Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 75-6204 (2026)

Authority to setoff against debtors; collection of assistance fee; agreements with municipalities, lottery gaming facility managers, racetrack gaming facility managers, facility owner licensees

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75-6204. Authority to setoff against debtors; collection of assistance fee; agreements with municipalities, lottery gaming facility managers, racetrack gaming facility managers, facility owner licensees. (a) Subject to the limitations provided in this act, if a debtor fails to pay a debt or fails to pay to the state of Kansas or any state agency, foreign state agency, municipality or the federal department of the treasury an amount owed, the director may setoff such amount and a reasonable collection assistance fee determined in accordance with K.S.A. 75-6210, and amendments thereto, against any money held for, or any money owed to, such debtor by the state, any state agency or lottery gaming facility manager, racetrack gaming facility manager or facility owner licensee.

(b) The director may enter into an agreement with a municipality for participation in the setoff program for the purpose of assisting in the collection of a debt. The director shall include in any such agreement a provision requiring the municipality to certify that the municipality has made at least three attempts to collect a debt prior to submitting such debt to setoff pursuant to this act.

(c) The director shall enter into an agreement with a lottery gaming facility manager, racetrack gaming facility manager or facility owner licensee for participation in the setoff program for the purpose of assisting in the collection of a debt. The director shall include in any such agreement a provision agreeing to defend, indemnify and hold harmless a lottery gaming facility manager, racetrack gaming facility manager or facility owner licensee with regard to all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges and expenses, including attorney fees, that may be brought or asserted against a lottery gaming facility manager, racetrack gaming facility manager or facility owner licensee and that arise from the performance of an agreement to facilitate the collection of debts by a lottery gaming facility manager, racetrack gaming facility manager or facility owner licensee.

(d) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), the director shall add the cost of collection and the debt for a total amount subject to setoff against a debtor.

(2) Any debts due and owing to an individual, the state of Kansas or an agency of another state that are being enforced by the Kansas department for children and families under part D of title IV of the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., as amended, shall not have the cost of collection added to the debt owed and subject to setoff. Such cost of collection shall be paid by the Kansas department for children and families.

History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 76, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 76, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 53, § 7; L. 2018, ch. 96, § 5; May 24.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2012 · leading case: Medina v. State, 35 P.3d 443 (Colo. 2001).

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Medina v. State, 35 P.3d 443 (Colo. 2001). “14 (1) (West 2001) (immunity for discretionary functions)}; Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-6204 (e) (immunity for discretionary functions), (h) (immunity for discretionary placement of traffic signals and devices), (m) (immunity for discretionary approval of plan or design) (Supp.”

In Re: Doctors Hosp. of Hyde Park, Inc., Debtor. Appeal Of: Daiwa Special Asset Corp., 337 F.3d 951 (7th Cir. 2003). “2d 1349, 1355-56 (1990), the principal case on which Daiwa relies, analyzed the Kansas statutory right to set-off, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-6204 , which is much the same as section 10.”

In re Earned Income Tax Credit Exemption Constitutional Challenge Cases, 477 B.R. 791 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2012). · cites it 2× “§ 6402 ; Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-6204 , -6203, -6216 and 79-3233j (2011 Supp.”

Bank of Kansas v. Hutchinson Health Servs., Inc., 785 P.2d 1349 (Kan. 1990). “Pursuant to K.S.A. 75-6204, where a debt is owed to the State of Kansas or any state agency, the Director of the Division of Accounts and Reports of the Department of Administration may set off the debt against money owed to the debtor by the state or any state agency.”

Daiwa Special Asset v. State of Illinois (7th Cir. 2003). “1990), the princi- pal case on which Daiwa relies, analyzed the Kansas statutory right to setoff, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-6204 , which is much the same as section 10.”

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