Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-50,330

  • Act: means the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-50,211
  • department: means the department of commerce;

    (4) "entrepreneur" means an individual creating a new business, service or product;

    (5) "region" means multi-county areas as defined by the secretary of commerce;

    (6) "regional business development fund" means an authorized and audited fund that is created by taxpayer contributions, interest income and investment income and is managed by the regional foundation board of directors for the purposes of economic and leadership development in the region;

    (7) "regional foundation" means any organization in Kansas that demonstrates capacity to provide economic development services to regions as defined by this act, and: (A) Has obtained a ruling from the internal revenue service of the United States department of treasury that such organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the federal internal revenue code;

    (B) has been designated as a certified development company by the United States small business administration;

    (C) has been designated as an economic development district by the United States department of commerce's economic development administration;

    (D) has been organized as a regional planning commission under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-50,154

  • Secretary: means the secretary of commerce. See Kansas Statutes 74-5059

(a) All officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism who, immediately prior to the effective date of this order, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by this order, as well as all officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism who are determined by the secretary of commerce to be engaged in providing administrative, technical or other support services that are essential to the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by this order, are hereby transferred to the division of tourism of the department of commerce. All classified officers and employees so transferred shall retain their status as classified employees.

(b) Officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism transferred by this order shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights that had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such officer or employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in this order shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism prior to the date of transfer.

(c) Notwithstanding the effective date of this order, the provisions of this order prescribing the transfer of officers and employees from the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism to the division of tourism of the department of commerce established by this order, the date of transfer of each such officer or employee shall commence at the start of a payroll period.