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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1935a Transfer of trust funds of deceased members and patients of home to general fund of agency; notice; claims; payment; limitations.

76-1935a. Transfer of trust funds of deceased members and patients of home to general fund of agency; notice; claims; payment; limitations.
The custodian of the members and patients trust fund at the Kansas soldiers' home shall notify the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office of any moneys which are under the custodian's charge belonging to members who have died intestate, without known heirs or designated beneficiaries for funds on deposit, and the director shall publish a notice for two consecutive weeks in the Kansas register which shall state the name of each deceased member, their last known home address and the amount of the deposit remaining in the account of such former member; and such notice shall further state that unless interested persons appear and file a legitimate claim within one year after the date of the last publication of such notice, such amount or amounts will be transferred to the general fees fund of the soldiers' home to help defray unrecovered costs connected with the maintenance and operation of the soldiers' home and for accounting, auditing, budgeting, legal, payroll, personnel and purchasing services which are performed on behalf of such agency by other state agencies.
Unless a party entitled thereto shall make claim within the time stated in the notice, the balance in any former member's fund as so published for which no claim is made as prescribed herein shall be transferred as hereinabove provided. Thereafter, unless a claim is filed with the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office within two years after such transfer is made, no claim may be made or filed for such former member's fund, except that a person under legal disability during the two-year period may file a claim within one year after removal of the disability. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office is hereby authorized to make payments to claimants it shall determine are entitled thereto, if such claims otherwise comply with the terms of this act, and such payments shall be authorized from the general fees fund of the Kansas soldiers' home to which the former members funds were transferred.
History:
L. 1972, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 103; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 32; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 47; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1936 Transfer of patients from certain institutions to soldiers' home; priorities.

76-1936. Transfer of patients from certain institutions to soldiers' home; priorities.
(a) The commissioner of community services and programs of the Kansas department for aging and disability services, with the approval of the secretary for aging and disability services and the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, may transfer patients in the state hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned and patients in the Rainbow mental health facility and the Parsons state hospital and training center who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States or whose husband, wife, father, son or daughter has served in the active military or naval service of the United States during any period of any war as defined in K.S.A. 76-1908, and amendments thereto, and who was discharged or relieved therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, to the Kansas soldiers' home. No patient who is such a mentally ill person, in the opinion of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure themselves or others, shall be so transferred to such Kansas soldiers' home, and no such patient shall be so transferred if such transfer will deny admission to persons entitled to admission under K.S.A. 76-1908, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Persons so transferred shall not be considered as members of the Kansas soldiers' home but shall be considered as patients therein.
(b) All of the laws, rules and regulations relating to patients in the above-specified state hospitals and mental health facility shall be applicable to such patients so transferred insofar as the same can be made applicable. Any patient so transferred who is found to be or shall become such a mentally ill person, in the opinion of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure themselves or others or who is determined to need additional psychiatric treatment, shall be retransferred by the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities and the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, to the institution from whence the patient was originally transferred.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 361, § 22; L. 1957, ch. 470, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 493, § 2; L. 1967, ch. 477, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 349, § 10; L. 1995, ch. 234, § 33; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 48; L. 2015, ch. 100, § 14; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1938 Board of managers abolished; transfer of records and property.

76-1938.
Board of managers abolished; transfer of records and property.
The board of managers provided for and created by section 74-2301 of the General Statutes of 1949 is hereby abolished and said board of managers shall transfer, deliver and turn over to the Kansas veterans' commission created by this act all of the property, books, records, files and office equipment of said board of managers or under its control, and the same shall thereafter be under the control and custody of the Kansas veterans' commission.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 361, § 24; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1939 Farming operations at soldiers' home prohibited; lease of farm lands; disposition of moneys.

76-1939. Farming operations at soldiers' home prohibited; lease of farm lands; disposition of moneys.
The Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall not engage in farming operations on the farm land which are part of the lands of the Kansas soldiers' home except that the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may engage in and permit vegetable gardening on a portion of such lands. All such farm lands not needed or used for vegetable gardening shall be rented or leased, for a period not to exceed five years, by the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, except that if the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science shall request that such lands be rented or leased to it for agricultural experimental purposes, it shall be given preference when such lands are rented or leased. Any such rental or lease agreement shall not include any buildings or improvements other than irrigation pumps and facilities. All moneys derived from the lease or rental of such farm lands shall be remitted 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 Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex fee fund for the use of such soldiers' home.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 361, § 25; L. 1967, ch. 477, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 431; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 49; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1940 Office of superintendent provided to be appointed by secretary of human resources abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions.

76-1940.
Office of superintendent provided to be appointed by secretary of human resources abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions.
(a) On July 1, 1986, the office of superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 75-5719 shall be and is hereby abolished.
(b) On July 1, 1986, except as otherwise provided in this act, all of the powers, duties and functions of the existing superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by K.S.A. 76-1904, and amendments thereto.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by this act shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home abolished by this act in which the same were vested prior to July 1, 1986. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties and functions by or under the authority of the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by this act shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home abolished by this act in which the authority to perform such act was vested prior to July 1, 1986. The superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by this act shall be a continuation of the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home abolished by this act.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on and after July 1, 1986, whenever the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document such reference or designation shall be deemed to mean and apply to the superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home provided for by this act.
History:
L. 1986, ch. 278, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1951 Institution establishment; operation and control; superintendent; agreement for Winfield state hospital and training center facilities; long-term care annex in Wichita.

76-1951. Institution establishment; operation and control; superintendent; agreement for Winfield state hospital and training center facilities; long-term care annex in Wichita.
(a) On and after January 1, 1998, the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall operate a Kansas veterans' home to be located on the grounds of Winfield state hospital and training center. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office and the secretary for aging and disability services shall enter into an agreement concerning property, premises, facilities, installations, equipment and records of Winfield state hospital and training center which will be transferred to the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office for the purpose of establishing and operating the Kansas veterans' home. The agreement shall establish the timing of any such transfers. Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property or records arising under this section shall be determined by the governor, whose decision shall be final.
(b) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall have full control of the Kansas veterans' home, the property, effects, supervision and management of the home.
(c) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may enter into an agreement with the United States department of veterans affairs for the use and operation of the nursing care unit of the Wichita veterans administration medical center in Wichita, Kansas, as a long-term care unit of the Kansas veterans' home, which shall be known as the Kansas veterans' home long-term care annex. The Kansas veterans' home long-term care annex shall be operated as a part of the Kansas veterans' home and shall be construed to be part of the Kansas veterans' home for all purposes under statutes governing or referring to the Kansas veterans' home.
(d) A superintendent of the Kansas veterans' home shall be appointed by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office in accordance with K.S.A. 73-1210a, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 51; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1952 Rates and charges to members and patients; authority of director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office.

76-1952. Rates and charges to members and patients; authority of director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office.
The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall establish rates of charges to be made to members and patients of the Kansas veterans' home. The charges in the first year of operation of the Kansas veterans' home shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas soldiers' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is less, and thereafter the charges shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas veterans' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is the lesser amount. No action shall be commenced by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office against a member or patient or the estate of a member or patient for the recovery of any such charges unless such action is commenced within five years after the date such charges are incurred. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may compromise and settle any claim for charges under this section, and may, upon payment of a valuable consideration by the member or patient or the estate of the member or patient, discharge and release such member, patient or estate of any or all past liability incurred under this section due or claim to be due from a member or a patient or the estate of the member or patient, no action shall thereafter be brought or claim made for any amounts due for charges incurred prior to the effective date of the agreement entered into, except for the amounts provided for in the agreement. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend the period specified in K.S.A. 59-2239, and amendments thereto, for the purposes therein specified.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 52; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1953 Disposition of moneys; veterans' home fee fund.

76-1953. Disposition of moneys; veterans' home fee fund.
The superintendent of the Kansas veterans' home shall remit all moneys received by or for the superintendent under this act and all moneys received from the United States department of veterans affairs for reimbursements for the care of residents 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 veterans' home fee fund which is hereby created. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office or by a person or persons designated by the director.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 3; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 432; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 53; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1955 Management and operation of home, rules and regulations; conduct and discipline of members and others; enforcement; notice and hearing; member seeking injunction or restraining order; refusal to vacate premises; "member" defined.

76-1955. Management and operation of home, rules and regulations; conduct and discipline of members and others; enforcement; notice and hearing; member seeking injunction or restraining order; refusal to vacate premises; "member" defined.
(a) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations for the management and operation of the Kansas veterans' home and governing conduct and discipline of the members of and other persons in the Kansas veterans' home. Such rules and regulations shall be filed with the secretary of state as provided by law.
(b) The superintendent of the Kansas veterans' home shall enforce such rules and regulations, and the superintendent may furlough any member for violation of such rules.
(c) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may discharge any member who violates such rules and regulations, except that no member shall be discharged without notice to such member and a right to be heard concerning such charges in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) If any member shall seek an injunction or restraining order to restrain the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office or the officers of such Kansas veterans' home from enforcing such rules and regulations or to restrain disciplinary action, during the pendency of such legal proceedings, such member and the member's dependents, if any, shall not be entitled to draw subsistence or rations as provided for by such home.
(e) If any member of such veterans' home shall refuse to vacate the premises upon receiving a furlough from the officers designated to enforce the rules and regulations, such refusal shall constitute a forfeiture of such member's right to remain in the home and such member shall be forthwith discharged by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office.
(f) If any member shall refuse to vacate the premises upon being discharged by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, such member shall forthwith forfeit the member's right to subsistence and rations for such member and dependents, if any, and the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall institute legal proceedings to force such member to vacate the premises.
(g) The word "member" as used in this act shall refer to any person legally admitted as a member or any dependent of such member, or any person drawing subsistence or quarters in the Kansas veterans' home for any reason whatsoever, except the employees of such veterans' home. The word "member" shall not include any person transferred to the veterans' home from any state hospital or training school.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 5; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 55; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1956 Custodians of members' funds at veterans' home; designation of depositories.

76-1956. Custodians of members' funds at veterans' home; designation of depositories.
The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall designate a person at the Kansas veterans' home who shall be in charge of the member funds at such veterans' home. The person so designated shall have custody and charge of all moneys belonging to the members, or patients residing in the Kansas veterans' home, which are held for their use, benefit and burial. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall designate the bank or banks, in which such moneys shall be deposited.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 6; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 56; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1957 Transfer of trust funds of deceased members and patients to general fees fund of the veterans' home; notice; claims.

76-1957. Transfer of trust funds of deceased members and patients to general fees fund of the veterans' home; notice; claims.
(a) The custodian of the members and patients trust fund at the Kansas veterans' home shall notify the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office of any moneys which are under the custodian's charge belonging to members who have died intestate, without known heirs or designated beneficiaries for funds on deposit, and the director shall publish a notice for two consecutive weeks in the Kansas register which shall state the name of each deceased member, their last known home address and the amount of the deposit remaining in the account of such former member; and such notice shall further state that unless interested persons appear and file a legitimate claim therefor within one year after the date of the last publication of such notice, such amount or amounts will be transferred to the general fees fund of the veterans' home to help defray unrecovered costs connected with the maintenance and operation of the veterans' home and for accounting, auditing, budgeting, legal, payroll, personnel and purchasing services which are performed on behalf of such agency by other state agencies.
(b) Unless a party entitled thereto makes claim within the time stated in the notice, the balance in any former member's fund as so published for which no claim is made as prescribed in this section shall be transferred as provided in this section. Thereafter, unless a claim is filed with the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office within two years after such transfer is made, no claim may be made or filed for such former member's fund except that a person under legal disability during the two-year period may file a claim within one year after removal of the disability. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office is hereby authorized to make payments to claimants it shall determine are entitled thereto, if such claims otherwise comply with the terms of this act; and such payments shall be authorized from the general fees fund of the Kansas veterans' home to which the former member's funds were transferred.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 7; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 57; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions › 76-1958 Transfer of certain patients from certain institutions to veterans' home; priorities.

76-1958. Transfer of certain patients from certain institutions to veterans' home; priorities.
(a) The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities of the Kansas department for aging and disability services, with the approval of the secretary for aging and disability services and the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, may transfer patients in the state hospitals in Topeka, Osawatomie and Larned and patients in the Rainbow mental health facility, the Parsons state hospital and training center and the Winfield state hospital and training center who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States or whose husband, wife, father, son or daughter has served in the active military or naval service of the United States during any period of any war as defined in K.S.A. 76-1954, and amendments thereto, and was discharged or relieved therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, to the Kansas veterans' home. No patient who is such a mentally ill person, in the opinion of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure oneself or others shall be so transferred to such Kansas veterans' home, and no such patient shall be so transferred if such transfer will deny admission to persons entitled to admission under K.S.A. 76-1954, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Persons so transferred shall not be considered as members of the Kansas veterans' home but shall be considered as patients therein.
(b) All of the laws, rules and regulations relating to patients in the above-specified state hospitals and mental health facilities shall be applicable to such patients so transferred insofar as the same can be made applicable. Any patient so transferred who is found to be or shall become such a mentally ill person, in the opinion of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, that because of such patient's illness such patient is likely to injure oneself or others or who is determined to need additional psychiatric treatment, shall be retransferred by the superintendent of the Kansas veterans' home, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities and the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office, to the institution from which the patient was originally transferred.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 118, § 8; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 58; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2001 John Brown memorial park.

76-2001.
John Brown memorial park.
The historic Osawatomie battle grounds heretofore accepted from the Women's Relief Corps by the state of Kansas for a memorial park shall be officially known and designated as the John Brown memorial park.
History:
L. 1911, ch. 49, § 1; March 10; R.S. 1923, 76-2001.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2002a John Brown memorial park; lease.

76-2002a.
John Brown memorial park; lease.
The state of Kansas is hereby authorized to lease a tract of land to the city of Osawatomie consisting of twenty-two (22) acres, more or less, which land is located in said city in Miami county, Kansas, and which is officially known and designated as the John Brown memorial park under the provisions of K.S.A. 76-2001: Provided, There shall be excepted from said lease that portion of said tract of land upon which is located the museum, commonly known as John Brown's cabin, and also that portion upon which is located the caretaker's cottage (as long as such cottage remains on said land), which the state of Kansas shall continue to operate and maintain.
Such lease shall be signed by the governor of the state of Kansas, attested by the secretary of state, and signed by the governing body of said city or its authorized representative. The lease shall be for a period of ninety-nine (99) years and shall be entered into upon such terms and conditions as the governor and the governing body of such city shall agree to, consistent with the provisions of this act, and such lease shall require that the real estate so leased shall be maintained and operated by said city as the John Brown memorial park at no cost to the state except as specified in K.S.A. 76-2002b.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 494, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2002b Same; cost of operation and certain improvements.

76-2002b.
Same; cost of operation and certain improvements.
From funds appropriated for that purpose, the city of Osawatomie shall be reimbursed by the state of Kansas for one-half (1/2) of the initial cost of installing new street lights and resurfacing the streets in the John Brown memorial park. In consideration therefor, the city of Osawatomie shall install said lights and resurface said streets, pay one-half (1/2) of the cost thereof and pay all future costs of maintaining and operating said park for the period of said lease.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 494, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2002c Same; delivery of state equipment and facilities to Osawatomie governing body.

76-2002c.
Same; delivery of state equipment and facilities to Osawatomie governing body.
Upon the execution of the lease as authorized in K.S.A. 76-2002a of this act the secretary of the state historical society is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the governing body of the city of Osawatomie, or its authorized representative, all of the equipment and facilities now owned by the state for the operation and maintenance of said John Brown memorial park.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 494, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2002d Same; custody of museum to state historical society.

76-2002d.
Same; custody of museum to state historical society.
The custody and management of the museum located on the grounds of the John Brown memorial park in the city of Osawatomie, Kansas, is hereby vested in the state historical society. The secretary of the state historical society is hereby authorized to appoint a caretaker for said museum.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 494, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2003 Improvement of property at Ellsworth.

76-2003.
Improvement of property at Ellsworth.
Laws 1889, chapter 52, sections 1 and 2 and preamble, included by reference. [Made provisions for erection of building on land in Ellsworth county belonging to the Grand Army of the Republic and for the reversion of the title to the property to the state when same ceased to be used for reunion purposes.]
History:
L. 1889, ch. 52, §§ 1, 2; R.S. 1923, 76-2003.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2005 Pawnee Rock park and road.

76-2005.
Pawnee Rock park and road.
Laws 1908, chapter 87 (Special Session), included by reference. [Accepts deed to land and roadway on behalf of the state, of a historic spot on which Pawnee Rock is situated, and provides for the appointment of a board of trustees of said land.]
History: L. 1908 (Special Session), ch. 87; R.S. 1923, 76-2005.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2005a Pawnee Rock historical state park designated; management; rules and regulations.

76-2005a.
Pawnee Rock historical state park designated; management; rules and regulations.
The land on which Pawnee Rock is located and the roadway from it to the town of Pawnee Rock, which property was accepted by the governor of the state of Kansas for and on behalf of the state of Kansas in accordance with chapter 87 of the 1908 Special Session Laws of Kansas, is hereby designated and known as the "Pawnee Rock historical state park." Said park shall be under the control and management of the state historical society, said society to have the power to make such rules and regulations relating to the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance of said Pawnee Rock historical state park as it shall deem advisable.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 444, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2005b Pawnee Rock historical state park; functions and duties of board of trustees imposed upon executive secretary of state historical society.

76-2005b.
Pawnee Rock historical state park; functions and duties of board of trustees imposed upon executive secretary of state historical society.
The board of trustees provided to be appointed by chapter 87 of the Laws of 1908 Special Session (referred to in K.S.A. 76-2005) is hereby abolished. All powers, functions and duties of said board of trustees relating to Pawnee Rock are hereby conferred and imposed upon the executive secretary of the state historical society.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 418, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2006 Designation of Fort Hays military reservation for park purposes; redesignation of boundary authorized.

76-2006.
Designation of Fort Hays military reservation for park purposes; redesignation of boundary authorized.
(a) The state board of regents shall designate and set aside for public park purposes that portion of the Fort Hays military reservation which was the site of the buildings of old Fort Hays, together with the remaining buildings of said fort, and such other portions of said reservation as the board may deem to be of particular historical interest or which, in the judgment of said board, may be favorably situated and well adapted for park purposes, and the setting aside of which for park purposes will not interfere with the reasonable use of said reservation by either of the educational institutions now established thereon.
(b) Within six (6) months after the effective date of this act, the state board of regents may redesignate the boundaries of that portion of the Fort Hays military reservation set aside for park purposes by establishing the approximate center of the channel of Big creek as the boundary between Fort Hays state university and the Kansas frontier historical park.
History:
L. 1931, ch. 66, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 383, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007 Same; name of park; control; rules and regulations.

76-2007.
Same; name of park; control; rules and regulations.
The portion of said reservation so set aside and designated by the state board of regents for park purposes, together with the strip of ground along Big creek in section 4, township 14, range 18, which has been heretofore set aside for park purposes, as modified by the redesignation authorized by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 76-2006, shall be known as the Kansas frontier historical park on the Fort Hays military reservation, and said park shall at all times be subject to the active administration, supervision and control of the secretary of the state historical society. The custody and management thereof shall be in such secretary, with the approval of the state board of regents. The secretary of the state historical society, subject to revision by the state board of regents, may adopt all proper and needful rules and regulations for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance of said park and grounds and buildings thereon, and may permit such use of the ground or any portion thereof, as is not inconsistent with this act or the act of which this section is amendatory or with the purposes for which said grounds have been set aside.
History: L. 1931, ch. 66, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 445, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 418, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 410, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 383, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007a Fort Hays military reservation; lease of certain lands to city of Hays; terms and conditions.

76-2007a.
Fort Hays military reservation; lease of certain lands to city of Hays; terms and conditions.
(a) The state of Kansas is hereby authorized to lease a tract of land to the city of Hays for use as a golf course open to the public or for such other purpose as may be specified in the lease entered into in accordance with this act, which tract is located in Ellis county, Kansas, in what is officially known as the Kansas frontier historical park on the Fort Hays military reservation, and which tract is described as follows: A tract of land in the southeast quarter of section 5, township 14 south, range 18 west of the sixth principal meridian, Ellis county, Kansas, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the east line of section 5, at a point 846 feet north of the southeast corner of section 5; thence west one-half mile to the west line of the southeast quarter of section 5; thence north along the west line of the southeast quarter, a distance of 1772 feet; thence with an angle of 90°0′ to the right, a distance of 251.19 feet; thence with an angle of 90°0′ to the right, a distance of 110.78 feet; thence with an angle of 28°42′20″ to the left, a distance of 342.78 feet; thence with an angle of 35°13′00″ to the right, a distance of 445.70 feet; thence with an angle of 74°45′30″ to the left, a distance of 421.00 feet; thence with an angle of 7°00′06″ to the left, a distance of 201.56 feet; thence with an angle of 80°17′44″ to the left, a distance of 488.04 feet; thence with an angle of 15°05′58″ to the right, a distance of 379.85 feet to the south right-of-way line of alternate U.S. 183 highway; thence easterly along the south right-of-way, a distance of approximately 1,294 feet, to the east line of section 5; thence south along the east line to the point of beginning, less any existing public road right-of-way.
(b) Such lease shall be signed by the secretary of the state historical society, attested by the secretary of state and signed by the governing body of the city or its authorized representative. The lease shall be for a period of 15 years and shall be entered into upon such terms and conditions as the secretary of the state historical society and the governing body of such city shall agree to, consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 76-2007b, and amendments thereto, and such lease shall require that the real estate shall be maintained and operated by the city at no cost to the state.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 410, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 303, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 182, § 1; April 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007b Same; lease renewable or cancelable.

76-2007b.
Same; lease renewable or cancelable.
The lease entered into pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 76-2007a, and amendments thereto, shall be renewable at the end of 15 years or may be deemed cancelled at the instance of either of the parties thereto. Such lease shall be deemed cancelled automatically, after notice thereof to the governing body of the city, if any of the provisions of the lease are violated.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 410, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 303, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 182, § 2; April 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007e Same; lease renewable or cancellable.

76-2007e.
Same; lease renewable or cancellable.
The leases entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be renewable at the end of their respective terms or may be deemed cancelled at the instance of either of the parties thereto. Either of such leases shall be deemed cancelled automatically, after notice thereof to the governing body of the city, if any of the provisions of K.S.A. 76-2007f are violated.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 380, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007f Same; restrictions and limitations on lease.

76-2007f.
Same; restrictions and limitations on lease.
Each of the leases entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act shall contain the following restrictions or limitations on the use of the tracts of land so leased: (a) No earth-altering operation, other than landscaping, shall be undertaken on such property without the written consent of: (1) The Kansas state historical society, with respect to that portion of the tract of land described in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 76-2007d which is under the jurisdiction of said society; or (2) the state board of regents, with respect to that portion of the tract of land described in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 76-2007d which is under the jurisdiction of said board and the tract of land described in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 76-2007d;
(b) the city, or its designated agent, shall be liable for any damage to any state-owned property or injury to any persons; and
(c) the state shall reserve the right to enter the premises and excavate any area of historical significance on the property leased.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 380, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2007g Modification of terms of lease entered into under K.S.A. 76-2007a through 76-2007c, inclusive.

76-2007g.
Modification of terms of lease entered into under K.S.A. 76-2007a through 76-2007c, inclusive.
Any lease entered into prior to the effective date of this act under K.S.A. 76-2007a to 76-2007c, inclusive, may be modified, with the agreement of the parties thereto, to provide for the changes in the terms of such lease authorized by this act.
History:
L. 1979, ch. 303, § 4; April 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2008 Old Shawnee Mission declared to possess historical interest.

76-2008.
Old Shawnee Mission declared to possess historical interest.
The following described tract of land is declared to possess unusual historical interest: All that part of the east half (1/2) of the southwest quarter (1/4) of section three (3) in township twelve (12), range twenty-five (25), in Johnson county, Kansas, described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section three (3); thence north along the west line of the east half of said quarter section 475.4 feet; thence east at right angles to the last described course 472.85 feet; then southeasterly along a line making a southwest angle of 94°13′20″ with the last described course 1,024.37 feet to a point which is 545.6 feet south of the line of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section three (3) measured at right angles thereto; thence west and parallel to the north line of said quarter section 548.27 feet to a point in the west line thereof, thence north 545.5 feet to the point of beginning, containing 11.97 acres.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 205, § 1; February 10.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2009 Same; history.

76-2009.
Same; history.
Said land and the buildings standing thereon constitute the buildings and site of the Old Shawnee Mission, established by the Methodist church in the year 1829. That they were the first buildings of any pretention of substantial construction built in the territory that is now Kansas. That for many years they constituted the farthest permanent outpost of western immigration. That in 1855 they became the residence of Governor Reeder and the first territorial officers; and in that year housed the first legislature of Kansas, which legislature named the first permanent capital of Kansas. That they were the barracks of federal troops during the civil war. That they were the headquarters for early Indian campaigns, and were the center around which waged the border warfare. That this mission was the first point in Kansas on the Old Santa Fe trail, and was the mobilization center on the Oregon trail, later made famous by "the covered wagon."
History:
L. 1927, ch. 205, § 2; February 10.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2010 Same; eminent domain.

76-2010.
Same; eminent domain.
Said land be taken for the use and benefit of the state of Kansas by condemnation as provided by law.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 205, § 3; February 10.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2011 Same; state historical society to be custodian.

76-2011.
Same; state historical society to be custodian.
The state historical society shall be the custodian of the land described in K.S.A. 76-2008 and the buildings thereon which constitute the buildings and site of the Old Shawnee Mission.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 205, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 384, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2012 Same; management and control of real estate; donations.

76-2012.
Same; management and control of real estate; donations.
The state historical society shall have the management and control of said real estate after the same is reduced to the possession of the state of Kansas, and is authorized to do all things necessary to and consistent with the use of the same by the state, as a place of unusual historical interest. The said society, in its discretion, may cooperate with patriotic societies in the use thereof, not inconsistent with the purposes of the state, and may accept gifts of money, property or services from organizations and individuals and apply the same to the use and benefit of the state in the preservation and improvement and furnishing of said real estate and buildings.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 71, § 7; L. 1957, ch. 471, § 1; June 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2014 Highland Presbyterian mission declared to possess historical interest.

76-2014.
Highland Presbyterian mission declared to possess historical interest.
The Highland Presbyterian mission building, and site, consisting of approximately fifteen acres of land situated in Iowa township, Doniphan county, Kansas, is hereby declared to possess unusual historical interest.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 349, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2015 Same; custodian; caretakers; advisory board of trustees abolished.

76-2015.
Same; custodian; caretakers; advisory board of trustees abolished.
The state historical society shall be the custodian of the Highland Presbyterian mission. The advisory board of trustees heretofore provided for by this section is hereby abolished. The secretary of the state historical society is hereby authorized to employ a caretaker for said mission.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 349, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 446, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 418, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2016 Same; management of property.

76-2016.
Same; management of property.
Said property shall be managed by the secretary of the state historical society.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 349, § 3; L. 1963, ch. 446, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2017 Acquisition of site of the historic pony express station, situated near Hanover in Washington county; eminent domain.

76-2017.
Acquisition of site of the historic pony express station, situated near Hanover in Washington county; eminent domain.
For the purpose of acquiring said land and improvements thereon and carrying out the provisions of this act, there is hereby conferred upon the Washington County Oregon Trail Association the same rights of eminent domain as are conferred by law upon corporations in the acquisition of such lands and the buildings and improvements thereon, for and in the name of the state of Kansas.
History: L. 1941, ch. 71, § 2; April 11.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property › Article 20 - Historical Property › 76-2017a Same; custody and management of station.

76-2017a.
Same; custody and management of station.
On and after July 1, 1963, the custody, control and management of the historic pony express station, situated near Hanover in Washington county, Kansas, shall be vested in the state historical society, said society to have the power to make such rules and regulations relating to the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance of said historic pony express station as it shall deem advisable.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 447, § 1; July 1.