Kan. Stat. § 75-5293
In order to assist a county or group of cooperating counties which has established a corrections advisory board but which does not have a comprehensive plan which has been approved by the secretary of corrections and which requires financial aid to defray all or part of the expenses incurred by corrections advisory board members in discharging their official duties pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5299, and amendments thereto, the secretary of corrections, upon receipt of resolutions by the board or boards of county commissioners, or the administrative authority established by cooperating counties, certifying the need for and inability to pay such expenses, may pay quarterly to the county or counties an amount determined by the secretary.
K.S.A. 75-5293