All budgeting, purchasing and related management functions of the citizens' utility ratepayer board shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the board. All vouchers for expenditures from appropriations made for the use of the board shall be approved by the chairperson of the board or by a person or persons designated by the chairperson for such purpose. The budget of the board shall be financed in the same manner as the budget of the state corporation commission is financed, except that no assessments for financing the budget of the board shall be levied against electric or telephone cooperatives specified in K.S.A. 66-1224, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. 66-1225