Session of 1999
SENATE BILL No. 128
An Act relating to licensure of
maternity centers and licensure and registration of providers
of care for children; concerning civil fines;
amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 65-526 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 65-526
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-526. (a) The secretary of health and
environment, in addition
to any other penalty prescribed under article 5 of chapter 65 of
the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, or acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or
sup-
plemental thereto, may assess a civil fine, after proper notice and
an
opportunity to be heard, against a licensee or registrant for
a each viola-
tion of such provisions or rules and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto
which affect significantly and adversely the health, safety or
sanitation of
children in a child care facility or family day care home.
A Each civil fine
assessed under this section shall not exceed $500. In the case
of a contin-
uing violation, every day such violation continues shall be
deemed a sep-
arate violation.
(b) All fines assessed and
collected under this section shall be remit-
ted promptly to the state treasurer. Upon receipt thereof, the
state trea-
surer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and
credit it to
the state general fund.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 65-526 is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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