There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of transportation a division of aviation, which shall be administered, under the supervision of the office of the secretary of transportation, by the director of aviation, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the division. The director of aviation shall be appointed by the secretary of transportation and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The director of aviation shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of transportation.
K.S.A. 75-5010