Providing that the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee may receive requests for the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas bureau of investigation to provide temporary personal and other assistance in support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state.

SENATE BILL No. 445
AN ACT concerning the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee; relating
to the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas bureau of investigation; providing that
the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee may receive requests
from a law enforcement agency for temporary personnel and other assistance in
support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their
lives in the line of duty in the service of the state; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-
2251 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 is hereby amended to read
as follows: 75-2251. (a) There is hereby established the law
enforcement officers memorial advisory committee, which shall be
composed of 11 members as follows:
(1) A representative of the Kansas peace officers association,
appointed by the governor;
(2) a representative of the Kansas chiefs of police, appointed by
the governor;
(3) a representative of the Kansas fraternal order of police,
appointed by the governor;
(4) a representative of the Kansas state troopers association,
appointed by the governor;
(5) a representative of the Kansas sheriffs' association, appointed
by the governor;
(6) a representative of the Kansas chapter of concerns of police
survivors, appointed by the governor;
(7) the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation, or the
director's designee;
(8) the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol, or the
superintendent's designee;
(9) the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee;
(10) the secretary of the state historical society, or the secretary's
designee; and
(11) the secretary of corrections, or the secretary's designee.
(b) With regard to a member to be appointed by the governor as
representative of the Kansas peace officers association, the Kansas
chiefs of police, the Kansas fraternal order of police, the Kansas state
troopers association, the Kansas sheriffs' association or the Kansas
chapter of concerns of police survivors, the association or group to be
represented may submit a list of at least three names for consideration
by the governor in making the appointment. The governor shall
consider each such list if timely submitted and may appoint from
among those listed.
(c) The law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee
shall be advisory to the director of architectural services and the
secretary of the state historical society with regard to matters
concerning the memorial to law enforcement officers on the state
capitol grounds. The advisory committee may also make
recommendations to the governor and the legislature regarding
appropriate activities memorializing or commemorating the services of
law enforcement officers in Kansas. The advisory committee may
solicit grants, gifts, contributions and bequests for the memorial and
shall remit all moneys so received 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 law enforcement
memorial fund.
(d) The members of the advisory committee shall organize
annually by electing a chairperson and vice chairperson. The advisory
committee shall meet at least once each year upon call of the
chairperson. The secretary of the state historical society, or the
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secretary's designee, shall serve as secretary for the advisory
committee. Members of the advisory committee appointed by the
governor under this section shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(e) Upon the request of a Kansas law enforcement agency to the
law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee, the
superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol and the director of the
Kansas bureau of investigation shall make available temporary
personnel and other assistance to such agency in support of funeral
services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in
the line of duty in the service of the state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the HOUSE ________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED ____________________________
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Governor.