Kansas § 71-201b
Full text of Kansas Kansas Statutes Annotated § 71-201b, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 71-201b.
71-201a. Contracts; indemnification or hold harmless provision, void. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the board of trustees of a community college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board, provide that the community college and board of trustees shall be responsible solely for the community college's or board's actions or failure to act under a contract.(b) The board of trustees of a community college and any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board shall not have the authority to enter into a contract under which the community college or board agrees to, or is required to, indemnify or hold harmless against damages, injury or death resulting from the actions or failure to act on the part of any party to a contract other than the board or the community college.(c) The provisions of any contract entered into in violation of this section shall be contrary to the public policy of the state of Kansas and shall be void and unenforceable.History: L. 2005, ch. 158, § 4; July 1.
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