Wednesday, March 19, 1986
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University Daily Kansan
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about writing the check will not write the check," Yonnally said. "The 21-day time period is important to protect people from being caught innocent in this situation."
The bill says the court or jury may waive the damages if the defendant can prove economic hardship. The jury cannot waive the original amount or the court and service costs of the bad check.
Under the bill, a holder of the bad check may not charge a service charge of more than $10 for each check. Present law sets the limit at $3.
We hope that the threat is sufficient so the person who is thinking about writing the check will not write the check.
Jim Yonnally
Kastner said the bill would protect small businesses from losses caused by worthless checks.
Director of Governmental Relations for the Kansas chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business
"The honest consumer is paying for the writers of bad checks by being able to avoid their debts and responsibilities," she said. "I am just as concerned about helping those who are already in business in Kansas to stay in business as I am about attracting new business and industry."
Kastner said that some businesses
in Topeka got back more than $4,000 a month in bad checks.
The committee voted to amend in a portion of a similar Senate bill written by State Sen. Roy Ehrlich, R-Hoisington, a member of the committee.
His bill pins the same penalties on habitual check bouncers.
I realized this could happen to just about anybody.
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"The doctor said I got in there pretty early. I was really lucky, Somebody up there was helping me a lot."
Beers
Beers also got a lot of help from friends in Lawrence.
The local Red Cross chapter spent about $1,500 to move Beers and her
family to another house.
Beers' co-workers at the Alumni Center collected $580 to put in a savings account for Beers. They also donated clothes, furniture, utensils and other items to her family.
Beers said her illness brought her family closer together. Her daughter, Jody, moved back with her family to help out while Bees was in
The family lives in an East Lawrence residence provided by the Red Cross.
the hospital.
"This place is a little small," she said of her home.
"But the rent's paid until April, and I'm getting ready to go back to work. I imagine we'll stay here another six months or more."
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Mike Steinbach, campus director at Emporia State University, which has five votes, said, "KU is very powerful. There is a feeling that KU is the biggest and the best and what we say is meaningless. It's like the little people trying to persuade the big people."
Brown and Epstein said they came away from legislative assemblies with an anti-KU feeling from the other schools. They said they thought KU had a reputation for being "those rich kids from Johnson County" or "snob hill."
Jeff Kahrs, Wichita State University student body president, whose school has 17 votes, said he thought there seemed to be a feeling of KU superiority.
"There was a feeling of We're KU. We're the gem of the Regents," he said. "However, KU is very important because of its contributions to the ASK budget, its medical school and law school. We were hurt, though, that KU was willing to pull out because of the last legislative assembly. Isn't ASK more important?"
Other ASK schools said they were glad to see that KU was going to remain in ASK for at least one more year.
"They had some legitimate reasons to be concerned about their role in ASK," Kahrs said. "They made a tough decision but I'm glad they made the decision to stay in."
Kris Kurtenbach, KU campus director of ASK, said she also was pleased with the decisions of the ad hoc committee.
"It really gave ASK a chance to prove itself," she said. "ASK has been effective this year in lobbying state scholarships as well as other things. I think we do get out of it what we put into it."
For KU's $24,366 investment this year in ASK, it has received $381,270.80 in return, Graves said. This came from successful lobbying for student employment in private clubs, the state work/study program, additional student salaries and an increase in state scholarship awards.
However, even though ASk lobbed for these bills, it was the Legislature which passed them, so KU might have received the benefits anyway.
Despite KU's concerns about ASK, Hein said, he thought the organization had been successful for students in many ways.
"Students question whether they need the organization because they don't see direct benefits." Hein said.
"Today, they don't realize the benefits they have received from past legislation, such as the Kansas Residential Landlord Act. They have been highly successful with bills. ASK has raised the image and perception of young people."
Kansas Senator Wint Winter Jr., R.L. Lawrence, said that he thought ASU usually did a good job representing the schools to the Legislature but that he thought they should have taken a stand on the Washburn issue.
Hein, who was a Kansas state senator for eight years and a representative for two years, said the organization had a good reputation with the Legislature.
"Generally, they are thought of very well," he said. "They are considered a responsible organization by the Legislature."
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