1999 KANSAS SENATE BILLS:

The following Senate bills have been passed by the House: SB11, 19, 22, 32-38, 41, 43, 47-48, H.Sub.60, 62, 65, H.Sub.70-71, 74-76, 81, 88-89, 91, 93, Sub.106-108, 110, Sub.117, 120-123, 126, 128, 130, 132, 135, 143, 145, 151-152, 161-162, 169, 179, 186, 207, 229-230, 241, 246, 267, Sub.270, H.Sub.287, 291-292, 296, Sub.301, H.Sub.306, 311, 325, 338, 345

Bills passed by Kansas Senate, to 04/30/99:  SB2-4, 6-7, 9-12, 14-15, 19, 22, 25, 27-41, 43-45, 47-48, 51, Sub.54, 56-57, 59-60, 62, 65, 68-72, 74-76, 78-79, Sub.80-81, 86-93, 95-98, 102-103, Sub.106-108, 110, 115, Sub.117, 119-126, 128-132, 135, 137, 139, 143, 145, 149-152, 156-157, 161-162, 169-171, 179, 181, 186, 190, 200-201, 203, 205-207, 213, 216, 219-220, 226, 229-230, 232, 238, 240-241, Sub.243-246, 248, 252, Sub.for Sub.257, Sub.260, 267, Sub.270, Sub.271, 273, 278, 283, 285, H.Sub.287-288, 291-292, 296, 299, Sub.301, H.Sub.306, 311, 316-317, 319, 323-326, 338, 342-348, 350-352, 356, 358-360, 362-364.

The following Senate bills have been killed in the Senate: SB8, 26, 101, 158, 174, 177, 197, 211, 239, 279, 284, 313, Sub.329, 330, 331, 337
The following Senate bills have been signed by the Governor:SB11, 19, 22, 32-38, 41, 43, 48, 51, H. Sub. 60, 62, 65, H.Sub.70, 71, 74-76, 78, 81, 88-89, 91, 93,Sub.106, 107-108, 110, Sub.117, 120-123, 126, 128, 130, 132, 135, 143, 145, 151-152, 161-162, 169, 179, 186, 229-230, 241, 246, 267, H.Sub.287, 291-292, 296, H.Sub.301, H.Sub.306, 311, 338
 

BILLS INTRODUCED INTO THE 1999 KANSAS SENATE:

This is summary information for the bills as initially filed.  The description may become inaccurate as the bills progress through the legislative process and are revised.

SB 1. Revises unclaimed property law.
2. Adds Finney County to a list of counties under the definition of Class D cities.  Passed Senate.
3. New law requiring dental coverage for children under eight, people who are severely disabled, and any person with certain medical problems.
4. Revises law dealing with expungement of legal records by saying that expunged matters can still be considered if a person violates DIW laws.
5. Revises marriage license law by allowing people to apply by mail.
6. Revises law pertaining to liquor licenses by adding section that says a person who willfully fails to pay taxes does not rate a license.
7. *** Provides for the establishment of a commission by cities/counties to study consolidation of governmental functions and to effect such consolidation.
8. Changes definitions in special education law. (Should be reviewed by someone familiar with the special ed environment.)
9. Revises property tax law to require actual view/inspection every six years.  Passed Senate.
10. Exempts sailboards and pick-up truck shells from property taxes.  Passed Senate.
11. Revises law dealing with clerical errors in the assessment and tax roles, and allows four years to file tax grievances. Passed Senate.
12. Revises law that says who can see the contents of the real estate sales validation questionnaire.  Passed Senate.
13. Amends law covering real estate plats to allow the filing of plats in digital format.
14. New law that would make reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy a mandatory coverage in health insurance policies.
15. In the KSA that gives the ABC director police powers to enforce liquor laws, deletes a citation to a sessions law.
16.  Recodification of state liquor laws. About ½-inch thick.
17. Amends the law dealing with suits arising out of state construction contracts to recognize that the state might be a defendant in such acts.
18. Allows an income tax credit for property tax paid upon the working interest of less than 15 bbl/day oil wells.
19. Authorizes the Kansas commission of veterans affairs to establish and maintain a state system of veteran cemeteries.
20. Establishes limitations on the disclosure and use of health information.
21. Says that all records of the DMV are subject to the open meetings act, then sets forth exclusions for personal information.
22. Prohibits employers from using genetic screening on employees.
23. *** Another attempt at campaign finance reform, that, upon first read, will further clamp down on 1st amendment rights.
24. Repeals law establishing the Joint Committee on Oversight of the UK Hospital Authority.
25. Provides authority to the UK Hospital Authority to construct and maintain buildings.  Passed Senate.
26. Transfers authority to appoint state librarian from the governor to the legislative coordinating counsel.
27. Repeals law establishing the Kansas committee on school district finance and quality performance.  Passed Senate.
28. Repeals law establishing the State council on vocational education and the state advisory council for vocational education.  Passed Senate.
29. Repeals two laws that were applicable only in 1977-78, 1990-1991, and 1991-1992 school years.  Passed Senate.
30. Repeals the authority for the state board of education to publish all school laws in force and the authority to prepare all forms and blanks it deems necessary. Passed Senate.
31. Repeals law requiring school districts to establish special education services for all developmentally disabled children.  Passed Senate.
32. Repeals law establishing the Kansas commission on education restructuring and accountability.  Passed Senate.
33. Repeals law that covered school bonds authorized before unification but issued after unification.  Passed Senate.
34. Repeals law establishing basic skills-minimum competency assessment program.  Passed Senate.
35. Repeals two school bond laws which applied to specific situations and are now no longer needed. Passed Senate.
36. Repeals law requiring school districts to maintain at least two water closets for each school.  Passed Senate.
37. Repeals law establishing school districts to self-evaluate for accreditation. Passed Senate.
38. Provides for state grants for the Flint Hills job corps center and certain juvenile detention facilities.
39. Appropriates $2,801,780 to the adjutant general for disaster relief.
40. Closes loophole that allows a legislator from receiving KPERS benefits while serving as a member of the legislature.
41. Revises KPERS law relating to employer contributions. Passed Senate and House and signed by Governor.
42. Changes definition of “business firm” in Kansas community services program as relates to income tax.
43. Revises law relating to claiming property tax relief.
44. Increases for property tax year 1999 the income tax credit (from 15 to 20%) for property taxes paid upon certain commercial and industrial equipment.
45. Increases the adoption tax credit from $1,5000 to $3,000.
46. Revises severance tax law to exempt coal and oil production that occurs after 7/1/99.
47. Revises law regarding the collection of taxes and the methods of appeal.
48. Revises insurance law dealing with reinsurance and insolvent insurers.
49. *** Creates a new moving violation “aggressive driving.”  Maybe this is how we are going to fund government since tax increases are so hard to sell.
50. *** More Nanny Government. Deletes the prohibition against the police stopping people who don’t wear seatbelts.
51. Increases weight of vehicles from 12,000 to 16, 000 pounds upon which a distinctive (disabled vet, purple heart, etc.) license plate can be displayed. 
Note: SB51 - Committee changed the upper weight limit to 20,000 pounds. Passed Senate.
52. Establishes new prestige plate for “Children’s Trust Fund.” To get such a plate will require proof of a donation to the trust fund.  And to think that some people think the legislature should be in session longer!!
53. Revises education law dealing with core academic areas by deleting the term “social studies” and substituting “US government and civics, US history, US geography, world history, world geography, and economics.”  Also requires State Board to publish annual report cards and deletes a section that was function specific.
54. Prevents property owners from demanding any payment from cable companies providing service to residents on the property. Specifically says that property owners can require that residents/cable companies bear full cost and can require indemnification for damages and repairs.
55. Revises legislator’s compensation.
56. Revisions to the administration of the University of Kansas Hospital Authority.Passed Senate.
57. Designates October 14 as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day.
58. Changes from 10,000 miles to 15, 000 miles the number of miles of highways in the state that may be controlled by the Secretary of Transportation.
59. Extends sales tax exemption for religious organizations to the purchase of materials and services by contractors constructing facilities for religious organizations.
60. New law regulating title insurance agencies engaged in settlement and closing of real estate sales and the management of escrow accounts by them.
61. Revises state employee pay laws to allow a person who reaches top rung of a given pay grade to be given the pay of the next higher grade if otherwise eligible for a raise.
62. Adds another exemption to open meetings act, allowing matters concerning the security of certain facilities to be discussed in executive session.
63. Revises law concerning the tax placed on phone bills to support emergency telephone service by removing exemption for wireless phone service, and specifies how the tax dollars obtained from wireless phones should be divided. 
64. Makes various changes in agricultural law recognizing the secretary of agriculture and the placement of certain positions in the unclassified service.
65. Changes the inspection fee on fertilizers from $1.70/ton to $1.67/ton and directs the expenditure of $100,000 from the fee fund for the conduct of a pesticide use survey.
66. Revises law relating to funeral processions: requires flashing purple or amber light on escort vehicle, gives funeral procession the right of way, and requires vehicles in the procession to have their flashers on.
67. Excludes the retirement benefits for managers of water districts from their gross income for Kansas income tax calculations.
68. Changes a citation in the law concerning state government ethics. (Appears to be a correction of a typo.)
69. Revises what data the department of revenue must furnish to Kansas Inc so that Kansas Inc can evaluate the cost effectiveness of various income tax credits and sales tax exemptions.
70. In the big game permit law, changes definition of "tenant" from a "resident of the state" actively engaged in agriculture on more than 80 acres to "an individual" actively...etc.
71. Changes dental license reinstatement fee from $50 to $500 and requires dentists to report each location at which he practices.
72. Authorizes a memorial to be constructed on the state capitol grounds honoring Kansas firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
73. Requires insurers to state in 10-point bold type on the front of every property liability policy that the policy does not cover flood losses, if such is the case, and each applicant must acknowledge in writing that he understands the water damage exclusion of the policy and that he understands that flood insurance may be available through the national program. 
74. Changes a date in the laws concerning insurance risk-based capital requirements.
75. Revises law covering the Kansas uninsurable health insurance plan by stating that people eligible for medicaid benefits are not eligible for plan coverage.
76. Adds "historic theaters" to the economic development laws, making such theaters eligible for certain tax benefits. 
77. Reduces maximum speed limit to 65mph for vehicles in excess of 26,001 pounds.
78. In the property taxation law, adds to definition of "farm machinery and equipment" that machinery and equipment comprising a natural gas gathering/distribution system owned by a public utility and operated predominantly for providing fuel for agricultural irrigation systems.
79. Revises rules governing the administration of insurance for municipal funded pools [of money.]
80. New law giving consumers the right to appeal to an independent external review by the insurance commissioner of adverse decisions by medical insurance companies.
81. Technical revision to laws concerning rules of evidence.
82. Exempts renting hotel rooms from sales tax when the rooms are rented by the state.
83. Adds the renovation/remodeling of hotels to the law that exempts construction labor from the sales tax.
84. Revises the law that sets public telecommunications policy.
85. Deletes Integrated Services Digital Networks from the definition of enhanced universal service in the law regarding telecommunications services.
86. A revision to the same law as SB85, but makes more extensive changes discussing what technical capabilities are covered.
87. Adds paragraph titles to the law governing pleadings in civil cases.
88. Makes clarifying change to the uniform commercial code relating to the sale of accounts and chattel paper.
89. Repeals five sections of the KSA dealing with attorneys. A cleanup bill; all sections covered by Supreme Court rules.
90. Revises rules allowing arrest by a surety of a person released on an appearance bond.
91. Revises magistrate judge law allowing such judges to hear actions relating to protection from abuse actions.
92. Allows parole boards to hear comments from victim's family made on videotape.
93. Provides procedures for situations when a juvenile offender is found guilty in one county and sentenced in another county.
94. Gives district magistrate judges the ability to conduct preliminary examination of felony charges and to hear felony arraignments.
95. Gives any court services officer the power to arrest a juvenile without a warrant.
96. Revises child custody law by inserting "prima facie" before the word case in the section regarding final orders.
97. In small claims procedure law, adds provision that a corporation may be represented by an officer of the corporation or by an appointed agent.
98. Ups the ante when a new felony is committed while the offender is on release for a felony.
99. *** 33 pages introducing the Governor's comprehensive transportation program. The heart of the bill appears to be revisions in the portions of the KSA dealing with $$$$.
100. Revises the law regulating the state emergency fund and limits the amount that may be transferred from the general fund to the emergency fund to $10M each FY.
101. Increases the expense allowance for legislators to $382.50 (from $270) for each biweekly payroll period when the legislature is not in session. Killed in Senate.
102. Revises the laws governing the operation and uses of the state's correctional industries fund.
103. Makes various revisions to the juvenile justice laws relating to intake and assessment, extended juvenile jurisdiction prosecution, discharge from commitment, and other changes.
104. A new law that recognizes the need for increased medication for pain control in certain acute cases and removes the threat of disciplinary action from doctors who so prescribe.
105. Removes from patient rights the right not to be subject to psychosurgery without the written consent of the patient.
106. Creates the Kansas Trauma System Board, to be located at KU School of Medicine in Wichita, and directs the preparation of a statewide trauma system plan, all to be funded by a $2 surcharge on all moving violation fines and an increase in the surcharge on all municipal court cases from $6 to $8.
107. *** Deletes the sunset provision of the law that requires health assessments for entry into school.
108. Prevents any entity that provides prescription drug coverage from refusing coverage for a drug prescribed for cancer or pain on the grounds that the drug is not approved by the FDA if the drug is recognized as treatment for the indications in the medical literature.
109. A 69-page bill that creates a division of professional regulation within KDHE that will subsume all the responsibilities of all health-related professions and matters.
110. Revises law relating to exempt licenses for nurses. 
111. Requires heads of agencies to report to the ethics commission any state officer or employee who has been disciplined for committing an ethics violation and authorizes any person to report an ethics violation.
112. Changes school funding low enrollment cutoff number from 1750 to 1700 and makes other changes in how $$$ are computed.
113. Restricts membership on board of regents so that each state educational institution will ultimately have an alumni on the board.
114. Adds public contractors and employees to those protected by the whistle-blower act.
115. Increases fees on real estate brokers and salesmen.
116. Excludes all purchases by the Kansas Academy of Science from sales tax. [The sales tax exemption law is a Christmas tree - the exemptions are up to ccc in the outline format.]
117. 19-page law implementing the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. 
118. Exempts government and its employees for damages resulting from an act of God.
119. New law establishing policy/procedures for children who must be removed from the home.
120. Requires the bank commissioner to provide copies of special orders he issues to a list of state officials.
121. Revises insurance law to exempt large risks from certain policy/form requirements.
122. Increases disclosure requirements of investment advisors. 
123. Revises administrative procedures for state corporation commission.
124. Specifies that adult care home property is still eligible for property tax exempts even if used as a not-for-profit day care center for children. 
125. Revises to whom a child placement investigator's report may be released.
126. Authorizes a quality enhancement wage pass-through program for nursing facilities that would provide $4 per resident day for the sole purpose of increasing salaries of the health care workers in the facility.
127. Increases the disclosure and reporting requirements placed upon telemarketers.
128. Specifies that each day of violation of a rule/law by a child care facility or a family day care home is a separate violation subject to maximum $500 fine.
129. 36-page bill revising many sections of the law concerning special education and related services.
130. A complete revision of the Kansas trademark act.
131. A 31-page bill revising many sections of criminal procedure and punishment law, including such items as driving without a license, indecent liberties with a child, escape from jail, sentencing grid, etc......etc
132. Amends the drycleaner environmental response act, including raising the limit to $5M for the cost of remedial action.
133. ***A new law that provides recourse for people who, when they attempt to petition government for redress of grievances, are hit with "strategic lawsuits against public participation" in attempts to stifle and intimidate them.  (Introduced by Senator Clark, worth reading.)
134. A 51-page bill that requires front/back license plates for vehicles less than 12,000 pounds. [don't ask me why - but I have been told that a company that provides material for license plates is roaming the halls.]
135. Creates the health care reform legislative oversight committee, sunsetting 6/30/01. 
136. Establishes a short term disability program for the state employees within the state's cafeteria plan.
137. Adds the KU hospital authority to the definition of state agency in the law concerning state workers compensation self-insurance fund. 
138. Adds to the law covering disciplinary action for state employees what actions the appeal board is authorized to take. 
139. Revises the law governing the state agencies' self-insurance assessment rates for on-the-job injuries.
140. Revises campaign finance law by making it illegal for political party PACs from raising money during the periods that the legislature is in session.
141. Repeals county home rule power law (the section being repealed appears to be a verbatum copy of another KSA section.)
142. ***Revises the law regulating the reporting of abortions and attempts again to come up with words limiting abortions after viability. 
143. Revises law concerning civil procedures relating to exemption from claims of creditors.
144. New law providing for the licensing of the practice of acupuncture. 
145. A 21-page revision to veterinary law making many changes.
146. Revises campaign finance law making it illegal for members of the legislature to establish a PAC that is for the purpose of electing candidates to the legislature
147. Expands the exemption to having to file real estate sales validation questionnaire.
148. Revises district magistrate judge law by requiring a 6-month residency in the county appointed before appointment and continued residency in the county while holding office.
149. Revises the definition of juvenile offender.
150. Revises the law covering divorce and custody. The substantive changes appear to be in the section covering custody of children.
151. Creates the viatical settlement act. 
152. Changes licensing requirements for insurance agents.
153. Another bill implementing portions of the governor's transportation bill.
154. A new law that prevents owners of business establishments from prohibiting public transportation buses from entering their parking lots if the bus can access the lot as the lot is constructed.  (This is probably the first step. In a couple of years, someone will introduce a "minor" change to require parking lots to be accessible to buses.)
155. A bill authorizing boards of education to establish/maintain charter schools.
156. Authorize wildlife and parks to exceed established expenditure limits in three specific funds to comply with federal aid expenditure requirements. (Another case of the feds dictating what a state does.  Heard on TV  that if the state enacts the primacy seat belt law, it gets more federal money. Once more principles take second fiddle to bags of money.)
157. Creates the wildlife and parks nonrestricted fund.
158. Creates the Kansas propane education and research council to be funded by a $.005 per gallon of odorized propane levied on the wholesaler or supplier who first sells it in the state.
159. Transfers the Topeka State Hospital from SRS to the Secretary of Administration and gives the secretary of admin authority to manage the property.
160. Requires health insurance companies to provide coverage for certain specified mental illnesses.
161. Requires the attorney general to appoint a statewide D.A.R.E. coordinator.
162. Revises the law governing the Kansas health insurance for children program by specifying that standards and requirements as used for health care services shall be the same as for medicaid.
163. Applies the transit guest tax to rooms at colleges made available to transient guests whether or not the rooms are held out to the public for hire.
164. Makes it a crime to fail to report knowledge of an unlawful sexual act or an inherently dangerous felony in which the victim is less than 18 years old.
165. New law governing discovery in capital murder cases.
166. Revises what may be presented in mitigation or extenuation during the sentencing phase of a capital murder case.
167. Amends the homestead property tax refund law, increasing the amounts refundable.
168. A revision of discovery law in criminal cases.
169. Names the section of K-254 between I-35 and I-135 as the Senator Bill Morris highway.
170. An act authorizing the payment of special claims against the state, such claims arising for a variety of reasons, including situations in which the state has "beat-up" on a citizen. 
171. Changes in the school finance law.  Increases from 1,350 to 1,794 the number of preschool-aged at-risk to be counted each year by the state BOE. Changes the low enrollment weighting number from 1,750 to 1,725.  Changes base aid from $3,720 to $3,755.
172. Repeals three sections of the law dealing with complaints about the closure of abandoned wells, mines, or excavations.
173. Adds as a sales tax exemption the sales of personal property and services purchased after 10/1/98 to repair or replace property damaged as a result of a major disaster as declared by the federal government. 
174. Another bill increasing the pay and expense dollars of legislators: raises the per day pay in session from $72.06 to $83.40, gives legislators $500 for each biweekly pay period between sessions for constituent service, and makes other changes to the legislative pay laws.  Killed in Senate.
175. Changes law relating to vending facilities operated by blind persons.
176. Revises the law governing how much a groundwater management district may charge each person in the district so as to finance the operations of the district. 
177. Prohibits the sale or use of drivers license photographs other than by the courts or law enforcement officers.
178. Deletes the provision of DUI law that allowed a case to be heard in an adjacent county.
179. Expands the definition of "qualified firm" to include SICs 50 and 51 in the law concerning the high performance incentive program.
180. Revises statute of limitations law to say that a claim of wrongful imprisonment must be filed within one year from the date on which the judgment of conviction becomes final.
181. Revises law governing the computation of criminal history for assault cases.
182. Revises homestead property tax refund law, raising upper income limit to $35,000 from $25,000. 
183. Gives people who provide or receive information under the child-in-need-of-care law without malice immunity from any civil liability.
184. Adds the definition for "educational institution" and "educator" in the child-in-need-of-care law and revises portions dealing with the termination of parental rights.
185. Authorizes credits for property tax paid by certain telecommunications companies.
186. Excludes the purchase of natural gas and electricity from competitive bids by school districts. 
187. ***Creates a Kansas Long-Term Care Training Program which will train people to meet needs of the long term care industry.  (Why is gov't getting into the business of training people for specific industries?) 
188. ***Requires schools to conduct "basic breathing screening" on all kids every three years, starting no later than 2nd grade, with results reported to parents or guardians.
189. Revises the law setting forth the educational requirements for licensure under the Kansas Healing Arts act. 
190. Revises the Kansas Healing Arts act provisions relating to renewal and the payment of fees; increases the fee for renewal from $300 to $500.
191. Revises education law pertaining to actions that can be taken when dealing with kids who present a danger to school safety and security.
192. Changes the definition of "under the direction of" in the law concerning physical therapy.
193. Provides for the prescribing of drugs by physicians' assistants.
194. Revises the law that governs actions against licensees under the Kansas Healing Arts act.
195. Expands definition of aggravated battery.
196. Sets the blood alcohol limit at 0.02 for people under 21 who operate a boat.
197. Requires an identification number on any beer container 4 gallons or greater in size. 
198. Adds a priority formula to highway law for calculating the priority of work on non-interstate roadways.
199. ***Authorizes the development and operation of school-based mentoring programs for the purpose of providing pupils an on-going relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn, and structured activities during non-school hours. (Appears to be one more step towards making schools the birth to death one-stop shopping place for every social program that comes down the pike.)
200. Revises law concerning KU school of medicine scholarships are resolving a conflict in the definition of state medical care facility or institution.
201. Revises law concerning medical student loans and resolving a conflict in the definition of state medical care facility or institution.
202. Revises the residency requirements for in-state fees at state universities.
203. Another revision similar to 191.
204. Revision to the law calculating state aid for special education services.
205. Revision to the law governing licenses for healing arts professions relating to how felony convictions are to be considered.
206. Changes criminal arrest law to allow a police officer making an arrest to take note of any evidence of any crime in the immediate vicinity of the arrest, not just evidence of the crime for which the arrest is being made.
207. Makes background checks for certain officials mandatory rather than discretionary. (The rationale given was that only by making the checks mandatory would the KBI have access to FBI data bases.)
208. Revises law specifying who has to pay for the care and custody of a juvenile offender.
209. Revises vehicle certificate of title law, changing fees.  (All changes appeared to be within a couple of dollars - nothing outlandish.)
210. Similar to 209 but the fee changes are a bit more, still under three $$$.
211. Gives contractors recourse if a state agency by its actions/inactions causes delays in completing a contract.
212. Requires all applicants for an original drivers license to submit proof of successful completion of a drivers alcohol and drug information school.
213. An act that continues in existence the SRS Transition Oversight Committee until July 1, 2001.
214. Clamps down on the ability of insurance companies/PACs from making campaign contributions to the Insurance Commissioner or his campaign committees. 
215. Revises law concerning election commissioners in counties with a population in excess of 130,000. 
216. Revises law regulating the compensation of state board of healing arts review committee members. 
217. Requires the state corporation commission to establish a plan to allow all retail natural gas customers to select a retail supplier of the customer's choice by 7/1/02 - natural gas "retail wheeling."
218. Revises solid waste disposal facility siting law concerning the site location relative to the intake for any surface water public water supply system.
219. 21-page change to workers compensation law.
220. Adds pipe-bombs and molotov cocktails to the law defining criminal use of explosives and weapons.
221. Provides for two situations when hearsay evidence may be admitted in a preliminary hearing.
222. Revises the definition of arson and the penalties upon conviction.
223. Another bill to change how prior convictions are considered in defining a person's criminal history.
224. Changes law stating to whom coroners reports are to be filed.
225. Revises due process procedures in cases involving teacher termination/non-renewal situations, giving local school boards final say. (This is mirror bill of HB2211) 
226. Prohibits taxing subdivisions deriving their income from property taxes from budgeting more than the taxes for the preceding year unless a resolution is passed so approving.  [Status of this bill may be incorrect.]
227. Provides a $200 income tax credit for teachers in accredited schools. 
228. Changes income tax law relating to the determination of credits for income taxes paid to other states.
229. Prohibits county chairmen from appointing precinct committeemen/women to vacant positions upon learning that a vacancy has occurred, or will occur, in an elected office for which the precinct people will be required to select the successor.
230. Prevents a person from being a candidate for office for more than one political party in the same year, and prevents a person from running as an independent if the person has already filed as a member of a party.
231. Prevents an employee of a school district from being a member of the school board for the district.
232. Establishes a task force on long-term care services to study the services provided and the laws and regulations that apply.
233. Revises the law relating to mental health screening of defendants. 
234. Revises workman's comp law relating to the calculation of supplemental functional disability compensation.
235. Revises the selection of administrative law judges for worker's compensation cases.
236. Revises workman's comp law regarding permanent partial general disability.
237. Revises workman's comp law relating to preexisting conditions and cumulative trauma injuries.
238. Provides for the autopsy of prisoners who die in jail. 
239. Prohibits cigarette companies from distributing free samples.
240. Revises eligibility for the position of Bank Commissioner.
241. Defines the meaning of "bona fide office" for mortgage businesses and makes other changes to the law governing banks and trust companies' mortgage business.
242. Provides a $1,000 tax credit for foster parents.  If the foster parent, owes less than $1,000 in tax, the parent will receive a check for the difference.
243. Revises the siting requirements for electrical generating plants. 
244. Revises the law governing the circulation of protest petitions; extends the time for circulating the petition if the county/district attorney does not furnish an opinion on the petition within the five days specified by law.
245. Gives local governments the ability to go straight to an election in any matter involving taxes that are subject to a petition protest.
246. Incorporates by citation the latest version of EPA rules regarding the disposal of solid wastes.
247. Expands what can be discussed in Executive Sessions, adding preliminary discussions of the sale of public land and matters concerning appointments to nonelected boards and commissions.
248. Revises the law governing the construction of facilities at KU med center.
249. Creates the Kansas Urban Underserved Medical Residency Bridging Loan Program at KU school of medicine.
250. Revises sale tax law relating to the taxation of contractor and subcontractor services and materials.
251. Gives KPERS members ability to purchase service for periods of service in the VISTA program.
252. ***31-pages that relate to how property taxes are to be levied andused. Deletes mill limits for certain counties and townships for specificpurposes, substituting a broad authority to tax and spend. (Needs analysis.)
253. Revises insurance law concerning insurance and insurance guarantyassociation assessments.
254. Adds the words to Kansas law "The legislature hereby finds it to be against the public policy to enact any campaign finance law which infringes upon the constitutional right of free speech."
255. ***Gives unions authority to assess non-members at a business the employees of which the union represents a fee for representing the non-members in labor negotiations and lets the union take the employee to court if the employee does not want to pay up..
256. ***Requires the state to require as a contract specification the payment of prevailing wages for any non-federal aid construction project, and that all contractor and sub-contractor employees must be paid the established prevailing wage.
257. Another bill revising the siting laws for electrical generating plants. This one covers nuclear power plants.
258. Regulates the relationship between packers and the sellers of livestock and the setting of prices for livestock.
259. A 19-page bill that establishes the Health Information Privacy Act, regulating who can know what about health record data.
260. A 40-page bill that makes changes in the law concerning the State Banking Board and transfers certain powers to the State Bank Commissioner.
261. Establishes state school board positions as non-partisan positions and
makes various changes to election law to reflect the change.
262. Provides for the contracting by cities and townships with other cities and townships for fire protection services.
263. Provides for the right to appeal by a DA when the judge grants a motion for acquital.
264. Prohibits the assignment of support rights in consumer transactions.
265. Raises the Kansas minimum wage to $5.00/hour.
266. Revision to the medical student loan act, adding emergency medicine as a means by which a person can satisfy a service commitment.
267. Changes definition of prescription drug in the laws governing pharmacies.
268. Revises the developmentally disabled person laws, adding a definition for "Communications Accommodations."
269. Changes relationship of subcontractors to the worker's comp law.
270. A 46-page change to unemployment law relating to seasonal workers and worker misconduct.
271. Revises consumer law by creating a program of consumer credit affairs within the office of the state bank commissioner. 
272. New law regulating providers of deferred deposit loans.
273. Revises law giving county commissioners the authority to lay out, alter, or vacate roads.
274. Directs the SRS to convey property at 6th/MacVicar to the Kansas Division of Services for the blind.
275. Changes KPERS law regarding correctional officers.
276. Revises pay and per diem rates for state officers and employees and legislators.  Raises legislative pay from $72.06/day of session to $74.58/day of session.
277. Provides for alternate dispute resolution programs/procedures for construction and material purchase contracts by the state.
278. Places controls on the distribution of sample tobacco products.
279. Places a 10% tax, based on wholesale value, on the distribution of sample tobacco products.
280. Increases the residential property tax exemption from $20,000 to $40,000 for tax years 1999 and 2000.
281. Gives the person who furnishes seed a lien on the crops produced from the seed to cover the purchase price of the seed.
282. Changes small claim law to allow a corporation to be represented by an officer of the corporation or an appointed agent.
283. Change in campaign finance law that allows the use of government facilities for forums, debates, or events to which all candidates have equal access.
284. Gives the state corporation commission authority to hold closed meetings with legal counsel but specifies that no binding action may be taken at the closed meeting.
285. Increases the penalties for violating certain laws governing the taking of big game animals.
286. New law that provides landlords with an expedited eviction process in certain cases when certain laws have been broken.
287. Revises law relating to the duties and authority of the chief engineer of the division of water resources.
288. The Voluntary Political Contributions Act of 1999.  Prevents government entities from withholding wages for diversion to political committees without the written approval of the employee.
289. Another bill conveying land at 6/MacVicar to the Kansas Division of Services for the Blind.
290. Revises the telecommunications act relating to rate rebalancing and access to the Kansas universal service fund.
291. Creates a reinsurance program for medical supplement policies issued to persons eligible for Medicare.
292. An act to force the Attorney General to enforce the Kansas meat labeling law that has not been enforced since it was enacted.
293. Another attempt to revise the factors used by KDOT in its priority formula for non-interstate highways.
294. Gives the state board of education the authority to establish charter schools.
295. Enacts the "Kansas Educational Opportunities Certificate Pilot Program Act," a pilot voucher program in USDs 259, 457, 500, and 501 for a three-year period. Eligibility for the certificates is defined, as are the type of schools at which the certificates can be used.
296. Amends the hazardous waste law relating to application fees and creates the HW Management Fund.
297. Repeals the death sentence.
298. Provides a five year statute of limitations for actions arising out of the rendering or failure to render services by a land surveyor.
299. Provides that if a courtroom does not comply with ADA requirements, a judge, upon application, can move the case to another county that does have an ADA-compatible courtroom without changing the venue.
300. Exempts compliance with ADA from tax levy rate limitations. 
301. A 44-page bill revising the uniform consumer credit code relating to consumer loans secured by first or second mortgages on a principal residence. 
302. Transfers the state's cancer registry to the Health Care Data Governing Board.
303. Allows county commissioners to form Surveyor Districts with other counties and hire a surveyor for the district.
304. Requires all new and renovated single-family, duplexes, and triplexes that receive financial assistance from the state, including state loans or loan guarantees, to conform with handicapped access requirements as specified in an ANSI specification, including a ramp, if needed. 
305. Requires that a driver education course conducted by a parent must be approved by the director of the division of vehicles.
306. Revises the law governing the authentication of foreign judgments in civil cases.
307. Enacts the "Unfair Home Improvement Loans for Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Act."  Provides for recourse when a home solicitation for home improvements entails the placing of the home as loan collateral and the solicitation fits a pattern or practice at odds with cited U.S. codes.
308. ***Creates the Kansas Infrastructure Development Board and Fund. Grants tax credits for donations to the fund. Purpose of fund is to give grants for construction of public infrastructure.
309. Defines "specified law enforcement officers" and allows agencies having such officers to affiliate with the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system.
310. Adds capitol area security patrolmen to the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system.
311. Revisions to corporation law relating to the filing of certain documents with the registrar of deeds.
312. Makes the Secretary of SRS responsible for knowing the particular of a judge's order of disposition concerning juvenile offenders.
313. Provides a procedure for citizens to make complaints about ADA violations in public buildings and provides for civil penalties up to $10,000 for non-compliance.
314. Changes the juvenile/adult age for application of the criminal code from 18 to 16.
315. Creates the Kansas Certified Capital Company Act regulating capital investment companies.
316. Imposes on senior citizens a fee for the annual park permit set at ½ of the annual park fee established for less than senior citizens. Howl! Scream!!
317. Revises the law dealing with determination of paternity, allowing what amounts to unlimited time to revoke such a determination if DNA testing shows that the named father is not the father.
318. Exempts school districts, and school property, from the payment of municipal franchise fees.
319. Gives counties increased access to district court to prosecute violations of codes and resolutions.
320. Revises the law governing public hearings for zoning changes. 
321. Prevents school districts from withholding of pupils' records. Also mandates that a psychological evaluation must be performed on any student who was expelled on weapons in school violation before being readmitted to school.
322. Provides for the parole of terminally ill prisoners in certain specified conditions.
323. 15-page ways and means bill appropriating $$$ for a bunch of state agencies and organizations.
324. Brings the University of Kansas Hospital Authority into the laws concerning employee benefit plans.
325. 29-page ways and means bill appropriating $$$ for capital improvement for a bunch of state agencies and organizations.
326. 143-page (yes, 143 pages) ways and means bill setting limits on a myriad of special funds.
327. Repeals a law that covers reductions in FTE positions for state agencies based on retirement. 
328. Authorizes the creation of Career Teacher Salary Plans and describes what should be in the plan.
329. ***Gets the Lottery into the business of placing electronic gaming machines at parimutuel locations. Creates the electronic gaming fund and specifies how the dollars are to be disbursed.
330. ***Gives the Lottery control over video lottery machine manufacturers, distributors, vendors, operators, and anyone else involved in their production and use, including banks that make loans with video lottery machines as collateral. Specifies how dollars are to be paid out.
331. Creates the Kansas Historical Marker Committee within the State Historical Society.
332. New law requiring state certification of hazardous material consultants and contractors. The state expands its reach and control.
333. Provides for specific fines and driving license suspension for people under 21 who have an alcohol blood level between 0.2 and 0.8.
334. Says that a person may be guilty of an offense without having criminal intent for certain driving and drivers license violations if the law clearly shows that the legislature wanted to impose an absolute liability for the conduct described.
335. Revises the law concerning the recording of plats.
336. Gives law enforcement officers the authority to impound or immobilize a vehicle upon determination that the driver's driving privileges were canceled, suspended, or revoked.
337. Establishes a server permit system for all people serving alcoholic and cereal malt beverages, both owners and waiters/waitresses. Requires attendance at an alcohol server education program and a $35 fee.
338. Establishes the State Facilities Gift Fund and makes changes in state law relating to how renovation and repair of state historical buildings is managed.
339. New law telling tobacco companies what they have to do to divy up their portion of the great tobacco settlement.
340. Takes away from the governor the ability to set the compensation for members of the Kansas racing and gaming commission.
341. Makes big changes in the "toughness" of DUI laws.
342. Makes changes to the law governing the reimbursement of moving expenses for certain state employees.
343. Makes changes in the procedures for implementing the death penalty.
344. Revises the definition of "enrollment" in the school finance law.
345. Abolishes and reestablishes the state board of regents, defining the new regent's powers, duties, and functions.
346. Changes the law on overweight vehicles, making people who own the stuff being carried or who supervised the loading of the truck subject to penalty.
347. Changes composition of parole board and member qualification.
348. Authorizes the disclosure of certain information received by the department of revenue regarding oil and gas production data.
349. Makes changes to pension benefits for persons under KPERS.
350. Criminalizes the sale of prescription drugs via a vending machine and places requirements on vending machines selling non-prescription drugs.
351. Mandates that actual, not statistical, census data be used for redistricting.
352. A bill revising the law regarding the payment of state officers and employees.
353. Revises workers compensation law stating that compensation is allowed only to the extent that the claimed occupational disease aggravated or contributed to a previously existing non-compensable condition. 
354. Adds a member to the Kansas, Inc., INK board.
355. Revises the care of children law relating to permanent guardians.
356. Revises insurance law establishing procedure to change a mutual or stock company into an insurance reciprocal company.
357. ***Revisions to abortion law.
358. Requires the actuarial cost of any cost-of-living or post retirement benefit adjustment to be included in the employer contribution rate in the fiscal year immediately following enactment.
359. Omnibus appropriations bill.
360. An act reconciling conflicting amendments to various sections of the KSA.
361. Authorizes school districts to enter into food service contracts with state educational institutions.
362. A act relating to the trauma fund.
363. An act that says that any person driving a vehicle is deemed to have given consent for blood, breath, and urine samples.
364. Revises LLC law.
365. An act concerning early retirement incentive programs.
 
 
 

 Senate Concurrent Resolutions

1601. Constitutional amendment to reapportion state senate and house districts every 10 years starting in 2002 based on the previous census. 
1602. Urges the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to take greater advantage of the export enhancement program.
1603. Urges Congress to pass the Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act of 1998, preventing the imposition of national identity cards.
1604. Nothing filed.
1605.  Asks Congress to remove or restrict use of trade sanctions as they apply to agricultural products.
1606. Asks Governor to identify funds for training and retraining long-term care staff.
1607. Asks that the legislature and certain agencies, including the Board of Education, encourage the observance of October 14 as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day. 
1608. Urges Congress to repeal the requirement to have social security numbers on drivers licenses. 
1609. Urges Congress to direct EPA to implement the Food Quality Protection Act in a manner that utilizes sound science and real world data. (Apparently EPA has/is about to published rules governing pesticide residues that could have a "profound negative impact on domestic agriculture and food prices and availability.
1610. Nothing filed
1611. Urges EPA to develop a proposal to reduce gasoline sulfur levels.
1612. Urges the KDHE to review the effects of obesity on health, to report on current programs to improve awareness of obesity problems, and to make recommendations for needed changes in the state's programs.

Senate Resolutions

1803 Requires attorney general to file and prosecute an action challenging the legality of national ID cards.