75-30,100. Payments to state agencies; acceptable methods of payment. (a) Any state agency which imposes or collects fees, tuition or other charges shall accept payment thereof in the form of a personal, certified or cashier's check or money order. A state agency may accept payment by credit card, debit card or other method designated by the agency. A state agency may impose an additional fee to recover the actual amount of any cost incurred by reason of the method of payment used by the payee.

(b) In addition to the methods specified in subsection (a), after June 30, 2001, a state agency shall accept payment of fees, tuition or other charges in the form of a credit card or debit card.

(c) Any transactions involving payment by credit card or debit card pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 16a-2-403, and amendments thereto.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any fees, fines or charges imposed by the secretary of corrections or the commissioner of juvenile justice on offenders under the jurisdiction of the secretary of corrections or juvenile offenders placed in juvenile correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of juvenile justice.

(e) Any municipal university, community college, technical college, or vocational educational school, having the meanings respectively ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto, accepting payment of fees, tuition or other charges in the form of a credit card or debit card shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 16a-2-403, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 2000, ch. 114, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 64, § 2; July 1.