Kansas Statutes 74-5002s. Division of workforce development; establishment; administration; director, appointment; annual legislative report by division monitoring unit
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-5002s
- Act: means the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-50,211
- committee: means the community strategic planning grant committee established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-5093
- department: means the department of commerce;
(4) "entrepreneur" means an individual creating a new business, service or product;
(5) "region" means multi-county areas as defined by the secretary of commerce;
(6) "regional business development fund" means an authorized and audited fund that is created by taxpayer contributions, interest income and investment income and is managed by the regional foundation board of directors for the purposes of economic and leadership development in the region;
(7) "regional foundation" means any organization in Kansas that demonstrates capacity to provide economic development services to regions as defined by this act, and: (A) Has obtained a ruling from the internal revenue service of the United States department of treasury that such organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the federal internal revenue code;
(B) has been designated as a certified development company by the United States small business administration;
(C) has been designated as an economic development district by the United States department of commerce's economic development administration;
(D) has been organized as a regional planning commission under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-50,154
- Secretary: means the secretary of commerce. See Kansas Statutes 74-5059
- State: means the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 74-5059
(a) There is hereby established, within the Kansas department of commerce, a division of workforce development. The head of the division shall be the director of workforce development, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary of the department of commerce. The director shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of commerce, with the approval of the governor. Under the supervision of the secretary of commerce, the director of workforce development shall administer the division of workforce development.
(b) The monitoring unit of the division of workforce development shall report annually, on or before January 15, to the senate committee on commerce, the house committee on commerce, labor and economic development, and any successor committees thereto, on the monitoring activities of the division during the preceding calendar year, any problems within workforce development activities, compliance with federal and state requirements and such other matters concerning workforce development which the monitoring unit deems appropriate.