(a) The secretary of health and environment shall publish all general policies, guidelines, standards and other documents that are used by the division of environment as part of the division’s regulatory functions. The publication shall be supplemented at least annually. The division of the environment shall make the publication available upon request for a fee to be fixed by the secretary in an amount which will recover only the cost incurred by the division for printing and binding such materials, except that the fee for the original publication of all such documents shall not exceed $75 and the fee for the annual supplement shall not exceed $15. The publication or supplement may incorporate by reference or contain a bibliographic listing of documents that are published or protected by copyright if such documents are generally available to the public or are provided by the division to any citizen upon request in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 45-219 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(b) There is hereby established in the state treasury the health and environment publication fee fund. All moneys received by the department of health and environment from fees received pursuant to subsection (a) shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the health and environment publication fee fund. Moneys in such fund shall be used only for paying the expenses of publishing documents as required by subsection (a). Expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of health and environment or a person designated by the secretary.