2018 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 60 PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 33 ACTIONS RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
60-3336 Same; information not subject to privilege; agreement to conduct environmental audit; disclosure of environmental audit report.
60-3336. Same; information not subject to privilege; agreement to conduct environmental audit; disclosure of environmental audit report. (a) The privilege recognized in K.S.A. 60-3333 shall not extend to:
(1) Documents, communications, data, reports or other information required to be collected, developed, maintained or reported to a regulatory agency pursuant to federal, state or local statute, ordinance, resolution, rule and regulation, permit, approval or order;
(2) information obtained by observation, sampling or monitoring by any regulatory agency or its authorized designee;
(3) information obtained from a source not involved in the preparation of the environmental audit report;
(4) information that existed before the initiation and independent of the environmental audit;
(5) information prepared after the completion and independent of the environmental audit; or
(6) any information, not otherwise privileged, that is developed or maintained in the course of regularly conducted business activity or regular practice.
(b) This section does not limit the right of a person to agree to conduct an environmental audit and disclose an environmental audit report.
History: L. 1995, ch. 204, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 30, § 5; July 1.
