Opinion ID: 2264505
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Application of New Regulations

Text: In considering the issue of law that is the focal point of this appeal, the State and amicus curiae KDR argue that the district court did not explain why the rights bestowed by the original certificate, issued under the old regulations for the year 2008, would not continue for the remainder of that calendar year. Nor, they argue, did the district court explain why the LPD would be required to meet substantive changes in the administrative regulations that were not effective until after the LPD had already received certification for 2008, thereby meeting all the requirements of the regulations in effect at the time of its application. In other words, why the retroactive application of substantive law? See Kelly v. VinZant, 287 Kan. 509, 521, 197 P.3d 803 (2008) (stating that a statutory amendment operates prospectively unless the language of the statute clearly shows that it is the intention of the legislature that it operate retroactively). Given the district court's analysis, both rationales(1) the certificate was effectively revoked and (2) the LPD failed to comply with the new regulations in making its 2008 applicationmust be considered.