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KS Stat § 19-15,142 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,142 Coliseums in certain counties; operation and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.

19-15,142. Coliseums in certain counties; operation and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than 300,000 is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax for not to exceed two years in an amount not to exceed 4/10 mill upon all of the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of providing funds for the operation and maintenance of a coliseum and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. No tax levy shall be made under the provisions of this section until the board of county commissioners shall have published a resolution authorizing such tax once each week for three consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. If within 60 days following the last publication of said resolution, a petition in opposition to the levy, signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the county, is filed with the county election officer, no such tax shall be levied unless a majority of the electors voting on the question of levying the tax shall approve the same at the next general election.History: L. 1977, ch. 83, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 92; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 24; May 31.
KS Stat § 19-15,143 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,143 Bond limitation exemption; Geary county jail and law enforcement center.

19-15,143. Bond limitation exemption; Geary county jail and law enforcement center. Bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 19-15,116 by the board of county commissioners of Geary county for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping a county jail and law enforcement center or for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping enlargements and additions thereto shall be exempt from any statutory limitation on bonded indebtedness and shall not be included in computing the total bonded indebtedness of such county.History: L. 1982, ch. 112, § 1; April 22.
KS Stat § 19-15,144 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-15,144 Shawnee county jail; issuance of bonds to finance purchase of land and certain improvements, furnishing and equipping.

19-15,144. Shawnee county jail; issuance of bonds to finance purchase of land and certain improvements, furnishing and equipping. (a) The board of county commissioners of Shawnee county is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the county in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping a county jail. The proceeds of such bonds also may be used to purchase land and any improvements thereon from the Topeka public building commission as a site for such jail. The board of county commissioners shall enter into any agreement necessary to cancel all lease agreements entered into with the Topeka public building commission concerning a county jail prior to the effective date of this act.(b) Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be exempt from any statutory limitation on bonded indebtedness and shall not be included in computing the total bonded indebtedness of the county.History: L. 1986, ch. 64, § 2; April 24.
KS Stat § 19-1601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1601 Location or removal of county seat, when; petition; order for election.

19-1601. Location or removal of county seat, when; petition; order for election. When the county seat of any county has not been located by a vote of the electors of the county, and county buildings have not been erected at the county seat at a cost to the county of at least one thousand dollars, the board of county commissioners, upon the petition of a majority of the legal electors of the county, shall order an election for the location or removal of such county seat.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 1; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1601.
KS Stat § 19-1601a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1601a Office at place other than county seat; validation.

19-1601a. Office at place other than county seat; validation. Whenever a board of county commissioners has established in any county at a place other than the county seat of said county, an office for the rendering of county services by county officials, such action of the board of county commissioners is hereby validated, confirmed and ratified.History: L. 1947, ch. 212, § 1; April 11.
KS Stat § 19-1601b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1601b Same; deputy or clerks; compensation; additional compensation to county officer.

19-1601b. Same; deputy or clerks; compensation; additional compensation to county officer. Such board of county commissioners may require any county official to provide a deputy or such clerk or clerks as may be necessary to render services of his office at such place in the county as the board of county commissioners shall direct. Such deputies and clerks shall be allowed such compensation as the board of county commissioners shall fix which shall be paid from the county general fund. The board of county commissioners may allow any elective county officer maintaining an office at a place other than the county seat such compensation for maintaining said office as it shall deem proper, which compensation shall be paid from the county general fund and shall be in addition to any compensation or salary otherwise provided for by law.History: L. 1947, ch. 212, § 2; April 11.
KS Stat § 19-1603 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1603 Estimate of value of lots.

19-1603. Estimate of value of lots. That for the purpose of ascertaining the compensation to which any person may be entitled under the provisions of section 2 [*] of this act, the board of county commissioners of the proper county shall appoint three disinterested freeholders, electors of the county commissioners, whose duty it shall be to make a true and just estimate, under oath, of the value of all lots to which any owners thereof may be entitled, and shall file the same in the office of the county clerk of the proper county; and the full payment of the sum so estimated and reported by said commissioners, shall be made before the seat of justice of such county shall be moved.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 3; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1603.* Legislative history of "section 2 of this act" was broken by failure of L. 1920, ch. 25, § 1, to amend L. 1919, ch. 161, § 1, see 19-1602.
KS Stat § 19-1604 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1604 Determination of legal electors.

19-1604. Determination of legal electors. For the purposes of this act, the county commissioners shall be governed by the last assessment rolls of the several township and city assessors of the county, and no petitioner shall be deemed a legal elector unless he be an elector and his name appears on said rolls.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 4; L. 1883, ch. 91, § 2; April 5; R.S. 1923, 19-1604.
KS Stat § 19-1605 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1605 When election held; notices.

19-1605. When election held; notices. The elections provided for in this act shall be held within fifty days after the presentation of the petition therefor; and the county commissioners shall cause thirty days' notice of any such election to be given, by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county, or by posting written or printed notices at the several voting places in the county.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 5; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1605.
KS Stat § 19-1606 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1606 Canvass of first election.

19-1606. Canvass of first election. The board of commissioners shall meet on the Saturday following said election, and proceed to canvass the vote; and the place having received the majority of all the votes cast shall be proclaimed by them the county seat of the county.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 6; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1606.
KS Stat § 19-1607 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1607 Second election.

19-1607. Second election. When the county seat of any county has not been located by a vote of the legal electors of the county, if on the first election for the location thereof no place shall receive a majority of all the votes cast a second election shall be held on the second Tuesday thereafter, and at such election the balloting shall be confined to the two places having received the highest number of votes at the last preceding election.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 7; L. 1883, ch. 91, § 3; April 5; R.S. 1923, 19-1607.
KS Stat § 19-1608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1608 Canvass of second election.

19-1608. Canvass of second election. In case of a second election, the board of county commissioners shall meet on the Saturday following, canvass the vote and proclaim the result, as hereinbefore provided.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 8; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1608.
KS Stat § 19-1609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1609 Removal to new county seat; time; penalty for failure.

19-1609. Removal to new county seat; time; penalty for failure. The county officers who are required by law to keep their offices at the county seat shall within twenty days after said proclamation remove all books, records, papers and furniture belonging to the county, to the place therein named; and if any officer shall fail to remove within the time prescribed by this section, he or his sureties shall pay to the county the sum of five dollars for each and every day of such failure, to be sued for and collected by the board of county commissioners.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 9; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1609.
KS Stat § 19-1610 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1610 How elections conducted.

19-1610. How elections conducted. Elections provided for in this act shall be conducted in all respects as provided for by the general election laws of the state.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 10; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1610.
KS Stat § 19-1611 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1611 Days for elections.

19-1611. Days for elections. No election under this act shall be held on the day of any general election.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 11; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1611.
KS Stat § 19-1612 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1612 Ballots at elections.

19-1612. Ballots at elections. At all elections under this act the ballots shall be headed "For county seat," and following thereafter shall be the name of the place for which the elector desires to cast his vote.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 26, § 12; March 3; R.S. 1923, 19-1612.
KS Stat § 19-1613 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1613 Board of registry.

19-1613. Board of registry. That the persons authorized by law to act as judges of elections in any election or voting precinct of this state shall constitute a board of registry for their respective voting precincts, and shall meet on Tuesday, three weeks preceding any election for the permanent location or relocation of the county seat of any county in the state of Kansas, at nine o'clock a.m., at the place designated for holding the polls of said election, and proceed to make a list as hereinbefore prescribed of all persons qualified and entitled to vote at the ensuing election in the voting precinct of which they are judges, which list when completed shall constitute and be known as the register of election of said voting precinct; and said board may continue their session two days if necessary.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 1; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1613.
KS Stat § 19-1614 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1614 Register.

19-1614. Register. Said registers shall each contain a list of the persons so qualified and entitled to vote in said voting precinct at the coming election for the permanent location or relocation of the county seat; alphabetically arranged according to their respective surnames, so as to show in one column the name at full length, and in another column, in cities, the residence, by the number of the dwelling, if there be a number, and the name of the street, or other location of the dwelling place of each elector. It shall be the duty of said board to enter in said lists the name of every person residing in their voting precinct whose name appears on the poll book kept in said precinct at the last preceding election; in cities, the numbers of the dwellings and name of the street, or other location, if the same shall be known to or can be ascertained by such board; and for this purpose said board is authorized to take from the office in which they are filed the duplicate poll book made and filed by the judges of such voting precinct at the election held next prior to the making of such register.In making said list the board shall enter thereon, in addition to the names on the duplicate poll book, the names of all other persons who are well known to them to be qualified electors in said voting precinct; and the names of all persons on the duplicate poll book who have died or removed from the voting precinct shall be omitted from said register. The said boards shall complete, as far as practicable, the said register on the day of their meeting aforesaid, and shall make four copies thereof, and certify the register and each of said copies to be a true list of the legal voters in their voting precinct, so far as the same are known to them, within two days thereafter, and file said original list, together with the list taken from the office as aforesaid, in the office of the township clerk of the township in which said election precinct may be, within three days of said meeting.One copy of said list shall be kept by each of said judges, and carefully preserved by him for their use, on the day or days hereinafter mentioned for the revision of the same. One copy of said list shall, immediately after its completion, be posted in some conspicuous place where said election is to be held, in the voting precinct, and be accessible to any elector who may desire to examine the same. And any person who shall take down, tear down, or deface any list so posted, shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 2; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1614.
KS Stat § 19-1615 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1615 Appointment of judges; new precincts.

19-1615. Appointment of judges; new precincts. In case in any township there shall be two or more election precincts, and in any of said precincts there shall not reside any authorized judge of election, the township trustee of the township shall appoint three judges of election to make such registration. In case in any voting precinct there shall not be a full board of authorized judges of election, the authorized judges of election residing in such voting precinct shall appoint judges from the voters of such precinct to fill such vacancy; and in case a new voting precinct shall be formed by the division or organization of a new township, or otherwise, the judges of the election in the new voting precinct thus formed may make their registry of the electors on the day prescribed by this act, in such manner as a majority of them may direct, and for that purpose may make a list, or cause to be made a certified copy of the duplicate poll books of the township in which such new voting precinct is situated, or out of which it may have been created, or they may dispense with such list or lists, and proceed to make a register of electors from the best means at their command. Said lists shall only embrace the names of such persons as are known to them to be qualified electors of their voting precinct, and shall be posted up, copies thereof made, and the original filed as prescribed in the preceding section, and shall be corrected in the same manner that other lists are corrected.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 3; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1615.
KS Stat § 19-1616 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1616 Revision of register.

19-1616. Revision of register. The said board shall again meet on Tuesday of the week preceding the said election, in their respective voting precincts at the place designated for holding the polls of the election, for the purpose of revising, correcting and completing said lists; and for this purpose, in cities, they shall meet at eight o'clock a.m., and remain in session until nine o'clock p.m., of that day; and in other districts they shall meet at nine o'clock in the morning and remain in session until six o'clock p.m., of that day.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 4; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1616.
KS Stat § 19-1617 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1617 Proceedings and hearings of board.

19-1617. Proceedings and hearings of board. The proceedings of said board shall be open, and all persons residing and entitled to vote in said voting precinct shall be entitled to be heard by said board in relation to corrections or additions to said register. One of the lists so kept by the judges as aforesaid shall be used by them on the day or days of making corrections or additions, for the purpose of completing the registry for such voting precinct.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 5; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1617.
KS Stat § 19-1618 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1618 Names to be erased or placed on list; false information; oaths.

19-1618. Names to be erased or placed on list; false information; oaths. It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting for revising and correcting said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any person inserted therein who shall be proved by the oath of two legal voters of said voting precinct, to the satisfaction of said board, to be a nonresident of said voting precinct, or otherwise not entitled to vote in said precinct at the election there next to be held: Provided, That said person shall be entitled to appear and offer evidence in support of his right to vote in said precinct. Any elector residing in said precinct, and entitled to vote therein, may appear before said board and require his name to be recorded on said alphabetical list.Any person so requiring his name to be entered on said lists shall make the statement as to the street and number thereof, or where he resides, required by the provisions of this act of persons offering their votes at elections, and shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing to give such information or for falsely giving the same, and shall also be subject to challenge either by the judges or either of them, or by any other elector. And the same oaths may be administered by the judges or inspectors as now provided in case of persons offering to vote at an election, and in case no challenge is made of any person so requiring his name to be entered on said alphabetical list, or, in case of challenge, if such person shall make oath that would entitle him to vote in case of challenge at an election, then the name of any such person shall be added to said alphabetical poll list or register.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 6; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1618.
KS Stat § 19-1619 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 16 - County Seats|19-1619 Copies of register; vote of certain persons not received; challenges.

19-1619. Copies of register; vote of certain persons not received; challenges. After said lists shall have been fully completed, and within three days of said second meeting of said board, they shall cause four copies of the same to be made, each of which shall be certified by them to be a correct list of legal electors of their voting precinct, one of which shall be within said time filed in the office of the township clerk of the township in which said precinct is located, and one of which copies shall be delivered to each of said judges. It shall be the duty of said judges so receiving such lists to carefully preserve the same for their use on election day, and to designate one of their number at the opening of the polls to check the name of every voter voting in such precinct whose name is on the register. No vote shall be received at any such election, if the name of the person offering to vote be not on said register as corrected, unless the person offering to vote shall furnish to the judges of the election his affidavit, in writing, stating therein that he is an inhabitant of said precinct, and entitled to vote therein at such election, and prove by the affidavit of a householder and registered voter of the precinct in which he offers to vote, that he knows such person to be an inhabitant of the precinct, giving the residence of such person within said precinct.The oath may be administered by any one of the judges of said election at the poll where the vote shall be offered, or by any other person authorized to administer oaths; but no person shall be authorized or allowed to receive compensation for administering said oath. Said oaths shall be preserved and filed in the office of the township clerk of the township in which such precinct is situated. Any person, whether his name shall be on said list of voters or not, may be challenged by the judge or any legal elector, and the same oaths shall be put as now are or hereafter may be prescribed by law.History: L. 1881, ch. 89, § 7; March 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1619.