Kansas Statutes 74-9304. Same; duties and responsibilities; state agencies to cooperate and provide services and information; services and information to be provided pursuant to contract; agency may recover actual cost incurred
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-9304
- agency: shall mean any agency or instrumentality of the state of Kansas which stores, gathers or generates public information. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- gateway: shall mean any centralized electronic information system by which public information shall be provided via dial-in modem or continuous link to the public through subscription or through public libraries. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- INK: shall mean the information network of Kansas, Inc. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- public information: shall mean any information stored, gathered or generated in electronic or magnetic form by the state of Kansas, its agencies or instrumentalities, which is included within the information deemed to be public pursuant to the Kansas open records act, Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- 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) In order to achieve its purpose as provided in this act, INK shall:
(1) Serve in an advisory capacity to the secretary of administration, office of information technology services and other state agencies regarding the provision of state data to the citizens and businesses of Kansas;
(2) seek advice from the general public, its subscribers, professional associations, academic groups and institutions and individuals with knowledge of and interest in areas of networking, electronic mail, public information access, gateway services, add-on services and electronic filing of information; and
(3) develop charges for the services provided to subscribers, which include the actual costs of providing such services.
(b) All state agencies shall cooperate with INK in providing such assistance as may be requested for the achievement of its purpose. Agencies may recover actual costs incurred by providing such assistance. Services and information to be provided by any agency shall be specified pursuant to contract between INK and such agency and shall comply with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 45-215 et seq. and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 45-230, and amendments thereto.