Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-403. Proclamations and commissions; official bonds; applicant for appointment as notary public; time limit for completion and return of bond. The secretary of state shall countersign all proclamations and commissions issued by the governor, and shall keep a registry of all com…

75-404. Custodian of enrolled bills and resolutions; appropriation laws. The secretary of state shall be the custodian and charged with the safekeeping of all enrolled bills and resolutions, and he or she shall not permit the same to be taken out of his or her office unless by or…

75-406. Deposit of acts of congress and acts and reports of state in state library. He or she shall cause the acts of the congress of the United States, and the acts and reports of the several states, which may be received at his or her office, to be deposited in the state librar…

75-407. Official seal. The secretary of state shall procure and keep an official seal, having such appropriate design as the secretary of state shall designate, to be surrounded by the words, "secretary of state—state of Kansas." Such seal shall be used to authenticate all offici…

75-408. Records and documents not to be removed from office except for reproduction purposes. Papers, records and documents in the office of the secretary of state shall not be permitted to be taken from such office, or from the secretary of state's possession or that of his or h…

75-409. Certified copies under seal; evidentiary effect; fees, approval. (a) The secretary of state, when required by any person to make out a certified copy of any law, resolution, bond, record, document or paper deposited or kept in or prepared by the secretary of state's offic…

75-410. Custody and distribution of printed laws, returns of elections, charters and other documents. The secretary of state shall have the sole custody and distribution of the printed laws of the state. The secretary of state shall have the custody of the returns of all election…

75-411. Reports to governor or legislature; access to office by governor or committee. He or she shall make report and give information to the governor, or either branch of the legislature, respecting all matters referred to him or her by the governor, or either house of the legi…

75-412. Assistant secretary of state; deputy assistants; legal counsel; oaths; duties; appointment of other personnel. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant secretary of state and five deputy assistant secretaries of state, one of whom shall be an at…

75-413. Assistants and employees; chief information security officer; cybersecurity standards. (a) The secretary of state may appoint such other assistants and clerks as may be authorized by law, but the secretary of state shall be responsible for the proper discharge of the duti…

75-414. Performance of duties imposed by law. The secretary of state shall perform such other duties as are or may be imposed upon him or her by law. History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 35; March 20; R.S. 1923, 75-414. Source or prior law: L. 1861, ch. 58, § 22; G.S. 1868, ch. 102, § 26…

75-417. Actions against state as judgment lien holder or as claimant of real property; venue; service of summons upon attorney general. In any case in which the state is a judgment lien holder upon real property, or in any case involving real property on which the state claims a …

75-419. Flags and banners; purchase and sale of official. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to purchase official flags and official banners of the state of Kansas, and to purchase other Kansas state flags not official in size, provided the dimensions of such other flags…

75-420. Same; fund; disposition. All moneys collected from the sale of such flags and banners shall be remitted by the secretary of state to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the …

75-430. Kansas register; compilation, indexing and publication by secretary of state; publications to be included; publication intervals; inclusion of materials by reference; disposition and sale of copies. (a) The secretary of state shall compile, index and publish a publication…

75-430a. Same; publication of notice of negotiations for certain contracts, sales of property and mineral production and other leases. (a) Any state agency in the executive branch of state government authorized by law to negotiate for contracts for ancillary technical services re…

75-431. Kansas register; electronic filing of documents; duties of secretary of state; conflicts; original copies. (a) Each agency shall designate at least one individual to act as a liaison through whom all required documents may be submitted to the secretary of state for public…

75-433. Secretary of state to fix publication fees charged to state agencies and subscription fees charged to subscribers for the Kansas register; moneys credited to state register's fee fund; expenditures from fund. (a) The secretary of state may fix, charge and collect publicat…

75-434. Same; official state paper construed to mean Kansas register. Whenever "official state paper" or "official state newspaper," or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to a…

75-435. Annual review of fees charged; recommendations to senate ways and means and house appropriations committees. The secretary of state shall review annually all fees which are collected by the secretary of state and which are fixed by statute to determine whether such fees a…

75-436. Sale of session laws, Kansas Statutes Annotated, senate and house journals and Kansas administrative regulations; postage and delivery fees, disposition. (a) The secretary of state shall fix, charge and collect fees to recover the costs of delivery, including postage and …

75-437. Sale of computerized information; fees. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect fees to recover the costs of providing print-outs of computerized information maintained by the secretary of state. History: L. 1982, ch. 363, § 3; July 1.

75-438. Information and services fees; fund. (a) There is hereby created the information and services fee fund in the state treasury. The secretary of state shall charge and collect an information and services fee. The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations fixing t…

75-439. Prepaid services fund; deposits; transfers to other funds; refunds. There is hereby created in the state treasury the prepaid services fund. All payments made to the secretary of state as deposits by qualifying individuals and firms who transact business with the office o…

75-440. Secretary of state authorized to administer oaths. The secretary of state may administer oaths in all matters. History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 126; R.S. 1923, 75-3003; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 25; January 13, 1975. Source or prior law: L. 1864, ch. 88, § 1.

75-441. Cemetery and funeral audit fee fund; fees remitted and credited; expenditures. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the cemetery and funeral audit fee fund. (b) The secretary of state shall remit all fees received by the secretary of state for auditing any pe…

75-442. Audits of prearranged funeral agreements and cemetery corporations, payment of expenses; fixed and charged by secretary of state. Whenever the secretary of state audits any person, association, partnership, firm or corporation pursuant to K.S.A. 16-310 or 16-325 or K.S.A.…

75-443. Business reports and documents, electronic filing; rules and regulations. The secretary of state, the secretary of revenue and the secretary of labor may adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of authorizing the electronic filing of reports, certificates or other doc…

75-444. Technology communication fee fund; fees remitted and credited; expenditures. (a) The secretary of state shall charge a technology communication fee, established by rules and regulations but not exceeding $5, in addition to any filing fees to cover the cost of technology s…

75-445. Franchise fee recovery fund. During each month of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter, the secretary of state shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount equal to the product of $1 multiplied by the number of annual r…

75-446. Business entity information report fees, remittance. The secretary of state shall remit all moneys received from business entity information report fees, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of ea…

75-448. Uniform commercial code fee fund; information provided by secretary of state and register of deeds, fees, remittance. Uniform commercial code fee fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the uniform commercial code fee fund. (b) The secretary of state shall…

75-449. Printing and binding by secretary of state; procurement of private services. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 75-1005(a), and amendments thereto, for the purpose of fulfilling public printing and binding requirements provided by law, the secretary of state may uti…

75-451. Purpose. The legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. Th…

75-452. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in K.S.A. 75-451 through 75-458, and amendments thereto, shall mean, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Abuse" means: (1) Causing or attempting to cause physical harm; (2) placing another person in fe…

75-453. Substitute mailing address; application requirements; procedure; certification into program; notification; penalty. (a) An adult person, an adult family member residing with the victim, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an…

75-454. Cancellation; name change after certification; address change; nondeliverable address; use of false information. (a) If the program participant obtains a legal name change after being certified as a program participant, the attorney general shall cancel certification of t…

75-455. Use; forwarding mail. (a) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the attorney general as the participant's address. When creating a new public record or amending or updating an existing record, state and local agencie…

75-456. Rules and regulations authorized; transfer of rule and regulation authority to the attorney general. (a) The attorney general is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the proper implementation of K.S.A. 75-451 through 75-458, and amendments thereto. (b) (1) The se…

75-457. Substitute address released; exceptions. The attorney general shall not make any records in a program participant's file available for inspection or copying, other than the address designated by the attorney general, except under the following circumstances: (a) If reques…

75-458. Designation of enrolling agents. The attorney general shall designate enrolling agents to assist persons applying to be program participants. The attorney general may collaborate with enrolling agents to develop a training curriculum. Any assistance rendered to applicants…

75-518. Conflicts arising from disposition of function or funds resolved by governor. When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, function or duty or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolishment, transfer, attachment or other change …

75-519. Succession to property and records where function transferred divided; conflicts determined by governor. In all cases where, under the provisions of this act, part or all of the powers, duties and functions of any existing state agency are divided between any existing or …

75-601. Oath. The state treasurer shall before entering upon the duties of office take and subscribe the proper official oath, and such official oath shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state. History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 48; L. 1923, ch. 223, § 1; R.S. …

75-603. Account of receipts and disbursements. The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of the receipts and disbursements of the treasury, in books kept for that purpose at the expense of the state, in which the treasurer shall specify the names of persons or officers from wh…

75-604. Custody of moneys; deposit in banks. The treasurer shall be required to keep safely in the state treasury, without loaning, using, or depositing in banks or elsewhere, all public moneys of whatsoever character paid into such treasury, or otherwise and at any time placed i…

75-606. Redemption of warrants; when funds exhausted; notice when funds available. When any warrant shall be presented to the treasurer for redemption, and the funds appropriated for the purpose for which such warrant is issued are exhausted, the treasurer shall endorse thereon t…

75-607. Deposit of warrants with director of accounts and reports. The treasurer shall on the first Monday of March, June, September and December, annually, deposit in the office of the director of accounts and reports all warrants by him or her redeemed or received in payment at…

75-608. Reports. The treasurer shall annually, make a separate annual report showing the state of the public accounts and the funds, the amounts by him or her received, the amount paid out during the next preceding year ending on the thirtieth of June, and the balance remaining i…

75-609. Inspections by legislature and board of examination. The treasurer shall as often as required submit the books, accounts, vouchers, and the funds of the treasury, to the inspection of the legislature, or any committee thereof appointed for that purpose, and to the board o…