The payroll period and pay date of employees of a state agency shall not be changed by inclusion of the state agency into the system of payroll accounting or by any revision or modification of the system, unless notice of the proposed change has been given to each employee who will be affected by such change, in the form and manner prescribed by the director of accounts and reports, not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the effective date of the change.
K.S.A. 75-5503