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Office of the Revisor of Statutes The office provides legislative legal expertise to the Kansas Legislature. Attorneys in the office are responsible for drafting bills and other legislation, staffing legislative committees, publishing the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and offering legal consultation to members of the Kansas Legislature
In 1911, Kansas became the first state to pass a law regulating the sale of investments. [1] Lawmakers stated that the law was an attempt to prevent the sale of securities which had nothing behind them other than the "blue sky". [2] In the next few years, over 30 states passed similar laws.
The Wyandotte Constitution was approved in a referendum by a vote of 10,421 to 5,530 on October 4, 1859. In April 1860, the United States House of Representatives voted 134 to 73 to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution; however, Senators from slave-holding states resisted passing the measure in the United States Senate.
The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.
The Kansas State Cabinet, under current Governor Laura Kelly, consists of the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Highway Patrol, and eleven departments each headed by a Secretary. Lieutenant Governor – chief deputy to the Governor, responsible for acting as Governor during the Governor's absence.
The Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) is a cabinet-level department of the state government of Kansas.It is headquartered in the state capital of Topeka. The KDOR is responsible for the collection of taxes as well as valuing property, and the wholesale distribution of alcoholic beverages and enforcement of liquor laws.
Area code Location 316: city of Wichita and the surrounding area : 620: most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code 785: most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code