(b) In even-numbered years, the speaker of the house of representatives shall be chairman of the legislative coordinating council, and the president of the senate shall be vice-chairman thereof. In odd-numbered years, the president of the senate shall be chairman of the legislative coordinating council, and the speaker shall be vice-chairman thereof.
(c) The legislative coordinating council shall meet at least once each month in the interim between legislative sessions. Such council shall meet on the call of its chairman or any three members of the council. The director of legislative administrative services, director of legislative research, revisor of statutes and each member of the legislature shall be given notice of each meeting of the council by its chairman, except in cases of emergency. Each such notice shall state the date, time and place of the meeting. The chairman also shall cause minutes to be prepared for each meeting of the council, and a copy thereof shall be sent to each person who is required to receive notice of the council's meetings by this subsection. It shall not be necessary to transmit with such minutes any accompanying documents for any item of business, but the minutes shall indicate whether there are supportive documents for any item of business, the nature of such documents and where they are filed or stored.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 157, § 9; L. 1976, ch. 233, § 1; April 20.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 196, § 7; Feb. 19.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 3; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 271, § 11; Feb. 3.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 211, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 271, § 5; L. 1995, ch. 267, § 30; July 1.
(b) The legislative coordinating council may appoint, or authorize a special committee or a standing committee to appoint, one or more advisory committees. Whenever an advisory committee is appointed or authorized by the legislative coordinating council, the function and mode of operation of the advisory committee shall be prescribed by the legislative coordinating council.
(c) The third principal type of legislative study committee shall be known as "select committees." Select committees shall be created by resolution of the house of representatives, resolution of the senate or by concurrent resolution. Any such resolution or concurrent resolution shall specify the manner in which the membership of the select committee shall be selected, all of which shall be legislators. Any such resolution or concurrent resolution shall specify the subject to be studied, the time that report is to be made thereon and the manner of selection of the chairman and vice-chairman of the select committee, but shall not specify other incidents related to procedure for the study.
(d) Members of special committees and select committees shall be so appointed that the minority party has representation thereon.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 5; May 1.
(b) The inherent power of the house of representatives or the senate to cause a legislative study to be made without the approval of the other house is recognized. Further, the inherent power of the two houses of the legislature to cause a legislative study to be made without the limitations prescribed in this act is also recognized.
(c) Concurrent resolutions of the legislature may direct the legislative coordinating council to provide for legislative studies to be made by special committees or standing committees. Any such resolution shall specify the subject to be studied and the time that report is to be made thereon, but shall not specify the composition of the special committee nor other incidents related to procedure for the study.
(d) The legislative budget committee, the legislative post-audit committee, the interstate cooperation commission and any other committee specifically authorized by statute to make a legislative study may initiate studies within the subject field of the committee within limitations prescribed by the authorizing statute.
(e) The legislative coordinating council may initiate legislative studies proposed by one or more of its members, and when so initiated shall refer each study to an appropriate special committee or standing committee.
(f) The legislative coordinating council shall refer each study initiated under subsection (c) of this section to an appropriate special committee or standing committee.
(g) Any one or more legislators, any legislative committee or the governor may request the legislative coordinating council to cause a legislative study to be made. If such council approves any such request, either in whole or in part, it shall refer the study to an appropriate special committee or standing committee.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 271, § 6; Feb. 3.
(b) The legislative coordinating council shall cause an annual report to be printed and published, and such report shall be entitled "report on Kansas legislative interim studies to the _____ legislature." Such report shall contain a statement of legislative study activities and such other information as is determined by the legislative coordinating council. Such report may be contained in one or more volumes, and shall ordinarily be published in December of each year.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 7; May 1.
(b) At the conclusion of each legislative session, the officers of each house may deposit for safekeeping with the secretary of state such legislative documents and other papers as they may determine.
(c) All moneys received by the director of legislative administrative services for the disposition of surplus property of any office or agency of the legislative branch shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the legislative special revenue fund.
(d) The legislative coordinating council may provide for additional legislative stationery or other printed material supplies for members of the legislature to be provided at cost as determined by the council. All moneys received by the director of legislative administrative services under this subsection shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the legislative special revenue fund.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute on or after the effective date of this act, all moneys received by the director of legislative administrative services on or after November 18, 1991, under this or any other statute shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the legislative special revenue fund and any such moneys deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund shall be transferred from the state general fund to the legislative special revenue fund by the director of accounts and reports upon certification by the director of legislative administrative services of the amount to be transferred.
History: L. 1974, ch. 217, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 8, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 158; July 1.
(b) During and between sessions of the legislature the legislative budget committee shall compile fiscal information and shall make a continuous study of the state budget, revenues and expenditures. The legislative budget committee shall also ascertain facts and make recommendations to the legislature and to the houses thereof concerning the state budget, the revenues and expenditures of the state, and of the organization and functions of the state, its departments, subdivisions and agencies with a view of reducing the cost of state government and securing greater efficiency and economy.
(c) Provisions of this act applicable to special committees shall apply to the legislative budget committee to the extent that the same do not conflict with the specific provisions of this act applicable to the legislative budget committee.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 8; L. 1974, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 196, § 8; Feb. 19.
(b) Except for matters or issues relating to school finance, the legislative educational planning committee shall plan for public and private postsecondary education in Kansas, including vocational and technical education; explore, study and make recommendations concerning preschool and K-12 education in Kansas; review implementation of legislation relating to educational matters; and consider such other matters as the legislative coordinating council may assign. The committee shall annually make a report and recommendations to the legislature and the governor and may cause the same to be published separately from other documents which are required by law to be submitted to the legislative coordinating council. The reports and recommendations of the committee shall include a developmental schedule for implementation of educational goals established by the committee. The committee shall from time to time update such schedule as new or additional information is developed or refined.
(c) The provisions of the acts contained in article 12 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, applicable to special committees shall apply to the legislative educational planning committee to the extent that the same do not conflict with the specific provisions of this act applicable to the committee.
(d) Upon request of the legislative educational planning committee, the state board of regents and the state board of education shall provide consultants from the faculties and staffs of institutions and agencies under the respective control and jurisdiction thereof.
(e) The legislative educational planning committee shall meet upon call of its chairperson and may introduce such legislation as it deems necessary in performing its functions.
History: L. 1974, ch. 216, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 179, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 215, § 16; L. 2005, ch. 152, § 9; July 1.
History: L. 1976, ch. 87, § 22; July 1.
(a) Monitor implementation and operation of the Kansas higher education coordination act;
(b) evaluate the effect of the act on the postsecondary education system of the state;
(c) determine whether operation of the act is successfully effectuating the purpose of the act;
(d) review and evaluate the comprehensive plan, and any amendments, revisions and modifications thereof, for coordination of higher education within the state; and
(e) make an annual report, together with any recommendations or any legislation relating to higher education coordination or to amendment, revision or modification of the act, to the legislature and the governor.
History: L. 1999, ch. 147, § 25; May 20.
(1) Four members appointed by the president of the senate. Of such members, one shall be a member of the Kansas senate; one shall be a psychiatrist; one shall be a member of the faculty at the department of applied behavioral science at the university of Kansas with a specialization in the area of autism; and one shall be a behavioral analyst who has been certified by the behavioral analyst certification board with a specialization in the area of autism and shall have at least five years experience in providing early intensive intervention to children with autism in a private-practice setting;
(2) three members appointed by the minority leader of the senate. Of such members, one shall be a member of the Kansas senate; one shall be a parent of a child with autism; and one shall be a special education teacher with a specialization in the area of autism and shall have at least five years experience in teaching children with autism;
(3) four members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. Of such members, one shall be a member of the Kansas house of representatives; one shall be a parent of a child with autism; one shall be a member of the faculty of the department of special education at an institution of higher education with a specialization in the area of autism; and one shall be a developmental pediatrician;
(4) three members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives. Of such members, one shall be a member of the Kansas house of representatives; one shall be a parent of a child with autism; and one shall be a clinical child psychologist with an expertise in the area of autism;
(5) four members appointed by the governor. Of such members, one shall be a parent of a child with autism; one shall be a speech language pathologist; one shall be an occupational therapist; and one shall be a member of a board of education of a school district;
(6) one member appointed by the parents of children with autism appointed pursuant to subsections (a)(2) through (5). Such member shall be a parent of a child with autism;
(7) one member appointed by the commissioner of insurance. Such member shall be a representative of health insurance companies doing business in the state of Kansas; and
(8) four members, which shall consist of one member appointed by the chief administrative officer of the Capper foundation easter seals located in Topeka, Kansas, the secretary of health and environment, the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and the commissioner of education, or such secretary's or commissioner's designee, who shall serve only as non-voting ex officio members of the task force.
(b) One of the members appointed by the governor shall be designated by the governor to serve as chairperson of the task force. Members of the task force shall be appointed within 30 days of the effective date of this act. The task force shall meet on call of the chairperson or on the request of 11 or more members of the task force. Eleven members of the task force shall constitute a quorum.
(c) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(d) The staff of the office of the revisor of statutes, the legislative research department and the division of legislative administrative services shall provide such assistance as may be requested by the task force and authorized by the legislative coordinating council. Upon request of the task force, the department of education, the department of health and environment and the department of social and rehabilitation services shall provide to the task force any information and supporting documentation relating thereto requested by the task force.
(e) Except as provided by this subsection, members of the task force attending meetings of such task force or subcommittee meetings thereof as authorized by such task force, shall be paid amounts as provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto, upon vouchers approved by the chairperson of the task force or the chairperson's designee. No member of the task force shall be paid an amount as provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto, if such member receives an amount from another governmental or private entity for the purpose for which such amount is payable under subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(f) The task force shall study and conduct hearings on the issues relating to, the needs of and services available for persons with autism including, but not limited to:
(1) The re-alignment of state agencies that provide services for children with autism;
(2) the availability or accessibility of services for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of children with autism and the availability or accessibility of services for the parents or guardians of children with autism;
(3) the need to increase the number of qualified professionals and paraprofessionals who are able to provide evidence-based intervention and other services to children with autism and incentives which may be offered to meet that need;
(4) the benefits currently available for services provided to children with autism;
(5) study and discussion of an autism registry which would (A) provide accurate numbers of children with autism, (B) improve the understanding of the spectrum of autism disorders and (C) allow for more complete epidemiologic surveys of the autism disorder;
(6) the creation and design of a financial assistance program for children with autism;
(7) the establishment of a hotline that the parents or guardians of children with autism may use to locate services for children with autism;
(8) additional funding sources to support programs that provide evidence-based intervention or treatment of autism, including funding for the development of regional centers of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of autism; and
(9) develop recommendations for the best practices for early evidence-based intervention for children with autism.
(g) The task force shall submit reports of the activities and recommendations of the task force to the legislative educational planning committee. A preliminary report shall be submitted on or before November 15, 2007. The final report shall be submitted on or before November 15, 2008. Such reports shall include recommendations for legislative changes.
(h) As used in this section, "autism" means all disorders within the autism spectrum including, but not limited to, autism, Asperger's syndrome, pervasive development disorders and pervasive development disorder, not otherwise specified.
(i) The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2008.
History: L. 2007, ch. 182, § 1; July 1.
(1) Develop a coordinated, comprehensive system for the delivery of early childhood education services;
(2) identify priorities for early childhood education services;
(3) identify barriers to service and gaps in service due to strict definition of boundaries between departments and agencies;
(4) facilitate interagency and interdepartmental cooperation toward the common goal of serving children;
(5) investigate and identify methodologies for the combining of funds across departmental boundaries to better serve children;
(6) propose actions needed to achieve coordination of funding and services across departmental lines;
(7) encourage and facilitate joint planning and coordination between the public and private sectors to better serve the needs of children;
(8) determine whether a centralized internet-based reporting system would provide a more efficient and effective system to comply with reporting requirements imposed by law;
(9) make recommendations relating to the design of a universal application form and single point of access for families in need of early childhood education services;
(10) evaluate and report on the performance and cost effectiveness of early childhood education services and make recommendations necessary to ensure that private entities and public agencies are accountable for the progress of children and that such services produce high quality opportunities for children;
(11) make recommendations to improve communication with local agencies which provide early childhood education services in order to keep such local agencies informed of the availability of state and federal moneys for early childhood education services and make recommendations to assist such local agencies in obtaining such state and federal moneys and the utilization of such moneys so as to avoid waste and abuse;
(12) conduct hearings to receive a wide variety of input from individuals and groups affected by and concerned with the quality, efficiency and cost of early childhood education services; and
(13) prepare a plan which recommends the establishment by January 1, 2009, of the office of early childhood education and the manner in which such office should be structured.
(b) For the purposes of conducting the study required by subsection (a), the commissioner of education, the secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment, the secretary of the state department of social and rehabilitation services and the executive director of the Kansas children's cabinet shall be ex officio members of the legislative educational planning committee and the 2010 commission.
(c) On or before December 31, 2007, the legislative educational planning committee shall submit a report of its activities to the governor and the legislature. Such report shall include the recommendations adopted by the committee and the 2010 commission and a copy of the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (13) of subsection (a). The report shall include recommendations for changes in the law which are necessary to implement such recommendations and plan.
History: L. 2007, ch. 188, § 1; July 1.
(b) Amounts paid under authority of this section shall be paid from appropriations for legislative expense or from appropriations to the legislative coordinating council as determined by the legislative coordinating council and in either event, vouchers therefor shall be prepared by the director of legislative administrative services and approved by the chairman or vice-chairman of the legislative coordinating council.
(c) Meetings of the legislative coordinating council, special committees, select committees and advisory committees shall be held in Topeka, Kansas, unless authorized to be held in a different place by the legislative coordinating council. Standing committee meetings shall be held in Topeka, Kansas, unless another place of meeting is authorized by the chairman or vice-chairman of the legislative coordinating council. The legislative coordinating council may authorize members of the legislature or any officer or employee of the office of revisor of statutes, legislative research department or other officer or employee of the legislative branch to attend in-state or out-of-state meetings for participation in matters of legislative interest to the state of Kansas. When attending a meeting so authorized, such members of the legislature shall receive compensation and travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances as provided in said K.S.A. 75-3212. Officers and employees of the legislature when traveling in-state or out-of-state shall receive the same subsistence expenses and allowances as is provided by law for members of the legislature.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 9; L. 1973, ch. 211, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 271, § 7; Feb. 3.
(b) The legislative research department shall perform legislative research functions and such other duties as are directed by the legislative coordinating council.
(c) The legislative research department shall provide staff services to all special committees, select committees and standing committees meeting when the legislature is not in session, and to the extent possible, accomplish the following:
(1) Assist each committee chairman in planning the work of the committee, and in accordance with the chairman's instructions prepare an agenda for each meeting.
(2) Appropriately notify committee members, staff and other interested persons of meeting times and other information as directed by the committee chairman.
(3) Prepare minutes of each committee meeting to show attendance, disposition of agenda items, tentative and final committee decisions and staff instructions, and such other matters as may be helpful to the work of the committee.
(4) Prepare and present research information in accordance with committee instructions or instructions of the committee chairman.
(5) Obtain attendance of persons for committee presentations or testimony. In cases of compulsory process, work with the office of revisor of statutes and office of attorney general to obtain satisfactory results.
(6) Prepare interim reports of committee work when the same is requested of a committee by the legislative coordinating council. Any such report shall have committee approval before transmission.
(7) Prepare final committee report in accordance with committee instructions; the same to include relevant information, committee policy recommendations, and to the extent possible, appropriate bill drafts prepared by the office of revisor of statutes.
(8) Receive and analyze agency requests for appropriations and prepare fiscal information for appropriate legislative committees.
(d) Special committees, select committees and standing committees are expected to utilize the foregoing staff services to the extent the same are available in making all studies.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 277, § 1; July 1.
(b) The office of revisor of statutes shall perform the following functions: Drafting of bills, resolutions and other legislative documents; legal consultation for members of the legislature and legislative committees; legal research; supervise revisions and compilations of the general laws of this state; prepare and publish Kansas Statutes Annotated, Supplements thereto and publication of additional and replacement volumes thereof; recommend to the standing judiciary committees or to other appropriate legislative committees such bills as will tend to update or clarify existing laws; other duties as provided by law; and such other legal duties as are directed by the legislative coordinating council.
(c) The office of revisor of statutes, to the extent possible, shall provide a staff member in attendance at all meetings of all special committees, select committees and all standing committees when the legislature is not in session. Such staff member shall provide legislative legal consultation and bill drafting services, and shall suggest such technical changes in statutes and bill drafts as may be expedient to make the same more harmonious, clear or understandable, consistent with the policies espoused by such committee and within the subject field of its study. Such staff member shall also assist in legislative procedural matters as may be needed.
(d) Special committees, select committees and standing committees are expected to utilize the foregoing staff services to the extent the same are available in making all studies.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 11; L. 1988, ch. 366, § 13; June 1.
History: L. 1973, ch. 211, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 271, § 8; Feb. 3.
Under the direction and supervision of the legislative coordinating council, and with due regard for avoiding unnecessary duplication of materials in the supreme court law library, the state librarian shall acquire and maintain for use in the state library such books, pamphlets, documents and periodicals as are determined by the legislative coordinating council to be essential and of singular importance in providing legislative research and legal and bill drafting services to the legislative research department, the office of the revisor of statutes, other offices of the legislative branch of government and to members of the legislature. Books, pamphlets, documents and periodicals determined by the legislative coordinating council to be essential to the legislative branch of government shall be maintained at a location approved by the legislative coordinating council. Pursuant to the authority granted by K.S.A. 20-156, the state law librarian shall make available on an indefinite loan to the state librarian such duplicate books, sets of works or other duplicate or temporary material in the supreme court law library as may be needed for use in the state library. In addition, the state librarian shall exchange such numbers of the legal publications of the state of Kansas, which are made available to him or her for such purpose, for such legal publications of other states and territories as may be needed for use in the state library.
The state librarian shall from time to time confer with the legislative coordinating council concerning services provided to the legislative branch of government.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 12; L. 1974, ch. 135, § 13; L. 1977, ch. 187, § 1; July 1.
(b) The division of legislative administrative services shall provide administrative staff services to and for the elected officers and the majority and minority leaders of the house of representatives and the senate and for the legislative branch, as directed by the legislative coordinating council, by performing the following functions:
(1) Acquiring legislative equipment, facilities and supplies.
(2) Administering the personnel documents and records of members of the legislature and employees of the legislative branch, except officers and employees of the legislative research department, office of revisor of statutes, division of post audit and such other legislative commissions as may be specifically excepted herefrom by law.
(3) Recruiting and supervising personnel for administrative and secretarial duties as specified by the legislative coordinating council.
(4) Working with the legislative research department to provide notices in appropriate detail of legislative study committee meetings and such other matters as are directed by the legislative coordinating council.
(5) Performing such other duties as directed by the legislative coordinating council.
History: L. 1975, ch. 271, § 1; Feb. 3.
(b) Whenever in the statutes of this state there is reference to the joint committee on legislative services and facilities or its secretary, such reference shall mean the legislative coordinating council or such officer or committee as it shall designate.
History: L. 1975, ch. 271, § 10; Feb. 3.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the sections enumerated in subsection (a) or the provisions of any other statute, if a state agency which publishes any such report, pamphlet, book or other materials makes such report, pamphlet, book or other materials available to the public on the internet as provided under K.S.A. 75-3048 and amendments thereto, the state agency shall not be required to submit such report, pamphlet, book or other materials to the legislature or members thereof under the sections enumerated in subsection (a) or to the director of legislative administrative services under this section.
(c) Upon submission of any such report, pamphlet, book or other materials to the director of legislative administrative services, the director shall compile and maintain a current listing thereof and shall make such listing available at least monthly to each member of the legislature and the legislative research department. The director, upon request made therefor by any member of the legislature, shall make available any such report, pamphlet, book or other materials enumerated on such listing to such requesting member.
History: L. 1976, ch. 358, § 5; L. 1982, ch. 350, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 293, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 140, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 151, § 3; July 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 13; L. 1975, ch. 271, § 9; L. 1977, ch. 187, § 3; July 1.
(b) The legislative coordinating council shall prepare an estimate of general legislative expenses for submission in the annual budget document for appropriations for legislative expenses. The estimate made under authority of this subsection shall be prepared and handled separately from budget documents prepared under subsection (a) of this section.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 14; L. 1977, ch. 187, § 4; July 1.
(b) Expenditures from appropriations to the legislative coordinating council for the legislative research department shall be made on vouchers approved by the director of legislative research. All claims for salaries, wages or other compensation to be paid from appropriations to the legislative coordinating council for the legislative research department shall be certified as provided in K.S.A. 75-3731 by the director of legislative research.
(c) Expenditures from appropriations to the legislative coordinating council for other than the office of revisor of statutes or legislative research department shall be made on vouchers approved by the chairman or vice-chairman of the legislative coordinating council. All claims for salaries, wages or other compensation from appropriations to the legislative coordinating council for other than the office of revisor of statutes or the legislative research department shall be certified as provided in K.S.A. 75-3731 by the chairman or vice-chairman of the legislative coordinating council.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 16; May 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 17; May 1.
(b) All rules and regulations of state agencies lawfully filed with the revisor of statutes before the effective date of this act shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be duly filed with the revisor of statutes provided for by this act until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified pursuant to law.
(c) The office of revisor of statutes created by this act shall be a continuation of the office of revisor of statutes established under K.S.A. 77-301 and the revisor of statutes appointed in accordance with said section 77-301 shall be and continue as revisor of statutes under this act, until the legislative coordinating council exercises its appointing authority hereunder.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 18; May 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 19; May 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 20; May 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 21; May 1.
History: L. 1974, ch. 211, § 1; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 2, § 27 (Special Session); July 28.
(b) No person shall be eligible for appointment as legislative counsel unless: (1) Such person has been admitted to practice law in Kansas for not less than five years prior to appointment; and (2) such person is admitted to practice in the federal court. In addition to the foregoing qualifications, in considering a person for appointment as legislative counsel the legislative coordinating council shall investigate such person's experience in legal research, trial and appellate practice and related areas in order that such person shall possess the experience and judgment deemed necessary to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the office. The legislative coordinating council shall further make such investigation of a person considered for appointment as will ensure that such person is of high professional standing.
(c) No person who is a member of the legislature and no person who is a member or partner of a firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other business entity of which a legislator is a member or partner shall be eligible for appointment as legislative counsel.
(d) The provisions of the contract entered into by the legislative coordinating council and the legislative counsel shall provide that the legislative counsel may be removed from the position and the contract terminated by a vote of five members of the legislative coordinating council taken at any regular meeting of the council. The legislative counsel shall receive compensation fixed by the legislative coordinating council in accordance with the contract. The contract shall provide for such other matters as the parties to the contract deem appropriate.
(e) Expenditures provided for in this act shall not be subject to approval under any other statute and shall be paid from appropriations for the legislature. No contract made under authority of this act shall require approval under any other statute.
(f) The legislative counsel shall represent the legislature, or either house thereof, in any school finance litigation or other cause or matter as directed by the legislative coordinating council. In cases of quo warranto and mandamus the legislative counsel shall have the same powers and standing in all courts of this state as any county attorney or district attorney has in such attorney's county or in the supreme court and as the attorney general has in any court. When the legislature is in session, either house thereof by its resolution, or both houses by concurrent resolution may authorize the legislative coordinating council to direct the legislative counsel to bring or participate in any cause or action by representing the legislature or either house thereof or the legislative coordinating council in any court of this state or of the United States. When the legislature is not in session, the legislative coordinating council may direct the legislative counsel to bring or participate in any cause or action by representing the legislature or either house thereof or the legislative coordinating council in any court of this state or of the United States in accordance with directions of the legislative coordinating council.
(g) The legislative counsel shall render unofficial advisory opinions upon such legal questions submitted by any member or any standing or special committee of the legislature, all in accordance with policies to be established by the legislative coordinating council. Upon direction of the legislative coordinating council, the legislative counsel shall act as counsel to special committees of the legislature and shall provide investigative assistance, conduct examination of witnesses and participate in committee hearings and deliberations as deemed necessary by the committee chairpersons.
(h) The legislative counsel shall perform such other duties as are directed by the legislative coordinating council.
History: L. 2005, ch. 2, § 9 (Special Session); July 28.
History: L. 1974, ch. 211, § 2; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 2, § 27 (Special Session); July 28.
History: L. 1974, ch. 211, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 278, § 1; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 2, § 27 (Special Session); July 28.
History: L. 2001, ch. 215, § 10; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 152, § 45; July 1.
(b) A cost study analysis, audit or study shall include, but not be limited to, any cost study analysis, audit or study conducted pursuant to K.S.A. 46-1225, prior to its repeal, and K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 46-1131 and 46-1132, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2005, ch. 2, § 15 (Special Session); July 28.