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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9933 Teacher exchange program; participation authorized.

72-9933.
Teacher exchange program; participation authorized.
(a) The board of education of any school district may grant to a teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the teacher exchange program established under public law 87-256, 75 Stat. 527, as amended, and public law 83-480, as amended. The board of education granting such leave of absence may employ with or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if the national will be authorized to teach at a grade level and in a field or subject similar to that which the national is authorized to teach in such foreign state.
(b) Any teacher of this state who participates in the teacher exchange program and teaches in a foreign state shall be deemed to have taught during the period of exchange in the school district by which the teacher is employed for the following purposes: (1) Participation in the Kansas public employees' retirement system; and (2) entitlement to any benefits to which the teacher would have been entitled had the teacher taught in the school district.
(c) No liability, civil or criminal, with respect to the misuse of public funds, shall attach to any board of education, or any member thereof, for effectuating the provisions of this section.
(d) The state board of education shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the temporary licensure of teachers from a foreign state who participate in the teacher exchange program.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 288, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 19; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9935 Employment of lobbyists; validation of prior expenditures; definitions.

72-9935.
Employment of lobbyists; validation of prior expenditures; definitions.
(a) The board of education of any school district is hereby authorized to offer employment to and employ lobbyists and other persons for lobbying and to pay any expenses incurred in connection therewith from the general fund of the school district.
(b) All expenditures heretofore made for the payment of expenses incurred by any school district in connection with or for the purpose of lobbying or the employment of lobbyists are hereby validated and approved in all respects, together with all proceedings authorizing such expenditures, and such expenditures and proceedings shall be valid as though they had been duly and legally authorized originally.
(c) As used in this section, the terms "lobbyist" and "lobbying" shall have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto in article 2 of chapter 46 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 1989, ch. 211, § 1; March 23.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9936 School districts not required to provide incarcerated person with opportunity to attend school; exceptions.

72-9936.
School districts not required to provide incarcerated person with opportunity to attend school; exceptions.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), no school district shall be required to provide any person, who is 16 years of age or older, has been prosecuted as an adult, convicted of a crime, and incarcerated in a county jail or state correctional institution, with an opportunity to attend school at a school facility operated by the school district for the period of time the person is incarcerated, nor shall any school district be required to provide any such person with educational services at the county jail or state correctional institution in which the person is incarcerated.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not apply to any person who is under 21 years of age and who, immediately prior to conviction and incarceration, was determined to be a child with a disability for whom an individualized education program had been developed and effectuated under the provisions of the special education for exceptional children act.
History:
L. 1995, ch. 141, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 116, § 37; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9937 Disaster relief programs; participation authorized; policy, development and adoption; definitions.

72-9937.
Disaster relief programs; participation authorized; policy, development and adoption; definitions.
(a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the board of education of any school district, pursuant to a policy developed and adopted by it, may provide for participation of the school district in disaster relief programs by way of gift or donation thereto of personal property no longer needed by or useful to the school district. Personal property which may be given or donated to disaster relief programs includes, but is not limited to, furniture, furnishings, supplies, materials and equipment such as desks, chairs, tables, bookcases, file cabinets, specialized clothing, books, workbooks and other materials supplemental to textbooks, maps, charts, laboratory, shop and other instructional apparatus and equipment. The policy may specify: The items of property which are subject to gift or donation under authority of this section; the terms, conditions and procedures under which property may be given or donated to and obtained by disaster relief programs; a manner and method under which applications for the gift or donation of property may be made and received; and actions which may be taken for ascertaining the eligibility of disaster relief programs for gift or donation. The policy shall provide that any costs associated with handling, transportation, delivery or distribution of property given or donated to disaster relief programs under authority of this section shall not be covered by the school district.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Disaster" means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, epidemics, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot or hostile military or paramilitary action;
(2) "disaster relief" means the performance of functions or engagement in activities to minimize, repair, relieve or aid in recovery from injury and damage resulting from disasters;
(3) "disaster relief program" means a program established and operated for the purpose of disaster relief by any nonprofit and tax exempt entity having a demonstrable plan for handling, transportation, delivery and distribution of property to the areas and people affected by disaster; and
(4) "nonprofit and tax exempt entity" means and includes, but is not limited to, church or other religious societies, benevolent or charitable organizations and associations, social service agencies, civic or community organizations and associations, and corporations or other entities organized for the purpose of providing humanitarian services.
History:
L. 1989, ch. 212, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9938 Notice of applicability of Kansas tort claims act to teachers; contents of notice.

72-9938. Notice of applicability of Kansas tort claims act to teachers; contents of notice.
Each school district shall provide written notice to each teacher employed by such district of protections afforded teachers under the Kansas tort claims act pursuant to K.S.A. 75-6101 et seq., and amendments thereto. Such notice shall include information about the Kansas tort claims act, a teacher's coverage as an employee of the district under the Kansas tort claims act, the amount of liability coverage provided for claims which could give rise to an action under the Kansas tort claims act against a teacher and the procedure in which to request a defense under the Kansas tort claims act pursuant to K.S.A. 75-6108, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2014, ch. 93, § 31; May 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9940 Severability.

72-9940.
Severability.
If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act [*] shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act [*] without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 310, § 61; July 1.
* "This act," see L. 1969, ch. 310.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9941 Severability provision for act contained in 1995 House Bill No. 2173.

72-9941.
Severability provision for act contained in 1995 House Bill No. 2173.
If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
History:
L. 1995, ch. 263, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9942 Severability provision for act contained in 2014 House Bill No. 2506.

72-9942. Severability provision for act contained in 2014 House Bill No. 2506.
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end the provisions of this act are severable.
History:
L. 2014, ch. 93, § 65; May 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9943 Implementation of mental health intervention team pilot program for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

72-9943. Implementation of mental health intervention team pilot program for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.
The commissioner of education, when implementing the mental health intervention team pilot program pursuant to section 1(a) of chapter 57 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas, shall allow nine schools served by the fiscal agent, Abilene school district (U.S.D. no. 435), to participate in the pilot program. The provisions of section 1(a) of chapter 57 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas, which allow nine schools served by the central Kansas cooperative in education to participate in the mental health intervention team pilot program, are hereby declared to be null and void and shall have no force and effect.
History:
L. 2018, ch. 70, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 99 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 72-9944 Kansas foster care children annual academic report card.

72-9944. Kansas foster care children annual academic report card.
(a) The state department of education and the department for children and families shall collaborate to prepare a Kansas foster care children annual academic report card. The annual report card shall include the following data for the preceding school year:
(1) The graduation rate of students in foster care;
(2) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were promoted to the next grade level;
(3) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were suspended during the school year and the average length of time of such suspensions;
(4) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were expelled during the school year;
(5) state standardized assessment scores for students in foster care, including the number and percentage of students meeting academic standards as determined by the state board of education;
(6) the number and percentage of students in foster care enrolled in any preschool-aged at-risk program, Kansas preschool pilot program or early childhood special education program under section 619 of part B of the individuals with disabilities act;
(7) the number and percentage of students in foster care who participated in the mental health intervention team pilot program or a similar mental health program;
(8) the total number of students in foster care enrolled in a school district or nonpublic school and the disaggregated number and percentage of students in foster care enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools;
(9) de-identified disaggregated race and ethnicity data for each data set required in paragraphs (1) through (8); and
(10) any additional data elements that both the state department of education and the department for children and families deem appropriate for inclusion.
(b) On or before January 15 of each year, the state department of education and the department for children and families shall prepare and submit the Kansas foster care children annual academic report card to the senate standing committee on education and the house of representatives standing committee on education.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "School" means any school of a school district or any nonpublic school accredited by the state board of education.
(2) "Student in foster care" means any individual who was in the custody of the Kansas department for children and families at any time when such student attended a school during the school year for which the report required pursuant to this section is to be completed.
(d) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.
History:
L. 2021, ch. 114, § 4; June 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-201a Same; preference not applicable to certain positions.

73-201a.
Same; preference not applicable to certain positions.
(a) The provisions of K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the following:
(1) An office filled by election;
(2) positions which are filled by officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices and the personal secretary of each such officer, members of boards and commissions, persons employed on a temporary basis, heads of departments, positions that require licensure as a physician, licensure as an osteopathic physician, licensure as a chiropractic physician and positions that require that the employee be admitted to practice law in Kansas;
(3) a key employee as defined in subsection (b);
(4) a job held by a patient, inmate or student in or enrolled at a state institution; and
(5) temporary or casual employment positions.
(b) As used in this section, "key employee" means an individual specifically hired for a city or county at will position or for a non-classified position or a department or agency head, or an individual serving as the immediate subordinate, secretary or administrative assistant of a person holding such position, such as a position as a private secretary or deputy of an official, department or agency who holds a confidential relationship to the appointing or employing officer, and positions in the unclassified service of the state of Kansas as enumerated in K.S.A. 75-2935, and amendments thereto or other Kansas statutes.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 99, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-201b Same; operation in conjunction with federal law or limitations on federal grants.

73-201b.
Same; operation in conjunction with federal law or limitations on federal grants.
To the extent that this act conflicts with federal law or a limitation provided by a federal grant to a public entity, this act shall be construed to operate in harmony with the federal law or limitation of the federal grant.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 99, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-201c Same; audit of veterans preference laws.

73-201c.
Same; audit of veterans preference laws.
Prior to the beginning of the 2011 regular legislative session, the division of post audit shall conduct an audit of the Kansas veterans preference laws. The audit shall be in accordance with article 11 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The audit report shall be submitted to the legislature at the commencement of the regular session of the legislature in 2011.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 99, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-202 Same; penalties for violations.

73-202.
Same; penalties for violations.
Any state officer, any county or city officer or any board composed of state officers, county or city officers, or any board who have been appointed and have charge of the penal and charitable institutions of the state, who shall knowingly and willfully disobey or neglect to obey the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto subject to impeachment as provided by law, and prosecuted as other cases of misdemeanor; and in either of said cases, upon conviction, shall be adjudged to have forfeited his or her office.
History: L. 1901, ch. 186, § 2; R.S. 1923, 73-202; L. 1945, ch. 301, § 2; March 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-203 Ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans to be retained in making reduction in employees.

73-203.
Ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans to be retained in making reduction in employees.
In making any reduction of force in any of the departments, cities or towns of this state, the officers of such department, city or town shall retain those persons who may be equally qualified who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors.
History: L. 1886, ch. 160, § 2; March 25; R.S. 1923, 73-203.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-204 Same; penalty for violations.

73-204.
Same; penalty for violations.
Any person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.
History: L. 1886, ch. 160, § 3; March 25; R.S. 1923, 73-204.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-205 Statutes applicable to world war veterans.

73-205.
Statutes applicable to world war veterans.
All rights, privileges and immunities extended to and enjoyed by honorably discharged soldiers of any of the wars in which this country has engaged, previous to the great world war, are confirmed, extended to, and hereby made to apply to the honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, and others who honorably served with the armed forces of the United States in the world war, including former American citizens who served in the armies of governments associated with the United States in the world war, and who have been repatriated; it being the express intent of this statute that all of the provisions of the Laws of 1885, chapter 184 [73-301 to 73-303], Laws of 1886, chapter 160 [73-201, 73-203, 73-204], Laws of 1889, chapter 234 [73-211], Laws of 1897, chapter 157 [73-207, 73-208], Laws of 1901, chapters 186 [73-201] and 289 [73-211, 73-212], Laws of 1903, chapter 362 [73-417 to 73-422], Laws of 1907, chapters 374 [73-201, 73-202], 375 [73-304, 73-305] and 376 [73-301], Laws of 1909, chapters 221 [73-306 to 73-308] and 222 [73-207], Laws of 1911, chapter 289 [73-424 to 73-426], and Laws of 1915, chapter 102 [73-430 to 73-432], including any amendments thereto, shall be extended and made to apply, as hereinbefore provided.
History: L. 1921, ch. 257, § 1; March 7; R.S. 1923, 73-205.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-206 Same; act supplemental.

73-206.
Same; act supplemental.
This act is supplemental to and adopts the provisions of every act referred to in the preceding section, as far as the same may be applicable, and the same are made a part hereof.
History: R.S. 1923, 73-206; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-206b Waiver of pension or annuity payments.

73-206b.
Waiver of pension or annuity payments.
Any person entitled to a pension or annuity by reason of retirement pursuant to provisions of the laws of this state may decline to accept all or any part of such pension or annuity by a waiver signed by the pensioner or annuitant and filed with the body authorized by statute to administer the fund from which said pensioner or annuitant is receiving or is entitled to receive said pension or annuity, or its authorized agent. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the pension or annuity or part thereof waived shall be made covering the period during which the waiver was in effect.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 378, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-209 Adjutant general; certificate of military service; transfer to state historical society.

73-209. Adjutant general; certificate of military service; transfer to state historical society.
(a) On submission to the adjutant general of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or of a copy of such discharge or official record of military service certified to by a city, county or state official as being a true copy of original document, the adjutant general shall place such record on file in the adjutant general's office. If original documents are submitted, the adjutant general shall cause true copies of such original documents to be made and shall file the copies in the adjutant general's office and the originals shall be returned to the person who submitted them.
(b) Upon request of a soldier, sailor or marine whose records of military service have been filed in the adjutant general's office, the adjutant general shall cause to be furnished a certificate of military service in accordance with such records. The adjutant general shall not charge any fee for the certificate if the certificate is requested by a person who exhibits correspondence from the United States veterans administration or the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office which indicates that the person is applying for benefits from the United States veterans administration and that such person needs the certificate to obtain such benefits.
(c) The adjutant general shall transfer to the state archives of the Kansas state historical society for permanent retention any records of military service on file in the adjutant general's office, in accordance with the records retention and disposition schedule for such records approved by the state records board.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 281, § 1; R.S. 1923, 73-209; L. 1995, ch. 24, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-210 Charges for copies.

73-210. Charges for copies.
No city, county or state official shall charge a fee for certifying to the correctness of a true copy of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, except that:
(a) The adjutant general may charge a fee unless the copy is requested by a person who exhibits correspondence from the United States veterans administration or the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office which indicates that the person is applying for benefits from the United States veterans administration and that such person needs the copy to obtain such benefits; and
(b) a register of deeds of a county may charge a fee for copies in excess of the number provided for by K.S.A. 73-210a, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 281, § 2; R.S. 1923, 73-210; L. 1995, ch. 24, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-210a Free recording by register of deeds; copies.

73-210a.
Free recording by register of deeds; copies.
Whenever there shall be presented to the register of deeds of any county in this state the discharge or other official records of military service of any person who has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States at any time, said register of deeds shall record the same in a record book which shall be provided for such purpose and no fee shall be charged for such recordation. Upon request, of the person to whom such discharge was issued, his agent or relative, the register of deeds shall prepare and furnish certified copies of any such discharge or records of military service and no fee shall be charged for the first five copies therefor.
History: L. 1945, ch. 173, § 1; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-213 Definitions.

73-213. Definitions.
For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Act" means K.S.A. 73-213 through 73-219, and amendments thereto.
(b) "Appointive authority" means the person, board, commission or other authority vested by law with power to appoint a successor for an officer when a vacancy occurs in the office or position held by such officer. If no person, board, commission, or other authority is vested by law with power to appoint a successor for an officer when a vacancy occurs then "appointive authority" means the governor of the state of Kansas.
(c) "Military service" means active service in the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, Kansas army or air national guard or any branch of the military reserves of the United States.
(d) "Officer" means any officer or employee of the state of Kansas or any political subdivision thereof.
(e) "Temporary vacancy" means a vacancy in an office or position caused by the absence in military service of the officer elected or appointed thereto. If the officer was originally elected or appointed for a definite term, "temporary vacancy" means the period of time beginning with the day such officer enters military service and ending either with the day such officer returns from military service or with the expiration of the appointed or elected term, whichever period of time is shorter. If the officer was originally appointed to the office or position for an indefinite term or for a term expiring at the pleasure of the appointive authority, such "temporary vacancy" means the period of time beginning with the day such officer enters military service and ending either with the day such officer shall return from military service, or with the expiration of the appointive power of the original appointive authority, whichever period of time is shorter.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 97, § 5; January 1, 2022.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-214 Vacancies that do not create forfeiture or vacancy; references in laws construed.

73-214. Vacancies that do not create forfeiture or vacancy; references in laws construed.
The absence of any officer from an office or position caused by military service shall not create a forfeiture of or vacancy in the office or position to which such officer was elected or appointed but shall be construed to create a temporary vacancy. Wherever the terms "forfeiture of office" or "vacancy in office" or other words of like effect are used in any law of this state in relation to an officer such as defined in this act, such terms or words shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall not be construed to apply to any absence of such officer who is absent from an office or position by reason of military service.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 97, § 6; January 1, 2022.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-215 Temporary appointments; military service.

73-215. Temporary appointments; military service.
(a) (1) If an officer's military service creates a temporary vacancy that is determined by such officer to require a temporary appointment, such officer shall submit an approved form to the designated office as set out in paragraph (2).
(2) (A) If the officer is an elected state official, the form shall be approved by and filed with the secretary of state.
(B) If the officer is an elected official of a political subdivision, the form shall be filed with the county clerk of the county containing the largest portion of the territory of the political subdivision.
(C) If the officer is an employee who is not an elected official, the form shall be approved by and filed with the employee's human resources department or other official as determined by such officer's employer.
(3) The officer shall also submit an approved form to the designated office upon return from military service.
(b) If an officer's military service creates a temporary vacancy in an office or position and the form prescribed in (a) has been filed:
(1) The appointive authority for a partisan elective office shall appoint a person to temporarily fill such office or position using the procedures in K.S.A. 25-3901 et seq., and amendments there to; and
(2) The appointive authority for an elective office that is nonpartisan and for an employee who is not an elected official may appoint a person to temporarily fill such office or position.
(c) All such appointees shall hold the office or position during such temporary vacancy.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 3; L. 2021, ch. 97, § 7; January 1, 2022.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-216 Powers and duties; compensation.

73-216.
Powers and duties; compensation.
The person appointed in accordance with the provisions of this act to temporarily fill any office or position shall have and may exercise all the rights, powers, authority and jurisdiction and shall perform the duties, vested in, or required by law of the officer whose office or position such person is so appointed to temporarily fill and shall receive the same salary, fees, expenses or other compensation as such officer would be entitled to receive.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 4; February 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-217 Qualifications.

73-217.
Qualifications.
Every person who shall be appointed to temporarily fill any office or position shall possess the qualifications prescribed by law, if any, for the regular holder of such office or position.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 5; L. 1967, ch. 434, § 22; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-218 Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return.

73-218. Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return.
An officer who is absent from an office or position while in military service shall not be entitled to any compensation as such officer during such absence. If the officer returns before the expiration of the period of the temporary vacancy created by the officer's absence, such officer shall be entitled to immediate possession of such office or position and, upon reassuming the duties of the office, to receive the compensation for the remainder of the term to which the holder thereof is entitled, subject to removal from office according to law.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 6; L. 2021, ch. 97, § 8; January 1, 2022.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-219 Severability clause for 2021 House Bill No. 2332, chapter 97 of the 2021 Session Laws of Kansas.

73-219. Severability clause for 2021 House Bill No. 2332, chapter 97 of the 2021 Session Laws of Kansas.
The provisions of this act are declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this act.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 355, § 7; L. 2021, ch. 97, § 9; January 1, 2022.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-220 Application of certain act [*].

73-220.
Application of certain act [*].
The provisions of this act [*] shall apply to all persons who served overseas during world war II and to all persons who served overseas with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flag of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone, as members of the American red cross nurse corps.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 301, § 11; L. 1951, ch. 429, § 3; June 30.
* "Provisions of this act," see also 73-201, 73-202, 73-207, 73-304, 73-307, 73-401, 73-417, 73-430, 75-2955.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-230 Preference in awarding certain contracts by secretary of administration; disabled veteran businesses in Kansas; report.

73-230. Preference in awarding certain contracts by secretary of administration; disabled veteran businesses in Kansas; report.
(a) In awarding any contract for the performance of any job or service for which moneys appropriated are to be expended, the secretary of administration, or the secretary's designee, shall give a preference to disabled veteran businesses doing business as Kansas firms, corporations or individuals, or which maintain Kansas offices or places of business and shall have the goal of awarding at least 3% of all such contracts to disabled veteran businesses.
(b) On or before October 1, 2015, the secretary of administration shall file with the Kansas commission on veterans affairs* a report of the number of contracts awarded to disabled veteran businesses during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and the number of such businesses that responded to solicitations of bids or proposals issued by the department of administration during such fiscal year.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Disabled veteran" means a person who has served in the armed forces of the United States and who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability, according to the laws administered by the veterans administration, or who is entitled to compensation for the loss, or permanent loss of use, of one or both feet or one or both hands, or for permanent visual impairment of both eyes to a prescribed degree.
(2) "Disabled veteran business" means a business: (A) Not less than 51% of which is owned by one or more disabled veterans or, in the case of a publicly owned business, not less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more disabled veterans; and (B) the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more disabled veterans.
History:
L. 2014, ch. 129, § 5; July 1.
* Kansas commission on veterans affairs should be Kansas commission on veterans affairs office.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 2 - Veterans' Preference › 73-231 Permissive preference in private employment.

73-231. Permissive preference in private employment.
(a) As used in this section, "veteran" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto.
(b) There is hereby established a permissive preference in private employment for veterans.
(c) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives preference in hiring to a veteran, provided that the veteran meets the requirements of the vacant position.
(d) Such employment policy shall be:
(1) In writing; and
(2) applied consistently to all decisions regarding initial employment.
(e) The veteran shall submit proof of such veteran's military service and honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions to a private employer with such veterans preference employment policy to establish eligibility for the preference.
History:
L. 2015, ch. 76, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-301 Burial of Union soldiers, sailors or marines or their wives or widows.

73-301.
Burial of Union soldiers, sailors or marines or their wives or widows.
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each of the counties of this state to designate the township trustee or some other suitable person in each township, whose duty it shall be to cause to be decently interred the body of any honorably discharged Union soldier, sailor or marine who served in the Union army or navy in the war of 1861-'65, known as the "civil war," or the body of the wife or widow of any such soldier, sailor, marine, who may hereafter die without leaving sufficient means to defray his or her funeral expenses. Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground or that portion of any burial ground used exclusively for the pauper dead. The expenses of any such burial shall in no case be more than one hundred dollars ($100). If the deceased has relatives or friends who desire to conduct the burial they shall be permitted to do so, but if they are unable to pay the expenses thereof, such expense shall be paid by the county in which the deceased soldier, sailor, marine, his wife, or widow, may die, as hereinbefore provided.
History:
L. 1885, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1907, ch. 376, § 1; R.S. 1923, 73-301; L. 1927, ch. 284, § 1; June 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-302 Same; marking of graves.

73-302.
Same; marking of graves.
The grave of any such deceased soldier, sailor or marine shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of deceased, and the organization to which he belonged or in which he served in the Union army or navy: Provided, That such headstone shall not cost more than the sum of twenty dollars, and shall be of such design and material as may be approved by the board of county commissioners.
History: L. 1885, ch. 184, § 2; March 14; R.S. 1923, 53-302.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-303 Same; payment by county.

73-303.
Same; payment by county.
The expenses of such burial and headstones shall be paid by the county in which such soldier, sailor or marine resided in the time of his death; and the board of county commissioners of such county is authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the said expenses in a similar manner as other accounts against such county are audited and paid.
History: L. 1885, ch. 184, § 3; March 14; R.S. 1923, 73-303.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-304 Burial of certain veterans, spouses or parents.

73-304.
Burial of certain veterans, spouses or parents.
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each of the counties of this state to cause to be decently interred the body of any honorably discharged person who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Spanish-American war, the Philippine insurrection, the expedition to China, world war I or world war II, or who served with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone, or the body of the spouse or parent of any such honorably discharged person, who may hereafter die without leaving sufficient means to defray funeral expenses; or to cause the removal of the body of any member of the armed forces as above defined buried in grounds reserved exclusively for pauper dead to other portions of cemeteries or burial grounds. Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground or that portion of the burial ground used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead: Provided, That in case surviving relatives of the deceased shall desire to conduct the funeral, and are unable or unwilling to pay the charges therefor, they shall be permitted to do so, and the expense shall be paid in the amount and manner provided by K.S.A. 39-713(l) of the General Statutes Supplement of 1955 or amendments thereto [*].
History:
L. 1907, ch. 375, § 1; R.S. 1923, 73-304; L. 1927, ch. 284, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 301, § 5; L. 1951, ch. 429, § 4; L. 1957, ch. 421, § 1; June 29.
* Section now repealed.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-305 Same; payment by county.

73-305.
Same; payment by county.
The expenses for the burial or removal of any soldier, as provided for in K.S.A. 73-304, shall be paid by the county wherein such burial or removal takes place.
History:
L. 1907, ch. 375, § 2; May 27; R.S. 1923, 73-305.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-306 Removal of remains of deceased ex-soldiers from abandoned cemetery or pauper burying ground.

73-306.
Removal of remains of deceased ex-soldiers from abandoned cemetery or pauper burying ground.
It shall be the duty of the trustees of the several townships of this state, and of the mayors of the cities of the first and second class of this state, to cause to be removed the remains of any deceased ex-soldiers of the civil war of 1861-1865, also ex-soldiers of the Spanish-American war, also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, which may be buried in any abandoned cemetery, or in any ground set apart for the burial of paupers, in such township or city, from such abandoned cemetery or pauper burying ground to some regularly chartered cemetery, or to some cemetery specially set apart for the burial of deceased ex-soldiers within the same county; and the expense of such removal shall be paid by the county in which such removal is made: Provided, That the expense of such removal shall in no case exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars for each body so removed: And provided further, That no county shall be required to pay the expenses of the removal of any such remains to any place outside of the county in which the same was originally buried.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 221, § 1; May 29; R.S. 1923, 73-306.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-307 Burial of veterans dying while inmates of state charitable institutions, removal of remains.

73-307.
Burial of veterans dying while inmates of state charitable institutions, removal of remains.
No ex-soldier of the civil war of 1861-1865, also ex-soldiers of the Spanish-American war, also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, also honorably discharged persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during world war I, world war II, or during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone, who shall die while an inmate of any of the charitable institutions of this state, unless such ex-soldier shall have so requested in writing and signed by such person or his guardian so requesting, shall be buried in the cemetery of such charitable institution.
It shall be the duty of the board of charitable institutions [*] of the state of Kansas to cause all ex-service persons of the civil war and of the Spanish-American war, also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, also honorably discharged persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during world war I, world war II, or during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone, who shall die while an inmate of any charitable institution of the state, to be buried in some regularly chartered cemetery, or in some burying ground specially set apart for the burial of ex-service persons of the civil war and of the Spanish-American war, or any persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during world war I, world war II or during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone.
It shall further be the duty of said board of administration of the charitable institutions [*] of this state to cause to be removed from the cemeteries of all state charitable institutions under its control the remains of any persons having served in any of the wars in which the United States has been engaged, and also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, which may be buried therein, to some regularly chartered cemetery, or to some burial ground specially set apart for the burial of all persons having served in any of the wars in which the United States has been engaged, and also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 221, § 2; R.S. 1923, 73-307; L. 1945, ch. 301, § 6; L. 1951, ch. 429, § 5; June 30.
* "Charitable institutions" are now under the control of the secretary for aging and disability services. The Kansas soldiers' home is under the control of the Kansas veterans' commission (see 76-1904).
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-308 Same; payment by state.

73-308.
Same; payment by state.
The state director of accounts and reports is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the treasurer of state for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 73-307, upon duly verified vouchers approved by the said board of administration of charitable institutions [*] of the state of Kansas.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 221, § 3; May 29; R.S. 1923, 73-308.
* "Charitable institutions" are now under the control of the secretary for aging and disability services (see 76-12a06). The Kansas soldiers' home is under the control of the Kansas veterans' commission (see 76-1904).
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems › Article 3 - Burial › 73-309 Military honors funeral fund; adjutant general.

73-309. Military honors funeral fund; adjutant general.
(a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the military honors funeral fund which shall be administered by the adjutant general. All expenditures of moneys in the military honors funeral fund shall be used for the purpose of providing military honors funerals and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the adjutant general or by a person or persons designated by the adjutant general. The adjutant general may accept all gifts, grants, donations and bequests to the fund. The adjutant general shall remit all moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the military honors funeral fund.
(b) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the military honors funeral fund interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the military honors funeral fund for the preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
History:
L. 2014, ch. 129, § 1; July 1.