Chapter 66 — PUBLIC UTILITIES

66-1812. Violation of act, civil penalties and injunctive relief. Any person to whom this act applies, who violates any of the provisions contained in this act, shall be subject to civil penalties and injunctive relief as set out in K.S.A. 66-1,151, and amendments thereto, and an…

66-1813. Administration and enforcement by corporation commission. This act shall be administered and enforced by the state corporation commission of the state of Kansas. History: L. 1993, ch. 217, § 13; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 20…

66-1814. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. History: L. 1993, ch. 217,…

66-1815. Kansas underground utility damage prevention act; rules and regulations. (a) The state corporation commission shall have full power and authority to adopt all necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 66-1801 through 66-1814, and amendment…

66-1816. Underground potable water and sanitary sewage facilities; locatable. (a) All tier 2 facilities installed by an operator after July 1, 2008, shall be locatable. (b) As used in this section, "tier 2 facility" means an underground facility used for transporting, gathering, …

[Repealed or reserved.]

66-2001. Telecommunications; declaration of public policy. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to: (a) Ensure that every Kansan will have access to a first class telecommunications infrastructure that provides excellent services at an affordable price; (b) …

66-2002. Duties of the corporation commission. The commission shall: (a) Adopt a definition of "universal service" and "enhanced universal service," pursuant to subsections (p) and (q) of K.S.A. 66-1,187, and amendments thereto; (b) authorize any requesting telecommunications car…

66-2003. Local exchange carriers and electing carriers; resale; terms and conditions. (a) On or before September 1, 1996, the commission shall begin to authorize applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to provide local exchange or exchange access service…

66-2004. Rural telephone companies; competition; certification. (a) Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 251(f)(1), the obligations of an incumbent local exchange carrier, which include the duty to negotiate interconnection, unbundled access, resale, notice of changes and collocation, shall n…

66-2005. Telecommunications; infrastructure development; universal service requirements; rate rebalancing; price cap regulation; price deregulation; when; exceptions; commission report; individual customer pricing; price reregulation; electing carriers and telecommunications carr…

66-2005a. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 6; L. 1998, ch. 138, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 173, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 10, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 139, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 122, § 1; Repealed, L. 2009, ch. 143, § 37; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LC…

66-2006. Lifeline service program; enrollment of existing and eligible customers; withdrawal; universal service fund. (a) On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall establish the Kansas lifeline service program, hereinafter referred to as the KLSP. The purpose of the KLSP…

66-2007. Local exchange rates; commission investigation of increases; approval of certain price increases. (a) All local exchange carriers, not including electing carriers, providing long distance service in Kansas shall reduce their statewide averaged basic long distance rates t…

66-2008. Kansas universal service fund; funding; authorized expenditures; distributions; limitations and cap; supplemental funding. On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall establish the Kansas universal service fund, hereinafter referred to as the KUSF. (a) The commiss…

66-2009. Eligibility for KUSF funding; carrier of last resort obligations. (a) Local exchange carriers, not including electing carriers, that provided switched local exchange services in the state prior to January 1, 1996, or their successors, shall serve as the carrier of last r…

66-2010. KUSF administrator; duties and powers; KAN-ED funding. (a) The commission shall utilize a competitive bidding process to select a neutral, competent and bonded third party to administer the KUSF. (b) The administrator shall be responsible for: (1) Collecting and auditing…

66-2011. Internet access. (a) As used in this section, "the internet" means the international network of interconnected government, educational, and commercial computer networks. An "internet service provider" means an entity that provides end user access to the internet. Nothing…

66-2012. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 14; Repealed, L. 2002, ch. 173, § 3; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

66-2013. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 15; Repealed, L. 2014, ch. 100, § 1; May 15. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

66-2014. Effect of act on property taxes. The definitions in this act shall not be used as a basis to determine whether a taxpayer is a public utility for purposes of K.S.A. 79-5a01, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 17; July 1. Cross References to Related Sect…

66-2015. Preemption of act. The commission shall not enforce any provision of this act nor any order entered by authority of this act which is specifically preempted by the federal act. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 18; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Kansas telecommunications act of …

66-2016. History: L. 1998, ch. 138, § 4; Repealed, L. 2002, ch. 173, § 3; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents U…

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…

66-2018. History: L. 2013, ch. 110, § 1; Expired, June 30, 2015. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Sessi…

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. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC D…

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. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Se…

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. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Ar…

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…