CHAPTER 178 HOUSE BILL No. 2355 * An Act concerning the former Topeka state hospital; providing for a memorial for persons
buried in the Topeka state hospital cemetery; advisory committee; Topeka state hospital
cemetery memorial gift fund; prescribing certain duties for the secretary of
administration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. (a) There shall be placed on the grounds of the former
Topeka state hospital a memorial for the persons who are buried on such
grounds. The state shall retain title to that portion of the grounds of the
former Topeka state hospital where such persons are buried and such
portion of the grounds shall be known as the Topeka state hospital cem-
etery. The memorial shall include appropriate fencing which shall be
placed around the area where such persons are buried and a suitable
plaque to identify the nature of the memorial. The plaque shall be in-
scribed with the names of the persons who are buried in the Topeka state
hospital cemetery and shall include such other appropriate information
as may be determined by the secretary of administration. The Topeka
state hospital cemetery memorial may include such additional memorial
features and components as are appropriate, for which funds are available
and which are approved by the secretary of administration for the me-
morial.

      (b) The memorial shall be constructed in accordance with design and
architectural drawings approved by the director of architectural services.
The secretary of administration shall maintain the memorial and the
grounds of the Topeka state hospital cemetery.

      (c) The secretary of administration shall appoint an advisory com-
mittee of persons who are interested in establishing and maintaining a
memorial for persons buried in the Topeka state hospital cemetery to
advise the secretary of administration. The members of the advisory com-
mittee shall receive no compensation or expense allowances for their serv-
ice as members of the advisory committee.

      (d) The secretary of administration is hereby authorized to accept on
behalf of the state any grants, gifts, contributions, bequests or donations
of money for the purposes of the memorial for persons who are buried
in the Topeka state hospital cemetery. Prior to accepting any such grant,
gift, contribution, bequest or donation, the secretary may consult with
the advisory committee appointed by the secretary for the Topeka state
hospital cemetery. All moneys donated for the memorial for persons bur-
ied in the Topeka state hospital cemetery and received and accepted by
the secretary of administration shall be paid to the department of admin-
istration and shall be deposited to the credit of the Topeka state hospital
cemetery memorial gift fund which is hereby established in the state
treasury. All expenditures from the Topeka state hospital cemetery me-
morial gift fund shall be in accordance with vouchers approved by the
secretary of administration or the secretary's designee.

      (e) On or before the 10^th day of each month, the director of accounts
and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the Topeka state
hospital cemetery memorial gift fund interest earnings based on:

      (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the Topeka state hospital
cemetery memorial gift fund for the preceding month; and

      (2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio
for the preceding month.

 Sec.  2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved May 16, 2000.
 Published in the Kansas Register May 25, 2000.
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