Article 50 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Section 74-5001a - Purpose of department
Section 74-5002 - Declaration of necessity and public policy
Section 74-5002a - Department of commerce, creation; secretary of commerce, appointment and compensation; officers and employees; location of offices; application of K-GOAL
Section 74-5002b - Powers, duties and functions of department and secretary of economic development transferred
Section 74-5002c - Successors and continuation of department and secretary of economic development
Section 74-5002d - Rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded
Section 74-5002e - Application of documentary references and designations
Section 74-5002l - Resolution of conflicts concerning disposition of property, powers, duties, functions, appropriations, personnel or records
Section 74-5002m - Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings
Section 74-5002o - Organization of department; policies governing administration
Section 74-5002p - Powers, duties and functions of department of commerce and housing transferred to department of commerce; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives of secretary continued in effect until superseded
Section 74-5002q - Rules and regulations to provide objective scoring matrix for awarding housing tax credits
Section 74-5002r - Rules and regulations
Section 74-5002s - Division of workforce development; establishment; administration; director, appointment; annual legislative report by division monitoring unit
Section 74-5002t - Successors of division and director of employment and training within department of human resources; force and effect of actions performed in exercise of transferred duties; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded
Section 74-5002u - Transfer of fund balances and assumption of liability for compensation and salaries by department
Section 74-5002v - Resolution of conflicts regarding disposition of property, powers, duties, functions, appropriations, personnel and records
Section 74-5002w - Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings
Section 74-5002x - Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved
Section 74-5002y - Authorization to contract for data processing services and training
Section 74-5005 - Powers and duties of department
Section 74-5007a - Purpose and powers of business development division
Section 74-5008a - Division of business development, establishment and administration; director of business development, appointment, authority and compensation
Section 74-5008c - Division of community development, establishment, administration and purpose; director of community development, appointment, authority and compensation
Section 74-5009 - Division of community development; powers
Section 74-5010a - Office of minority and women business development establishment and administration; assistant director for minority and women business development
Section 74-5011 - Same; duties; cooperation by political subdivisions
Section 74-5012 - Same; authorization to enter into certain agreements
Section 74-5014 - Organization of department; authority of division heads and personnel; appointment of officers and employees
Section 74-5015 - Officers and employees, retention of benefits and rights
Section 74-5016 - Property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred
Section 74-5017 - Resolution of conflicts by governor
Section 74-5018 - Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings
Section 74-5020 - Department and office of secretary of economic development abolished
Section 74-5021 - Community resource act; citation
Section 74-5022 - Same; legislative findings and declaration; purpose of act
Section 74-5022a - Community resource act; administration of act transferred to assistant provost, division of continuing education of Kansas state university
Section 74-5023 - Same; definitions
Section 74-5024 - Same; administration of act; allocation and distribution of grants; powers, duties and functions of assistant provost; rules and regulations
Section 74-5025 - Same; training and technical assistance; contracts
Section 74-5026 - Same; application for grants; form, manner, time; approval; certified budget
Section 74-5027 - Same; contents of application
Section 74-5028 - Same; grants; amounts; limitations; allocation; reports
Section 74-5029 - Declaration of public policy; development of agricultural products
Section 74-5033 - Contracts for promotional advertising services; bidding exemption
Section 74-5037 - State agencies required to file copies of forms and documents required to be filed by business or commercial enterprises
Section 74-5038 - Same; determination of forms to be filed; maintenance of file
Section 74-5039 - "State agency" defined
Section 74-5047 - Division of trade development, establishment, administration and purpose; director of trade development, appointment, authority and compensation
Section 74-5048 - Division of trade development; powers
Section 74-5049 - Performance review of departmental activities and divisions; annual report; accountability; recommendations for accomplishment of purposes
Section 74-5050 - [Repealed]
Section 74-5055 - Kansas partnership fund; administration; disposition of moneys in fund; deposits, loan payments and revenue bond proceeds; Kansas development finance authority, revenue bonds authorized
Section 74-5056 - Loans to local governments for infrastructure improvement projects; powers and duties of secretary of commerce; project eligibility criteria; loan agreements, terms; rules and regulations; definitions
Section 74-5057 - Loans to local governments for infrastructure improvement projects; sources of loan repayment revenue, disposition; bonded indebtedness limitation exemptions
Section 74-5058 - Kansas private activity bond allocation act; citation
Section 74-5059 - Same; definitions
Section 74-5060 - Same; computation of state ceiling and allocation among governmental issuers; application, approval or denial; expiration of allocation, extension; certification of compliance with federal internal revenue code; administrative application fee; recovery of certain costs
Section 74-5061 - Same; governmental issuer required to report and confirm issuance; consequences of failure to comply
Section 74-5062 - Same; review of allocation; assistance of advisory committee
Section 74-5063 - Same; computation of state ceiling and allocation among governmental issuers for 1990; application, approval or denial; expiration of allocation, extension; certification of compliance with federal internal revenue code
Section 74-5065 - Definitions
Section 74-5066 - Administration of programs; powers and duties of secretary; contractual agreements authorized; costs; exemption from competitive bidding procedures; availability; goals and objectives; prohibitions on use of funds
Section 74-5067 - Job training agencies; proposals for participation in programs; contractual agreements; performance criteria and qualifications; exemptions from certain requirements and restrictions
Section 74-5068 - Cooperation and assistance required of certain state agencies
Section 74-5069 - Citation of act
Section 74-5070 - Definitions
Section 74-5071 - Export transactions, agreements to guarantee against commercial credit risks; memoranda of understanding; administration of act, rules and regulations
Section 74-5072 - Guarantees against commercial credit risks; approval of agreements; amount, limitations; effective period; conditions; priorities; application fee
Section 74-5073 - Export loan guarantee review committee; establishment; composition; qualifications; appointment; terms; powers and duties; officers; meetings; quorum; compensation and expenses
Section 74-5074 - Export loan guarantee fund; establishment; administration; uses; interest earned transferred from general fund
Section 74-5080 - Report of activities; preparation; submission to commerce and economic development committees; required information
Section 74-5089 - Transferred
Section 74-5090 - Transferred
Section 74-5091 - Transferred
Section 74-5092 - Short title
Section 74-5093 - Definitions
Section 74-5094 - Purposes of act
Section 74-5095 - Community strategic planning grant committee; composition; attached to department; compensation and expense allowances
Section 74-5096 - Grant administration by department
Section 74-5097 - Planning and action grants to city-county economic development organizations; neighborhood revitalization organizations; guidelines for competitive award of grants; limits; economic development organization report to department of commerce; annual report
Section 74-5098 - Authorized uses of grant proceeds; limitations
Section 74-5099 - Cooperative undertakings by city-county economic development organizations
Section 74-50,100 - Authority to award grants terminated
Section 74-50,101 - Evaluation of plans by secretary; report to governor and legislature
Section 74-50,102 - Citation of act
Section 74-50,103 - Definitions
Section 74-50,104 - Administration of act; powers and duties of secretary of commerce; rules and regulations, standards and priorities for projects; limit on project costs; notice of project approval
Section 74-50,105 - Project agreements between educational institutions and employers; provisions, approval; expenditures for major project investments; lien for required employer payments; deferral of program costs, limit
Section 74-50,106 - Review and approval of proposed agreements by secretary of commerce; eligibility
Section 74-50,107 - Debt service and direct funding rates for IMPACT program, limitation; crediting amounts to IMPACT program funds; duties of secretary of revenue; job creation program fund, crediting amounts from various sources
Section 74-50,108 - IMPACT program services fund; administration; amounts credited to fund; authorized expenditures; transfers to state general fund, when
Section 74-50,109 - IMPACT program repayment fund; administration; authorized expenditures; reserve accounts; transfers to IMPACT program services fund, when
Section 74-50,110 - Approval of IMPACT program activities for purposes of financing with bonds issued by Kansas development finance authority; sunset of authority to issue bonds
Section 74-50,111 - Annual report of IMPACT program activities
Section 74-50,112 - Same; prohibiting use of classes or training under SKILL program as basis for financial payments to educational institutions
Section 74-50,113 - Kansas enterprise zone act
Section 74-50,114 - Same; definitions
Section 74-50,115 - Same; sales tax exemption; requirements
Section 74-50,116 - Nonmetropolitan regional business program; criteria
Section 74-50,117 - Quarterly list of designated nonmetropolitan regions to revenue
Section 74-50,118 - Nonmetropolitan regions; annual report
Section 74-50,119 - Same; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,120 - Citation of act
Section 74-50,121 - Definitions
Section 74-50,122 - Application for benefits; agreement for distributions; terms and conditions; termination upon noncompliance; restrictions on use of benefits
Section 74-50,123 - Annual report of economic effects by secretary; loss of qualified industrial manufacturer designation
Section 74-50,131 - Definitions; qualifications; certification of eligibility; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,132 - Tax credits for qualified firms
Section 74-50,133 - High performance incentive fund created; matching grants provided for business assistance and consulting services; preference for qualified firms
Section 74-50,134 - [Repealed] Program review
Section 74-50,135 - Effective dates
Section 74-50,135a - Effective date
Section 74-50,136 - Economic revitalization and reinvestment act; purpose; definitions; project application, eligibility, approval; agreement for benefits; bond issue, conditions, funding, limitations on use of proceeds; audits
Section 74-50,150 - State affordable airfare fund; purpose and administration; administrative fee; duties of secretary of commerce; reports to legislature; study by legislative budget committee
Section 74-50,151 - Kansas economic opportunity initiatives fund (KEOIF); authorized uses; approval of expenditures; guidelines; review of proposed projects; estimates of receipts to state economic development initiatives fund; transfers to fund of amounts sufficient to fund budgeted transfers and expenditures therefrom; transfer of interest earnings; review panel, report
Section 74-50,152 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,153 - Business assistance programs, priority for entities providing services previously provided by certain state institutions
Section 74-50,154 - Tax credits for contributions to certain regional foundations providing economic development services; transfer of funds to enterprise facilitation fund; rules and regulations establishing criteria for proposals designating and selecting foundations to sell tax credits; limitations on use of funds; limitations on amount of credits
Section 74-50,155 - Establishing the enterprise facilitation fund; limitations on expenditures from; rules and regulations for fund disbursements
Section 74-50,156 - Establishing the agriculture marketing and promotions program; powers, duties and objectives thereof; agricultural value added center; trademark registration; report to the legislature; fulfillment of contracts
Section 74-50,157 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,158 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,159 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,160 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,161 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,162 - [Repealed]
Section 74-50,163 - Agriculture marketing and promotions advisory board; members; duties
Section 74-50,165 - Transferred
Section 74-50,166 - Transferred
Section 74-50,167 - Transferred
Section 74-50,168 - Transferred
Section 74-50,169 - Transferred
Section 74-50,170 - Transferred
Section 74-50,171 - Transferred
Section 74-50,172 - Transferred
Section 74-50,173 - Transferred
Section 74-50,181 - Title and citation of act
Section 74-50,182 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Definitions
Section 74-50,182 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Definitions
Section 74-50,183 - Athletic commission, established; members, qualifications; terms; compensation
Section 74-50,184 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Same; background investigations
Section 74-50,184 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Same; background investigations
Section 74-50,185 - Inspectors, agents and other personnel; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,186 - Supervisory powers and duties of commission; licenses; fees; gross receipts tax; subpoenas
Section 74-50,187 - Rules and regulations
Section 74-50,188 - Athletic fee fund
Section 74-50,189 - Licenses; conditions of issuance
Section 74-50,190 - Sports contests; three judges
Section 74-50,191 - Medical suspensions; medical retirement
Section 74-50,192 - Unlicensed regulated sports; injunctions, restraining or other orders
Section 74-50,193 - Complaints against licensees; suspension, revocation or refusal to issue license, grounds
Section 74-50,194 - Contestants, license required
Section 74-50,195 - Certain sports exempt from regulation under act
Section 74-50,196 - Liability insurance, surety bond or indemnity coverage
Section 74-50,197 - Civil penalties
Section 74-50,201 - Individual development account program act
Section 74-50,202 - Same; definitions
Section 74-50,203 - Same; responsibilities of secretary and department of commerce; community-based organization proposals; administrative costs, limitations
Section 74-50,204 - Same; account holder; purposes for withdrawal of moneys
Section 74-50,205 - Same; establishment of account by financial institution; duties; deposits, limitations
Section 74-50,206 - Same; inappropriate purpose for withdrawal of moneys; forfeiture of matching moneys, exceptions; transfer of account upon death of account holder
Section 74-50,207 - Same; account earnings exempt from privilege taxation; account funds disregarded in public assistance eligibility determination
Section 74-50,208 - Same; income tax credit for contributions by program contributors
Section 74-50,209 - Qualified older Kansan; access to workforce training; strategic plan required
Section 74-50,210 - Title and intent of act
Section 74-50,211 - Definitions
Section 74-50,212 - Qualified company; eligibility requirements; benefits; retention incentives
Section 74-50,213 - Application process; agreement with secretary of commerce; participation in other programs; limitation on total amount of benefits
Section 74-50,214 - Documentation submitted to department of revenue; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,215 - Annual review of qualified company; books and records; audits
Section 74-50,216 - Annual report
Section 74-50,217 - Promoting employment across Kansas; form required to claim tax benefits; development of; contents; filing; confidentiality
Section 74-50,218 - Promoting employment across Kansas; audit conducted by legislative post audit; requirements
Section 74-50,219 - Promoting employment across Kansas; legislative members prohibited from benefiting under act; when
Section 74-50,220 - Recovery zone bonds; allocation; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,221 - Qualified energy conservation bonds; allocation; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,222 - Rural opportunity zones; definitions
Section 74-50,223 - Same; county participation, procedures; resident individuals, payment of outstanding student loan balances
Section 74-50,224 - Job creation program fund; expenditures; purposes; annual report
Section 74-50,225 - Economic development incentive programs; application fees; rules and regulations
Section 74-50,226 - Economic development incentive program information database; definitions
Section 74-50,227 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Same; format; internet access; information to be published; exceptions, reports to legislative committees, confidentiality under Kansas open records and Kansas open meetings acts
Section 74-50,227 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Same; format; internet access; information to be published; exceptions, reports to legislative committees, confidentiality under Kansas open records and Kansas open meetings acts
Section 74-50,228 - Same; presentations by secretary to legislative committees
Section 74-50,229 - Citation of act
Section 74-50,230 - Definitions
Section 74-50,231 - Credits against income tax; expiration of tax credit program; eligibility; requirements; terms and amounts; limitations; agreement with secretary of commerce; requirements and conditions of agreement; participation by apprentice not to constitute union affiliation; rule and regulation authority; annual report by secretary of commerce to legislative committees
Section 74-50,232 - Kansas nonprofit apprenticeship grant program; administration by secretary of commerce; eligibility; grant amounts; limitations; secretary to develop application procedures; grant terms and conditions in consultation with stakeholders; agreement with secretary required; Kansas nonprofit apprenticeship grant program fund established; administration; purpose; expenditures; funding; limitations of grants
Section 74-50,233 - Kansas educator registered apprenticeship grant program; definitions
Section 74-50,234 - Same; program development by commissioner of education, state board of education and secretary of commerce; administration by secretary; educational purpose; candidates; applicant school apprenticeship program requirements; approval by secretary; rule and regulation authority; adoption deadline; regulations to establish procedures and conditions; apprenticeship program design requirements; grant amounts and terms; reports to legislative committees; Kansas educator registered apprenticeship grant fund established; expenditures; funding limitations
Section 74-50,235 - Definitions
Section 74-50,236 - Engineering graduate incentive fund established; administration by secretary of commerce; matching requirement; purposes; expenditures; applications by institutions of higher education; requirements; grant amounts; proration; recipient institutions to provide information; reports by secretary to legislative committees; expenditures from the fund for acquisition or construction of facilities prohibited; transfers of moneys to fund; limitations
Section 74-50,237 - Expiration of program; abolishment of fund
Section 74-50,291 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial; title of act; definitions
Section 74-50,292 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; establishment; cooperation with other entities
Section 74-50,293 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; members; vacancies
Section 74-50,294 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; duties; special committees
Section 74-50,295 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; meetings; quorum
Section 74-50,296 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; reports
Section 74-50,297 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; gifts and donations, fund established; transfer of certain moneys; expiration of fund
Section 74-50,298 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; powers; approval of actions
Section 74-50,299 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; member compensation
Section 74-50,300 - [Effective through 12/31/2027] Same; expiration of act; donation of funds
Section 74-50,311 - Attracting powerful economic expansion act; title; definitions
Section 74-50,312 - Same; establishment and purpose; eligibility requirements; benefits; agreement with secretary of commerce; conditions and requirements of agreement; limitation on agreements; approval by state finance council; benefit retention requirements; rule and regulation authority
Section 74-50,313 - Same; credit against income, premium or privilege tax; amount; requirements; limitations; agreement with secretary of commerce; requirements and conditions of agreement; additional benefit provisions if approved by state finance council; remedy for breach of agreement
Section 74-50,314 - Same; payroll withholding tax retention benefit for qualified suppliers; eligibility requirements; agreement with secretary of commerce; requirements and conditions; remedy for breach of agreement; certification of continued eligibility by secretary of commerce
Section 74-50,315 - Same; reimbursement of payroll costs to qualified firms; eligibility; amount; additional amount if approved by state finance council; agreement; requirements and conditions; submission of claim; certification of eligibility by secretary of commerce; breach of agreement, repayment
Section 74-50,316 - Same; attracting powerful economic expansion payroll incentive fund; establishment; administration by secretary of commerce; use of
Section 74-50,317 - Same; reimbursement of training and education expense of new employees; eligibility; amount; agreement with secretary of commerce; annual showing of eligibility required; attracting powerful economic expansion new employee training; certification required for reimbursement; breach of agreement, repayment
Section 74-50,318 - Same; attracting powerful economic expansion new employee training and education fund; establishment; administration by secretary of commerce; use of
Section 74-50,319 - Same; sales tax exemption for qualified firms or qualified suppliers; eligibility; certification of eligibility by secretary of commerce; agreement; notice by secretary of commerce to secretary of revenue; expiration of exemption; certification by secretary of commerce required; revocation; breach of agreement, repayment
Section 74-50,320 - Same; annual report by secretary of commerce; report information regarding qualified firms and qualified suppliers; economic development measures to be provided; quarterly report to certain legislative committee chairpersons on number of potential qualifying projects
Section 74-50,321 - Same; adjustment of corporate income tax rate; certifications by secretary of commerce of agreement with qualified firm; reduction in rate by secretary of revenue; amount of reduction; report by secretary of revenue
Section 74-50,322 - Same; reimbursement of employee relocation incentives and expenses for qualified firms; eligibility; amount; submission by firm of incentive plan; approval by secretary of commerce; agreement; requirements; certification of eligibility by secretary of commerce; remedy for breach of agreement; interest on payments not allowed
Section 74-50,323 - Same; attracting powerful economic expansion Kansas residency incentive fund; establishment; administration by the secretary of commerce; use of
Section 74-50,324 - Same; expiration of program
Section 74-50,325 - Division of tourism, establishment; director of tourism, appointment, authority and compensation
Section 74-50,326 - Division successor to transferred powers, duties and functions; references to prior agency or office; rules and regulations, orders and directives
Section 74-50,327 - Transfer of funds
Section 74-50,328 - Transfer of property, property rights and records
Section 74-50,329 - Continuation of legal action
Section 74-50,330 - Transfer of offices and employees