44-806. Annual report; form and content; alternative filing of federal reports; fee. (a) Every labor organization operating in the state of Kansas and having 100 or more members shall file an annual report in writing with the secretary of state on or before April 15, showing the condition of such labor organization at the close of business on the December 31 next preceding the date of filing or at the close of business on the last day of the organization's fiscal year next preceding the date of filing. The secretary of state may upon showing of reasonable cause grant an extension of time for filing.

(b) The annual report shall be in such form as the secretary of state may prescribe, and shall show the following facts:

(1) The name of the labor organization;

(2) the location and mailing address of its office;

(3) the name and title of each of its officers and registered business agents, together with the salaries, wages, bonuses, and other remuneration paid each, and the mailing address of each;

(4) the date of the regular election of officers of such labor organization;

(5) the rate of its initiation fees, dues, assessments and any other charges against its members; and

(6) an audited statement of the income, expenditures, assets and liabilities of the labor organization.

(c) In lieu of filing an annual report in the form prescribed by the secretary of state under subsection (b) of this section, the labor organization may file copies of the reports required to be filed with the United States department of labor by the labor management reporting and disclosure act of 1959, 29 U.S.C.A. § 431, et seq., as follows:

(1) By having on file with the secretary of state a copy of the labor organization information report form LM-1 which is currently on file with the United States department of labor; and

(2) by filing annually as required in subsection (a) of this section, a copy of the labor organization annual report form LM-2 or form LM-3 which is filed with the United States department of labor and covers a reporting period specified in subsection (a).

(d) At the time of filing the annual report it shall be the duty of every such labor organization to pay the secretary of state an annual fee therefor in the sum of $5.

History: L. 1943, ch. 191, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 207, § 5; L. 1980, ch. 150, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 363, § 7; July 1.