Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-1267. Acquisition and maintenance of copies of project documents; project claims referred to secretary of administration; resolution of claims; referrals to attorney general; annual report; access to documents relating to correctional facilities and other secured areas. (a) Th…

75-1268. Architectural, engineering or land surveying services for purposes other than building projects; contracts and procedures; exemption from certain statutes. Whenever architectural, engineering or land surveying services are required by a state agency for any purpose, othe…

75-1269. Fees for architectural and other services provided by secretary of administration for capital improvements funded from certain state building funds; procedures; definitions; disposition. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to any capital improvement project th…

75-1270. Same; exceptions. No fee shall be charged or collected under K.S.A. 75-1269 and amendments thereto for the capital improvement project for the new coliseum for Kansas state university, the new human development center at the university of Kansas or the recital hall at Wi…

75-1304. State bank commissioner; appointment; qualifications; duties. (a) The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto, a state bank commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Except a…

75-1305. Oaths. The commissioner, his or her assistant and examiners, before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall take and subscribe the usual oath of office. History: L. 1947, ch. 102, § 84; L. 1967, ch. 434, § 52; July 1. Source or prior law: 75-1302.

75-1306. Office of state bank commissioner. It shall be the duty of the secretary of administration to provide the commissioner with suitable office space at Topeka. History: L. 1947, ch. 102, § 85; L. 1953, ch. 375, § 69; L. 1978, ch. 330, § 11; July 1. Source or prior law: 79-1…

75-1308. Record of fees and expenses; disposition of moneys received; bank commissioner fee fund. The commissioner shall keep a record of all fees collected by the commissioner, together with a record of all expenses incurred in the administration of programs regulated by the div…

75-1309. Abolition of savings and loan department and office of savings and loan commissioner; transfer of powers, duties and functions to office of state bank commissioner. The savings and loan department and the office of savings and loan commissioner created by K.S.A. 74-3104 …

75-1310. State bank commissioner successor to all powers, duties and functions of savings and loan commissioner. (a) The state bank commissioner shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the savings and loan commissioner in which the same were ves…

75-1311. Transfer of property and records; disposition of conflicts. The state bank commissioner shall succeed to all property, property rights and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred pursuant to this act. Any …

75-1312. Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in this act, or by or against any officer o…

75-1313. Transfer of all funds to bank commissioner fee fund. On the effective date of this act, the balances of all funds appropriated or reappropriated for the savings and loan department, are hereby transferred to the state bank commissioner. The director of accounts and repor…

75-1314. Abolition of office of consumer credit commissioner; transfer of powers, duties and functions to office of state bank commissioner. The office of the consumer credit commissioner created by K.S.A. 16-403, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished. Except as otherwise p…

75-1315. Succession to powers, duties and functions of consumer credit commissioner by state bank commissioner and deputy commissioner for consumer and mortgage lending; transfer of real property. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the state bank commissioner shall be …

75-1316. Same, transfer of property and records; resolution of 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, transfer, attachment or change made b…

75-1317. Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in this act, or by or against any officer o…

75-1318. Transfer of all funds to bank commissioner fee fund; liability for accrued compensation of transferred employees. (a) On the effective date of this act, the balances of all funds appropriated or reappropriated for the consumer credit commissioner are hereby transferred t…

75-1319. Transfer of employees to office of state bank commissioner. On the effective date of this act, officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions involved in the administration of any law administere…

75-1503. Vacancy in office. While any vacancy shall exist in the office of the state fire marshal or during his or her absence or inability to perform his or her duties, the same shall devolve upon and be performed by the chief deputy state fire marshal. History: L. 1917, ch. 198…

75-1505. Records of fires. The state fire marshal shall keep in his or her office a record of all fires occurring in the state, showing the name or names of the owners of personal and real property and the name or names of the occupants of buildings where fires occur, the total a…

75-1506. Full-time work. The state fire marshal shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office, and the state fire marshal or his or her chief deputy, except when engaged elsewhere in the performance of their duties, shall be at all reasonable times at the…

75-1507. Annual report. The state fire marshal shall make an annual report to the governor not later than the first day of February of each year of the official actions in the transaction of his or her department. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 17; March 8; R.S. 1923, 75-1507. Sour…

75-1508. Taxes on fire insurance business; imposition and purpose; support of state fire marshal, emergency medical services board and fire service training program of university of Kansas. (a) For the purpose of maintaining the department of the state fire marshal and the paymen…

75-1510. Office of state fire marshal established; appointment of state fire marshal; qualifications. There is hereby established the office of state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Any perso…

75-1511. Transfer of jurisdiction, powers and duties. All the jurisdiction, rights, powers, duties and authority now vested in or imposed upon the Kansas state department of inspections and registration or the director thereof which were transferred to said department or the dire…

75-1513. Acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; disposition. The state fire marshal may make application for and accept gifts, grants and donations of property from private persons or from any agency of the state or federal government granted or given for a purpose consistent…

75-1514. Remittance and disposition of tax proceeds; fire marshal fee fund; emergency medical services board operating fund; fire service training program fund. (a) The commissioner of insurance shall remit all moneys received by the commissioner under K.S.A. 75-1508, and amendme…

75-1515. Assistant attorney general; appointment and compensation. The attorney general shall appoint, with the approval of the state fire marshal, an assistant attorney general who shall be the attorney for the state fire marshal and the office of the state fire marshal. Such at…

75-1516. Same; duties. The assistant attorney general appointed under K.S.A. 75-1515 shall be the legal advisor for the office of the state fire marshal. The assistant attorney general appointed under K.S.A. 75-1515 shall appear for and on behalf of the state fire marshal, or any…

75-1517. Informal dispute resolution procedure regarding deficiencies found in a medical care facility, adult care home, assisted living facility or special hospital. (a) If, upon inspection for compliance with federal law pursuant to oversight by the centers for medicare and med…

75-1518. Regional search and rescue teams; advisory committee; rules and regulations. (a) The state fire marshal may enter into contracts to establish regional search and rescue teams to provide a response to search and rescue incidents. (b) (1) The state fire marshal shall appoi…

75-1519. Emergency response fund; expenditures; transfers. (a) The hazardous materials emergency fund of the state fire marshal is hereby redesignated as the emergency response fund of the state fire marshal. In addition to any other purposes for which expenditures may be made by…

75-1901. Animal health commissioner; appointment; qualifications; executive officer of department; Kansas animal health department created. An animal health commissioner shall be appointed by the secretary of agriculture and shall serve as the executive officer of the Kansas depa…

75-1903. Commissioner and livestock sanitary commissioner means animal health commissioner; livestock commission and commission means Kansas animal health board. (a) Whenever in any of the statutes of this state the term "livestock sanitary commissioner" is used, or the term "com…

75-2110. Acceptance of real estate and improvements located at 801 Harrison street, Topeka. L. 1937, ch. 336, § 1, included by reference. [The Governor authorized to accept certain property located in Topeka for the state of Kansas.] History: L. 1937, ch. 336, § 1; March 30. Cros…

75-2130. Granting certain easements for rights-of-way by state agencies; definitions. The following terms or words as used in this act shall be defined to mean as follows: (a) "Lands belonging to the state of Kansas" shall mean any lands, the title to which is in the state, or an…

75-2131. State-owned land; granting of certain easements. Any agency head, as defined in K.S.A. 75-3208, and amendments thereto, or the governing body of any state board or agency having custody and control of any land belonging to the state of Kansas, with or without receiving c…

75-2132. Same; requirements by secretary of administration. The secretary of administration may, as a prerequisite to the approval of any such easement, make such requirements as are in the discretion of the secretary necessary to safeguard the public interest and to protect the …

75-2133. Same; termination of easement, when; conveyance or assignment. If at any time the grantee of any such easement shall abandon said easement or attempt to devote said easement to a use different from and inconsistent with the use for which such easement was granted, the ea…

75-2134. Same; moneys from easements; use. Any money received in consideration for the granting of an easement pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deposited with the state treasurer and shall be credited by the state treasurer to the appropriate fund designated by the…

75-2207. Removal of property from hall of house of representatives. It shall be deemed a misdemeanor for any person or persons, for any purpose other than the cleaning of the hall of the house of representatives, to remove or cause to be removed from said hall any of the chairs, …

75-2208. Same; penalty. Any person found guilty of violating K.S.A. 75-2207 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. History: L. 1909, ch. 123, § 2; March 10; R.S. 1923, 75-2208.

75-2236. Capitol area planning and development; purpose; inclusion of certain territory; urban renewal. It is declared to be the purpose and policy of the state of Kansas to establish and effectuate a long-range plan of development of the capitol area in the city of Topeka and fo…

75-2237. Capitol area plaza authority; creation; powers and duties; membership; terms of office; vacancies. There is hereby created the capitol area plaza authority, a body politic and corporate, hereinafter referred to as the authority. The authority is hereby constituted a publ…

75-2237a. Capitol area plaza authority attached to department of administration; management functions. The capitol area plaza authority created by K.S.A. 75-2237 is hereby attached to the department of administration, and from and after the effective date of this act shall be wit…

75-2237b. Same; authority defined. The term "authority" as used in this act [*] shall mean the capitol area plaza authority established by K.S.A. 75-2237. History: L. 1972, ch. 334, § 4; July 1. * "This act" see also 75-2238a, 75-2240a, 75-2241a.

75-2238a. Same; chairman; meetings; secretary; compensation and expenses of members. The governor shall name the chairman of the authority who shall call the first meeting of the authority. The authority shall have at least two (2) regular meetings each year and shall meet at oth…

75-2239. Same; assistance and cooperation of state agencies. All state agencies, departments and institutions shall cooperate with the authority by providing such assistance as may be necessary for the authority to carry out its duties under this act. History: L. 1965, ch. 469, §…

75-2240a. Same; powers and duties; approval of contracts and documents by attorney general; issuance of bonds. The duties and powers of the capitol area plaza authority are as follows: (a) The authority shall have the power and capacity of suing and being sued, of contracting and…