Chapter 66, PUBLIC UTILITIES

66-2017. VoIP and IP-enabled services; regulation, limitations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no VoIP service, IP-enabled service, or any combination thereof, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of, regulation by, supervision of or control by any state agency…

66-2019. Siting of wireless infrastructure; public lands and public right-of-way; wireless providers and governing bodies, rights and requirements for application process. (a) The Kansas legislature finds and declares that: (1) The permitting, construction, modification, maintena…

66-2020. Transfer of wireless telephone numbers for victims of stalking and abuse. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Wireless services" means services as defined in K.S.A. 66-2019(a)(19), and amendments thereto; (2) "wireless services provider" means a provider or resell…

66-2101. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) "Certificate" means authority granted to a natural gas public utility to transact business pursuant to chapter 66 of the…

66-2102. Rural gas user, not public utility; notification to existing gas service utility. Any rural gas user who desires to constructs its own pipeline connection to a gas supply system, and any gas provider assisting the rural gas user, shall not be considered a public utility.…

66-2103. Existing gas service utility to develop plans to provide gas; failure to provide or nonacceptance of plan. (a) When notified pursuant to K.S.A. 66-2102, and amendments thereto, an existing gas service utility shall have 30 days to develop plans and propose an offer to th…

66-2104. Rural gas users form nonprofit public utility in certificated area; no limitation. When two or more rural gas users combine pursuant to K.S.A. 66-104c, and amendments thereto, to operate as a nonprofit public utility (NPU), if the rural gas service is provided within an …

66-2105. Rural gas service shall comply with pipeline safety laws. All providers of rural gas service under the provisions of K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, will comply with all applicable pipeline safety laws including rules and regulations adopted by th…

66-2106. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, shall be known as the rural Kansas self-help gas act. History: L. 2002, ch. 77, § 6; April 25.

66-2201. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the gas safety and reliability policy act. History: L. 2006, ch. 99, § 1; July 1.

66-2202. Definitions. For the purposes of this act: (a) "GSRS" means gas system reliability surcharge; (b) "appropriate pretax revenues" means the revenues necessary to produce net operating income equal to: (1) The natural gas public utility's weighted cost of capital last appro…

66-2203. Filing of petition with commission to establish or change a GSRS rate schedule; recovery of certain costs; procedure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, beginning July 1, 2006, a natural gas pu…

66-2204. GSRS charges; requirements; procedure; commission authority. (a) At the time that a natural gas public utility files a petition with the commission seeking to establish or change a GSRS, it shall submit proposed GSRS rate schedules and its supporting documentation regard…

66-2301. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 66-2301 through 66-2305, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the nuclear generating facility security guard act. History: L. 2006, ch. 27, § 1; July 1.

66-2302. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Armed nuclear security guard" means a security guard who works at a nuclear generating facility, who is employed as part of the security plan approved by the nuclear regulatory commission and who meets the requirements mandated by t…

66-2303. Criminal trespass on nuclear generating facility; penalty. (a) Criminal trespass on a nuclear generating facility is either: (1) Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in or on a nuclear generating facility; or (2) knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully within a …

66-2304. Nuclear security guard; use of force; use of deadly force, when. (a) An armed nuclear security guard is justified in using physical force against another person at a nuclear generating facility or structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility if the armed nuc…

66-2305. Nuclear security guard; detaining suspect; defense. (a) An armed nuclear security guard, with reasonable belief, may detain in or on a nuclear generating facility or a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable t…