75-5530. State employee payroll deductions for purchase of United States savings bonds; rules and regulations; state employee defined. (a) Upon receipt of written authorization by any state employee, the director of accounts and reports shall make periodic deductions of amounts as specified in such authorization from the salary or wages of such state employee for the purposes of purchasing United States savings bonds. The director of accounts and reports shall make payments of such amounts in accordance with such authorization and the payroll deduction plan adopted pursuant to subsection (b). Any amounts deducted from the salary or wages of such state employee pursuant to such authorization shall be subject to the maximum and minimum amounts established by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c). Any such written authorization may be withdrawn or modified by such state employee upon filing written notice of such withdrawal or modification in the manner and at the times prescribed in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c).

(b) The director of accounts and reports shall establish a payroll deduction plan for the purchase of United States savings bonds by state employees. Such plan shall be administered by the director of accounts and reports in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c) and such additional accounting procedures as may be prescribed by the director of accounts and reports.

(c) The secretary of administration, upon the recommendation of the director of accounts and reports, shall adopt rules and regulations as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, and amendments thereto, for the implementation and administration of this act. Such rules and regulations shall include maximum and minimum limitations on the amounts to be deducted from the salary or wages of any state employee and provisions for the modification or withdrawal of any authorization to make periodic deductions for the purchase of United States savings bonds under this act.

(d) As used in this act, the term "state employee" or "employee" means any appointed or elective officer or any employee of the state of Kansas.

History: L. 1977, ch. 285, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 192, § 6; June 6.