Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-3728a

  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State agency: means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority which may lawfully request a state appropriation. See Kansas Statutes 75-3728a

As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “State agency” means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority which may lawfully request a state appropriation.

(b) “Head of a state agency” means the secretary of revenue, the secretary of administration, the secretary for children and families, the state board of regents, the chief executive officer of a state educational institution, the state board of education and the officer, board, commission or authority determined by the director of accounts and reports to have the chief policy making executive function of a state agency.