74-99b11. Employees; powers and duties; exempt from Kansas civil service act; employee health insurance. (a) The authority may employ such employees as it may require and upon such terms and conditions as it may establish. The authority shall establish personnel, payroll, benefit and other such systems as authorized by the board, such systems to be initially established or contracted as designated by the board. The authority shall determine the qualifications and duties of its employees. The board shall develop and adopt policies and procedures that will afford its employees grievance rights, ensure that employment decisions shall be based upon merit and fitness of applicants and shall prohibit discrimination because of race, religion, color, sex or national origin.
(b) Nothing in this act or any act of which it is amendatory shall be construed as placing any officer or employee of the authority or member of the board in the classified or the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.
(c) The authority is authorized to establish a health insurance plan for the benefit of its employees.
History: L. 2004, ch. 112, § 11; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities
Article 99b - Bioscience Authority
74-99b05 Executive committee established; duties.
74-99b06 Records of the board; public records; exemptions from open records act.
74-99b09 Bioscience authority, powers and duties; review by secretary of commerce.
74-99b12 Exemptions from taxation.
74-99b13 Application of Kansas tort claims act.
74-99b14 Preemptive authority of act.
74-99b15 Actions requiring prior legislative approval.
74-99b16 Definitions; statutory provision exceptions; procurement contracts, procedures.
74-99b17 Affiliation with KPERS; adoption of retirement plan, death, disability benefits.
74-99b18 Companies receiving authority financing; repayment required, when.
74-99b19 Exemption from statutory provisions.
74-99b35 Income tax credit and sales tax exemption cost effectiveness; annual report to legislature.
74-99b43 Financing bioscience development projects; issuing special obligation bonds.
74-99b44 Bioscience development bond fund; distributions.
74-99b45 Same; ad valorem taxes paid into fund.
74-99b53 Net operating loss reimbursement program.
74-99b65 Bioscience research and development voucher program; establishment; purpose.
74-99b66 Qualified companies; application review; criteria.
74-99b67 Project funding; limitations.
74-99b68 Bioscience research and development voucher — federal fund; established; disbursement.
74-99b84 Bioscience research matching fund established; eligibility; purpose.
74-99b85 Same; application procedure; spending limitation.
74-99b86 Same; use of funds; multi-year grants.
74-99b87 Same; criteria for use of funds.