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KS Stat § 66-1344 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 13 - Motor Carriers|66-1344 Conditions for motor carriers transporting hay or feedstuffs to areas declared to be in a state of drought.

66-1344. Conditions for motor carriers transporting hay or feedstuffs to areas declared to be in a state of drought. (a) Whenever the governor or the United States department of agriculture declares that all or any portion of the state is in a state of drought pursuant to subsection (e) of K.S.A. 48-924 et seq., and amendments thereto, the following conditions shall apply to any motor carrier transporting hay or related animal forage feedstuffs to the geographic area as specified in such declaration of drought:(1) Motor carrier registration and fuel tax permits as enforced by the Kansas department of revenue shall be temporarily suspended;(2) any licensing, certification and permitting rules and regulations as required by the state corporation commission shall be temporarily suspended;(3) motor carriers shall not operate during the period beginning 30 minutes after sunset and ending 30 minutes before sunrise, and shall comply with the flags, signs and lighting requirements applicable to overwidth vehicles as provided in K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto;(4) (A) Vehicles which exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall not operate unless specifically authorized under another statute or rule and regulation: (i) Under conditions where visibility is less than 1/2 mile; or (ii) when highway surfaces have ice or snow pack or drifting snow;(B) vehicles which exceed the weight limitations of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, but do not exceed the width limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, or the length provisions in K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, may operate 24-hour days, except that such vehicles shall not operate when highway surfaces have ice or snow pack or drifting snow;(5) motor carriers shall not transport a load of more than 12 feet in width and 14 feet, six inches, in height.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be effective immediately upon a declaration of a state of drought by the governor or the United States department of agriculture and shall continue in effect until such declaration has been terminated.(c) As used in this section:(1) "Commercial vehicle" has the same meaning as provided in K.S.A. 8-2,128, and amendments thereto; and(2) "motor carrier" means any driver operating a commercial motor vehicle and any person that holds a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of public service or a private carrier permit from the state corporation commission, or is required to register motor carrier equipment pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 14504a.History: L. 2013, ch. 12, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 74, § 2; Apr. 24.
KS Stat § 66-1402 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 14 - Holding Companies|66-1402 Submission of contracts with affiliated interests to commission.

66-1402. Submission of contracts with affiliated interests to commission. No management, construction, engineering or similar contract, hereafter made, with any affiliated interest, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1401 and amendments thereto, shall be effective unless it shall first have been filed with the commission. If it be found that any such contract is not in the public interest, the commission, after investigation and a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, is hereby authorized to disapprove such contract.History: L. 1931, ch. 239, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 267; July 1, 1989.
KS Stat § 66-1403 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 14 - Holding Companies|66-1403 Showing required for fixing or charging rates.

66-1403. Showing required for fixing or charging rates. In ascertaining the reasonableness of a rate or charge to be made by a public utility, no charge for services rendered by a holding or affiliated company, or charge for material or commodity furnished or purchased from a holding or affiliated company, shall be given consideration in determining a reasonable rate or charge unless there be a showing made by the utility affected by the rate or charge as to the actual cost to the holding or affiliated company furnishing such service and material or commodity. Such showing shall consist of an itemized statement furnished by the utility setting out in detail the various items, cost for services rendered and material or commodity furnished by the holding or affiliated company.History: L. 1931, ch. 239, § 3; Mar. 9.
KS Stat § 66-1501 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1501 Authority of commission to assess expense of investigation against utility; appeal; bond.

66-1501. Authority of commission to assess expense of investigation against utility; appeal; bond. Whenever, upon any investigation of a public utility made by the state corporation commission, on its own initiative or upon complaint filed, the commission shall find that any rate, toll, charge or schedule or joint rate is unjust, unreasonable, excessive, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise in violation of the public utility act; or that any measurement, regulation, practice, act or service is unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, insufficient, preferential or discriminatory or otherwise in violation of the public utility act; or it shall find that any service is inadequate or that any service that can reasonably be demanded is not being furnished; or when an investigation is necessary because of an application by a public utility and such application is not justified, the commission shall ascertain and declare and by order fix the expenses incurred by the commission upon such investigation and shall by such order direct such public utilities to pay to the state treasurer to reimburse the fund appropriated for the public service commission an amount to cover the expenses so incurred: Provided, That such order shall not become operative unless the matter in connection with which such investigation shall have been made shall have been finally determined, by appeal or otherwise, adversely to such public utility. The commission shall cause a certified copy of all such orders to be delivered to an officer or agent of the public utility affected thereby, and all such orders shall, of their own force, take effect and become operative twenty days after final determination of the investigation by appeal or otherwise: Provided, That if appeal is taken by any public utility a surety bond shall be furnished by such utility to secure the payment of such expenses in case the order of the commission shall be sustained.History: L. 1931, ch. 240, § 1; Mar. 19.
KS Stat § 66-1504 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1504 Failure to pay assessment; proceedings.

66-1504. Failure to pay assessment; proceedings. If any public utility or common carrier against which an assessment has been made either under K.S.A. 66-1502 or 66-1503, within fifteen days after the notice of such assessment shall (a) neglect or refuse to pay the same, or (b) shall fail to file objections to said assessment with said commission, as provided hereinafter, it shall be the duty of the commission forthwith to transmit to the state treasurer a certified copy of said notice of assessment, together with notice of neglect or refusal to pay said assessment, and on the same day said commission shall mail by registered mail to the public utility or common carrier against which said assessment has been made a copy of said notice which it has transmitted to the state treasurer. If any such common carrier or public utility shall fail to pay such assessment to the state treasurer within ten days after receipt of such notice and certified copy of such assessment, said assessment shall bear interest at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from and after the date on which said copy of said notice was mailed by registered mail to such public utility.Upon the receipt of such notice and certified copy of such assessment the state treasurer shall collect the same, together with interest and costs by action in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the attorney general is hereby authorized and directed to institute and prosecute action for such purpose. In any such action all reasonable and necessary expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees shall be taxable as costs. Any judgment obtained in such action shall be a lien against any property anywhere within this state of the common carrier or public utility against which said judgment has been obtained.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 3; May 15.
KS Stat § 66-1505 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1505 Filing objections to assessment; hearing; collection of delinquent assessments.

66-1505. Filing objections to assessment; hearing; collection of delinquent assessments. Within 15 days after the date of the mailing of any notice of assessment as provided by K.S.A. 66-1502 and 66-1503 and amendments thereto, the public utility or common carrier against which such assessment has been made may file with the commission objections setting out in detail the ground upon which such objector regards such assessment to be excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid. The commission, after notice to the objector, shall hold a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act upon such objections. The commission shall determine if the assessment or any part of the assessment is excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid and shall render an order upholding, invalidating or amending the assessment. An amended assessment shall have in all ways the same force and effect as though it were an original assessment.If any assessment against which objections have been filed shall not be paid within 10 days after service of an order finding that such objections have been overruled and disallowed by the commission, the commission shall give notice of such delinquency to the state treasurer and to the objector, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 66-1504 and amendments thereto. The state treasurer shall then proceed to collect the amount of such assessment as provided in K.S.A. 66-1504 and amendments thereto. If an amended assessment is not paid within 10 days after service of the order of the commission, the commission shall notify the state treasurer and the objector as in the case of delinquency in the payment of an original assessment. The state treasurer shall then proceed to collect the amount of such assessment as provided in the case of an original assessment.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 269; July 1, 1989.
KS Stat § 66-1506 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1506 Time for payment of assessment; recovery of unauthorized assessment.

66-1506. Time for payment of assessment; recovery of unauthorized assessment. Every public utility or common carrier against which an assessment is made shall pay the amount thereof, and after such payment may under the conditions in this act provided, at any time within one year from the date the payment was made, sue the state in an action at law to recover the amount paid with legal interest thereon from the date of payment, upon the ground that said assessment was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid in whole or in part. If it is finally determined in such action that any part of the assessment, for which payment was made was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, the state treasurer shall make a refund to the claimant as directed by the court.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 5; May 15.
KS Stat § 66-1507 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1507 Findings of fact by commission deemed prima facie evidence.

66-1507. Findings of fact by commission deemed prima facie evidence. No action for recovery of any amount paid pursuant to this act shall be maintained in any court unless objections have been filed with the commission as herein provided. In any action for recovery of any payments made under this act the claimant shall be entitled to raise every relevant issue of law, but the commission's findings of fact made pursuant to this act shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.The following shall be deemed to be findings of fact of the commission within the meaning of this act: (a) Determinations of fact expressed in notices of assessments given pursuant to this act; (b) determinations of fact set out in those minutes of the commission which record the action of the commission in connection with making of the assessments and in passing upon objections thereto.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 6; May 15.
KS Stat § 66-1508 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1508 Assessment exemptions for certain public utilities.

66-1508. Assessment exemptions for certain public utilities. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the assessments provided for under the provisions of this act shall not apply to motor carriers, nor shall they apply to public utilities or common carriers which are under the jurisdiction of the commission solely in connection with the administration of the oil proration or oil and gas conservation acts, the expenditures in connection with such regulations being otherwise provided for by fees and assessments levied under other acts against such public utilities or common carriers.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), motor carriers shall be subject to the assessment provided for in K.S.A. 66-1502, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 290, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 154, § 62; July 1, 2005.
KS Stat § 66-1509 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1509 Rules and regulations authorized.

66-1509. Rules and regulations authorized. The commission shall have full power and authority to make and prescribe all necessary and proper rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 8; May 15.
KS Stat § 66-1510 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1510 Invalidity of part.

66-1510. Invalidity of part. If any part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section of this act shall be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, it is hereby declared that this act would have been passed without such part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section, and such judgment or decree shall not affect the validity of any other part, portion, clause, paragraph, sentence or section hereof.History: L. 1935, ch. 267, § 9; May 15.
KS Stat § 66-1511 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1511 Investigations and hearings; examiners and referees; powers; records; reports; orders of decisions, effect; reconsideration, when.

66-1511. Investigations and hearings; examiners and referees; powers; records; reports; orders of decisions, effect; reconsideration, when. The state corporation commission is hereby authorized to designate or appoint from among its employees, examiners and referees to make investigations and conduct hearings that are required of the commission by law. The order appointing such examiners or referees shall be made in writing and shall be filed in the proceedings of the case. Such investigations and hearings shall be made and conducted as and in the manner and at the place directed by the commission. Such examiners and referees shall have power to administer oaths in the making of investigations or conducting of hearings and the commission may provide for a record to be made of any hearing or investigation. The examiners and referees shall report their findings and recommendations to the commission.The commission may consider the evidence and record introduced before or made by the examiners and referees or if it so desires the commission may hear additional evidence and hold further hearings or make further investigations. The order or decision of the commission shall have the same force and effect as though the entire hearing and investigation had been held before the commission. After a matter has been so heard and decided, any party filing timely petition for reconsideration as provided by statute and requesting an opportunity to have such party's petition for reconsideration heard orally by the commission, shall be afforded opportunity for oral argument before the commission at a time set by the commission within 20 days from the date of such party's petition for reconsideration.History: L. 1939, ch. 291, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 259, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 268, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 270; L. 1989, ch. 283, § 25; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-1512 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1512 Same; payment of expenses.

66-1512. Same; payment of expenses. The commission may use any funds available to it for the payment of any expense necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.History: L. 1939, ch. 291, § 2; Mar. 27.
KS Stat § 66-1513 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 15 - Costs And Expenses Of Investigation And Regulation; Hearings|66-1513 Contracts for professional services authorized; procedures; negotiating committee, composition and duties; exemption from certain statutes; "person" defined.

66-1513. Contracts for professional services authorized; procedures; negotiating committee, composition and duties; exemption from certain statutes; "person" defined. (a) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (b), the state corporation commission is hereby authorized to contract for professional services, including but not limited to the services of engineers, accountants, attorneys and economists, to assist in investigations and appraisals under K.S.A. 66-1502, and amendments thereto, which assistance may include preparation and presentation of expert testimony, when the expenses of such professional services are required to be assessed under that statute against the public utilities involved.(b) Such contracts shall be negotiated by a negotiating committee composed of the following persons: The general counsel of the state corporation commission or the designee of the general counsel; the director of the budget or the designee of the director; the director of accounts and reports or the designee of the director; and the director of the appropriate division of the state corporation commission, as determined and designated by the chairperson of the state corporation commission, or the designee of the director. When a contract authorized under subsection (a) is proposed to be entered into, the general counsel of the state corporation commission or the designee of the general counsel shall convene the negotiating committee. The negotiating committee shall consider all proposals by persons applying to perform such contract and shall award the contract.(c) Such contracts shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments thereto, or to the provisions of the acts contained in article 58 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.(d) As used in this section, "person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity.History: L. 1979, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 225, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-1601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 16 - Tampering With Utility Equipment And Service; Civil Penalties|66-1601 Definitions.

66-1601. Definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Customer" means the person in whose name a utility service is provided.(b) "Divert" means to change the intended course or path of electricity, gas, or water without the authorization or consent of the utility.(c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association or corporation.(d) "Reconnection" means the commencement of utility service, other than by a utility, to a customer or other person after service has been discontinued by the utility.(e) "Tamper" means to rearrange, injure, alter, interfere with or otherwise to prevent from performing normal or customary function.(f) "Utility" means any "public utility" as defined in K.S.A. 66-104 and also includes any electrical, gas or water system operated by any public agency.(g) "Utility service" means the provision of electricity, gas, water, telecommunication or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation.(h) "Telecommunication service" means any telephone service or the transmission of a message, signal or other communication by telephone or telegraph or over telephone or telegraph facilities.History: L. 1982, ch. 273, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 66-1602 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 66 - Public Utilities|Article 16 - Tampering With Utility Equipment And Service; Civil Penalties|66-1602 Civil actions for damages.

66-1602. Civil actions for damages. A utility may bring a civil action for damages against any person who commits, authorizes, solicits, aids, abets or attempts any of the following acts:(a) Diverts, or causes to be diverted, utility services by any means whatsoever.(b) Makes, or causes to be made, any connection or reconnection with property owned or used by the utility to provide utility service without the authorization or consent of the utility.(c) Prevents any utility meter, or other device used in determining the charge for utility services, from accurately performing its measuring function by tampering or by any other means.(d) Tampers with any property owned or used by the utility to provide utility services.(e) Uses or receives the direct benefit of all, or a portion, of the utility service with knowledge of, or reason to believe that, the diversion, tampering, or unauthorized connection existed at the time of the use, or that the use or receipt, was without the authorization or consent of the utility.(f) Publishes the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked or nonexistent telephone number, credit number or other credit device or method of numbering or coding which is employed in the issuance of telephone numbers, credit numbers or other credit devices under circumstances evincing an intent to have the telephone number, credit number, credit device or method of numbering or coding used to avoid the payment of a lawful charge for any telecommunication service, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same may be used to avoid the payment of any such charge.(g) Obtains credit for or purchases any utility service by the use of any false, fictitious or counterfeit telephone number, credit number or other credit device, or by the use of any telephone number, credit number or other credit device without the authority of the person to whom the number or device was issued, or by the use of any telephone number, credit number or other credit device knowing that such number or device has been revoked.(h) Avoids the lawful charges, in whole or in part, for any utility service, by the use of any fraudulent scheme, device, means or method.History: L. 1982, ch. 273, § 2; July 1.