Kansas Statutes

Chapter 14: Cities Of The Second Class

PART II.--COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

Article 18: Commission Form Of Government

Statutes:

• 14-1801:
• 14-1802:
• 14-1803: Existing ordinances, proceedings and contracts.
• 14-1804:
• 14-1805:
• 14-1806: Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when.
• 14-1807: Abandonment of organization under act; election.
• 14-1808:

• 14-1801:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 31; R.S. 1923, § 14-1801; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 99, § 2; May 28.

• 14-1802:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 32; R.S. 1923, § 14-1802; L. 1949, ch. 171, § 1; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 64, § 17; June 30.

• 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ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed, and all proceedings relating to the levy and collection of general taxes and special assessments and the sale and conveyance of land for the nonpayment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.

• 14-1804:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 34; R.S. 1923, § 14-1804; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.

• 14-1805:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 35; R.S. 1923, § 14-1805; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 93, § 1; July 1.

• 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.

• 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.

• 14-1808:

        History:   L. 1933, ch. 140, § 2; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 131, § 1; June 30.