Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-2746. Registry. (a) Each unmarked burial site located in this state which becomes known to the board shall be entered on the registry established under K.S.A. 75-2745. The board shall identify, to the extent possible, the cultural or personal identity of the deceased person or…

75-2747. Permits. (a) The board shall establish by rules and regulations a system of permits for the excavation, study, display and reinterment or disposition of human skeletal remains from unmarked burial sites and any goods interred with such remains. (b) A permit to excavate h…

75-2748. Prohibited acts; criminal and civil penalties. (a) On and after January 1, 1990, no person shall, unless such person holds a permit issued by the board to do so or is exempt pursuant to subsection (b): (1) Willfully disturb an unmarked burial site; (2) knowingly possess …

75-2749. Notice of violations or discovery of remains; penalties. (a) Any person who knows or has reason to know that a violation of K.S.A. 75-2748, and amendments thereto, is being or has been committed must immediately notify the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where…

75-2750. Inspection warrant. The chairperson of the board, or a person designated by the chairperson, may apply to a judge of the district court of a county for an inspection warrant to inspect premises located in such county for the purpose of determining compliance with this ac…

75-2751. Duties of attorney general. Upon request of the board, the attorney general shall aid in any investigation, inspection, hearing or trial pursuant to the provisions of this act and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of t…

75-2752. Civil enforcement of act. In addition to or in lieu of any penalty imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749, any person who violates any provision of K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749 may be liable for injunctive relief, damages and attorney fees or other appropriate relief…

75-2753. Cemetery for reburial of remains. The secretary of the state historical society shall establish, with the approval of the board, a cemetery on existing state lands for the reinterment of human skeletal remains from unmarked burial sites in this state, and goods interred …

75-2754. Severability. If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application. To …

75-2755. Conveyance of property located in Doniphan county to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the state historical society, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to convey to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas a…

75-2756. Conveyance of property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the state historical society, for and on behalf of the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized to convey to the Shawnee Tribe all of the rights, title and …

75-2801. Secretary of state ex officio register; books and records; correspondence. The secretary of state shall be ex officio register of the state land office. The books and records of such office shall be so kept as to show and preserve an accurate chain of title from the gene…

75-2802. Separate tract books. Separate tract books shall be kept for the university, the saline lands, the half-million acre grant, the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections and lands in lieu of the same for common schools, the swamplands, the agricultural university lands, and su…

75-2803. Manner of ruling tract books; matters shown on record. Said tract books shall be ruled in a manner similar to those used in United States land offices, so as to record each tract by its smallest legal subdivision, its section, township and range, to whom sold and when, t…

75-2804. State land office; inspection of documents and records; certified copies of abstracts. The state land office shall be kept open during business hours, and shall have the personal supervision of the register or his or her deputy; the documents and records therein shall be…

75-2805. Patents. Patents for land shall issue from the state land office, shall be signed by the governor and recorded by the register; and each patent shall contain therein a marginal certificate of the book and page on which it is recorded, which certificate shall be signed by…

75-2806. Patents for land; certified copies; fee, approval. In case of loss or destruction of patent, from any cause, the party so losing may apply to the secretary of state for a certified copy thereof, which when issued under his or her hand and official seal shall be deemed an…

75-2807. Certificate for issuance of patent. No patent shall be issued for any lands belonging to the state except upon the certificate of the person or officer specially charged with the custody of the same, setting forth the appraised value per acre if otherwise required by law…

75-2808. Correction of clerical errors by register. The register is authorized and required to correct all clerical errors of his or her office in name of grantee and description of tract of land conveyed by the state found upon the records of such office. The register shall atta…

75-2809. Public surveys; records, safekeeping and access. The register shall receive any field notes, maps, records, or other papers relating to the public survey of this state, whenever the same shall be turned over to the state, in pursuance of an act of congress entitled "An a…

75-2810. Relinquishment of color of title to the United States. Whenever the governor is satisfied by the commissioner of the general land office that the title to any lands which may have been certified to the state under any of the several grants is inferior to the rights of an…

75-2811. Error in deeding land to state or in making out transfer. When the governor is satisfied by proper record evidence that any tract of land which may have been deeded by virtue of any donation or sale to the state is not the land intended to have been described, or that an…

75-2812. Lists of lands granted to state; effect of recording. In cases where lands have been granted to the state of Kansas by act of congress, and certified list of lands inuring under the grant have been made to the state by the commissioner of the general land office as requi…

75-2813. Recording of certified copy of patent. In any case where a purchase and payment in full has been made, and a conveyance or patent has been issued to any person or persons, signed by either the governor of the territory of Kansas or of the state of Kansas, for any tract o…

75-2814. Cancellation and issuance of new patent for defective patent; recordation and correction of errors. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent to state land issued by the state of Kansas which is in any respect defective in form or in manner of execution, …

75-2925. Purpose of act. The general purpose of this act is to establish a system of personnel administration that meets the social, economic and program needs of the people of the state of Kansas as these needs now or in the future may be established. This system shall provide m…

75-2926. Definitions. As used in the Kansas civil service act, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) "Board" means the state civil service board. (b) "Director" means the director of personnel services. (c) "Eligible" includes a person who is in an employment pool and quali…

75-2929a. State civil service board; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; confirmation by senate. (a) There is hereby created the state civil service board. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate as pr…

75-2929b. State civil service board; part of department of administration; management functions; organization and meetings; hearings by members; compensation and expenses of members. (a) The board shall be attached to the department of administration and shall be within the depar…

75-2929c. Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of orders. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, all of the powers, duties and functions of the state civil service commission existing immediately prior to the effective date of this act are hereby…

75-2929d. State civil service board; hearing of appeals; witnesses; production of papers. (a) The state civil service board shall hear appeals taken to it pursuant to: (1) K.S.A. 75-2940, 75-2949 and 75-3747, and amendments thereto, concerning demotion, dismissal or suspension of…

75-2929g. Same; rules and regulations adopted by secretary of administration. The secretary of administration, upon recommendation of the director of personnel services and the board, may adopt rules and regulations as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706 and amendments thereto to carry ou…

75-2929h. Same; appeals from orders of board. Subject to the provisions of this section, the Kansas judicial review act shall be applicable to appeals from orders of the civil service board. In any such appeal, the civil service board shall not be a named party to the proceedings…

75-2935. Classified and unclassified services. The civil service of the state of Kansas is hereby divided into the unclassified and the classified services. (1) The unclassified service comprises positions held by state officers or employees who are: (a) Chosen by election or app…

75-2935a. Classified exempt service abolished; disposition of positions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), positions in the classified exempt service shall become unclassified July 1, 1978. The classified exempt service shall be abolished as of this date and no further ap…

75-2935b. Unclassified service; approval of compensation; exceptions. Salaries and other compensation of all persons who are within the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act, and which salaries and other compensation are not fixed by statute, shall be subject to th…

75-2935c. Same; salary plan, physicians at aging and disability services institutions. Subject to available appropriations, the governor is hereby authorized and directed to approve a salary plan for physicians at institutions under the secretary for aging and disability services…

75-2938. Classified service; assignment of positions to classes; titles and descriptions for classes; assignment of classes to ranges; pay plan; wage and salary surveys; delegation of assignment of positions; schedule of salary and wage ranges and steps; approval of governor. (a)…

75-2938a. Anniversary date of persons in positions subject to job classification or compensation revisions, no change for compensation step increases. No revision of the job classification or the compensation of any classified position in any job class, which takes effect in any …

75-2938b. Wage and salary surveys; confidentiality. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the information contained in responses to wage and salary surveys conducted by the director of personnel services to provide wage and salary information about jobs in other publi…

75-2939. State employment; notice of vacancies; criteria for certifying persons to the pool of eligible candidates; assessment of skills, knowledge and abilities; agency selection programs. (a) To the extent required by rules and regulations of the secretary of administration, pu…

75-2940. Powers of director; exclusion of disqualified candidates; appeal. (a) The director may refuse to certify a candidate as eligible, or may remove from consideration a candidate who previously has registered for employment with the state when the candidate: (1) Is found to …

75-2941. Discrimination forbidden. No discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised, by any person in the civil service against or in favor of any applicant, eligible, or employee in the civil service because of political or religious opinions or affiliations, except…

75-2942. Appointments and promotions; statewide list of requisitions to fill vacant positions; emergencies. (a) Appointments and promotions to all positions in the classified service under the provisions of this act, and rules and regulations adopted as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706…

75-2943. Notice of new positions and vacancies; certification of names; probationary appointments; performance ratings; public inspection; rules and regulations. (a) Appointing authorities shall give notice to the director of personnel services of their intention to establish new…

75-2944. Vacancies filled by promotions or transfers; probationary promotions, right of demotion to prior job class in certain cases. (a) Vacancies in positions shall be filled, so far as practicable, by promotions or transfers of persons holding positions in the classified servi…

75-2945. Filling positions without using certified pool of eligible candidates, when. Subject to limitations imposed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3706 and amendments thereto, positions in the classified service may be filled without utilizing certified p…

75-2946. Appointment to classified position for probationary period. Except as otherwise provided in the Kansas civil service act or by rules and regulations adopted thereunder, all appointments within the classified service shall be for a probationary period, the length of which…

75-2947. Transfers; leaves of absence; reinstatements. (a) In a manner consistent with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of administration, transfers in the classified service may be made from a position in one class to a position in another class when the duties and…

75-2948. Layoff procedures; notice to director and affected employees; reemployment preference, when. (a) In accordance with rules and regulations adopted therefor, an appointing authority, with the approval of the secretary of administration, may lay off an employee in the class…