Kansas Statutes 31-402. Definitions
As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.
(a) “Authorized agencies” means:
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 31-402
- Action: shall include nonaction or the failure to take action. See Kansas Statutes 31-402
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Insurance company: includes the Kansas Fair Plan. See Kansas Statutes 31-402
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(1) The office of state fire marshal;
(2) the office of the attorney general of Kansas;
(3) the office of a district or county attorney;
(4) all law enforcement agencies;
(5) all official fire fighting agencies;
and solely for the purposes of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 31-403(a):
(6) The federal bureau of investigation or any other federal agency;
(7) the United States attorney’s office.
(b) “Relevant” means information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.
(c) Material will be “deemed important,” if within the sole discretion of the “authorized agency,” such material is requested by that “authorized agency.”
(d) “Action” shall include nonaction or the failure to take action.
(e) “Immune,” as used in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 31-403(e) and 31-404, shall mean that a civil action may not arise from any action taken pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 31-403 and 31-404 in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, malice or fraud on the part of an individual, insurance company, or person acting in its behalf, or authorized agency.
(f) “Insurance company” includes the Kansas Fair Plan.