Statute 75-3212: Compensation, travel and subsistence allowances of
certain state officers; payment.
In addition to amounts authorized under
K.S.A. 46-137a,
46-137b and 46-137e, and amendments thereto, members of the senate and
the house of representatives of the state and other persons or officers
of various committees, delegations, subcommittees, boards, commissions
and councils referred to in this act shall be paid compensation and
travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowance for such service
as follows: (a) A per diem compensation of thirty-five dollars ($35) for
each day of actual attendance at authorized in-state or out-of-state
meetings except that members of the senate and the house of
representatives shall receive per diem compensation therefor in the
amount prescribed under subsection (a) of
K.S.A. 46-137a or
any amendments thereto; (b) the sum specified in subsection (b) of
K.S.A. 46-137a or any amendments thereto for subsistence
allowance per any day or part thereof spent in actual attendance at any
such in-state meeting; (c) for any day, or part thereof, other than the
day of the meeting, the sum specified in subsection (b) of
K.S.A. 46-137a
or any amendments thereto for subsistence allowance
incurred in going to and returning from such in-state meetings, provided
such person resides more than one hundred (100) miles from the location
of the meeting; (d) the mileage rate authorized by
K.S.A.
75-3203a or any amendments thereto for each mile actually traveled by
the usual route in going to and returning from the place where an
authorized in-state meeting is held; and (e) the sum specified in
K.S.A.
46-137a, and any amendments thereto, for subsistence
allowance per day or part thereof while attending and going to and from
any out-of-state meeting authorized by the chairperson or the rules of
the commission, committee or council, or as otherwise authorized in
accordance with this act or if the actual subsistence expenses of such
officer are in excess of the allowance prescribed such officer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such officer's actual subsistence expenses
incurred while attending such out-of-state meeting. Such officers shall
also be entitled to mileage allowances at the rate authorized by
K.S.A.
75-3203a or any amendments thereto for each mile actually
traveled by the usual route in going to and returning from the place of
any such out-of-state meetings if private conveyance is used, or actual
transportation cost if private conveyance is not used. No legislator
shall receive compensation under this section during any legislative
session except when the legislature is adjourned for a period of more
than two days, Sundays excepted. No legislator shall receive subsistence
expenses or allowances under this section for attendance at any in-state
meeting during any legislative session or for which subsistence expenses
or allowances are authorized under the provisions of
K.S.A.
46-137e. The total of both subsistence expenses and allowances allowed
under this section during a legislative session and subsistence
allowances allowed under
K.S.A. 46-137a during such session
shall be limited to the amount equal to the combined total actual
subsistence expenses incurred in Topeka and in out-of-state travel. The
provisions of the third sentence of
K.S.A. 75-4606 shall not apply to
any legislator, and any legislator may use a privately owned motor
vehicle and receive reimbursement for mileage at the rate provided in
K.S.A. 75-3203a and amendments thereto whether traveling
under authority of such statute or this act.
History: L. 1968, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 211, § 5; L.
1974, ch. 361, § 76; L. 1975, ch. 269, § 6; L. 1980, ch. 266, §
6; Jan. 12, 1981.