Section 48-3301 - Establishment of department; commanding officer(a) There is hereby established a Kansas department of civil air patrol which shall consist of volunteer members who are volunteer civilian members of the Kansas wing of the federally chartered civil air patrol.(b) The commanding officer of the Kansas wing of the federally chartered civil air patrol shall be the head of the Kansas department of civil air patrol. In the event of a vacancy in the office of commanding officer or in the event the commanding officer shall decline or is unable to serve as head of the department, the Kansas wing shall designate another officer thereof to be the acting head of the department. Any such acting head of the department shall serve during any interim in which the office of commanding officer remains vacant or in which the declination or inability of the commanding officer to serve remains in effect and any such acting head shall have and exercise all of the rights, powers and authority and shall perform all of the functions and duties of the head of the department.L. 1988, ch. 167, § 1; July 1.