Volume 41 - Issue 15 - April 14, 2022

(Published in the Kansas Register April 14, 2022.)

Senate Bill No. 330

An Act authorizing the construction of a permanent memorial honoring Kansas gold star families on the state capitol grounds; establishing the Kansas gold star families memorial fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. (a) The capitol preservation committee shall approve plans to place a permanent memorial honoring Kansas gold star families on the state capitol grounds pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2269, and amendments thereto.

(b) The secretary of administration is hereby authorized to receive moneys from any grants, gifts, contributions or bequests made for the purpose of financing the creation and construction of the memorial and to expend such moneys received for such purpose. The secretary of administration shall remit all moneys so received to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 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 Kansas gold star families memorial fund. No public funds shall be expended for the purpose of financing the creation or construction of the memorial.

(c) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Kansas gold star families memorial fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made for the purposes of creating and constructing the memorial and for such other purposes as may be specified with regard to any grant, gift, contribution or bequest. All such expenditures shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of administration or the secretary’s designee.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

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