§ 75-5701a — Department and secretary renamed department and secretary of labor; division of employment and training abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred to department and secretary of commerce; continuation of ex officio memberships on commission on disability concerns

Kansas § 75-5701a

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 75: STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
• Art. 57: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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(a) The division of employment and training within the department of human resources created by K.S.A. 75-5714, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished. On the effective date of this order, the department of human resources is hereby renamed the department of labor, and the secretary of human resources is hereby renamed the secretary of labor.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all of the powers, duties, and functions of the existing division of employment and training within the department of human resources and of the existing director of employment and training are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the division of workforce development within the department of commerce and the director of workforce development established by this order.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all of the powers, duties, and functions of the department of human resources and the secretary of human resources that relate to labor exchange and training, including but not limited to those powers, duties, and functions that relate to the workforce network of Kansas board, the Kansas apprenticeship council, and the commission on disability concerns, are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of commerce and the secretary of commerce.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) above, both the secretary of commerce and the secretary of labor shall continue to be ex officio members of the commission on disability concerns.

Legislative History

Executive Reorganization Order No. 31, L. 2004, ch. 191, § 2; July 1.