Information concerning the racial identification of state employees shall be permanently maintained solely on the payroll tapes in custody of the state department of administration. Such information shall be retrieved from the payroll tapes only upon the written authorization of the commission or the equal employment opportunity office of the department of administration. The department of administration may provide such information to the director of personnel services in statistical form without the identification of specific individuals if the director of personnel services shall make such request.
K.S.A. 44-1035