19-2680.   County charters in counties declared to be urban areas; adoptionand amendment; charter to govern local legislation and administration; authorizedprovisions; limitations.Any county which has been declared to be an urban area under theprovisions of K.S.A. 19-2654 is hereby authorized to adopt, and from timeto time amend, a charter for the government of such county. Such chartershall provide for the exercise of powers of local legislation andadministration not inconsistent with general law or the constitution of thestate of Kansas, and may:

      (a)   Fix the boundaries of each county commissioner's district, provide amethod for changing them from time to time, and fix the number, term, andcompensation of the commissioners and their method of election, and shalldefine and outline duties and powers of the county commissioners;

      (b)   provide for the exercise of such powers similar or identical to thepowers permitted under K.S.A. 19-101 and article 39 of chapter 12 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated;

      (c)   provide in the charter a method for its amendment;

      (d)   determine the distribution of legislative and administrative dutiesof the county officials, provide for consolidation or expansion of servicesas necessary, authorize the appointment of a county administrator or acounty manager, and prescribe the general structure of county government ; and

      (e)   authorize the appointment of or elimination of elective officialsand offices within the charter similar or identical to that authorizationpermitted the board of county commissioners under article 39 of chapter 12of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 151, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 132, § 1; April 23.