73-201a. Same; preference not applicable to certain positions. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the following:
(1) An office filled by election;
(2) positions which are filled by officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices and the personal secretary of each such officer, members of boards and commissions, persons employed on a temporary basis, heads of departments, positions that require licensure as a physician, licensure as an osteopathic physician, licensure as a chiropractic physician and positions that require that the employee be admitted to practice law in Kansas;
(3) a key employee as defined in subsection (b);
(4) a job held by a patient, inmate or student in or enrolled at a state institution; and
(5) temporary or casual employment positions.
(b) As used in this section, "key employee" means an individual specifically hired for a city or county at will position or for a non-classified position or a department or agency head, or an individual serving as the immediate subordinate, secretary or administrative assistant of a person holding such position, such as a position as a private secretary or deputy of an official, department or agency who holds a confidential relationship to the appointing or employing officer, and positions in the unclassified service of the state of Kansas as enumerated in K.S.A. 75-2935, and amendments thereto or other Kansas statutes.
History: L. 2008, ch. 99, ยง 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 73 - Soldiers, Sailors And Patriotic Emblems
Article 2 - Veterans' Preference
73-201a Same; preference not applicable to certain positions.
73-201b Same; operation in conjunction with federal law or limitations on federal grants.
73-201c Same; audit of veterans preference laws.
73-202 Same; penalties for violations.
73-203 Ex-servicemen or their widows and orphans to be retained in making reduction in employees.
73-204 Same; penalty for violations.
73-205 Statutes applicable to world war veterans.
73-206 Same; act supplemental.
73-206b Waiver of pension or annuity payments.
73-209 Adjutant general; certificate of military service; transfer to state historical society.
73-210a Free recording by register of deeds; copies.
73-214 Vacancies that do not create forfeiture or vacancy; references in laws construed.
73-215 Temporary appointments; military service.
73-216 Powers and duties; compensation.
73-218 Officer absent while in military service is not entitled to compensation; status upon return.