CHAPTER 52 SENATE BILL No. 123 An  Act concerning the state corporation commission; amending K.S.A. 66-117a, 66-118l
and 66-1,168 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 66-117a is hereby amended to read as follows: 66-
117a. The secretary of administration may intervene on behalf of the state
of Kansas as a party to any rate hearing conducted by the state corporation
commission in which the state of Kansas would be affected as a consumer
by a proposed change in the rates considered at such hearing. The state
corporation commission shall give notice to the secretary of administra-
tion of the time and place of any such rate hearing.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 66-118l is hereby amended to read as follows: 66-118l.
All orders or decisions of the commission shall become operative and
effective 30 days after the upon service of the order or decision as pro-
vided by law, except that if a petition for reconsideration is filed, the order
or decision shall become operative and effective 30 days after the order
or decision of the commission denying the petition or if the petition be
granted the order or decision as originally entered or as modified shall
become operative and effective 30 days after the service of the order or
decision of the commission on reconsideration, in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 77-530 and amendments thereto,
unless otherwise ordered by the commission or a stay is granted. The
commission may grant a stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the oper-
ation of any order or decision of the commission in accordance with the
provisions of K.S.A. 77-528 and amendments thereto. After the lapse of
the time period in which judicial review of such order may be taken, such
determinations and orders shall be held to be conclusive as to the matters
involved in any suit to enforce such order or in any collateral suit or
proceedings.

      Sec.  3. K.S.A. 66-1,168 is hereby amended to read as follows: 66-
1,168. All decisions of the commission shall become operative and effec-
tive 30 days after the upon service of the decision as provided by law,
except that if a petition for reconsideration is filed, the decision shall
become operative and effective 30 days after the order or decision of the
commission denying the petition or if the petition is granted the decision
as originally entered or as modified shall become operative and effective
30 days after the service of the decision of the commission on reconsid-
eration, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 77-
530 and amendments thereto, unless otherwise ordered by the commission
or a stay is granted. The commission may grant a stay or suspend, in
whole or in part, the operation of any order or decision of the commission
in accordance with provisions of K.S.A. 77-528 and amendments thereto.
After the lapse of the time within which proceedings could be taken to
obtain a review of such decision, no proceedings to obtain such review
having then been taken, such decision shall be held to be conclusive as
to the matters involved therein in any collateral suit or proceedings.

      Sec.  4. K.S.A. 66-117a, 66-118l and 66-1,168 are hereby repealed.

      Sec.  5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved April 3, 1999.
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