CHAPTER 109 SENATE BILL No. 61 An Act enacting the uniform athlete agents act; amending K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 45-221 and
repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 44-1501, 44-1502, 44-1503, 44-1504,
44-1505, 44-1507, 44-1508, 44-1509, 44-1510, 44-1511, 44-1513, 44-1514 and 44-1515
and K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 44-1506 and 44-1512.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      New Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
uniform athlete agents act.

      New Sec.  2. As used in this act:

      (a) ``Agency contract'' means an agreement in which a student-athlete
authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete
a professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract;

      (b) ``athlete agent'' means an individual who enters into an agency
contract with a student-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits
a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes an
individual who represents to the public that the individual is an athlete
agent. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling or grandparent
of the student-athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a pro-
fessional sports team or professional sports organization;

      (c) ``athletic director'' means an individual responsible for adminis-
tering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an
educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for
male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the
athletic program for females, as appropriate;

      (d) ``contact'' means a communication, direct or indirect, between an
athlete agent and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete
to enter into an agency contract;

      (e) ``endorsement contract'' means an agreement under which a stu-
dent-athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the
other party any value that the student-athlete may have because of pub-
licity, reputation, following or fame obtained because of athletic ability
or performance;

      (f) ``intercollegiate sport'' means a sport played at the collegiate level
for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete
are established by a national association for the promotion or regulation
of collegiate athletics;

      (g) ``person'' means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,
trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,
government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public
corporation or any other legal or commercial entity;

      (h) ``professional-sports-services contract'' means an agreement un-
der which an individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a
player on a professional sports team, with a professional sports organi-
zation or as a professional athlete;

      (i) ``record'' means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium
or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
perceivable form;

      (j) ``registration'' means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to
this act;

      (k) ``state'' means a state of the United States, the District of Colum-
bia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or in-
sular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and

      (l) ``student-athlete'' means an individual who engages in, is eligible
to engage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercol-
legiate sport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a
particular intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student-athlete for
purposes of that sport.

      New Sec.  3. (a) By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonres-
ident individual appoints the secretary of state as the individual's agent
for service of process in any civil action in this state related to the indi-
vidual's acting as an athlete agent in this state. Service on the secretary
of state of any process, notice or demand against the athlete agent shall
be made by delivering to the secretary of state by personal service or by
certified mail, the original and two copies of the process and two copies
of the petition, notice or demand, or the clerk of the court may send the
original process and two copies of both the process and the petition,
notice or demand directly to the secretary of state by certified mail. In
the event that any such process, notice or demand is served on the
secretary of state, the secretary shall immediately cause a copy of such
process, notice or demand to be forwarded by certified mail, addressed
to the athlete agent at such athlete agent's address as it appears in the
records of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall keep a record
of all such processes, notices and demands served upon the secretary
under this subsection, and shall record in the record the time of the
service and the action of the secretary with reference to it. A fee of $40
shall be paid to the secretary of state by the party requesting the service
of process, to cover the cost of such service of process, except the sec-
retary of state may waive the fee for state agencies. That fee shall not be
included within or paid from any deposit as security for any costs or
docket fee required by K.S.A. 60-2001 or K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 61-4001, and
amendments thereto.

      (b) The secretary of state may issue subpoenas for any material that
is relevant to the administration of this act. Any such information or ma-
terial received by the secretary shall be treated as confidential by the
secretary and shall not be open to public inspection except by court order.

      New Sec.  4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an
individual may not act as an athlete agent in this state without holding a
certificate of registration as provided under section 6 or 8, and amend-
ments thereto.

      (b) Before being issued a certificate of registration, an individual may
act as an athlete agent in this state for all purposes except signing an
agency contract, if: (1) A student-athlete or another person acting on
behalf of the student-athlete initiates communication with the individual;
and

      (2) within seven days after an initial act as an athlete agent, the in-
dividual submits an application for registration as an athlete agent in this
state.

      (c) An agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of this sec-
tion is void and the athlete agent shall return any consideration received
under the contract.

      New Sec.  5. (a) An applicant for registration shall submit an appli-
cation for registration to the secretary of state in a form prescribed by
the secretary of state. The application must be in the name of an individ-
ual and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), signed or oth-
erwise authenticated by the applicant under penalty of perjury and state
or contain: (1) The name of the applicant and the address of the appli-
cant's principal place of business;

      (2) the name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable;

      (3) any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the
five years next preceding the date of submission of the application;

      (4) a description of the applicant's: (A) Formal training as an athlete
agent;

      (B) practical experience as an athlete agent; and

      (C) educational background relating to the applicant's activities as an
athlete agent;

      (5) the names and addresses of three individuals not related to the
applicant who are willing to serve as references;

      (6) the name, sport and last known team for each individual for whom
the applicant acted as an athlete agent during the five years next preced-
ing the date of submission of the application;

      (7) the names and addresses of all persons who are: (A) With respect
to the athlete agent's business if it is not a corporation, the partners,
members, officers, managers, associates or profit-sharers of the business;
and

      (B) with respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the
officers, directors and any shareholder of the corporation having an in-
terest of 5% or greater;

      (8) whether the applicant or any person named pursuant to subsec-
tion (a)(7) has been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state,
would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony, and identify the
crime;

      (9) whether there has been any administrative or judicial determi-
nation that the applicant or any person named pursuant to subsection
(a)(7) has made a false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representa-
tion;

      (10) any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or any person
named pursuant to subsection (a)(7) resulted in the imposition of a sanc-
tion, suspension or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an inter-
scholastic or intercollegiate athletic event on a student-athlete or educa-
tional institution;

      (11) any sanction, suspension or disciplinary action taken against the
applicant or any person named pursuant to subsection (a)(7) arising out
of occupational or professional conduct; and

      (12) whether there has been any denial of an application for, suspen-
sion or revocation of, or refusal to renew, the registration or licensure of
the applicant or any person named pursuant to subsection (a)(7) as an
athlete agent in any state.

      (b) An individual who has submitted an application for, and holds a
certificate of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in another state,
may submit a copy of the application and certificate in lieu of submitting
an application in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). The
secretary of state shall accept the application and the certificate from the
other state as an application for registration in this state if the application
to the other state: (1) Was submitted in the other state within six months
next preceding the submission of the application in this state and the
applicant certifies that the information contained in the application is
current;

      (2) contains information substantially similar to or more comprehen-
sive than that required in an application submitted in this state; and

      (3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

      New Sec.  6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the
secretary of state shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual
who complies with subsection (a) of section 5, and amendments thereto,
or whose application has been accepted under subsection (b) of section
5, and amendments thereto.

      (b) The secretary of state may refuse to issue a certificate of registra-
tion if the secretary of state determines that the applicant has engaged in
conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to
act as an athlete agent. In making the determination, the secretary of
state may consider whether the applicant has: (1) Been convicted of a
crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral
turpitude or a felony;

      (2) made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent rep-
resentation in the application or as an athlete agent;

      (3) engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serv-
ing in a fiduciary capacity;

      (4) engaged in conduct prohibited by section 14, and amendments
thereto;

      (5) had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, re-
voked or denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as
an athlete agent in any state;

      (6) engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction,
suspension or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic
or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student-athlete or ed-
ucational institution; or

      (7) engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the ap-
plicant's credibility, honesty or integrity.

      (c) In making a determination under subsection (b), the secretary of
state shall consider: (1) How recently the conduct occurred;

      (2) the nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred;
and

      (3) any other relevant conduct of the applicant.

      (d) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting
an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the secretary of state.
The application for renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty
of perjury and must contain current information on all matters required
in an original registration.

      (e) An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of
registration or licensure in another state, in lieu of submitting an appli-
cation for renewal in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (d), may
file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of regis-
tration or licensure from the other state. The secretary of state shall ac-
cept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for
renewal in this state if the application to the other state: (1) Was sub-
mitted in the other state within six months next preceding the filing in
this state and the applicant certifies the information contained in the
application for renewal is current;

      (2) contains information substantially similar to or more comprehen-
sive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this
state; and

      (3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

      (f) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid
for two years.

      New Sec.  7. (a) The secretary of state may suspend, revoke or refuse
to renew a registration for conduct that would have justified denial of
registration under subsection (b) of section 6, and amendments thereto.

      (b) The secretary of state may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to
renew a certificate of registration or licensure only after proper notice
and an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the Kansas administrative
procedures act.

      New Sec.  8.  The secretary of state may issue a temporary certificate
of registration while an application for registration or renewal of registra-
tion is pending.

      New Sec.  9. An application for registration or renewal of registration
must be accompanied by a fee in the following amount: (1) $500 for an
initial application for registration;

      (2) $500 for an application for registration based upon a certificate
of registration or licensure issued by another state;

      (3) $500 for an application for renewal of registration; or

      (4) $500 for an application for renewal of registration based upon an
application for renewal of registration or licensure submitted in another
state.

      New Sec.  10. (a) An agency contract must be in a record, signed or
otherwise authenticated by the parties.

      (b) An agency contract must state or contain: (1) The amount and
method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student-athlete
for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and
any other consideration the athlete agent has received or will receive from
any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the serv-
ices;

      (2) the name of any person not listed in the application for registra-
tion or renewal of registration who will be compensated because the stu-
dent-athlete signed the agency contract;

      (3) a description of any expenses that the student-athlete agrees to
reimburse;

      (4) a description of the services to be provided to the student-athlete;

      (5) the duration of the contract; and

      (6) the date of execution.

      (c) An agency contract must contain, in close proximity to the sig-
nature of the student-athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type in
capital letters stating:

WARNING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT:

      (1) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS
A STUDENT-ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT;

      (2) IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72
HOURS AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACT, BOTH
YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR ATH-
LETIC DIRECTOR; AND

      (3) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS
AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT
MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY.

      (d) An agency contract that does not conform to this section is void-
able by the student-athlete. If a student-athlete voids an agency contract,
the student-athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the
contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent
to induce the student-athlete to enter into the contract.

      (e) The athlete agent shall give a record of the signed or otherwise
authenticated agency contract to the student-athlete at the time of exe-
cution.

      New Sec.  11. (a) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency con-
tract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student-
athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give
notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director
of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled or
the athlete agent has reasonable grounds to believe the student-athlete
intends to enroll.

      (b) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before
the next athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate,
whichever occurs first, the student-athlete shall inform the athletic direc-
tor of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled
that the student-athlete has entered into an agency contract.

      New Sec.  12. (a) A student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by
giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within
14 days after the contract is signed.

      (b) A student-athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency
contract.

      (c) If a student-athlete cancels an agency contract, the student-athlete
is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return
any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student-
athlete to enter into the contract.

      New Sec.  13. (a) An athlete agent shall retain the following records
for a period of five years: (1) The name and address of each individual
represented by the athlete agent;

      (2) any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and

      (3) any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment
or solicitation of a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract.

      (b) Records required by subsection (a) to be retained are open to
inspection by the secretary of state during normal business hours.

      New Sec.  14. (a) Criminal conduct by an athlete agent is when: (1)
An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into
an agency contract, does any of the following: (A) Gives any materially
false or misleading information or makes a materially false promise or
representation;

      (B) furnishes anything of value to a student-athlete before the stu-
dent-athlete enters into the agency contract; or

      (C) furnishes anything of value to any individual other than the stu-
dent-athlete or another registered athlete agent; or

      (2) an athlete agent intentionally: (A) Initiates contact with a student-
athlete unless registered under this act;

      (B) refuses or fails to retain or permit inspection of the records re-
quired to be retained by section 13, and amendments thereto;

      (C) fails to register when required by section 4, and amendments
thereto;

      (D) provides materially false or misleading information in an appli-
cation for registration or renewal of registration;

      (E) predates or postdates an agency contract; or

      (F) fails to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs
or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that
the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to
participate as a student-athlete in that sport.

      (b) Criminal conduct by an athlete agent is a class A nonperson mis-
demeanor.

      New Sec.  15. (a) An educational institution has a right of action
against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused
by a violation of this act.

      (b) Damages of an educational institution under subsection (a) in-
clude losses and expenses incurred because, as a result of the conduct of
an athlete agent or former student-athlete, the educational institution was
injured by a violation of this act or was penalized, disqualified or sus-
pended from participation in athletics by a national association for the
promotion and regulation of athletics, by an athletic conference or by
reasonable self-imposed disciplinary action taken to mitigate sanctions
likely to be imposed by such an organization.

      (c) A right of action under this section does not accrue until the ed-
ucational institution discovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence
would have discovered the violation by the athlete agent or former stu-
dent-athlete.

      (d) Any liability of the athlete agent or the former student-athlete
under this section shall be subject to K.S.A. 60-258a, and amendments
thereto.

      (e) This act does not restrict rights, remedies or defenses of any per-
son under law or equity.

      New Sec.  16. The secretary of state may assess a civil penalty against
an athlete agent not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of this act. A civil
penalty owed under this section may be recovered in a civil action brought
by the attorney general at the request of the secretary.

      New Sec.  17. If the secretary of state determines that a violation of
section 14, and amendments thereto has occurred, the secretary shall
refer the case to the attorney general for prosecution. On the determi-
nation of the secretary that a violation of this act is occurring or is threat-
ened, the secretary or the attorney general may bring an action in district
court in Shawnee county to enjoin the violation or threatened violation.

      New Sec.  18. There is hereby created in the state treasury the athlete
agent registration fee fund which shall be administered by the secretary
of state. All moneys credited to the athlete agent registration fee fund
shall be used for the expenses incurred for the performance of the duties
and functions of the secretary of state under the uniform athlete agents
act. All expenditures from the athlete agent registration fee fund shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of appropriation acts upon war-
rants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers
approved by the secretary of state or by a person or persons designated
by the secretary. Fees, civil penalties and other moneys received under
this act by the secretary of state shall be remitted to the state treasurer
in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments
thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall
deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the athlete
agent registration fee fund.

      New Sec.  19. In applying and construing this act, consideration shall
be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to
this act's subject matter among states that enact it.

      New Sec.  20. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to prom-
ulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act.

      New Sec.  21. If any provision of this act or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without
the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
act are severable.

      Sec.  22. K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 45-221 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 45-221. (a) Except to the extent disclosure is otherwise required
by law, a public agency shall not be required to disclose:

      (1) Records the disclosure of which is specifically prohibited or re-
stricted by federal law, state statute or rule of the Kansas supreme court
or the disclosure of which is prohibited or restricted pursuant to specific
authorization of federal law, state statute or rule of the Kansas supreme
court to restrict or prohibit disclosure.

      (2) Records which are privileged under the rules of evidence, unless
the holder of the privilege consents to the disclosure.

      (3) Medical, psychiatric, psychological or alcoholism or drug depend-
ency treatment records which pertain to identifiable patients.

      (4) Personnel records, performance ratings or individually identifia-
ble records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment, except
that this exemption shall not apply to the names, positions, salaries and
lengths of service of officers and employees of public agencies once they
are employed as such.

      (5) Information which would reveal the identity of any undercover
agent or any informant reporting a specific violation of law.

      (6) Letters of reference or recommendation pertaining to the char-
acter or qualifications of an identifiable individual.

      (7) Library, archive and museum materials contributed by private
persons, to the extent of any limitations imposed as conditions of the
contribution.

      (8) Information which would reveal the identity of an individual who
lawfully makes a donation to a public agency, if anonymity of the donor
is a condition of the donation.

      (9) Testing and examination materials, before the test or examination
is given or if it is to be given again, or records of individual test or ex-
amination scores, other than records which show only passage or failure
and not specific scores.

      (10) Criminal investigation records, except that the district court, in
an action brought pursuant to K.S.A. 45-222, and amendments thereto,
may order disclosure of such records, subject to such conditions as the
court may impose, if the court finds that disclosure:

      (A) Is in the public interest;

      (B) would not interfere with any prospective law enforcement action;

      (C) would not reveal the identity of any confidential source or un-
dercover agent;

      (D) would not reveal confidential investigative techniques or proce-
dures not known to the general public;

      (E) would not endanger the life or physical safety of any person; and

      (F) would not reveal the name, address, phone number or any other
information which specifically and individually identifies the victim of any
sexual offense in article 35 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Anno-
tated, and amendments thereto.

      (11) Records of agencies involved in administrative adjudication or
civil litigation, compiled in the process of detecting or investigating vio-
lations of civil law or administrative rules and regulations, if disclosure
would interfere with a prospective administrative adjudication or civil
litigation or reveal the identity of a confidential source or undercover
agent.

      (12) Records of emergency or security information or procedures of
a public agency, or plans, drawings, specifications or related information
for any building or facility which is used for purposes requiring security
measures in or around the building or facility or which is used for the
generation or transmission of power, water, fuels or communications, if
disclosure would jeopardize security of the public agency, building or
facility.

      (13) The contents of appraisals or engineering or feasibility estimates
or evaluations made by or for a public agency relative to the acquisition
of property, prior to the award of formal contracts therefor.

      (14) Correspondence between a public agency and a private individ-
ual, other than correspondence which is intended to give notice of an
action, policy or determination relating to any regulatory, supervisory or
enforcement responsibility of the public agency or which is widely dis-
tributed to the public by a public agency and is not specifically in response
to communications from such a private individual.

      (15) Records pertaining to employer-employee negotiations, if dis-
closure would reveal information discussed in a lawful executive session
under K.S.A. 75-4319, and amendments thereto.

      (16) Software programs for electronic data processing and documen-
tation thereof, but each public agency shall maintain a register, open to
the public, that describes:

      (A) The information which the agency maintains on computer facil-
ities; and

      (B) the form in which the information can be made available using
existing computer programs.

      (17) Applications, financial statements and other information sub-
mitted in connection with applications for student financial assistance
where financial need is a consideration for the award.

      (18) Plans, designs, drawings or specifications which are prepared by
a person other than an employee of a public agency or records which are
the property of a private person.

      (19) Well samples, logs or surveys which the state corporation com-
mission requires to be filed by persons who have drilled or caused to be
drilled, or are drilling or causing to be drilled, holes for the purpose of
discovery or production of oil or gas, to the extent that disclosure is limited
by rules and regulations of the state corporation commission.

      (20) Notes, preliminary drafts, research data in the process of anal-
ysis, unfunded grant proposals, memoranda, recommendations or other
records in which opinions are expressed or policies or actions are pro-
posed, except that this exemption shall not apply when such records are
publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda of an open
meeting.

      (21) Records of a public agency having legislative powers, which re-
cords pertain to proposed legislation or amendments to proposed legis-
lation, except that this exemption shall not apply when such records are:

      (A) Publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda
of an open meeting; or

      (B) distributed to a majority of a quorum of any body which has au-
thority to take action or make recommendations to the public agency with
regard to the matters to which such records pertain.

      (22) Records of a public agency having legislative powers, which re-
cords pertain to research prepared for one or more members of such
agency, except that this exemption shall not apply when such records are:

      (A) Publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda
of an open meeting; or

      (B) distributed to a majority of a quorum of any body which has au-
thority to take action or make recommendations to the public agency with
regard to the matters to which such records pertain.

      (23) Library patron and circulation records which pertain to identi-
fiable individuals.

      (24) Records which are compiled for census or research purposes and
which pertain to identifiable individuals.

      (25) Records which represent and constitute the work product of an
attorney.

      (26) Records of a utility or other public service pertaining to individ-
ually identifiable residential customers of the utility or service, except that
information concerning billings for specific individual customers named
by the requester shall be subject to disclosure as provided by this act.

      (27) Specifications for competitive bidding, until the specifications
are officially approved by the public agency.

      (28) Sealed bids and related documents, until a bid is accepted or all
bids rejected.

      (29) Correctional records pertaining to an identifiable inmate or re-
lease, except that:

      (A) The name; photograph and other identifying information; sen-
tence data; parole eligibility date; custody or supervision level; disciplinary
record; supervision violations; conditions of supervision, excluding
requirements pertaining to mental health or substance abuse counseling;
location of facility where incarcerated or location of parole office main-
taining supervision and address of a releasee whose crime was committed
after the effective date of this act shall be subject to disclosure to any
person other than another inmate or releasee, except that the disclosure
of the location of an inmate transferred to another state pursuant to the
interstate corrections compact shall be at the discretion of the secretary
of corrections;

      (B) the ombudsman of corrections, the attorney general, law enforce-
ment agencies, counsel for the inmate to whom the record pertains and
any county or district attorney shall have access to correctional records to
the extent otherwise permitted by law;

      (C) the information provided to the law enforcement agency pursu-
ant to the sex offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901, et seq., and
amendments thereto, shall be subject to disclosure to any person, except
that the name, address, telephone number or any other information which
specifically and individually identifies the victim of any offender required
to register as provided by the Kansas offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-
4901 et seq. and amendments thereto, shall not be disclosed; and

      (D) records of the department of corrections regarding the financial
assets of an offender in the custody of the secretary of corrections shall
be subject to disclosure to the victim, or such victim's family, of the crime
for which the inmate is in custody as set forth in an order of restitution
by the sentencing court.

      (30) Public records containing information of a personal nature
where the public disclosure thereof would constitute a clearly unwar-
ranted invasion of personal privacy.

      (31) Public records pertaining to prospective location of a business
or industry where no previous public disclosure has been made of the
business' or industry's interest in locating in, relocating within or expand-
ing within the state. This exception shall not include those records per-
taining to application of agencies for permits or licenses necessary to do
business or to expand business operations within this state, except as
otherwise provided by law.

      (32) Engineering and architectural estimates made by or for any pub-
lic agency relative to public improvements.

      (33) Financial information submitted by contractors in qualification
statements to any public agency.

      (34) Records involved in the obtaining and processing of intellectual
property rights that are expected to be, wholly or partially vested in or
owned by a state educational institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and
amendments thereto, or an assignee of the institution organized and ex-
isting for the benefit of the institution.

      (35) Any report or record which is made pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4922,
65-4923 or 65-4924, and amendments thereto, and which is privileged
pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4915 or 65-4925, and amendments thereto.

      (36) Information which would reveal the precise location of an ar-
cheological site.

      (37) Any financial data or traffic information from a railroad company,
to a public agency, concerning the sale, lease or rehabilitation of the
railroad's property in Kansas.

      (38) Risk-based capital reports, risk-based capital plans and corrective
orders including the working papers and the results of any analysis filed
with the commissioner of insurance in accordance with K.S.A. 40-2c20
and 40-2d20 and amendments thereto.

      (39) Memoranda and related materials required to be used to support
the annual actuarial opinions submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of
K.S.A. 40-409, and amendments thereto.

      (40) Disclosure reports filed with the commissioner of insurance un-
der subsection (a) of K.S.A. 40-2,156, and amendments thereto.

      (41) All financial analysis ratios and examination synopses concerning
insurance companies that are submitted to the commissioner by the na-
tional association of insurance commissioners' insurance regulatory infor-
mation system.

      (42) Any records the disclosure of which is restricted or prohibited
by a tribal-state gaming compact.

      (43) Market research, market plans, business plans and the terms and
conditions of managed care or other third party contracts, developed or
entered into by the university of Kansas medical center in the operation
and management of the university hospital which the chancellor of the
university of Kansas or the chancellor's designee determines would give
an unfair advantage to competitors of the university of Kansas medical
center.

      (44) The amount of franchise tax paid to the secretary of state by
domestic corporations, foreign corporations, domestic limited liability
companies, foreign limited liability companies, domestic limited partner-
ship, foreign limited partnership, domestic limited liability partnerships
and foreign limited liability partnerships.

      (45) Records the disclosure of which would pose a substantial likeli-
hood of revealing security measures that protect: (A) Systems, facilities
or equipment used in the production, transmission or distribution of en-
ergy, water or communications services; or (B) sewer or wastewater treat-
ment systems, facilities or equipment. For purposes of this paragraph,
security means measures that protect against criminal acts intended to
intimidate or coerce the civilian population, influence government policy
by intimidation or coercion or to affect the operation of government by
disruption of public services, mass destruction, assassination or kidnap-
ping.

      (46) Any information or material received by the secretary of state
pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3, and amendments thereto, except
when such information is required to be submitted in an application pur-
suant to section 5, and amendments thereto.

      (b) Except to the extent disclosure is otherwise required by law or as
appropriate during the course of an administrative proceeding or on ap-
peal from agency action, a public agency or officer shall not disclose fi-
nancial information of a taxpayer which may be required or requested by
a county appraiser or the director of property valuation to assist in the
determination of the value of the taxpayer's property for ad valorem tax-
ation purposes; or any financial information of a personal nature required
or requested by a public agency or officer, including a name, job descrip-
tion or title revealing the salary or other compensation of officers, em-
ployees or applicants for employment with a firm, corporation or agency,
except a public agency. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
prohibit the publication of statistics, so classified as to prevent identifi-
cation of particular reports or returns and the items thereof.

      (c) As used in this section, the term ``cited or identified'' shall not
include a request to an employee of a public agency that a document be
prepared.

      (d) If a public record contains material which is not subject to dis-
closure pursuant to this act, the public agency shall separate or delete
such material and make available to the requester that material in the
public record which is subject to disclosure pursuant to this act. If a public
record is not subject to disclosure because it pertains to an identifiable
individual, the public agency shall delete the identifying portions of the
record and make available to the requester any remaining portions which
are subject to disclosure pursuant to this act, unless the request is for a
record pertaining to a specific individual or to such a limited group of
individuals that the individuals' identities are reasonably ascertainable, the
public agency shall not be required to disclose those portions of the record
which pertain to such individual or individuals.

      (e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to exempt
from public disclosure statistical information not descriptive of any iden-
tifiable person.

      (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), any public rec-
ord which has been in existence more than 70 years shall be open for
inspection by any person unless disclosure of the record is specifically
prohibited or restricted by federal law, state statute or rule of the Kansas
supreme court or by a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-6214, and
amendments thereto.

 Sec.  23. K.S.A. 44-1501, 44-1502, 44-1503, 44-1504, 44-1505, 44-
1507, 44-1508, 44-1509, 44-1510, 44-1511, 44-1513, 44-1514 and 44-1515
and K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 44-1506, 44-1512 and 45-221 are hereby repealed.

 Sec.  24. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved April 21, 2003.
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