Article 43 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- Section 75-4301a - Governmental ethics applicable to local governmental subdivisions; definitions
- Section 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
- Section 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
- Section 75-4304 - Same; making or participating in certain contracts prohibited; exceptions; abstaining from action
- Section 75-4305 - Same; filing of report of interest if statement of substantial interest not filed; abstaining from action
- Section 75-4306 - Penalties for violations; severability
- Section 75-4308 - Oath required for public officers and employees
- Section 75-4309 - Same; falsifying oaths or affirmations
- Section 75-4310 - Oath required for public officers and employees; administering; filing
- Section 75-4311 - Same; funds withheld until oath subscribed to and filed
- Section 75-4312 - Same; persons required to take oath; time for filing; penalty
- Section 75-4313 - Same; unauthorized disbursement of funds; penalty
- Section 75-4314 - Same; officer or employee receiving funds without subscribing and filing oath; penalty
- Section 75-4315 - Political subdivisions of state authorized to pay compensation semimonthly; section applicable to state agencies until biweekly payroll periods established
- Section 75-4315a - Appointment of acting state officers to certain positions; authority; compensation; classified civil service status prior to appointment, effect
- Section 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
- Section 75-4315c - Appointments to boards and commissions; congressional district residency requirements; change in district boundaries
- Section 75-4315d - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Nongubernatorial appointments subject to confirmation by senate; procedure; information required to be submitted
- Section 75-4315d - [Effective 7/1/2024] Nongubernatorial appointments subject to confirmation by senate; procedure; information required to be submitted
- Section 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
- Section 75-4317 - Open meetings declared policy of state; citation of act
- Section 75-4317a - Meeting defined
- Section 75-4318 - Meetings of state and subdivisions open to public; exceptions; secret ballots; notice; agenda, cameras, photographic lights, recording devices
- Section 75-4319 - Closed or executive meetings; conditions; authorized subjects for discussion; binding action prohibited; certain documents identified in meetings not subject to disclosure
- Section 75-4320 - Penalties
- Section 75-4320a - Enforcement of act by district courts; burden of proof; court costs; precedence of cases
- Section 75-4320b - Investigation of alleged violations; powers
- Section 75-4320c - Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open meetings law
- Section 75-4320d - Civil remedies to enforce act by attorney general; consent order; finding of violation
- Section 75-4320e - Complaint form prescribed by attorney general
- Section 75-4320f - Civil remedies to enforce act; consent order
- Section 75-4321 - Declaration of policy and objectives; election by public employer to be bound by act; termination
- Section 75-4322 - Definitions
- Section 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
- Section 75-4324 - Employees' right to form, join and participate in employee organizations
- Section 75-4325 - Supervisory employee not prohibited from membership in employee organization
- Section 75-4326 - Existing rights of public employer not affected
- Section 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
- Section 75-4328 - Recognition of right of employee organization to represent employees
- Section 75-4329 - Disputes concerning recognition of employee organization; procedure for resolving
- Section 75-4330 - Memorandum agreements, limitations; grievance procedures; arbitration; judicial review
- Section 75-4331 - Memorandum of understanding; financial report; consideration and action; rejection
- Section 75-4332 - Memoranda of agreement; procedure in case of impasse; fact-finding board; hearing; costs; confidentiality
- Section 75-4333 - Prohibited practices; evidence of bad faith
- Section 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
- Section 75-4335 - Act inapplicable to public employers, other than state or its agencies, adopting provisions and procedures determined by board to be reasonably equivalent
- Section 75-4336 - Registration of business agents for employee organizations; application; certificate; fee; exemption
- Section 75-4337 - Annual report of employee organizations; contents; fee; alternative filing of federal reports; exemption
- Section 75-4338 - Employee organizations; use of organization dues for partisan or political purposes prohibited
- Section 75-4339 - Invalidity of act
- Section 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
- Section 75-4352 - Same; compensation for services
- Section 75-4353 - Same; qualifications of interpreter; determination; persons disqualified
- Section 75-4354 - Same; duty of interpreter; oath; disclosure
- Section 75-4355 - Same; inherent power of court not limited
- Section 75-4355a - Interpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired; court proceedings
- Section 75-4355b - Same; registration of interpreters; requirements; fees; other modes of communication
- Section 75-4355c - Same; disclosure
- Section 75-4355d - Enforcement; construction
- Section 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 actions; selection of defense attorney; duties of attorney general
- Section 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 sensitive positions defined
- Section 75-4364 - Educational benefits for prisoners of war and spouses and dependents of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers and military personnel; reimbursement to state educational institutions
- Section 75-4370 - Officers and employees of certain closed state institutions; procedures and benefits; preference, qualifications; time limit; notice; rules and regulations
- Section 75-4371 - Same; compensation for accumulated sick leave; rules and regulations
- Section 75-4372 - Same; qualified to participate in state health care benefits program, periods; closure health insurance fund
- Section 75-4373 - Same; extended death benefit plan; term life insurance benefit; administration; closure term life insurance fund
- Section 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
- Section 75-4375 - Same; compensation for certain direct care employees after layoff; determination of amount
- Section 75-4376 - Same; definitions
- Section 75-4377 - Same; implementing personnel rules and regulations affecting memoranda of agreement authorized; procedures; comments of employee organizations; effect
- Section 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
- Section 75-4379 - Law enforcement officer applicants; file and information sharing by law enforcement agencies and governmental agencies; execution of waiver by applicants; required disclosure and restrictions on disclosure; definitions