History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 157, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 2-601; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 2-602; L. 1939, ch. 1, § 1; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 3; L. 1919, ch. 157, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 2-603; L. 1939, ch. 1, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 444, § 2; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 4; L. 1919, ch. 157, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 2-604; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 5; L. 1919, ch. 157, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 2-605; L. 1939, ch. 1, § 3; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 2-606; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1915, ch. 166, § 7; R.S. 1923, § 2-607; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 8, § 12; Jan. 1, 1952.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 2, § 7; July 1.
(b) Before allocations of funds are made by the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science pursuant to K.S.A. 2-608 and amendments thereto, the governing body of the extension district shall present to the director of extension a list of members of the governing body of the extension district and the officers of the governing body, with the statement signed by the chairperson of the governing body certifying that these members and officers have been duly elected as specified in K.S.A. 2-624 and amendments thereto.
(c) No allocation of funds shall be made by the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science pursuant to K.S.A. 2-608 and amendments thereto for funding for any additional extension agent for the county extension council of any county which currently employs four or more extension agents, unless funds have been allocated by the director of extension for an additional extension agent for each county extension council of each county which currently employs less than two extension agents and which requests funds for an additional extension agent.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 2, § 8; July 1.
(1) A list of current members of the county extension council and its executive board;
(2) a certification of election of officers as provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 2-611, and amendments thereto;
(3) a certificate by the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science that the county extension council is properly functioning and entitled to receive the appropriations provided by law; and
(4) a proposed budget prepared in cooperation with the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science for the ensuing calendar year.
(b) If the commission does not approve the proposed budget within 10 days after receipt thereof, it shall return the budget to the board. Upon receipt of the returned budget, the board shall consider amendments or modifications and may consult with the commission concerning the budget. Within 10 days after receipt of the returned budget, the board shall resubmit its proposed budget, with or without amendment or modification, to the commission. Within 10 days after resubmission of the proposed budget, the commission shall approve, or amend or modify and approve as amended or modified, such proposed budget. The commission shall adopt the proposed budget as approved and shall make the same a part of the regular county budget. The board of county commissioners shall make an appropriation and certify to the county clerk the amount of tax necessary to be levied on all tangible taxable property of the county sufficient to provide a program of county extension work 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.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 432, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 1, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 3, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 8, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 6, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 26; May 27.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 377, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 3, § 2; June 30.
(b) The executive board of the county extension council, as provided for in subsection (f), may choose, as an alternate method of electing county extension council members, to mail a ballot to each citizen of voting age residing in the county at least three weeks before the annual meeting of the county extension council. The ballots shall contain the names and resident addresses of all persons who are candidates for county extension council membership. The incumbent county extension council members shall select not less than two persons as candidates for each position to be filled. After the ballot has been marked, each voter shall mail or otherwise transmit the ballot to the county extension office of the county at least seven days prior to the annual meeting of the county extension council.
(c) In any county having three county commissioner districts, the citizens may elect county extension council members at large or by county commissioner district as determined by the executive board of the county extension council for the county. In any county having other than three county commissioner districts, the citizens shall elect county extension council members at large. A county extension council elected at large shall also have a total elected membership of 24, with six members elected to represent agriculture who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, six members elected to represent home economics, six members elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and six members elected to represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. When county extension council members are elected at large, 12 shall be elected annually, three of whom shall represent agriculture, three of whom shall represent home economics, three of whom shall represent 4-H club and youth work, and three of whom shall represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. County extension council members elected at large shall serve under the same conditions as county extension council members elected by county commissioner districts, except the provision that three members of the executive board shall be elected from each county commissioner district shall not apply.
(d) The 24 members so elected in the three county commissioner districts, or at large, in any county shall constitute and be the county extension council, and it shall be the duty of the council to plan the educational extension programs of the county.
(e) At the annual meeting of the county extension council, the council members elected to represent agricultural pursuits, home economics work, 4-H club and youth work or educational programs in economic development initiatives, may meet separately and elect a group chairperson. Each group shall meet as necessary for the purpose of developing educational program plans on extension work in agricultural pursuits, in home economics work, in 4-H club and youth work, or economic development initiatives. All program plans shall be subject to final approval by the executive board of the county extension council.
(f) The county extension council shall meet annually not earlier than October 1, and not later than December 20, and shall elect from among its own members an executive board consisting of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer and five additional members. The date, time and place of the annual meeting shall be determined and fixed by the executive board. No more than three members of the executive board shall be elected from any county commissioner district, and at least one member shall be elected from each county extension council member group namely, agricultural pursuits, home economics, 4-H club and youth work, and educational programs in economic development initiatives. The executive board of the county extension council is authorized to transact all business of the council, shall have control of all the property of the council, and may employ and fix the compensation of such persons as are necessary for the conduct of the business of the council, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
(g) Members of the county extension council and of the executive board shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the council or of the executive board. The members of the executive board, after their election and prior to entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take and sign the usual oath of public officers and the same shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
(h) (1) The treasurer of the executive board after election as treasurer and before entering upon the duties of the office as treasurer shall execute to the council a corporate surety bond, of 100% of the amount as nearly as can be ascertained that shall be in the treasurer's hands at any one time. All the bonds shall be conditioned to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of all bonds shall be determined by the county clerk, and, upon the county clerk's approval endorsed on the bond, shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall immediately notify the secretary of the executive board and the county treasurer of the approval and filing. The cost of any corporate surety bond so furnished shall be paid by the executive board. In the event of the breach of any condition thereof, the chairperson of the executive board shall, and if the chairperson does not, any member of the county extension council may, cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the member's own name for the benefit of the council, in which suit it shall not be necessary to include the treasurer as a party to the suit and the money collected shall be applied to the use of the council, as the same should have been applied by the treasurer.
(2) Public notices of each annual election meeting or mail ballot election for county commissioner districts or at large, and the annual meeting of the county extension council provided for in this section shall be published once at least one week but not more than three weeks prior to the date fixed for such election or annual council meeting in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. The executive board shall call each of the annual election meetings and the annual meeting of the extension council and shall cause the notices of meetings to be published as herein required. The notices shall state the date, time and place of the meeting. The cost of publishing the notices shall be paid by the executive board of the county extension council.
(3) The elected officers and the members of the executive board shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualify. Vacancies in the membership of the executive board shall be filled for the unexpired term from the remaining members of the county extension council by the executive board. Vacancies among the officers of the executive board shall be filled for the unexpired term by election from the members of the executive board. Each year not earlier than January 2, and not later than January 15, the retiring executive board shall meet with the newly elected executive board at a time and place designated by the chairperson of the retiring executive board. At the meeting the retiring executive board shall conclude all business of the past year and pay all lawful bills for the year in which it has served and provide the new executive board with all reports, records and other information which may be necessary to the operation of the county extension program during the ensuing year.
(4) Members of the county extension council shall hold office for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify, and no member of the council shall hold office for more than two consecutive terms. Vacancies in the membership of the county extension council shall be filled by appointment by the executive board for the unexpired term of office.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the terms of all members of any county extension council serving on the effective date of this act shall expire in 1987, and 24 members shall be elected to constitute and be the county extension council by one of the election methods authorized by this section. Of the members elected to the county extension in 1987, six members shall be elected to represent agriculture who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, six members shall be elected to represent home economics, six members shall be elected to represent 4-H club and youth work and six members shall be elected to represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. Three of each of the six members elected to represent each county extension council member group shall hold office for a one-year term and until their successors are elected and qualify, and three of each six-member group shall hold office for a two-year term and until their successors are elected and qualify.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1974, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 6, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 9; July 1.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 6; July 1.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 3; July 1.
(b) The executive boards of two or more county extension councils and the director of extension, or the director's authorized representative, may enter into an agreement to jointly employ an extension agent or agents under like conditions as the executive board of a single county. Any such agreement may determine the amount of compensation to be paid for each such agent by each executive board of the county extension council and the director of extension, the program and service priorities that will be applicable to each such agent and the time each such agent is to spend in each county. In any case where one or more extension agents are to be jointly employed pursuant to such an agreement, each such agent may be employed and supervised by a multicounty extension governing board and the director of extension, or the director's authorized representative, in accordance with the agreement entered into by the executive boards of the county extension councils of the respective counties. Any such multicounty extension governing board shall be composed of the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer of each executive board entering into the agreement.
(c) All accounts and all expenditures of funds of the county extension council or the governing body of an extension district, as the case may be, from whatever source derived shall be subject to the approval of the executive board and the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 8; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 6, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 2, § 9; July 1.
(b) County extension councils and the governing bodies of extension districts may collect fees for specific services which require special equipment or personnel, such as a soil testing laboratory, seed testing service or other educational service, but such councils and governing bodies shall not collect membership dues nor shall such councils and governing bodies collect dues for or pay dues to any local, state or national organization or association. The furnishing of supplies or services deemed necessary by the director of extension and the executive board of the county extension council or the governing body of the extension district, as the case may be, to the conduct of any educational program authorized under this act shall not be considered private enterprise or commercial activity within the meaning of this act.
(c) Nothing in this act or any act amendatory thereof shall prevent any county extension council, any multicounty extension governing board, or any extension district, or any extension agents employed by such council, board or district, from using or seeking opportunities to reach an audience of persons interested in extension work through the help of interested farm organizations, civic organizations or any other group. In using or seeking such opportunities the county extension council, multicounty extension governing board, or extension district, or the agents employed by such council, board or district, shall make available to all groups and organizations in the county, multicounty area or extension district, as the case may be, equal opportunity to cooperate in the educational extension program. Extension agents shall not require uniform bylaws, rules, regulations and methods of procedure in groups, clubs or organizations wishing to do extension work. This prohibition shall not prevent extension agents from suggesting bylaws, regulations and methods of procedure for such groups, clubs or organizations.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 9; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 7; L. 1987, ch. 6, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 2, § 10; July 1.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, §§ 10, 11; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 3, § 11; July 1.
History: L. 1951, ch. § 8, 13; July 1.
In the event such petition is filed it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to submit the question to the voters at an election called for such purpose at the next general election.
History: L. 1968, ch. 85, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 10; L. 1976, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 21; July 1.
History: L. 1972, ch. 3, §§ 8, 9; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 7, § 5; July 1.
(b) Prior to July 1 of any year, one or more county extension councils and the governing body of any existing extension district may establish a new extension district by entering into an agreement in accordance with this section to combine the extension programs for each such county and such district into one extension program serving a new extension district composed of all counties represented by such county extension councils and the area served by the existing extension district. No such agreement shall be effective unless such agreement has received the prior approval of (1) the board of county commissioners of each county being added to the existing extension district, subject to the provisions of subsection (i); (2) the executive board of the county extension council of each county being added to the existing extension district, the governing body of the existing extension district and the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, or the director's authorized representative, acting together as a body; and (3) the attorney general in accordance with subsection (h).
(c) On July 1 after the approval under subsection (a) or (b) of an agreement to establish an extension district, such extension district is hereby established and shall constitute a body corporate and politic possessing the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes under the name of "extension district no. _________ (the number designated by the director of extension), ________ counties (naming the counties included within the district), state of Kansas." Each extension district is a taxing subdivision and has the power to contract, sue and be sued and to acquire, hold and convey real and personal property in accordance with law.
(d) Upon the establishment of an extension district under subsection (a) or (b), all of the personnel and property of each of the extension programs which are combined into the new district extension programs shall be transferred to the new extension district and shall be subject to the authority of the governing body of the extension district in accordance with the agreement to establish the extension district.
(e) Upon the establishment of an extension district under subsection (a), the board of county commissioners of each county joining in the establishing of an extension district shall appoint four qualified electors to membership on the governing body of the district. The terms of all members so appointed shall commence on July 1 following their appointment. Of the members so appointed two members shall serve for terms ending upon the election and qualification of their successors at an election held on the first Tuesday in April of the first odd-numbered year following their appointment and two members shall serve for terms ending upon the election and qualification of their successors at an election held on the first Tuesday in April of the second odd-numbered year following their appointment.
(f) In the case of one or more counties being included in an existing extension district under subsection (b), the board of county commissioners of each county being included in an existing extension district shall appoint four qualified electors of the county to membership on the governing body of the expanded district. The terms of all members so appointed shall commence on July 1 following their appointment. Of the members so appointed two members shall serve for terms ending upon the election and qualification of their successors at an election held on the first Tuesday in April of the first odd-numbered year following their appointment and two members shall serve for terms ending upon the election and qualification of their successors at an election held on the first Tuesday in April of the second odd-numbered year following their appointment. The offices of the members of the governing body of the existing extension district shall continue in existence and the persons in such offices shall be members of the governing body of the expanded extension district which is established on July 1 for the remainder of their existing terms of office.
(g) In addition to other required provisions, each agreement entered into under this section shall specify the permissible method or methods to be employed in disposing of the assets and liabilities of the extension district in the event that one or more counties withdraw from the extension district under K.S.A. 2-628 and amendments thereto.
(h) Each agreement entered into under this section or under K.S.A. 2-628 and amendments thereto, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, shall be submitted to the attorney general who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with this act and the other laws of Kansas. The attorney general shall approve any agreement submitted for approval under this section or K.S.A. 2-628 and amendments thereto unless the attorney general finds that the submitted agreement does not meet the requirements of this act. In such case, the attorney general shall specify in writing to the proposed parties to the agreement and to each other entity required to approve the agreement, the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure by the attorney general to disapprove an agreement submitted pursuant to this subsection within 90 days of its submission shall constitute approval of the agreement by the attorney general.
(i) Prior to approving an agreement under this section, the board of county commissioners of each county to be included in a proposed extension district under subsection (a) or to be added to an existing extension district under subsection (b), as the case may be, shall adopt a resolution stating the intention of the board of county commissioners to approve such agreement and specifying the counties that are to be included in the extension district. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper. If, within 60 days following the last publication of the resolution, a petition in opposition to the approval of the agreement and the inclusion of the county in the extension district is signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of the county and is filed with the county election officer, such board of county commissioners shall not approve such agreement and the county shall not be included in the extension district unless and until the same is approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon at a primary election or general election or at a special election called and held for such purpose. Any such special election shall be called, noticed and held in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 225, § 1; July 1.
(b) At the conclusion of the terms of the members first appointed to membership on the governing body of the district, each member of the governing body shall hold office for a term of four years and until such member's successor is elected and qualified. Each such term of office shall commence on the date of receipt of certification of election by the member elected and shall continue until the member's successor is elected and qualified.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an election to elect successors to members of the governing body whose terms are expiring shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year.
(2) Elections to choose members of the governing body of an extension district shall be conducted, the returns made and the results ascertained in the manner provided by law for general county elections except as otherwise provided by this act. Not later than 12:00 noon of the Wednesday next following the Tuesday, five weeks preceding the first Tuesday in April in odd-numbered years, each person desiring to be a candidate for membership on the governing body, in any election, shall file a declaration of candidacy with the county election officer of the county represented by the member of the governing body whose successor is to be elected, as a candidate in such election. The county election officer in making up the ballots and in placing the names thereon shall place the names on the ballots in alphabetical order.
(3) The county election officer of each county within the extension district shall appoint election boards as provided by law for other elections and shall designate places for holding the election. The county election officer shall cause to be ascertained the names of all persons within the district who are qualified electors, and shall furnish lists thereof to the judges of the election. Notice of the time and place of holding each election, signed by the county election officer, shall be given in a newspaper published in the county and posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the governing body at least five days before the holding thereof.
(4) All election expenses shall be paid by the extension district. Election officials shall receive the same compensation as provided under the general election laws.
(e) Any vacancy in the membership of the governing body of an extension district shall be filled by appointment by the governing body for the unexpired term of office. Each member so appointed shall be a resident of the county which was represented by the member creating the vacancy.
(f) The governing body of each extension district shall organize annually in July by electing from among its members a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 225, § 2; July 1.
(b) The governing body of the extension district and the director of extension of Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, or the director's authorized representative, shall meet and adopt the annual budget for the extension district to provide for the extension programs, acting together as a body, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 et seq., and amendments thereto, regarding the budgets of taxing subdivisions, except as otherwise specified by this act.
(c) The governing body of the extension district, in the same manner as provided by law applying to other taxing subdivisions, may make an annual tax levy upon all the taxable tangible property of the extension district for the purpose of raising funds to be used to plan and conduct the educational extension programs of the extension district, to be levied and collected as other taxes, at a rate fixed in accordance with the approved budget and of not to exceed the greater of (1) the rate of 2.5 mills or (2) the rate determined to yield an amount equal to the product of $75,000 multiplied by the number of counties within the extension district. The governing body shall certify the levy so fixed to the county clerk of each county in the extension district who is hereby authorized and required to place such levy on the tax rolls of the county to be collected by the county treasurer and paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the extension district.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 3; July 1.
(b) The records of the secretary shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 4; July 1.
(b) All moneys received by the treasurer for an extension district shall be deposited by the treasurer in a bank designated by the governing body of the extension district and authorized to receive public deposits. The treasurer shall make all payments for the extension district on the warrant of the secretary of the governing body of the extension district or by a combination warrant check signed by the chairperson of the governing body. The treasurer shall not pay any sum from the funds of the extension district in any other manner.
(c) The treasurer shall keep a record of all the moneys received and disbursed which specify the person or persons from whom money was received and to whom money was paid and the object for which the money was paid. The treasurer shall present to the governing body of the extension district at each regular meeting a report in writing containing a statement of all moneys received from each county treasurer and from any other source since the last regular meeting of the governing body and a statement of the disbursements made with the items of such disbursements, and exhibit the warrants or checks or combination warrants and checks therefor. This report shall be recorded by the secretary of the governing body.
(d) At the close of the treasurer's term of office, the treasurer shall settle with the governing body of the extension district and shall hand over to the treasurer's successor all records and papers received as treasurer, together with all moneys remaining in the hands of the treasurer.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 5; July 1.
(b) If one county withdraws from an extension district composed of two counties, the extension district is dissolved on the January 1 occurring after adoption of the withdrawal resolution. The property and obligations of the dissolved extension district shall be transferred to and assumed by the two counties in accordance with the agreement entered into to establish or expand the extension district under K.S.A. 2-623, and amendments thereto, as the case may be, or in accordance with a supplemental agreement which may be entered into by such counties for that purpose.
(c) If a county withdraws on January 1 of any year from an extension district composed of three or more counties, the extension district shall continue in existence and shall be composed of all counties remaining within the extension district. On the January 1 that a county withdraws from an extension district, the governing body of the extension district shall be reconstituted and shall be composed of those persons who were members of the governing body prior to January 1 and who were elected by the electors of counties remaining within the extension district. The members of the reconstituted governing body shall continue to serve for the remainder of the terms to which they were elected and shall organize as provided in K.S.A. 2-624 and amendments thereto. All property and obligations of the extension district prior to any such January 1 shall remain the property and obligations of the extension district unless otherwise agreed to under the agreement entered into to establish or expand the extension district under K.S.A. 2-623, and amendments thereto, as the case may be, or in accordance with a supplemental agreement which may be entered into by the board of county commissioners of the withdrawn county and the reconstituted governing body of the continued extension district for that purpose.
History: L. 1991, ch. 2, § 6; L. 1994, ch. 225, § 3; July 1.