Kansas § 75-4709 Telecommunications services of certain state agencies; extension to certain private, nonprofit agencies or governmental entities; records of services

Kansas Statutes

§ 75-4709 — Telecommunications services of certain state agencies; extension to certain private, nonprofit agencies or governmental entities; records of services

Kansas § 75-4709

Ch. 75STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Art. 47INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Bluebook

Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4709 (2026).

Text

(a)The executive chief information technology officer shall provide for and coordinate all telecommunications services for all divisions, departments and agencies of the state pursuant to policies established by the information technology executive council. The executive chief information technology officer shall have the authority to control the acquisition, retention and use of all telecommunications services for all divisions, departments and agencies of the state, and to develop and review plans and specifications for telecommunications services throughout the state.

(b)The executive chief information technology officer, when feasible, may enter into agreements with any entity defined in this subsection extending to such entity the use of state intercity telecommunications facilities

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(a) The executive chief information technology officer shall provide for and coordinate all telecommunications services for all divisions, departments and agencies of the state pursuant to policies established by the information technology executive council. The executive chief information technology officer shall have the authority to control the acquisition, retention and use of all telecommunications services for all divisions, departments and agencies of the state, and to develop and review plans and specifications for telecommunications services throughout the state.
(b) The executive chief information technology officer, when feasible, may enter into agreements with any entity defined in this subsection extending to such entity the use of state intercity telecommunications facilities and services under the control of the executive chief information technology officer.
As used in this subsection, an "entity" means:
(1) Any governmental unit, including any state agency, taxing subdivision of the state or municipality; or
(2) any hospital or nonprofit corporation which the executive chief information technology officer determines to be performing any state function on an ongoing basis through agreement or otherwise, or any function which will assist a governmental unit in attaining an objective or goal, bearing a valid relationship to powers and functions of such unit.
(c) Every record made, maintained or kept by the secretary of administration or the division of information systems and communications, prior to the effective date of this act, shall be maintained or kept by the executive chief information technology officer or the office of information technology services, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, which relates to the acquisition, retention or use of telecommunications services provided to any division, department or agency of the state, state officer or governmental unit and which pertains to individually identifiable individuals using such telecommunication services shall constitute for purposes of the open records act a record of the division, department or agency of the state, state officer or governmental unit to which such records relate. The official custodian of such records for the purposes of the open records act shall be the official custodian of the records of such division, department or agency of the state, state officer or governmental unit.

Legislative History

L. 1974, ch. 399, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 362, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 228, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 340, § 9; L. 1996, ch. 268, § 13; L. 1998, ch. 182, § 17; L. 2013, ch. 62, § 22; July 1.