Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 82a-721 (2026)

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82a-721. Construction of act. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in this act or to exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant.

History: L. 1945, ch. 390, § 23; June 28.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Wheatland Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Polansky, 265 P.3d 1194 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011).

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Wheatland Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Polansky, 265 P.3d 1194 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). “We do not see how this negates our understanding of the use of the word “no” in the statutory requirement that there be “no lawful beneficial use” under the water right for 5 successive years before a right is deemed abandoned.”

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