Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 51 > Article 2 - Bidding Practices

• Bid: means a written or oral proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, which proposal is in response to an invitation to bid or negotiate and states the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture in this state. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Blind bidding: means bidding, negotiating, offering terms, accepting a bid or agreeing to terms for the purpose of entering into a license agreement prior to a trade screening of the motion picture that is the subject of the agreement. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• exhibition: means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Invitation to bid: means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture in this state. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• License agreement: means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Run: means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Theater: means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. See Kansas Statutes 51-201
• Trade screening: means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in at least one of the four most populous counties in this state, which showing is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture. See Kansas Statutes 51-201