19-201. Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception. Except as provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, each county in the state of Kansas shall have three, five or seven commissioner districts, which shall be designated numerically and serially beginning with number 1. The provisions of this section may be modified by the adoption of […]
19-202. Commissioners; residence requirements; term; filling vacancies; charter counties, exceptions. (a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall consist of three, five or seven qualified electors. (b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, one county commissioner shall reside in and represent each commissioner district within the county. During […]
19-203. Vacancy in office of commissioner, how filled; vacancies created by increase in number of districts, how filled. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, when a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the board of county commissioners, it shall be filled by appointment of a […]
19-203a. Vacancy in office of commissioner; vacancies created by increase in number of districts; governor; election options. (a) The governor, within five days of the board of county commissioners adopting a resolution dividing the county into the number of districts approved by voters following the election expanding the size of the board of county commissioners […]
19-204. Rearrangement of commissioner districts; change in number of districts; approval of electors; limitation on changes; charter counties, exception. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-204a, and amendments thereto, the board of county commissioners, on the day of the organization of […]
19-204a. Change in number of districts, when; procedure if board fails to act. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, when the voters of a county approve a change in the number of county commissioner districts at an election held under K.S.A. 19-204, and amendments thereto, the board of county […]
19-204b. Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed. (a) The board of county commissioners of Sherman county may provide for the election of county commissioners in accordance with this section. The procedure for the election of county commissioners shall be adopted by resolution in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 19-204, and amendments […]
19-205. Eligibility to office of commissioner; appointment of commissioner to state board; volunteer activities. (a) Except as provided by K.S.A. 12-344 and 12-345, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-363 and 12-365, and amendments thereto, no person holding any state, county, township or city office shall be eligible to the office of county commissioner […]
19-206. Meetings of board; when. The board of county commissioners shall meet in regular session, at the county seat on such days and at such times each month, as established by resolution adopted by the board and in special session on the call of the chairperson for the transaction of any business at the request […]
19-208. Allowance of claims monthly. It shall be the duty of said board of county commissioners to allow monthly, at the meetings of the board of county commissioners, as fixed in K.S.A. 19-206, any and all claims against the county, as is provided by law, including claims for salaries of all county officers. History: L. […]
19-209. Meetings of board in counties of over 50,000. That in all counties of the state of Kansas having a population of more than fifty thousand the county commissioners shall meet at their usual place of meeting not less than twice each week for the transaction of the business pertaining to their office. History: L. […]
19-211. Sale or disposition of county property; public notice; election, when; publication of certain sales; contracts for sale; lease-purchase agreements; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b): (1) Except for any property belonging to a county law enforcement department and as otherwise provided in this section, no property, the value of which is more […]
19-212. Powers of board of commissioners. The board of county commissioners of each county shall have the power, at any meeting: First. To make such orders concerning the property belonging to the county as they may deem expedient, including the establishing of regulations, by resolution, as to the use of such property and to prescribe […]
19-212a. Withholding from salaries to provide for certain insurance for employees, when. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to direct the proper officers to withhold from the salaries of its officers and employees such sums as such officers or employees may authorize to provide for the payment of group health, […]
19-212b. Same; prior action confirmed. The action of the governing body of any county which has heretofore made deductions for the benefit of its employees as provided for in K.S.A. 19-212a is hereby ratified and confirmed. History: L. 1965, ch. 210, § 2; April 15.
19-212c. Establishment of uniform stationery letterhead; court letterhead approved by district judges. In addition to the powers and authority now provided by law, the board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the establishment of a uniform design for stationery letterhead for use in county offices and departments […]
19-212d. Contracts for group insurance for certain county employees; withholding employee contributions. The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized to procure contracts insuring its officials and employees including fire and sewer district officials and employees or any class or classes thereof and district court officers and employees any part of whose salary […]
19-212f. Establishment or participation in weather modification programs; expenditures. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to establish or participate in weather modification programs and for the purpose of paying the costs thereof are hereby authorized to expend moneys from the county general fund, moneys derived from taxes levied therefor or […]
19-214. Awarding of certain contracts; public lettings; bond; exemptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in K.S.A. 19-216a, and amendments thereto, all contracts for the expenditure of county moneys for the construction of any courthouse, jail or other county building, or the construction of any bridge, highway, road, dam, turnpike or related structures or […]
19-215. Same; notice of letting contracts; bids. The board of county commissioners shall, before awarding any contract for any such improvement, publish notice of the letting in some newspaper printed in the county, or, if there be no such newspaper in the county, said board shall cause written or printed notices to be posted in […]
