2-611.County extension councils; election of members; meetings; development
of programs; election, term of office, oath, powers and duties of executive
board; bond of treasurer; expiration of terms; qualification of members.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the citizens of
voting age residing in each of the county commissioner districts
in each county in this state are qualified to participate in the meeting
which shall be held in each such district in each year not earlier than
September 1, and at least 10 days before the annual meeting of the
county extension council upon a date and at a time and place determined
and fixed by the executive board of the county extension council and
shall elect annually from among their number four members
of the county extension
council. In Leavenworth county, such election shall be held at the time
of the annual Leavenworth county fair. Of the four members, one shall be
elected to represent
agriculture and shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, one
shall be elected to represent home economics work, one shall
be elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and one shall be elected
to represent educational programs in economic development initiatives.
The county extension
council executive board members of each county may choose to hold a countywide
election meeting in lieu of holding a meeting in each district. Prior to
adjournment of the countywide meeting the citizens of each county
commissioner district shall separate into groups for the purpose of electing
the county extension council members who shall represent the
district on the county extension council. The countywide meeting shall
be subject to the same conditions hereinabove provided for county
commissioner district election meetings.
(b) The executive board of the county extension council, as provided for
in subsection (f), may choose, as an alternate method of
electing county extension
council members, to mail a ballot to each citizen of voting age residing
in the county at least three weeks before the
annual meeting of the county extension council. The ballots shall
contain the names and resident addresses of all persons who are
candidates for county extension council membership. The incumbent
county extension council members shall select not less
than two persons as candidates for each position to be filled. After the
ballot has been marked, each voter shall mail or otherwise transmit the
ballot to the county extension office of the county
at least seven days prior to the annual meeting of the county
extension council.
(c) In any county having three county commissioner districts, the
citizens may elect county extension council members at large or by
county commissioner district as determined by the executive board of the
county extension council for the county. In any county having other
than three county commissioner districts, the citizens shall elect
county extension council members at large. A county extension council
elected at large shall also have a total elected
membership of 24, with six members elected to represent
agriculture who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits,
six members elected to represent home economics, six
members
elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and six members elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. When
county extension
council members are elected at large, 12 shall be
elected annually, three of whom shall represent agriculture, three of
whom shall represent home economics, three of whom shall represent
4-H club and youth work, and three of whom shall represent educational
programs in economic
development initiatives. County extension council members elected at
large shall serve under the same conditions as county
extension council members elected by county commissioner districts,
except the provision that three members of the executive board shall be
elected from each county commissioner district shall not apply.
(d) The 24 members so elected in the three county
commissioner districts, or at large, in any county shall constitute and
be the county extension council, and it shall be the duty of the
council to plan the educational extension programs of the county.
(e) At the annual meeting of the county extension council,
the council members elected to represent agricultural pursuits, home
economics work, 4-H club and youth work or educational programs in economic
development initiatives, may meet separately and elect
a group chairperson. Each group shall meet as necessary for the purpose
of developing educational program
plans on extension work in agricultural pursuits, in home economics work,
in 4-H club and youth work, or economic development
initiatives. All program plans shall be subject
to final approval by the executive board of the county extension
council.
(f) The county extension council shall meet annually not earlier
than October 1, and not later than December
20, and shall
elect from among its own members an executive board consisting of a
chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer and five
additional members. The date, time and place of the annual meeting
shall be determined and fixed by the executive board. No more than
three members of the executive board shall be elected from any county
commissioner district, and at least one member shall be elected from
each county extension council member group namely, agricultural
pursuits, home economics, 4-H club and youth work, and
educational programs in economic
development initiatives. The executive
board of the county extension council is authorized to transact all
business of the council, shall have control of all the property of the
council, and may employ and fix the compensation of such persons as are
necessary for the conduct of the business of the council, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided.
(g) Members of the county extension council and of the executive
board shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the
council or of the executive board. The members of the executive
board, after their election and prior to entering upon
the duties of their respective offices, shall take and sign the usual
oath of public officers and the same shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk.
(h) (1) The treasurer of the executive board after
election as treasurer
and before entering upon the duties of the office as treasurer shall
execute to the council a corporate surety bond, of 100% of the amount as
nearly as can be ascertained that shall be in the treasurer's hands at any
one time. All the bonds shall be
conditioned to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of
treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of all bonds shall be determined
by the county clerk, and, upon the county clerk's approval endorsed on
the bond, shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall immediately
notify the secretary of the executive board and the county treasurer of
the approval and filing. The cost of any corporate surety bond so
furnished shall be paid by the executive board. In the event of the
breach of any condition thereof, the chairperson of the executive board
shall, and if the chairperson does not, any member of the county
extension council may, cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the member's
own name for the benefit of the council, in which suit it shall not
be necessary to include the treasurer as a party to the suit and the
money collected shall be applied to the use of the council, as the same
should have been applied by the treasurer.
(2) Public notices of each annual election meeting or mail ballot election
for county
commissioner districts or at large, and the annual meeting of the county
extension council provided for in this section shall be published once
at least one week but not more than three weeks prior to the date fixed
for such election or annual council meeting in a newspaper having
general circulation in the county. The executive board shall call each
of the annual election meetings and the annual meeting of the extension
council and shall cause the notices of meetings to be published as
herein required. The notices shall state the date, time and place of
the meeting. The cost of publishing the notices shall be paid by the
executive board of the county extension council.
(3) The elected officers and the members of the executive board
shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected
and qualify. Vacancies in the membership of the executive board shall be
filled for the unexpired term from the remaining members of the county extension
council by the executive board. Vacancies among the officers of the executive
board shall be filled for the unexpired term by election from the members
of the executive board. Each year not earlier than January 2, and not later
than January 15, the retiring executive board shall meet with the
newly elected executive board at a time and place designated by the
chairperson of the retiring executive board. At the meeting the
retiring executive board shall conclude all business of the past year
and pay all lawful bills for the year in which it has served and provide
the new executive board with all reports, records and other information
which may be necessary to the operation of the county extension program
during the ensuing year.
(4) Members of the county extension council shall hold office for a
term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify,
and no member of the council shall hold office for more than two
consecutive terms. Vacancies in the membership of the county extension council
shall be filled by appointment by the executive board for the unexpired term of office.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the terms of
all members of any county extension council serving on the effective date
of this act shall expire in 1987, and 24 members shall be elected to
constitute and be the county extension council by one of the election
methods authorized by this section. Of the members elected to the county
extension in 1987, six members shall be elected to represent agriculture
who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, six members shall
be elected to represent home economics, six members shall be elected to
represent 4-H club and youth work and six members shall be elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. Three
of each of the six
members elected to represent each county extension council member group
shall hold office for a one-year term and until their successors are
elected and qualify, and three of each six-member group shall hold office
for a two-year term and until their successors are elected and qualify.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1974,
ch. 4, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 5, § 1;
L. 1987, ch. 6, § 2; July 1.
2-611.County extension councils; election of members; meetings; development
of programs; election, term of office, oath, powers and duties of executive
board; bond of treasurer; expiration of terms; qualification of members.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the citizens of
voting age residing in each of the county commissioner districts
in each county in this state are qualified to participate in the meeting
which shall be held in each such district in each year not earlier than
September 1, and at least 10 days before the annual meeting of the
county extension council upon a date and at a time and place determined
and fixed by the executive board of the county extension council and
shall elect annually from among their number four members
of the county extension
council. In Leavenworth county, such election shall be held at the time
of the annual Leavenworth county fair. Of the four members, one shall be
elected to represent
agriculture and shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, one
shall be elected to represent home economics work, one shall
be elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and one shall be elected
to represent educational programs in economic development initiatives.
The county extension
council executive board members of each county may choose to hold a countywide
election meeting in lieu of holding a meeting in each district. Prior to
adjournment of the countywide meeting the citizens of each county
commissioner district shall separate into groups for the purpose of electing
the county extension council members who shall represent the
district on the county extension council. The countywide meeting shall
be subject to the same conditions hereinabove provided for county
commissioner district election meetings.
(b) The executive board of the county extension council, as provided for
in subsection (f), may choose, as an alternate method of
electing county extension
council members, to mail a ballot to each citizen of voting age residing
in the county at least three weeks before the
annual meeting of the county extension council. The ballots shall
contain the names and resident addresses of all persons who are
candidates for county extension council membership. The incumbent
county extension council members shall select not less
than two persons as candidates for each position to be filled. After the
ballot has been marked, each voter shall mail or otherwise transmit the
ballot to the county extension office of the county
at least seven days prior to the annual meeting of the county
extension council.
(c) In any county having three county commissioner districts, the
citizens may elect county extension council members at large or by
county commissioner district as determined by the executive board of the
county extension council for the county. In any county having other
than three county commissioner districts, the citizens shall elect
county extension council members at large. A county extension council
elected at large shall also have a total elected
membership of 24, with six members elected to represent
agriculture who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits,
six members elected to represent home economics, six
members
elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and six members elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. When
county extension
council members are elected at large, 12 shall be
elected annually, three of whom shall represent agriculture, three of
whom shall represent home economics, three of whom shall represent
4-H club and youth work, and three of whom shall represent educational
programs in economic
development initiatives. County extension council members elected at
large shall serve under the same conditions as county
extension council members elected by county commissioner districts,
except the provision that three members of the executive board shall be
elected from each county commissioner district shall not apply.
(d) The 24 members so elected in the three county
commissioner districts, or at large, in any county shall constitute and
be the county extension council, and it shall be the duty of the
council to plan the educational extension programs of the county.
(e) At the annual meeting of the county extension council,
the council members elected to represent agricultural pursuits, home
economics work, 4-H club and youth work or educational programs in economic
development initiatives, may meet separately and elect
a group chairperson. Each group shall meet as necessary for the purpose
of developing educational program
plans on extension work in agricultural pursuits, in home economics work,
in 4-H club and youth work, or economic development
initiatives. All program plans shall be subject
to final approval by the executive board of the county extension
council.
(f) The county extension council shall meet annually not earlier
than October 1, and not later than December
20, and shall
elect from among its own members an executive board consisting of a
chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer and five
additional members. The date, time and place of the annual meeting
shall be determined and fixed by the executive board. No more than
three members of the executive board shall be elected from any county
commissioner district, and at least one member shall be elected from
each county extension council member group namely, agricultural
pursuits, home economics, 4-H club and youth work, and
educational programs in economic
development initiatives. The executive
board of the county extension council is authorized to transact all
business of the council, shall have control of all the property of the
council, and may employ and fix the compensation of such persons as are
necessary for the conduct of the business of the council, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided.
(g) Members of the county extension council and of the executive
board shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the
council or of the executive board. The members of the executive
board, after their election and prior to entering upon
the duties of their respective offices, shall take and sign the usual
oath of public officers and the same shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk.
(h) (1) The treasurer of the executive board after
election as treasurer
and before entering upon the duties of the office as treasurer shall
execute to the council a corporate surety bond, of 100% of the amount as
nearly as can be ascertained that shall be in the treasurer's hands at any
one time. All the bonds shall be
conditioned to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of
treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of all bonds shall be determined
by the county clerk, and, upon the county clerk's approval endorsed on
the bond, shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall immediately
notify the secretary of the executive board and the county treasurer of
the approval and filing. The cost of any corporate surety bond so
furnished shall be paid by the executive board. In the event of the
breach of any condition thereof, the chairperson of the executive board
shall, and if the chairperson does not, any member of the county
extension council may, cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the member's
own name for the benefit of the council, in which suit it shall not
be necessary to include the treasurer as a party to the suit and the
money collected shall be applied to the use of the council, as the same
should have been applied by the treasurer.
(2) Public notices of each annual election meeting or mail ballot election
for county
commissioner districts or at large, and the annual meeting of the county
extension council provided for in this section shall be published once
at least one week but not more than three weeks prior to the date fixed
for such election or annual council meeting in a newspaper having
general circulation in the county. The executive board shall call each
of the annual election meetings and the annual meeting of the extension
council and shall cause the notices of meetings to be published as
herein required. The notices shall state the date, time and place of
the meeting. The cost of publishing the notices shall be paid by the
executive board of the county extension council.
(3) The elected officers and the members of the executive board
shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected
and qualify. Vacancies in the membership of the executive board shall be
filled for the unexpired term from the remaining members of the county extension
council by the executive board. Vacancies among the officers of the executive
board shall be filled for the unexpired term by election from the members
of the executive board. Each year not earlier than January 2, and not later
than January 15, the retiring executive board shall meet with the
newly elected executive board at a time and place designated by the
chairperson of the retiring executive board. At the meeting the
retiring executive board shall conclude all business of the past year
and pay all lawful bills for the year in which it has served and provide
the new executive board with all reports, records and other information
which may be necessary to the operation of the county extension program
during the ensuing year.
(4) Members of the county extension council shall hold office for a
term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify,
and no member of the council shall hold office for more than two
consecutive terms. Vacancies in the membership of the county extension council
shall be filled by appointment by the executive board for the unexpired term of office.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the terms of
all members of any county extension council serving on the effective date
of this act shall expire in 1987, and 24 members shall be elected to
constitute and be the county extension council by one of the election
methods authorized by this section. Of the members elected to the county
extension in 1987, six members shall be elected to represent agriculture
who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, six members shall
be elected to represent home economics, six members shall be elected to
represent 4-H club and youth work and six members shall be elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. Three
of each of the six
members elected to represent each county extension council member group
shall hold office for a one-year term and until their successors are
elected and qualify, and three of each six-member group shall hold office
for a two-year term and until their successors are elected and qualify.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1974,
ch. 4, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 5, § 1;
L. 1987, ch. 6, § 2; July 1.
2-611.County extension councils; election of members; meetings; development
of programs; election, term of office, oath, powers and duties of executive
board; bond of treasurer; expiration of terms; qualification of members.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the citizens of
voting age residing in each of the county commissioner districts
in each county in this state are qualified to participate in the meeting
which shall be held in each such district in each year not earlier than
September 1, and at least 10 days before the annual meeting of the
county extension council upon a date and at a time and place determined
and fixed by the executive board of the county extension council and
shall elect annually from among their number four members
of the county extension
council. In Leavenworth county, such election shall be held at the time
of the annual Leavenworth county fair. Of the four members, one shall be
elected to represent
agriculture and shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, one
shall be elected to represent home economics work, one shall
be elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and one shall be elected
to represent educational programs in economic development initiatives.
The county extension
council executive board members of each county may choose to hold a countywide
election meeting in lieu of holding a meeting in each district. Prior to
adjournment of the countywide meeting the citizens of each county
commissioner district shall separate into groups for the purpose of electing
the county extension council members who shall represent the
district on the county extension council. The countywide meeting shall
be subject to the same conditions hereinabove provided for county
commissioner district election meetings.
(b) The executive board of the county extension council, as provided for
in subsection (f), may choose, as an alternate method of
electing county extension
council members, to mail a ballot to each citizen of voting age residing
in the county at least three weeks before the
annual meeting of the county extension council. The ballots shall
contain the names and resident addresses of all persons who are
candidates for county extension council membership. The incumbent
county extension council members shall select not less
than two persons as candidates for each position to be filled. After the
ballot has been marked, each voter shall mail or otherwise transmit the
ballot to the county extension office of the county
at least seven days prior to the annual meeting of the county
extension council.
(c) In any county having three county commissioner districts, the
citizens may elect county extension council members at large or by
county commissioner district as determined by the executive board of the
county extension council for the county. In any county having other
than three county commissioner districts, the citizens shall elect
county extension council members at large. A county extension council
elected at large shall also have a total elected
membership of 24, with six members elected to represent
agriculture who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits,
six members elected to represent home economics, six
members
elected to represent 4-H club and youth work, and six members elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. When
county extension
council members are elected at large, 12 shall be
elected annually, three of whom shall represent agriculture, three of
whom shall represent home economics, three of whom shall represent
4-H club and youth work, and three of whom shall represent educational
programs in economic
development initiatives. County extension council members elected at
large shall serve under the same conditions as county
extension council members elected by county commissioner districts,
except the provision that three members of the executive board shall be
elected from each county commissioner district shall not apply.
(d) The 24 members so elected in the three county
commissioner districts, or at large, in any county shall constitute and
be the county extension council, and it shall be the duty of the
council to plan the educational extension programs of the county.
(e) At the annual meeting of the county extension council,
the council members elected to represent agricultural pursuits, home
economics work, 4-H club and youth work or educational programs in economic
development initiatives, may meet separately and elect
a group chairperson. Each group shall meet as necessary for the purpose
of developing educational program
plans on extension work in agricultural pursuits, in home economics work,
in 4-H club and youth work, or economic development
initiatives. All program plans shall be subject
to final approval by the executive board of the county extension
council.
(f) The county extension council shall meet annually not earlier
than October 1, and not later than December
20, and shall
elect from among its own members an executive board consisting of a
chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer and five
additional members. The date, time and place of the annual meeting
shall be determined and fixed by the executive board. No more than
three members of the executive board shall be elected from any county
commissioner district, and at least one member shall be elected from
each county extension council member group namely, agricultural
pursuits, home economics, 4-H club and youth work, and
educational programs in economic
development initiatives. The executive
board of the county extension council is authorized to transact all
business of the council, shall have control of all the property of the
council, and may employ and fix the compensation of such persons as are
necessary for the conduct of the business of the council, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided.
(g) Members of the county extension council and of the executive
board shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the
council or of the executive board. The members of the executive
board, after their election and prior to entering upon
the duties of their respective offices, shall take and sign the usual
oath of public officers and the same shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk.
(h) (1) The treasurer of the executive board after
election as treasurer
and before entering upon the duties of the office as treasurer shall
execute to the council a corporate surety bond, of 100% of the amount as
nearly as can be ascertained that shall be in the treasurer's hands at any
one time. All the bonds shall be
conditioned to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of
treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of all bonds shall be determined
by the county clerk, and, upon the county clerk's approval endorsed on
the bond, shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall immediately
notify the secretary of the executive board and the county treasurer of
the approval and filing. The cost of any corporate surety bond so
furnished shall be paid by the executive board. In the event of the
breach of any condition thereof, the chairperson of the executive board
shall, and if the chairperson does not, any member of the county
extension council may, cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the member's
own name for the benefit of the council, in which suit it shall not
be necessary to include the treasurer as a party to the suit and the
money collected shall be applied to the use of the council, as the same
should have been applied by the treasurer.
(2) Public notices of each annual election meeting or mail ballot election
for county
commissioner districts or at large, and the annual meeting of the county
extension council provided for in this section shall be published once
at least one week but not more than three weeks prior to the date fixed
for such election or annual council meeting in a newspaper having
general circulation in the county. The executive board shall call each
of the annual election meetings and the annual meeting of the extension
council and shall cause the notices of meetings to be published as
herein required. The notices shall state the date, time and place of
the meeting. The cost of publishing the notices shall be paid by the
executive board of the county extension council.
(3) The elected officers and the members of the executive board
shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected
and qualify. Vacancies in the membership of the executive board shall be
filled for the unexpired term from the remaining members of the county extension
council by the executive board. Vacancies among the officers of the executive
board shall be filled for the unexpired term by election from the members
of the executive board. Each year not earlier than January 2, and not later
than January 15, the retiring executive board shall meet with the
newly elected executive board at a time and place designated by the
chairperson of the retiring executive board. At the meeting the
retiring executive board shall conclude all business of the past year
and pay all lawful bills for the year in which it has served and provide
the new executive board with all reports, records and other information
which may be necessary to the operation of the county extension program
during the ensuing year.
(4) Members of the county extension council shall hold office for a
term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify,
and no member of the council shall hold office for more than two
consecutive terms. Vacancies in the membership of the county extension council
shall be filled by appointment by the executive board for the unexpired term of office.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the terms of
all members of any county extension council serving on the effective date
of this act shall expire in 1987, and 24 members shall be elected to
constitute and be the county extension council by one of the election
methods authorized by this section. Of the members elected to the county
extension in 1987, six members shall be elected to represent agriculture
who shall be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, six members shall
be elected to represent home economics, six members shall be elected to
represent 4-H club and youth work and six members shall be elected to
represent educational programs in economic development initiatives. Three
of each of the six
members elected to represent each county extension council member group
shall hold office for a one-year term and until their successors are
elected and qualify, and three of each six-member group shall hold office
for a two-year term and until their successors are elected and qualify.
History: L. 1951, ch. 8, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1974,
ch. 4, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 7, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 5, § 1;
L. 1987, ch. 6, § 2; July 1.