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    Publications - Questions


    Question: What is the Kansas Register?
    Answer:     The Kansas Register is the official state newspaper of Kansas. This weekly journal contains everything from new state laws being enacted to various public notices. Other items available in the Kansas Register include:

  • Notices of hearings on proposed administrative regulations of state agencies

  • Notices of meetings of legislative interim committees

  • Full text of newly adopted administrative regulations

  • Hearing dockets of the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

  • Legislative bills introduced

  • Monthly list of forfeited corporations

  • Summaries of Attorney General's opinions

  • Notices of municipal bond sales/redemptions

  • Invitations for bids/requests for proposals

  • Many other legal and public notices/announcements


    • Question: When is the Kansas Register published?
    Answer:     The Kansas Register is published every Thursday, 52 weeks a year.

    Question: How do I submit items for the Kansas Register?
    Answer:
  • Submissions for the Kansas Register are due one week prior to desired publication date.

  • A submission form must accompany submission. Download submission form in PDF format using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  • Submissions can be sent to:
    Kansas Register
    Secretary of State
    Memorial Hall, 1st Floor
    120 SW 10th Avenue
    Topeka, KS 66612-1594
  • Items can be e-mailed as an attachment in either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format to kansasregister@kssos.org. Please include a billing address, contact person, phone number and desired publication date in the e-mail message.

  • Items may be faxed to (785) 368-8024.


    • Question: What does it cost to publish an item in the Kansas Register?
    Answer:     The price for publishing in the Kansas Register is $7 per column inch or portion thereof. You will be billed after publication. If you have questions concerning price, call (785) 296-3489.

    Question: How can I order the Kansas Register?
    Answer:     You can order the Kansas Register by calling (785) 296-3489 or downloading the order form here. A one-year subscription is $80 (Kansas residents must include applicable state and local sales tax). Checks should be made payable to the Kansas Register. Visa and MasterCard also are accepted. Payment is due in advance. A free sample is available upon request.

    Question: Can I access the Kansas Register on the Web?
    Answer:     The Kansas Register can be accessed online by Information Network of Kansas (INK) subscribers. For more information on how to become an Kansas.gov subscriber, visit www.kansas.gov/subscriber.html.

    Already a subscriber? You may view the Kansas Register at https://www.accessKansas.org/ssrv-registers/index.do.

    Question: Who do I contact for additional questions?
    Answer:     If you have additional questions, contact Nancy Reddy at (785) 296-3489 or via e- mail at kansasregister@kssos.org.

    Question: What are K.A.R.s?
    Answer: Regulations are enacted by an agency to implement or interpret legislation. Statutory requirements for filing administrative regulations are found in the rules and regulations filing act, K.S.A. 77-415 et seq. All Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.s) are filed in the Secretary of State's office. We publish the regulations in the Kansas Register, the state's official newspaper, and in the volumes or supplement to the Kansas Administrative Regulations.

    Question: How are K.A.R.s filed?
    Answer: A state agency must take a number of steps in order to file regulations. Each agency is given authority via statute to enact rules and regulations. The agency writes the regulations, which are reviewed by the Department of Administration for grammar, spelling and organization. After the Department of Administration approves the regulations, the agency submits the regulations to the Attorney General's office for approval as to legality. The Secretary of State's office files and publishes the final rules and regulations.

    Our office first files proposed rules and regulations. An agency sends us:
  • a notice of hearing on the proposed regulations,

  • two copies of the proposed regulations--stamped by the Department of Administration and the Attorney General's office, and

  • two copies of the economic impact statement.
    • The notice must be published in the Kansas Register at least 60 days prior to the date of the hearing. The agency may receive comments during this notice period and may make revisions to the regulations as a result of those comments.

    When the agency is satisfied that the regulations are in the proper final form, it adopts and files the regulations. The agency sends us:

  • the original and two copies of the certificate of adoption,

  • the original and two copies of the approved and adopted regulations, and

  • the original and two copies of the economic impact statement.
    • If all requirements are met, the regulations are published in the Kansas Register and become effective 15 days after publication--unless a later date is specified in the body of the regulation.
    For more detailed information regarding the filing of administrative regulations, please see the Department of Administration's Policy and Procedure Manual for the filing of Kansas Administrative Regulations.
    Question: How do I find the current version of a published K.A.R.?
    Answer: The Secretary of State's office publishes adopted regulations in the K.A.R. volumes and supplement. A full set of volumes is published every third year. A K.A.R. supplement is published each of the other two years. The K.A.R. volumes contain the most recent version of all regulations filed in the Secretary of State’s office by December 31 of a particular year. For example, the 2006 volumes contain the most recent version of all regulations filed by December 31, 2005. The 2007 supplement contains the most recent version of all regulations filed in 2006, and supplements the 2006 volumes.

    All new, amended or revoked regulations filed in the Secretary of State’s office are published in the Kansas Register before being incorporated into the K.A.R. volumes/supplement. A cumulative list of regulations adopted and published in the Register can be found at the back of each issue of the Register. The index is updated weekly and refers the reader to the volume, issue and page number of the Register in which the regulation can be found.

    To find the latest version of a regulation online, a person should first check the table of contents in the most current Kansas Register, then the Index to Regulations in the most current Kansas Register, then the Kansas Administrative Regulations. If the regulation is found at any of these sequential steps, stop and consider that version the most recent.

    Question: How do I purchase the K.A.R. books?
    Answer: Call the Secretary of State's office at (785) 296-4557 or obtain an order form online. You may mail the form with payment to the Secretary of State's office. Fax orders are accepted if Visa or MasterCard information is provided.

    Question: Can I access the Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.) on the Web?
    Answer: The Kansas Administrative Regulations can be accessed online through the Information Network of Kansas (INK). INK's site includes regulations that have been published in the K.A.R. volumes or supplements. Regulations filed after those published in the books can be found in the Kansas Register. Be sure to check the current Kansas Register index for regulations filed after publication of the volume or supplement.

    Question: Who do I contact for additional information?
    Answer: If you have additional questions, contact Barb Dominguez at (785) 296-2114, or via e-mail at BarbD@kssos.org.

    Question: What are Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.)?
    Answer: The Kansas Statutes are laws passed by the Legislature.

    Question: How do I obtain K.S.A.s?
    Answer: Statutes are published by the Kansas Revisor of Statutes, but distributed by our office. To place an order for K.S.A.s, contact our Elections Division at (785) 296-4557 or go to the form online.