Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-4355a. Interpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired; court proceedings. An interpreter registered with the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be secured for any person who is deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired in any grand jury, court o…

75-4355b. Interpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired in court proceedings; registration; requirements; fees; other modes of communication. (a) All interpreters for the deaf, hard of hearing and individuals that have speech and language impairments, secured under th…

75-4355c. Same; disclosure. An interpreter who is employed to interpret, transliterate or relay a communication between a person who can hear and a person who is deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired is a conduit for the communication and may not disclose or be compelled to di…

75-4355d. Enforcement; construction. Any person shall have the right to enforce the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4355a through 75-4355d in the district court. Nothing in K.S.A. 75-4355a through 75-4355d shall be construed to limit or impair rights existing under any other state laws. …

75-4360. Payment of expenses for defense of governor, adjutant general, superintendent, officer or trooper of highway patrol, agent of the Kansas bureau of investigation and certain persons employed in state correctional institutions in certain civil actions; selection of defense…

75-4362. Drug screening program; establishment and implementation; duties of director of personnel; state government positions subject to program; effect of positive test result on employment; results confidential; rules and regulations; safety sensitive positions defined. (a) Th…

75-4364. Educational benefits for prisoners of war and spouses and dependents of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers and military personnel; reimbursement to Kansas postsecondary educational institutions. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Ka…

75-4370. Officers and employees of certain closed state institutions; procedures and benefits; preference, qualifications; time limit; notice; rules and regulations. (a) In establishing certified pools of eligible candidates under the Kansas civil service act, a preference shall …

75-4371. Same; compensation for accumulated sick leave; rules and regulations. (a) Each state officer or employee who (1) (A) is employed by an institution that is closed or abolished or otherwise ceases operations or that is scheduled for such closure, abolition or cessation of …

75-4372. Same; qualified to participate in state health care benefits program, periods; closure health insurance fund. (a) Each state officer or employee who (1) (A) is employed by an institution that is closed or abolished or otherwise ceases operations or that is scheduled for …

75-4373. Same; extended death benefit plan; term life insurance benefit; administration; closure term life insurance fund. (a) Each state officer or employee who (1) (A) is employed by an institution that is closed or abolished or otherwise ceases operations or that is scheduled …

75-4374. Same; in-state moving expense reimbursement if employed by or transferred to another state agency; limitations; purchase of adaptive equipment for laid off or transferred employees who are blind. (a) The head of any state agency, as defined by K.S.A. 75-3701, and amendme…

75-4375. Same; compensation for certain direct care employees after layoff; determination of amount. (a) Each state officer or employee: (1) Who is employed by an institution that is closed or abolished or otherwise ceases operations or that is scheduled for such closure, aboliti…

75-4376. Same; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 75-4370 through 75-4376, and amendments thereto, except as otherwise specifically provided in such statutes: (a) "Institution" means the Kansas industries for the blind of the Kansas department for children and families; (b) "laid off…

75-4377. Same; implementing personnel rules and regulations affecting memoranda of agreement authorized; procedures; comments of employee organizations; effect. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4321 et seq., and amendments thereto, the secretary of administration may a…

75-4378. Health care benefits and assistance to blind persons employed at Kansas industries for the blind at certain closed facilities; secretary for children and families, duties. The secretary for children and families is hereby authorized and directed to develop and administer…

75-4379. Law enforcement officer applicants; file and information sharing by law enforcement agencies and governmental agencies; execution of waiver by applicants; required disclosure and restrictions on disclosure; definitions. (a) (1) A hiring agency shall require each applican…

75-4380. Citation of act; applicability of act; legislative intent. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-4380 through 75-4383, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the fostering competitive career opportunities act. (b) The fostering competitive career…

75-4381. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-4380 through 75-4383, and amendments thereto: (a) "Applicant" means any individual seeking gainful employment from a state employer; (b) "baseline requirement" means the minimum skills, prior training or prior experience neces…

75-4382. Hiring considerations of state employers; determination of baseline requirements; when a postsecondary degree may be required; job posting requirements; consideration of direct experience in lieu of a postsecondary degree; exemption of political appointees from requireme…

75-4383. Applicability to personnel contracted by state employers. Any state employer that issues a request for proposal or other solicitation for any goods or services shall not require any minimum experience or postsecondary educational attainment for any contractor personnel a…

75-4401. Declaration of policy. The state of Kansas recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of gov…

75-4402. Definitions. For the purposes of this act: (a) "Sending agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under this act. (b) "Receiving agency" means any departme…

75-4403. Authority to interchange employees. (a) Any department, agency or instrumentality of the state, county, city, municipality, or college or university operated by the state or any local government is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with d…

75-4404. Status of employees of this state. (a) Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in K.S.A. 75-4403 may be considered during such participation to be (1) on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or (2) in a s…

75-4405. Travel expenses of employees of this state. A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel e…

75-4406. Status of employees of other governments. (a) When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this act may (1) be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of …

75-4407. Travel expenses of employees of other governments. A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this act during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if…

75-4408. Administration. The department of administration is hereby directed to explore means of implementing this act and to assist departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions in participating in employee interchange programs. History:…

75-4503. Capitol police; creation; statewide law enforcement powers; disposition of persons arrested. (a) There is hereby created the capitol police which shall be under the supervision and management of the superintendent of the highway patrol. (b) Members of the capitol police …

75-4503a. Same; certain officers and employees serving on July 1, 1976, continue to serve and civil service and retirement benefits preserved; disposition of property and records. Effective July 1, 1976, officers and employees who were engaged immediately prior to said date in th…

75-4504. Same; uniforms and badges. The superintendent of the highway patrol shall prescribe the style, material and the color of uniforms and the design of badges and the state shall furnish a uniform and badge of office to be worn by all members of the capitol police. History: …

75-4505. Rules and regulations regulating conduct of persons on certain state property in Shawnee county. The secretary of administration shall adopt rules and regulations as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, governing and regulating the conduct of persons on or about any state owned p…

75-4506. Parking on certain state property; signs; rules and regulations; fees, administrative fines and procedures for violations; permits or other forms of authorization; legislative branch. No motor vehicle, whether privately or publicly owned, may be parked upon parking lots,…

75-4507. Same; rules and regulations. All rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the state office building commission, the executive council, the state architect or the executive director of the state department of administration to regulate the parking of motor vehicles upo…

75-4508. Violation of K.S.A. 75-4505, 75-4506 or 75-4507 or rules and regulations thereunder. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who shall violate any of the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4505, 75-4506 or 75-4507, and amendments thereto, or any rule or regulation made…

75-4509. Prosecution of persons arrested by capitol police. Except in cases of violation of the ordinances of the city of Topeka, all prosecutions commenced for any violation by a person arrested by a member of the capitol police shall be brought in the district court of Shawnee …

75-4510. Parking in violation of regulations; nuisances, abatement; costs. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of K.S.A. 75-4510a shall be deemed a common nuisance and the attorney general shall provide for the abatement of such nuisance and for the removal and impounding of su…

75-4510a. Unlawful statehouse parking defined; penalty. Unlawful statehouse parking is parking a vehicle within the statehouse grounds bounded by 8th street, 10th street, Jackson street and Harrison street in the city of Topeka, Kansas: (a) Contrary to any sign posted by the capi…

75-4511. Central mail services; "state agency"; when service not applicable. As used in this act "state agency" means only those state agencies whose offices are located in Shawnee county, but does not include the supreme court or any justice or officer thereof nor offices locate…

75-4512. Same; state agencies to use service; charges; rules and regulations. The secretary of administration shall provide and maintain central and consolidated mail services for state agencies. Each state agency shall use such central and consolidated mail services for the purp…

75-4514. Agencies located within capitol complex; security liaison; duties. The head of each state agency having offices and personnel located within the capitol complex shall designate a current employee within that agency to be the agency's security liaison. The security liaiso…

75-4601. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "State agency" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 75-3701. (b) "Passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers and having a gross vehicl…

75-4604. Secretary of administration to control vehicles of pool. The secretary of administration shall be responsible for the control, regulation, acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and disposal of all motor vehicles of the central motor pool and all branches thereof. …

75-4605. Maintenance, repair and storage of vehicles; contract authority. The secretary of administration may contract with the head of any state agency operating facilities available for the maintenance, repair, and storage of state owned motor vehicles to provide for maintenanc…

75-4608. Rules and regulations; records; reports; reimbursement for charges. The secretary of administration, as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the efficient and economical operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of motor vehic…

75-4610. License tags for state owned or leased vehicles; specifications and manufacture; requisitions; replacement, when. Every vehicle owned or leased by the state shall display vehicle license tags. The color, numbering system or systems and lettering on such license tags and …

75-4611. Registration fees for state owned and leased vehicles; payments to department of administration and transfer of moneys to state highway fund. (a) Annually the legislature shall provide for transfer of moneys from the motor pool service fund to the state highway fund in a…

75-4612. Regular license tags for vehicles for law enforcement. Regular vehicle registration fees may be paid for state owned or leased vehicles and regular license tags issued for vehicles of the central motor pool which are to be made available for investigative or law enforcem…

75-4613. Exemptions from application of part of act. The provisions of this act, except K.S.A. 75-4608 to 75-4612, inclusive, shall not apply to motor vehicles of the highway patrol or to motor vehicles of any other state agency which, in the opinion of the secretary of administr…