2006 Kansas Code - 74-6702

      74-6702.   Same; composition of commission; appointment of members. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-6709, and amendments thereto, the commission shall be composed of 30 members, 15 of whom shall be appointed by the secretary of commerce. Of the members appointed by the secretary, preference shall be shown for Kansans representing each of the following:

      (a)   Industry;

      (b)   labor;

      (c)   community-based independent living programs;

      (d)   rehabilitation programs;

      (e)   education programs;

      (f)   disability or rehabilitation research programs; and

      (g)   private, nonprofit organizations serving Kansans with disabilities. At least eight of the members appointed by the secretary shall be Kansans with disabilities.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 257, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 93; L. 1985, ch. 260, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 235, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 107; July 1.