Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-4377

  • Board: means the public employee relations board established pursuant to this act. 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
  • Public employee: means any person employed by any public agency, except those persons classed as supervisory employees, professional employees of school districts, as defined by subsection (c) of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-4322
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Notwithstanding the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4321 et seq., and amendments thereto, the secretary of administration may adopt, amend and implement personnel rules and regulations that relate to matters covered by memoranda of agreement entered into by state agencies and public employee organizations under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4320 et seq., and amendments thereto as deemed necessary by the secretary for purposes of implementing the provisions included in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-4370 through 75-4376 and amendments thereto. Before adopting any such rules and regulations, the secretary of administration shall give a copy of the proposed rules and regulations and a notice of meeting to each employee organization certified by the public employee relations board to represent one or more units of state employees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4321 et seq., and amendments thereto, after such meeting the secretary shall consider the comments from employee organizations and may thereafter adopt and implement the rules and regulations as proposed or revised, subject to the approval of the governor. The notice, comment and hearing requirements of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 77-421 and amendments thereto shall constitute compliance with the meet and confer requirements of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4321 et seq., and amendments thereto for the purposes of implementing the provisions included in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-4370 through 75-4376 and amendments thereto.