Chapter 75 — STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-2722. Same; authority to enter into certain contracts; federal assistance; local governments, private parties. The state historical society may enter into and carry out contracts with the federal government or any agency thereof under which said government or agency grants fin…

75-2723. Same; official state agency to administer federal assistance under federal act; powers as administrative agency; availability of funds for state's share required. (a) The state historical society is hereby designated as the official state agency to administer federal ass…

75-2724. Historic preservation; development projects; threat to historic property, procedure for determining; factors; judicial review; penalty, failure to follow procedures; delegation to cities, counties or state board of regents or educational institutions. (a) The state or an…

75-2725. Action to enforce act or protect historic property. The state of Kansas or any county, municipality or other political subdivision having capacity to sue and be sued, the Kansas state historical society and any city or county historical society which, for more than two (…

75-2725a. Historic property designation; effect on agricultural land. (a) No provision of this act, or any rule and regulation promulgated thereunder, shall prohibit, hinder or otherwise restrict the agricultural use of any land used for agricultural purposes when such land is lo…

75-2725b. Citation of act. K.S.A. 75-2715 through 75-2725, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 75-2725a and this section, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the historic preservation act. History: L. 2004, ch. 74, § 2; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE CO…

75-2726. Acquisition of historic property for purposes of historic preservation. (a) The state of Kansas shall not acquire or make a commitment to acquire by gift, lease, purchase or other means any historic property for purposes of historic preservation of such property unless s…

75-2727. Conveyance of land to Riley county for museum purposes. The secretary of the state historical society is hereby authorized to convey to the county of Riley the following described tract of land: Part of Section 12, Township 10 South, Range 7 East of the Sixth P.M. in the…

75-2728. Insurance for loss or damage to historical collections or personal property; receipts credited to insurance collection replacement/reimbursement fund. (a) As approved by the committee on surety bonds and insurance, the state historical society is hereby authorized to pur…

75-2729. Heritage trust fund; historic preservation project grants; conditions and requirements, award; amounts transferred from state general fund. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the state treasury the heritage trust fund. All moneys deposited in the heritage trust fund …

75-2730. World War II veterans' experience history project grants; award, criteria. (a) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts and in accordance with the provisions of this act, the executive director of the Kansas state historical society may provide administrative and …

75-2731. Conveyance of property located in Wabaunsee county to Audubon of Kansas. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the state historical society is hereby authorized to convey, without consideration, to Audubon of Kansas all of the rights, title and interest in the f…

75-2732. Competitive grant program for partnership historic sites; eligibility; use of moneys; selection process; reports; rules and regulations; partnership historic sites grant fund. (a) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the state historical society is hereby aut…

75-2741. Title of act. K.S.A. 75-2741 through 75-2754 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas unmarked burial sites preservation act. History: L. 1989, ch. 234, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Docu…

75-2742. Legislative findings; purpose of act. (a) The legislature finds that: (1) Existing state laws do not provide adequate protection for unmarked burial sites and human skeletal remains; and (2) there is no procedure regarding the treatment and disposition of human skeletal …

75-2743. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the unmarked burial sites preservation board. (b) "Evaluation" means assessment by the state historical society of the nature of human skeletal remains and goods interred with such remains and the situation in which the…

75-2744. Board; administration, composition, terms, compensation, expenses, offices. (a) There is hereby created the unmarked burial sites preservation board. The board shall be attached to the state historical society. All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions s…

75-2745. Same; powers and duties. The board shall have the power and duty to: (a) Provide for the establishment and maintenance of a registry of unmarked burial sites located in this state; (b) consult with all interested parties on occasions of disturbance, or threatened or pote…

75-2746. Registry. (a) Each unmarked burial site located in this state which becomes known to the board shall be entered on the registry established under K.S.A. 75-2745. The board shall identify, to the extent possible, the cultural or personal identity of the deceased person or…

75-2747. Permits. (a) The board shall establish by rules and regulations a system of permits for the excavation, study, display and reinterment or disposition of human skeletal remains from unmarked burial sites and any goods interred with such remains. (b) A permit to excavate h…

75-2748. Prohibited acts; criminal and civil penalties. (a) On and after January 1, 1990, no person shall, unless such person holds a permit issued by the board to do so or is exempt pursuant to subsection (b): (1) Willfully disturb an unmarked burial site; (2) knowingly possess …

75-2749. Notice of violations or discovery of remains; penalties. (a) Any person who knows or has reason to know that a violation of K.S.A. 75-2748, and amendments thereto, is being or has been committed must immediately notify the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where…

75-2750. Inspection warrant. The chairperson of the board, or a person designated by the chairperson, may apply to a judge of the district court of a county for an inspection warrant to inspect premises located in such county for the purpose of determining compliance with this ac…

75-2751. Duties of attorney general. Upon request of the board, the attorney general shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing or trial pursuant to the provisions of this act and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of t…

75-2752. Civil enforcement of act. In addition to or in lieu of any penalty imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749, any person who violates any provision of K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749 may be liable for injunctive relief, damages and attorney fees or other appropriate relief…

75-2753. Cemetery for reburial of remains. The secretary of the state historical society shall establish, with the approval of the board, a cemetery on existing state lands for the reinterment of human skeletal remains from unmarked burial sites in this state, and goods interred …

75-2754. Severability. If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application. To …

75-2755. Conveyance of property located in Doniphan county to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the state historical society, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to convey to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas a…

75-2756. Conveyance of property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the state historical society, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to convey to the Shawnee Tribe all of the rights, title and …

75-2801. Secretary of state ex officio register; books and records; correspondence. The secretary of state shall be ex officio register of the state land office. The books and records of such office shall be so kept as to show and preserve an accurate chain of title from the gene…

75-2802. Separate tract books. Separate tract books shall be kept for the university, the saline lands, the half-million acre grant, the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections and lands in lieu of the same for common schools, the swamplands, the agricultural university lands, and su…

75-2803. Manner of ruling tract books; matters shown on record. Said tract books shall be ruled in a manner similar to those used in United States land offices, so as to record each tract by its smallest legal subdivision, its section, township and range, to whom sold and when, t…

75-2804. State land office; inspection of documents and records; certified copies of abstracts. The state land office shall be kept open during business hours, and shall have the personal supervision of the register or his or her deputy; the documents and records therein shall be…

75-2805. Patents. Patents for land shall issue from the state land office, shall be signed by the governor and recorded by the register; and each patent shall contain therein a marginal certificate of the book and page on which it is recorded, which certificate shall be signed by…

75-2806. Patents for land; certified copies; fee, approval. In case of loss or destruction of patent, from any cause, the party so losing may apply to the secretary of state for a certified copy thereof, which when issued under his or her hand and official seal shall be deemed an…

75-2807. Certificate for issuance of patent. No patent shall be issued for any lands belonging to the state except upon the certificate of the person or officer specially charged with the custody of the same, setting forth the appraised value per acre if otherwise required by law…

75-2808. Correction of clerical errors by register. The register is authorized and required to correct all clerical errors of his or her office in name of grantee and description of tract of land conveyed by the state found upon the records of such office. The register shall atta…

75-2809. Public surveys; records, safekeeping and access. The register shall receive any field notes, maps, records, or other papers relating to the public survey of this state, whenever the same shall be turned over to the state, in pursuance of an act of congress entitled "An a…

75-2810. Relinquishment of color of title to the United States. Whenever the governor is satisfied by the commissioner of the general land office that the title to any lands which may have been certified to the state under any of the several grants is inferior to the rights of an…

75-2811. Error in deeding land to state or in making out transfer. When the governor is satisfied by proper record evidence that any tract of land which may have been deeded by virtue of any donation or sale to the state is not the land intended to have been described, or that an…

75-2812. Lists of lands granted to state; effect of recording. In cases where lands have been granted to the state of Kansas by act of congress, and certified list of lands inuring under the grant have been made to the state by the commissioner of the general land office as requi…

75-2813. Recording of certified copy of patent. In any case where a purchase and payment in full has been made, and a conveyance or patent has been issued to any person or persons, signed by either the governor of the territory of Kansas or of the state of Kansas, for any tract o…

75-2814. Cancellation and issuance of new patent for defective patent; recordation and correction of errors. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent to state land issued by the state of Kansas which is in any respect defective in form or in manner of execution, …

75-2815. History: L. 1867, ch. 135, § 3; G.S. 1868, ch. 100, § 3; R.S. 1923, 75-2815; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 463, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session…

75-2816. History: L. 1867, ch. 135, §§ 1, 2, 4, 5; G.S. 1868, ch. 100, §§ 1, 2, 4, 5; R.S. 1923, 75-2816; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 445, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATU…

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