74-2022. Electronic databases fee fund; access fees for department of revenue information; disposition of funds. (a) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect fees to provide access to or to furnish copies of data constituting public records in the vehicle information processing system (VIPS), the Kansas computer assisted mass appraisal system (KS CAMA) and other electronic database systems of the department of revenue. All such fees shall be fixed in order to recover all or part of the costs incurred to operate, maintain and improve the specific electronic database system in which the data are stored or maintained, including the costs incurred to provide access to or furnishing copies of such data. The fees fixed pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 45-219, and amendments thereto.

(b) There is hereby established in the state treasury the electronic databases fee fund which shall be administered by the secretary of revenue. Except for the amounts of fees required to be deposited to the credit of the division of vehicles operating fund or the highway patrol training center fund pursuant to K.S.A. 74-2012, and amendments thereto, all moneys received for the fees fixed, charged and collected under this section for electronic access to or to furnish electronic copies of public records, including all moneys received under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 74-2012, and amendments thereto, from law enforcement agencies, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the electronic databases fee fund. All moneys credited to the electronic databases fee fund shall be expended for operating expenditures, including expenditures for capital outlay, for the operation, maintenance or improvement of the vehicle information processing system (VIPS), the Kansas computer assisted mass appraisal system (KS CAMA) and other electronic database systems of the department of revenue, including the costs incurred to provide access to or to furnish copies of public records in such database systems. All expenditures from the electronic databases fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of revenue or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.

(c) Except for the amounts of fees that are required to be deposited to the credit of the highway patrol training center fund pursuant to K.S.A. 74-2012, and amendments thereto, all moneys received for the fees fixed, charged and collected under this section for access to or to furnish copies of public records, other than for electronic access to or to furnish electronic copies of public records, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the division of vehicles operating fund or to another special revenue fund of the department of revenue specified by the secretary of revenue.

History: L. 1996, ch. 260, § 10; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 308; July 1.