Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-1511

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

All the jurisdiction, rights, powers, duties and authority now vested in or imposed upon the Kansas state department of inspections and registration or the director thereof which were transferred to said department or the director thereof from the state fire marshal by the provisions of chapter 285 of the Laws of 1933, and including the jurisdiction, rights, powers, duties and authority conferred, imposed and provided in chapter 31, section 72-4605, 75-1503 and 75-1505 to 75-1509, both sections inclusive, of the General Statutes of 1935 and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto are hereby transferred to, vested in and imposed upon the state fire marshal created in this act.