75-3780. State building advisory commission; attached to department of administration; membership, ex officio and appointed; qualifications; terms. (a) There is hereby created the state building advisory commission which shall be composed of seven members. The state building advisory commission shall be attached to and shall be a part of the department of administration. All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall be a member and shall serve as chairperson of the state building advisory commission. The next membership position on the state building advisory commission shall be filled for alternating two-year terms by: (1) The dean of the college of architecture and design of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, or the head of the architecture program if such dean is not an architect, and (2) the dean of the school of architecture and urban design of the university of Kansas, or the head of the architecture program if such dean is not an architect. Such membership position shall be filled for the first two-year term by the person specified in (2) above. The five remaining members shall be appointed by the governor from among the members of the two political parties represented by the candidates for secretary of state who received the highest and second highest number of votes at the last general election preceding appointment at which a secretary of state was elected. At no time shall more than three of the five members appointed by the governor be members of the same political party at the time of appointment. At least one of the appointed members of the state building advisory commission shall be a member of a building trades union affiliated with the Kansas state federation of labor, A.F.L.-C.I.O. and at least one of such members shall be a member of an association of building construction contractors. The Kansas state federation of labor, A.F.L.-C.I.O. and each of the major associations of building construction contractors may submit to the governor a list containing the names of not less than three members of their respective organizations. In making appointments to the commission, the governor shall give consideration to the persons named in such lists.

(b) The first five gubernatorial appointees to the state building advisory commission shall serve terms as follows: One member shall be appointed for a term expiring on December 31, 1979; one member shall be appointed for a term expiring on December 31, 1980; one member shall be appointed for a term expiring on December 31, 1981; and two members shall be appointed for terms expiring on December 31, 1982.

(c) Upon the expiration of the term of each member appointed by the governor in accordance with this section, a succeeding member shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office for a term of four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. If a vacancy in the appointed membership of the state building advisory commission occurs before the expiration of the term of office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor.

History: L. 1978, ch. 337, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 56; July 1.