(a) Upon notification of an employing agency’s receipt of written authorization by any state employee, the director of accounts and reports shall make periodic deductions of amounts as specified in such authorization from the salary or wages of such state employee for the purpose of contributing to a united way organization or community health charities and shall make payments of such amounts in accordance with such authorization and the payroll deduction plan adopted under subsection (b). Any amounts deducted from the salary or wages of such state employee pursuant to such authorization shall be subject to the maximum and minimum amounts established by rules and regulations adopted under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5534, and amendments thereto. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn or modified by such state employee upon filing written notice of withdrawal or modification in the manner and at the times prescribed in rules and regulations adopted under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5534, and amendments thereto.

(b) As part of the system of payroll accounting formulated under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5501, and amendments thereto, the director of accounts and reports shall establish a payroll deduction plan for the purpose of making contributions to united way organizations and to community health charities by state employees. Such plan shall be administered by the director of accounts and reports in accordance with rules and regulations adopted under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5534, and amendments thereto, and such additional accounting procedures as may be prescribed by the director of accounts and reports.