(a) On the effective date of this act, the balance of all funds appropriated and reappropriated to the state corporation commission for the activities of the mined-land conservation and reclamation board is hereby transferred to the Kansas department of health and environment and shall be used only for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.

(b) On the effective date of this act, the liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of all officers and employees who, immediately prior to such date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of any state agency, board or office abolished by this act, or which becomes a part of the Kansas department of health and environment, or the powers, duties and functions of which are transferred to the secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment, shall be assumed and paid by the Kansas department of health and environment.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 49-402b

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201