K.S.A. 70a-115: Suits to protect interests of state.

The director of taxation shall, by and with the consent of the governor, have power to bring all suits and institute or defend any and all proceedings necessary to be brought or defended in any action to protect the interests of the state, and to carry out the provisions of chapter 70a of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and of any and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.