CHAPTER 16
SENATE BILL No. 73*
An  Act concerning certain claims against the state, making appropriations, authorizing
certain transfers, imposing certain restrictions and limitations, and directing or author-
izing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

 Section  1. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, appropriations
are hereby made, restrictions and limitations are hereby imposed, and
transfers, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing
are hereby directed or authorized as provided in this act.

 Sec.  2. The department of revenue is hereby authorized and directed
to pay the following amounts from the motor-vehicle fuel tax refund fund,
for claims not filed within the statutory filing period prescribed in K.S.A.
79-3458 and amendments thereto, to the following claimants:

All Freight Systems, Inc.
1134 S. 12th St.
Kansas City, KS 66102		 $9,493.70
All Freight Systems, Inc.
1134 S. 12th St.
Kansas City, KS 66102		 $8,188.88
Alliant Food Service Inc.
One Parkway North
Deerfield, IL 60015		 $4,956.73
Alliant Food Service Inc.
One Parkway North
Deerfield, IL 60015		 $2,889.81
Matt Anderson
25096 Nehring Branch Road
Alma, KS 66401		 $854.19
Glenn S. Atkinson
18581 152nd Road
Winfield, KS 67156		 $224.82
Anthony Basel
15474 278th Rd
Netawaka, KS 66516		 $167.41
Eugene D. Berges
20755 State Road 16
Onaga, KS 66521		 $84.60
William R. Bergmeier
1634 5th Rd
Wakefield, KS 67487		 $42.75
Darrel E. Boyd
482 21st Rd
Beattie, KS 66406		 $117.00
Bromely Quarry & Asphalt, Inc.
PO Box 670
Atchison, KS 66002		 $130.20
Brookridge Golf & County Co
8223 W 103rd St.
Overland Park, KS 66212		 $1,509.23
Butts Farms
205 S Central Ave
Mulvane, KS 67110		 $332.64
Cunday Wicking Services
215 S. King
Mt. Hope, KS 67108		 $282.42
Craig and Jan Elliott
249 Timber Road
Courtland, KS 66939		 $3,810.24
Paul Michael Fabrizius
RR 2 Box 14E
Wakeeney, KS 67672		 $1,671.14
Leonard Gast
22430 W 319
Paola, KS 66071		 $26.00
Guthrie Steaming & Tank Service
PO Box 1331
Great Bend, KS 67530		 $5,175.67
Gerald D. Healzer
12101 W. Castleton Rd
Partridge, KS 67566		 $43.20
Robert H. Heiman
RR 3 Box 139
Seneca, KS 66538		 $220.84
Hodgeman County Road Dept.
PO Box 7
Jetmore, KS 67854		 $14,148.83
Elvin L. Holle
3071 24th Rd
Breman, KS 66412		 $33.60
Indian Hills Country Club
6847 Tomahawk Rd
Missions Hills, KS 66208		 $359.46
Ladonna Knight
1106 Old Hwy 50 NW
Lebo, KS 66856		 $580.72
Koelzer Lumber Co Inc.
532 Main Street
Seneca, KS 66538		 $80.00
L & M Contractors Inc.
PO Box 1171
Great Bend, KS 67530		 $603.56
Laidlaw Transit Inc.
1548 E 23rd Suite C
Lawrence, KS 66046		 $13,612.50
Elmer H. Leppke
2023 140th
Marion, KS 66861		 $58.00
Midwest Coast Transportation II
1600 E Benson Road
Sioux Falls, SD 57104		 $1,222.54
Mike Onelio
674 E 600th Ave
Pittsburg, KS 66762		 $286.38
Cecil R. Phillips
10636 Highway K 16
Valley Falls, KS 66088		 $222.36
Supreme Cattle Feeders
PO Box 708
Liberal, KS 67905		 $18,118.58
Tremo Corporation/ T.E. Bird
978 Coyote Road
Toronto, KS 66777		 $189.00
Trinity Jr/Sr Catholic High
1400 East 17th St.
Hutchinson, KS 67501		 $102.69
USD #231 Gardner - Edgerton
PO Box 97
Gardner, KS 66030		 $3,938.85
USD #249 - Frontenac School
208 S Cayuga
Frontenac, KS 66763		 $1,198.27
USD #337 Royal Valley Schools
101 West Main Street
Mayetta, KS 66509		 $1,050.59
USD 293
PO Box 429
Quinter, KS 67752		 $242.06
USD 315 Colby Public Schools
210 South Range
Colby, KS 67701		 $1,213.78
USD 419 Canton - Galva
PO Box 317
Canton, KS 67428		 $2,737.44
Vesta Lee Lumber Co.
2300 S 138th St.
Bonner Springs, KS 66012		 $347.76
Wildcat Concrete Services Inc.
PO Box 750075
Topeka, KS 66675		 $46.84
 Sec.  3. The department of transportation is hereby authorized and
directed to pay the following amount from the state highway fund as
reimbursement for damage to claimant's wheat crop caused by utility line
relocation, to the following claimants:

June Porter Rittenhouse, Don Porter and Dale L. Konzem
1217 N Mill St.
Beloit, KS 67420		 $257.40
 Sec.  4. (a) The department of revenue is hereby authorized and di-
rected to pay the following amount from the income tax refund fund as
reimbursement for a tax refund which was erroneously misdirected, to
the following claimant:

Richard D. Blim
11250 Garnett St.
Overland Park, KS 66210		 $16.00
 (b) The department of revenue is hereby authorized and directed to
pay the following amount from the motor carrier tax refund fund as a
refund of motor carrier property tax payments in excess of the amount
due, to the following claimant:

Merit Transportation Co, LLC
10330 S 152nd St.
Omaha, NE 68138		 $17,551.83
 (c) The department of revenue is hereby authorized and directed to
pay the following amount from the income tax refund fund as reimburse-
ment for a canceled corporate income tax refund warrant to the following
claimant:

Journal Communications, Inc.
P.O. Box 661
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0661		 $84,246.00
 Sec.  5. The Kansas state fair is hereby authorized and directed to pay
the following amount from the state fair fee fund as reimbursement for
out-of-pocket medical expenses resulting from personal injuries sustained
at the state fairgrounds, to the following claimant:

John G. Baird
521 East 25th
Hutchinson, KS 67502		 $179.00
 Sec.  6. (a) The judicial branch is hereby authorized and directed to
pay the following amount from the judiciary technology fund for payment
for services rendered, the invoice for which was submitted or processed
in an untimely manner, to the following claimant:

Storage Technology Corp.
PO Box 99600
Chicago, IL 60690		 $605.55
 (b) The judicial branch is hereby authorized and directed to pay the
following amount from the judiciary technology fund for payment for
services rendered, the invoice for which was submitted or processed in
an untimely manner, to the following claimant:

Storage Technology Corp.
PO Box 99600
Chicago, IL 60690		 $2,422.22
 Sec.  7. The juvenile justice authority is hereby authorized and di-
rected to pay the following amount from the Topeka juvenile correctional
facility operations account of the state general fund for payment of a bill
presented in the wrong fiscal year, to the following claimant:

ONEOK Energy Marketing Company
3706 SW Topeka Blvd., Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66609		 $23,495.81
 Sec.  8. (a) The department of corrections is hereby authorized and
directed to pay the following amount from the El Dorado facility -- fa-
cilities operations account of the state general fund for loss of claimant's
personal property while claimant was in the care, custody and control of
the personnel at the El Dorado correctional facility, to the following
claimant:

Walter F. Gruenwald II, #6007391
PO Box 311
El Dorado, KS 67042		 $15.99
 (b) The department of corrections is hereby authorized and directed
to pay the following amount from the Lansing correctional facility --
facilities operations account of the state general fund for loss of claimant's
personal property while claimant was in the care, custody and control of
the personnel at the Lansing correctional facility, to the following claim-
ant:

Randall C. Wyatt, #66138
PO Box 1568
Hutchinson, KS 67504-1568		 $59.76
 Sec.  9. The university of Kansas is hereby authorized and directed
to pay the following amount from the general fees fund for payment of
bill presented in the wrong fiscal year, to the following claimant:

AM-KO Building Maintenance, Inc.
PO Box 2277
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201		 $4,095.00
 Sec.  10. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the director of
accounts and reports is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrants
on the state treasurer in favor of the claimants specified in this act, upon
vouchers duly executed by the state agencies directed to pay the amounts
specified in such sections to the claimants or their legal representatives
or duly authorized agents, as provided by law.

 (b) The director of accounts and reports shall secure prior to the pay-
ment of any amount to any claimant, other than amounts authorized to
be paid pursuant to section 2 as motor-vehicle fuel tax refunds or as
transactions between state agencies as provided by this act, a written
release and satisfaction of all claims and rights against the state of Kansas
and any agencies, officers and employees of the state of Kansas regarding
their respective claims.

 Sec.  11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.

Approved March 26, 2003.
 Published in the Kansas Register April 3, 2003.
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