(Alternative index: Kansas library laws by law numbers)
Accounting and auditing
- Accounts must be itemized and certified: 10-802
- Audit not paid until act complied with: 75-1129
- Petition for audit: 75-1125
- Audit reports filed with state auditor: 75-1124
- Auditor of state's duties: 75-1121
- Annual audits: 75-1122, 75-1123
- Audits for counties and cities of first and second class: 75-1122
- Investigations by state auditor: 75-1121
- When to pay for audit: 75-1129
- Penalties: 75-1130
- Procedure when audit reveals law violation: 75-1126
- Reimbursement of municipality for audit: 75-1127
- Standardized accounting: 75-1120
- Standardized auditing: 75-1121
- Uniform fiscal procedure: 75-1120, 75-1120a
- Unlawfully acting as public accountant: 75-1128
Aid and assistance of State Librarian: 75-2542
Assessments levied by other municipality, levy to pay: 79-1808
Balanced budget required: 79-2927
Bids for public improvements of first class cities: 13-1017
Blind and physically handicapped sub-regional libraries (Kansas Administrative Regulations)
- Definitions: 54-3-1
- Procedures for determining eligibility for grant: 54-3-2
- Procedure for determining contract payments: 54-3-3
Boards, see under:
- "City, county and township libraries" below.
- "District libraries" below.
- "Regional libraries" below.
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- "Urban county libraries" below.
- "City, county and township libraries" below.
- "District libraries" below.
- "Regional libraries" below.
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- "Urban county libraries" below.
- Amended budget: 79-2929a
- Balanced budget required: 79-2927
- Balances, use of: 79-2934
- Certification by county clerk: 79-2929
- Cities of first, second and third class: 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935
- Copies filed with state: 79-2930
- Counties: 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935
- Diversion prohibited: 79-2934
- Exceeding budget: 79-2935
- Format of budget: 79-2927
- Forms prescribed: 79-2926
- Funds appropriated by budget: 79-2934
- Hearing: 79-2929
- Indebtedness in excess of budget: 79-2934, 79-2935
- Itemization: 79-2927
- Levy not to exceed budget needs: 79-2930
- Library districts: 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935
- Meeting for taxpayers: 79-2929
- Miscellaneous limitation: 79-2927
- No-fund warrants for shortage of revenue: 79-2938
- Notice of hearing: 79-2929
- Proposed budget: 79-2929a
- Publication of budget: 79-2929
- Regional libraries: 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935
- Regional Systems of Cooperating Libraries: 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935
- Reimbursement: 79-2934
- Submitting adopted budget to county clerk: 79-2930
- Tax levy certification: 79-2930
- Tax money, when available: 79-2934
- Building fund for library purposes: 79-4001
- Building fund for financing public building: 12-1736
- Building funds for cities from 120,000 to 150,000: 12-1254, 12-1255
- Bonds for township, county and regional library buildings: 12-1221, 19-15, 116
- Bonds for district library buildings: 12-1244
- Capital improvement funds: 12-1258
- County and township library: Bonds for library site, building and equipment: 12-1221
- Defacing: 12-1228
- District library: Establishment, petition, resolution, election, transfer of city property, etc: 12-1236
- District library: Election on building and equipping library: 12-1244
- Joint county-municipality building: 19-15,114, 19-15,115, 19-15,116, 19-15,117, 19-15, 118
- Maintenance and support of library including capital improvements: 12-1217
- Repair of Carnegie libraries: 80-808
- Third class cities sale or lease of public park property: 12-1256
- Cities between 120,000 and 150,000 levying tax for building: 12-1254
- Cities between 120,000 and 150,000 investing monies in building fund: 12-1255
- See also "Buildings" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Cash Basis Law
- Clerks not to issue warrants in excess of funds on hand: 10-1114
- Definitions: 10-1101
- Exemptions: 10-1116, 10-1116a, 10-1116b, 10-1116c
- Indebtedness in excess of funds unlawful: 10-1112
- When limits of indebtedness may be exceeded: 10-1116
- Treasurer not to pay warrants in excess of funds on hand: 10-1115
- Treasurer keep record of moneys on hand in each fund, and exhibit record or written statement: 10-1118
- Clerk or secretary keep records of moneys, contracts, indebtedness, and exhibit upon request: 10-1117
- Methods of financing authorized: 12-1737
- Unlawful to vote for indebtedness in excess of funds on hand: 10-1113
- Warrants unlawful in excess of funds on hand: 10-1112, 1o-1113
Certifying levies: 79-1801
Checks, see "Warrants and Warrant checks" below
City, county, and township libraries
- Definitions: 12-1218
- Establishment and maintenance of city, county, township libraries: 12-1219
- Elections to establish city, county, township libraries: 12-1220
- Boards
- Appointment, eligibility, terms, vacancies: 12-1222
- Corporate status: 12-1223
- Duties and powers: 12-1225
- Officers: 12-1224
- Treasurer; bond; duties: 12-1226
- Meetings: 12-1224
- Meetings - open: see "Open Meetings Act" below.
- Sue and be sued: 12-1223
- Signatures, see "Signatures" below.
- Board of Education, libraries: 72-1033, 72-1623, 72-1623a, 72-1625
- Bonds
- Bonds for first class city libraries
- Bonds for second class city libraries
- Bonds for third class city libraries
- Bonds for county libraries
- Building: 12-1221, 19-15, 116
- Counties between 6,600 and 7,300: 12-1249
- Levy for general improvements: 79-4001, 79-4002, 79-4003
- Urban special fund: building: 12-1257
- Bonds for township libraries
- Auditing, see "Accounting and auditing" above
- Budget, see "Budget Law" above
- Cash basis, see "Cash Basis Law" above
- Contracts: 12-1223, 12-1230
- Tax levy
- City libraries: 12-1216, 12-1217, 12-1220,
- Cities between 120,000 and 150,000 levying tax for building: 12-1254
- County and township libraries: 12-1220
- Urban county libraries: 12-1257
- Distribution of tax collections by county treasurer: 12-1678a
- Annual report, January 31: 12-1225
- Facsimile signature: 75-4001, 75-4002, 75-4003, 75-4004
- Gifts: 12-1225
- Monies, administration of: 12-1225 See also "Taxation" below.
- No-fund warrants, see "Warrants" below.
- School library, contracts: 12-1225
- County "public buildings" and "improve", defined: 19-15,114
- Rules and regulations: 12-1227, 12-1228
- Township buy or lease public park property: 12-1256
- Withdrawing from regional library: 12-1235
- See also "Libraries . . . " in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Kansas Personal and Family Protection Act: 75-7c-01
- 2010 amendment
- K.A.R. 16-11-7 description of Concealed Carry prohibition sign
- See also "Concealed weapons" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Limits of indebtedness may be exceeded: 10-1116
- See also "Contracting for library services" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
County library boards, see under "Library boards of cities, counties and townships" above.
County treasurer - distribution of tax collections: 12-1678a
Depository libraries, see State depository libraries below.
Disabilities Act, Kansas
- Accessibility standards for public buildings or facilities: 58-1301
- Definitions: 58-1301b
- Legislative intent: 58-1303
- Accessibility standards and enforcement: 58-1304
- See also "Disabilities" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Distribution of tax collections by county treasurer: 12-1678a
District Libraries
- Agreement to transfer city property: 12-1236
- Establishment: Petition, election and annual tax levy: 12-1236, 12-1237
- Annual report, January 31: 12-1225
- Auditing, see "Accounting and auditing" above
- Board: 12-1238
- Defined: 12-1218
- Appointments, eligibility, terms, vacancies, election: 12-1238, 12-1241
- Corporate status: 12-1242
- Duties and Powers: 12-1245, 12-1225, 12-1246
- Officers: 12-1241
- Treasurer; bond; duties: 12-1246
- Signatures, see "Signatures" below.
- Meetings: 12-1236, 12-1238, 12-1240, 12-1243
- Meetings - open: see "Open Meetings Act" below.
- Board of Education, libraries: 72-1033, 72-1623, 72-1623a, 72-1625
- Bonds
- Budget, see "Budget Law" above
- Cash basis, see "Cash Basis Law" above
- Contracts: 12-1223, 12-1225
- Election facilities: 12-1224
- Election meetings: 12-1238
- County clerk, call to order: 12-1238
- Electors, qualifications: 12-1241
- Officers: 12-1238
- Notice: 12-1238
- Library buildings and equipment: 12-1244,
- Meetings - annual, notice, electors: 12-1239, 12-1240, 12-1241
- Meetings - open: see "Open Meetings Act" below.
- Monies, administration of: 12-1225, 12-1247, 12-1248 See also "Taxation" below.
- No-fund warrants, see "Warrants" below.
- School library, contracts: 12-1225
- City of third class: 12-1236
- Conduct in the library: 12-1236
- Election: 12-1236, 12-1237, 12-1238
- Gifts: 12-1251
- Tax Levy
- Authorization: 12-16,102
- See also "Employee Benefit Fund" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Library types: 12-1218
- City, township and county: 12-1220, 12-1221
- Laws applicable to libraries established before law was written: 12-1219
- District: 12-1236, 12-1237
- Regional: 12-1231
- Independence Library District: 12-1282
- Leavenworth Library District: 12-1276
- Topeka Library District: 12-1259, 12-1281
- Urban county library: 12-1257
- Topeka, Hutchinson, and Salina libraries: 12-1215
- Property taxes: 79-201, 79-201a
- Sales taxes: 79-3606(b)
- Use of the library: 12-1227
- Required by regional system members to those living in system: K.A.R. 54-1-8
- See also "Free service" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- See "Grants-in-aid to libraries" below
- See "Bonds" and "Tax levy" under:
- "City, county and township libraries" above.
- "District libraries" above.
- "Regional libraries" below.
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- See also "Funding . . .," "State aid," and "Gifts and grants" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- See "Gifts" under "City, county and township libraries" above.
- See "Gifts" under "District libraries" above.
- See "Gifts" under "Regional libraries" below.
- See "Gifts" under "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- See also "Gifts and grants" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Definitions: 75-2554
- Apportionment and distribution: 75-2555
- Eligibility: 75-2556
- Determining amount of aid: 75-2556
- Limitations on use: 75-2558
- Annual reports: 75-2559
- State librarian's duties in reviewing annual reports: 75-2560
- State library's budget includes Grants-in-Aid to Libraries: 75-2561
- See also "State aid" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Home Rule
- Constitution: Article 12, Section 5
- Cities: 12-137
- Counties: 19-101, 19-101a, 19-101b, 19-101c
- See also "Home rule" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Independence District Library
- Independence area library district, definitions: 12-1281
- Procedure to create district, election, existing contracts and obligations: 12-1282
- Budget, tax levy, financial records, audit: 12-1288
- Board:
- Appointments, terms and expenses: 12-1283
- Powers and duties: 12-1284, 12-1287
- Organization, treasurer's bond: 12-1285
- Use of library rules and regulations: 12-1286
- Interlocal cooperation: 12-2901, 12-2902, 12-2903, 12-2904, 12-2904a, 12-2905, 12-2906, 12-2907, 12-2908
Inventory of library fixed assets: 75-1120a
Investment of public monies: 12-1675
Johnson County Public Library
- Establishment: 12-1257
- Board
- Appointments: 12-1222
- Terms: 12-1222
- Corporate status of board including Johnson County: 12-1223
- Library board powers and duties: 12-1225, 12-1225b
- Treasurer bonding and duties including Johnson and Wyandotte counties: 12-1226
- County Librarian's duties: 12-1225c
- Duties of county treasurer: 12-1225a
Leavenworth County Library District: 12-1276
Liability
- 60-3601
- Liability Tort Claims Act
- See also "Liability" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Libraries, see under:
Library property damage: 12-1228
Library types: 12-1218
Maintenance and support of library including capital improvements: 12-1217
Meetings, see under
Oath of office: 54-106, 75-4308
Obscenity: 21-4301, 21-4301a
Old and survivor's insurance: 40-2303
Open Meetings Act
Protection of library property
Public Employees Retirement Act
Records open to the public, see "Open Records Act" above
Regional libraries
Signatures
State Aid, see "Grants-in-Aid to Libraries" above.
State depository Libraries (Laws): 75-2565, 75-2566, 75-2567, 75-2668
State depository Libraries (Kansas Administrative Regulations)
Talking books, see Blind and physically handicapped sub-regional libraries
Tax distribution by county treasurer: 12-1678a
Taxation
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Treasurer
Unemployment compensation, see under "Wages" below.
Urban county libraries: 12-1257
Use of library, rules and regulations: 12-1227
Use in library of privately owned books or collections: 12-1229
Wages
The above index is a modification of the combined indexes in:
- "City, county and township libraries" above.
- "District libraries" above.
- "Regional libraries" below.
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- "Urban county libraries" below.
- "City, county and township libraries" above.
- "District libraries" above.
- "Regional libraries" below.
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" below.
- "Urban county libraries" below.
- See also "Library boards" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Library property damage: 12-1228
Library types: 12-1218
Maintenance and support of library including capital improvements: 12-1217
Meetings, see under
- "Open Meetings Act" below.
- "City, county and township libraries" -> "Boards"
- "District libraries" -> "Boards"
- "Regional libraries" -> "Boards"
- "Regional systems of cooperating libraries" -> "Boards"
Oath of office: 54-106, 75-4308
Obscenity: 21-4301, 21-4301a
Old and survivor's insurance: 40-2303
Open Meetings Act
- Purpose: 75-4317
- Meetings defined: 75-4317a 2008 change in definition of meeting.
- Notice of meetings: 75-4318
- Agenda of meetings: 75-4318
- Exceptions of open meetings: 75-4318
- Closed executive sessions: 75-4319
- Binding actions prohibited: 75-4319
- Documents disclosure: 75-4319
- Penalties for violations: 75-4320
- Recording meetings: 75-4318
- Secret ballots: 75-4318
- See also "Open meetings" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Purpose: 45-216
- Definitions to terms: 45-217
- Requests, responses, refusals: 45-218
- Making copies: 45-219
- Procedures for obtaining copies: 45-220
- Records not required to be open: 45-221
- Penalties for violations45-223
- See also "Open records" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Definitions: 75-6402
- Prompt payment required: 75-6403
- Payments prior to final acceptance not prohibited: 75-6404
- Payment of discount rate and penalties75-6405
- See also "Prompt Payment Act" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
Protection of library property
Public Employees Retirement Act
Records open to the public, see "Open Records Act" above
- Establishment, election, and maintenance of regional libraries: 12-1231, 12-1234
- Allocation of costs: 12-1234
- Board
- Boards defined: 12-1218
- Appointment, terms, vacancies: 12-1232
- Corporate status: 12-1233, 12-1223
- Duties and powers: 12-1233, 12-1225, 12-1226
- Ex-officio members: 12-1232
- Officers: 12-1234
- Treasurer; bond; duties: 12-1226
- Meetings: 12-1224
- Meetings, see "Open meetings"
- Signature, see "Signatures" below.
- Annual report, January 31: 12-1225
- Auditing, see "Accounting and auditing" above
- Board of Education, libraries: 72-1033, 72-1623, 72-1623a, 72-1625
- Budget, see "Budget Law" above
- Cash basis, see "Cash Basis Law" above
- Contracts: 12-1223, 12-1225
- School library, contracts: 12-1225
- Gifts: 12-1225
- Monies, administration of: 12-1225 See also "Taxation" below.
- No-fund warrants, see "Warrants" below.
- Board of Education, libraries: 72-1033, 72-1623, 72-1623a, 72-1625
- Bonds
- Budget, see "Budget Law" above
- Cash basis, see "Cash Basis Law" above
- Contracts: 12-1223, 12-1225
- Corporate status: 12-1223
- Facsimile signature: 75-4001, 75-4002, 75-4003, 75-4004
- Tax levy: 12-1234
- Withdrawing from regional library: 12-1235
- See also "Libraries - Regional" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Defined: 75-2548
- Definitions: 75-2548
- Establishing systems: 75-2549, 75-2549b
- Annual report, January 31: 75-2549h
- Auditing, see "Accounting and auditing" above
- Board
- Appointments and terms: 75-2550
- Executive committee selection and powers: 75-2550a
- Corporate body: 75-2949a
- Certification: 75-2550
- Duties and powers: 75-2550, 75-2551
- Meetings - open: see "Open Meetings Act" below.
- Signatures, see "Signatures" below.
- Budget: 75-2551. See also "Budget Law" above
- Cash basis, see "Cash Basis Law" above
- Gifts: 75-2550
- Librarian, defined: 75-2548
- Monies, administration of: 75-2551 See also "Taxation" below.
- School library, contracts: 12-1225
- Budget laws: 75-2551
- Finance: 75-2551
- Membership: 75-2550
- Members of systems must offer free service: K.A.R. 54-1-8
- Petition: 75-2549
- Purpose: 75-2547
- Standards: 75-2552
- Tax Levy: 75-2550, 75-2551 See also "Taxation."
- See also "Regional library systems . . ." in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Establishment: 54-1-1
- Resolution by participants: 54-1-2
- Admission: 54-1-3
- Federal civil rights compliance: 54-1-4
- Annual program: 54-1-5
- Annual audit: 54-1-6
- Personnel: 54-1-7
- Free service provision: 54-1-8
- Administrative facility: 54-1-9
- Annual reports: 54-1-10
- Grants: 54-1-11
- Withdrawal: 54-1-12
- Opinion of trustees: 54-1-13
- Hearing: 54-1-14
- Transfer of property: 54-1-15
- Name of regional systems: 54-1-16
- Exclusion from regional system: 54-1-17
- Club or private libraries: 54-1-18
- School, community, junior college and college or university library: 54-1-19
- Contracts: 54-1-20
- Exclusion from regional system: 54-1-21
- Inclusion in regional system: 54-1-22
Signatures
- Warrants and warrant checks: 10-803, 10-805
- Facsimile: 75-4001, 75-4002, 75-4004
- See also "Signatures of checks" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
State Aid, see "Grants-in-Aid to Libraries" above.
State depository Libraries (Laws): 75-2565, 75-2566, 75-2567, 75-2668
State depository Libraries (Kansas Administrative Regulations)
- Deposit by state agency: 54-2-1
- Distribution of publications: 54-2-2
- Complete depository library defined: 54-2-3
- Selective depository library defined: 54-2-4
- Selection of publication be selective depositories: 54-2-5
- Item number: 54-2-6
- Agency list of publications: 54-2-7
- See also "State Depository Libraries" in right-hand menu, under "Articles and Attorney General Opinions"
- Appointment: 75-2535
- Chief Officer of State Library: 75-2534
- Collection development: 75-2540
- Duties: 75-2557, 75-2560, 75-2567
- Labeling and cataloging books and materials: 75-2541
- Oath: 75-2536
- Rules and regulations: 75-2542
- Establishment: 75-2534
- State Grants-in-Aid, see "Grants-in-Aid to libraries" above
- State Librarian, see "State Librarian" above
- State Library Advisory Commission, see "State Library Advisory Commission" below
Talking books, see Blind and physically handicapped sub-regional libraries
Tax distribution by county treasurer: 12-1678a
Taxation
- Construction for building sites and buildings: 12-1736
- Financing authorized: 12-1737
- Issuance of bonds after an election: 12-1737
- Distribution of tax collections by county treasurer: 12-1678a
- Use of tax proceeds: 12-1737
- Protest petition and election: 12-1737
- Investment of fund: 12-1737
- Issuance of no-fund warrants: 12-1737
- see "Exemption from taxes" above
- see "Bonds for ..." above
- see "Tax levy" below
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
- Establishment - purpose, issuance of bonds, election, tax levy: 12-1259
- Definitions: 12-1260
- Procedure to create district, election, transfer of assets and liabilities: 12-1281
- Governing body, appointment, terms, vacancies, expenses: 12-1262
- Corporate body: 12-1263
- Organization of board, officers, meetings, treasurer's bond and reports: 12-1264
- Use of library rules and regulations: 12-1265
- Library board duties and powers, annual payments to certain libraries: 12-1266
- Annual budget, tax levy, procedure to increase tax levy: 12-1267
- Capital improvement fund: 12-1268
- Contracts with other municipalities for library services: 12-1269
- Issuance of bonds, election, tax levy: 12-1270
- Tax levy: 12-1215, 12-1259, 12-1270
Treasurer
- Duties: 12-1226
- Bonding: 12-1226
- Treasurer bonding and duties including Johnson and Wyandotte counties: 12-1226
- Duties of county treasurer: 12-1225a
- Treasurers not to pay in excess of funds on hand: 10-1115
- Signatures, see "Signatures" above.
- Distribution of tax collections by county treasurer: 12-1678a
- City, county and township libraries
- District libraries
- Regional libraries
- Regional systems of cooperating libraries
Types of libraries defined: 12-1218
Urban county libraries: 12-1257
Use of library, rules and regulations: 12-1227
Use in library of privately owned books or collections: 12-1229
Wages
- Definitions in Kansas law: 44-1202
- Kansas minimum wage: 44-1203 (a)
- Federal exemption to Kansas minimum wage: 44-1203 (b)
- Overtime: 44-1204
- Discrimination: 44-1205
- Recordkeeping: 44-1209
- Violations and penalties: 44-1210
- Liability of employer: 44-1211
- OASI (Social Security): 40-2301, etc.
- Workmen's Compensation Act: 44-501, etc.
- Unemployment compensation: 44-701, etc.
- KPERS: 74-4901, etc.
- Authority for issuance: 10-802
- Unlawful in excess of funds on hand: 10-1112
- Treasurers not to pay in excess of funds on hand: 10-1115
- Terms and preparation of warrants: 10-801
- Signatures of warrants and warrant checks: 10-803, 10-805
- Payment and endorsements: 10-806
- Record of warrants and warrant checks: 10-804
- No-fund Warrants:
The above index is a modification of the combined indexes in:
- Kansas Public Library Laws, Attorney General’s Opinions and Rules and Regulations, State Library of Kansas, March 1979, and
- Library-related Laws and Regulations in the Kansas Statutes Annotated and the Kansas Administrative Regulations, State Library of Kansas, 1994.