19-3520. Meetings of board; keeping and inspection of records; quorum.
19-3520
19-3520. Meetings of board; keeping and
inspection of records; quorum.
(a) From and after May 1, 1991, every water district board shall meet
in regular session at a
place to be designated by the
board and on the same regular day each month during
the year, as determined by the water district board for the transaction
of any business as
often as the interest or business of the water district may demand. The
board shall meet in special session on the call of the chairperson or at
the request of any four members on the board. The
nature of the business to be transacted at any call meeting shall be governed
by the matters and things set out in the call. All water district boards
shall adopt their rules of procedure and keep a record of their
proceedings. Except as provided by the open records
act, the records and accounts of the board shall be
public. Except as provided by K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments
thereto, meetings of the board shall be open to the public. Four
members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.
(b) For any water district previously created and existing with a
five-member board prior to the effective date of this act and until the
election and qualification of the sixth and seventh members at the next
regular election, three members shall continue to constitute a quorum and
may request to meet in special session.
History: L. 1951, ch. 240, § 20; L. 1957, ch. 192, § 13; L.
1984, ch. 107, § 1;
L. 1990, ch. 91, § 3; July 1.