(a) The secretary of state shall compile, index and publish a publication to be known as the Kansas register. Such register shall contain:

(1) All acts of the legislature required to be published in the Kansas register;

(2) all executive orders and directives of the governor that are required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state;

(3) summaries of all opinions of the attorney general interpreting acts of the legislature as prepared by the office of the attorney general;

(4) notice of any public comment period on contemplated modification of an existing rule and regulation, and, in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of chapter 77 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, all notices of hearings on proposed administrative rules and regulations and the full text of all administrative rules and regulations that have been adopted and filed with the secretary of state;

(5) the full text of all administrative rules and regulations that have been adopted and filed in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of chapter 77 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except that the secretary of state may publish a summary of any rule and regulation together with the address of the state agency from which a copy of the full text of the proposed rules and regulations may be received, if such rule and regulation is lengthy and expensive to publish and otherwise available in published form and a summary will, in the opinion of the secretary, properly notify the public of the contents of such rule and regulation;

(6) a cumulative index of all administrative rules and regulations that have been adopted and filed in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of chapter 77 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;

(7) all notices of hearings of special legislative interim study committees and descriptions of all bills and resolutions introduced in the legislature during any session of the legislature, and other legislative information which is approved for publication by the legislative coordinating council;

(8) summaries of all orders of the state board of tax appeals that have statewide application;

(9) all advertisements for contracts for construction, repairs, improvements or purchases by the state of Kansas or any agency thereof for which competitive bids are required; and

(10) any other information that the secretary of state deems to be of sufficient interest to the general public to merit its publication or which is required by law to be published in the Kansas register.

(b) The secretary of state shall publish such register at regular intervals, but not less than weekly.

(c) Each publication of the register shall contain a table of contents.

(d) A cumulative index to all information required by Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-430 through 75-434, and amendments thereto, to be published during the previous year shall be published at least once each year.

(e) The secretary of state may omit from the register any information the publication of which the secretary deems cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient, if the information is made available in printed or processed form by the adopting agency on application for it, and if the register contains a notice stating the general subject matter of the information and the manner in which a copy of it may be obtained.

(f) A subscription to the register shall be made available without charge on request to each officer, board, commission, and department of the state having statewide jurisdiction, to each member of the legislature, to each county clerk in the state, and to the supreme court, court of appeals and each district court.

(g) The secretary of state shall make a subscription to the register available upon payment of a fee to be fixed by the secretary of state under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-433, and amendments thereto.