19-202.Commissioners; residence requirements; term;
filling vacancies;
charter counties, exceptions.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall consist of
three, five or seven qualified electors.
(b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto,
one
county commissioner shall reside in and represent each
commissioner district within the county. During the time that any person is a
candidate for nomination or election to office as a member of the board of
county commissioners and during the term of office of the county commissioner,
such candidate or county commissioner shall be and remain a qualified elector
who resides in such person's district.
(c) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, terms
of office for the board of county commissioners shall be
staggered in such a way that no more than a simple majority of
commissioners is elected at any general election.
(d) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, all
county commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years from the second
Monday of January next after their election
and until their successors are qualified.
(e) The provisions of subsections (a), (c) and (d) of this section
may be modified by the adoption of a charter for county government in
any county which has established a charter commission pursuant to law.
History: R.S. 1923, 19-202;
L. 1965, ch. 158, § 1;
L. 1976, ch. 121, § 3;
L. 1979, ch. 67, § 1;
L. 1992, ch. 38, § 2;
L. 1993, ch. 250, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 134, § 4; May 28.
19-202.Commissioners; residence requirements; term;
filling vacancies;
charter counties, exceptions.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall consist of
three, five or seven qualified electors.
(b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto,
one
county commissioner shall reside in and represent each
commissioner district within the county. During the time that any person is a
candidate for nomination or election to office as a member of the board of
county commissioners and during the term of office of the county commissioner,
such candidate or county commissioner shall be and remain a qualified elector
who resides in such person's district.
(c) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, terms
of office for the board of county commissioners shall be
staggered in such a way that no more than a simple majority of
commissioners is elected at any general election.
(d) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, all
county commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years from the second
Monday of January next after their election
and until their successors are qualified.
(e) The provisions of subsections (a), (c) and (d) of this section
may be modified by the adoption of a charter for county government in
any county which has established a charter commission pursuant to law.
History: R.S. 1923, 19-202;
L. 1965, ch. 158, § 1;
L. 1976, ch. 121, § 3;
L. 1979, ch. 67, § 1;
L. 1992, ch. 38, § 2;
L. 1993, ch. 250, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 134, § 4; May 28.
19-202.Commissioners; residence requirements; term;
filling vacancies;
charter counties, exceptions.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall consist of
three, five or seven qualified electors.
(b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 19-204b, and amendments thereto,
one
county commissioner shall reside in and represent each
commissioner district within the county. During the time that any person is a
candidate for nomination or election to office as a member of the board of
county commissioners and during the term of office of the county commissioner,
such candidate or county commissioner shall be and remain a qualified elector
who resides in such person's district.
(c) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, terms
of office for the board of county commissioners shall be
staggered in such a way that no more than a simple majority of
commissioners is elected at any general election.
(d) Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-203, and amendments thereto, all
county commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years from the second
Monday of January next after their election
and until their successors are qualified.
(e) The provisions of subsections (a), (c) and (d) of this section
may be modified by the adoption of a charter for county government in
any county which has established a charter commission pursuant to law.
History: R.S. 1923, 19-202;
L. 1965, ch. 158, § 1;
L. 1976, ch. 121, § 3;
L. 1979, ch. 67, § 1;
L. 1992, ch. 38, § 2;
L. 1993, ch. 250, § 2;
L. 2009, ch. 134, § 4; May 28.