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75-36,102. Memorial to Kansas fallen firefighters; duties of state fire marshal; duties of Kansas fallen firefighters memorial council; Kansas fallen firefighters memorial fund. (a) The fallen firefighters memorial adjacent to the Kansas firefighters museum at 1300 S. Broadway Wichita, KS 67211, is hereby designated as the official fallen firefighters memorial within the state of Kansas. Annually, the director shall cause the name or names of any firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state to be inscribed upon the memorial.

(b) It shall be the duty of the state fire marshal on or before the 15th day of March of each year to notify the secretary of administration of the name or names of any firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty during the preceding calendar year. The state fire marshal shall gather the necessary information regarding any such firefighter and report such information to the director.

(c) The Kansas fallen firefighters memorial council is hereby authorized to receive any grants, gifts, contributions or bequests made for the purpose of financing expenditures authorized pursuant to subsection (d).

(d) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Kansas fallen firefighters memorial fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made for the purposes of updating and repairing the fallen firefighters memorial and may be made for other purposes related to memorializing and honoring Kansas firefighters and for such purposes as may be specified with regard to any grant, gift, contribution or bequest. All such expenditures shall be authorized by the Kansas fallen firefighters memorial council and made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee.

(e) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the Kansas fallen firefighters memorial fund interest earnings based on:

(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the Kansas fallen firefighters memorial fund for the preceding month; and

(2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.

History: L. 2001, ch. 12, § 2; L. 2025, ch. 80, § 5; April 24.