75-3135. Salary of bank commissioner; appointment of deputy commissioners; assistants and employees; salaries. (a) The bank commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the governor with the approval of the state finance council. The bank commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint two deputy commissioners who shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary in accordance with an equitable salary schedule established by the bank commissioner and approved by the governor for all unclassified positions. The average of the salaries shall not exceed the average compensation of corresponding state regulatory positions in similar areas. The bank commissioner's salary schedule shall be reported to the state banking board annually.

(b) (1) The deputy commissioner of the banking division shall supervise all banks and trust companies as directed by the bank commissioner and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the bank commissioner.

(2) The deputy commissioner of the consumer and mortgage lending division shall supervise all consumer and mortgage lending functions as directed by the bank commissioner and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the bank commissioner.

(c) If the office of the bank commissioner is vacant or if the bank commissioner is absent or unable to act, the deputy commissioner of the banking division shall be the acting bank commissioner.

(d) (1) The deputy commissioner of the banking division shall have at least five years' experience as a state bank officer, or five years' experience as an officer of a state bank holding company or a wholly-owned subsidiary conducting business that is related to banking, or five years' experience as a state or federal regulator, or a combination of the aforementioned experience.

(2) The deputy commissioner of consumer and mortgage lending shall have at least five years' experience in consumer or mortgage lending, regulatory, legal or related experience.

(e) The bank commissioner is also authorized to appoint or contract for, in accordance with the civil service law, such special assistants and other employees as are necessary to properly discharge the duties of the office.

History: L. 1905, ch. 488, § 17; L. 1913, ch. 1, § 8; L. 1915, ch. 3, § 7; L. 1919, ch. 284, § 10; L. 1921, ch. 1, § 22; L. 1923, ch. 1, § 6; R.S. 1923, 75-3135; L. 1925, ch. 7, § 7; L. 1927, ch. 304, § 1; L. 1931, ch. 18, § 2; L. 1933, ch. 271, § 17; L. 1937, ch. 329, § 30; L. 1939, ch. 302, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 277, § 20; L. 1947, ch. 416, § 15; L. 1949, ch. 440, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 388, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 409, § 9; L. 1965, ch. 458, § 22; L. 1967, ch. 443, § 16; L. 1974, ch. 361, § 75; L. 1983, ch. 285, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 54, § 14; L. 1999, ch. 166, § 11; L. 2012, ch. 161, § 14; L. 2018, ch. 4, § 4; Mar 8.