§ 49-501 Limits on excavation of certain land; civil remedies for violations
§ 49-511 Relocation assistance for Treece community in Cherokee county; definitions
§ 49-512 Same; creation of state public trust; trustees; compensation; bylaws; audit; reporting; conveyance, assignment and transfer of property; liability; abolition date
§ 49-513 Same; grants to trust by secretary of health and environment
§ 49-514 Same; purchase of property and provision of moving expenses
§ 49-515 Same; grants to school districts
§ 49-516 Same; funding of trust; application for assistance, procedure
§ 49-517 Same; rights not created; valuation determinations not subject to judicial review

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 49 > Article 5 - Miscellaneous

  • Affected community: includes any area surrounding such community where residents of the area have lost essential services due to the community's loss of infrastructure. See Kansas Statutes 49-511
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Infrastructure: means basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community, including, but not limited to, water service, fire protection, law enforcement services and retail establishments which sell groceries, toiletries and other basic necessities. See Kansas Statutes 49-511
  • 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.
  • Oath: includes an affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in similar cases "swear" includes affirm. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means an individual or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 49-511
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt and things in action, and digital assets as defined in the revised uniform fiduciary access to digital assets act, Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights to them and interest in them, equitable as well as legal. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Superfund site: means property which is listed on the national priorities list of superfund sites established under the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (CERCLA), 42 U. See Kansas Statutes 49-511
  • Trust: means the trust created by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 49-511
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.