Kansas Statutes 75-3701. Definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-3701
- 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
- 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.
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
As used in part I of this act unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Department” means the department of administration;
(2) “executive director” means the secretary of administration;
(3) “state agency” means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any agency, division or unit within any office, department, board, commission or other state authority or any person requesting a state appropriation;
(4) “personnel director” means the director of personnel services;
(5) “finance council” means the state finance council created by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3708;
(6) “allotment” means a limitation on the use of amounts available to state agencies under the allotment system with a period of from one (1) to twelve (12) months within a fiscal year;
(7) “incoming governor” means the person entitled to hold the office of governor until the adjournment of the regular legislative session to which the governor’s budget report is to be submitted;
(8) “regular legislative session” means a regular annual session required by the Kansas constitution.