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AN ACT relating to Kansas State University; concerning elimination of
  Kansas State University--Salina, college of technology's separate
  agency status for budget purposes; amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 76-
  205 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 76-205 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 76-205. (a) The Kansas college of technology hereby is merged
with and made a part of the Kansas state university of agriculture and
applied science, and the institutional infrastructure of the college hereby
is designated as the Kansas state university--Salina, college of technology.
All properties, moneys, appropriations, rights and authorities vested in
the Kansas college of technology prior to the effective date of this act
hereby are vested in Kansas state university of agriculture and applied
science. Whenever the Kansas technical institute, or the Kansas college
of technology, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by any
statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall
be deemed to apply to the Kansas state university of agriculture and
applied science.
  (b)  The merger effected by this act shall not affect any contract,
agreement or assurance in effect on the effective date of this act. All
lawful debts of the Kansas college of technology shall be assumed and
paid by the Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science.
  (c)  Subject to authorization by the state board of regents, all person-
nel of the Kansas college of technology, who are necessary, in the opinion
of the president of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied sci-
ence, to the operation of the Kansas state university--Salina, college of
technology, shall become personnel of Kansas state university of agricul-
ture and applied science. All such personnel shall retain all retirement
benefits and all rights of employment which had accrued to or vested in
such personnel prior to the merger effected by this act. The employment
of such personnel shall be deemed to have been uninterrupted.
  (d) (1)  No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative,
lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against
the Kansas college of technology, or by or against any personnel of the
Kansas college of technology, shall abate by reason of the merger effected
by operation of this act. The court may allow any such suit, action or other
proceeding to be maintained by or against the Kansas state university of
agriculture and applied science.
  (2)  No criminal action commenced or which could have been com-
menced by the Kansas college of technology shall abate by the taking
effect of this act.
  (e)  Commencing with the 1992 fiscal year, for the purpose of prep-
aration of the governor's budget report and related legislative measure or
measures for submission to the legislature, the Kansas state university--
Salina, college of technology shall be considered a separate state agency
and shall be titled for such purpose as the ``Kansas State University--
Salina, College of Technology.'' The budget estimates and requests of
such college shall be presented as a state agency separate from Kansas
state university, and such separation shall be maintained in the budget
documents and reports prepared by the director of the budget and the
governor, or either of them, including all related legislative reports and
measures submitted to the legislature.
  Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 76-205 is hereby repealed.
  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.