45-116. Permanent journals of house and senate; preparation, binding and number of volumes and copies; sale and distribution; disposition of volumes; sale price for volume fixed by legislative coordin

45-116

Chapter 45.--PUBLIC RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION
Article 1.--LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAWS, JOURNALS AND DOCUMENTS

      45-116.   Permanent journals of house and senate;preparation, binding and number of volumes and copies; sale and distribution;disposition of volumes; sale price for volume fixed by legislative coordinatingcouncil; proceeds to state general fund.(a) At the conclusion of each legislative session, the secretary of thesenate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall preparepermanent journals of the senate and house of representatives to beentitled "Senate and House Journals of the State of Kansas for ______," andthe blank shall be filled with the year and words indicating whether thesessions journalized are regular or special, or both. In preparation ofsuch journals, the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the houseshall work under the supervision of the legislative coordinating council.Such journals shall include the matters contained in the daily journals ofthe two houses and such additional materials and information as may bedirected by the legislative coordinating council. Such journals shall bepublished in one or more volumes as determined by such council. Suchjournals shall be printed in clothbound copies by the director of printing fromcopy prepared by the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house ofrepresentatives.

      (b)   Upon the advice of thesecretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house ofrepresentatives, the secretary of state shall specify the number of copiesof such journals which shall beprinted and clothbound, which shall not be more than 750 copies and, inaddition thereto, such number of copies as are needed for the purposes ofthe publication collection and depository system established under K.S.A.75-2566, and amendments thereto, fordisposition by the secretary of state, as follows:

      (1)   One copy to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary ofstate,the attorney general, the state historical society library, and each member ofthelegislature;

      (2)   two copies to the boardof county commissioners of each county, upon request therefor;

      (3)   to the several offices of the judicial branch of state government, thenumber of copies necessary to conduct the official business of such offices,as requested by the chief justice of the supreme court;

      (4)   to theoffice of attorney general, the state library, the office of the revisor ofstatutes, the division of post audit and thelegislative research department, the number of copies necessary toconduct the official business of such offices, as requested by the chiefadministrativeofficers thereof;

      (5)   thenumber of copies necessary for use bythe legislature, as requested by the director of legislativeadministrative services;

      (6)   theremainder of such copies shall be kept by thesecretary of statefor sale at the per volume price for such copies fixed by the legislativecoordinating councilunder this section.

      (c)   One year after thepublication date of any volume, the secretary ofstate may dispose ofextra copies,retaining aninventory of at least 10 volumes for distribution without charge. Five yearsafter the publication date of any volume, the secretary of state may disposeofthe remainder of suchcopies.

      (d)   The legislative coordinating council shall fixthe pervolume price for clothbound copies of the permanent journals of the senateand house of representatives, sold under this section, to recover the costsof printing and binding such volumes. The legislative coordinating councilshallrevise such prices from time to time as necessary for the purposes ofcovering and recovering such costs.

      (e)   The secretary of state shall remit all moneys received under thissection to the state treasurer in accordancewiththe provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of eachsuch remittance, the statetreasurershall deposit the entire amount in the statetreasury to the credit of the state general fund.

      History:   L. 1971, ch. 184, § 15;L. 1974, ch. 210, § 3;L. 1976, ch. 147, § 8;L. 1987, ch. 194, § 1;L. 1988, ch. 178, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 339, § 2;L. 2000, ch. 67, § 1;L. 2001, ch. 5, § 150; July 1.