75-2254. Same; financing; veterans memorial fund; expenditures; interest. (a) The secretary of administration is hereby authorized to receive grants, gifts, contributions or bequests made for the purpose of financing the construction and maintenance of memorials to veterans which are located on the grounds of the statehouse. The secretary of administration shall remit all moneys so received 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 veterans memorial fund.
(b) There is hereby established in the state treasury the veterans memorial fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made for the purposes of constructing, updating and repairing the memorials to veterans which are located on the grounds of the statehouse, for other purposes related to memorializing and honoring veterans and for such other purposes as may be specified with regard to any grant, gift, contribution or bequest. All such expenditures shall be authorized by the veterans memorial advisory committee and made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee. No public funds shall be used to construct or maintain the veterans memorial authorized by K.S.A. 75-2252, and amendments thereto, or the veterans memorial authorized by K.S.A. 75-2255, and amendments thereto. Construction of the veterans memorial authorized by K.S.A. 75-2252, and amendments thereto, shall not commence until the veterans memorial fund contains sufficient funds to complete the construction and to repair reasonably foreseeable damage to such memorial. Construction of the veterans memorial authorized by K.S.A. 75-2255, and amendments thereto, shall not commence until the veterans memorial fund contains sufficient funds to complete the construction and to repair reasonably foreseeable damage to such memorial.
(c) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the veterans memorial fund interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the veterans memorial fund for the preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
History: L. 1994, ch. 165, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 163, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 253, § 29; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 372; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
75-2207 Removal of property from hall of house of representatives.
75-2237b Same; authority defined.
75-2238a Same; chairman; meetings; secretary; compensation and expenses of members.
75-2239 Same; assistance and cooperation of state agencies.
75-2241a Same; report to governor; report, and recommendations of governor to legislature.
75-2242 Same; plan; maintenance and change.
75-2243a Supreme court chamber declared to possess historical interest; use; preservation.
75-2253 Same; advisory committee, establishment, composition, duties and meetings.
75-2254 Same; financing; veterans memorial fund; expenditures; interest.
75-2256 "Ad Astra" sculpture; location; financing; ad astra sculpture fund.
75-2257 Dwight D. Eisenhower statue; financing; Dwight D. Eisenhower statue fund.
75-2267 State capitol building; unique office numbers.
75-2268 Brown v. Board of Education mural in state capitol.
75-2269 Capitol preservation committee; composition; responsibilities.