73-1219. Commission detached from department of labor; existence continued; rules and regulations, orders and directives preserved. (a) On July 1, 1986, the Kansas commission on veterans affairs created by K.S.A. 73-1208a, and amendments thereto, is hereby detached from the department of labor. All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions of the commission shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the commission. All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of the commission shall be approved by the executive director of the commission. On July 1, 1986, the state department of labor shall transfer to the Kansas commission on veterans affairs all of the books, records, files and property applying to or utilized by the Kansas veterans' commission to such commission.

(b) The Kansas commission on veterans affairs created by K.S.A. 73-1208a, and amendments thereto, is hereby specifically continued in existence. Persons who are members of the Kansas veterans' commission on July 1, 1986, shall continue to hold such offices under the conditions and limitations provided in K.S.A. 73-1208a, and amendments thereto. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the powers, duties and functions vested in or exercised or performed by the commission pursuant to law immediately prior to July 1, 1986, shall remain the lawful powers, duties and functions of such commission.

(c) All rules and regulations and all orders or directives of the Kansas veterans' commission, or of any persons authorized by the commission to issue orders or directives, in existence on July 1, 1986, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules and regulations and orders or directives of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law. Nothing in this act shall affect the authority of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs to adopt or promulgate rules and regulations or to issue orders or directives as authorized by law.

History: L. 1986, ch. 278, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 97; July 1.