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KS Stat § 75-6110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6110 Same; costs for defense of municipalities or its employees; special liability expense fund, establishment and maintenance; tax levy.

75-6110. Same; costs for defense of municipalities or its employees; special liability expense fund, establishment and maintenance; tax levy. (a) Except as provided for school districts, payments by municipalities for the cost of providing for its defense and the defense of employees pursuant to this act and for the payment of claims and other direct and indirect costs resulting from the implementation of this act may be paid from the general or other existing fund of such municipality or from a special liability expense fund established for such purpose pursuant to subsection (b). School districts shall make such payments from the special liability expense fund of the school district.(b) Whenever the governing body of any municipality shall determine that it is advisable to establish a special fund for the payment of such costs and to establish a reserve therefor, in lieu of paying the same out of the general or other existing fund of the municipality, such governing body may create and establish a special liability expense fund for the payment of such costs and may place therein any moneys received by the municipality from any source whatsoever which may be lawfully utilized for such purpose including the proceeds of tax levies hereinafter authorized and provided. Such fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 through 79-2937, and amendments thereto. In making the budget of such municipality, the amounts credited to and the amount on hand in such special fund, and the amount expended therefrom, shall be included in the annual budget for the information of the residents of such municipality.(c) Whenever the governing body of any municipality which is authorized by law to levy taxes upon property has established a special liability expense fund under the provisions of this section and determines that moneys from other sources will be insufficient to pay such costs, the governing body may levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property within the municipality in an amount determined by the governing body to be necessary for such purpose and in the case of cities and counties, to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located in such city or county.History: L. 1979, ch. 186, § 10; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 52; L. 2003, ch. 116, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6111 Same; purchase of insurance; interlocal agreements for purchase of insurance or pooling arrangements.

75-6111. Same; purchase of insurance; interlocal agreements for purchase of insurance or pooling arrangements. (a) A governmental entity may obtain insurance to provide for (1) its defense, (2) for its liability for claims pursuant to this act, including liability for civil rights actions as provided in K.S.A. 75-6116 and amendments thereto, (3) the defense of its employees, and (4) for medical payment insurance when purchased in conjunction with insurance authorized by (1), (2) or (3) above.Any insurance purchased under the provisions of this section may be purchased from any insurance company or association. In the case of municipalities any such insurance may be obtained by competitive bids or by negotiation. In the case of the state, any such insurance shall be purchased in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 75-4114, and amendments thereto, except as provided in K.S.A. 76-749, and amendments thereto. With regard to claims pursuant to the Kansas tort claims act, insurers of governmental entities may avail themselves of any defense that would be available to a governmental entity defending itself in an action within the scope of this act, except that the limitation on liability provided by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 75-6105 and amendments thereto shall not be applicable where the contract of insurance provides for coverage in excess of such limitation in which case the limitation on liability shall be fixed at the amount for which insurance coverage has been purchased or, where the governmental entity has entered into a pooling arrangement or agreement pursuant to subsection (b)(2) and has provided for coverage in excess of such limitation by ordinance or resolution of its governing body, in which case the limitation on liability shall be fixed at the amount specified in such ordinance or resolution.(b) Pursuant to the interlocal cooperation act, municipalities may enter into interlocal agreements providing for:(1) The purchase of insurance to provide for the defense of employees and for liability for claims pursuant to this act; or(2) pooling arrangements or other agreements to share and pay expenditures for judgments, settlements, defense costs and other direct or indirect expenses incurred as a result of implementation of this act including, but not limited to, the establishment of special funds to pay such expenses.History: L. 1979, ch. 186, § 11; L. 1986, ch. 330, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 74, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 353, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6112 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6112 Same; judgments against municipalities, payment; periodic payments, conditions; interest; structured annuities.

75-6112. Same; judgments against municipalities, payment; periodic payments, conditions; interest; structured annuities. (a) Upon motion of a municipality against whom final judgment has been rendered for a claim within the scope of this act, the court in accordance with subsection (b) may include in such judgment a requirement that the judgment be paid in whole or in part by periodic payments. Periodic payments may be ordered paid over any period of time not exceeding 10 years. Any periodic payment upon becoming due and payable under the terms of the judgment shall constitute a separate judgment. Any judgment ordering any such payments shall specify the total amount awarded, the amount of each payment, the interval between payments and the number of payments to be paid under the judgment. Judgments paid pursuant to this section shall bear interest as provided in K.S.A. 16-204 and amendments thereto. For good cause shown, the court may modify such judgment with respect to the amount of such payments and the number of payments to be made or the interval between payments, but the total amount of damages awarded by such judgment shall not be subject to modification in any event and periodic payments shall not be ordered paid over a period in excess of 10 years. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the use of structured annuities to satisfy judgments.(b) A court may order periodic payments only if the court finds that:(1) Payment of the judgment is not totally covered by insurance coverage obtained therefor; and(2) funds for the current budget year and other funds of the municipality which lawfully may be utilized to pay judgments are insufficient to finance both the adopted budget of expenditures for the year and the payment of that portion of the judgment not covered by insurance obtained therefor.History: L. 1979, ch. 186, § 12; L. 1987, ch. 353, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6113 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6113 Moneys for payment of judgments or settlements against municipalities, sources.

75-6113. Moneys for payment of judgments or settlements against municipalities, sources. Payment of any judgments, compromises or settlements for which a municipality is liable pursuant to K.S.A. 75-6101 et seq., and amendments thereto, may be made from any funds or moneys of the municipality which lawfully may be utilized for such purpose or if the municipality is authorized by law to levy taxes upon property such payment may be made from moneys received from the issuance of no-fund warrants, temporary notes or general obligation bonds. Warrants or temporary notes issued under the authority of this section may mature serially at such yearly dates as to be payable by not more than 10 tax levies. Bonds issued under the authority of this section shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and shall be in addition to and not subject to any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other law of this state.History: L. 1979, ch. 186, § 13; L. 1987, ch. 354, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 53; May 31.
KS Stat § 75-6115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6115 Claims for damages against health care providers.

75-6115. Claims for damages against health care providers. (a) The Kansas tort claims act shall not be applicable to claims arising from the rendering of or failure to render professional services by a health care provider other than:(1) A charitable health care provider;(2) a hospital owned by a municipality and the employees thereof;(3) a local health department and the employees thereof;(4) an indigent health care clinic and the employees thereof;(5) a district coroner or deputy district coroner appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 22a-226, and amendments thereto; or(6) a community mental health center and the employees thereof.(b) Claims for damages against a health care provider that is a governmental entity or an employee of a governmental entity other than those health care providers enumerated in subsection (a), arising out of the rendering of or failure to render professional services by such health care provider, may be recovered in the same manner as claims for damages against any other health care provider.(c) As used in this section:(1) "Indigent health care clinic" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto.(2) "Charitable health care provider" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto.(3) "Health care provider" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under K.S.A. 40-3401, and amendments thereto.(4) "Hospital" means a medical care facility as defined in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto, and includes within its meaning any clinic, school of nursing, long-term care facility, child-care facility and emergency medical or ambulance service operated in connection with the operation of the medical care facility.(5) "Local health department" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under K.S.A. 65-241, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1979, ch. 186, § 15; L. 1982, ch. 375, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 143, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 329, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 29, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 276, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 92, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6118 Settlement of claims under other statutes.

75-6118. Settlement of claims under other statutes. Nothing in the Kansas tort claims act shall be construed to preclude settlement and payment of a claim pursuant to K.S.A. 46-920 or 46-922, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1981, ch. 360, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6119 Exception from liability for members of governing body, appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality.

75-6119. Exception from liability for members of governing body, appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality. (a) A member of a governing body of a municipality who is acting within the scope of such member's office and without actual fraud or actual malice shall not be liable for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of such member or governing body.(b) A member of any appointive board, commission, committee or council of a municipality who is acting within the scope of such member's office and without actual fraud or actual malice shall not be liable for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of such member or board, commission, committee or council.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of a municipality for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the governing body, or any appointive board, commission, committee or council, of the municipality, or any member thereof, and the negligence or wrongful act or omission of any member of such a governing body, board, commission, committee or council, when acting as such, shall be imputed to the municipality for the purpose of apportioning liability for damages to a third party pursuant to K.S.A. 60-258a and amendments thereto.(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas tort claims act.History: L. 1987, ch. 353, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6120 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 61 - Kansas Tort Claims Act|75-6120 Agreements for provision of gratuitous services by charitable health care providers; providers considered employees under act; rules and regulations; effect of claim on rate or cancellation of policy; reports.

75-6120. Agreements for provision of gratuitous services by charitable health care providers; providers considered employees under act; rules and regulations; effect of claim on rate or cancellation of policy; reports. (a) The secretary of health and environment may enter into agreements with charitable healthcare providers in which such charitable healthcare provider stipulates to the secretary of health and environment that when such charitable healthcare provider renders professional services to a medically indigent person such services will be provided gratuitously. The secretary of health and environment shall adopt rules and regulations which specify the conditions for termination of any such agreement, and such rules and regulations are hereby made a part of any such agreement. A charitable healthcare provider for purposes of any claim for damages arising as a result of rendering professional services to a medically indigent person, which professional services were rendered gratuitously at a time when an agreement entered into by the charitable healthcare provider with the secretary of health and environment under this section was in effect, shall be considered an employee of the state under the Kansas tort claims act, notwithstanding the provisions of article 34 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.(b) The secretary of health and environment shall establish by rules and regulations eligibility criteria for determining whether a person qualifies as a medically indigent person.(c) Any claim arising from the rendering of or failure to render professional services by a charitable healthcare provider brought pursuant to the Kansas tort claims act shall not be considered by an insurance company in determining the rate charged for any professional liability insurance policy for healthcare providers or whether to cancel any such policy.(d) The secretary of health and environment shall annually report, starting on January 15, 2017, to the senate committee on public health and welfare and the house committee on health and human services which type of charitable healthcare providers have signed agreements under the act and how many are using it to provide gratuitous care.(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas tort claims act.History: L. 1990, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 268, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 92, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 62 - Setoff Against Debtors Of The State, Municipalities And Certain Foreign States|75-6201 Statement of policy.

75-6201. Statement of policy. The purpose of this act is to establish as policy that state agencies shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state, a foreign state agency and any municipality and that procedures be established for setting off against debtors the sum of any debt owed to the state, a foreign state agency or any municipality.History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 62 - Setoff Against Debtors Of The State, Municipalities And Certain Foreign States|75-6203 Setoff, additional collection remedy; duties of creditor; rules and regulations; contribution of income.

75-6203. Setoff, additional collection remedy; duties of creditor; rules and regulations; contribution of income. (a) The collection remedy under this act is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.(b) Each state agency, foreign state agency and municipality, whenever possible, shall obtain the full name, social security number, address and any other information required by the director of accounts and reports from any person for whom the state agency, foreign state agency or municipality provides any service or with whom the state agency, foreign state agency or municipality transacts any business and who may become a debtor under this act.(c) Except for debts for which a voluntary agreement for payment has been entered into and is being complied with or debts for which garnishment or other judicial proceedings are pending and except as otherwise directed by the secretary of administration, the director may require any state agency to certify all debts owed to the state agency or to certify all such debts in specified categories of debts, for setoff under K.S.A. 75-6204, and amendments thereto. Any state agency required to certify debts under this subsection shall give the director all information relating to such debts as may be requested by the director.(d) The secretary of administration as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706 and amendments thereto may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.(e) The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations defining the term "contribution of income" for the purposes of this act.History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 289, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 62 - Setoff Against Debtors Of The State, Municipalities And Certain Foreign States|75-6205 Same; minimum debt setoff; maximum setoff against earnings.

75-6205. Same; minimum debt setoff; maximum setoff against earnings. (a) The director shall not effect final setoff and collect debts through use of the remedy established under this act unless the debt is equal to or greater than $25.(b) The use of setoff against earnings of a debtor shall be subject to the same dollar limitations and dollar restrictions as are provided by law for wage garnishment. The maximum amount of the disposable earnings of an individual which will be subject to setoff to enforce any order for the support of any person shall not exceed 50% of the debtor's disposable earnings unless the state agency or municipality submits satisfactory information to the director indicating that a greater percentage is applicable and authorized by law.History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 5; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-6206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 62 - Setoff Against Debtors Of The State, Municipalities And Certain Foreign States|75-6206 Same; information to director of accounts and reports; notice to debtor; amounts subject to setoff withheld.

75-6206. Same; information to director of accounts and reports; notice to debtor; amounts subject to setoff withheld. (a) A state agency, foreign state agency or municipality which requests the director to assist in the collection of a debt due to the state agency, foreign state agency or municipality by the utilization of setoff procedures under this act or which is required to certify debts under K.S.A. 75-6203 and amendments thereto, shall certify to the director in writing the identity of the debtor, the amount of the debt subject to setoff and other information as the director may require. The director shall cause such data to be matched to payroll, refund and other pending payment files to identify those instances where setoff procedures may be implemented. The director shall then make the following notification to the debtor in writing, either by personal delivery to the debtor or by mail. Such notification shall include:(1) A demand for payment of the debt and a brief explanation of the legal basis of the debt;(2) a statement of the director's intention to setoff the debt due against the debtor's earnings, refund or other payment due to the debtor from the state of Kansas or any state agency;(3) the right of the debtor to request in writing a hearing to contest the validity of the claim, if such request is made: (A) Within 15 days of the mailing of the notice, or (B) in cases where notice was not given by mail, within 15 days of personal delivery to the debtor;(4) a statement that a hearing may be requested by making a written request therefor to the director of accounts and reports and the address of the director; and(5) the fact that failure to request a hearing within the fifteen-day period will be deemed a waiver of the opportunity to contest the claim causing final setoff by default.(b) A copy of the notice required by subsection (a) to be sent to the debtor shall be sent to each state agency, foreign state agency or municipality seeking collection through setoff from the debtor. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-6205 and amendments thereto and upon request of the director, the payor agency shall withhold from the named debtor an amount equal to that claimed as the debt owed. The state agency, foreign state agency or municipality shall notify immediately the director of accounts and reports of any payments thereafter received from the named debtor or of any arrangements thereafter made for payment of the debt. Until the director of accounts and reports gives notice to the payor agency as to the final determination to proceed or not proceed with the collection of a debt by setoff, the payor agency shall continue to hold payments subject to setoff.History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 289, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 7; July 1.