Kansas register; electronic filing of documents; duties of secretary of state; conflicts; original copies

(a) Each agency shall designate at least one individual to act as a liaison through whom all required documents may be submitted to the secretary of state for publication in the register. (b) Each agency or other entity shall submit materials for publication in the Kansas register to the office of the secretary of state in an electronic format. A copy of each document submitted for publication shall be maintained in original form by the secretary of state for six months after publication in the register. Upon otherwise complying with the provisions of this section, the secretary of state may destroy the original copies of all information submitted for publication. (c) Administrative rules and regulations required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state and published in the Kansas register shall be filed under the provisions of article 4 of chapter 77 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. If there is a conflict, the official text of a rule and regulation is the text on file with the secretary of state and not the text published in the register or on file with the issuing agency. (d) The secretary of state is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations necessary to the effective administration of this act. Such rules and regulations may include, but are not limited to, the format and method of delivery of documents required to be published by this act. The secretary of state may refuse to accept for filing and publication any document that does not substantially conform to the promulgated rules and regulations.