Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-703

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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 board of education: means the state superintendent of public instruction until that office is abolished, and thereafter the constitutional state board of education. See Kansas Statutes 75-705a

The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or state board of education, prosecute any official bond or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with their departments.