KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

46-152. Preparation of vouchers and payrolls of legislators and legislative officers and employees in certain cases; selection of certain employees.

46-152

Chapter 46.--LEGISLATURE Article 1.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

46-152. Preparation of vouchers and payrolls of legislators and legislativeofficers and employees in certain cases; selection of certain employees.(a) Except as may otherwise be provided by law, the director oflegislative administrative services shall prepare vouchers for expensesand allowances and payrolls for members of the legislature, except forservice as a member of the Kansas commission on interstate cooperation,the advisory committee to the Kansas commission on interstatecooperation, the legislative post-audit committee or the Kansas judicialcouncil.

(b) The payroll of employees of the legislature paid fromappropriations for legislative expense shall be approved by the revisorof statutes as to all such employees who work under the revisor'sdirection, by the secretary of state as to all such employees who workunder the secretary of state's direction, by the state librarian as to all such employeeswho work under his or her direction and by the director of legislative administrativeservices as to all other such employees of the legislature.

(c) Employees of the legislature working under each of the officersspecified in subsection (b) of this section shall be selected by each ofsuch officers respectively, subject to the approval of the legislativecoordinating council. Each senator's personal secretary shall beselected by such senator. The senate or the house of representatives mayprovide for employment of specific officers of their respective houses.

(d) The department of administration shall render to the director oflegislative administrative services such assistance as may be needed inthe preparation of payrolls.

History: L. 1969, ch. 251, § 6; L. 1971, ch. 184, § 25; L. 1975,ch. 271, § 3; L. 1977, ch. 187, § 2; July 1.