Kansas Statutes

Chapter 50: Unfair Trade And Consumer Protection

Article 2: News And News Reports

Statutes:

• 50-201: Sale of news without discrimination.
• 50-202: Unlawful refusal to furnish news reports.
• 50-203: Violators not permitted to use facilities for transmission of news.
• 50-204: Transmission service to be discontinued upon violation of act; procedure.
• 50-205: Injunction proceedings where companies fail to discontinue service.
• 50-206: Penalty for violating 50-201 to 50-206; forfeiture of charter.

• 50-201: Sale of news without discrimination. Every person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the business of gathering, collecting, selling and transmitting news and news reports for newspaper use shall furnish and sell such news and news reports to every person, firm or corporation publishing a newspaper in the state of Kansas, upon demand and proffer of payment, upon the same terms as to every other newspaper for the same service, without discrimination.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 1; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-201.

• 50-202: Unlawful refusal to furnish news reports. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the business of gathering and collecting news and news reports to refuse to furnish the regular system of news reports as established by such press association or news agency to any daily newspaper or the publisher thereof, upon demand and proffer of the usual charge for like service.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 2; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-202.

• 50-203: Violators not permitted to use facilities for transmission of news. No person, firm, corporation or association that violates any of the provisions of this act shall be permitted by any telegraph or telephone company in the state of Kansas to use its wires or facilities for the transmission of news and news reports within the state of Kansas.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 3; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-203.

• 50-204: Transmission service to be discontinued upon violation of act; procedure. If any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the business of gathering news as aforesaid, shall violate the provisions of this act, upon complaint thereof by any person, firm, or corporation, so as aforesaid refused news reports or discriminated against, to the attorney general, setting forth the violation of this act complained of, under oath, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to immediately notify in writing the telegraph and telephone companies over which the said offending press association or news-gathering association transmits its news and news reports of the violation by said company of this act, and further notifying such telegraph and telephone company to discontinue all service for such press association or news-gathering company.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 4; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-204.

• 50-205: Injunction proceedings where companies fail to discontinue service. If such telegraph and telephone companies fail to discontinue service under the terms of said notice within thirty days from the receipt of said notice, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to commence injunction proceedings in the name of the state of Kansas against such telephone and telegraph companies for the purpose of carrying out the purpose of this act.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 5; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-205.

• 50-206: Penalty for violating 50-201 to 50-206; forfeiture of charter. Any telegraph or telephone company doing business in this state, or any person, firm, or corporation or association which shall violate the terms of this act, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense, and, if a corporation, shall forfeit its charter or permit to do business in this state.

        History:   L. 1907, ch. 254, § 6; March 12; R.S. 1923, 50-206.