[As Amended by Senate Committee of the
Whole]
Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 426
By Committee on Financial Institutions and
Insurance
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AN ACT concerning employees of the department of
insurance; salaries;
11 amending K.S.A. 40-110
and repealing the existing section.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. K.S.A.
40-110 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-
15 110. The commissioner of insurance is
hereby authorized to appoint an
16 assistant commissioner of insurance,
actuaries, two (2) special at-
17 torneys who shall have been regularly
admitted to practice, an executive
18 secretary, policy examiners, two
(2) field representatives, and a secretary
19 to the commissioner. Such appointees shall
each receive an annual salary
20 to be determined by the commissioner of
insurance, within the limits of
21 available appropriations, but in no
case shall such annual salary exceed
22 the salary of the commissioner of
insurance as established by law. He.
23 The commissioner is also authorized
to appoint, within the provisions of
24 the civil service law, and available
appropriations, such other employees
25 as shall be necessary to
administer the provisions of this act. The field
26 representatives authorized by this section
may be empowered to conduct
27 inquiries, investigations,
or to receive complaints: Provided,
however,
28 That such. Such
field representatives shall not be empowered to make,
29 or direct to be made, an examination of the
affairs and financial condition
30 of any insurance company in the process of
organization, or applying for
31 admission or doing business in this
state.
32 The appointees herein
provided for authorized by this section shall
take
33 the proper official oath and shall be in no
way interested, except as pol-
34 icyholders, in any insurance company. In
the absence of the commissioner
35 of insurance the assistant commissioner
shall perform the duties of the
36 commissioner of insurance, but shall in all
cases execute papers in the
37 name of the commissioner of insurance,
by himself as assistant. The com-
38 missioner of insurance shall be responsible
for all acts of an official nature
39 done and performed by his
the commissioner's assistant or any person
40 employed in his
such office. All the appointees authorized by this
section
41 shall hold their office at the will and
pleasure of the commissioner of
42 insurance.
43 Sec. 2. K.S.A.
40-110 is hereby repealed.
SB 426--Am. by SCW
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1 Sec. 3. This
act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
2 publication in the statute book.
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