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KS Stat § 48-1209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 12 - Emergency Interim Executive And Judicial Succession Act|48-1209 Period in which authority may be exercised.

48-1209. Period in which authority may be exercised. Officials authorized to act as governor pursuant to this act, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The legislature by concurrent resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of said emergency interim successors and special emergency judges to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office as herein provided.History: L. 1961, ch. 423, § 9; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 12 - Emergency Interim Executive And Judicial Succession Act|48-1210 Disputes.

48-1210. Disputes. Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this act with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government (except a dispute of fact relative to the office of governor) shall be adjudicated by the governor (or other official authorized under the constitution and this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor) and the governor's decision shall be final.History: L. 1961, ch. 423, § 10; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1301 Short title.

48-1301. Short title. This act shall be known as the "emergency interim legislative succession act."History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1302 Declaration of policy.

48-1302. Declaration of policy. The legislature declares: (1) That recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the legislature; (2) that to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted legislature; and (3) that it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the legislature.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1303 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1303 Definitions.

48-1303. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Attack" means any action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this state whether through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means or other weapons or methods.(b) "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session (other than on official business of the legislature), or unable, for physical, mental or legal reasons, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a legislator, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1304 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1304 Designation of emergency interim successors to legislators.

48-1304. Designation of emergency interim successors to legislators. In the event any legislator is unavailable following an attack, then, an emergency interim successor shall be designated as hereinafter provided.(a) If the legislator is from a representative district or senatorial district which comprises only one county, the emergency interim successor shall be designated by the county committee of the political party of which such legislator is a member in like manner as provided in K.S.A. 25-319 [*]for the filling of vacancies in the legislature.(b) If the legislator is from a senatorial district comprising more than one county the emergency interim successor shall be designated by the senatorial district committee of the political party of which such legislator is a member in like manner as provided by K.S.A. 25-320 [*]for the filling of vacancies in the legislature.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 4; June 30.* Section has been repealed. For later act, see 25-3903.
KS Stat § 48-1305 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1305 Status, qualifications of emergency interim successors.

48-1305. Status, qualifications of emergency interim successors. An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he or she may under the constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he or she is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 338, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1306 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1306 Oath of emergency interim successors.

48-1306. Oath of emergency interim successors. Promptly after designation each emergency interim successor shall take the oath required for the legislator to whose powers and duties he or she is designated to succeed. No other oath shall be required.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 6; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1307 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1307 Duty of emergency interim successor.

48-1307. Duty of emergency interim successor. Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself or herself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the legislature, and each legislator shall assist his or her emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 7; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1308 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1308 Place of legislative session.

48-1308. Place of legislative session. Whenever in the event of an attack, the governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, the governor may change it to any place in the state which he or she deems safer and convenient.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 8; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1309 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1309 Convening of legislature in event of attack.

48-1309. Convening of legislature in event of attack. In the event of an attack, the governor shall call the legislature into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within ninety days following the inception of the attack. If the governor fails to issue such call, the legislature shall, on the ninetieth day from the date of inception of the attack, automatically convene at the place where the governor then has his or her office. Each legislator or his or her emergency interim successor shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable. At such session or at any session in operation at the inception of the attack, and at any subsequent sessions, limitations on the length of session and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 9; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1310 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1310 Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by emergency interim successor.

48-1310. Assumption of powers and duties of legislator by emergency interim successor. If in the event of an attack a legislator is unavailable, his or her emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers and assume the duties of such legislator. An emergency interim successor shall exercise these powers and assume these duties until the incumbent legislator, or a legislator appointed or elected and legally qualified can act. Each house of the legislature shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this act to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 10; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1311 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1311 Privileges, immunities and compensation of emergency interim successors.

48-1311. Privileges, immunities and compensation of emergency interim successors. When an emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, the successor shall be accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled. In the event of an attack, each emergency interim successor, whether or not called upon to exercise the powers and assume the duties of a legislator, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities of a legislator while traveling to and from a place of session and shall be compensated for travel in the same manner and amount as a legislator. This section shall not in any way affect the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances or other perquisites of office of an incumbent legislator.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 11; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1312 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1312 Quorum and vote requirements.

48-1312. Quorum and vote requirements. In the event of an attack (1) quorum requirements for the legislature shall be suspended; and (2) where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of a bill, resolution or other action would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 12; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1313 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 13 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act|48-1313 Termination of operation of provisions of this act.

48-1313. Termination of operation of provisions of this act. The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the powers and duties of legislators, and the operation of the provisions of this act relating to quorum, the number of affirmative votes required for legislative action, and limitations on the length of sessions and the subjects which may be acted upon, shall expire two years following the inception of an attack, but nothing herein shall prevent the resumption before such time of the filling of legislative vacancies and the calling of elections for the legislature in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The governor, acting by proclamation, or the legislature, acting by concurrent resolution, may from time to time extend or restore such authority or the operation of any of such provisions upon finding that events render the extension or restoration necessary, but no extension or restoration shall be for a period of more than one year.History: L. 1961, ch. 252, § 13; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1401 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 14 - Emergency Location Of Governments For State Political Subdivisions|48-1401 Meeting and establishment of temporary locations of government, when; site.

48-1401. Meeting and establishment of temporary locations of government, when; site. Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the governing body of each political subdivision of this state may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call of the presiding officer or any two members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location, or locations, of government where all, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and within this state.History: L. 1961, ch. 82, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1402 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 14 - Emergency Location Of Governments For State Political Subdivisions|48-1402 Same; powers of governing body at emergency location; how exercised.

48-1402. Same; powers of governing body at emergency location; how exercised. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise, at such location, or locations, all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.History: L. 1961, ch. 82, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1403 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 14 - Emergency Location Of Governments For State Political Subdivisions|48-1403 Same; act controls over conflicting provisions.

48-1403. Same; act controls over conflicting provisions. The provisions of this act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any statutory, charter, or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith.History: L. 1961, ch. 82, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1501 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 15 - Emergency Location Of State Government|48-1501 Establishment of temporary location, when; proclamation; duration.

48-1501. Establishment of temporary location, when; proclamation; duration. Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of state government at the normal location of the seat thereof in the city of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kansas, the governor or such person who may be exercising the power of governor under this act shall, as often as the exigencies of the situation require, by proclamation, declare an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of government at such place, or places, within this state as the governor may deem advisable under the circumstances, and shall take such action and issue such orders as may be necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of state government to such emergency temporary location, or locations. Such emergency temporary location, or locations, shall remain as the seat of government until the legislature shall by law establish a new location, or locations, or until the emergency is declared to be ended by the governor and the seat of government is returned to its normal location.History: L. 1961, ch. 422, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1502 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 15 - Emergency Location Of State Government|48-1502 Same; official acts performed at emergency location valid.

48-1502. Same; official acts performed at emergency location valid. During such time as the seat of government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of government by any officer, agency, department or authority of this state, including the convening and meeting of the legislature in regular, extraordinary, or emergency session, shall be as valid and binding when performed at such emergency temporary location, or locations, as if performed at the normal location of the seat of government.History: L. 1961, ch. 422, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1503 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 15 - Emergency Location Of State Government|48-1503 Same; act controls over conflicting provisions.

48-1503. Same; act controls over conflicting provisions. The provisions of this act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary or in conflict herewith.History: L. 1961, ch. 422, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 48-1601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 16 - Nuclear Energy Development And Radiation Control|48-1601 Declaration of policy; construction of act.

48-1601. Declaration of policy; construction of act. It is the policy of the state of Kansas in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety:(a) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of sources of radiation for peaceful purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public;(b) to institute and maintain a regulatory program for sources of radiation so as to provide for (1) compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government; (2) an integrated, effective system of regulation within the state; and (3) a system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states; and(c) to provide for the availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within the state, except for waste generated as a result of defense or federal research and development activities, and to recognize that such radioactive waste can be most safely and efficiently managed on a regional basis. Any state agency or institution acting as a grantee in a federal research or development program which generates low-level radioactive waste within the state shall be required to dispose of such waste in accordance with applicable state law.The provisions of this act shall not be interpreted as limiting the intentional exposure of patients to radiation, for the purpose of diagnosis or therapy, by persons licensed to practice one or more of the healing arts within the authority granted to them by the Kansas healing arts statute, or by persons licensed to practice dentistry or podiatry within the authority granted to them by Kansas licensing laws applying to dentists and podiatrists.History: L. 1963, ch. 290, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 207, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 198, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 48-1602 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 16 - Nuclear Energy Development And Radiation Control|48-1602 Purposes.

48-1602. Purposes. It is the purpose of this act to effectuate the policies set forth in K.S.A. 48-1601 by providing for:(a) A program of effective regulation of sources of radiation for the protection of the public health and safety;(b) a program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the state, among the states and between the federal government and the state and facilitate intergovernmental cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources of radiation to the end that duplication of regulation may be minimized;(c) a program to establish procedures for assumption and performance of certain regulatory responsibilities with respect to by-product, source and special nuclear materials; radiation producing devices and electronic products; and(d) a program to permit maximum utilization of sources of radiation consistent with the health and safety of the public.History: L. 1963, ch. 290, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 207, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 48-1607 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety|Article 16 - Nuclear Energy Development And Radiation Control|48-1607 Licensing, registration, possession and use of sources of radiation and records thereof.

48-1607. Licensing, registration, possession and use of sources of radiation and records thereof. The secretary:(a) Shall provide by rules and regulations for general or specific licensing of by-product, source, radioactive material and special nuclear materials, or devices or equipment utilizing such materials. Such rules and regulations shall provide for amendment, suspension or revocation of licenses;(b) shall develop programs, with due regard for compatibility with federal programs, for regulations and inspection of by-product, source and special nuclear materials;(c) is authorized to require licensing or registration of all sources of radiation;(d) shall prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to such sources of radiation;(e) is authorized to exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements set forth in this section when the secretary makes a finding that the exemption of such sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users will not constitute a significant risk to the health and safety of the public;(f) is authorized to provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses as the secretary may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements as the secretary may prescribe;(g) shall require each person who acquires, possesses or uses a source of radiation to maintain records relating to its receipt, storage, transfer or disposal and such other records as the secretary may require subject to such exemptions as may be provided by rules and regulations;(h) shall require each person who acquires, possesses or uses a source of radiation to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required by rules and regulations of the secretary. Copies of these records and those required to be kept by subsection (g) of this section shall be submitted to the secretary on request. Any person possessing or using a source of radiation shall furnish to each employee, for whom personnel monitoring is required, a copy of such employee's personal exposure record annually, at any time such employee has received excessive exposure, and upon termination of employment;(i) shall maintain a file of (1) all license applications, issuances, denials, amendments, transfers, renewals, modifications, suspensions, revocations, and any administrative or judicial action pertaining thereto; (2) registrants possessing sources of radiation requiring registration under the provisions of this act and any administrative or judicial action pertaining thereto; and (3) all rules and regulations relating to regulation of sources of radiation, pending or promulgated, and proceedings thereon.History: L. 1963, ch. 290, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 207, § 5; L. 1984, ch. 198, § 5; July 1.