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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 56 - Department Of Health And Environment › 75-5671 Remediation trust fund.

75-5671.
Remediation trust fund.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Consent decree agreement" means any consent decree agreement entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8922, and amendments thereto, between the department and the oz entertainment company associated with the remediation of environmental contamination at the sunflower army ammunition plant located at De Soto, Kansas.
(2) "Department" means the department of health and environment.
(3) "Qualified expenses" means costs of remediation which are determined to be qualified expenses pursuant to a consent decree agreement.
(4) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
(b) There is hereby established in the state treasury the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund, to be administered by the secretary.
(c) The department shall remit to the state treasurer any proceeds received by the department from the payment obligation surety bond furnished by the oz entertainment company to the department pursuant to a consent decree agreement. Upon receipt of such proceeds, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit it to the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund.
(d) Moneys in the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund shall be expended only for payment of qualified expenses of remediation of environmental contamination at the sunflower army ammunition plant for which the oz entertainment company has accepted responsibility for payment. Moneys in the fund shall be expended for no other governmental purpose.
(e) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund for the preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
(f) All expenditures from the sunflower army ammunition plant remediation trust fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for the purposes set forth in this section.
History:
L. 2000, ch. 129, § 1; April 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 56 - Department Of Health And Environment › 75-5673 Atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network; dissemination of data and analysis reports.

75-5673. Atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network; dissemination of data and analysis reports.
(a) The secretary of health and environment shall establish a statewide atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network to measure mercury deposition in Kansas.
(b) The secretary of health and environment shall contract with a laboratory that has demonstrated capability to perform appropriate analysis of the samples collected and to provide reports in a form acceptable to the secretary. After analysis, data and analysis reports, including data on long term trends, shall be provided to the public through a website. Data also will be posted to a national database designated by the secretary.
(c) The secretary of health and environment shall ensure that data collected from the network and analyses of those data are made available specifically to Kansas-based research institutes and scientists for exploration of the impact of mercury on Kansas flora, fauna and human population.
History:
L. 2007, ch. 137, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 112, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 56 - Department Of Health And Environment › 75-5674 Establishment and maintenance; authority.

75-5674. Establishment and maintenance; authority.
The secretary of health and environment shall establish and maintain family planning centers in cooperation with the secretary for children and families and county, city-county and multicounty health departments. Such family planning centers, upon request of any person who is over 18 years of age and who is married or who has been referred to such center by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery and who resides in this state, may furnish and disseminate information concerning, and means and methods of planned parenthood, including such contraceptive devices as recommended by the secretary of health and environment. Such methods and means shall be consistent with the religious and personal convictions of the individual to whom furnished.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 384, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 20; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 34; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 8; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 376; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 56 - Department Of Health And Environment › 75-5675 Duties of certain agencies.

75-5675. Duties of certain agencies.
The secretary for children and families and county, city-county and multicounty health departments shall cooperate with and assist the secretary of health and environment in the establishment, maintenance and operation of the family planning centers required to be established and maintained by K.S.A. 75-5674, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1965, ch. 384, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 21; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 35; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 9; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 377; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5701 Establishment and administration of department; secretary of labor; appointment, confirmation, salary; application of K-GOAL.

75-5701.
Establishment and administration of department; secretary of labor; appointment, confirmation, salary; application of K-GOAL.
(a) There is hereby established a department of labor. The department shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the secretary of labor who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person appointed as secretary shall exercise any power, duty or function as secretary until confirmed by the senate. The secretary shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor.
(b) The provisions of the Kansas governmental operations accountability law apply to the department of labor, and the department is subject to audit, review and evaluation under such law.
History: L. 1976, ch. 354, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 299, § 39; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 75; L. 1992, ch. 116, § 52; L. 2001, ch. 86, § 15; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 122; L. 2008, ch. 121, § 31; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5701a Department and secretary renamed department and secretary of labor; division of employment and training abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred to department and secretary of commerce; continuation of ex officio memberships on commission on disability concerns.

75-5701a.
Department and secretary renamed department and secretary of labor; division of employment and training abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred to department and secretary of commerce; continuation of ex officio memberships on commission on disability concerns.
(a) The division of employment and training within the department of human resources created by K.S.A. 75-5714, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished. On the effective date of this order, the department of human resources is hereby renamed the department of labor, and the secretary of human resources is hereby renamed the secretary of labor.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all of the powers, duties, and functions of the existing division of employment and training within the department of human resources and of the existing director of employment and training are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the division of workforce development within the department of commerce and the director of workforce development established by this order.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all of the powers, duties, and functions of the department of human resources and the secretary of human resources that relate to labor exchange and training, including but not limited to those powers, duties, and functions that relate to the workforce network of Kansas board, the Kansas apprenticeship council, and the commission on disability concerns, are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of commerce and the secretary of commerce.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) above, both the secretary of commerce and the secretary of labor shall continue to be ex officio members of the commission on disability concerns.
History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 31, L. 2004, ch. 191, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5701b Successors and continuation of department and secretary of human resources; force and effect of actions performed in exercise of duties; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded.

75-5701b.
Successors and continuation of department and secretary of human resources; force and effect of actions performed in exercise of duties; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded.
(a) Except with respect to the powers, duties, and functions that are transferred by this order to the department or secretary of commerce or the division or director of workforce development within the department of commerce, the department of labor and the secretary of labor shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the department and secretary of human resources in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this order. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties, and functions by or under the authority of the department of labor or the secretary of labor shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the department of human resources or the secretary of human resources in which such powers, duties, and functions were vested prior to the effective date of this order.
(b) Whenever the department of human resources, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference or designation is in regard to any function, power, or duty other than those powers, duties, and functions that are transferred to the department of commerce under this order, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of labor.
(c) Whenever the secretary of human resources, or words of like effect are referred to or designated by a statute, contract, or other document, and such reference or designation is in regard to any function, power, or duty other than those powers, duties, and functions that are transferred to the department of commerce under this order, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary of labor.
(d) All rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the secretary of the department of human resources that relate to functions other than those functions transferred by this order and that are in effect on the effective date of this order shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the secretary of labor until revised, amended, revoked, or nullified pursuant to law.
History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 31, L. 2004, ch. 191, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5702 Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; compensation; powers, duties and functions; investigations.

75-5702. Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; compensation; powers, duties and functions; investigations.
(a) The secretary of labor may appoint, with the consent of the governor, one public information officer, one or more division directors, one personal secretary and one special assistant, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of labor, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of labor with the approval of the governor.
(b) (1) The secretary may:
(A) Conduct public or private investigations within or outside of this state which the secretary or the secretary's designee considers necessary or appropriate to determine whether a person has violated, is violating, or is about to violate the employment security law act or a rule and regulation adopted or order issued under the employment security law, or to aid in the enforcement of the employment security law;
(B) require or permit a person to testify, file a statement, or produce a record, under oath or otherwise as the secretary or the secretary's designee determines, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning a matter to be investigated or about which an action or proceeding is to be instituted; and
(C) appoint one or more special investigators to aid in investigations conducted pursuant to this act.
(2) Such special investigators shall have authority to make arrests, serve subpoenas and all other process, conduct searches and seizures, store evidence, and carry firearms, concealed or otherwise while investigating violations of the employment security law act and to generally enforce all the criminal laws of the state as violations of those laws are encountered by such special investigators, except that no special investigator may carry firearms while performing such duties without having first successfully completed the training course prescribed for law enforcement officers under the Kansas law enforcement training act, K.S.A. 74-5601 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(c) The secretary of labor also may appoint such other officers and employees as are necessary to enable the secretary to carry out the duties of the office of the secretary and the department of labor.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, such officers and employees shall be within the classified service under the Kansas civil service act. All personnel of the department of labor shall perform the duties and functions assigned to such personnel by the secretary or prescribed for such personnel by law and shall act for and exercise the powers of the secretary of labor to the extent authority to do so is delegated by the secretary.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 332, § 54; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 347, § 8; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 123; L. 2013, ch. 106, § 13; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5705 Division of employment and security, establishment and administration.

75-5705.
Division of employment and security, establishment and administration.
There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of labor a division of employment security. The secretary of labor shall administer the division of employment security or provide for the administration thereof in the manner the secretary deems necessary.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 124; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5712 Agricultural labor relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations.

75-5712.
Agricultural labor relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations.
(a) The agricultural labor relations board created by K.S.A. 44-820, and amendments thereto, is attached to and is a part of the department of labor. All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions of the agricultural labor relations board shall be administered by or under the direction and supervision of the secretary of labor as a part of the division of labor-management relations and employment standards. All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of the agricultural labor relations board shall be approved by the secretary of labor or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.
(b) All rules and regulations and all orders or directives of the agricultural labor relations board, or of any persons authorized by the board to issue orders or directives, in existence on July 1, 1985, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules and regulations and orders or directives of the agricultural labor relations board until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law. Nothing in this act shall affect the authority of the agricultural labor relations board to adopt or promulgate rules and regulations or to issue orders or directives as authorized by law.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 12; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 126; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5713 Public employee relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations.

75-5713.
Public employee relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations.
(a) The public employee relations board created by K.S.A. 75-4323, and amendments thereto, is attached to and is a part of the department of labor. All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions of the public employee relations board shall be administered by or under the direction and supervision of the secretary of labor as a part of the division of labor-management relations and employment standards. All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of the public employee relations board shall be approved by the secretary of labor or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.
(b) All rules and regulations and all orders or directives of the public employee relations board, or of any persons authorized by the board to issue orders or directives, in existence on July 1, 1985, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules and regulations and orders or directives of the public employee relations board until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law. Nothing in this act shall affect the authority of the public employee relations board to adopt or promulgate rules and regulations or to issue orders or directives as authorized by law.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 13; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 127; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5722 Chief attorney and additional attorneys for department; appointment and salaries.

75-5722.
Chief attorney and additional attorneys for department; appointment and salaries.
The secretary of labor shall appoint a chief attorney for the department of labor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief attorney shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of labor, with the approval of the governor. The secretary of labor also may appoint additional attorneys for the department of labor. Except for those attorneys the secretary may appoint to positions in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act in order to comply with directives under any federal act, or federal administration thereof, which federal act is related to a function or duty required to be performed by the secretary, such additional attorneys shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act, shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of labor, with the approval of the governor, and shall be subject to assignment and reassignment of duties within the department of labor as may be determined by the chief attorney.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 24; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 11; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 128; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5723 Organization of department.

75-5723.
Organization of department.
The secretary of labor may organize the department of labor in the manner the secretary deems most efficient, so long as the same is not in conflict with the provisions of law, and the secretary may establish policies governing the transaction of all business of the department and the administration of each of the divisions within the department.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 25; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 12; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 129; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5724 Creation of advisory boards, commissions or committees within department; allowances and expenses of members.

75-5724.
Creation of advisory boards, commissions or committees within department; allowances and expenses of members.
The secretary of labor may create advisory boards, commissions or committees with the approval of the governor, and members of any such board, commission or committee shall be appointed by the secretary. Any such advisory board, commission or committee so created shall be within the department of labor as a part thereof. Such advisory boards, commissions or committees shall consult with and advise the secretary with reference to the management, control and operation of any programs under the jurisdiction of the department or with reference to any law administered by the department or any division thereof. Members of any advisory board, commission or committee created under authority of this section attending meetings thereof, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, commission or committee, shall be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto. All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of each of such advisory boards, commissions or committees shall be approved by the presiding officer thereof and the secretary of labor or a person or persons designated by the secretary.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 26; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 13; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 130; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5727 Custody of records, memoranda, writings of departmental transactions.

75-5727.
Custody of records, memoranda, writings of departmental transactions.
The secretary of labor shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the department of labor.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 29; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 14; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 131; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5730 Location of offices of secretary and department.

75-5730.
Location of offices of secretary and department.
The secretary of labor and the department of labor shall have offices and facilities in Topeka and such other locations throughout the state as are necessary.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 32; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 132; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5731 Seal of secretary.

75-5731.
Seal of secretary.
The secretary of labor shall keep a seal which shall be surrounded by the words "Secretary, Department of Labor of Kansas" which shall be of such diameter and with such device as the governor and the secretary of labor may prescribe, an impression of which shall be filed in the office of secretary of state.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 354, § 33; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 133; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5733 Special projects; acceptance, receipt and expenditure of moneys; special projects fund; personnel, employment and compensation.

75-5733.
Special projects; acceptance, receipt and expenditure of moneys; special projects fund; personnel, employment and compensation.
(a) Whenever any moneys are granted, collected from or given by any person, firm, corporation or association, or by the United States or any department, instrumentality or agency thereof, to the department of labor or to the office of the secretary of labor, which moneys are granted, collected or given for a specific use or purpose, the secretary of labor, on behalf of the office of the secretary, the department of labor or the state, may accept or reject any such grant, collection or gift and may enter into contracts or agreements necessary or expedient to the acceptance, collection, management or accountability of such grant, collection or gift. Any grant, collection or gift so accepted and the program therefor shall be known as a special project.
(b) The secretary of labor shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary for any special project 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 department of labor special projects fund. On and after July 1, 2004, the human resources special projects fund is hereby redesignated as the department of labor special projects fund. Whenever the human resources special projects fund, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a statute, rule and regulation, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of labor special projects fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts and any applicable contract or agreement upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary, or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.
(c) The secretary of labor may employ such personnel as may be necessary, in the judgment of the secretary, to effect any special project. All persons employed for any special project, including the director of each special project, which special project shall have a noncontingent and nonrenewable duration of less than 300 consecutive calendar days, shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act and shall receive salaries fixed by the secretary, with the approval of the governor. All persons employed for any other special project, or where conditions of the grant, collection, contract, agreement or gift so stipulate, shall be in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 370, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 15; L. 1991, ch. 267, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 406; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 134; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5734 Salary of secretary for administration of federal acts and programs.

75-5734.
Salary of secretary for administration of federal acts and programs.
The secretary of labor shall receive as part of the annual salary fixed by the governor pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5701, and amendments thereto, an annual amount for services performed by the secretary with respect to the administration of or the participation by this state in federal acts and programs. Such annual amount shall be fixed by the governor, shall be paid from the respective funds administered by the secretary with respect to administration of or participation by this state in such federal acts or programs, and shall be a percentage of the annual salary of the secretary which bears the same proportion to such annual salary as the percentage of time spent in the performance of such services bears to the total amount of time spent by the secretary in the performance of all other powers, duties and functions conferred and imposed by law upon the secretary.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 357, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 292, § 16; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 135; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5740 Accident problems of state; understanding, reduction, prevention; safety education.

75-5740.
Accident problems of state; understanding, reduction, prevention; safety education.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of labor: To promote better understanding of the accident problem of this state and of state and municipal laws enacted for the purpose of aiding in the solution of the problem; to promote a permanent educational program for the purpose of enlisting the cooperation of all citizens in reducing accidents; to work for the prevention of accidents on streets and highways, in the home, in the factories, on the farm and whenever preventable accidents occur; and to promote safety measures of every kind and character and to educate the public generally in the matters of safety.
History:
L. 1939, ch. 293, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 87; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 137; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5741 Older Kansans employment programs; design of program; annual report; definition.

75-5741. Older Kansans employment programs; design of program; annual report; definition.
(a) The secretary of commerce shall establish within the limits of appropriations therefor and in accordance with the provisions of this section the older Kansans employment program. The secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with nonprofit agencies or organizations or public bodies for the purpose of providing for the development and operation of the older Kansans employment program.
(b) The older Kansans employment program shall be designed as follows:
(1) The program shall provide to older Kansans an employment placement service with emphasis on employment in the private sector, including nontraditional patterns of employment; and
(2) the program shall provide training in job seeking skills to potential employees who are older Kansans and assistance to potential employers in utilizing the contributions of older Kansans to their work force.
(c) The secretary shall prepare annually a report evaluating the effectiveness of the older Kansans employment program and recommending measures to increase the number of older Kansans gainfully employed. The report shall be prepared and made available annually to the governor, members of the legislature, the secretary for aging and disability services, the commerce development council and the members of the advisory council on aging no later than December 15 each year.
(d) As used in this section, "older Kansan" means a resident of the state of Kansas who is 55 years of age or older.
History:
L. 1996, ch. 73, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 138; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 378; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5742 State directory of new hires; collection, deletion, confidentiality and transmission of information.

75-5742. State directory of new hires; collection, deletion, confidentiality and transmission of information.
(a) The department of labor is hereby designated as the agency to collect the new hires information required by the personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 1996. The secretary of labor shall contract with the secretary for children and families to provide the information needed to be in compliance with the personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 1996.
(b) The state directory of new hires shall receive, retain and, to the extent permitted by federal law, make information reported to the directory available pursuant to subsection (c).
(c) Except as otherwise permitted by federal law, any agency receiving information from the state directory of new hires shall handle the information as confidential information for use in administering the programs for which it was received. The state directory of new hires shall make information available:
(1) Upon implementation of the national directory of new hires, to the national directory; and
(2) to the secretary for children and families for use in administering an eligibility verification system and, not later than May 1, 1998, the title IV-D program.
(d) Any employer who reports electronically or magnetically and is required to report newly hired employees to more than one state may elect to transmit all such reports to one state by complying with the requirements of title IV-D.
(e) Beginning July 1, 1999, the secretary of labor shall annually delete information about individuals contained in the new hires directory if the information is at least two years old. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring the secretary of labor to delete information needed to administer the employment security or workers compensation programs.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 182, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 21, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 139; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 379; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5743 Same; duty to submit information.

75-5743. Same; duty to submit information.
(a) All employers and labor organizations doing business in this state shall submit information concerning each new employee to the secretary of labor within 20 business days of the hiring, rehiring or return to work of the newly hired employee or within 20 business days from the date the newly hired employee first receives wages or other compensation from the employer. The information shall include the newly hired employee's name, address, social security number and the date services for remuneration were first performed by the newly hired employee and the employer's name, address, federal tax identification number and any other information as may be required by section 453A of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 653a.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "newly hired employee" means an employee who has not previously been employed by the employer, or was previously employed by the employer, but has been separated from such prior employment for at least 60 consecutive days.
(c) The Kansas department for children and families shall have access to such information to match the employee's social security number with title IV-D cases.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 182, § 85; L. 1999, ch. 21, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 140; L. 2012, ch. 134, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 380; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5744 State enforcement of federal occupational safety and health standards, study of; report to legislature.

75-5744. State enforcement of federal occupational safety and health standards, study of; report to legislature.
(a) The secretary of labor is hereby authorized and directed to:
(1) Make a study and recommendations concerning whether the state should submit to the federal government a plan for state enforcement of occupational safety and health standards that provides for safe and healthful employment by the adoption of standards and means for enforcement of the standards that are at least as effective as those standards and means for enforcement of the standards as are provided by the federal occupational safety and health act of 1970, compiled in 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678;
(2) identify agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of such plan;
(3) review funding arrangements necessary for the state to finance a plan for state enforcement of such standards;
(4) review statutory and rule and regulation changes necessary to carry out such a plan;
(5) estimate additional staff and positions required to implement such a plan;
(6) identify steps needed for interaction with the federal government in ways that are reasonably designed to carry out the purposes of this subsection; and
(7) review such other matters as may be necessary in making the study.
(b) On or before January 12, 2015, the secretary of labor shall submit to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, each member of the committee on commerce of the senate and each member of the committee on commerce, labor and economic development of the house of representatives a report of the secretary's findings and recommendations from the study conducted under subsection (a).
History:
L. 2014, ch. 113, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 57 - Department Of Labor › 75-5746 Expenditure of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 moneys appropriated for unemployment compensation modernization project; review and report by legislative coordinating council required.

75-5746. Expenditure of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 moneys appropriated for unemployment compensation modernization project; review and report by legislative coordinating council required.
During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, on the effective date of this act, no state agency named in this or other appropriation act of the 2021 regular session of the legislature shall expend any moneys appropriated from the state general fund or from any special revenue fund or funds for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 as authorized by chapter 5 of the 2020 Session Laws of Kansas or any appropriation act of the 2021 regular session of the legislature for the purposes of entering into a contract or agreement with any party to make any changes, improvements or upgrades to the technology infrastructure for claims, benefits and system integrity or to the methods for information and data sharing concerning Kansas unemployment benefits unless and until: (a) The unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, created by K.S.A. 44-771, and amendments thereto, has reviewed the information technology system, technology and platform specifications pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 44-772, and amendments thereto, and made a recommendation to the legislative coordinating council; and (b) the legislative coordinating council has reviewed any such specifications and any such recommendations. Such legislative coordinating council review shall take place within 60 days of the last date of accepting bids on the modernization project. After the requesting state agency receives a report from the legislative coordinating council regarding such council's review, such state agency is authorized to expend all approved moneys lawfully credited to and available in such fund or funds during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
History:
L. 2021, ch. 92, § 8; May 13.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 58 - State Engineering And Land Surveying Services › 75-5801 State policy.

75-5801.
State policy.
The legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of this state to publicly announce all requirements for engineering services, and to negotiate contracts for engineering services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required and at fair and reasonable fees.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 287, § 1; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 58 - State Engineering And Land Surveying Services › 75-5802 Definitions.

75-5802. Definitions.
As used in this act unless the context specifically requires otherwise:
(a) "Firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the profession of engineering and provide engineering services or practice the profession of land surveying and provide land surveying services.
(b) "Engineering services" means those services described as the "practice of engineering," as defined in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto.
(c) "Land surveying" means those services described as "professional surveying," as defined in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto.
(d) "Agency head" means the chief administrative officer of a state agency, as that term is defined in subsection (3) of K.S.A. 75-3701, and amendments thereto, but shall not include the chief administrative officer of any state institution.
(e) "Negotiating committee" means a committee designated to negotiate as provided in this act, and consisting of: (1) The agency head of the state agency for which the proposed project is planned, or a person designated by such agency head; (2) the secretary of administration, or a person designated by such secretary; and (3) the chief administrative officer of the state institution for which the proposed project is planned, or when the proposed project is not planned for a state institution, the agency head shall designate a second person in lieu of the chief administrative officer of a state institution.
(f) "Project" means any capital improvement project or any study, plan, survey or program activity of a state agency, including development of new or existing programs and preparation of federal grant applications.
(g) "State building advisory commission" means the state building advisory commission created by K.S.A. 75-3780, and amendments thereto, or any duly authorized officer or employee of such commission.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 287, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 337, § 30; L. 1992, ch. 240, § 30; L. 1996, ch. 48, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 88, § 36; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 58 - State Engineering And Land Surveying Services › 75-5805 Written project description; no alteration without approval.

75-5805.
Written project description; no alteration without approval.
The negotiating committee shall cause a written description of the scope or program of the proposed project to be prepared. Such description shall be used in the negotiations between the negotiating committee and qualified firms. The proposed project description shall be the basis for the project development and such description shall not be altered without the prior approval of the negotiating committee.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 287, § 5; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 58 - State Engineering And Land Surveying Services › 75-5806 Negotiating committee access to data on firms; selection of firms.

75-5806.
Negotiating committee access to data on firms; selection of firms.
The negotiating committee for each proposed project shall have access to the current statements of qualifications and performance data on file with the agency head for the firms listed by the agency head. In the case of firms listed by the state building advisory commission, the negotiating committee shall have access to the current statements of qualifications and performance data on file with the state building advisory commission and to all information and evaluations regarding the listed firms gathered and developed under K.S.A. 75-3783, and amendments thereto. The negotiating committee shall conduct discussions with each of the firms so listed regarding the proposed project and then shall select a single firm from such listing to provide engineering or land surveying services in accordance with this act.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 287, § 6; L. 1978, ch. 337, § 33; L. 1996, ch. 48, § 4; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 58 - State Engineering And Land Surveying Services › 75-5807 Negotiation of contract with selected firm; duties of committee; failure of negotiations with selected firms; additional list of nominees.

75-5807.
Negotiation of contract with selected firm; duties of committee; failure of negotiations with selected firms; additional list of nominees.
(a) Each negotiating committee shall determine which engineering or land surveying services are necessary and shall negotiate a contract for each proposed project with the selected firm for the necessary engineering or land surveying services. In such negotiations, the negotiating committee shall always consider demonstrated competence and qualifications and shall take into account the estimated value of the engineering or land surveying services to be rendered and the scope, complexity and professional nature thereof.
(b) If the negotiating committee is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the firm considered to be the most qualified, negotiations with that firm shall be terminated. The negotiating committee shall then undertake negotiations with the second most qualified firm. If there is a failing of accord with the second most qualified firm, negotiations with such firm shall be terminated. The negotiating committee shall then undertake negotiations with the third, fourth and fifth most qualified firms in turn.
(c) If the negotiating committee is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with any of the selected firms, the negotiating committee shall reevaluate the necessary engineering or land surveying services and fee requirements and reopen negotiations with any of the firms on the list submitted by the agency head. If the negotiating committee is still unable to enter into a contract for the necessary engineering or land surveying services, the negotiating committee shall request the agency head or, in the case of a proposed project under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 75-5804, and amendments thereto, the state building advisory commission to provide another list of firms to be negotiated with by the negotiating committee and, upon receipt of such list, the negotiating committee shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 287, § 7; L. 1978, ch. 337, § 34; L. 1996, ch. 48, § 5; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 59 - Department For Aging And Disability Services › 75-5902 Definitions.

75-5902. Definitions.
As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(a) "Department" means the Kansas department for aging and disability services created by K.S.A. 75-5903, and amendments thereto.
(b) "Secretary" means the secretary for aging and disability services.
(c) "Council" means the advisory council on aging created by K.S.A. 75-5911, and amendments thereto.
(d) "Aged" or "senior citizen" means a person 60 years of age or older.
(e) "Services" means those services designed to provide assistance to the aged such as nutritional programs, facilities improvement, transportation services, senior volunteer programs, supplementary health services, programs for leisure-time activities, housing and employment counseling, other informational, referral and counseling programs to aid the aged in availing themselves of existing public or private services or other similar social services intended to aid the senior citizen in attaining and maintaining self-sufficiency, personal well-being, dignity and maximum participation in community life.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 288, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 381; July 1.