(b) On or before October 1, the department shall prepare and publish an annual report, which shall be made widely available, of its activities and expenditures for the information of the governor, the standing committee on commerce of the senate, the standing committee on new economy of the house of representatives and the joint committee on economic development, Kansas, Inc., and the public, and shall, from time to time, submit recommendations to the governor concerning legislation found to be necessary or desirable in effecting the purposes of this act. The annual report shall include any information which the department is required to report by law. The annual report shall specifically account for the ways in which the purposes of the department and its divisions as described in this act have been achieved, and the recommendations shall specifically note what changes in the activities of the department and its divisions, and of state government are necessary to better address the purposes described in this act. The annual report to the standing committee on commerce of the senate, the standing committee on new economy of the house of representatives and the joint committee on economic development shall be made by the department either (1) by publishing such report on the internet and by notifying each member of the committees that the report is available and providing, as part of such notice, the uniform resource locator (URL) at which such report is available, or (2) by submitting copies of such report on CD-ROM or other electronically readable media to such committees.
History: L. 1986, ch. 296, § 19; L. 1992, ch. 116, § 38; L. 1993, ch. 136, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 205, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 151, § 4; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 32; July 1.