gas service provided for by this act.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 2; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2103 Existing gas service utility to develop plans to provide gas; failure to provide or nonacceptance of plan.

66-2103. Existing gas service utility to develop plans to provide gas; failure to provide or nonacceptance of plan. (a) When notified pursuant to K.S.A. 66-2102, and amendments thereto, an existing gas service utility shall have 30 days to develop plans and propose an offer to the potential rural gas user for providing rural gas service. The proposed plan shall include plans for installing facilities, price of natural gas and projected completion date.(b) Failure of the existing gas service utility to propose an offer or complete the project by the projected completion date pursuant to subsection (a), unless otherwise agreed to by the rural gas user and the existing gas service utility, shall cause the existing gas service utility to waive such utility's exclusive right to serve the rural user.(c) If the potential rural gas user does not accept the offer presented by the existing gas service utility, the existing gas service utility shall release the rural gas user from the certificated area or may request from the state corporation commission a determination to approve the utility's plan or allow the rural gas user to use a different public utility or gas provider to provide rural gas service.(d) Upon request for determination described in subsection (c) and upon receipt of the proposed plans from the existing gas service utility and from the rural gas user or their provider, the state corporation commission shall have 30 days to complete such determination.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 3; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2104 Rural gas users form nonprofit public utility in certificated area; no limitation.

66-2104. Rural gas users form nonprofit public utility in certificated area; no limitation. When two or more rural gas users combine pursuant to K.S.A. 66-104c, and amendments thereto, to operate as a nonprofit public utility (NPU), if the rural gas service is provided within an area where a public utility holds a certificate, the existence of such public utility and its certificate will not in any way limit the rural gas users, the NPU, or their gas provider, in establishing and maintaining the rural gas service provided for by this act.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 4; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2105 Rural gas service shall comply with pipeline safety laws.

66-2105. Rural gas service shall comply with pipeline safety laws. All providers of rural gas service under the provisions of K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, will comply with all applicable pipeline safety laws including rules and regulations adopted by the state corporation commission pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1,150, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 5; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 21 - Rural Kansas Self-help Gas Act|66-2106 Citation of act.

66-2106. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, shall be known as the rural Kansas self-help gas act.History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 6; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 66-2201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 22 - Gas Safety And Reliability Policy Act|66-2201 Citation of act.

66-2201. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the gas safety and reliability policy act.History: L. 2006, ch. 99, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-2203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 22 - Gas Safety And Reliability Policy Act|66-2203 Filing of petition with commission to establish or change a GSRS rate schedule; recovery of certain costs; procedure.

66-2203. Filing of petition with commission to establish or change a GSRS rate schedule; recovery of certain costs; procedure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, beginning July 1, 2006, a natural gas public utility providing gas service may file a petition and proposed rate schedules with the commission to establish or change GSRS rate schedules that will allow for the adjustment of the natural gas public utility's rates and charges to provide for the recovery of costs for eligible infrastructure system investments. The commission may not approve a GSRS to the extent it would produce total annualized GSRS revenues below the lesser of $1,000,000 or 1/2% of the natural gas public utility's base revenue level approved by the commission in the natural gas public utility's most recent general rate proceeding. The commission may not approve a GSRS to the extent it would produce total annualized GSRS revenues exceeding 20% of the natural gas public utility's base revenue level approved by the commission in the natural gas public utility's most recent general rate proceeding. A GSRS and any future changes thereto shall be calculated and implemented in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 66-2202 through 66-2204, and amendments thereto. GSRS revenues shall be subject to a refund based upon a finding and order of the commission to the extent provided in K.S.A. 66-2204(e) and (h), and amendments thereto.(b) The commission shall not approve a GSRS for any natural gas public utility that has not had a general rate proceeding decided or dismissed by issuance of a commission order within the past 60 months, unless the natural gas public utility has filed for or is the subject of a new general rate proceeding.(c) In no event shall a natural gas public utility collect a GSRS for a period exceeding 60 months unless the natural gas public utility has filed for or is the subject of a new general rate proceeding; except that the GSRS may be collected until the effective date of new rate schedules established as a result of the new general rate proceeding, or until the subject general rate proceeding is otherwise decided or dismissed by issuance of a commission order without new rates being established.(d) Notwithstanding the 60-month filing deadlines in subsections (b) and (c), upon motion by a natural gas public utility, the commission may extend the 60-month deadline in subsections (b) and (c) for a period of up to 12 months as the commission determines reasonable or necessary.History: L. 2006, ch. 99, § 3; L. 2011, ch. 51, § 2; L. 2018, ch. 40, § 2; Jan. 1, 2019.
KS Stat § 66-2301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 23 - Nuclear Generating Facility Security Guards|66-2301 Citation of act.

66-2301. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 66-2301 through 66-2305, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the nuclear generating facility security guard act.History: L. 2006, ch. 27, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-2302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 23 - Nuclear Generating Facility Security Guards|66-2302 Definitions.

66-2302. Definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Armed nuclear security guard" means a security guard who works at a nuclear generating facility, who is employed as part of the security plan approved by the nuclear regulatory commission and who meets the requirements mandated by the nuclear regulatory commission for carrying a firearm;(b) "nuclear generating facility" means an electric power generating facility that is owned by an electric utility or a consortium of electric utilities and that produces electricity by means of a nuclear reactor and includes the property on which the facility is located;(c) "electric utility" means every public utility as defined by K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, which owns, controls, operates or manages any equipment, plant or generating machinery for the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of electricity or electric power;(d) "enter" means the intrusion of any part of any instrument or any part of a person's body inside of a nuclear generating facility or a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility;(e) "entering or remaining unlawfully" means an act by a person who enters or remains in or on a nuclear generating facility or a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility if that person's intent for entering or remaining is not licensed, authorized or otherwise privileged;(f) "structure or fenced yard" means any structure, fenced yard, wall, building or other similar barrier or any combination of structures, fenced yards, walls, buildings or other barriers that surrounds a nuclear generating facility and that is posted with signage indicating it is a felony to trespass.History: L. 2006, ch. 27, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-2303 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 23 - Nuclear Generating Facility Security Guards|66-2303 Criminal trespass on nuclear generating facility; penalty.

66-2303. Criminal trespass on nuclear generating facility; penalty. (a) Criminal trespass on a nuclear generating facility is either:(1) Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in or on a nuclear generating facility; or(2) knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully within a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility.(b) Criminal trespass on a nuclear generating facility is a severity level 6, person felony.History: L. 2006, ch. 27, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-2305 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 23 - Nuclear Generating Facility Security Guards|66-2305 Nuclear security guard; detaining suspect; defense.

66-2305. Nuclear security guard; detaining suspect; defense. (a) An armed nuclear security guard, with reasonable belief, may detain in or on a nuclear generating facility or a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time any person who is suspected of or attempting to commit any of the crimes specified under subsection (a) or (b) of K.S.A. 66-2304, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of summoning a law enforcement officer.(b) Reasonable belief of an armed nuclear security guard is a defense to a civil or criminal action against an armed nuclear security guard, such guard's employer or any owner of the nuclear generating facility where such guard is employed for false arrest, false or unlawful imprisonment or wrongful detention.History: L. 2006, ch. 27, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-101 Definitions.

68-101. Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them wherever they appear in chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto:(a) "Highway commissioners," "township board of highway commissioners," "township commissioners," "township board," or "township governing body" means the governing body of the township composed of the township trustee, the township clerk and the township treasurer.(b) "Class A roads" means all roads in county unit road counties, not designated as part of the county primary or county major collector road systems nor as part of the state or federal road systems. "Class A roads" shall include the roads formerly under the jurisdiction of the township, unless otherwise designated and classified by the county engineer and the board of county commissioners.(c) "County roads" means all roads designated as such by the board of county commissioners, including roads on the county major collector road system, class A roads in county road unit counties and federal aid classified routes that extend from major or minor collectors into the area between urban or urbanized limits and city limits, as defined in title 23 of the code of federal regulations.(d) "State roads" and "state highways" means all roads designated as a part of the state highway system by the secretary of transportation.(e) "Township roads" means all roads within a township not within a county road unit county other than federal, state, and county roads.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-101; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 71; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 76, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-102 Laying out, altering or vacating roads.

68-102. Laying out, altering or vacating roads. (a) Upon petition of any adjacent landowner, the board of county commissioners may lay out, alter or vacate a road. The board of county commissioners also may layout or alter any road when deemed necessary by the board.(b) The board of county commissioners may vacate any road in the county whenever the board determines such road is not a public utility by reason of neglect, nonuse, or inconvenience or from other cause or causes such road has become practically impassable and the necessity for such road as a public utility does not justify the expenditure of the necessary funds to repair such road or put the same in condition for public travel.(c) Notice of the laying out, alteration or vacation of any road shall be given in the manner provided by K.S.A. 68-102a, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-102; L. 1931, ch. 243, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 265, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 374, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 74, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 146, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-102a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-102a Same; notice.

68-102a. Same; notice. Before any road is laid out, altered or vacated without the presentation of a petition, the county clerk shall give notice of the proposed action by publication once in the official county newspaper and by sending notice by certified mail to each owner of property adjoining the road, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. The notice shall set forth a description of the road proposed to be laid out, altered or vacated. Proceedings for the award of damages, if any, to the property owners affected by such action, and any appeal therefrom, shall be made in the same manner as provided in K.S.A. 68-107, and amendments thereto. Any person or persons may make written application to the county commissioners for payment for damage to property caused by such action. The county commissioners shall not award damages unless there has been filed with the county clerk, within 12 months after the entering of the order laying out, altering or vacating such road, a written application giving a description of the premises for which damages or compensation are claimed. The county commissioners shall determine the amount of damage sustained, if any, by such claimant. All applications for damages shall be forever barred unless they are presented as provided by this act.History: L. 1931, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 67; L. 1999, ch. 146, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-103 Petition, contents.

68-103. Petition, contents. All petitions for laying out or altering a road shall specify the place of beginning, the intermediate points, if any, and the place of termination of such road.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 3; May 22; R.S. 1923, 68-103.
KS Stat § 68-104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-104 Viewers; notice of view; duties of county surveyor.

68-104. Viewers; notice of view; duties of county surveyor. (a) Upon presentation of any petition for a road, or for the alteration or vacation of any road, to the county commissioners, at any regular session of their board, it shall be the duty of such commissioners, if they find the petition to be a legal one, and that the proper bond has been filed, to appoint three disinterested householders of the county as viewers with such commissioners, who may act as viewers of such road, and the county clerk shall give notice by advertisement set up in the county clerk's office and in every municipal township through which any part of such road is designed to be laid out, altered, or vacated, for at least 20 days, and by publication for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, setting forth that such petition has been presented, giving the substance thereof, and that the commissioners or the viewers, on the day designated, which shall not be more than 20 days after the date of the second publication in the newspaper of the notice herein required, will proceed to view the* such road, and give all parties a hearing.(b) They shall also cause a record of such notice to be entered on their journal by the county clerk. They shall issue an order directing the county surveyor to meet with them at the time and place named in such notice to survey such road. In case of failure to meet on the day designated, they may meet on the following day, without further notice; and in case of failure to meet within the time herein specified, new notice shall be given as hereinbefore provided; that in all applications for the location, change and relocation of any road to be located upon or along any section line, and the petition shall so state, and shall specify the section lines to be followed, the place of beginning and the place of ending, the survey may be dispensed with, and in case the owners of the lands taken agree in writing to the proposed location, relocation, or change, and the commissioners are satisfied that the location, relocation or change prayed for is practicable, and can be made without unreasonable expense, they may dispense with the viewing of such location, relocation or change of road, and shall order the same to be surveyed, platted and opened, and shall also direct the county surveyor to note such location, relocation or change of roads upon the road records of such county surveyor's office.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 4; May 22; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 25; July 1.* The word "the" should have been stricken.
KS Stat § 68-105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 1 - General Provisions|68-105 Notice by petitioner; affidavits of service; filing.

68-105. Notice by petitioner; affidavits of service; filing. It shall be the duty of at least one of the petitioners to cause six days' notice to be given in writing to the owner or owners or their agents, if residing in the county, or if such owner be a minor, idiot or insane person, then to the guardian of such person, if a resident of the county, through whose land such road is proposed to be laid out and established, and also six days' notice to the county surveyor of the time and place of meeting, as specified in the notice of the commissioners. Copies of said notice of lands, with affidavits of service attached, shall be filed in the county clerk's office before said road shall be established.History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 5; May 22; R.S. 1923, 68-105.