{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-34-144","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-34,144","heading":"Unlawful acts; penalties.","body":"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:\n(1) Operate a drycleaning facility in violation of this act, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act or orders of the secretary pursuant to this act;\n(2) prevent or hinder a properly identified officer or employee of the department or other authorized agent of the secretary from entering, inspecting, sampling or responding to a release as authorized by this act;\n(3) knowingly make any false material statement or representation in any record, report or other document filed, maintained or used for the purpose of compliance with this act;\n(4) knowingly destroy, alter or conceal any record required to be maintained by this act or rules and regulations adopted under this act;\n(5) willfully allow a release or knowingly fail to make an immediate response to a release in accordance with this act and rules and regulations pursuant to this act.\n(b) The director of the division of environment, upon a finding that a person has violated a provision of subsection (a), may impose on such person an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for every violation.\n(c) In assessing an administrative penalty under this section, the director of the division of environment shall consider, when applicable, the following factors:\n(1) The extent to which the violation presents a hazard to human health;\n(2) the extent to which the violation has or may have an adverse effect on the environment;\n(3) the amount of the reasonable costs incurred by the state in detection and investigation of the violation; and\n(4) the economic savings realized by the person in not complying with the provision for which a violation is charged.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 34.—SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_034_0144.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:24:06Z","sha256":"2d785806d3f6a23f4e30b10c43f8e8044acb097b4480622f7edcae2b84b3f18e","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-34-143","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-34-145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}