Kansas Statutes 32-845. Contracts with federal agencies; certain contracts subject to legislative approval
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 32-845
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Neither the Kansas department of wildlife and parks, nor any officer or employee of the state on behalf of the department, shall enter into any contract for the acquisition or lease of real estate with the corps of engineers or the bureau of reclamation that will require any future appropriation unless the contract is first approved by the legislature as provided by subsection (b).
(b) A contract subject to the provisions of subsection (a) shall be approved by the legislature by:
(1) Law or concurrent resolution; or
(2) approval of the contract by the legislative coordinating council.
(c) Any contract entered into without approval of the legislature when required by this section is null and void.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts requiring future appropriations of only:
(1) Moneys that are received from the corps of engineers or the bureau of reclamation or from a private source; or
(2) moneys to be expended in response to a major disaster declared by the president of the United States. In addition, the provisions of this section shall not apply to lease renewals with the corps of engineers or bureau of reclamation, except the department shall notify the chairperson, vice-chairperson and ranking minority member of both the house and senate energy and natural resources committees on or before the first day of a legislative session of any such lease renewals pending for that calendar year.
(e) As used in this section, “future appropriation” means an appropriation for a fiscal year commencing more than one year after the date the contract is entered.