Kansas Statutes 66-137. Penalty for falsifying or destroying accounts and records; commission may order destruction
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-137
- Commission: means the state corporation commission. See Kansas Statutes 66-101a
- Common carrier: means any common carrier, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,215
- common carriers: shall include all freight-line companies, equipment companies, pipe-line companies, and all persons and associations of persons, whether incorporated or not, operating such agencies for public use in the conveyance of persons or property within this state. See Kansas Statutes 66-105
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Public utility: means a public utility as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-118a
Any person who shall intentionally make any false entry in the accounts, books of account, records, or memoranda kept by any common carrier or any public utility governed by the provisions of this act, or who shall intentionally destroy, mutilate, alter or by any other means or device falsify the record of any such account, book of accounts, record or memorandum, or who shall intentionally neglect or fail to make full, true and correct entries of such account, book of accounts, record or memorandum of all facts and transactions appertaining to such common carriers or public utilities business, or who shall falsely make any statement required to be made to the corporation commission, shall be guilty of a severity level 7, nonperson felony, and in addition to the sentence authorized by law, be ordered to pay a fine in a sum not to exceed $5,000. The commission may, in its discretion issue orders specifying such operating, accounting or financial papers, records, books, blanks, tickets, stubs or documents, of carriers which may after a reasonable time be destroyed, and prescribing a length of time such books, papers or documents shall be preserved, except that such orders shall be in harmony with those of the relevant federal agency.