Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-273

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of revenue acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands;

    (6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop computer; and

    (7) "religious organization" means any organization, church, body of communicants, or group, gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification in piety, worship and religious observances, or a society of individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place and which religious organization maintains an established place of worship within this state and has a regular schedule of services or meetings at least on a weekly basis and has been determined to be organized and created as a bona fide religious organization. See Kansas Statutes 8-234a

As used in this act*:

(a) “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(b) “Drivers’ training schools” means any person, partnership or corporation giving driving instruction to 10 or more persons per calendar year for the purpose of meeting requirements for licensed driving of motor vehicles in Kansas.

(c) “Person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school.

(d) “Department” means the department of revenue acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.

(e) “State board” means the state board of education.

(f) “Drivers’ license examiners” means examiners appointed by the division of vehicles for the purpose of giving drivers’ license examinations.