(a) The Kansas department of civil air patrol may expend moneys appropriated from the state general fund for the department to purchase and maintain communications systems, to pay the maintenance and insurance costs of aircraft and vehicles owned by the department, to pay necessary operations and administrative expenses incurred in support of the functions specified in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 48-3302, and amendments thereto, and to pay salaries of necessary secretarial or administrative support personnel, in accordance with appropriation acts. For the purpose of preparation of the governor’s budget report, personnel actions and other actions in the state administrative process, the Kansas department of civil air patrol shall be considered part of the adjutant general’s office. Vehicles of the civil air patrol shall be considered federal assets.

(b) Moneys appropriated from the state general fund to the adjutant general’s office for the civil air patrol shall be appropriated as a separate line item and shall not be merged with other items of appropriation for the adjutant general. Such moneys shall not be expended to procure or replace equipment which is otherwise obtainable through grants or contributions from any other source nor shall moneys appropriated from the state general fund to the adjutant general’s office for the civil air patrol be expended for uniforms or personal equipment of any volunteer member of the department, or for the purchase of aircraft or motor vehicles, or for payment of any salaries other than salaries of necessary secretarial or administrative support personnel.

(c) The head of the department for and on behalf of the department may request of and accept from individuals, the United States government or any of its departments or agencies or any other public or private body, grants or contributions of moneys or property which the head of the department may authorize to be used for or in aid of any of the purposes of this act. All moneys received by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 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 civil air patrol grants and contributions fund.

(d) All expenditures of moneys from the civil air patrol grants and contribution fund shall be made in accordance with appropriations acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the head of the department.