Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-611

  • 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
  • Treasurer: means the state treasurer. See Kansas Statutes 75-652

If at any time it shall appear from the accounts of the state treasurer, or in any other way, that the state treasurer has not accounted for and paid over the public moneys of the state as directed by law, the state may proceed by civil action against the state treasurer and his or her sureties, in any court of competent jurisdiction.