Kansas Statutes

Chapter 75: State Departments; Public Officers And Employees

Article 3: Lieutenant Governor

Statutes:

• 75-301: Oath and duties.
• 75-302:
• 75-303: Duties; service as secretary or head of state department upon appointment by governor.

• 75-301: Oath and duties. The lieutenant governor shall before he or she enters upon the duties of office take and subscribe the proper oath of office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The lieutenant governor shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution, and such as may be required of him or her by law.

        History:   L. 1879, ch. 166, § 18; March 20; R.S. 1923, 75-301.

• 75-302:

        History:   L. 1879, ch. 166, § 19; R.S. 1923, 75-302; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 157, § 26; Feb. 16.

• 75-303: Duties; service as secretary or head of state department upon appointment by governor. If the governor determines that in the best interest of the state the powers and duties of the lieutenant governor should include serving as a secretary of a state department or as a department head, the governor may appoint the lieutenant governor to such position if the position is required by law to be appointed by the governor. A lieutenant governor appointed to a position in accordance with this section shall be subject to all qualifications established by law for a person holding such position.

        History:   L. 1982, ch. 355, § 1; July 1.