K.S.A. 74-5018

No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against the department of economic development, or by or against any officer or employee of such department in the official capacity of such officer or employee or in relation to the discharge of the official duties of such officer or employee, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of this act. The court may allow any such suit, action, or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the department of commerce, or any officer or employee affected.