Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1312f

  • 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.
  • Municipality: means the cemetery district in which all or any portion of an abandoned cemetery is located. See Kansas Statutes 17-1366
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1308, 17-1311, 17-1312, and 17-1312a through 17-1312e, and amendments thereto, shall apply to and be controlling upon every individual, firm, partnership or other organization hereafter selling or conveying land for cemetery purposes, and for this purpose the term “corporation,” except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall mean and include such individuals, firms, partnerships or organizations. The provisions of this act shall not apply to:

(a) Any municipality, corporation or quasi-corporation within the state of Kansas that is empowered to issue bonds in payment of which taxes may be levied;

(b) any nonprofit organization formed primarily for religious purposes and constituting an established church that sells or conveys cemetery lots solely to the members of its own church or to persons related by consanguinity, either lineal or collateral, by adoption, or by marriage to any such member;

(c) any cemetery owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation located in a county designated as an urban area on or before March 1, 1968; or

(d) any cemetery having a permanent maintenance fund of less than $10,000 that was organized prior to January 1, 1900, and that has been maintained and operated continuously since such date.