Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 21 - Executive Council

• 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Public utility: shall mean any business or enterprise providing or furnishing directly or indirectly any commodity or service to the public, the operation of which business or enterprise is so closely and intimately related to the public or any substantial part of any community as to make the welfare of the public or a substantial part thereof dependent on the proper conduct of such business or enterprise. See Kansas Statutes 75-2130
• Quasi-municipal corporation: shall mean any county, township, school district, drainage district, sewer district, water district, watershed district, hospital district or any similar subdivision of government created by the laws of this state which provides or furnishes any public service to the people of the state of Kansas or to any segment of said people who may live within the boundaries of such governmental subdivision. See Kansas Statutes 75-2130
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201