Kansas Statutes 75-3785. Construction defects recovery fund; authorized expenditures, approval
(a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the construction defects recovery fund.
(b) All proceeds received by state agencies shall be deposited in the construction defects recovery fund. All expenditures from the construction defects recovery fund in excess of $25,000 for the purposes stated in paragraph (4) of this subsection shall be subject to the prior approval of the state finance council, which is hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3711c, and amendments thereto. All other expenditures from the construction defects recovery fund shall be subject to the prior approval of the secretary of administration, and the secretary of administration shall report each such expenditure to the joint committee on state building construction. Where expenditures are made in support of litigation in which the state is involved, such expenditures also shall be subject to the prior approval of the attorney general. All expenditures shall be paid pursuant to vouchers of the director of accounts and reports approved by the director of architectural services and shall be for one or more of the following purposes:
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-3785
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State agency: means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority which may lawfully request a state appropriation. See Kansas Statutes 75-3728a
(1) To identify the nature, extent and causes of defects in the design, construction or other work on capital improvements;
(2) to provide architectural, engineering or other technical services to determine methods for correcting or repairing such defects;
(3) to provide services in support of claims by the state or to defend claims against the state concerning state construction projects; or
(4) to correct or repair defects in buildings or facilities under the jurisdiction of state agencies, or to make other repairs or perform maintenance related to such defects.
(c) As used in this section, “proceeds” means money paid to the state of Kansas or any state agency for forfeited bid bonds, or by an insurer, or by a person or firm performing duties related to construction under a contract with a state agency, to compensate the state for errors, omissions or other construction, architectural or engineering related defects adversely affecting the state or a state agency.