(a) The state gaming agency is hereby transferred from the department of commerce and housing, designated by Executive Order No. 95-177 as the state gaming agency, and is attached to and made a part of the Kansas racing and gaming commission. The budget of the state gaming agency, the number and qualifications of employees of the state gaming agency and expenditures by the state gaming agency for expenses of dispute resolution pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact shall be subject to approval by the Kansas racing and gaming commission. All other management functions of the state gaming agency shall be administered by the executive director. All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of the state gaming agency shall be approved by the executive director or a person designated by the executive director.

(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as abolishing or reestablishing the state gaming agency.