Kansas Statutes 76-770. Research and development activities, procurements and travel allowances; procedures, guidelines and exemptions; definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 76-770
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Institution: means any institution under the control and supervision of the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 76-739
- Program: means the Kansas partnership for faculty of distinction program established by this act. See Kansas Statutes 76-773
- project: means the process of designing, constructing, reconstructing, altering or renovating a building or other structure. See Kansas Statutes 76-7,126
- Research project: means any sponsored project or activity which is conducted by an institution for a state agency pursuant to a contract with the state agency and which project or activity is financed by federal funds. See Kansas Statutes 76-739
- State: means the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 76-779
- State educational institution: means the university of Kansas, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state university, and Fort Hays state university. See Kansas Statutes 76-711
(a) Each contract entered into by a state educational institution for the acquisition of goods or services for a research and development activity shall be exempt from the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-3739 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto, if the contract is financed 50% or more by moneys received from federal agencies or other external sources.
(b) Nothing contained in article 32 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be construed to limit or prescribe the conduct of any in-state or out-of-state travel or to limit expense allowances for such travel which is undertaken for and funded as a part of any research and development activity of a state educational institution if such expense is funded 50% or more by moneys received from federal agencies or other external sources. The provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3208, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to any such travel.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Research and development activity” means any center of excellence at a state educational institution, any research or development project or activity at the state educational institution funded under a research matching grant program of the department of commerce, or any other sponsored research project at a state educational institution; and
(2) “state educational institution” means a state educational institution as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-711, and amendments thereto.