Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 73 — Soldiers, Sailors and Patriotic Emblems

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-201

Preference in governmental employment and promotion; definitions; notice when veteran not hired; notice of job openings, information regarding preference; remedy when preference not provided

(a) As used in this act: (1) "Veteran" means: (A) A person who served in the active military, naval, air or space service, including those groups and individuals listed under 38 C.F.R. § 3.7, and who was discharged or released therefrom under an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions; (B)…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-201a

Same; preference not applicable to certain positions

(a) The provisions of K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the following: (1) An office filled by election; (2) positions which are filled by officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices and the personal secretary of each such officer, members of boards an…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-201b

Same; operation in conjunction with federal law or limitations on federal grants

To the extent that this act conflicts with federal law or a limitation provided by a federal grant to a public entity, this act shall be construed to operate in harmony with the federal law or limitation of the federal grant.

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-201c

Same; audit of veterans preference laws

Prior to the beginning of the 2011 regular legislative session, the division of post audit shall conduct an audit of the Kansas veterans preference laws. The audit shall be in accordance with article 11 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The audit report shall be submitted to the le…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-202

Same; penalties for violations

Any state officer, any county or city officer or any board composed of state officers, county or city officers, or any board who have been appointed and have charge of the penal and charitable institutions of the state, who shall knowingly and willfully disobey or neglect to obey the provisions of this act, shall be de…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-203

Ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans to be retained in making reduction in employees

In making any reduction of force in any of the departments, cities or towns of this state, the officers of such department, city or town shall retain those persons who may be equally qualified who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, and the widows and orphans of decea…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-204

Same; penalty for violations

Any person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-205

Statutes applicable to world war veterans

All rights, privileges and immunities extended to and enjoyed by honorably discharged soldiers of any of the wars in which this country has engaged, previous to the great world war, are confirmed, extended to, and hereby made to apply to the honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, and others who honorably s…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-206

Same; act supplemental

This act is supplemental to and adopts the provisions of every act referred to in the preceding section, as far as the same may be applicable, and the same are made a part hereof.

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-206b

Waiver of pension or annuity payments

Any person entitled to a pension or annuity by reason of retirement pursuant to provisions of the laws of this state may decline to accept all or any part of such pension or annuity by a waiver signed by the pensioner or annuitant and filed with the body authorized by statute to administer the fund from which said pens…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-209

Adjutant general; certificate of military service; transfer to state historical society

(a) On submission to the adjutant general of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or of a copy of such discharge or official record of military service certified to by a city, county or state official as being a true copy of original d…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-210

Charges for copies

(a) No city, county or state official shall charge a fee for certifying to the correctness of a true copy of an original discharge or other official record of military service of any soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, except that: (1) The adjutant general may charge a fee unless the copy is requested by a…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-210a

Free recording by register of deeds; copies

Whenever there shall be presented to the register of deeds of any county in this state the discharge or other official records of military service of any person who has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States at any time, said register of deeds shall record the same in a record book which s…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-213

Definitions

For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Act" means K.S.A. 73-213 through 73-219, and amendments thereto. (b) "Appointive authority" means the person, board, commission or other authority vested by law with power to appoint a successor for an officer when a vacancy occurs in the…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-214

Vacancies that do not create forfeiture or vacancy; references in laws construed

The absence of any officer from an office or position caused by military service shall not create a forfeiture of or vacancy in the office or position to which such officer was elected or appointed but shall be construed to create a temporary vacancy. Wherever the terms "forfeiture of office" or "vacancy in office" or…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-215

Temporary appointments; military service

(a) (1) If an officer's military service creates a temporary vacancy that is determined by such officer to require a temporary appointment, such officer shall submit an approved form to the designated office as set out in paragraph (2). (2) (A) If the officer is an elected state official, the form shall be approved by…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-216

Powers and duties; compensation

The person appointed in accordance with the provisions of this act to temporarily fill any office or position shall have and may exercise all the rights, powers, authority and jurisdiction and shall perform the duties, vested in, or required by law of the officer whose office or position such person is so appointed to…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-217

Qualifications

Every person who shall be appointed to temporarily fill any office or position shall possess the qualifications prescribed by law, if any, for the regular holder of such office or position.

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-218

Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return

An officer who is absent from an office or position while in military service shall not be entitled to any compensation as such officer during such absence. If the officer returns before the expiration of the period of the temporary vacancy created by the officer's absence, such officer shall be entitled to immediate p…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-219

Severability clause for 2021 House Bill No. 2332, chapter 97 of the 2021 Session Laws of Kansas

The provisions of this act are declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this act.

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-220

Application of certain act [*]

The provisions of this act [*] shall apply to all persons who served overseas during world war II and to all persons who served overseas with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea or other places under the flag of the United States and the United Nations or under t…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-230

Preference in awarding certain contracts by secretary of administration; definitions; disabled veteran businesses in Kansas; report

(a) In awarding any contract for the performance of any job or service for which moneys appropriated are to be expended, the secretary of administration, or the secretary's designee, shall give a preference to disabled veteran businesses doing business as Kansas firms, corporations or individuals, or that maintain Kans…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-231

Permissive preference in private employment

(a) As used in this section, "veteran" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto. (b) There is hereby established a permissive preference in private employment for veterans. (c) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives preference in hiring to a veteran, provided…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-301

Burial of Union soldiers, sailors or marines or their wives or widows

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each of the counties of this state to designate the township trustee or some other suitable person in each township, whose duty it shall be to cause to be decently interred the body of any honorably discharged Union soldier, sailor or marine who served in the Union ar…

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 73-302

Same; marking of graves

The grave of any such deceased soldier, sailor or marine shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of deceased, and the organization to which he belonged or in which he served in the Union army or navy: Provided, That such headstone shall not cost more than the sum of twenty dollars, and shall be of such desig…

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