74-521. Officers, election and term; seal; control and regulation of state fair; secretary, appointment and civil service status; compensation and expenses of board members. The Kansas state fair board shall organize by the election, from their own number, of a president, a vice-president and a treasurer, each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Kansas state fair board shall select and purchase a seal to authenticate such board's acts. The board shall have power to meet for the transaction of business under the call of the president when necessary; to fully control and regulate the time and manner of holding a state fair; to appoint all necessary subordinate officers and employees within appropriations therefor; to fix and establish premiums and awards for exhibitors and contestants, and pay the premiums and awards; to budget and expend funds for necessary printing and advertising for a state fair; and to do and perform all other matters pertinent in connection with the holding of a state fair. The board shall appoint a secretary, who will be designated the general manager of the state fair, and shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the board and approved by the governor. The board members shall serve on committees which may be established by the board, or the president, and to which the board members are assigned by the board or the president. Members of the Kansas state fair board attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1913, ch. 293, § 4; R.S. 1923, 74-521; L. 1925, ch. 252,§ 2; L. 1967, ch. 413, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 348, § 47; L. 1987, ch. 5, § 20; L. 1988, ch. 293, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 311, § 4; Mar. 15, 1995.