Kansas Statutes 75-4336. Registration of business agents for employee organizations; application; certificate; fee; exemption
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-4336
- Business agent: means any authorized person who is a full-time official of an employee organization and whose principal duties are to act or to attempt to act for an employee organization (1) in proceedings to meet and confer and other proceedings involving a memorandum of agreement, (2) in servicing existing memorandums of agreement, or (3) in organizing employees into employee organizations. See Kansas Statutes 75-4322
- Employee organization: means any organization which includes employees of a public agency and which has as one of its primary purposes representing such employees in dealings with that public agency over conditions of employment and grievances. See Kansas Statutes 75-4322
- 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.
- Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- 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) Every person desiring to act as a business agent for an employee organization shall first obtain a registration certificate from the secretary of state by filing an application therefor and paying a registration fee of $12.50. No person shall be issued a registration certificate unless: (1) The applicant is a citizen of the United States; (2) the applicant’s name, address and length of residence in Kansas are stated in the application; and (3) the application is accompanied by a statement, signed by the president and secretary of the employee organization, which authorizes the applicant to act as agent for such employee organization.
(b) Unless it has been surrendered, suspended or revoked at an earlier date, the registration certificate shall be valid for the calendar year in which it was obtained and shall expire on December 31 or, for registration certificates obtained after December 31, 1982, each such registration certificate may be valid for the fiscal year of the employee organization represented by the business agent in which the certificate was obtained and shall expire on the last day of such fiscal year.
(c) If a person has obtained a registration certificate as a business agent under the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 44-804 and amendments thereto to act in such capacity for a labor organization thereunder and such labor organization is an employee organization, such registration shall fully satisfy the requirements of this section and no further registration or registration fee shall be required of such person desiring to act as a business agent for such employee organization.