Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 72 - Information Technology

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Board: means the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• Broadband technology-based video communication: means a class of communications technologies which may include switched ethernet services, DSL, cable modem, private line service, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) based networks, managed or dedicated internet technologies and other future technologies capable of supporting such applications. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Hospital: means a licensed hospital, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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.
• Library: means : (1) The state library; (2) any public library established and operating under the laws of this state; or (3) any regional system of cooperating libraries, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Program: means the KAN-ED program created pursuant to this act to facilitate schools', libraries' and hospitals' use of broadband technology-based video communication for distance learning and telemedicine. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• School: means : (1) Any unified school district, school district interlocal cooperative, school district cooperative or nonpublic school accredited by the state board of education; or (2) any community college, technical college, the institute of technology at Washburn university or Kansas educational institution, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-7222
• 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.
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.