{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1714","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 66-1714","heading":"Penalties; presumption of negligence.","body":"(a) Except as provided further, every person as defined herein who violates any of the provisions of this act may be subject to a civil penalty in a sum set by the court of not more than $1,000 for each violation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person who, at the time the act or acts occur which constitute a violation, is acting as an agent or employee under the direction of an individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality or governmental unit.\n(b) When it is shown by evidence in a civil action that personal injury, death or other damages, including damage to any high voltage overhead line, occurred as a result of a violation of this act, there shall be a rebuttable presumption of negligence on the part of the violator.\n(c) Nothing in this act is intended to limit or modify the provisions of:\n(1) K.S.A. 60-258a, and amendments thereto; or\n(2) the national electrical safety code, which would otherwise be applicable.","path":["Chapter 66.—PUBLIC UTILITIES","Article 17.—OVERHEAD POWER LINE ACCIDENT PREVENTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch66/066_017_0014.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:25:46Z","sha256":"364ebc6178cf2529758159a50d365c6f8bb8ee915a3a3fc83e6299fdeecbf005","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1713","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1715"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}