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75-4301aGovernmental ethics applicable to local governmental subdivisions; definitions75-4302aStatement of substantial interests; individuals required to file; filing; rules and regulations; sample forms; disclosure if individual or spouse is officer of nonprofit corporation exempt from federal income taxes75-4303aAdvisory opinions on interpretation or application of act; presumption of compliance with act; filing of opinions; administration of act, rules and regulations75-4304Same; making or participating in certain contracts prohibited; exceptions; abstaining from action75-4305Same; filing of report of interest if statement of substantial interest not filed; abstaining from action75-4306Penalties for violations; severability75-4308Oath required for public officers and employees75-4309Same; falsifying oaths or affirmations75-4310Oath required for public officers and employees; administering; filing75-4311Same; funds withheld until oath subscribed to and filed75-4312Same; persons required to take oath; time for filing; penalty75-4313Same; unauthorized disbursement of funds; penalty75-4314Same; officer or employee receiving funds without subscribing and filing oath; penalty75-4315Political subdivisions of state authorized to pay compensation semimonthly; section applicable to state agencies until biweekly payroll periods established75-4315aAppointment of acting state officers to certain positions; authority; compensation; classified civil service status prior to appointment, effect75-4315bAppointment of public officers subject to confirmation by senate; procedures; withdrawal of appointment; conditions; failure of confirmation; vacancy of unexpired term; appointment subject to senate confirmation75-4315cAppointments to boards and commissions; congressional district residency requirements; change in district boundaries75-4315dNongubernatorial appointments subject to confirmation by senate; procedure; information required to be submitted; background investigation75-4316Discharge of public employee declaring or subjected to bankruptcy, wage earners' plan or similar proceeding unlawful; "public employee" defined; violation of act declared misdemeanor75-4317Open meetings declared policy of state; citation of act75-4317aMeeting defined75-4318Meetings of state and subdivisions open to public; exceptions; secret ballots; notice; agenda; cameras; photographic lights; recording devices; subordinate groups; live streaming of meetings, requirements, exceptions75-4319Closed or executive meetings; conditions; authorized subjects for discussion; binding action prohibited; certain documents identified in meetings not subject to disclosure75-4320Penalties75-4320aEnforcement of act by district courts; burden of proof; court costs; precedence of cases75-4320bInvestigation of alleged violations; powers75-4320cSunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas; subject to open meetings law75-4320dCivil remedies to enforce act by attorney general; consent order; finding of violation75-4320eComplaint form prescribed by attorney general75-4320fCivil remedies to enforce act; consent order75-4321Declaration of policy and objectives; election by public employer to be bound by act; termination75-4322Definitions75-4323Public employee relations board; membership; qualifications; terms; compensation and expenses; powers and duties; mediation, arbitration and fact-finding; appointment of personnel or contracts for; rules and regulations75-4324Employees' right to form, join and participate in employee organizations75-4325Supervisory employee not prohibited from membership in employee organization75-4326Existing rights of public employer not affected75-4327Public employee organizations; recognition and certification; membership; meet and confer; determination and certification of appropriate unit; rules and regulations; assessment of election costs75-4328Recognition of right of employee organization to represent employees75-4329Disputes concerning recognition of employee organization; procedure for resolving75-4330Memorandum agreements, limitations; grievance procedures; arbitration; judicial review75-4331Memorandum of understanding; financial report; consideration and action; rejection75-4332Memoranda of agreement; procedure in case of impasse; fact-finding board; hearing; costs; confidentiality75-4333Prohibited practices; evidence of bad faith75-4334Same; proceedings for determination in accordance with Kansas administrative procedure act; judicial review; action in district court in proceeding involving alleged strike or lockout75-4335Act inapplicable to public employers, other than state or its agencies, adopting provisions and procedures determined by board to be reasonably equivalent75-4336Registration of business agents for employee organizations; application; certificate; fee; exemption75-4338Employee organizations; use of organization dues for partisan or political purposes prohibited75-4339Invalidity of act75-4351Interpreters appointed for deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired and persons whose primary language is other than English; proceeding in which appointment authorized75-4352Same; compensation for services75-4353Same; qualifications of interpreter; determination; persons disqualified75-4354Same; duty of interpreter; oath; disclosure75-4355Same; inherent power of court not limited75-4355aInterpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired; court proceedings75-4355bInterpreters for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired in court proceedings; registration; requirements; fees; other modes of communication75-4355cSame; disclosure75-4355dEnforcement; construction75-4360Payment of expenses for defense of governor, adjutant general, superintendent, officer or trooper of highway patrol, agent of the Kansas bureau of investigation and certain persons employed in state correctional institutions in certain civil actions; selection of defense attorney; duties of attorney general75-4362Drug screening program; establishment and implementation; duties of director of personnel; state government positions subject to program; effect of positive test result on employment; results confidential; rules and regulations; safety sensitive positions defined75-4364Educational benefits for prisoners of war and spouses and dependents of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers and military personnel; reimbursement to Kansas postsecondary educational institutions75-4370Officers and employees of certain closed state institutions; procedures and benefits; preference, qualifications; time limit; notice; rules and regulations75-4371Same; compensation for accumulated sick leave; rules and regulations75-4372Same; qualified to participate in state health care benefits program, periods; closure health insurance fund75-4373Same; extended death benefit plan; term life insurance benefit; administration; closure term life insurance fund75-4374Same; in-state moving expense reimbursement if employed by or transferred to another state agency; limitations; purchase of adaptive equipment for laid off or transferred employees who are blind75-4375Same; compensation for certain direct care employees after layoff; determination of amount75-4376Same; definitions75-4377Same; implementing personnel rules and regulations affecting memoranda of agreement authorized; procedures; comments of employee organizations; effect75-4378Health care benefits and assistance to blind persons employed at Kansas industries for the blind at certain closed facilities; secretary for children and families, duties75-4379Law enforcement officer applicants; file and information sharing by law enforcement agencies and governmental agencies; execution of waiver by applicants; required disclosure and restrictions on disclosure; definitions75-4380Citation of act; applicability of act; legislative intent75-4381Definitions75-4382Hiring considerations of state employers; determination of baseline requirements; when a postsecondary degree may be required; job posting requirements; consideration of direct experience in lieu of a postsecondary degree; exemption of political appointees from requirements of section75-4383Applicability to personnel contracted by state employers75-4337Annual report of employee organizations; contents; fee; alternative filing of federal reports; exemption