50-1,100. Kansas discount card act; definitions. As used in this act: (a) “Discount card” means a card or any other purchasing mechanism or device, which is not insurance, that purports to offer discounts or access to discounts in health-related purchases from health care providers. (b) “Health care provider” means any person licensed to practice any […]
50-1,101. Same; unlawful acts; promotion or sale of discount card by supplier; conditions on; registration of supplier; financial responsibility. (a) Any supplier who markets, promotes, advertises or otherwise distributes any discount card in Kansas shall not make misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representations regarding the discount or range of discounts offered by such discount card or […]
50-1,103. Same; resident agent; registration requirement. (a) Any supplier who sells, markets, promotes, advertises or otherwise distributes any discount card in Kansas shall designate a resident agent, who is a resident of Kansas, and a registered office in Kansas for service of process. (1) The supplier who sells any discount card shall file annually with […]
50-1,104. Same; severability. If any provision of K.S.A. 50-1,100 through 50-1,105 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. History: L. 2000, ch. 170, § 5; July 1.
50-1,105. Same; citation; supplemental to Kansas consumer protection act; remedies. (a) K.S.A. 50-1,100 through 50-1,105 shall be known as the Kansas discount card act. (b) This act shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act. (c) Any violation of this act shall constitute an unconscionable act and practice under the Kansas […]
50-101. Trusts defined and declared unlawful and void. Except as provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 50-163, and amendments thereto, a trust is a combination of capital, skill, or acts, by two or more persons, for either, any or all of the following purposes: First. To create or carry out restrictions in trade or commerce, or […]
50-102. Denial of right to form or be interested in any trust. All persons within this state are hereby denied the right to form or to be in any manner interested, either directly or indirectly, as principal, agent, representative, consignee or otherwise, in any trust as defined in K.S.A. 50-101, and amendments thereto. History: L. […]
50-103. Powers and duties of attorney general; civil penalties; other actions for violation of restraint of trade act. (a) The attorney general may bring an action: (1) To obtain a declaratory judgment that an act or practice violates this act; (2) to obtain a temporary restraining order prohibiting violations of this act; (3) to enjoin […]
50-109. Enforcement of act; powers and duties of attorney general. The attorney general shall: (a) Enforce this act throughout the state; (b) cooperate with state and local officials, officials of other states and officials of the federal government in the administration of comparable statutes; (c) maintain a public file of final judgments rendered under this […]
50-110. Jurisdiction of district courts; venue. (a) Jurisdiction. For the purpose of enforcing this act, the courts of this state shall have power to exercise jurisdiction over persons to the maximum extent permitted by the constitution of the United States. (b) Venue. Every action pursuant to this act shall be brought in the district court […]
50-112. Trusts, combinations and agreements in restraint of trade and free competition declared unlawful. Except as provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 50-163, and amendments thereto, all arrangements, contracts, agreements, trusts, or combinations between persons made with a view or which tend to prevent full and free competition in the importation, transportation or sale of articles […]
50-113. Trust certificates; creation of trusts. It shall be unlawful for any corporation to issue or to own trust certificates, other than the regularly and lawfully authorized stock thereof, or for any corporation, agent, officer or employees, or the directors or stockholders of any corporation, to enter into any combination, contract or agreement with any […]
50-116. Pleading in bar or abatement of civil action that plaintiff is member or agent of unlawful combination. When an action at law or suit in equity shall be commenced in any court of this state, it shall be lawful in the defense thereof to plead in bar or in abatement that the plaintiff or […]
50-117. Transactions by nonresident; subject to provisions of act. The purchase, sale or manufacture of any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities in this state by any person who has entered into any such arrangements, contracts, agreements, trusts or combinations in any other state or territory, as described in K.S.A. 50-112 and 50-113, and amendments […]
50-131. Agreements or combinations by which shipper is defrauded out of portion of net weight; violation of restraint of trade act. No person doing business in Kansas shall make any agreement, expressed or implied, or by any understanding or combination with any person, within or without the state, by which any shipper of seeds, grains, […]
50-132. Conspiring to monopolize line of business or to prevent producer or local buyer from shipping without agency of third person. No person, servant, agent or employee of any person doing business within the state of Kansas shall conspire or combine with any other persons, within or without the state for the purpose of monopolizing […]
50-133. Agreements or combinations for shipments under warehouse control; violation of restraint of trade act. No person, as agent or employee of any person, shall enter into an agreement, expressed or implied, by which it is stipulated that grain, seeds or hay shall not be shipped by the producer or local buyer unless accompanied with […]
50-136. Commodities; grain dealers; agreement or contract to pool or fix price. It shall be unlawful for any grain dealer or grain dealers or any other person or persons, to enter into any agreement, contract or combination with any other grain dealer or grain dealers or any other person or persons, for the pooling of […]
50-137. Same; damages to persons injured by such actions. In case any grain dealer or dealers or any person or persons subject to the provisions of this act, shall do or cause to be done or permit to be done any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or […]
50-139. Actions brought under act; brought pursuant to chapter 60. All actions brought to enforce this act shall be brought pursuant to chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1907, ch. 259, § 1; R.S. 1923, 50-139; L. 2000, ch. 136, § 19; July 1.
