PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 3.--POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYOR
14-308.Vacancy in office of mayor or council
member, how filled;
president of council.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council for the time being
shall exercise the office of mayor, with all the rights, privileges and
jurisdiction of the mayor, other than the appointment of officers
pursuant to K.S.A. 14-201 and amendments thereto, until such vacancy be
filled or such disability
be removed, or, in case of temporary absence, until the mayor shall return.
During the time the president of the council
shall exercise the office of the mayor, the president shall receive the
same compensation that the mayor would be entitled to; and in case of vacancy,
other than a temporary absence or disability, the person
exercising the office of mayor shall become mayor. Thereupon the council
shall elect from its membership a new president of the council. Whenever a
vacancy shall occur in the office of council member, the
governing body shall
appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy occurs to be council member
for the balance of the unexpired term.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 28; R.S. 1923, § 14-308; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 36;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 2; April 21.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 3.--POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYOR
14-308.Vacancy in office of mayor or council
member, how filled;
president of council.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council for the time being
shall exercise the office of mayor, with all the rights, privileges and
jurisdiction of the mayor, other than the appointment of officers
pursuant to K.S.A. 14-201 and amendments thereto, until such vacancy be
filled or such disability
be removed, or, in case of temporary absence, until the mayor shall return.
During the time the president of the council
shall exercise the office of the mayor, the president shall receive the
same compensation that the mayor would be entitled to; and in case of vacancy,
other than a temporary absence or disability, the person
exercising the office of mayor shall become mayor. Thereupon the council
shall elect from its membership a new president of the council. Whenever a
vacancy shall occur in the office of council member, the
governing body shall
appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy occurs to be council member
for the balance of the unexpired term.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 28; R.S. 1923, § 14-308; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 36;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 2; April 21.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 3.--POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYOR
14-308.Vacancy in office of mayor or council
member, how filled;
president of council.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council for the time being
shall exercise the office of mayor, with all the rights, privileges and
jurisdiction of the mayor, other than the appointment of officers
pursuant to K.S.A. 14-201 and amendments thereto, until such vacancy be
filled or such disability
be removed, or, in case of temporary absence, until the mayor shall return.
During the time the president of the council
shall exercise the office of the mayor, the president shall receive the
same compensation that the mayor would be entitled to; and in case of vacancy,
other than a temporary absence or disability, the person
exercising the office of mayor shall become mayor. Thereupon the council
shall elect from its membership a new president of the council. Whenever a
vacancy shall occur in the office of council member, the
governing body shall
appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy occurs to be council member
for the balance of the unexpired term.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 28; R.S. 1923, § 14-308; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 36;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 2; April 21.
