45-301. Enrollment, engrossment and printing of bills, resolutions and other papers of the legislature. (a) All bills and resolutions which shall have been finally passed or adopted by both houses of the legislature shall be enrolled by printing at the state printing plant on parchment paper, and such enrolled bills or resolutions shall be taken […]
45-302. Signing of legislative documents by officers; presentation to governor for approval. (a) In the case of bills, resolutions and other papers originating in the senate, the secretary of the senate shall sign the enrolled bills, resolutions and other papers and present the same to the president of the senate for his or her signature. […]
45-303. Approval of bills by governor. If the governor approves any enrolled bill which is presented to him or her, he or she shall sign it and cause the same to be transmitted to the secretary of state, and shall send messages to both houses of the legislature informing them of such approval. History: L. […]
45-304. Veto by governor; return to house of origin; reconsideration by legislature; procedure upon passage over veto; publication. (a) If the governor does not approve any enrolled bill which is presented to him or her, he or she shall return such enrolled bill, with the governor’s veto message, to the house of origin of the […]
45-304a. Journal entries referring to vetoed bills. Whenever the governor shall veto a bill and such bill is to be referred to in the journal of the house of representatives or the journal of the senate, it shall be sufficient to refer to the same by its house or senate bill number, except that the […]
45-304b. Veto after adjournment; reconsideration. The governor may veto any bill or item of appropriation within the time specified in the constitution, whether the legislature has adjourned or not. Whenever the legislature adjourns sooner than the time when the governor may return any bill to its house of origin with his or her veto message […]
45-305. Bills becoming law without approval of governor, when. If upon presentation to the governor of any enrolled bill, the governor shall neither approve and sign such enrolled bill nor return the same with his or her veto message to the house of origin of the bill within ten (10) calendar days (excluding the day […]
45-307. Vetoes of items of appropriation of money. If any enrolled bill presented to the governor contains more than one item of appropriation of money, the governor may disapprove one or more of such items, while approving the other portion of the bill. In case the governor does so disapprove, a veto message of the […]
45-308. Item vetoes; reconsideration by legislature. Upon approval of any item or items as provided in K.S.A. 45-307, the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall prepare a certificate to accompany the enrolled bill in which such item or items occur. Such certificate shall state that the item […]
45-309. Responsibility for legislative documents; receipts. Whenever any bill, resolution or other paper is transmitted, delivered or messaged from one body to another body or from one officer to another officer, or from one body to an officer, or from an officer to one or more bodies, a receipt therefor shall be given by the […]
45-310. Session laws; publication, printing, title and contents. (a) All acts passed at each session of the legislature shall be published in one or more volumes, under the direction of the secretary of state, as soon as practicable after the close of the session at which the same are passed. Such acts shall take effect […]
45-311. Certification of session laws; date of publication. The secretary of state shall prefix to each printed volume of the laws his certificate that the acts and resolutions therein contained are truly copied from the original enrolled acts and other official documents of the legislature, and specifying the date of the publication of such volume. […]
45-312. Publication of bills in Kansas register. In all acts containing a provision for their publication one or more times in the Kansas register, the secretary of state shall attach to the enrolled bill a certificate stating the date of such publication. In the printed volume or volumes of laws there shall be appended to […]
45-313. Printing of session laws. Paper-bound copies of the laws passed at each legislative session shall be printed in such quantity as the secretary of state determines sufficient. History: L. 1969, ch. 249, § 13; L. 1971, ch. 184, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 141, § 1; May 20.
45-314. Printing of enrolled bills; specifications. The secretary of state shall determine (1) the length and width of the printed page for all enrolled bills and resolutions, and (2) width of the margin on either side and end of such printed page. The enrolled bills and resolutions shall be printed by the division of printing […]
45-315. Timetable for printing session laws. After the sine die adjournment of each legislative session, the state printer and the secretary of state shall complete preparation and printing of at least a limited number of each volume of the session laws for publication on or before July 1 of such year. The state printer shall […]
45-316. Payment of expenses; approval. The director of accounts and reports shall draw his or her warrants upon the state treasurer for services under the provisions of this act, upon vouchers approved by the secretary of state or the director of legislative administrative services. All expenses incurred under this act shall be paid from funds […]
45-317. Printing of bills and concurrent resolutions; types. The state printer is hereby directed to print each succeeding version of each bill and concurrent resolution to show changes made in each house in a different font of type and to retain material shown in canceled type and italic type in each reprinting of the bill […]
45-318. Printing of executive reorganization orders. Whenever an executive reorganization order is transmitted to the houses of the legislature, the same shall be printed in the same manner as 1975 Executive Reorganization Order No. 10 [75-5630 et seq.] by the state printing plant in such numbers as bills are printed. History: L. 1975, ch. 266, […]
