75-2953. Use of authority or official influence to compel state officer or employee to apply for or become member of organization, pay or promise to pay assessment or contribution or take part in political activity; penalty for violation; officer or employee in classified service to resign prior to taking oath for state elective office. (a) No officer, agent, clerk or employee of this state shall directly or indirectly use their authority or official influence to compel any officer or employee in the unclassified and the classified services to apply for membership in or become a member of any organization, or to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription or contribution, or to take part in any political activity. Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished accordingly. If any officer or employee in the classified service is found guilty of violating any provision of this section, such officer or employee shall be automatically separated from the service.
(b) Any officer or employee in the state classified service shall resign from the service prior to taking the oath of office for a state elective office.
History: L. 1941, ch. 358, § 29; L. 1969, ch. 401, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 439, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 346, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 315, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 150, § 41; L. 1996, ch. 197, § 1; May 16.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
75-2929c Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of orders.
75-2929d State civil service board; hearing of appeals; witnesses; production of papers.
75-2929g Same; rules and regulations adopted by secretary of administration.
75-2929h Same; appeals from orders of board.
75-2935 Classified and unclassified services.
75-2935a Classified exempt service abolished; disposition of positions.
75-2935b Unclassified service; approval of compensation; exceptions.
75-2935c Same; salary plan, physicians at aging and disability services institutions.
75-2938b Wage and salary surveys; confidentiality.
75-2940 Powers of director; exclusion of disqualified candidates; appeal.
75-2941 Discrimination forbidden.
75-2945 Filling positions without using certified pool of eligible candidates, when.
75-2946 Appointment to classified position for probationary period.
75-2947 Transfers; leaves of absence; reinstatements.
75-2948 Layoff procedures; notice to director and affected employees; reemployment preference, when.
75-2949f Same; personal conduct detrimental to state service.
75-2950 Reports of actions affecting employment and compensation.
75-2952 Officers and employees shall comply with law.
75-2954 Local officers to furnish aid and space for examination.
75-2957 Penalties for violations.
75-2958 Conviction of misdemeanor.
75-2959 Severability of provisions.
75-2971 Trainee or training positions; procedures; regulations.