Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-5053. Kansas coordinated transit districts; definitions. When used in this act: (a) "Transportation" means the movement of individuals in a four or more-wheeled motorized vehicle designed to carry passengers. Transportation does not include emergency or school transportation. …

75-5054. Establishment of coordinated transit districts; responsibilities of districts. The department is authorized to establish coordinated transit districts in the state. Responsibilities of the coordinated transit districts shall include: (a) Contracting with the department f…

75-5055. Secretary of transportation, development of plan and establishment of guidelines. The secretary shall develop a plan establishing guidelines for the implementation of this act. History: L. 1992, ch. 105, § 6; July 1.

75-5056. Secretary of transportation, powers and duties. (a) The secretary shall establish coordinated transit districts for the purpose of providing financial and administrative assistance to transportation systems. (b) The secretary shall determine the eligibility of each agenc…

75-5057. Requirement to become a part of coordinated transit district, when. On and after July 1, 1995, any recipient of federal or state grants to provide rural public or specialized transportation services shall be required to become a part of a coordinated transit district pri…

75-5058. Appeal according to the administrative procedure act. The secretary shall establish an appeal process to allow agencies dissatisfied with the recommendations for distribution of funds recommended by the coordinated transit district administrator an opportunity for a time…

75-5061. Public use general aviation airports; development fund; grants; duties of secretary of transportation; funding. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to: (1) Solicit and receive moneys from any public or private sources; and (2) establish…

75-5062. Secretary authorized to pay employees for the theft of certain tools or equipment. The secretary of transportation is authorized to pay from the highway fund losses incurred by department of transportation employees resulting from the theft of the employee's tools or equ…

75-5063. Transportation revolving fund; authorization to establish; creation of separate accounts. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to establish a transportation revolving fund to provide assistance to governmental units for transportation projects. The secret…

75-5064. Transportation revolving fund; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 75-5063 through 75-5069, and amendments thereto: (a) "Cost" means as applied to any qualified project, any or all costs, whenever incurred, approved by the department, for carrying out a qualified project; (b)…

75-5065. Transportation revolving fund; secretary of transportation responsibilities; rules and regulations. (a) The secretary shall administer the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5063 through 75-5069 and shall be responsible for the administration and management of the fund, and shall h…

75-5066. Transportation revolving fund, established; expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the Kansas transportation revolving fund which shall consist of the following: (1) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by th…

75-5067. Transportation revolving fund; issuance of bonds by Kansas development finance authority. The activities of the department in administering and performing the powers, duties and functions prescribed by the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5063 through 75-5069 are hereby approved …

75-5068. Transportation revolving fund; applications; agreements; technical advice. (a) Qualified borrowers which desire assistance in the form of a loan, credit enhancement or grant under K.S.A. 75-5063 through 75-5069 shall submit an application therefor to the secretary. Appli…

75-5069. Transportation revolving fund; failure of governmental unit to repay; loans construed as bonds. (a) Upon the failure of a governmental unit to meet the repayment terms and conditions of an agreement, the secretary may order the state treasurer to pay to the fund such por…

75-5070. Noise studies; when; funding of abatement measures; rules and regulations. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, the secretary of the department of transportation shall conduct and analyze noise studies when the secretary participates in highway reconstruction…

75-5071. Governors of Kansas hometown heritage act. The provisions of K.S.A. 75-5071 and 75-5072, and amendments thereto, shall be known as and may be cited as the governors of Kansas hometown heritage act. History: L. 2004, ch. 86, § 1; July 1.

75-5072. Same; definitions; procedure; requirements; territorial governors' signs; procedure. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Qualified hometown" means a city or unincorporated community that is a governor's hometown as defined by this section and which has satisfied the requir…

75-5073. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Communication system" means a system of communications to support the purposes of the department and public safety agencies. (b) "Communication system equipment" means equipment necessary to use, implement, support and maintain the …

75-5074. Lease of equipment and access to equipment, when; prices. (a) The secretary may: (1) Purchase communication system equipment for the purpose of leasing such equipment to public safety agencies; (2) lease communication system equipment, and access to such equipment, to pu…

75-5075. Revolving fund. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the communication system revolving fund. The secretary shall remit to the state treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, all moneys received by the secret…

75-5076. Administration of act; rules and regulations. (a) The secretary shall administer the provisions of this act and shall be responsible for the administration and management of the fund. The secretary shall have the power to enter into agreements and contracts and to transf…

75-5077. Issuance of bonds. The activities of the secretary in administering and performing the powers, duties and functions prescribed by the provisions of this act and in acquiring financing for acquisition of equipment for the implementation and maintenance of the communicatio…

75-5078. Railroads; transfer of powers; duties and functions from corporation commission to department of transportation. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all of the powers, duties and functions of the state corporation commission as it relates to railroads are hereby tra…

75-5079. Listing of signs for tourism or economic development; publication annually. (a) The secretary of transportation shall compile and maintain a current listing of all signs that are available for the purposes of increasing tourism or economic development. The listing shall …

75-5080. Traffic records enhancement fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the traffic records enhancement fund. All moneys credited to the traffic records enhancement fund shall be used by the department of transportation for the purpose of enhancing and upgrading …

75-5081. Intermodal transportation projects; intermodal transportation revolving fund. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to establish an intermodal transportation revolving fund to provide assistance to governmental units for intermodal transportation projects.…

75-5082. Same; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 75-5081 through 75-5087, and amendments thereto: (a) "Cost" means as applied to any qualified project, any or all costs, whenever incurred, approved by the department, for carrying out a qualified project; (b) "department" means the d…

75-5083. Same; secretary of transportation; powers and duties; rules and regulations. (a) The secretary shall administer the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5081 through 75-5087, and amendments thereto, and shall be responsible for the administration and management of the fund, and shall…

75-5084. Same; Kansas intermodal transportation revolving fund; funding; expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the Kansas intermodal transportation revolving fund which shall consist of the following: (1) Amounts appropriated or…

75-5085. Same; issuance of bonds. (a) The activities of the department in administering and performing the powers, duties and functions prescribed by the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5081 through 75-5087, and amendments thereto, are hereby approved for the purposes of subsection (b) o…

75-5086. Same; qualified borrowers; applications; agreements. (a) Qualified borrowers which desire assistance in the form of a loan, credit enhancement or grant under K.S.A. 75-5081 through 75-5087, and amendments thereto, shall submit an application therefor to the secretary. Ap…

75-5087. Same; failure to comply with agreement. (a) Upon the failure of a governmental unit to meet the repayment terms and conditions of an agreement, the secretary may order the state treasurer to pay to the fund such portion of the governmental unit's share of the special cit…

75-5088. Businesses operating within intermodal facility district are ineligible for certain tax credits or other incentives or benefits. Any business owning, operating, or leasing any facility located within the intermodal facility district described in subsection (e) of K.S.A. …

75-5089. Passenger rail service program; requirements; loans or grants; passenger rail service revolving fund. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to establish and implement a passenger rail service program. (b) The secretary of transportation may, as part of…

75-5090. Midwest interstate passenger rail compact. The midwest interstate passenger rail compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other states which adopt the compact in a form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The purposes of this comp…

75-5091. Transit buses, operation on right shoulder of certain highways in Johnson and Wyandotte counties; when, conditions; rules and regulations; reports. (a) The secretary of transportation may authorize transit buses to be operated upon the right shoulders of city connecting …

75-5092. Motor fuel tax study; report. The department of transportation is directed to organize a discussion with the public and all interested stakeholders about the long-term feasibility of relying on the motor fuel tax as the primary mechanism of funding the state's highway ma…

75-5093. Transportation technology development projects; fund; grants; transfers from the state highway fund. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to participate in projects or make grants for projects, the purpose of which is the planning, asses…

75-5094. Broadband infrastructure construction projects; fund; grants; transfers from the state highway fund. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to make grants for construction projects, the purpose of which is to expand and improve broadband s…

75-5095. Short line rail improvement program; fund; qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures; transfers from the state highway fund. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the short line rail improvement fund. The short line rail improvement fund shall be …

75-5101. Secretary of revenue; appointment and confirmation; creation of department; application of K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby created a department of revenue, the head of which shall be the secretary of revenue. The governor shall appoint the secretary of revenue, subject to co…

75-5102. Director of taxation; creation and administration of the division of taxation. There is hereby established, within and as a part of the department of revenue, a division of taxation, the head of which shall be the director of taxation. Under the supervision of the secret…

75-5103. Same; transfer of existing powers, duties and functions; preservation of rules and regulations, rates, orders and directives; adoption of rules and regulations by secretary of revenue for division of taxation. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing d…

75-5104. Same; transfer of rule and regulation authority to secretary of revenue. Whenever, under any statute of this state, the director of revenue is authorized to make, adopt or promulgate rules and regulations or rules or regulations, or words of like effect, and whenever in …

75-5105. Director of property valuation; appointment and confirmation; creation and administration of the division of property valuation. There is hereby established, within and as a part of the department of revenue, a division of property valuation, the head of which shall be t…

75-5105a. Director of property valuation; powers and duties. The director of property valuation shall: (a) Devise and prescribe uniform assessment forms and records, property-identification maps, land-classification maps, land-value maps, permanent record cards, and other essenti…

75-5106. Transfer of existing powers, duties and functions; preservation of rules and regulations, orders and directives. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing department of property valuation and the existing director of property valuation are hereby transf…

75-5107. Same; transfer of rule and regulation authority to secretary of revenue. Whenever, under any statute of this state, the director of property valuation is authorized to make, adopt or promulgate rules and regulations or rules or regulations, or words of like effect, and w…

75-5110. Director of vehicles; creation and administration of division of vehicles. There is hereby established, within and as a part of the department of revenue, a division of vehicles, the head of which shall be the director of vehicles. Under the supervision of the secretary …