12-4001.   Kansas advisory council onintergovernmental relations; membership; terms; officers.(a) There is hereby created a Kansas advisory council onintergovernmentalrelations. The council shall be composed of 15 members of whom 11 shall beappointed by thegovernor as follows: (1) Two members shall be elected county officials ofwhich, one shall be amember of a board of county commissioners; (2) two members shall be electedcity officials; (3)one member shall be an elected township official; (4) one member shall be anelected schoolboard member; (5) two members shall be executive branch officials; and (6)three members shallbe private citizens. Two members of the council shall be members of the Kansassenate ofwhich, one shall be appointed by the president of the senate and one shall beappointed by the minority leader of the senate. Two members of the councilshall be members of the Kansas house of representatives of which, one shall beappointed by the speaker of the house and one shall be appointed by theminority leader of the house.

      City, county and school board members shall be appointed from lists of at leastfivenominees submitted by their respective state organizations. Of the membersappointed by thegovernor, no more than sevenmembers shall be from any one political party.

      (b)   Of the first members appointed by the governor after the effective dateof this act, onemember of each city and county, the township and school board member, oneexecutive branchmember and one private citizen shall hold office for terms of two yearsbeginning July 1, 2002;thereafter all appointments shall be for terms of four years. The remainingmembers appointed bythe governor shall be for terms of four years beginning July 1, 2002.Legislative members shallbe appointed to terms which correspond to their terms of office. All membersmay bereappointed. Should any member cease to be a member of the unit, body or agencysuch person isappointed to represent, such person's membership on the council shall terminateimmediately anda new member shall be appointed in the same manner as the predecessor to fillthe unexpiredterm.

      (c)   Members shall serve without salary but may be reimbursed for travel andotherexpenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

      (d)   The council shall each year elect from its membership a chairperson and avice-chairperson, who shall serve in such capacities for one year and untiltheirsuccessors have beenelected. If both the chairperson and vice-chairperson are absent from anymeeting, the votingmembers present shall elect a temporary chairperson by a majority vote.

      (e)   Eight members of the council shall constitute a quorum. Meetings andsubcommittee meetings of the council shall be subject to the open meetings law.

      History:   L. 2002, ch. 189, § 1; July 1.