Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 50 - Department of Transportation

• Administrator: means the agency selected to receive funds from the department for provision of transportation services in the designated area. See Kansas Statutes 75-5053
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Communication system: means a system of communications to support the purposes of the department and public safety agencies. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
• Communication system equipment: means equipment necessary to use, implement, support and maintain the communication system, including, but not limited to, radio towers. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Coordinated transit district: means a public or private not-for-profit agency with an established purpose to distribute funds and monitor implementation of passenger transportation services in a designated area of the state. See Kansas Statutes 75-5053
• Coordination: means where programmatically feasible, all entities involved in administrating and/or providing transportation and related services to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public will work together in a smooth, concerted effort to effectively use resources and alleviate duplication of services. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• 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.
• Department: means the Kansas department of transportation. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Elderly persons: means those persons 60 years of age or older. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fund: means the Kansas communication system revolving fund established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Persons with disabilities: means those persons determined by the department of transportation to be disadvantaged in terms of the transportation services available to them due to physical or mental disability. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Public transportation services: means those services accessible to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Revenues: means any receipts, fees, revenues or other payments received or to be received by the department under this act. See Kansas Statutes 75-5073
• road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Secretary: means the secretary of the department of transportation or designee. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Transportation: means the movement of individuals and meals in a four or more wheeled motorized vehicle designed to carry passengers. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Transportation system: means all public and private transportation providers which provide public transportation services to elderly persons, persons with disabilities and the general public, and which receive federal support through 49 U. See Kansas Statutes 75-5034
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.