HOUSE BILL No. 2678

      An Act concerning the Kansas commission on veterans affairs; relating to location of such
      commission's meetings; concerning reductions in certain positions based on retirements;
      amending K.S.A. 75-6801 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1208b and repealing the existing
      sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

    Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1208b is hereby amended to read
as follows: 73-1208b. The commission shall hold regular monthly meet-
ings and such other meetings as the chairman of the commission shall
deem advisable. Such regular monthly meetings shall be held in regular
offices to be established and maintained at Topeka, Kansas, or shall be
held at the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex or the
Kansas veterans' home. The commission may hold regular monthly meet-
ings and any other meeting at any place within the state.

    Sec. 2. K.S.A. 75-6801 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
6801. (a) As used in this section:

    (1) ``Executive secretary'' means the executive secretary of the Kansas
public employees retirement system.

    (2) ``F.T.E. positions'' means the number of full time and regular part
time positions equated to full time, excluding seasonal and temporary
positions, paid from appropriations.

    (3) ``Head of the governmental branch'' means the governor, in the
case of the executive branch; and the legislative coordinating council, in
the case of the legislative branch.

    (4) ``Retiree'' means any person electing to retire pursuant to K.S.A.
74-4914, and amendments thereto, except that ``retiree'' shall not include
any person who is retiring from a position which provides direct care for
patients at Topeka state hospital, Osawatomie state hospital, Rainbow
mental health facility or Larned state hospital, Kansas neurological insti-
tute, Parsons state hospital and training center, Winfield state hospital
and training center, university of Kansas medical center, Atchison juvenile
correctional facility, Beloit juvenile correctional facility, Larned juvenile
correctional facility and , Topeka juvenile correctional facility, Kansas
soldiers' home and Kansas veterans' home.

    (b) The executive secretary shall provide the head of the govern-
mental branch notice of the name, employing state agency and retirement
date of each retiree retiring after the effective date of this act and such
other information that may be prescribed by the head of the govern-
mental branch.

    (c) (1) Upon receipt of each notice pursuant to subsection (b) re-
garding a retiree employed by a state agency in the executive branch, the
governor shall direct the secretary of administration to reduce by one the
number of F.T.E. positions authorized for the state agency that employed
the retiree and reduce the expenditure authority of such state agency in
an amount attributable to the amount of unused salary and employer-
paid benefits attributable to the retiree's job position.

    (2) Upon receipt of each notice pursuant to subsection (c) regarding
a retiree employed by a state agency in the legislative branch, the legis-
lative coordinating council shall reduce by one the number of F.T.E.
positions for the state agency that employed the retiree and reduce the
expenditure authority of such state agency in an amount attributable to
the retiree's job position.

    (d) (1) For reductions made in the executive branch of government,
the governor is authorized to restore or allocate, to any state agency or
agencies within the executive branch, no more than 3/4 of the F.T.E.
positions and expenditure authority reductions made pursuant to subsec-
tion (c)(1), except that, upon request of the governor, the reduced num-
ber of authorized F.T.E. positions and the reduced amount of expendi-
ture authority established under subsection (c)(1) for a state agency in
the executive branch of government may be increased upon approval by
the state finance council acting on this matter which is hereby character-
ized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines
prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c and amendments thereto.

    (2) For reductions made in the legislative branch of government, the
legislative coordinating council is authorized to restore or allocate, to any
state agency or agencies within the legislative branch, no more than 3/4 of
the F.T.E. positions and expenditure authority reductions made pursuant
to subsection (c)(2), except that, upon request of the agency head, the
reduced number of authorized F.T.E. positions and the reduced amount
of expenditure authority established under subsection (c) for a state
agency in the legislative branch of government may be increased upon
approval by the legislative coordinating council.

    (e) The secretary of administration is authorized to prescribe such
policies and procedures as may be deemed necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section.

    Sec. 3. K.S.A. 75-6801 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1208b are hereby
repealed.

    Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the
House, and passed that body

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House adopted
Conference Committee Report __________________________

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Speaker of the House.

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Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate
as amended __________________________

Senate adopted
Conference Committe Report __________________________

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President of the Senate

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Secretary of the Senate.

Approved__________________________

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Governor.