Kansas Statutes 76-2474. Request to U.S. Army corps of engineers to repair certain levee damage at Lansing correctional facility; agreement for reimbursement for settlements arising therefrom, exception
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 76-2474
- 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.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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 secretary of corrections is hereby authorized to execute a document, to be approved by the attorney general, requesting the corps of engineers of the United States army to repair damage to the levee at the Lansing correctional facility designated as No. 83B, located along the right bank of the Missouri river in section 16 and 17, township 9 south, range 23 east, Leavenworth county, Kansas, which was damaged from high waters during 1973, resulting in breaks in such levees. Such request shall be made in accordance with 33 U.S.C.A. 701 (N) (PL 85-99, 1955). The request authorized by this act may provide that the state of Kansas agrees to reimburse the United States for any payment made by the United States to third parties as a result of finding of liability by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as a result of settlement, arising out of the repair work requested, except that no reimbursement shall be made to the extent that the liability arises from the sole fault of the United States.