KS Stat § 75-3712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 37 - Department Of Administration|75-3712 State emergency fund; use; transfers from general fund and special revenue funds for balance insufficiencies.

75-3712. State emergency fund; use; transfers from general fund and special revenue funds for balance insufficiencies. (a) The state emergency fund is hereby continued in the state treasury for the use of the state finance council created by K.S.A. 75-3708, and amendments thereto, for the purposes and within the limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 75-3713, 75-3713a, 75-3713b, 75-3713c, 75-3713d, 75-3714 and K.S.A. 75-3713e, and amendments thereto.(b) (1) Upon certification by the director of the budget to the director of accounts and reports that the unencumbered balance in the state emergency fund is insufficient to pay an amount that is necessary to finance an action approved by the state finance council pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3713, 75-3713a, 75-3713b, 75-3713c, 75-3713d or K.S.A. 75-3713e, and amendments thereto, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer an amount equal to the insufficient amount from the state general fund to the state emergency fund. The total of all amounts transferred from the state general fund to the state emergency fund pursuant to this subsection (b)(1) during any fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000, excluding all amounts transferred from the state general fund pursuant to subsection (b)(2).(2) In addition to the provisions of subsection (b)(1), during the period commencing on the effective date of this act until January 14, 2008, notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute to the contrary:(A) The director of the budget shall provide (i) notice to the state finance council that the unencumbered balance in the state emergency fund is insufficient to pay an amount that is necessary to finance an action approved by the state finance council pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3713, 75-3713a, 75-3713b, or K.S.A. 75-3713e, and amendments thereto, which is directly related to a severe weather-related state of disaster emergency declared by the governor pursuant to K.S.A. 48-924, and amendments thereto, and (ii) the director of the budget shall include with such notice the director's recommendations regarding a specific amount or amounts, which in the aggregate are equal to the insufficient amount, and which could be transferred to the state emergency fund for such purpose from the state general fund or any special revenue fund or funds, or any account or accounts of the state general fund or any such special revenue fund or funds; and(B) upon approval such recommendation or any modification thereof by the state finance council, by unanimous vote of all of the members of the council, acting on this matter which is hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c, and amendments thereto, the director of the budget shall certify to the director of accounts and reports such recommendation, including any modifications, as approved by the state finance council; and(C) upon receipt of such certification by the director of the budget, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer the amount or amounts specified in such certification from the state general fund or any special revenue fund or funds, or any account or accounts of the state general fund or any such special revenue fund or funds, to the state emergency fund, except that the total of all amounts transferred to the state emergency fund pursuant to this subsection (b)(2) during the period commencing on the effective date of this act until January 14, 2008, shall not exceed $25,000,000.History: L. 1953, ch. 375, § 12; L. 1971, ch. 279, § 12; L. 1974, ch. 388, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 315, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 53, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 202, § 4; May 31.