§ 75-5001 Secretary of transportation, appointment, confirmation, salary; creation and administration of department; application of K-GOAL
§ 75-5004 Abolition of highway commission and director of highways; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary; provisions for transition and continuity; preservation of rules, regulations, orders and directives
§ 75-5005 State transportation engineer; appointment, qualifications and salary; additional staff assistants and employees of secretary; powers, duties and functions of transportation engineer, staff assistants and employees
§ 75-5006 Division of transportation administration; director of transportation administration, appointment and salary
§ 75-5007 Division of transportation operations; director of transportation planning, appointment and salary
§ 75-5008 Division of engineering and design; director of engineering and design, appointment and salary
§ 75-5009 Division of planning and development; director of planning and development, appointment and salary
§ 75-5010 Division of aviation; director of aviation, appointment and salary
§ 75-5011 Transfer of powers, duties and functions relating to aviation of secretary of economic development to secretary of transportation
§ 75-5012 Attachment of Kansas turnpike authority to department
§ 75-5013 Relationship of secretary and officers of Kansas City area transportation district and authority compact
§ 75-5014 Transfer of officers and employees to department; rights preserved; application of civil service laws
§ 75-5014a Transfer of employees and preservation of rights under 1982 act
§ 75-5015 Organization of department; delegation of powers and duties
§ 75-5016 Chief attorney and additional attorneys for department
§ 75-5017 Resolution of conflicts concerning disposition of powers, duties, functions and appropriations; succession of secretary to property and records, resolution of conflicts
§ 75-5018 Creation of advisory boards, commissions or committees within the department; allowances and expenses of members
§ 75-5019 Effect of department’s creation on civil, criminal and administrative actions and proceedings
§ 75-5021 Location of offices of secretary and department; availability of engineering testing laboratories at Kansas state university
§ 75-5023 Specific powers of secretary; federal funds; planning for various modes and systems of transportation; agreements and compacts
§ 75-5024 Expenses of department prior to August 15, 1975; appropriation of moneys for department; expenditures from state highway fund
§ 75-5025 State rail transportation plan; specific powers and duties of secretary
§ 75-5026 Same; acceptance of federal funds
§ 75-5027 Same; rules and regulations
§ 75-5029 Railroad rehabilitation loan guarantee fund; purposes; limitation on expenditures; administration
§ 75-5030 Same; payment of amounts in default by mid-states port authority, when; limitation
§ 75-5031 Same; refinancing agreement; guarantee, limitation
§ 75-5032 Coordinated public transportation assistance act
§ 75-5033 Purpose of act
§ 75-5034 Definitions
§ 75-5035 Coordinated public transportation assistance fund established; funding
§ 75-5036 Development of state plan
§ 75-5037 Secretary of transportation, duties; eligibility of applicants
§ 75-5038 Withholding of funds, when; appeal
§ 75-5039 Secretary of transportation, multi-state special permit contracts; highway special permit fund; rules and regulations
§ 75-5040 Railroad assistance programs; findings
§ 75-5041 Rail service assistance program; establishment
§ 75-5042 Rail service assistance program advisory committee; establishment
§ 75-5043 Advisory committee; membership
§ 75-5044 Advisory committee; organization
§ 75-5045 Advisory committee; functions, powers and duties
§ 75-5046 Railroad loan guarantee program; requirements; restrictions
§ 75-5047 Rail service assistance program loan guarantee fund; establishment
§ 75-5048 Rail service improvement program; rail service improvement fund; requirements; restrictions; funding; transfer of money, authorized; definition of terms
§ 75-5049 Same; loans and grants; requirements
§ 75-5050 Rules and regulations
§ 75-5051 Kansas coordinated transit districts act
§ 75-5052 Same; purpose
§ 75-5053 Kansas coordinated transit districts; definitions
§ 75-5054 Establishment of coordinated transit districts; responsibilities of districts
§ 75-5055 Secretary of transportation, development of plan and establishment of guidelines
§ 75-5056 Secretary of transportation, powers and duties
§ 75-5057 Requirement to become a part of coordinated transit district, when
§ 75-5058 Appeal according to the administrative procedure act
§ 75-5061 Public use general aviation airports; development fund; grants; duties of secretary of transportation; funding
§ 75-5062 Secretary authorized to pay employees for the theft of certain tools or equipment
§ 75-5063 Transportation revolving fund; authorization to establish; creation of separate accounts
§ 75-5064 Transportation revolving fund; definitions
§ 75-5065 Transportation revolving fund; secretary of transportation responsibilities; rules and regulations
§ 75-5066 Transportation revolving fund, established; expenditures
§ 75-5067 Transportation revolving fund; issuance of bonds by Kansas development finance authority
§ 75-5068 Transportation revolving fund; applications; agreements; technical advice
§ 75-5069 Transportation revolving fund; failure of governmental unit to repay; loans construed as bonds
§ 75-5070 Noise studies; when; funding of abatement measures; rules and regulations
§ 75-5071 Governors of Kansas hometown heritage act
§ 75-5072 Same; definitions; procedure; requirements; territorial governors’ signs; procedure
§ 75-5073 Definitions
§ 75-5074 Lease of equipment and access to equipment, when; prices
§ 75-5075 Revolving fund
§ 75-5076 Administration of act; rules and regulations
§ 75-5077 Issuance of bonds
§ 75-5078 Railroads; transfer of powers; duties and functions from corporation commission to department of transportation
§ 75-5079 Listing of signs for tourism or economic development; publication annually
§ 75-5080 Traffic records enhancement fund
§ 75-5081 Intermodal transportation projects; intermodal transportation revolving fund
§ 75-5082 Same; definitions
§ 75-5083 Same; secretary of transportation; powers and duties; rules and regulations
§ 75-5084 Same; Kansas intermodal transportation revolving fund; funding; expenditures
§ 75-5085 Same; issuance of bonds
§ 75-5086 Same; qualified borrowers; applications; agreements
§ 75-5087 Same; failure to comply with agreement
§ 75-5088 Businesses operating within intermodal facility district are ineligible for certain tax credits or other incentives or benefits
§ 75-5089 Passenger rail service program; requirements; loans or grants; passenger rail service revolving fund
§ 75-5090 Midwest interstate passenger rail compact
§ 75-5091 Transit buses, operation on right shoulder of certain highways in Johnson and Wyandotte counties; when, conditions; rules and regulations; reports
§ 75-5092 Motor fuel tax study; report
§ 75-5093 Transportation technology development projects; fund; grants; transfers from the state highway fund
§ 75-5094 Broadband infrastructure construction projects; fund; grants; transfers from the state highway fund
§ 75-5095 Short line rail improvement program; fund; qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures; transfers from the state highway fund

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 50 - Department of Transportation

  • Administrator: means the agency selected to receive funds from the department for provision of transportation services in the designated area. See Kansas Statutes 75-5053
  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Communication system: means a system of communications to support the purposes of the department and public safety agencies. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
  • Communication system equipment: means equipment necessary to use, implement, support and maintain the communication system, including, but not limited to, radio towers. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Coordinated transit district: means a public or private not-for-profit agency with an established purpose to distribute funds and monitor implementation of passenger transportation services in a designated area of the state. See Kansas Statutes 75-5053
  • Coordination: means where programmatically feasible, all entities involved in administrating and/or providing transportation and related services to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public will work together in a smooth, concerted effort to effectively use resources and alleviate duplication of services. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • 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.
  • Department: means the Kansas department of transportation. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Elderly persons: means those persons 60 years of age or older. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fund: means the Kansas communication system revolving fund established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Persons with disabilities: means those persons determined by the department of transportation to be disadvantaged in terms of the transportation services available to them due to physical or mental disability. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public transportation services: means those services accessible to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Revenues: means any receipts, fees, revenues or other payments received or to be received by the department under this act. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
  • road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the department of transportation or designee. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transportation: means the movement of individuals and meals in a four or more wheeled motorized vehicle designed to carry passengers. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Transportation system: means all public and private transportation providers which provide public transportation services to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public, and which receive federal support through 49 U. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.