Statement of policy

75-6201. Statement of policy. The purpose of this act is to establish as policy that state agencies shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state, a foreign state agency and any municipality and that procedures be established for setting off against debtors the sum of any debt owed to the state, a foreign state agency or any municipality. History: L. 1981, ch. 342, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 232, § 2; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act considered in action to recover certain KPERS contributions; contract for payment of compensation plus KPERS benefits as fringe benefits valid under K.S.A. 74-4919. Donner v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources, 236 Kan. 371, 373, 377, 691 P.2d 21 (1984). 2. Setoff act specifies priorities to multiple claims by state agency; it does not address priority of secured creditor's claim. Bank of Kansas v. Hutchinson Health Services, Inc., 13 Kan. App. 2d 421, 423, 773 P.2d 660 (1989). 3. Director of accounts and reports in dept. of administration need not personally attend to procedural requirements of act. Bank of Kansas v. Hutchinson Health Services, Inc., 246 Kan. 83, 87, 785 P.2d 1349 (1990). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026