§ 39-710 — Social welfare fund; deposits; disbursements; unpaid cancelled warrants, crediting; appropriations

There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known and designated as the social welfare fund. All moneys received by the secretary as grants, gifts, bequests or state aid for the purpose of state welfare work, shall be deposited by the secretary in the social welfare fund. All disbursements made from the social welfare fund shall be made by the filing of vouchers in the office of the director of accounts and reports, signed and approved by the secretary, and upon the filing of the same, the director of accounts and reports is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her warrants upon the state treasurer for same, all of such warrants to be delivered by the director of accounts and reports to the secretary. All balances accruing from unpaid cancelled warrants issued pursuant to this section, notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 10-812 to the contrary, shall be credited to the social welfare fund.
The secretary is hereby authorized and empowered to receive from the federal government, or any of its agencies, any funds made available under existing laws, rules or regulations or that may hereafter be made available for social welfare purposes including administrative expenses and may expend the same in the social welfare program of the state of Kansas in accordance with the rules, regulations and requirements under which such funds are made available to such secretary. The state share of social welfare expenditures shall be appropriated from the state general fund and the social welfare fund.

Legislative History

L. 1937, ch. 327, § 9; L. 1939, ch. 200, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 245, § 5; L. 1969, ch. 226, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 130, § 1; July 1.