2-158.   Board of directors, annual election meetings,terms, vacancies;recognition of association by state board of agriculture.(a) (1) Ameeting shall be held at 7:00 p.m. on December 8, 1987, at theKawValleycooperative building at 5715 West 21st Street in Topeka, Kansas, for thepurpose of electing the initial members of the board of directors of theShawnee county fair association established under the provisions of this act.The qualified electors residing in each township in Shawnee county mayparticipate in such meeting to elect from among the residents of that townshipone director of the fair association. The qualified electors residing in thecity of Topeka may participate in such meeting to elect from among theresidents of the city three directors of the fair association. Upon assemblingat such meeting the qualified electors of each such township and the qualifiedelectors of the city shall separate into their individual groups and makesuch election.

      (2)   There are hereby created three additional directors of the Shawneecounty fair association who shall be elected at large. The qualified electorsresiding in Shawnee county may participate in such meeting to elect from amongthe residents of Shawnee county three at large directors of the fairassociation in the manner provided in this section.

      (b) (1)   Of the members first elected to the board of directors by thequalifiedelectors of the city of Topeka at such election meeting, one director shallserve for a term of one year, one director shall serve for a term of two yearsand one director shall serve for a term of three years. Of the members firstelected to the board of directors by the qualified electors of the varioustownships at such election meeting, directors elected from Auburn, Dover, Groveand Menoken townships shall serve for a term of one year, directors electedfrom Monmouth, Mission, Rossville and Silver Lake shall serve for a term of twoyears, and directors elected from Soldier, Tecumseh, Topeka and Williamsporttownships shall serve for a term of three years.

      (2)   Of the at large members first elected to the board of directors by thequalified electors of Shawnee county at such election meeting, one directorshall serve for a term of one year, one director shall serve for a term of twoyears and one director shall serve for a term of three years. At the firstelection of these directors at large, the person receiving the highest numberof votes shall serve a term of three years. The person receiving the secondhighest number of votes shall serve a term of two years. The person receivingthe third highest number of votes shall serve a term of one year. The successorelected to each of these director at large positions shall serve a term ofthree years.

      (3)   The directors so elected shallconstitute the Shawnee county fair association.

      (c)   An annual election meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday ofDecemberin 1988 and each year thereafter at which meeting the qualified electors ofthe city and the qualified electors of each township shall elect from amongthe residents of such city or township a successor to serve for a term of threeyears for each director whose term expires on such date. The executive board,as provided for in K.S.A. 2-159, and amendments thereto, shall fix thetime and place of such annual election meeting and shall cause a notice of theelection meeting to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation inthe county at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for such election meeting.

      (d)   Elections of directors at such annual election meetings shall beconducted inthe same manner as the elections conducted at the 1987 meeting were required tobe conducted, except that the city shall elect only one director to succeed thedirector whose term has expired and only those townships having directors whoseterms have expired shall elect directors to succeed such directors.

      (e)   Vacancies inthe membership of the board of directors shall be filled by appointment by theexecutive board of the fair association for the unexpired term of office.

      (f)   The fair association established under the provisions of this actshall begiven recognition by the secretary of agriculturewithout having lands or buildings of an appraised value of at least $5,000 orwithout paid-up stock subscriptions in its treasury in the amount of $5,000appropriated to the purchase of lands or buildings or both.

      History:   L. 1987, ch. 92, § 1;L. 2004, ch. 101, § 11;L. 2008, ch. 65, § 1; July 1.