Chapter 75 — STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-101. Oath. Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the governor shall take and subscribe the proper oath of office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 1; March 20; R.S. 1923, 75-101. Source or prior …

75-102. Messages to legislature. The governor shall communicate to every session of the legislature, by message, the condition of the state, and recommend such measures as the governor may deem expedient; and to each regular session of the legislature the governor shall transmit …

75-103. Record of acts. The governor shall keep and record, in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose, the number and title of every act presented to the governor for his or her approval; such record shall show the date of the receipt by the governor of every such act, and t…

75-104. Governor's records; maintenance, review, audit and disposition. (a) The governor shall keep and maintain a full and complete record of the following applications or petitions made to the governor: (1) Applications or petitions for executive pardon, commutation of sentence…

75-105. Recordation of messages to the legislature, proclamations, executive orders; requisitions for extradition and executive warrants; location. (a) The governor shall keep or shall provide by executive order for the keeping of a record of all executive messages to the legisla…

75-106. Required signature, certain documents. All proclamations, warrants and requisitions required by law to be made or issued by and in the name of the executive of the state shall be signed by the governor or in the absence of the governor, the lieutenant governor, or in the …

75-107. Federal transactions. The governor shall transact all the business of the state, civil and military, with the general government, except in cases otherwise specially provided by law. History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 10; March 20; R.S. 1923, 75-107. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited i…

75-108. Actions and proceedings; employment of counsel. Whenever the governor shall receive notice of the commencement of any action or proceedings, by which the rights, interests or property of the state shall be liable to be affected, the governor shall inform the attorney gene…

75-109. Proceeds of sales of public lands. The governor is hereby authorized to receive from the treasury department of the United States, from time to time, as the governor shall see fit to draw for the same, the five percent (5%) of the net proceeds of sales of the public lands…

75-110. Arms and military equipment; bonds of officers. The governor may distribute the quota of arms and military equipments which the state may receive from the government of the United States. The governor shall require the officers to whom such arms or equipments are distribu…

75-111. Suits on bonds of state officers. When the conditions of any bond given by either of the state officers shall be broken, the governor shall order the same to be prosecuted; and suits may be instituted and prosecuted to final judgment against such officer and the officer's…

75-112. History: R.S. 1923, 75-112; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 333, § 1; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1907, ch. 205, § 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section constitutional notwithstanding source from which derived. State, ex rel., v. Davis, 116 Kan. 211, 225 P. 1064. Previous | Next LEGI…

75-113. Rewards. Whenever any criminal charged with a capital offense, or with any felony, shall escape, or whenever any heinous crime has been committed in this state, the governor may offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension, delivery, or conviction, of such c…

75-113a. Same; payment. Any reward payment under K.S.A. 75-113 shall be made on the order of the governor from the state emergency fund, without approval of the state finance council. History: L. 1971, ch. 265, § 2; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General…

75-114. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 102, § 5; R.S. 1923, 75-114; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 265, § 3; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1861, ch. 58, § 4. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES…

75-115. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 35-202. 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 Ka…

75-115a. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 35-203. 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 K…

75-115b. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 35-204. 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 K…

75-115c. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 35-205. 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 K…

75-116. Employment by the governor of special attorneys and investigators to enforce criminal laws. The governor of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to employ special attorneys with the powers of assistant attorneys general and such other persons as may be …

75-117. Governor to appoint when judges fail to act. When the district judges or judges of the district court of any judicial district in the state are authorized by law to appoint some person to fill a regular term or a vacancy in a public office and said judges fail to make an …

75-118. Appointment of person who is under classified civil service as acting state official, when; status and powers. Whenever a vacancy occurs in any state office which vacancy may be filled by appointment by the governor without confirmation by the senate, if the person appoin…

75-119. History: L. 1951, ch. 444, § 1; Repealed, L. 1955, ch. 360, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents U…

75-120. History: L. 1951, ch. 444, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 373, § 1; Repealed, L. 1955, ch. 360, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sch…

75-121. Acceptance of MacLennan Park in Shawnee county by the state; conditions. The state of Kansas does hereby accept all of the southeast quarter (SE ¼) of section 28, township 11 south, range 15 east of the 6th P.M., and also lots numbered five (5) and six (6) in the northeas…

75-122. Same; acceptance of Cedar Crest and surrounding acreage; conditions. The state of Kansas does hereby accept the residence and the appurtenant buildings and improvements therewith, together with the twenty (20) acres of land surrounding same, said twenty (20) acres to be c…

75-123. Same; acceptance of land and improvements subject to terms of will. The acceptance by the state of Kansas of the land and improvements described in K.S.A. 75-121 and 75-122 is made subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the will of the late Madge Ma…

75-124. History: L. 1961, ch. 425, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 344, § 1; Repealed, L. 1985, ch. 271, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

75-125. Vacancies in office of governor; successors to office of governor. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor. Whenever the office of lieutenant governor is vacant and a vacancy occurs in the office of governor,…

75-126. Disability of governor; successors to office of governor. In the event of the disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall assume the powers and duties of the governor until the disability is removed. Whenever the governor is disabled and the lieutenant gover…

75-127. Vacancy in office of lieutenant governor; president of senate to serve in certain capacities. Whenever the lieutenant governor is provided by law to be a member or officer, or both, of any board, commission, council or other statutory body, and the office of lieutenant go…

75-128. Governor's residence; designation. The official home of the governor of the state of Kansas is hereby designated as the governor's residence. History: L. 1976, ch. 333, § 1; March 23. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Docu…

75-129. Governor's residence advisory commission; composition; chairperson. There is hereby established the governor's residence advisory commission to be composed of eight members as follows: (a) The secretary of administration; (b) the executive secretary of the Kansas historic…

75-130. Same; annual report and recommendations to legislature. The governor's residence advisory commission shall report to the legislature annually on the condition and state of repair of the governor's residence and its grounds and appurtenances, including fixed and movable eq…

75-131. Same; acceptance of gifts and donations. The governor's residence advisory commission shall have the power to accept on behalf of the state any gift or donation made for the purpose of furnishing, improving or beautifying the governor's residence or its grounds or appurte…

75-131a. Grants, gifts or other donations for Cedar Crest; acceptance by secretary of administration; prior consultation with advisory committee; deposit of monetary gifts. (a) In addition to the authority granted to the governor's residence advisory commission, the secretary of …

75-132. Transition in office of governor; incoming governor, defined. As used in this act "incoming governor" means the person who is the apparent successful candidate for the office of governor, as ascertained by the secretary of state following the general election for such off…

75-133. Same; purpose of act. The legislature hereby declares it to be the purpose of this act to promote the orderly transfer of the executive power of the office of governor upon the expiration of the term of office of a governor and the inauguration of a new governor. History:…

75-134. Same; services and facilities to be provided incoming governor. (a) In preparing for the assumption of official duties as governor, each incoming governor who is not the governor currently in office, shall be provided necessary services and facilities, including: (1) The …

75-135. Same; services and facilities to be provided to person leaving office of governor; compensation. (a) For the purpose of promoting the orderly transfer of the executive power of the office of governor upon the expiration of his or her term of office, the person leaving the…

75-136. Same; duties of person leaving office of governor. It shall be incumbent upon the outgoing governor to: (a) Advise with the incoming governor with regard to current ongoing programs of the state and to assist him or her in establishing channels of communications with stat…

75-137. Same; appropriation to finance transition; amount to be included in budget. There are authorized to be appropriated for the director of the budget all funds necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act but not to exceed $150,000 for any one gubernatorial transition…

75-138. Commission on autism; membership; appointment; duties; meetings; expense allowances. (a) There is hereby established within the governor's department a commission on autism consisting of not more than 15 members appointed by the governor from representatives of state and …

75-139. Title to gift shotgun accepted for Kansas transferred to former governor. The title to the personalized shotgun that was presented by O. P. Mossberg and Sons, a gun manufacturer, to Governor Joan Finney to use at the Governor's One Shot Turkey Hunt in 1992 and that was ac…

75-140. Conveyance of real property in Cloud county. (a) The governor, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey to C.A.R.E.S., Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, by quitclaim deed without consideration, all rights, title and interest…

75-141. Commission on disability concerns, transferred to the office of governor; appointment of executive director. The commission on disability concerns is hereby transferred from the department of commerce to the office of governor and shall be a part thereof. The commission s…

75-142. Same; all functions, powers and duties transferred. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 75-141 through 75-147, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of the commission on disability concerns under K.S.A. 74-6701 et seq., and amendments thereto, are h…

75-143. Same; every act of commission same force and effect; all rules, orders and directives contained. (a) The commission shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the commission in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of K.S.…

75-144. Same; funds, accounts and liability for compensation and salaries of officers and employees transferred. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the commission relating to the powers, duties, and functions transferred by K.S.A.…

75-145. Commission succeeds to all property, records and unexpended balances; governor resolves conflicts. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any property, power, duty, or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition or t…