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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-2 - Raptor propagation permit; application, reporting, and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person
			 desiring to possess raptors for propagation purposes shall submit a copy of the
			 person's application for a federal raptor propagation permit to the secretary.
			 A letter of approval issued by the secretary shall satisfy the department's
			 raptor propagation permit requirement, but shall not be effective until the
			 applicant has been issued a federal raptor propagation permit by the U.S. fish
			 and wildlife service.
(b) Each
			 person issued a federal raptor propagation permit shall submit to the
			 department a copy of the approved federal permit and copies of all reports
			 required by the federal permit.
(c) Each permittee shall allow for inspection
			 of the permittee's raptor propagation facilities and records by department
			 officials.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-3 - Scientific, educational, or exhibition permit; application, reporting, and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Applications for scientific, educational, or exhibition permits shall be on
			 forms provided by the department. Each applicant shall provide the following
			 information:
(1) name of applicant;
(2) address;
(3) number and common name of each species
			 proposed for collecting;
(4)
			 counties of the state where collecting would occur;
(5) methods of collecting;
(6) time period for collecting;
(7) purposes for collecting;
(8) disposition of collected species; and
(9) other information as required
			 by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-4 - Permits for hunting from a vehicle; applications and requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person
			 with a disability as defined by
			 K.S.A.
			 8-1,124, and amendments thereto, may apply to
			 the secretary on forms provided by the department for a permit to hunt from a
			 vehicle. Each applicant shall provide the following information:
(1) Name of applicant;
(2) address;
(3) nature of the disability;
(4) a report signed by an authority as
			 specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 8-1,125 and amendments thereto, on forms
			 provided by the department, that describes the disability and specifies the
			 disability duration; and
(5) other
			 information as required by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-6 - Vehicle permits; news media exemption for state parks and other areas requiring motor vehicle permits

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A park and
			 recreation motor vehicle permit shall not be required to enter any state park,
			 or other area requiring a motor vehicle permit, if the vehicle is used for the
			 purpose of:
(1) reporting on newsworthy
			 occurrences by members of the news media; or
(2) other reporting efforts by members of the
			 news media intended to inform and educate the public.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-6a - Motor vehicle permits; school exemption for state parks and other areas requiring motor vehicle permits

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A park and recreation motor vehicle
			 permit shall not be required to enter any state park, or other area requiring a
			 motor vehicle permit, if the vehicle is used for the purpose of transporting
			 primary and secondary students, faculty, and staff to the state park or other
			 area requiring a motor vehicle permit.
(b) Each motor vehicle used for the purpose
			 specified in subsection (a) shall display a school vehicle license plate or
			 other distinctive marking signifying that the vehicle is a primary or secondary
			 school vehicle.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-8 - Retrieval and possession of game animals, sport fish, and migratory game birds

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Each individual wounding or killing a game animal, sport fish, or a migratory
			 game bird shall make a reasonable effort to retrieve the wounded or dead game
			 animal, sport fish, or migratory game bird. The retrieved game animal, sport
			 fish, or migratory game bird shall be retained in the individual's bag, creel,
			 or possession limit, unless prohibited by regulations of the secretary for the
			 individual species taken. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the catch
			 and release of live sport fish.
(b)
			 Each game animal, sport fish, or migratory game bird retrieved shall be
			 retained until any of the following occurs:
(1) The animal, fish, or bird is processed
			 for consumption.
(2) The animal,
			 fish, or bird is transported to the individual's residence, to a place of
			 commercial preservation, or to a place of commercial processing.
(3) The animal, fish, or bird is given to
			 another person in accordance with
			 K.A.R.
			 115-3-1,
			 K.A.R.
			 115-4-2, and
			 K.A.R.
			 115-7-4.
(4) The animal, fish, or bird is
			 consumed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-9 - Furharvester license; unlicensed observer and restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) If a
			 non-participating observer accompanies a licensed furharvester who is engaged
			 in furharvesting, the observer shall not be required to have a furharvester
			 license.
(b) A non-participating
			 observer shall be defined as an individual who, while accompanying a licensed
			 furharvester, does not engage in or attempt to engage in any of the following:
(1) Carrying or using any equipment that is
			 used in an activity requiring a furharvester license;
(2) controlling or training any dog that is
			 or can be used for an activity requiring a furharvester license; or
(3) assisting a licensed furharvester in any
			 manner that would otherwise require a furharvester license.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-10 - Importation and possession of certain wildlife; prohibition, permit requirement, and restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 The importation, possession, or release in Kansas of the following live
			 wildlife species shall be prohibited, except as authorized by terms of a
			 wildlife importation permit issued by the secretary:
(1) Walking catfish (
Clarias
			 batrachus
);
(2) silver
			 carp (
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
);
(3) bighead carp (
Hypophthalmichthys
			 nobilis
);
(4) black carp
			 (
Mylopharyngodon piceus
);
(5) snakehead fish (all members of the family
			 Channidae);
(6) round goby
			 (
Neogobius melanostomus
);
(7) white perch (
Morone
			 americana
);
(8) zebra
			 mussel (
Dreissena polymorpha
);
(9) quagga mussel (
Dreissena
			 bugensis
);
(10) New
			 Zealand mudsnail (
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
);
(11) diploid grass carp
			 (
Ctenopharyngodon idella);
(12) marbled crayfish (
Procambarus
			 virginalis
);
(13) monk
			 parakeet (
Myiopsita monachus
);
(14) Asian raccoon dog (
Nyctereutes
			 procyonoides
);
(15)
			 crucian carp (
Carassius carassisus
);
(16) largescale silver carp
			 (
Hypophtalmichthys harmandi
);
(17) Prussian carp (
Carassius
			 gibelio
);
(18) wels
			 catfish (
Silurus glanis
);
(19) Eurasian minnow (
Phoxinus
			 phoxinus
);
(20) stone
			 moroko (
Pseudorasbora parva
);
(21) European perch (
Perca
			 fluviatilis
);
(22) Nile
			 perch (
Lates niloticus
);
(23) roach (
Rutilus
			 rutilus
);
(24) amur
			 sleeper (
Perccotus glenii
);
(25) zander (
Sander
			 lucioperca
);
(26) common
			 yabby (
Cherax destructor
); and
(27) rusty crayfish (
Orconectes
			 rusticus
).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-12 - Trout permit; requirements, restrictions, and permit duration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each individual
			 who wants to fish or to fish for and possess trout during those periods of time
			 on those bodies of water established by K.A.R. 115-25-14 shall be required to
			 have a trout permit.
(b) Each trout
			 permit shall be valid statewide for one year from the date of
			 purchase.
(c) Each trout permit
			 shall be validated by the signature of the permit holder written across the
			 face of the permit. A trout permit shall not be transferable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-14 - Nontoxic shot; statewide

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 individual hunting with a shotgun for waterfowl, coot, rail, snipe, or sandhill
			 crane shall possess and use only nontoxic shot.
(b) The following nontoxic shot materials
			 shall be approved for the hunting of waterfowl, coot, rail, snipe, and sandhill
			 crane:
(1) Steel shot;
(2) steel shot coated with any of the
			 following materials:
(A) Copper;
(B) nickel;
(C) zinc chromate; or
(D) zinc chloride;
(3) bismuth-tin shot;
(4) tungsten-iron shot alloys;
(5) tungsten-polymer shot;
(6) tungsten-matrix shot;
(7) tungsten-nickel-iron shot alloys;
(8) tungsten-iron-nickel-tin shot;
(9) tungsten-bronze shot alloys;
(10) tungsten-tin-bismuth shot;
(11) tungsten-iron-copper-nickel
			 shot; and
(12) tungsten-tin-iron
			 shot.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-15 - Disability assistance permit; application, permit, and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person
			 who has a permanent physical or visual disability making that person eligible
			 to receive a disability assistance permit and who desires to obtain a permit
			 shall apply to the secretary. Each applicant shall provide the following
			 information:
(1) name of applicant;
(2) address;
(3) a physician's or an optometrist's signed
			 report, either on a form provided by the department or on the physician's or
			 optometrist's letterhead, describing the permanent disability, certifying the
			 applicant cannot safely hunt or fish without assistance in accordance with law
			 and rules and regulations of the department because of this disability, and
			 indicating the hunting or fishing activities that the applicant is physically
			 or visually unable to safely perform without assistance in accordance with law
			 and rules and regulations of the department; and
(4) other information, as required by the
			 secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-16 - Light goose conservation order; general provisions and restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Light geese
			 shall include lesser snow geese and Ross' geese.
(b) An individual may harvest light geese
			 outside of regularly established waterfowl hunting season dates only if that
			 individual possesses any licenses and stamps required during regularly
			 established waterfowl hunting seasons in Kansas.
(c) In addition to regularly established
			 waterfowl hunting seasons, harvest of light geese shall be allowed from January
			 1 through April 30.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-17 - Educational bird hunt permit; application, permit, and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Pen-raised,
			 banded birds may be released and shot outside of established hunting seasons
			 for that species if authorized by an educational bird hunt permit. An
			 educational bird hunt permit shall not be required in order to take any species
			 of bird during established hunting seasons for that species.
(b) Each person who desires to obtain an
			 educational bird hunt permit shall apply to the secretary. Each applicant shall
			 provide the following information:
(1) The
			 name and address of the applicant;
(2) a description of the educational purpose
			 to be met by the proposed hunt;
(3) the date and location of the proposed
			 hunt;
(4) the anticipated number
			 of student participants and instructor participants;
(5) the source, species, and number of birds
			 to be released; and
(6) any other
			 information as required by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-18 - Hand fishing permit; requirements, restrictions, and permit duration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each individual
			 who wants to hand fish for flathead catfish during those periods of time on
			 those bodies of water established by K.A.R. 115-25-14 shall be required to have
			 a hand fishing permit.
(b) Each
			 hand fishing permit shall be valid statewide through December 31 of the year in
			 which the permit is issued.
(c)
			 Each hand fishing permit shall be validated by the signature of the permit
			 holder written across the face of the permit. A hand fishing permit shall not
			 be transferable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-19 - Paddlefish permit; requirements, restrictions, and permit duration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each individual
			 who wants to snag for paddlefish during those periods of time on those bodies
			 of water established by K.A.R. 115-25-14 shall be required to have a paddlefish
			 permit.
(b) Each paddlefish permit
			 shall be valid statewide through December 31 of the year in which the permit is
			 issued.
(c) Each paddlefish permit
			 shall be validated by the signature of the permit holder written across the
			 face of the permit. A paddlefish permit shall not be transferable.
(d) Any individual younger than 16 years of
			 age may use an adult's paddlefish permit while accompanied by that adult with
			 at least one unused carcass tag in possession. Each paddlefish snagged and kept
			 by the individual younger than 16 years of age shall be included as part of the
			 daily creel limit of the permit holder.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-20 - Tournament black bass pass; requirements, restrictions, and pass duration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A tournament
			 black bass pass shall be required for each individual who wants to keep up to
			 five black bass in a daily creel limit that meet the minimum statewide length
			 limit but that do not meet the special length limit for the specific body of
			 water, or who wants to cull black bass after the daily creel limit has been
			 met, during a weigh-in bass tournament as established in
			 K.A.R.
			 115-7-9.
(b) Each tournament black bass pass shall be
			 valid statewide for one year from the date of purchase.
(c) Each tournament black bass pass shall be
			 validated by the signature of the pass holder written across the face of the
			 pass. A tournament black bass pass shall not be transferable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 18 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 115-18-22 - Senior pass valid for hunting and fishing; requirements, restrictions, and permit duration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any Kansas
			 resident age 65 and older may apply to the secretary for a senior pass valid
			 for hunting and fishing.
(b) For
			 the purposes of this regulation, the term "resident" shall have the meaning
			 specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 32-701, and amendments thereto, except that a
			 person shall have maintained that person's place of permanent abode in this
			 state for not less than one year immediately preceding that person's
			 application for a senior pass valid for hunting and fishing.
(c) A senior pass valid for hunting and
			 fishing shall not be made invalid because the holder of that senior pass
			 subsequently resides outside of the state.
(d) Each nonresident holder of a senior pass
			 valid for hunting and fishing shall be eligible under the same conditions as
			 those for a Kansas resident for a big game or wild turkey permit upon proper
			 application to the secretary.
(e) A
			 senior pass shall not be transferable.
(f) Each senior pass shall be valid during
			 the life of the holder and shall expire upon the death of the holder.
This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1,
				2013.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-1 - Crows; legal equipment, taking methods, and possession

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Legal
			 hunting equipment for taking crows shall consist of the following:
(1) Firearms, except fully automatic rifles
			 and handguns and except shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns larger than 10
			 gauge or using other than shot ammunition;
(2) pellet and BB guns;
(3) archery equipment;
(4) falconry equipment;
(5) calls and decoys, except live decoys; and
(6) opitcal scopes or sights that
			 project no visible light toward the target and do not electronically amplify
			 visible or infrared light.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-2 - Certain wildlife; legal equipment, taking methods, possession, and license requirement

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Subject to federal and state laws and regulations, wildlife listed in
			 subsection (b) may be taken for personal use on a noncommercial
			 basis.
(b) For purposes of this
			 regulation, wildlife shall include the following, excluding any species listed
			 in K.A.R. 115-15-1 or
			 K.A.R.
			 115-15-2:
(1) Amphibians, except bullfrogs;
(2) armadillo;
(3) commensal rodents, excluding game and
			 furbearing animals;
(4) exotic
			 doves;
(5) feral pigeon;
(6) gopher;
(7) ground squirrel;
(8) invertebrates;
(9) kangaroo rat;
(10) mole;
(11) porcupine;
(12) prairie dog;
(13) reptiles, except common snapping turtles
			 and soft-shelled turtles;
(14)
			 woodchuck; and
(15) wood
			 rat.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-3 - Exotic wildlife; possession, sale and requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Subject to
			 federal or state law or rules and regulations, exotic wildlife species may be
			 imported, possessed, sold, offered for sale or purchased, provided the exotic
			 wildlife was legally captured, raised, exported, possessed, sold or purchased
			 or any combination of these activities in its place of origin.
(b) Exotic wildlife may be possessed without
			 limit in time and number.
(c)
			 Exotic wildlife shall be confined or controlled at all times and shall not be
			 released onto the lands or into the waters of this state.
(d) Exotic wildlife shall only include those
			 wildlife species which are non-migratory and are not native or indigenous to
			 Kansas, or do not presently exist in Kansas as an established wild population.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-4 - Possession of certain wildlife

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person
			 possessing one of the following animals shall be required to obtain a
			 possession permit:
(1) mountain lion,
Felis concolor Linnaeus;
(2) wolf,
Canis lupus
			 Say;
(3) black
			 bear,
Ursus americanus Pallas
; and
(4) grizzly bear,
Ursus arctos
			 horribilis Ord.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-5 - Dangerous regulated animals; primary caging requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each person possessing a dangerous regulated animal, as defined
				in L.
				2006, ch. 131, sec. 1
				and amendments thereto, shall confine, house, maintain, and transport the
				animal as follows:
(a) Mammals.
(1) Each primary holding cage shall meet the
			 following requirements:
(A) Be constructed in
			 a manner that prohibits physical contact with the animal by any person other
			 than the owner, designated handler, or veterinarian providing medical attention
			 or treatment; and
(B) be enclosed
			 inside a perimeter fence, rail, or other physical structure that prohibits
			 physical contact with the animal.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-6 - Dangerous regulated animals; registered designated handler

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each person applying to be a registered designated handler, as
				defined in L. 2006, ch.
				131, sec. 1 and amendments thereto, shall meet the
				following minimum requirements:
(a)
			 Be 18 years of age or older;
(b)
			 have obtained at least 200 hours of training and experience in the care,
			 feeding, handling, and husbandry of the species for which the registration is
			 sought or another species within the same biological order that is
			 substantially similar in size, characteristics, care, and nutritional
			 requirements to the species for which the registration is sought; and
(c) submit documentation of the
			 training and experience specified in subsection (b), including a description of
			 the training and experience acquired, the dates on which the training and
			 experience were acquired, the location where the training and experience were
			 acquired, and at least two references from individuals having personal
			 knowledge of the documented training and experience.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Section 115-20-7 - Migratory doves; legal equipment, taking methods, and possession

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Legal hunting
			 equipment for migratory doves shall consist of the following:
(1) Shotguns that are not larger than 10
			 gauge, use shot ammunition, and are incapable of holding more than three shells
			 in total capacity;
(2) archery
			 equipment;
(3) crossbows;
(4) falconry equipment;
(5) optical scopes or sights that project no
			 visible light toward the target and do not electronically amplify visible or
			 infrared light; and
(6) blinds,
			 stands, calls, and decoys, except live decoys.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 22 - SPORT SHOOTING RANGES › Section 115-22-1 - Sport shooting ranges; generally accepted operating practices

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The following chapters and articles in "the range manual" of
				the national rifle association, as revised in June 1998, are hereby adopted by
				reference as the regulations of the department establishing generally accepted
				operating practices for sport shooting ranges.
(a) In the "introduction" in section one, the
			 following articles:
(1) "Article 1.
			 introduction";
(2) "article 3.
			 manual organization"; and
(3)
			 "article 4. terminology";
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-1 - Display of identification number and decal

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) All vessels required to be numbered
			 pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 32-1110 and amendments thereto, except
			 sail-boards and kiteboards, shall display the identification number stated on
			 the certificate of number issued by the department to the vessel owner and the
			 decals supplied by the department to the vessel owner as follows:
(1) Each number consisting of a combination
			 of capital letters and arabic numbers shall read from left to right and shall
			 be painted or permanently attached on the top forward half of the
			 vessel.
(2) Each character of the
			 number shall be in block form and easily read.
(3) Each character of the number shall be of
			 the same height and shall not be less than three inches in height.
(4) The number shall be of a color that
			 contrasts with the color of the vessel.
(5) A hyphen or equivalent space that is
			 equal to the width of a letter other than "I" or a number other than "1" shall
			 separate arabic numbers from capital letters occurring in the number.
(6) Department-issued validation decals shall
			 be placed in line and within three inches of the registration number on both
			 sides of the hull of the vessel.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-2 - Certificate-of-number and registration; application, temporary permits and expiration date

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Applications for a certificate-of-number and registration shall be available at
			 designated department offices.
(b)
			 Vendor agents shall be authorized to issue temporary and permanent
			 certificates-of-number and registrations.
(c) Issue of a temporary registration shall
			 be authorized when application for and issuance of a permanent
			 certificate-of-number and registration is pending.
(d) The certificate-of-number and
			 registration decals shall be valid for a period of time ending three years from
			 the date of issue.
(e) An address
			 change addendum issued by the department pursuant to K.S.A. 1989 Supp.
			 32-1111 to a certificate-of-number
			 holder shall be a part of the certifcate-of-number and shall be retained by the
			 holder with the certificate-of-number.
(f) This regulation shall be effective
			 January 1, 1991.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-3 - Personal flotation devices; recreational vessels

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) For the purposes of this article of the
			 department's regulations, "PFD" shall mean any personal flotation device that
			 is labeled and approved by the United States coast guard for use on
			 recreational vessels.
(b) Each
			 recreational vessel shall have at least one readily accessible, wearable PFD in
			 serviceable condition on board for each individual in the vessel and at least
			 one wearable PFD on board for each individual being towed. No operator of any
			 recreational vessel shall operate the vessel or allow the vessel to be operated
			 unless each individual 12 years of age or younger wears an approved wearable
			 PFD while being towed behind the vessel or aboard the vessel, unless the
			 individual is below decks or in an enclosed cabin.
(c) To meet the "serviceable condition"
			 requirement of
			 K.S.A.
			 32-1119 and amendments thereto, each required
			 PFD shall meet the requirements of
			 33 C.F.R.
			 175.23, as in effect on April 29, 1996, which
			 is hereby adopted by reference, and shall be of the appropriate size and fit
			 for the individual to whom the PFD is assigned.
(d) In addition to the provisions of
			 subsection (b), each recreational vessel 16 feet or greater in length, except
			 canoes and kayaks, shall have at least one throwable PFD on board. Each
			 throwable PFD shall be in serviceable condition, labeled as U.S. coast
			 guard-approved, and readily accessible.
(e) Each PFD shall be used in accordance with
			 the requirements of the PFD's label and in accordance with the owner's manual,
			 if the label refers to an owner's manual.
(f) To meet the "readily accessible"
			 requirement of
			 K.S.A.
			 32-1119 and amendments thereto, each required
			 PFD shall be in open view. A required PFD shall not be stowed in locked or
			 closed compartments or be inside plastic or other packaging material.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-4 - Fire extinguishers; requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) United
			 States coast guard approved hand portable fire extinguishers of type B, size I
			 or type B, size II or both shall be carried on board each motorboat as
			 determined by the following classes:
(1)
			 Class A: at least one type B, size I fire extinguisher shall be carried if any
			 one or more of the following conditions exist:
(A) an inboard engine;
(B) closed compartments under thwarts and
			 seats where portable fuel tanks may be stored;
(C) double bottom construction not sealed to
			 the hull or not completely filled with flotation materials;
(D) closed compartments in which combustible
			 or flammable materials are stored; or
(E) permanently installed fuel tanks. Fuel
			 tanks that cannot be moved in case of fire or other emergency or if the weight
			 of the fuel tank precludes movement of the tank by an individual on board shall
			 be considered permanently installed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-5 - Boating; capacity plate and operation; calculation of person capacity

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A capacity
			 plate, once installed on a vessel, shall not be removed, defaced, replaced, or
			 altered.
(b) A vessel shall not be
			 operated with a motor whose horsepower exceeds the maximum horsepower of the
			 motor as specified on the capacity plate or as computed under K.A.R. 115-30-6.
(c) The person capacity for
			 monohull vessels that are less than 20 feet in length, except sailboats,
			 canoes, kayaks, personal watercraft, and inflatable boats, and that are without
			 a manufacturer's capacity plate shall be calculated using the following
			 formula:
(1) Multiply the length of the
			 vessel, in feet, by the width of the vessel, in feet; and
(2) divide the product calculated in
			 paragraph (c)(1) by 15.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-6 - Boating; adoption by reference of certain code of federal regulations

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The following parts and sections of the federal rules and
				regulations promulgated by the United States coast guard are hereby
				incorporated by reference as the rules and regulations of the department.
(a) "Identification of boats": 33
			 C.F.R. section 181 Subpart C, including sections 181.21, 181.23, 181.25,
			 181.27, and 181.29, each as in effect on August 1, 1984; sections 181.31 and
			 181.33, both as in effect on July 1, 1988; and section 181.35, as in effect on
			 August 1, 1984;
(b) "Definitions":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.3, except the definitions of "sailboat"
			 and "vessel," as in effect on June 30, 1996.
(c) "Applicability":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.31 as in effect on November 1, 1972;
(d) "Maximum weight capacity:
			 inboard and inboard-outdrive boats":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.33 as in effect on November 1, 1972;
(e) "Maximum weight capacity:
			 outboard boats": 33 C.F.R.
			 section 183.35 as in effect on January 13,
			 1977;
(f) "Maximum weight
			 capacity: boats rated for manual propulsion and boats rated for motors of two
			 horsepower or less": 33
			 C.F.R. section 183.37 as in effect on
			 November 1, 1972;
(g) "Persons
			 capacity: inboard and inboard-outdrive boats":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.39 as in effect on April 3, 1985;
(h) "Persons capacity: outboard
			 boats": 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.41 as in effect on April 3, 1985;
(i) "Persons capacity: boats rated
			 for manual propulsion and boats rated for motors of 2 horsepower or less":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.43 as in effect on August 1, 1980;
(j) "Applicability":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.51 as in effect on November 1, 1972;
(k) "Horsepower capacity":
			 33 C.F.R. section
			 183.53 as in effect on August 1, 1987;
(l) "Requirements": 46 C.F.R.
			 section 25.35 - 1 as in effect on August 28, 1991;
			 and
(m) "Tanks and engine spaces":
			 46 C.F.R. section
			 25.40-1 as in effect on October 18, 1995.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-7 - Boating; steering and sailing requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 operator of a vessel shall keep the vessel to the right of the channel if it is
			 safe and practicable to do so.
(b)
			 When two vessels are approaching each other headon or nearly so, each operator
			 shall pass the other on that operator's own left side at a speed and distance
			 so that the wake of each vessel will not endanger the other vessel.
(c) When one vessel passes another traveling
			 in the same direction, the operator of the passing vessel shall pass when it is
			 safe to do so and at a speed and distance that do not endanger the overtaken
			 vessel. The operator of the overtaken vessel shall maintain its course and
			 speed until the passing vessel has safely passed.
(d) When two vessels are approaching each
			 other in a crossing situation that involves risk of collision, the operator of
			 the vessel on the right shall maintain that vessel's course and speed. The
			 operator of the vessel on the left shall direct that vessel's course to the
			 right to cross the stern of the other vessel or shall stop and reverse if
			 necessary to avoid collision.
(e)
			 Each operator of a vessel propelled by machinery shall keep that vessel clear
			 of any vessel under sail or being propelled by oars or paddles and shall
			 maintain a speed and distance so that the wake will not endanger any vessel
			 under sail or being propelled by oars or paddles.
(f) Each operator of a vessel shall maintain
			 a proper look-out at all times by sight and sound as well as other available
			 means in order to make a full appraisal of the surroundings and avoid the risk
			 of collision.
(g) Each operator of
			 a vessel shall proceed at a speed that is safe and appropriate under the
			 conditions and with regard to the actual hazards then existing, in order to
			 avoid a collision and stop within any distance necessary to avoid a collision.
(h) No operator of a vessel shall
			 interfere with the placement or visibility of any navigational aid.
(i) No operator of a vessel shall moor the
			 vessel to any navigation buoy except a designated mooring buoy.
(j) This regulation shall be effective on and
			 after January 1, 2008.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-8 - Boating; accident reports

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 accident resulting either in property damage in excess of $2000 or in the total
			 loss of any vessel shall be reported to the department by the operator of the
			 vessel. This requirement shall include all collision-type accidents involving
			 other vessels, floating objects, and fixed objects.
(b) Each accident report required under
			 K.S.A.
			 32-1177 and amendments thereto and each
			 accident specified in subsection (a) shall be filed with the department or a
			 commissioned law enforcement officer by the operator of the vessel immediately
			 after the time of the accident.
(c) An accident report shall be required in
			 accordance with subsection (b) when a person disappears from a vessel under
			 circumstances that indicate death, injury or other cause for disappearance.
(d) An accident report shall be
			 required in accordance with subsection (b) when a person dies, or when a person
			 is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid.
(e) Each accident report shall be submitted
			 on forms provided by the department and shall contain the following
			 information:
(1) The names, addresses, and
			 telephone numbers of the vessel operator and any passengers in the operator's
			 vessel;
(2) the names, addresses,
			 and telephone numbers of the vessel operators and any passengers in any other
			 vessels involved;
(3) the
			 registration number and a description of the operator's vessel;
(4) the registration number and a description
			 of any other vessels involved in the accident;
(5) a complete description of the accident,
			 including any injuries or deaths; and
(6) other relevant information as required by
			 the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-9 - Water event permit; application and requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A water
			 event permit shall be required for any event as described in K.S.A. 1989 Supp.
			 32-1149. A special event permit
			 issued under K.A.R. 115-8-21 shall satisfy the requirement for a water event
			 permit on department lands and waters if processed in compliance with
			 provisions of subsections (b) and (d) of K.A.R. 115-30-9.
(b) Any person may apply to the secretary for
			 a water event permit. The application shall be on forms provided by the
			 department and each applicant shall provide the following information:
(1) the name of the applicant;
(2) the address of the applicant;
(3) the location of the event;
(4) the date and time of the event;
(5) a description of the event;
(6) estimated number of boats and
			 individuals participating;
(7) a
			 description of safety measures to be utilized for the protection of the public
			 and water event participants including, but not limited to:
(A) traffic control;
(B) lifeguards;
(C) patrol boats equipped with life saving
			 equipment;
(D) first aid
			 equipment; and
(E) fire
			 extinguishers;
(8)
			 written approval for the event from the controlling authority of the water to
			 be used; and
(9) other information
			 as required by the secretary.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-10 - Personal watercraft; definition, requirements, and restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Personal watercraft shall mean any vessel
			 that uses an inboard motor powering a jet pump as the vessel's primary source of
			 propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person siting, standing, or
			 kneeling on the vessel rather than the conventional manner of siting, standing,
			 or kneeling inside the vessel.
(b)
			 Personal watercraft shall be subject to all applicable laws and regulations that
			 govern the operation, equipment, registration, numbering, and all other matters
			 relating to vessels whenever a personal watercraft is operated on the waters of
			 this state, except as follows:
(1) A personal
			 watercraft shall not be operated unless each person aboard the personal
			 watercraft is wearing a United States Coast Guard-approved personal flotation
			 device.
(2) Each person operating a
			 personal watercraft equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard-type engine
			 cutoff switch shall attach the lanyard to the operator's person, clothing, or
			 personal flotation device, as appropriate.
(3) A person shall not operate a personal
			 watercraft between sunset and sunrise.
(4) Each person shall operate a personal
			 watercraft at no-wake speeds of five miles per hour or less when within 200 feet
			 of the following:
(A) A dock;
(B) a boat ramp;
(C) a person swimming;
(D) a bridge structure;
(E) a moored or anchored vessel;
(F) a sewage pump-out facility;
(G) a nonmotorized watercraft;
(H) a boat storage facility; or
(I) a concessionaire's facility.
(5) A person shall operate a
			 personal watercraft in a reasonable and prudent manner. Maneuvers that endanger
			 life, limb, or property shall be prohibited. This prohibition shall include
			 weaving through congested vessel traffic or jumping the wake produced by another
			 vessel at an unsafe distance.
(6) A
			 person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless the person is facing
			 forward.
(7) A person shall not
			 operate or use a personal water-craft to tow a person on water skis, kneeboards,
			 inflatable crafts, or any other device unless the personal watercraft is designed
			 to accommodate more than one person.
(8) No person in possession of a personal
			 watercraft shall permit another person to operate the personal watercraft unless
			 that person has met the boater education requirements as specified in K.S.A.
			 32-1139  and amendments thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-11 - Exemption for numbering

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The secretary having determined, pursuant to
				K.S.A.
				32-1113(5), that numbering
				will not materially aid in identification of certain vessels and that such
				vessels are exempt from numbering under federal law, numbering shall not be
				required for any vessel, as defined by
				K.S.A.
				32-1102, and amendments thereto, while
				actually engaged in water events authorized by
				K.S.A.
				32-1149, and amendments thereto, and by
				K.A.R.
				115-30-9, if that vessel is designed for
				racing and is operated exclusively in competitive racing, racing demonstrations
				or special racing exhibitions.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-12 - Marine sanitation devices; vessel requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each person
			 owning, operating, launching, mooring, docking, or using any vessel equipped
			 with a marine sanitation device on the waters of the state shall meet the
			 following requirements:
(1) Ensure that all
			 valves capable of allowing the discharge of sewage into the water are locked in
			 a closed position by the use of a nonreleasing locking device approved by the
			 department or by removing the handle of the valve after the valve has been
			 placed in the closed position; and
(2) make any necessary modifications to
			 securely lock any overboard sewage discharge valve into the closed position or
			 use any other means listed in paragraph (a)(1).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 30 - BOATING › Section 115-30-13 - Removal of vessels from waters of the state

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The livewells and bilges shall be drained and the drain plugs
				removed from all vessels being removed from the waters of the state before
				transport on any public highway of the state.
This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1,
				2012.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 35 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT PROGRAM › Section 115-35-1 - Local government outdoor recreation grant program; application and criteria

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any local
			 government desiring to receive a local government outdoor recreation grant
			 shall apply to the secretary, using a form provided by the department. An
			 application that is incomplete or contains false information may be denied
			 consideration by the secretary.
(b) Grant applications shall be evaluated
			 according to the parameters established by
			 L.
			 1998, Ch. 70, §2 and
			 §3. In addition, grant applications shall be further evaluated based on the
			 following criteria:
(1) The application
			 demonstrates a local need for the proposed project and a strong likelihood of
			 ongoing local involvement and support.
(2) The proposed project would provide new
			 outdoor recreational opportunities to a significant population or geographic
			 area, or the proposed project would enhance existing outdoor recreation
			 facilities and would improve facilities for users with a wide range of physical
			 abilities, or both.
(3) The
			 applicant's matching funds are available to the applicant at the time of the
			 grant award.
(4) The proposed
			 project has a likelihood of completion within one year from the time of award.
(5) The grant request would not
			 constitute more than 25% of funds appropriated for the grant program in a given
			 fiscal year.
(6) The proposed
			 project would meet applicable environmental standards and would be compatible
			 with existing land use capabilities and surrounding uses.
(7) The application is consistent with "focus
			 2002: a plan for Kansas wildlife and parks," as published by the department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 40 - AGRITOURISM › Section 115-40-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
As used in this article and for purposes of administering the
				act, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this
				regulation:
(a) "Act" means
			 agritourism promotion act, K.S.A. 2012 Supp.
			 32-1430 through K.S.A. 2012 Supp.
			 32-1438 and amendments
			 thereto.
(b) "Cost" means an
			 expenditure directly related to insuring any agritourism activity.
(c) "Department" means department of
			 wildlife, parks, and tourism.
(d)
			 "Liability insurance" means a policy insuring against the following:
(1) Loss, expense, or liability by reason of
			 bodily injury or death by accident, for which the insured could be liable or
			 have assumed liability and loss; and
(2) damage to any goods on the premises of
			 the insured, or the loss of or damage to the property of another for which the
			 insured is liable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 40 - AGRITOURISM › Section 115-40-2 - Registration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each provider
			 of an agritourism activity wanting to register the activity with the secretary
			 pursuant to the act shall provide the information requested by the department.
			 Upon request, a registration form shall be mailed to the provider. Although no
			 charge is made for registration, no registration shall be deemed complete until
			 the operator provides all of the information requested by the
			 department.
(b) If an incomplete
			 registration form is returned to the department, a request for the missing
			 information shall be sent to the applicant. The applicant shall have 10
			 business days to respond to the request. If there is no response within this
			 period, the registration form shall be returned, and the applicant's operation
			 shall be considered not to be registered.
(c) The social security number from any
			 registration form shall not be disclosed by the department.