2006 Kansas Code - 74-8001

      74-8001.   Kansas, Inc.; membership; appointive members, qualifications, terms, vacancies. (a) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as Kansas, Inc. Kansas, Inc. is hereby constituted a public instrumentality and the exercise of the authority and powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential governmental function. Kansas, Inc. shall consist of 17 predominately private sector members as follows:

      (1)   The governor of Kansas;

      (2)   the secretary of the Kansas department of commerce;

      (3)   nine members who are appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall exercise any power, duty or function as a member of Kansas, Inc. until confirmed by the senate. Such members shall be appointed as follows:

      (A)   One member from each of the primary economic sectors in the state--agriculture, oil and gas, and aviation--who are recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in their fields;

      (B)   one member from one other primary, job creating, value added business sector who is recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the member's field;

      (C)   two members from the private financial sector, one of whom shall have experience in the area of high-risk venture investments, and one of whom shall have commercial banking experience in an industry of special importance to the Kansas economy, and both of whom are recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in their fields;

      (D)   one member representing labor who is recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the member's field;

      (E)   one member from the professional and business services sector who is recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the member's field;

      (F)   one member who owns a small business and who is recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in that community of interest;

      (4)   one member who serves as the commanding general of the Kansas cavalry;

      (5)   one member who is appointed by the state board of regents from a Kansas university and who is recognized for outstanding knowledge and leadership in the field of economic development;

      (6)   the speaker of the house, the house minority leader, the president of the senate, and the senate minority leader or legislators who are appointed to represent them and who will provide continuity by virtue of their membership on the standing committee on commerce of the senate, the standing committee on economic development of the house of representatives or the joint committee on economic development.

      (b) (1)   State officers who are designated as members of Kansas, Inc. under subsection (a)(1), (2), (4) and (6) shall serve by virtue of office or position.

      (2)   Members appointed under subsection (a)(6) shall be appointed for a term ending on the first day of the regular legislative session in odd-numbered years.

      (3)   Except as provided by paragraph (5) of this subsection, the member appointed under subsection (a)(5) shall serve for a term of four years.

      (4)   Members appointed under subsection (a)(3) shall serve for a term of four years, except that, of the members first appointed, two shall serve for a term of two years, three shall serve for a term of three years, and two shall serve for a term of four years.

      (5)   The terms of members appointed under paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection (a) and who are serving on Kansas, Inc. on the effective date of this act shall expire on January 15, of the year in which such member's term would have expired under the provisions of this section prior to amendment by this act. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and confirmed.

      (6)   In case of a vacancy in the appointive membership of Kansas, Inc., a successor shall be appointed in like manner and subject to the same qualifications and conditions as the original appointment of the member creating the vacancy.

      History:   L. 1986, ch. 298, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 136, § 9; L. 1995, ch. 241, § 16; L. 1996, ch. 88, § 7; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 68; July 1.