§ 45-116 — Permanent journals of house and senate; preparation, binding and number of volumes and copies; sale and distribution; disposition of volumes; sale price for volume fixed by legislative coordinating council; proceeds to state general fund

(a) At the conclusion of each legislative session, the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall prepare permanent journals of the senate and house of representatives to be entitled "Senate and House Journals of the State of Kansas for ______," and the blank shall be filled with the year and words indicating whether the sessions journalized are regular or special, or both. In preparation of such journals, the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house shall work under the supervision of the legislative coordinating council. Such journals shall include the matters contained in the daily journals of the two houses and such additional materials and information as may be directed by the legislative coordinating council. Such journals shall be published in one or more volumes as determined by such council. Such journals shall be printed in clothbound copies by the director of printing from copy prepared by the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house of representatives.
(b) Upon the advice of the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of state shall specify the number of copies of such journals which shall be printed and clothbound, which shall not be more than 750 copies and, in addition thereto, such number of copies as are needed for the purposes of the publication collection and depository system established under K.S.A. 75-2566, and amendments thereto, for disposition by the secretary of state, as follows:
(1) One copy to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the state historical society library, and each member of the legislature;
(2) two copies to the board of county commissioners of each county, upon request therefor;
(3) to the several offices of the judicial branch of state government, the number of copies necessary to conduct the official business of such offices, as requested by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(4) to the office of attorney general, the state library, the office of the revisor of statutes, the division of post audit and the legislative research department, the number of copies necessary to conduct the official business of such offices, as requested by the chief administrative officers thereof;
(5) the number of copies necessary for use by the legislature, as requested by the director of legislative administrative services;
(6) the remainder of such copies shall be kept by the secretary of state for sale at the per volume price for such copies fixed by the legislative coordinating council under this section.
(c) One year after the publication date of any volume, the secretary of state may dispose of extra copies, retaining an inventory of at least 10 volumes for distribution without charge. Five years after the publication date of any volume, the secretary of state may dispose of the remainder of such copies.
(d) The legislative coordinating council shall fix the per volume price for clothbound copies of the permanent journals of the senate and house of representatives, sold under this section, to recover the costs of printing and binding such volumes. The legislative coordinating council shall revise such prices from time to time as necessary for the purposes of covering and recovering such costs.
(e) The secretary of state shall remit all moneys received under this section 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 state general fund.

Legislative History

L. 1971, ch. 184, § 15; L. 1974, ch. 210, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 147, § 8; L. 1987, ch. 194, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 178, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 339, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 67, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 150; July 1.