Chapter 73, SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS

73-201. Preference in governmental employment and promotion; definitions; notice when veteran not hired; notice of job openings, information regarding preference; remedy when preference not provided. (a) As used in this act: (1) "Veteran" means: (A) A person who served in the act…

73-201a. Same; preference not applicable to certain positions. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the following: (1) An office filled by election; (2) positions which are filled by officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed …

73-201b. Same; operation in conjunction with federal law or limitations on federal grants. To the extent that this act conflicts with federal law or a limitation provided by a federal grant to a public entity, this act shall be construed to operate in harmony with the federal law…

73-201c. Same; audit of veterans preference laws. Prior to the beginning of the 2011 regular legislative session, the division of post audit shall conduct an audit of the Kansas veterans preference laws. The audit shall be in accordance with article 11 of chapter 46 of the Kansas…

73-202. Same; penalties for violations. Any state officer, any county or city officer or any board composed of state officers, county or city officers, or any board who have been appointed and have charge of the penal and charitable institutions of the state, who shall knowingly …

73-203. Ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans to be retained in making reduction in employees. In making any reduction of force in any of the departments, cities or towns of this state, the officers of such department, city or town shall retain those persons who may be equall…

73-204. Same; penalty for violations. Any person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. History: L. 1886, ch. 16…

73-205. Statutes applicable to world war veterans. All rights, privileges and immunities extended to and enjoyed by honorably discharged soldiers of any of the wars in which this country has engaged, previous to the great world war, are confirmed, extended to, and hereby made to …

73-206. Same; act supplemental. This act is supplemental to and adopts the provisions of every act referred to in the preceding section, as far as the same may be applicable, and the same are made a part hereof. History: R.S. 1923, 73-206; December 27. Source or Prior Law: L. 192…

73-206b. Waiver of pension or annuity payments. Any person entitled to a pension or annuity by reason of retirement pursuant to provisions of the laws of this state may decline to accept all or any part of such pension or annuity by a waiver signed by the pensioner or annuitant a…

73-209. Adjutant general; certificate of military service; transfer to state historical society. (a) On submission to the adjutant general of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or of a copy of …

73-210. Charges for copies. (a) No city, county or state official shall charge a fee for certifying to the correctness of a true copy of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, except that: (1) The …

73-210a. Free recording by register of deeds; copies. Whenever there shall be presented to the register of deeds of any county in this state the discharge or other official records of military service of any person who has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the Un…

73-213. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Act" means K.S.A. 73-213 through 73-219, and amendments thereto. (b) "Appointive authority" means the person, board, commission or other authority vested by law with power to ap…

73-214. Vacancies that do not create forfeiture or vacancy; references in laws construed. The absence of any officer from an office or position caused by military service shall not create a forfeiture of or vacancy in the office or position to which such officer was elected or ap…

73-215. Temporary appointments; military service. (a) (1) If an officer's military service creates a temporary vacancy that is determined by such officer to require a temporary appointment, such officer shall submit an approved form to the designated office as set out in paragrap…

73-216. Powers and duties; compensation. The person appointed in accordance with the provisions of this act to temporarily fill any office or position shall have and may exercise all the rights, powers, authority and jurisdiction and shall perform the duties, vested in, or requir…

73-217. Qualifications. Every person who shall be appointed to temporarily fill any office or position shall possess the qualifications prescribed by law, if any, for the regular holder of such office or position. History: L. 1941, ch. 355, § 5; L. 1967, ch. 434, § 22; July 1.

73-218. Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return. An officer who is absent from an office or position while in military service shall not be entitled to any compensation as such officer during such absence. If the officer return…

73-219. Severability clause for 2021 House Bill No. 2332, chapter 97 of the 2021 Session Laws of Kansas. The provisions of this act are declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such …

73-220. Application of certain act [*]. The provisions of this act [*] shall apply to all persons who served overseas during world war II and to all persons who served overseas with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or ot…

73-230. Preference in awarding certain contracts by secretary of administration; definitions; disabled veteran businesses in Kansas; report. (a) In awarding any contract for the performance of any job or service for which moneys appropriated are to be expended, the secretary of a…

73-231. Permissive preference in private employment. (a) As used in this section, "veteran" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto. (b) There is hereby established a permissive preference in private employment for veterans. (c) A private em…

73-301. Burial of Union soldiers, sailors or marines or their wives or widows. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each of the counties of this state to designate the township trustee or some other suitable person in each township, whose duty it shall be to cause …

73-302. Same; marking of graves. The grave of any such deceased soldier, sailor or marine shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of deceased, and the organization to which he belonged or in which he served in the Union army or navy: Provided, That such headstone shall…

73-303. Same; payment by county. The expenses of such burial and headstones shall be paid by the county in which such soldier, sailor or marine resided in the time of his death; and the board of county commissioners of such county is authorized and directed to audit the account a…

73-304. Burial of certain veterans, spouses or parents. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each of the counties of this state to cause to be decently interred the body of any honorably discharged person who served in the armed forces of the United States during t…

73-305. Same; payment by county. The expenses for the burial or removal of any soldier, as provided for in K.S.A. 73-304, shall be paid by the county wherein such burial or removal takes place. History: L. 1907, ch. 375, § 2; May 27; R.S. 1923, 73-305. Attorney General's Opinions…

73-306. Removal of remains of deceased ex-soldiers from abandoned cemetery or pauper burying ground. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the several townships of this state, and of the mayors of the cities of the first and second class of this state, to cause to be removed th…

73-307. Burial of veterans dying while inmates of state charitable institutions, removal of remains. No ex-soldier of the civil war of 1861-1865, also ex-soldiers of the Spanish-American war, also members of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, also honorably discharged …

73-308. Same; payment by state. The state director of accounts and reports is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the treasurer of state for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of K.S.A. 73-307, upon duly verified vouchers approved …

73-309. Military honors funeral fund; adjutant general. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the military honors funeral fund which shall be administered by the adjutant general. All expenditures of moneys in the military honors funeral fund shall be used for the…

73-401. Memorials by counties and cities; bonds. The various counties and cities of the state of Kansas are hereby authorized and empowered to vote bonds or incur indebtedness in the manner hereinafter prescribed for the erection of such memorials as may be petitioned for as suit…

73-402. Same; petition and election; tax levy, use of proceeds. Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of any county or city as shown by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election, shall present to the board of county commissioners, or the governin…

73-403. Same; conduct of election. Except as herein provided such election shall be held in the manner now provided by law. History: L. 1921, ch. 256, § 3; February 22; R.S. 1923, 73-403. Source or Prior Law: L. 1919, ch. 279, § 3.

73-404. Same; bond issue; tax levy. In the event such proposition so submitted shall receive a majority of the votes cast therein, the proposition shall be declared carried and the bonds shall be issued or tax levied in accordance with the provisions of this act. History: L. 1921…

73-405. Same; bonds; terms; limitations. In case bonds shall be issued, such bonds shall run for not more than thirty years and bear interest at a rate of not more than the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009 and shall be executed, and the aggregate amount there…

73-406. Same; tax levy without issuance of bonds, use of proceeds. If it shall be decided to pay for said memorial by taxation without the issuance of bonds, the board of county commissioners or governing body of such city, shall levy a tax of not more than two mills each year un…

73-407. Same; trustees; special fund for maintenance of memorial; tax levy, use of proceeds; lease of building. The management and control of a county building shall be vested in a board of three trustees to be appointed by the county commissioners, and if a city building, shall …

73-408. Same; specific authorization of bonds or tax levies. The bonds herein provided for, and all taxes herein provided for, may be issued or levied in addition to all other bonds or levies now permitted by the statutes. History: L. 1921, ch. 256, § 9; February 22; R.S. 1923, 7…

73-409. Same; eminent domain. In order to secure a site for such memorial, the board of county commissioners, or the governing body of such city, shall apply to the district judge of the district in which the county or city is situated asking for the condemnation of such site, de…

73-411. Township memorials. Wherever and whenever in K.S.A. 73-401 to 73-410, inclusive, power or authority shall have been given to the counties and cities of the state of Kansas, under the provision thereof, like power and authority shall be and is hereby given to the townships…

73-412. Same; procedure. Wherever and whenever in K.S.A. 73-401 to 73-410, inclusive, form and procedure has been prescribed for counties and cities, like form and procedure is hereby prescribed for townships in the state of Kansas, desiring to take advantage of said chapter. His…

73-413. Validating bond issue under acts of 1919 and 1920. Laws 1921, chapter 80, included by reference. [The title to the act follows: "An act validating and legalizing bonds issued under the act published in the statute book as chapter 279, Laws of 1919, or chapter 58[*] Specia…

73-414. Validating bond issue, consolidated cities first and second class. Laws 1923, chapter 214, included by reference. [The title of the act follows: "An act authorizing and directing the issuance of bonds and subsequent proceedings for the erection of military memorials by ci…

73-415. Increased bond issue authorized. Laws 1923, chapter 215, included by reference. [The title to the act follows: "An act authorizing certain cities to increase their bonded indebtedness heretofore authorized for the erection of a memorial building."] History: R.S. 1923, 73-…

73-416. Validating bond issue, cities second class. Laws 1923, chapter 216, included by reference. [The title to the act follows: "An act relating to the issuance of military memorial building bonds by cities of the second class, and validating the proceedings already begun by ce…

73-417. Monuments by counties and cities for certain veterans. In grateful recognition of the service, sacrifices and sufferings of persons who served in the army and navy of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and the persons who served in the army, navy or marine cor…

73-418. Same; location. Said monuments when erected by the board of county commissioners of any county within this state shall be erected within some public park or cemetery in said county to be selected by said county commissioners; and when erected by the governing body of any …

73-419. Same; lots for monuments. Before any money shall be appropriated under this act, the cemetery association owning cemetery where it is proposed to erect said monument shall deed to the county or city so appropriating said money a lot or lots in said cemetery for the purpos…