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KS Stat § 46-406 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 4 - Interstate Cooperation Commission|46-406 Function of commission.

46-406. Function of commission. It shall be the function of this commission:(a) To carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments;(b) to carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the national conference of state legislatures;(c) to encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of this state to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of the other states, of the federal government, and of local units of government; and(d) to endeavor to advance cooperation between this state and other units of government whenever it seems advisable to do so by formulating proposals for, and by facilitating: (1) The adoption of compacts; (2) the enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes; (3) the adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative rules and regulations; (4) the informal cooperation of governmental offices with one another; (5) the personal cooperation of government officials and employees with one another, individually; (6) the interchange and clearance of research and information, and (7) any other suitable process.History: L. 1941, ch. 271, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 174, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-407 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 4 - Interstate Cooperation Commission|46-407 Establishment of delegations and committees; rules; advisory boards.

46-407. Establishment of delegations and committees; rules; advisory boards. The commission may establish such delegations and committees as it deems necessary and advisable to perform the duties and functions required under the provisions of this act. Subject to the approval of the commission, the member or members of each such delegation or committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the commission, except as otherwise provided by law. State officials or employees who are not members of the commission on interstate cooperation may be appointed as members of any such delegation or committee, but private citizens holding no governmental position in this state shall not be eligible except as delegates to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The commission may provide such other rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of any such delegation or committee. The commission may provide for advisory boards for itself and for its various delegations and committees, and may authorize private citizens to serve on such boards.History: L. 1941, ch. 271, § 7; L. 1947, ch. 293, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 218, § 6; Jan. 13, 1975.
KS Stat § 46-408 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 4 - Interstate Cooperation Commission|46-408 Commission; reports; compensation, expenses and allowances; expenditures; participation with other states in council of state governments, national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and national conference of state legislatures.

46-408. Commission; reports; compensation, expenses and allowances; expenditures; participation with other states in council of state governments, national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and national conference of state legislatures. The commission shall report to the governor and to the legislature at such times as it deems appropriate. Its members, except the governor's committee, and the members of all delegations and committees which it establishes shall receive compensation and travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances for attendance at meetings of the commission authorized by the chairperson or the commission as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212 and amendments thereto. The secretary shall receive travel expenses and subsistence expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212 and amendments thereto for attendance at meetings, but shall receive no per diem compensation. Members of the governor's committee shall receive travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212 and amendments thereto which shall be paid by the respective departments of such members. The commission may incur such expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and it may by contributions: (a) To the council of state governments, participate with other states, in maintaining the council's district and central secretariats, and its other governmental services; (b) to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, participate with other states, in maintaining and conducting the services of the national conference; and (c) to the national conference of state legislatures, participate with other states in the maintenance and conduct of the programs and services of the conference.History: L. 1941, ch. 271, § 8; L. 1947, ch. 293, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 423, § 19; L. 1968, ch. 208, § 10; L. 1974, ch. 218, § 7; L. 1983, ch. 174, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 4 - Interstate Cooperation Commission|46-409 Title of committees and commission.

46-409. Title of committees and commission. The committees and the commission established by this act shall be informally known, respectively, as the senate cooperation committee, the house cooperation committee, the governor's cooperation committee and the Kansas cooperation commission.History: L. 1941, ch. 271, § 9; April 10.
KS Stat § 46-411 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 4 - Interstate Cooperation Commission|46-411 Invalidity of part.

46-411. Invalidity of part. If any clause or other portion of this act is held to be invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that all such remaining portions of this act are severable, and that it would have enacted such remaining portions if the invalid portions had not been included in this act.History: L. 1941, ch. 271, § 11; April 10.
KS Stat § 46-601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 6 - House Roll-call System And Equipment|46-601 Mechanical, electrical or electronic voting, when; equipment requirements.

46-601. Mechanical, electrical or electronic voting, when; equipment requirements. The vote of the members of the house of representatives of the Kansas legislature may be taken and recorded by mechanical, electrical, or electronic or any combination thereof means in all cases where the yeas and nays are required by the constitution of Kansas or ordered by members of the house. All such voting shall be taken and recorded by the use of modern equipment properly installed and operated.History: L. 1955, ch. 258, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 323, § 1; March 27.
KS Stat § 46-802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 8 - Prefiling Of Bills And Resolutions|46-802 Same; numbering of bills and resolutions; filing; copies; charges for; list of bills and resolutions, open to public.

46-802. Same; numbering of bills and resolutions; filing; copies; charges for; list of bills and resolutions, open to public. The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall instruct the revisor of statutes regarding the appropriate numbering of prefiled bills and resolutions. In accordance with such instruction the revisor of statutes shall give each prefiled bill and resolution its appropriate number before delivery of a copy to the division of printing. The originals of all prefiled bills and resolutions shall be in the possession of the secretary of the senate, if a senate bill or resolution, or the chief clerk of the house of representatives, if a house bill or resolution. Upon the prefiling of any bill or resolution under the provisions of this act, the secretary of the senate, if a senate bill or resolution, or the chief clerk of the house of representatives, if a house bill or resolution, shall make copies thereof available to any person, upon request, at a cost of $.50 per page until the same have been printed, as provided herein. All moneys received under this section from such charges shall be remitted 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 state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the legislative special revenue fund. The secretary of the senate, in the case of senate bills and resolutions, and the chief clerk of the house of representatives, in the case of house bills or resolutions, shall maintain a current list, by title and sponsor, of all bills and resolutions which have been prefiled, and such lists shall be open to public inspection.History: L. 1969, ch. 253, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 209, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 182, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 82, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 155; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 8 - Prefiling Of Bills And Resolutions|46-803 Same; printing and distribution.

46-803. Same; printing and distribution. The revisor of statutes shall deliver a copy of each bill or resolution prefiled to the division of printing to be printed in accordance with instructions of the legislative coordinating council. Printed copies of each such bill or resolution shall be returned by the division of printing to the director of legislative administrative services for distribution in accordance with instructions of the legislative coordinating council.History: L. 1969, ch. 253, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 209, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 182, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-804 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 8 - Prefiling Of Bills And Resolutions|46-804 Introduction of prefiled bills and resolutions, effect.

46-804. Introduction of prefiled bills and resolutions, effect. On the first day of the regular session of the legislature following prefiling, all such bills and resolutions shall be deemed properly introduced. Such bills and resolutions shall be read in the same manner as other bills and resolutions introduced after the convening of the legislature. When any prefiled bill or resolution has been delivered to the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives as herein provided and the same is read, any prior failure to comply with any of the procedural requirements of this act shall have no effect on the validity of such bill or resolution.History: L. 1969, ch. 253, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 209, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 182, § 4; L. 1996, ch. 82, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-903 Payment of claims based upon implied contracts, when.

46-903. Payment of claims based upon implied contracts, when. No money or funds shall be disbursed from the state treasury or any special fund of the state of Kansas in part or full satisfaction or payment of any claim or judgment based in whole or in part on an implied contract, unless the payment of such claim or judgment has been specifically authorized by act of the legislature.History: L. 1970, ch. 200, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 186, § 23; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-907 Submission of certain claims to joint committee on special claims against the state.

46-907. Submission of certain claims to joint committee on special claims against the state. All claims proposed to be paid from the state treasury or any special fund of the state of Kansas, which cannot be lawfully paid by the state or any agency thereof except by an appropriation of the legislature shall be submitted to the joint committee on special claims against the state before final action thereon is taken by either house of the legislature.History: L. 1970, ch. 200, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 203, § 2; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-911 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-911 Severability.

46-911. Severability. If any word, phrase, sentence or provision of this act is determined to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this act and they shall be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.History: L. 1970, ch. 200, § 11; March 26.
KS Stat § 46-912 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-912 Joint committee on special claims against the state; membership; appointment; chairperson; meetings; quorum.

46-912. Joint committee on special claims against the state; membership; appointment; chairperson; meetings; quorum. There is hereby established the joint committee on special claims against the state which shall have seven members consisting of three members of the senate and four members of the house of representatives. The representative members shall be appointed by the speaker, and the senator members shall be appointed by the senate committee on organization, calendar and rules. Of the members of the house, three members shall be from the majority party with the remaining member from the minority party. Of the members of the senate, two members shall be from the majority party with the remaining member from the minority party. Not less than one representative member shall be a member of the house committee on appropriations and not less than one senator member shall be a member of the senate committee on ways and means. In the biennium commencing with the convening of the regular session of the legislature in 1979, and in the biennium commencing with the convening of the regular session of the legislature each four years thereafter, the chairperson of the joint committee shall be a representative member designated by the speaker of the house of representatives. In the biennium commencing with the convening of the regular session of the legislature in 1981, and in the biennium commencing with the regular session of the legislature each four years thereafter, the senate committee on organization, calendar and rules shall designate a senator member to be the chairperson of the joint committee. If a chairperson shall die, resign or otherwise be incapable of serving as chairperson for the full two-year period, a successor shall be designated to fill the unexpired portion of such period in the same manner as the original chairperson was selected. The joint committee shall meet in the interim between legislative sessions on the call of the chairperson as authorized by the legislative coordinating council. Any four members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum. Any action of such joint committee may be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, if a quorum is present.The provisions of article 12 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, applicable to special committees shall apply to the joint committee on special claims against the state to the extent the same do not conflict with the specific provisions of this act applicable to such committee.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 178, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 196, § 3; L. 2013, ch. 134, § 4; L. 2017, ch. 53, § 3; Apr. 27.
KS Stat § 46-913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-913 Claims against the state; filing; forms; information required.

46-913. Claims against the state; filing; forms; information required. (a) Any person wishing to present a claim shall file the same with the chairperson of the joint committee in writing upon a form to be provided by the joint committee stating the following information:(1) The name and address of the claimant; the name and address of the claimant's principal, if the claimant is acting in a representative capacity; and the name and address of the claimant's attorney, if the claimant is so represented;(2) A concise statement of the basis of the claim, including the date, time, place and circumstances of the act or event complained of, if applicable;(3) a statement itemizing the amount claimed; and(4) any other pertinent information requested by the joint committee.(b) Upon the filing of a claim, the joint committee shall inform the claimant in writing of any additional information it will require in order to take action upon the claim.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 274, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 83, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-914 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-914 Same; consideration of claims; hearing; notice; rules or procedure; state officers and employees to provide information and assistance.

46-914. Same; consideration of claims; hearing; notice; rules or procedure; state officers and employees to provide information and assistance. (a) Each claim shall be considered by the joint committee as soon as practicable after it is filed. If the joint committee deems a hearing to be necessary or advisable on any claim or if the claimant requests the same, it shall provide for the holding of a hearing and shall give the claimant and the state agency involved, if any, at least fifteen days notice by certified mail of the time and place thereof.(b) The joint committee shall not be bound by the strict rules of evidence, except when specifically required by its rules but shall admit all testimony having reasonable probative value, and shall conduct all hearings in a fair and impartial manner, giving full opportunity for presentation of evidence and argument.(c) All officers and employees of the state shall provide such information and assistance as may be deemed necessary by the joint committee in the investigation and determination of claims filed under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 4; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-915 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-915 Same; determination of claims; notification of claimant; recommendations for awards; introduction of bill, referral; determination of amount of award, guide; claim must be in writing, verified and acknowledged.

46-915. Same; determination of claims; notification of claimant; recommendations for awards; introduction of bill, referral; determination of amount of award, guide; claim must be in writing, verified and acknowledged. The joint committee on special claims against the state shall make determination of all claims submitted to it and a copy of its determination and recommendations shall be submitted to the claimant within 20 days after the joint committee makes its determination. Whenever the joint committee shall determine that the state should pay any amount to any claimant it shall recommend that an award be made in the amount so determined. All recommendations for awards shall be included in a bill or bills which shall be introduced in the name of the joint committee in either house of the legislature and referred to the committee on ways and means of the senate if introduced in the senate or the committee on appropriations of the house if introduced in the house of representatives for report and recommendations as on other bills referred to it. In determining amounts of awards for claims for injury, death and disability, the joint committee may use the workmen's compensation act as a guide, where applicable. No award shall be recommended for payment to any claimant unless the claimant has submitted a written application therefor which has been verified by the claimant and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 5; L. 1987, ch. 196, § 4; Feb. 19.
KS Stat § 46-916 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-916 Joint committee; secretarial and staff assistance.

46-916. Joint committee; secretarial and staff assistance. Secretarial services shall be provided for the joint committee by a secretary or secretaries recruited and supervised by the director of legislative administrative services in the manner provided by K.S.A. 46-1212a. Other staff assistance shall be provided by the office of the revisor of statutes, the legislative research department and such other legislative offices and employees as may be directed by the legislative coordinating council.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 6; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-917 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-917 Same; adoption of procedural guidelines.

46-917. Same; adoption of procedural guidelines. The joint committee on special claims against the state is hereby authorized to adopt such procedural guidelines, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as may be necessary for orderly procedure in the filing, investigation, hearing and disposition of claims before it.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 7; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-918 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-918 Claims against the state; time of filing; consideration.

46-918. Claims against the state; time of filing; consideration. All claims filed prior to November 1 in any year shall be considered by the joint committee for consideration and recommendation to the ensuing session of the legislature. Claims filed after November 1 in any year and prior to the adjournment of the ensuing session of the legislature shall be considered by the joint committee during such session only if the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives authorizes the holding of meetings therefor.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 8; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-919 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-919 Purpose of act.

46-919. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to provide an orderly and expeditious procedure to aid the legislature in the consideration and evaluation of those claims against the state which cannot be lawfully paid by the state or any agency thereof except by appropriation act of the legislature. A recommendation by the joint committee on special claims against the state that an award be made to any claimant shall not be construed as a waiver of immunity from liability on the part of the state or any agency thereof nor shall such recommendation impose liability upon the state or any agency thereof in the amount recommended.History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 9; May 11.
KS Stat § 46-923 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-923 Same; authority for director of accounts and reports to accept for payment certain claims for services or purchases made in improper fiscal year.

46-923. Same; authority for director of accounts and reports to accept for payment certain claims for services or purchases made in improper fiscal year. Notwithstanding K.S.A. 75-3731, and amendments thereto, the director of accounts and reports shall accept for payment from the head of any state agency any claim not exceeding $5,000 for services or purchases even though such claim was not submitted or processed for payment within the fiscal year in which the service was rendered or the purchase was made. No claim filed more than six months after the date that the service was rendered or the purchase was made shall be allowed or paid.History: L. 1980, ch. 254, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 62, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 46-924 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 46 - Legislature|Article 9 - Claims Against The State|46-924 Same; acceptance of payment by claimant final.

46-924. Same; acceptance of payment by claimant final. The acceptance by the claimant of any payment made pursuant to this act shall be final and conclusive and shall constitute a complete release of any claim against the state. Otherwise, the claimant shall proceed with a claim against the state as provided by K.S.A. 46-913, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1980, ch. 254, § 5; L. 1994, ch. 274, § 4; L. 2013, ch. 83, § 3; July 1.