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Kansas' Official Home Page
www.accesskansas.org
This is a good starting point to search for state government resources,
including links to Web sites for state agencies, the legislature,
courts and local governments; business resources; employment and
regulatory information; and state government telephone directory.
Online services include Information Network of Kansas services
available for free and premium services that require an annual
subscription and transaction charges. Premium services include
Kansas Administrative Regulations, the Kansas Register, court
records, Department of Motor Vehicles records, UCC searches and
filing, full text of Kansas Annotated Statutes, and county property
valuation data. Free services include property tax payment, trucking
permits, and corporate annual report forms.
Attorney General Opinions
www.ksag.org/page/opinions
Can view opinions by year and number since 1993; search full text of opinions or search by number, date, requestor, Attorney General, author, topic, synopsis.
Bid Express
www.bidx.com
This private subscription service provides current and historical Kansas highway construction bidding information for a fee. Can search by keyword or scan current lettings; lists bidders; provides bid tabulations, planholders, eligible bidders. Trns*port Expedite, free electronic bidding software, allows users to submit bids online and to download files for specific projects.
Corporation Commission
www.kcc.state.ks.us
Contains pipeline safety forms and regulations; Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; FAQs; link to Kansas One-Call.
Department of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, Facilities
Planning Section
www.da.state.ks.us/fp/
Lists
construction projects out to bid for state agencies, colleges
and universities; links to plan-holder lists for each project;
lists bid tabulations available for recently bid projects; can
make online request for construction documents. Can download standard
contractor and consultant forms, prequalification form and list of prequalified contractors.
Department of Administration, Division of Purchases
da.state.ks.us/purch
Provides current bid and RFQ solicitation list, including for Department of Transportation and state colleges, universities; links to other bid solicitation sites. Can search procurement contracting opportunities by keyword or alphabetically; download details. Provides vendor registration application; general conditions and instructions for bidding; requirements for construction documents, including purchasing forms and master working documents; policies and procedures; circulars; memos; guide to doing business with the State of Kansas; links to DBE information.
Department of Administration, Office of Administrative Hearings
da.state.ks.us/hearings/
Provides hearings request form and hearings FAQs.
Department of Commerce
www.kansascommerce.com
Businesses provides guide to doing business in Kansas; information about Business Recruitment Program; database of available buildings and sites searchable by city or county; profiles of cities, counties, regions; Kansas Data Book and Facts About Kansas; searchable Minority and Women Business Directory; guide to starting a business in Kansas. Provides information about business assistance, housing development and community development financing programs; applications. Communities lists commerce field offices; provides overviews, documents, forms for grant, loan, other assistance programs. Business/Resource Directories contains international trade directory, including consulates, trade agencies, freight forwarders, international consultants, banks, translation services, public/private organizations, U.S. Commercial Offices in the top 25 Kansas export markets. Research and Statistics contains monthly reports on business conditions, employment rates; annual reports on business costs, gross state product, household/personal income.
Department of Health and Environment, Division of Environment
www.kdheks.gov/environment/
Bureau of Waste Management lists proposed rules; provides technical assistance and permitting information for solid and hazardous waste facilities; hazardous waste and solid waste technical guidance documents; landfill database. Bureau of Water provides permit forms and information on domestic water supplies, water pollution controls, water well construction, construction of salt solution mining wells; applications, regulations, training calendar and permit forms for wastewater operator certification; construction stormwater permit forms, information, guidance and guidelines on developing a stormwater pollution prevention plan. Permits and Engineering Unit of the Public Water Supply Section is responsible for issuing permits for all public water supply systems and water treatment plants; contains "Design Requirements for Public Water Supply Systems in Kansas." Bureau of Environmental Remediation contains regulations; storage tank forms; list of storage tanks by district; information and forms for the Storage Tank Trust Fund, which assists owners and operators of storage tanks with the cost of remedial actions. Bureau of Air and Radiation contains information and forms for air construction permits; asbestos compliance regulations. Bureau of Environmental Field Services provides information about Small Business Environmental Assistance Program. Contains environmental rules and regulations. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program provides regulations, applications and requirements for lead inspectors, project designers, risk assessors, supervisors and workers; lists lead abatement firms and training providers.
Department of Labor
www.dol.ks.gov
Division of Employment Security contains unemployment insurance forms, guides, resources for employers and employees; Kansas new hires directory; online new hire reporting. Employment and Training Division provides foreign labor certification contacts; apprenticeship information and standards. Labor Market Information Division contains labor force, industry employment, occupational wage and outlook, affirmative action reports; lists paper publications that can be ordered online. Employment Standards Office lists wage and overtime laws; provides wage claim form and required posters. Workers Compensation Division contains employer and employee guides, forms. ADA and the Workforce contains links to state and federal ADA resources. Job Seeker services include job bank links; apprenticeship and training information; unemployment insurance resources.
Department of Revenue
www.ksrevenue.org
Provides state tax forms and information back to 1995; e-filing; sales, corporate and other tax FAQs; information, schedule, registration form for small business and contractor workshops; link to IRS forms and other states' tax forms; comparison of Kansas' corporate taxes with those of the surrounding states. Business Tax information includes overview of tax credit programs, including for abandoned well plugging; business and job development; historic preservation; local seed capital pool; machinery and equipment; agricultural facility improvements. Driver's License Section provides information on obtaining driver's license; driver's license and commercial driver's license handbooks; title, registration and licensing forms; online change of address form. Vehicles are registered at county treasurer offices, which are listed with addresses and telephone numbers. Policy information includes bills from current legislative session, information guides, regulations.
Department of Transportation
www.ksdot.org
Under Doing Business with Kansas, Information for Highway Contractors includes construction bid letting schedule, low bidders list, monthly letting report, plans and proposals, early and latest starting dates, planholders list, bid item list, as-read bids, bid tabulations and planned future projects with estimated costs. Provides contractor qualification statement, experience questionnaire, list of prequalified contractors, e-mail request form for plans and proposals, Construction Manual, special design provisions, list of pre-approved materials, addenda to plans and proposals, materials test reports, technical advisories and policies. Provides DBE Program Manual, forms and directories of disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned businesses. Includes contract forms and standard documents. Information for Design Consultants includes prequalification, project and contract forms; standard documents; special provisions; policies; haunched slab technical information; index of prequalified materials; CADD cell libraries; road and bridge design files. Information for Vendors includes vendor online form and RFQs. Bureau of Design provides State Bridge Office News; Bridge Design Manual table of contents; future bridge projects list; bridge design standards; steel fabricator information; shop welding and drawing procedures; listing of KDOT Standard Box and Wing Availability. Can subscribe online to Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Discussion Forum to submit questions and receive SBO-authored answers. Provides application for State Rail Service Improvement Fund. Includes information about Transportation Revolving Fund, airport improvement grants; Local Rail Freight Assistance and Rail Rehabilitation and Improvement funds.
Development Finance Authority
www.kdfa.org
Contains
information about Kansas Equity Fund, which utilizes federal tax
credits allocated to Kansas for low-income, multi-family rental
housing; IMPACT program, under which Kansas Department of Commerce
and Housing offers assistance to businesses in constructing, renovating
or equipping business facilities and with other capital investment
costs; educational facilities, healthcare facilities and state
project bond financing programs. Provides application packages
and fee schedule.
Housing Resources Corporation
www.kshousingcorp.org
Provides overviews and resources for many housing development programs, including Community Housing Development Organization, Community Services Block Grant Program, Housing Tax Credits, Rental Housing Enhancement Fund.
Information Network of Kansas (INK): See, Kansas' Official Home Page.
Insurance Department
www.ksinsurance.org
Contains
insurance regulations; auto insurance publications, complaint
ratios and rate comparisons; health insurance guides, complaint
ratios and list of companies approved for Medical Savings Account
program; life insurance publications and complaint ratios; and
consumer complaint form. Provides insurance information for small
business owners. Insurance company database can be searched by
full or partial name or NAIC number to find address(es) and company
information.
KansasJobLink
www.kansasjoblink.com
Job seekers can register to search job listings, research career information, file unemployment claims and check on claim status. Employers can register to post job openings, search resumes, apply for and update unemployment tax account. Provides directory of workforce centers.
Office of the Governor
www.ksgovernor.org
Includes
information on how to contact the governor by mail, phone, fax
or through a direct link to e-mail. Contains speeches, press releases,
weekly columns and appointments.
Rural Water Association
www.krwa.net
Provides information about Public Water Supply Loan Fund and programs from the Rural Water Finance Authority. Current Projects lists KAN STEP community development program projects under contract, in progress or under development.
Secretary of State
www.kssos.org
Provides
the full text of the Kansas Corporate Handbook, which includes
statutes, index to corporation laws and fee schedule. Corporate
database can be searched by name, keyword, number, stockholder,
resident agent, officers, directors, city and date. Can search
for Secretary of State forms in PDF format by name or category.
Contains UCC fee schedule, statutes and regulations. Paid subscribers
can perform UCC searches and file UCC documents online. Subscription
information is available at www.kansas.gov/services/index.html.
State Board of Technical Professions
www.accesskansas.org/ksbtp/
Provides licensing forms and information for architects, engineers, engineers-in-training, landscape architects and land surveyors; corporate certificate of authority application; full text of statutes, rules and regulations; application deadlines, examination dates and locations; fee schedules; continuing education information; current and archival issues of the board newsletter, with disciplinary actions and exam results. Can search individual and corporation licenses by name, city or license number; renew license and change address online.
State Conservation Commission
www.accesskansas.org/kscc
Provides information about financial assistance for projects involving water conservation, non-point source pollution, wetland protection, dam construction or renovation, watershed planning, land reclamation, stream rehabilitation; directory of conservation and watershed districts.
State Fire Marshal
www.ksfm.ks.gov
Lists fire and building code consultants recognized by the State Fire Marshal for third-party, independent evaluations of code compliance. Provides full text of the Fire Prevention Code; child-care and health-care facilities regulations; Buildings Fire Safety Handbook; child-care and health-care facilities fire safety forms; fire prevention district map; contact information for blaster permits. Hazardous Materials Training Division provides training information.
State Historical Society
www.kshs.org
Provides information about historic building preservation grant and tax incentive programs; historical survey; assessment guide and guidelines; Historical Society technical guidelines; federal preservation standards; historic preservation technical procedures; preservation technical notes.
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