13-1221.   Same; membership; term; elected officers and secretary; vacancies;elections by district.(a) The board of public utilities shall consist of six members,three of which shall be nominated and elected by the city at largeand three of which shall be elected by the qualified electors of thecity within each of the districts established pursuant to subsection (b).Members elected to the board of public utilities after the effective dateof this act shall holdtheir offices for terms of four years, and until their successors areelected and qualified. Each of the members elected from districts shallbe qualified voters of the districts from which elected. Elections of membersof the board shall be held at the time of the general city election. The provisions of article 17 of chapter 13 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, pertainingto the election and removal of officers, shall govern so far asapplicable.

      The board shall elect from its own number a president andvice-president and shall appoint a secretary. Notwithstanding theprovisions of K.S.A. 13-1222, relating to a quorum for thetransaction of business and a vote for action by the board, any vacancyoccurring in the board shall be filled by a majority vote of themembers remaining on the board. Where a vacancy has occurred in the membershipof any board of public utilities, a member selected to fill such vacancyshall serve until the next city election,at which time a successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of theunexpired term, if any.

      (b)   The districts numbered 1, 2 and 3 established in 1979 shall be subjectto alteration at the first meeting ofthe board in each fourth year thereafter, but suchalteration shall only be for the purpose of establishing and maintainingthe equality of population among the districts.

      History:   L. 1929, ch. 126, § 2; L. 1931, ch. 119, § 1; L.1933, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 75, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 66, § 1,L. 1981, ch. 173, § 38; L. 1982, ch. 84, § 1; July 1.