Kansas · statute · Kan. Stat. Ann. ch. 46 · 234 active provisions
That from and after the fifteenth day preceding the day on which any regular or special session of the legislature of this state shall convene, and until the tenth day after adjournment is taken sine die, members of the legislature of this state shall not be required to appear in any court in this state and participate…
That any member of the legislature who may have a case pending in any court in this state, may have the same continued until the legislature shall adjourn sine die in the manner hereafter provided for.
That all judges of the courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the personnel of the legislature, and it shall be the duty of said judge to continue the trial of any cause in which any member of the legislature appears as attorney of record or party, so that said cause shall not be tried and no motion, applic…
Any judgment obtained in any cause tried contrary to the provisions of this act, and every order made by any court contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be null and void.
Any deposition taken during the time mentioned and referred to in K.S.A. 46-125, without leave of court shall not be read in evidence on behalf of the party taking the same without the consent of any such attorney: Provided, That the judge shall have full discretionary power to prevent any abuse of the privileges herei…
The committee on ways and means of the senate and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Kansas shall be continuing committees of the legislature during the terms for which the members are appointed and shall hold meetings as may be necessary until the conveni…
In addition to the compensation provided for by K.S.A. 46-137b, 46-137e and 75-3212, and amendments thereto, each member of the legislature shall receive the following amounts: (a) The sum of $88.66 per calendar day for service at any regular or special session, except as otherwise provided in subsection (e); (b) the s…
(a) In addition to the compensation provided for by K.S.A. 46-137a and 75-3212, and amendments thereto, and any other statute, and except as otherwise provided by subsection (b): (1) The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each receive an allowance at a biweekly pay rate of $53…
Expenditures to carry out K.S.A. 46-137a and 46-137b shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the chairman or vice-chairman of the legislative coordinating council. Allowances under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 46-137a or any amendments thereto and compensa…
Nothing in K.S.A. 46-137a, 46-137b, 46-137e and K.S.A. 75-3212 and amendments thereto, shall be deemed to prevent payment after January 12, 1981, of compensation and allowances to any member of the legislature for services rendered or incurred prior to such date, at the rates then applicable thereto, as a member of a l…
(a) The officers specified in K.S.A. 46-137b and amendments thereto shall, in addition to all other compensation and expense allowances authorized by law, receive compensation at the rate specified in clause (a) of K.S.A. 75-3212 and subsistence allowances at the rates specified in clauses (b) and (c) of K.S.A. 75-3212…
(a) Persons elected to the house of representatives in 1976 for terms to commence in 1977, shall meet at the state capitol in Topeka on the first Monday in December in 1976, and such members-elect shall convene at 10 o'clock a.m. in the house of representatives. The secretary of state or an assistant or deputy assistan…
When the secretary of state transmits the certificate of election to each of the members-elect to the legislature, there shall be enclosed therewith a notice of the preorganizational session. No candidate involved in an election contest shall be notified of any such meeting, nor shall any such candidate be eligible to…
The members-elect who attend the preorganizational meeting shall receive compensation for their services and reimbursement for their expenses at the same rates as are provided by law for attendance at sessions of the legislature. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid from appropriations for expenses of the legis…
The candidate for speaker of the house and the candidate for the president of the senate nominated at the caucuses of the majority parties in the respective houses as provided for in K.S.A. 46-142, and the majority and minority leaders selected at such caucuses shall thereafter until the succeeding legislature shall co…
Orientation meetings for members-elect of the legislature shall be provided on the day or days following the preorganizational meeting provided for in K.S.A. 46-142, as determined by the legislative coordinating council. The candidates of the majority parties for speaker of the house and president of the senate and the…
The senate and the house of representatives, or either thereof, are each authorized to employ such officers and employees as may be necessary or appropriate. All such officers and employees shall receive compensation fixed by the legislative coordinating council, and the same shall not be subject to approval under any…
(a) Except as may otherwise be provided by law, the director of legislative administrative services shall prepare vouchers for expenses and allowances and payrolls for members of the legislature, except for service as a member of the Kansas commission on interstate cooperation, the advisory committee to the Kansas comm…
Expenditures of any amounts from appropriations for legislative expense shall be made only when vouchers therefor have been approved by either the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, in addition to any other approval required by law.
Except as provided in K.S.A. 40-3405 and K.S.A. 75-4704b, no item of appropriation, or combination of items of appropriation for the same purpose, shall be for a period greater than one (1) ensuing fiscal year in addition to the current fiscal year, except that in the case of capital improvements an item of appropriati…
The regular terms of state representatives and senators shall commence on the second Monday of January of the year following election. Representatives shall be elected for two year terms. Senators shall be elected for four year terms.
The senate and the house of representatives shall convene in regular session of the legislature annually at 2:00 o'clock p.m. of the second Monday of January.
Legislative pages shall receive remuneration having a value of not less than $5 per day. The director of legislative administrative services shall implement the provisions of this section. Any amount of remuneration having a value of more than $5 shall require approval by the legislative coordinating council.
When a member of the legislature is or has been absent or on leave from such member's employment on or after January 1, 1977, due to attendance at a regular or special session of the legislature or at a legislative committee or subcommittee meeting authorized by law or by the legislative coordinating council, the perio…
Any member of the senate or house of representatives resigning from such office shall file a written notice of such resignation in the office of the secretary of state. Such notice of resignation shall state the effective date of the resignation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the secretary of state shall n…