Kansas Legislature Passes Hazardous Waste Law And Various Bills
The 1981 Kansas Legislature enacted broad measures including a hazardous waste law creating trust funds for future disposal costs governed by the secretary of health and environment and a hazardous waste disposal board. It also banned detachable beer can tabs and some fireworks while expanding limits on open containers. Other acts cover education testing, school bus use, welfare reductions, and business provisions such as bonds for a GM plant and a products liability standard. Tax changes include a $3 dealer stamp tax on auto sales.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Secretary of Health and Environment
John Carlin
Kansas City
Port Authority
General Motors Assembly
Wyandot
Fish and Game Commission
Kansas Electric Power Cooperatives Inc
Wolf Creek
Department of Education
Judicial Branch
Public Defender
State Supreme Court
Carlin
Kansas Senate Reverses to Expand Open Meetings Limits
In Topeka the Kansas Senate, with seven switchers, passed a bill relaxing the Open Meetings Act. Critics led by Sen. John Chandler were absent for the second vote. The 24-14 approval followed a reconsideration motion by Sen. Fred Kerr after an 18-21 vote to kill. The measure, already House-approved, moves back to the House after April 29 reconvening. It allows any number short of a quorum to meet privately to discuss official business, changing the prior rule that a majority of a quorum triggers the act.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
John Chandler
R-Holton
Fred Kerr
R-Pratt
Carlin Signs 15 Bills in Final Lively Session
Governor John Carlin signed 15 bills into law, with two of general interest. One repeals the premarital blood test requirement for marriage, previously used to detect syphilis. The other creates a State Historic Sites Board of Review, replacing the old board and expanding membership, both laws effective July 1. Supporters note prenatal testing reduces undetected venereal disease risk.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Billy
Kansas
State Historic Sites Board of Review
Kansas Passes Corporate Farm Restriction Change
Kansas Legislature approves a 36-0 Senate vote to overhaul the 50 year old corporate farming law. The bill bans corporate ownership or leasing of farmland with exemptions for family farm entities and authorized farm corporations. Violations carry a $50,000 fine and required divestment within a year.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Senate
Conference Committee
Carlin
Kansas Senate Overhauls Campaign Finance Act
The Kansas Senate approved 30 to 8 a bill reestablishing the Campaign Finance Act while stripping powers from the ethics watchdog and renaming it the Public Disclosure Commission. Auditing shifts to the secretary of state and investigations to the attorney general. contribution limits rise to 5000 for statewide candidates and 1000 for legislators with basic disclosure kept. Minority Leader Jack Steineger called the move a backward step, while supporters say it reestablishes the law and preserves election integrity.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Governmental Ethics Commission
Public Disclosure Commission
Secretary of State
Steineger
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Kerr
Sens
Ron Hein
Paul Hess
Wichita
Mike Johnston
Parsons
Gerald Karr
D-Emporia
Bill Mulich
Ckansas City
Merrill Werts
Junction City
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Nytor
Anne
Ethics Commission
Commission
Radio Shack
Radio Thack
Ssette Corder
Ottawa, Kansas
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