State v. Great Plains of Kiowa County, Inc.

Pierron, J.;

Great Plains of Kiowa County, Inc. (GPKC) appeals from the district court ruling that the requested financial records from its operations running the Kiowa County Memorial Hospital (Hospital) were public records under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) and fining GPKC for failing to turn over the records on the request of the Kiowa County Commission (County).

In January 200J, GPKC signed a lease agreement with the Board of Trustees of the Jlospital (Board). GPKC is a not-for-profit corporation, organized solely for the purposes of administering the Hospital located in Greensburg.…