[See Revisor’s Note] There is hereby established a department to be known as the insurance department, which shall have a chief officer entitled the commissioner of insurance who shall receive, except as otherwise provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3111a, and amendments thereto, a salary at a biweekly pay rate of $3,307.81, and such officer shall be charged with the administration of all laws relating to insurance, insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies doing business in this state, and all other duties which are or may be imposed upon such officer by law.