Kansas Statutes 48-943. Rules and regulations; personnel
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-943
- 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
- Emergency management: means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters;
(b) "adjutant general" means the adjutant general of the state of Kansas;
(c) "division of emergency management" means the division of emergency management created in the office of the adjutant general by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 48-904
- 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.
- Nuclear facility: means any facility which utilizes nuclear energy to produce electricity and which has all or any part of an emergency planning zone within Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 48-941
- 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) The adjutant general shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to administer and implement the provisions of this act. Such rules and regulations shall include a schedule for the submission of emergency management budget requests by participating state and local government agencies and for the payment and disbursement of moneys from the nuclear safety emergency management fee fund. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, the adjutant general shall prepare a budget estimate for each fiscal year showing the total of operating expenditures and capital improvement expenditures projected to be incurred in administering this act during the fiscal year. The budget estimate under this act shall be prepared only after consultation with those persons liable for the fees imposed under this act as to the costs necessary to enable state and local government agencies to perform their responsibilities in the event of an accident at a nuclear facility.
(b) Within the limitations of appropriation acts, the adjutant general is authorized to employ appropriate personnel necessary to administer the provisions of this act and rules and regulations adopted under this act. All costs incurred by the adjutant general in administering the provisions of this act shall be paid from fees collected pursuant to this act. The adjutant general shall have the duty, in administering this act, to prevent and eliminate any duplication of services or equipment.