CHAPTER 150
HOUSE BILL No. 3030
An Act concerning the Kansas commission on
veterans affairs; relating to officers and
employees; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1210a
and repealing the existing section;
also repealing K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1210b.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1210a is hereby amended
to read
as follows: 73-1210a. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, and
subject
to the Kansas civil service act, the executive director of the
Kansas com-
mission on veterans affairs shall appoint such subordinate officers
and
employees, subject to the approval of the commission, as are
necessary
to enable the commission to exercise or perform its functions,
powers
and duties pursuant to the provisions of article 12 of chapter 73
of Kansas
Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. All such subordinate
offi-
cers and employees shall be within the classified service under the
Kansas
civil service act, shall perform such duties and exercise such
powers as
the Kansas commission on veterans affairs and the executive
director of
the commission may prescribe and such duties and powers as are
desig-
nated by law, and shall act for and exercise the powers of the
commission
and the executive director to the extent authority to do so is
delegated by
such commission or director.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to the
Kansas
civil service act, the executive director of the Kansas commission
on vet-
erans affairs shall appoint such subordinate officers and
employees, sub-
ject to the approval of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs,
as shall
be necessary to enable the commission to exercise or perform its
func-
tions, powers and duties pursuant to the provisions of article 19
of chapter
76 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. All such
sub-
ordinate officers and employees shall be within the classified
service un-
der the Kansas civil service act, shall perform such duties and
exercise
such powers as the commission, the executive director of the
commission
and, the superintendent of the Kansas
soldiers' home and the superin-
tendent of the Kansas veterans' home may prescribe and such
duties and
powers as are designated by law, and shall act for and exercise the
powers
of the commission, the executive director of the commission
and, the
superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home and the
superintendent of
the Kansas veterans' home to the extent authority to do so
is delegated
by such commission, executive director or superintendent.
(c) Any veterans service representative appointed by the
executive
director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs shall be an
hon-
orably discharged veteran or retired from the United States armed
forces.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the status,
rights
or benefits of any officer or employee of the Kansas
veterans' commission
on veterans affairs employed by such commission on the
effective date
of this act.
For the purpose of this subsection, ``veterans service
representative''
means any officer or employee appointed pursuant to this section
whose
primary duties include:
(1) Assisting and representing veterans and their dependents
in se-
curing benefits from the federal government and the state of
Kansas.
(2) Providing information and assistance to veterans and
dependents
in obtaining special services and benefits based on knowledge of
federal
and state laws, policies and regulations pertaining to veterans
benefits
and services.
(d) Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect the
status, rights
or benefits of any officer or employee of the Kansas veterans'
commission
employed by such commission on the effective date of this act.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 73-1210a and 73-1210b are
hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved May 11, 1998
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