Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5553

  • 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 agency, division or unit within any office, department, board, commission or other state authority or any person requesting a state appropriation;

    (b) "disaster" includes disasters designated at level II and above in the American national red cross regulations and procedures. See Kansas Statutes 75-5547

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, among all obligations and other amounts that are payable from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of appropriation acts, the department of administration and each other state agency shall give priority to payment of payroll obligations for salaries and wages for state officers and employees over payment of all other obligations and other amounts that are payable from the state treasury. After the payment of such payroll obligations for salaries and wages for state officers and employees, such other obligations and other amounts may be paid to the extent that resources are available therefor in the state treasury or shall be pended to be paid when sufficient resources are available. The secretary of administration shall implement and administer the provisions of this section. The priority of payment prescribed by this section shall be subject to all applicable requirements, limitations or restrictions under federal or state law, including, but not limited to, the federal American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, and shall be subject to all applicable requirements, limitations or restrictions prescribed by contracts and other agreements authorized by law, including, but not limited to, debt service payments pursuant to contractual bond obligations, as determined by the secretary of administration, after conferring with the director of the budget.

(b) As used in this section, “salaries and wages” includes all amounts payable for direct and indirect compensation, benefits included in the annual summary of compensation under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5550, and amendments thereto, associated employer contributions and other associated payroll obligations and payments.