Kansas Statutes Chapter 75. State Departments; Public Officers and Employees § 75-2130. Granting certain easements for rights-of-way by state agencies; definitions

(a) “Lands belonging to the state of Kansas” shall mean any lands, the title to which is in the state, or any lands which have been granted, devised or bequeathed to any state board, agency, authority, commission or institution, or any lands which have been granted, devised or bequeathed to the state of Kansas for the use and benefit of any state board, agency, authority, commission or institution.

(b) “Quasi-municipal corporation” shall mean any county, township, school district, drainage district, sewer district, water district, watershed district, hospital district or any similar subdivision of government created by the laws of this state which provides or furnishes any public service to the people of the state of Kansas or to any segment of said people who may live within the boundaries of such governmental subdivision.

(c) “Public utility” shall mean any business or enterprise providing or furnishing directly or indirectly any commodity or service to the public, the operation of which business or enterprise is so closely and intimately related to the public or any substantial part of any community as to make the welfare of the public or a substantial part thereof dependent on the proper conduct of such business or enterprise.