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KS Stat § 14-1501 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 15 - Appointive Officers|14-1501 City officers and employees; appointment, prerequisites; terms; vacancies.

14-1501. City officers and employees; appointment, prerequisites; terms; vacancies. The board of commissioners shall appoint, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, the following officers, to wit: A city attorney, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a municipal judge of the municipal court, a city marshal, a fire chief, and such other officers, assistants and employees as they may deem necessary for the best interests of the city; but no such officer shall be appointed until the term and salary of the office to which he or she is appointed shall be prescribed by ordinance as hereinafter provided.An ordinance prescribing a salary for any such office or position shall either (1) fix a specific salary, or (2) prescribe a minimum salary and a maximum salary, and, in the latter case, the maximum salary shall not be more than twenty-five percent (25%) greater than the minimum salary, and the salary to be paid shall be fixed within such limits by resolution of the board of commissioners but said board, at any time it deems such action advisable, may adjust or change such salary within such limits by resolution.The board of commissioners may retain a licensed professional engineer to act in the capacity of city engineer for specifically defined duties, and provide for reasonable compensation for the services rendered. The terms of all appointive officers shall be for two (2) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of an appointment to fill a vacancy such appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 22; R.S. 1923, § 14-1501; L. 1955, ch. 123, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 83, § 2; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 14-1502 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 15 - Appointive Officers|14-1502 Persons not eligible to office.

14-1502. Persons not eligible to office. No person shall be eligible to any appointive office unless he or she shall be a bona fide resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city prior to his or her appointment, except that the city may hire nonresident expert employees or appoint nonresidents as a municipal judge or as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary by the board of commissioners, including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another municipality or public agency: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 23; R.S. 1923, § 14-1502; L. 1961, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 14-1503 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 15 - Appointive Officers|14-1503 Removal of appointive officers.

14-1503. Removal of appointive officers. The board of commissioners shall have power by a majority vote of all the members thereof to remove, for cause, the city attorney, city clerk, city treasurer, police judge, city engineer, or the incumbent of any other appointive city office or employment whatever, and may by ordinance prescribe, limit or change the compensation of such officers or employees: Provided, however, That no fees whatever be paid to or allowed any such officer or employee as compensation for the services thereof. The chief of police, chief of the fire department, or any superintendent or foreman in charge of municipal work, may, with the consent of the board of commissioners, suspend or discharge any subordinate under his or her direction for neglect of duty or disobedience of his or her orders.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 24; March 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-1503.
KS Stat § 14-1504 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 15 - Appointive Officers|14-1504 Vacancies in offices generally.

14-1504. Vacancies in offices generally. In case of the disability or any vacancy occurring by death, resignation or removal by the board of commissioners of any city officer, the said board shall, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, appoint some suitable person to fill the unexpired term. The resignation of any city officer appointed under the provisions of this act shall be made in writing to the board of commissioners for their action thereupon. If any city officer required to be a resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city shall remove from such territorial limits such removal shall, ipso facto, vacate his or her office. The city clerk shall enter every appointment of office and the date thereof on the journal.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 25; R.S. 1923, § 14-1504; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 14-1803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 18 - Commission Form Of Government|14-1803 Existing ordinances, proceedings and contracts.

14-1803. Existing ordinances, proceedings and contracts. All existing ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed, and all proceedings relating to the levy and collection of general taxes and special assessments and the sale and conveyance of land for the nonpayment thereof, and all contracts heretofore entered into by such city, shall remain in full force and effect and be completed under existing laws; and no right or property accrued to any city, corporation, firm or person under the laws of this state shall be affected by this act.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 33; March 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-1803.
KS Stat § 14-1806 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 18 - Commission Form Of Government|14-1806 Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when.

14-1806. Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when. Before the provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the second class in this state, it shall be submitted, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-184, to a vote of the legally qualified electors of such city for adoption and shall receive a majority of all votes cast at such election.Such election shall be held in all respects according to the law for holding city elections on questions submitted.If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the adoption of this act, then at the next city election in an odd-numbered year a mayor and two (2) commissioners shall be elected, and upon their election and qualification the rights, powers, duties and emoluments of the then governing body of such city shall cease and terminate.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 36; R.S. 1923, § 14-1806; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 41; L. 1976, ch. 76, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 14-1807 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 18 - Commission Form Of Government|14-1807 Abandonment of organization under act; election.

14-1807. Abandonment of organization under act; election. Any city which shall have operated for more than four (4) years under the provisions of this act may abandon such organization thereunder and accept the provisions of the general law of the state then applicable to the cities of its population, by submission, in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-184, to a vote of the qualified electors of the city, of the following proposition: "Shall the city of (name of city) abandon its organization under chapter 82 of the Laws of 1909, and the acts amendatory thereto, and become a city under the general law governing cities of like population?"If a majority of the votes cast at such election be in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next succeeding biennial election shall be those then prescribed by the general law of the state for cities of like population, and the terms of office for which such officers shall be elected shall be those prescribed by K.S.A. 14-201, in the case of the organization of a city of the second class; and upon the qualification of such officers, such city shall become a city under such general law of the state.Such election shall be held in all respects according to the law for holding city elections on questions submitted.History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 37; R.S. 1923, § 14-1807; L. 1933, ch. 140, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 76, § 16; July 1.
KS Stat § 14-1901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 19 - Funding And Emergency Bonds|14-1901 Bonds to refund existing indebtedness upon adoption of commission form.

14-1901. Bonds to refund existing indebtedness upon adoption of commission form. All cities of the second class in the state of Kansas which have heretofore or may hereafter adopt the commission form of government, are hereby authorized and empowered to refund all its outstanding indebtedness existing and outstanding at the time of the adoption and up to the time of the inauguration of the commission form of government by such city, by issuing refunding bonds thereof. Such refunding bonds shall be issued and the former indebtedness shall be canceled as provided by law.History: R.S. 1923, § 14-1901; December 27.
KS Stat § 14-2001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions|14-2001 Use of certain land for park and recreational purposes; police power; lease; conditions.

14-2001. Use of certain land for park and recreational purposes; police power; lease; conditions. Any city of the second class and owning land, including any land, part or all of which is used in connection with any municipal utility, inside or outside its corporate limits, may develop and use part or all of such land for park and recreational purposes and incidental uses and hereby is granted the same police power over said territory as though it were within the corporate limits of said city. Such city may lease portions of such land at sufferance, at will or for years for private camping or cabin sites and incidental uses, and for a golf course or courses, and club houses and facilities used in connection therewith; and such leasehold, but not the city's reversionary interest, shall be subject to taxation: Provided, That every such lease shall provide that the lessee shall at its own expense, construct and install all of the facilities and improvements to be occupied and used by it under such lease, upon such terms, conditions and control as the governing body of the city may require. Operations under this act shall be deemed to be within such city's governmental capacity and liability.History: L. 1937, ch. 157, § 1; L. 1939, ch. 131, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 151, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 108, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 14-2004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class|Article 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions|14-2004 Establishment of park land acquisition fund by commission-manager cities; use; limitations.

14-2004. Establishment of park land acquisition fund by commission-manager cities; use; limitations. Any city of the second class operating under the commission-manager form of government is hereby authorized to establish a park land acquisition fund to be used for purchasing or otherwise acquiring land for park purposes. The governing body of such city may transfer not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) a year from its general operating fund to the park land acquisition fund and use any money in said fund from time to time to acquire land for park purposes. Not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be accumulated in said fund at any time. Any money in said fund may be expended during any budget year even though the same was not included in the budget of expenditures for such year.History: L. 1963, ch. 114, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 15-101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-101 Cities of third class; government.

15-101. Cities of third class; government. All municipal corporations of the territory or state of Kansas, heretofore organized as cities, towns, or villages, containing not more than two thousand inhabitants (and not heretofore organized as cities of the second class), including cities of the third class organized in accordance with the provisions of the act of which this is amendatory, and including also all unincorporated towns (without regard to their population) which may now or hereafter be constituted a county seat of any county, shall be cities of the third class, and shall be governed by the provisions of this act; and all rights and privileges accrued under and by virtue of, or provided by, any act of the legislature of the territory or of the state of Kansas, before the day on which this act shall take effect, to any such municipal corporation, are hereby confirmed and preserved to such corporation, and the citizens thereof, respectively.History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 1; L. 1886, ch. 66, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 114, § 1; May 26; R.S. 1923, § 15-101.
KS Stat § 15-104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-104 City to remain a part of corporate limits of township.

15-104. City to remain a part of corporate limits of township. Cities regulated and governed by this act shall be and remain a part of the corporate limits of the townships in which the same are situated.History: L. 1905, ch. 126, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-104; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 42; April 30.
KS Stat § 15-105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-105 Composition of council; census.

15-105. Composition of council; census. The council of each city governed by this act shall consist of five members. The population of the city shall be ascertained, when necessary, by a census taken under an ordinance of the city.History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 15; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 15-105.
KS Stat § 15-106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-106 Meetings of council.

15-106. Meetings of council. Regular meetings of the council shall be held at such times, not less than once each month, as shall be prescribed by ordinance. Special meetings may be called by the mayor or acting mayor, on written request of any three members of the council, specifying the object and purpose of such meeting, which request shall be read at the meeting and entered at length on the journal. In all cases it shall require a majority of the councilmen elect to constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the council, by ordinance, may have previously prescribed.History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 16; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 15-106.
KS Stat § 15-111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-111 Election to determine status of city; city as part of township; payment of debts.

15-111. Election to determine status of city; city as part of township; payment of debts. On the petition of a majority of the legal voters of any town or village which became a city of the third class or may hereafter become a city of the third class by virtue of section one [*] of the act to which this section is supplementary, it shall be the duty of the council of such city, within ten days after the filing of such petition, to order an election by the legal voters of such city, to determine whether such city shall remain a city under the provisions of the act to which this is amendatory, or be dissolved as a corporate body, and remitted to the conditions of being part of the township in which such city shall be.The election shall be conducted like other elections, and the ballots shall have written or printed thereon: "For a city," or "Against a city," and within three days after the election said ballots shall be counted by the city council, and the result recorded; and if a two-thirds majority of the legal votes shall be against the city, then the city shall thenceforth cease to exist, and the territory embraced within the city limits shall thenceforth be a part of the township in which said city was located, and governed in every respect under the general township laws; and the records of such city shall be delivered to the township clerk, and if there be any debts unpaid of such city at the time it ceased to exist under the provisions of this act, then the township trustee shall, at the next annual levy of taxes, provide for a levy on the property within the limits of such city, sufficient to pay such debt according to its terms in the same manner as taxes are now levied for township purposes.History: L. 1872, ch. 102, § 4; March 6; R.S. 1923, § 15-111.* "Section 1 of the act to which this section is supplementary" evidently refers to L. 1871, ch. 60, § 1, which is, as amended, 15-101.
KS Stat § 15-111a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-111a Dissolution of certain cities.

15-111a. Dissolution of certain cities. Any city who has received public moneys in 2010 or 2011 from the United States environmental protection agency through the Kansas department of health and environment relating to the buyout and relocation of its residents and such residents have been relocated is hereby dissolved as a corporate body.History: L. 2012, ch. 36, § 1; April 5.
KS Stat § 15-112 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-112 Issuance of no-fund warrants by newly incorporated cities; computation of amount; protest petition; election.

15-112. Issuance of no-fund warrants by newly incorporated cities; computation of amount; protest petition; election. Whenever any town or village shall become an incorporated city, the governing body of each such city shall be authorized to issue no-fund warrants in amounts computed as hereinafter provided. Whenever the incorporation of a city occurs between August 1 and January 31 of any year such city, in order to function properly for the remainder of the year, may issue no-fund warrants in an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount said city could levy in one year for its general operating fund, and such city, in order to function properly during the succeeding year, may also issue no-fund warrants in an amount not to exceed the total amount such city could levy in one year for its general operating fund.Whenever the incorporation of any city occurs between January 1 and July 31 of any year such city, in order to function properly for the remainder of such year, may issue no-fund warrants in an amount not to exceed eighty percent (80%) of the amount such city could levy in one year for its general operating fund: Provided, No such warrants shall be issued until a resolution authorizing such issuance shall have been adopted by the governing board of such city and published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in such city, whereupon such warrants may be issued unless a petition in opposition to same, signed by not less than thirty percent (30%) of the qualified electors of such city is filed with the clerk of said city within ten (10) days following such publication. In the event such a petition is filed, it shall be the duty of the governing body of such city to submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose.History: L. 1953, ch. 59; § 1; April 13.
KS Stat § 15-113 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-113 Same; tax levies; surplus; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.

15-113. Same; tax levies; surplus; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority of this act the governing body of such city shall make a tax levy each year for three (3) years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying such warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy prescribed in article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, except they shall not bear the notation required by said section and may be issued without the approval of the state commission of revenue and taxation. Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940. None of the provisions of the cash-basis and budget laws of this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which has been provided for by the issuance of warrants under this act.History: L. 1953, ch. 59, § 2; April 13.
KS Stat § 15-115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-115 Incorporation of cities; purpose of act.

15-115. Incorporation of cities; purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to provide by general law for the incorporation of all cities, as required by section 5 of article 12, of the state constitution.History: L. 1963, ch. 509, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 15-117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-117 Same; duties of county clerks; hearing.

15-117. Same; duties of county clerks; hearing. The county clerk shall examine the petition, if such a petition is required, signatures and attached matter as prescribed by K.S.A. 15-116, as amended, and if it appears the petition is in proper form, that the inhabitants of the territory number  250 or more  and 50 or more electors of the territory have signed a petition, that the territory contains  250 or more platted lots each served by water and sewer lines owned by a nonprofit corporation and that 50 or more electors of the territory have signed the petition, or that the territory has been designated as a national landmark, the county clerk shall so report to the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting and it shall designate a time and place for a hearing on the petition, such time to be not less than 30 nor more than 90 days from the date the petition was filed. The place of the hearing shall be at a place convenient for most of the inhabitants of the territory.History: L. 1963, ch. 509, § 3; L. 1967, ch. 113, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 86, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 101, § 2; June 2.
KS Stat § 15-118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|15-118 Same; notice of hearing; publication; posting.

15-118. Same; notice of hearing; publication; posting. The county clerk shall cause a copy of the petition, without the signatures, and a notice of the time and place of the hearing to be published once in the official county newspaper of each county in which any of the territory lies and the publication shall be not less than fifteen (15) days before the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall also be posted in not less than three (3) public places in the territory not less than fifteen (15) days before the hearing.History: L. 1963, ch. 509, § 4; June 30.