KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

38-1821. Legal custody of records transferred; no abatement of suits, actions or proceedings.

38-1821

Chapter 38.--MINORS Article 18.--ABOLISHMENT OF CORPORATION FOR CHANGE; CITIZEN REVIEW BOARDS

38-1821. Legal custody of records transferred; no abatement of suits,actions or proceedings.On and after July 1, 1997:

(a) The department of social and rehabilitation servicesshall have thelegal custodyof allrecords, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinationsthereof of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the corporation forchange which relates to the family and children trust account of thefamilyandchildren investment fundtransferred to the department of social and rehabilitationservices under this act.

(b) The judicial administrator of the courts shall have the legal custody ofallrecords, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinationsthereof of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the corporation forchangewhich relates to the permanent families account of the family and childreninvestment fundtransferred to the judicial administrator of the courts under this act.

(c) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative,lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any stateagency mentioned in this act, or by or against any officer of the state in suchofficer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of such officer'sofficial duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganizationeffected under the provisions of this act. The court may allow any such suit,action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successorof any such state agency or any officer affected.

(d) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by thestate shall abate by the taking effect of this act.

History: L. 1997, ch. 156, § 32; May 22.