Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 58 > Article 32 - Land and Water Recreational Areas

• Adjacent property owner: means a person or entity, other than a responsible party, who owns property or facilities on or adjacent to a recreational trail. See Kansas Statutes 58-3211
• Agricultural land: means land suitable for use in farming and includes roads, water, watercourses and private ways located upon or within the boundaries of such agricultural land and buildings, structures and machinery or equipment when attached to such agricultural land. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Charge: means the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• 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.
• Deed: is a pplied to an instrument conveying lands but does not imply a sealed instrument. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Farming: means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing or the production of livestock. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• Land: means land, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty and includes agricultural and nonagricultural land. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Local unit of government: means a county, city, township or any other political subdivision of the state, or any agency, authority, institution or instrumentality thereof. See Kansas Statutes 58-3221
• Nonagricultural land: means all land other than agricultural land. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• 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.
• Owner: means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant or person in control of the premises. See Kansas Statutes 58-3202
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, governmental entity or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 58-3221
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• range: means an area designed and operated for the use of archery, rifles, shotguns, pistols, semiautomatic firearms, skeet, trap, black powder or any other similar sport shooting. See Kansas Statutes 58-3221
• Recreational trail: means a trail created pursuant to subsection (d) of 16 U. See Kansas Statutes 58-3211
• Responsible party: means any person, for-profit entity, not-for-profit entity or governmental entity that is responsible for developing, operating or maintaining a recreational trail. See Kansas Statutes 58-3211
• 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