Statute 75-3780: State building advisory commission; attached to department
of administration; membership, ex officio and appointed; qualifications; terms.
(a) There is hereby created the state building advisory commission which
shall be composed of seven members. The state building advisory
commission shall be attached to and shall be a part of the department of
administration. All budgeting, purchasing and related management
functions shall be administered under the supervision and direction of
the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall
be a member and shall serve as chairperson of the state building
advisory commission. The next membership position on the state building
advisory commission shall be filled for alternating two-year terms by:
(1) The dean of the college of architecture and design of Kansas state
university of agriculture and applied science, or the head of the
architecture program if such dean is not an architect, and (2) the dean
of the school of architecture and urban design of the university of
Kansas, or the head of the architecture program if such dean is not an
architect. Such membership position shall be filled for the first
two-year term by the person specified in (2) above. The five remaining
members shall be appointed by the governor from among the members of the
two political parties represented
by the candidates for secretary of state who received the highest and
second highest number of votes at the last general election preceding
appointment at which a secretary of state was elected. At no time shall
more than three of the five members
appointed by the governor be members of the same political party at the
time of appointment. At least one of the appointed members of the state
building advisory commission shall be a member of a building trades
union affiliated with the Kansas state federation of labor,
A.F.L.-C.I.O. and at least one of such members shall be a member of an
association of building construction contractors. The Kansas state
federation of labor, A.F.L.-C.I.O. and each of the major associations of
building construction contractors may submit to the governor a list
containing the names of not less than three members of their respective
organizations. In making appointments to the commission, the governor
shall give consideration to the persons named in such lists.
(b) The first five gubernatorial appointees to
the state building advisory commission shall serve terms as follows: One
member shall be appointed for a term expiring
on December 31, 1979; one member shall be appointed for a term expiring
on December 31, 1980; one member shall be appointed for a term expiring
on December 31, 1981; and two members shall be appointed
for terms expiring on December 31, 1982.
(c) Upon the expiration of the term of each member appointed by the
governor in accordance with this section, a succeeding member shall be
appointed by the governor and shall hold
office for a term of four years and until a successor is
appointed and qualified. If a vacancy in the appointed
membership of the state building advisory commission occurs before
the expiration of the term of office, the vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the governor.
History: L. 1978, ch. 337, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 56; July 1.