Chapter 45, PUBLIC RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

45-106. Session laws; disposition of volumes by secretary of state. The secretary of state shall dispose of the laws passed at each session of the legislature, immediately after their publication, as follows: First. Deposit in the state library such numbers of copies as are neede…

45-107. Session laws; sales; disposal of certain inventory. (a) The secretary of state shall sell copies of the session laws at the per volume price for such copies fixed by the secretary of state under this section. The secretary of state shall remit all moneys received under th…

45-109. Officer's name to be stamped on laws delivered; delivery to successor in office; liability for failure. The copy of the laws delivered to any state, district, county or township officer, on account of any office held by him, shall have stamped or written thereon the name …

45-116. Permanent journals of house and senate; preparation, binding and number of volumes and copies; sale and distribution; disposition of volumes; sale price for volume fixed by legislative coordinating council; proceeds to state general fund. (a) At the conclusion of each leg…

45-215. Title of act. K.S.A. 45-215 through 45-223 shall be known and may be cited as the open records act. History: L. 1984, ch. 187, § 1; February 9. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Ethical Dilemmas for the Kansas Government Lawyer," Brian J. Moline, 5 Kan. J.L. & Pub. …

45-216. Public policy that records be open. (a) It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records shall be open for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this act, and this act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote such policy. …

45-217. Definitions. As used in the open records act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Automated license plate recognition system" means one or more high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms used to convert images of license plates into computer readable dat…

45-218. Inspection of records; request; response; refusal, when; fees. (a) All public records shall be open for inspection by any person, except as otherwise provided by this act, and suitable facilities shall be made available by each public agency for this purpose. No person sh…

45-219. Copies of public records; fees and costs for inspection or copies; remittance of fees and costs by agency. (a) Any person may make abstracts or obtain copies of any public record to which such person has access under this act. If copies are requested, the public agency ma…

45-220. Procedures for obtaining access to or copies of records; request for records; establishing office hours for inspection; custodian of records, duties; provision of information on procedures. (a) Each public agency shall adopt procedures to be followed in requesting access …

45-221. Certain records not required to be disclosed; separation of open and closed information required; disclosure of statistical information; records over 70 years old open, exceptions. (a) Except to the extent disclosure is otherwise required by law, a public agency shall not…

45-222. Civil remedies to enforce act; attorney fees. (a) The district court of any county in which public records are located shall have jurisdiction to enforce the purposes of this act with respect to such records, by injunction, mandamus, declaratory judgment or other appropri…

45-223. Civil penalties for violations. (a) Any public agency subject to this act that knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act or that intentionally fails to furnish information as required by this act shall be liable for the payment of a civil penalty in an action b…

45-224. Continuation of fees and procedures adopted under prior act. All fees, schedules of times for making of copies, hours during which public records may be inspected or copies obtained, procedures for requesting access to or obtaining copies of public records or other polici…

45-225. Severability of provisions. If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or app…

45-226. Local freedom of information officer. (a) The governing body of every public agency in Kansas which maintains public records shall designate a local freedom of information officer. (b) The local freedom of information officer or the local freedom of information officer's …

45-227. Brochure concerning public records. (a) An official custodian shall prominently display or distribute or otherwise make available to the public a brochure in the form prescribed by the local freedom of information officer that contains basic information about the rights o…

45-228. Investigation of alleged violations; powers. (a) In investigating alleged violations of the open records act, the attorney general or county or district attorney may: (1) Subpoena witnesses, evidence, records, documents or other material; (2) take testimony under oath; (3…

45-229. Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure; continuation of sections listed. [See Revisor's Note] (a) It is the intent of the legislature that exceptions to disclosure under the open records act shall be created or maintained only if: (1) The public record is of a sen…

45-230. Unlawful use of names derived from public records. (a) No person shall knowingly sell, give or receive, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any property or service to persons listed therein, any list of names and addresses contained in or derived from public r…

45-240. Recordkeeping requirements for certain not-for-profit entities. (a) Each not-for-profit entity that receives public funds in an aggregated amount of $350 or more per year shall be required to document the receipt and expenditure of such funds. Subject to the provisions of…

45-250. Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open records law. The Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas, established pursuant to the settlement agreement entered into by the attorney general in the action filed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, …

45-251. Civil remedies to enforce act by attorney general; consent order; finding of violation. (a) The attorney general may determine by a preponderance of the evidence after an investigation that a public agency has violated K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments thereto, and ma…

45-252. Complaint form prescribed by attorney general. (a) Any complaint submitted to the attorney general shall be on a form prescribed by the attorney general setting forth the facts that the complaining party believes show that K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and amendments thereto, ha…

45-253. Civil remedies to enforce act; consent order. (a) In lieu of bringing an action as provided in K.S.A. 45-222, and amendments thereto, the attorney general or a county or district attorney may resolve the matter by accepting a consent judgment with respect to any act or pr…

45-254. Law enforcement recordings using body camera or vehicle camera; criminal investigation records; disclosure. (a) Every audio or video recording made and retained by law enforcement using a body camera or a vehicle camera shall be considered a criminal investigation record …

45-301. Enrollment, engrossment and printing of bills, resolutions and other papers of the legislature. (a) All bills and resolutions which shall have been finally passed or adopted by both houses of the legislature shall be enrolled by printing at the state printing plant on par…

45-302. Signing of legislative documents by officers; presentation to governor for approval. (a) In the case of bills, resolutions and other papers originating in the senate, the secretary of the senate shall sign the enrolled bills, resolutions and other papers and present the s…

45-303. Approval of bills by governor. If the governor approves any enrolled bill which is presented to him or her, he or she shall sign it and cause the same to be transmitted to the secretary of state, and shall send messages to both houses of the legislature informing them of …

45-304. Veto by governor; return to house of origin; reconsideration by legislature; procedure upon passage over veto; publication. (a) If the governor does not approve any enrolled bill which is presented to him or her, he or she shall return such enrolled bill, with the governo…

45-304a. Journal entries referring to vetoed bills. Whenever the governor shall veto a bill and such bill is to be referred to in the journal of the house of representatives or the journal of the senate, it shall be sufficient to refer to the same by its house or senate bill numb…

45-304b. Veto after adjournment; reconsideration. The governor may veto any bill or item of appropriation within the time specified in the constitution, whether the legislature has adjourned or not. Whenever the legislature adjourns sooner than the time when the governor may retu…

45-305. Bills becoming law without approval of governor, when. If upon presentation to the governor of any enrolled bill, the governor shall neither approve and sign such enrolled bill nor return the same with his or her veto message to the house of origin of the bill within ten …

45-307. Vetoes of items of appropriation of money. If any enrolled bill presented to the governor contains more than one item of appropriation of money, the governor may disapprove one or more of such items, while approving the other portion of the bill. In case the governor does…

45-308. Item vetoes; reconsideration by legislature. Upon approval of any item or items as provided in K.S.A. 45-307, the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall prepare a certificate to accompany the enrolled bill in which such item or it…

45-309. Responsibility for legislative documents; receipts. Whenever any bill, resolution or other paper is transmitted, delivered or messaged from one body to another body or from one officer to another officer, or from one body to an officer, or from an officer to one or more b…

45-310. Session laws; publication, printing, title and contents. (a) All acts passed at each session of the legislature shall be published in one or more volumes, under the direction of the secretary of state, as soon as practicable after the close of the session at which the sam…

45-311. Certification of session laws; date of publication. The secretary of state shall prefix to each printed volume of the laws his certificate that the acts and resolutions therein contained are truly copied from the original enrolled acts and other official documents of the …

45-312. Publication of bills in Kansas register. In all acts containing a provision for their publication one or more times in the Kansas register, the secretary of state shall attach to the enrolled bill a certificate stating the date of such publication. In the printed volume o…

45-313. Printing of session laws. Paper-bound copies of the laws passed at each legislative session shall be printed in such quantity as the secretary of state determines sufficient. History: L. 1969, ch. 249, § 13; L. 1971, ch. 184, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 141,…

45-314. Printing of enrolled bills; specifications. The secretary of state shall determine (1) the length and width of the printed page for all enrolled bills and resolutions, and (2) width of the margin on either side and end of such printed page. The enrolled bills and resoluti…

45-315. Timetable for publication of session laws; printing and delivery of bound copies as provided by law. After the sine die adjournment of each legislative session, the secretary of state shall provide for the publication of the session laws on July 1 of such year. As rapidly…

45-316. Payment of expenses; approval. The director of accounts and reports shall draw his or her warrants upon the state treasurer for services under the provisions of this act, upon vouchers approved by the secretary of state or the director of legislative administrative servic…

45-317. Printing of bills and concurrent resolutions; types. The state printer is hereby directed to print each succeeding version of each bill and concurrent resolution to show changes made in each house in a different font of type and to retain material shown in canceled type a…

45-318. Printing of executive reorganization orders. Whenever an executive reorganization order is transmitted to the houses of the legislature, the same shall be printed in the same manner as 1975 Executive Reorganization Order No. 10* by the state printing plant in such numbers…

45-401. Public policy concerning government records. The legislature declares that state and local government records with enduring value should be stored in conditions which are not adverse to their permanent preservation and should be properly arranged so that appropriate publi…

45-402. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "State agency" means any department, board, commission, or authority of the executive branch of state government. (b) "Local agency" means any department, board, commission, officer or authority of a county, city, township, school dis…

45-403. Government records are public property; destruction prohibited, except as permitted by retention and disposition schedules. (a) All government records made or received by and all government records coming into the custody, control or possession of a state or local agency,…

45-404. Duties of state records board; disposition of county records. The state records board shall: (a) Approve or modify retention and disposition schedules and records manuals prepared pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of K.S.A. 45-406 and amendments thereto. Once approved b…

45-405. State archives; transfer of records thereto; discard or disposition of certain materials. (a) The state historical society shall serve as the official state archives and shall assist state and local agencies in the preservation of government records with enduring value. (…