Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-2715

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

This act constitutes full and complete authority for the purposes set out therein, and no procedure or proceedings other than those required by this act shall be necessary for the performance of the provisions hereof. The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this act shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other law; and the limitations imposed by any other law, unless in this act specifically so provided, shall not affect the powers conferred by this act. The provisions of this act are severable, and if any provisions of this act be for any reason held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act; and the legislature hereby declares, and it shall be conclusively presumed, that the legislature would have passed this act and each provision thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more of its provisions shall be declared invalid.