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KS Stat § 19-2680 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2680 County charters in counties declared to be urban areas; adoption and amendment; charter to govern local legislation and administration; authorized provisions; limitations.

19-2680. County charters in counties declared to be urban areas; adoption and amendment; charter to govern local legislation and administration; authorized provisions; limitations. Any county which has been declared to be an urban area under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654 is hereby authorized to adopt, and from time to time amend, a charter for the government of such county. Such charter shall provide for the exercise of powers of local legislation and administration not inconsistent with general law or the constitution of the state of Kansas, and may:(a) Fix the boundaries of each county commissioner's district, provide a method for changing them from time to time, and fix the number, term, and compensation of the commissioners and their method of election, and shall define and outline duties and powers of the county commissioners;(b) provide for the exercise of such powers similar or identical to the powers permitted under K.S.A. 19-101 and article 39 of chapter 12 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;(c) provide in the charter a method for its amendment;(d) determine the distribution of legislative and administrative duties of the county officials, provide for consolidation or expansion of services as necessary, authorize the appointment of a county administrator or a county manager, and prescribe the general structure of county government; and(e) authorize the appointment of or elimination of elective officials and offices within the charter similar or identical to that authorization permitted the board of county commissioners under article 39 of chapter 12 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 132, § 1; April 23.
KS Stat § 19-2681 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2681 Same; charter commission, establishment.

19-2681. Same; charter commission, establishment. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county which has been declared to be an urban area under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654, and amendments thereto, may establish a charter commission for such county for the purpose of studying, proposing, drafting or amending a charter for the government of such county. The charter commission shall be established by resolution and shall be appointed in the manner and have the powers and duties as hereinafter provided.(b) A new charter commission shall not be established until four years after the date of the establishment of a prior commission.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 26, § 1; April 1.
KS Stat § 19-2682 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2682 Same; charter commission membership; appointment.

19-2682. Same; charter commission membership; appointment. (a) A charter commission established pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2681, and amendments thereto, shall consist of 25 members and shall be appointed as follows:(1) (A) Three members shall be appointed by the members of the senate of the state of Kansas who are residents of Johnson county; and(B) three members shall be appointed by the members of the house of representatives of the state of Kansas who are residents of Johnson county;Each member appointed pursuant to this subsection (1) shall reside in a different senatorial district;(2) two members shall be appointed by the governing body of the Johnson county republican central committee;(3) two members shall be appointed by the governing body of the Johnson county democratic central committee;(4) eight members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. Of such members, one member shall be appointed from each county commissioner district and the remaining shall represent the county at large;(5) two members shall be appointed by the Johnson county chamber presidents' council;(6) three members shall be appointed by the Johnson county members of the Johnson and Wyandotte counties council of mayors. Such members shall be mayors or their designees of cities located in Johnson county; and(7) two members shall be appointed by the Johnson county planning commission. Such members shall be residents of the unincorporated area of Johnson county.Such members shall be appointed within 21 days after the adoption of the resolution establishing such commission.No person holding an elective state or county office shall serve on the charter commission.(b) Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the appointing authority which made the original appointment.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 132, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 26, § 2; April 1.
KS Stat § 19-2683 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2683 Same; charter commission; organization, rules and meetings; compensation; office space; expense of operation.

19-2683. Same; charter commission; organization, rules and meetings; compensation; office space; expense of operation. Within fifteen (15) days following the appointment of such members, the county clerk shall call a meeting of such commission. At such meeting the commission shall organize by the election of a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary and such other officers as it may deem necessary. The commission may adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in performing the duties of membership. The board of county commissioners shall provide office space and rooms for the holding of meetings and shall pay all necessary expenses of the commission including secretarial and clerical fees and expenses, fees of consultants and supplies. Any of such expenses may be paid from the county general fund or from any federal funds available which may be expended for such purpose.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 4; April 15.
KS Stat § 19-2684 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2684 Same; proposed charter; public hearings; reports to county commissioners; contents of reports; legal opinion; dissolution of commission.

19-2684. Same; proposed charter; public hearings; reports to county commissioners; contents of reports; legal opinion; dissolution of commission. It shall be the duty of the charter commission to draft a proposed charter for the government of the county and to submit the same to the electors of the county for their approval or disapproval in the manner hereinafter provided. Within 30 days following its organization, and at any time thereafter that the commission deems necessary, the commission shall hold one or more public hearings for the purpose of receiving information and materials which will aid in the drafting of such charter. Within six months after organization, the commission shall submit a preliminary report to the board of county commissioners of the county, which shall include the text of the proposed charter. Sufficient copies of the report shall be made available for distribution to members of the public. The charter commission shall hold at least one public hearing to obtain citizen views concerning the preliminary report. Within 12 months following its organization, the commission shall submit its final report to the board of county commissioners. The final report shall include the full text and an explanation of the proposed charter, any comments deemed desirable by the commission, a written opinion by an attorney admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas and retained by the commission for such purpose that the proposed charter is not in conflict with the constitution and general laws of the state and any minority reports. Nothing in the proposed charter shall be construed to limit or restrict the power of the legislature to enact general laws which relate to counties. Such final report shall be available to members of the public upon request. Following the submission of its final report the commission shall continue in existence for a period of time necessary for the conclusion of its affairs.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 26, § 3; April 1.
KS Stat § 19-2685 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2685 Same; submission of proposed charter to electors; adoption.

19-2685. Same; submission of proposed charter to electors; adoption. The proposed charter shall be submitted by the charter commission to the board of county commissioners and the board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed charter to the electors of the county at the general election next following submission of the final report in which all qualified electors of the county are eligible to vote. In submitting such proposed charter to the board of county commissioners, the charter commission may submit alternative sections or articles to the board of county commissioners. Any alternative sections or articles shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners for approval or rejection by the electors. Any section or article of a proposed charter which affects the size or structure of the board of county commissioners may be submitted at the same election at which the proposed charter is submitted but shall be submitted as a separate question on the ballot. An affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question shall be required for the adoption of such charter.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 6; L. 1976, ch. 132, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 26, § 4; April 1.
KS Stat § 19-2686 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2686 Same; eligibility of charter commission members to election to county commission.

19-2686. Same; eligibility of charter commission members to election to county commission. No member of the charter commission shall be eligible for election to the office of county commissioner in the first election for county commissioner under the charter if adopted by the electorate.History: L. 1975, ch. 151, § 7; April 15.
KS Stat § 19-2687 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2687 Inventory and record of county property; duty of officers; delegation of commissioners' duties authorized.

19-2687. Inventory and record of county property; duty of officers; delegation of commissioners' duties authorized. For the purpose of preserving records of the amount and kind of personal property owned by each county in this state, each county officer and head of a department or office of each county shall make a personal investigation, inspection and inventory of the kind, amount and location of all personal property owned by said county and located in or under the supervision of such office or department. The inventory shall show a sufficient identifying description of each item of personal property, shall be taken during the month of December in each year and shall be completed and a copy thereof filed with the county clerk on or before December 31 of each year. Such inventory shall not include the books, records, files, stationery, writing material and blank legal papers contained in the various county offices.All information contained in such inventory shall also be recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the county clerk and during the month of February, following the filing of such inventories, the board of county commissioners shall view and check each item of personal property in each respective office or department with the inventory book prepared by the county clerk and enter a record of its findings and sign a certificate of the board's approval with reference thereto in the inventory record book prepared by the county clerk. The board of county commissioners may delegate the performance of the above duties, and the county commissioners or their delegate may perform such duties at any time during the year following the filing of such inventories. Thereafter, there shall be added to such inventory a description of the same kind and character of every article of personal property purchased or sold by said county, which addition shall show the date of the acquisition or sale of all such personal property.History: L. 1975, ch. 166, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2688 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2688 Same; action to recover.

19-2688. Same; action to recover. Whenever any personal property referred to in K.S.A. 19-2687 shall be claimed by any person or persons, the county attorney or district attorney of said county shall investigate such claim and, if satisfied that said property is being claimed without legal right, shall commence an action in the proper court for the purpose of obtaining possession of said property in behalf of such county or for the value thereof.History: L. 1975, ch. 166, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2689 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2689 Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS.

19-2689. Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS. (a) From and after January 1, 1976, the Kansas association of counties shall be a participating employer in the Kansas public employees retirement system for all purposes under said system.(b) Within thirty-five (35) days after the effective date of this act, the Kansas association of counties shall pay to said system an amount equal to the total of: (1) All employer contributions payable from January 1, 1976, to the date of payment at the applicable rate of contribution fixed pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4920, and any amendments thereto; and (2) all employee contributions payable from January 1, 1976, to the date of payment at the rate of contribution fixed by K.S.A. 74-4919, and any amendments thereto.(c) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 et seq., and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, all rights and benefits of membership including group insurance and participating service credit shall accrue to each individual who is an employee of the Kansas association of counties from January 1, 1976.History: L. 1976, ch. 328, § 1; April 5.
KS Stat § 19-2690 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2690 Same; instrumentality of member counties; powers; liability of members; disposition of property if dissolved.

19-2690. Same; instrumentality of member counties; powers; liability of members; disposition of property if dissolved. From and after January 1, 1976, the Kansas association of counties is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the member counties of the association. The member counties of the Kansas association of counties acting by and through such instrumentality and in its name shall have power to purchase, or to receive by gift, devise or bequest, and to hold real and personal property; to sell and convey any such real or personal property; to make contracts; to have and use a seal for such instrumentality; to sue and be sued in the name of such instrumentality in relation to its property and affairs; and to do all other acts necessary to the exercise of the functions of such instrumentality, except that the payments of the current annual membership dues and subscriptions of each such member county shall be the limit of liability of such member county for the acts and obligations of said instrumentality. In the event the Kansas association of counties is dissolved or otherwise terminated all of its files, records, assets and property whatsoever, shall be delivered to the secretary of state to be held in custody for the counties of this state.History: L. 1976, ch. 328, § 2; April 5.
KS Stat § 19-2691 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2691 Coliseum events fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of shows or events.

19-2691. Coliseum events fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of shows or events. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish and maintain, in a bank located in such county, not to exceed ten thousand dollars in an imprest fund, known as the coliseum events fund, from which the expenses of operation and promotion of events held in a county coliseum may be paid. The coliseum director of any such county shall have authority to pay moneys from such fund for expenses incidental to shows or events promoted in the coliseum, by check drawn on the fund and signed by the coliseum director. All receipts from events and shows held in the coliseum, after the payment of expenses, shall be deposited in the fund, and the balance in excess of the maximum amount authorized to be in such fund shall be transferred by the county treasurer to the special recreation facilities fund created under K.S.A. 19-2692a for purposes of budgeting for and operating a coliseum.History: L. 1978, ch. 98, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 89, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2692 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2692 Coliseum concessions fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of concessions operation.

19-2692. Coliseum concessions fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of concessions operation. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish and maintain, in a bank located in such county, not to exceed ten thousand dollars in an imprest fund, known as the coliseum concessions fund, from which the expenses of the various concessions operated by the coliseum may be paid. The coliseum director of any such county shall have authority to pay moneys from such fund for expenses incurred by the coliseum in the operation of concessions, by check drawn on the fund and signed by the coliseum director. All receipts from concession operations, after payment of expenses, shall be deposited in the fund, and the balance in excess of the maximum amount authorized in such fund shall be transferred by the county treasurer to the special recreation facilities fund created under K.S.A. 19-2692a for the purposes of budgeting for and operating a coliseum.History: L. 1978, ch. 98, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 89, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2692a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2692a Special recreation facilities fund.

19-2692a. Special recreation facilities fund. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish a special recreation facilities fund into which shall be deposited moneys derived from the operation of a county coliseum including any excess moneys from the coliseum events fund provided for in K.S.A. 19-2691 and the coliseum concessions fund provided for in K.S.A. 19-2692. The moneys deposited in the special recreation facilities fund may be carried over from year to year and used for the operation of the county coliseum.History: L. 1980, ch. 89, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2693 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2693 Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond.

19-2693. Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond. Reports and documentation relating to all expenses paid by the director from the funds established pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2691 and 19-2692 shall be filed with the county controller at least monthly. The county department of administration shall devise adequate internal controls and procedures for administering the funds, and such controls and procedures shall be reviewed by an independent auditor. Each such fund shall be audited at the same time as funds of the county are audited and a report thereon shall be prepared for the county commissioners.All contracts of the director with independent shows or promoters shall be approved by the board of county commissioners before the same are valid and binding on either party.The director shall secure a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in Kansas in an amount required by the board of county commissioners, but the amount of such bond shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).History: L. 1978, ch. 98, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-2694 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2694 Apportionment and distribution of local ad valorem tax reduction fund based on county population; duties of state treasurer.

19-2694. Apportionment and distribution of local ad valorem tax reduction fund based on county population; duties of state treasurer. In each year, the state treasurer shall determine the amounts to be distributed to each county, as apportioned on the basis of population of the counties, from the local ad valorem tax reduction fund, as provided in K.S.A. 79-2959, as follows:(a) Determine the amounts distributed to all of the counties as apportioned on the basis of population of the counties under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2959 in the calendar year immediately preceding the effective date of this act.(b) Determine the amounts to be distributed to all of the counties as apportioned on the basis of population of the counties under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2959 in the current year.(c) Subtract the amounts determined in (a) above from the amounts determined in (b) above.(d) Determine the amounts of the difference in (c) above and apportion such amounts to each county on the basis of the population of the county as ascertained from the most recent population figures available from the United States bureau of the census and published by the division of the budget of the department of administration, or as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 11-203[*].(e) Determine the amounts distributed to the county on the basis of population of the county under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2959 in the year immediately preceding the effective date of this act.(f) Determine the amounts the county would receive in the current year under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2959 as apportioned on the basis of the population of the county as published by the division of the budget, or as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 11-203[*].(g) Add the amounts determined in (d) above for the county to the amounts determined in (e) above for the county.(h) (1) If the amounts of the sums determined in (g) above are greater for every county than the amounts determined in (f) above, the amounts to be distributed to the county, as apportioned on the basis of population of the county under the provisions of said K.S.A. 79-2959 are the amounts determined in (g) above.(2) If the amounts determined in (f) above are greater for every county than the amounts of the sums determined in (g) above, the amounts to be distributed to the county, as apportioned on the basis of population of the county under the provisions of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 79-2959, are the amounts determined in (f) above.History: L. 1978, ch. 55, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 284, § 16; July 1.* Section expired July 1, 1982, see L. 1981, ch. 59, § 2.
KS Stat § 19-2695 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 26 - Miscellaneous Provisions|19-2695 Conveyance of land forming part of Lone Star Lake to Douglas county.

19-2695. Conveyance of land forming part of Lone Star Lake to Douglas county. Laws 1947, chapter 218. Included by reference. [The title to the act is, "An act conveying certain lands in Douglas county, Kansas to Douglas county." Act omitted as not of general application].History: L. 1947, ch. 218, § 1; April 11.