Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The primary responsibility for plugging an abandoned oil or gas well is placed by Kansas statute upon the owner or operator of the well, in that he is also liable for any damage that is done to surrounding property by seepage of salt water from such well. K.A.R. 82-2-301 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲. provide procedures which are to be followed when such a well is plugged, including a requirement (at K.A.R. 82-2-304) that the owner or operator file an affidavit with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) upon completion of the operation. While this affidavit is required to be verified by an agent of the KCC, by means of a second affidavit, neither the filing of this verification nor the affidavit relieve an owner or operator of civil liability should damage result to surrounding land, but at most provide a presumption that accepted procedures for plugging such wells were followed. Cited herein: K.S.A. 55-121, K.S.A. 55-122, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 55-128, 55-128a, K.S.A. 55-139, 55-140, 55-142, K.A.R. 82-2-302, 82-2-303, 82-2-304, 82-2-312, 82-2-313.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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There are no statutory obstacles to an election commissioner also holding the office of mayor of a city of the second class. Moreover, the common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices does not preclude such simultaneous incumbencies.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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A county election officer has no authority to determine the sufficiency of the question stated in the petition for elections but such officer may find a petition insufficient for failure to include an individual date line for each petitioner signing. Cited herein: K.S.A. 25-3601, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 25-3602, Kan. Const., Art. 12, section 5.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Through the imposition of fines for unlawful conduct, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 8-1901(d) imposes criminal liability. In addition, subsection (a) of that statute does not appear to violate the United States Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, although it only imposes liability upon a limited class of persons. Moreover, that subsection appears to convey a sufficiently definite warning as to the conduct proscribed therein, so as to avoid being unconstitutionally vague and uncertain. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 8-1901, 8-1909, K.S.A. 8-2116, 8-2204, 21-3105, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 21-4503, U.S. Const., Amend. XIV.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Pursuant to the provisions of certain statutes whereby cities may undertake work on private property and assess the cost thereof against the property, a city may assess only actual costs incurred by the city. A city may not, under said statutes, assess a purely arbitrary amount which purports to represent administrative and publication costs incurred by the city. However, where a city may demonstrably measure the administrative costs and publication costs attributable to a specific work project, said costs may be assessed against the property. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1617e, 12-1617f, 12-1755, 17-4759; L. 1981, Ch. 173, section 54.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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In light of well-established rules of statutory construction, the literal import of the provisions of subsection (k) of K.S.A. 66-1,109 must be disregarded to some extent, and that subsection must be interpreted as providing an exemption from the state corporation commission's regulation to those persons who operate the multi-passenger motor vehicles specified therein. Furthermore, that subsection's exclusion of certain "individuals" from such exemption applies only to natural persons and does not apply to corporations, partnerships, associations or other artificial persons. Cited herein: K.S.A. 66-1,108, 66-1,109, 66-1,111, 66-1,146.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Neither the provisions of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 19-1803, nor the common law doctrine of incompatibility of offices, precludes a person from concurrently serving on the board of trustees of a county hospital and on the board of education of a local school district. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 19-1803.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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For criminal conduct which the State has declared to constitute a felony, municipalities may not exercise concurrent jurisdiction by redefining such offense as a misdemeanor in violation of municipal ordinance. Cited herein: K.S.A. 21-3707, 21-3102, 21-3108, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 12-4104, 22-2601.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The statutory requirements for the execution of deeds and other instruments for the conveyance of a corporation's real property or an interest therein are prescribed by K.S.A. 17-6003(g). As long as there is compliance with such requirements, provisions in the corporation's bylaws requiring execution of such instruments by officers of the corporation in addition to those specified in said statute are permissible. However, failure to comply with these bylaw requirements does not, as a general rule, affect the validity of a conveyance made in compliance with the statutory requirements. Cited herein: K.S.A. 17-6003, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 17-6009, G.S. 1868, ch. 23, section 38.
Author: Robert T. Stephan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Under the provisions of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4504 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, sec. 1), the board of supervisors of panels to aid indigent defendants is empowered to adopt rules and regulations concerning the ability of a defendant in a criminal action to retain counsel to assist in his defense. Such rules and regulations specifically relate to the income, assets and anticipated costs of representation of a defendant. Pursuant to the 1981 amendment, such rules and regulations are controlling on any determination by a judge or magistrate as to whether a defendant is financially unable to employ counsel. Moreover, these rules and regulations are adopted in accordance with K.S.A. 77-415 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., thus allowing the legislature to modify or reject them through the adoption of a concurrent resolution (K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 77-426). Insofar as the making of indigency determinations involves the resolution of questions of fact, which is a judicial and not a legislative function, control by the legislature over such determinations is an impermissible interference with the authority of another department of government. Accordingly, those provisions of L. 1981, ch. 157 which require the submission of such rules and regulations to the legislature and which make any rules and regulations so adopted binding on district courts are unconstitutional as violative of the separation of powers doctrine. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4501, 22-4504 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, section 1), 22-4507, K.S.A. 22-4512, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 22-4514, 77-415 (as amended by L. 1981, ch. 157, section 3), Kansas Constitution, Article 3, Section 1, United States Bill of Rights, Sixth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment.
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan
Author: Robert T. Stephan