Kansas Statutes
Article 43 - Public Officers And Employees
75-4315a Appointment of acting state officers to certain positions; authority; compensation; classified civil service status prior to appointment, effect.

75-4315a. Appointment of acting state officers to certain positions; authority; compensation; classified civil service status prior to appointment, effect. Whenever it is provided by law that the governor shall appoint the secretary of any department of state government or the chief administrative or executive officer of any other agency of state government or that the secretary of any department of state government shall appoint the director of a division, whether any of the positions designated herein are in the classified or unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act, and whether such department, agency or division has been specified by statute or authorized by statute to be established, the governor or departmental secretary may appoint an acting secretary, chief administrative or executive officer or director to serve for a period not greater than six months. Any acting state officer appointed under authority of this section shall have and exercise all of the powers, duties and functions of the office in which he or she is acting. Subject to the approval of the state finance council, the governor or the secretary appointing an acting state officer shall fix the salary of the acting state officer if the position is in the unclassified service, and in no event shall the salary of the acting state officer be less than the amount the person appointed is receiving in such person's permanent state employment. In the event the person appointed as an acting state officer is in the classified service prior to such appointment, such person shall retain the right to return to his or her permanent classified status without loss of any civil service right and his or her service shall be deemed to be continuous.
History: L. 1976, ch. 363, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 121, § 36; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees

Article 43 - Public Officers And Employees

75-4301a Governmental ethics applicable to local governmental subdivisions; definitions.

75-4302a Same; statement of substantial interests; individuals required to file; filing; rules and regulations; sample forms; disclosure if individual or spouse is officer of nonprofit corporation exempt from federal income taxes.

75-4303a Same; advisory opinions on interpretation or application of act; presumption of compliance with act; filing of opinions; administration of act, rules and regulations.

75-4304 Same; making or participating in certain contracts prohibited; exceptions; abstaining from action.

75-4305 Same; filing of report of interest if statement of substantial interest not filed; abstaining from action.

75-4306 Penalties for violations; severability.

75-4308 Oath required for public officers and employees.

75-4309 Same; falsifying oaths or affirmations.

75-4310 Oath required for public officers and employees; administering; filing.

75-4311 Same; funds withheld until oath subscribed to and filed.

75-4312 Same; persons required to take oath; time for filing; penalty.

75-4313 Same; unauthorized disbursement of funds; penalty.

75-4314 Same; officer or employee receiving funds without subscribing and filing oath; penalty.

75-4315 Political subdivisions of state authorized to pay compensation semimonthly; section applicable to state agencies until biweekly payroll periods established.

75-4315a Appointment of acting state officers to certain positions; authority; compensation; classified civil service status prior to appointment, effect.

75-4315b Appointment of public officers subject to confirmation by senate; procedures; withdrawal of appointment; conditions; failure of confirmation; vacancy of unexpired term; appointment subject to senate confirmation.

75-4315c Appointments to boards and commissions; congressional district residency requirements; change in district boundaries.

75-4315d Nongubernatorial appointments subject to confirmation by senate; procedure; information required to be submitted.

75-4316 Discharge of public employee declaring or subjected to bankruptcy, wage earners' plan or similar proceeding unlawful; "public employee" defined; violation of act declared misdemeanor.

75-4317 Open meetings declared policy of state; citation of act.

75-4317a Meeting defined.

75-4318 Meetings of state and subdivisions open to public; exceptions; secret ballots; notice; agenda, cameras, photographic lights, recording devices.

75-4319 Closed or executive meetings; conditions; authorized subjects for discussion; binding action prohibited; certain documents identified in meetings not subject to disclosure.

75-4320 Penalties.

75-4320a Enforcement of act by district courts; burden of proof; court costs; precedence of cases.

75-4320b Investigation of alleged violations; powers.

75-4320c Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open meetings law.

75-4320d Civil remedies to enforce act by attorney general; consent order; finding of violation.

75-4320e Complaint form prescribed by attorney general.

75-4320f Civil remedies to enforce act; consent order.

75-4321 Declaration of policy and objectives; election by public employer to be bound by act; termination.

75-4322 Definitions.

75-4323 Public employee relations board; membership; qualifications; terms; compensation and expenses; powers and duties; mediation, arbitration and fact-finding; appointment of personnel or contracts for; rules and regulations.

75-4324 Employees' right to form, join and participate in employee organizations.

75-4325 Supervisory employee not prohibited from membership in employee organization.

75-4326 Existing rights of public employer not affected.

75-4327 Public employee organizations; recognition and certification; membership; meet and confer; determination and certification of appropriate unit; rules and regulations; assessment of election costs.

75-4328 Recognition of right of employee organization to represent employees.

75-4329 Disputes concerning recognition of employee organization; procedure for resolving.

75-4330 Memorandum agreements, limitations; grievance procedures; arbitration; judicial review.

75-4331 Memorandum of understanding; financial report; consideration and action; rejection.

75-4332 Memoranda of agreement; procedure in case of impasse; fact-finding board; hearing; costs; confidentiality.

75-4333 Prohibited practices; evidence of bad faith.

75-4334 Same; proceedings for determination in accordance with Kansas administrative procedure act; judicial review; action in district court in proceeding involving alleged strike or lockout.

75-4335 Act inapplicable to public employers, other than state or its agencies, adopting provisions and procedures determined by board to be reasonably equivalent.

75-4336 Registration of business agents for employee organizations; application; certificate; fee; exemption.

75-4337 Annual report of employee organizations; contents; fee; alternative filing of federal reports; exemption.

75-4338 Employee organizations; use of organization dues for partisan or political purposes prohibited.

75-4339 Invalidity of act.

75-4351 Interpreters appointed for deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired and persons whose primary language is other than English; proceeding in which appointment authorized.

75-4352 Same; compensation for services.

75-4353 Same; qualifications of interpreter; determination; persons disqualified.

75-4354 Same; duty of interpreter; oath; disclosure.

75-4355 Same; inherent power of court not limited.

75-4355a Interpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired; court proceedings.

75-4355b Same; certification; fees; other modes of communication.

75-4355c Same; disclosure.

75-4355d Enforcement; construction.

75-4360 Payment of expenses for defense of governor, adjutant general, superintendent, officer or trooper of highway patrol, agent of the Kansas bureau of investigation and certain persons employed in state correctional institutions in certain civil...

75-4362 Drug screening program; establishment and implementation; duties of director of personnel; state government positions subject to program; effect of positive test result on employment; results confidential; rules and regulations; safety sensit...

75-4364 Educational benefits for spouses and dependents of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers and certain deceased, injured or disabled military personnel and prisoners of war; definitions; enrollment at Kansas educational instituti...

75-4370 Officers and employees of certain closed state institutions; procedures and benefits; preference, qualifications; time limit; notice; rules and regulations.

75-4371 Same; compensation for accumulated sick leave; rules and regulations.

75-4372 Same; qualified to participate in state health care benefits program, periods; closure health insurance fund.

75-4373 Same; extended death benefit plan; term life insurance benefit; administration; closure term life insurance fund.

75-4374 Same; in-state moving expense reimbursement if employed by or transferred to another state agency; limitations; purchase of adaptive equipment for laid off or transferred employees who are blind.

75-4375 Same; compensation for certain direct care employees after layoff; determination of amount.

75-4376 Same; definitions.

75-4377 Same; implementing personnel rules and regulations affecting memoranda of agreement authorized; procedures; comments of employee organizations; effect.

75-4378 Health care benefits and assistance to blind persons employed at Kansas industries for the blind at certain closed facilities; secretary for children and families, duties.

75-4379 Law enforcement officer applicants; file and information sharing by law enforcement agencies and governmental agencies; waiver; disclosure, restrictions.