Kansas Senate
The Senate of Kansas (Kansas State Senate ) is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas.
The chamber of parliament is composed of 40 Senators representing an electoral district respectively. Each of these units includes a fixed average rate of 60,000 inhabitants. The senators are elected for four -year terms; limiting the terms of office does not exist. The meeting room of the Senate is located together with the House of Representatives in Kansas State Capitol in Topeka capital.
Tasks of the Senate
The Senate of Kansas fall As in upper houses in other states and territories, as well as in the U.S. Senate compared to the House of Representatives special tasks that go beyond the law. So it is up to the Senate, nominations of the Governor in his cabinet to accept or reject other offices of the executive branch and commissions and authorities.
Structure of the chamber
The President of the Senate is the head of the parliamentary chamber. He is a member of the Organization, Calendar and Rules Committee, which appoints deputies for all Senate committees and joint committees. If necessary, he can also create other committees and sub-committees. Unlike other countries of the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is not the head of the Senate. Since a constitutional amendment of Kansas in 1972, the duties of the lieutenant governor have changed. Today he is active in other areas of the State Government, as the committees on military operations and health insurance. In the absence of the Senate President, the Vice President presides over the Senate. The President of the Senate has possible draft laws to the Committees on and Majority Leader ( Majority leader) then determines the calendar and has the discussion in the Chamber of the Senate. The Organization, Rules and Calendar Committee consists of the President, Vice President, Majority Leader, Assistant Majority Leader, Minority Leader and four members elected by the majority party senators.
Current President of the Senate is Republican Stephen Morris, 39th electoral district ( Garden City and Ulysses ).
For Majority Leader ( Majority leader) was the Republican Jay Emler, 35th constituency ( McPherson and Ellsworth ), elected; Leader of the opposition (minority leader) is the Democrat Anthony Hensley, 19 constituency ( Topeka, Burlingame and Osage City).