CHAPTER 6
SENATE BILL No. 52
An Act concerning the emergency medical services board; relating to
financial support
therefor; amending K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 75-1508 and repealing
the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2002 Supp.
75-1508 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 75-1508. (a) For the purpose of maintaining the department
of
the state fire marshal and the payment of the expenses incident
thereto,
each fire insurance company doing business in this state shall pay
to the
commissioner of insurance, on or before March 15 each year,
beginning
with the year 1984, and each year thereafter, in addition to the
taxes, fees
and charges now required by law to be paid by it, such levy as may
be
made by the state fire marshal. The levy shall not be more than
1.0% for
calendar years 2003 2002 and
2004 2003, and 1.25% for calendar year
2005 2004 and ensuing years, of a sum equal
to the gross cash receipts
as premiums of such company on all fire business transacted by it
in the
state of Kansas during the calendar year next preceding, as
shown by its
annual statement under oath to the state insurance department.
(b) For the purposes of maintaining the
emergency medical services
board and the payment of the expenses incident thereto, each fire
insur-
ance company doing business in this state shall pay to the
commissioner
of insurance, on or before March 15 each year, beginning with
the cal-
endar year 2003, 2002 and
each year thereafter ending with calendar
year
2003, in addition to the taxes, fees and charges now
required by law to
be paid by it, such levy as may be made by the emergency medical
services
board. The levy shall not be more than .25% of a sum equal to the
gross
cash receipts as premiums of such company on all fire business
transacted
by it in the state of Kansas during the calendar year next
preceding, as
shown by its annual statement under oath to the state insurance
depart-
ment. The provisions of this subsection (b) shall expire on
December 31
July 1, 2004.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 75-1508
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved March 7, 2003.
Published in the Kansas Register March 13, 2003.
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