13-1221. Same; membership; term; elected officers and secretary; vacancies; elections by district.
13-1221
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 large
and three of which shall be elected by the qualified electors of the
city within each of the districts established pursuant to subsection (b).
Members elected to the board of public utilities after the effective date
of this act shall hold
their offices for terms of four years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. Each of the members elected from districts shall
be qualified voters of the districts from which elected. Elections of members
of 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, pertaining
to the election and removal of officers, shall govern so far as
applicable.
The board shall elect from its own number a president and
vice-president and shall appoint a secretary. Notwithstanding the
provisions of K.S.A. 13-1222, relating to a quorum for the
transaction of business and a vote for action by the board, any vacancy
occurring in the board shall be filled by a majority vote of the
members remaining on the board. Where a vacancy has occurred in the membership
of any board of public utilities, a member selected to fill such vacancy
shall serve until the next city election,
at which time a successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the
unexpired term, if any.
(b) The districts numbered 1, 2 and 3 established in 1979 shall be subject
to alteration at the first meeting of
the board in each fourth year thereafter, but such
alteration shall only be for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
the 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.