14-1806. Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when. - Kansas Statutes

14-1806

Chapter 14.--CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS PART II.--COMMISSION GOVERNMENT Article 18.--COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT

      14-1806.   Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when. Before the provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the second class in this state, it shall be submitted, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-184, to a vote of the legally qualified electors of such city for adoption and shall receive a majority of all votes cast at such election.

      Such election shall be held in all respects according to the law for holding city elections on questions submitted.

      If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the adoption of this act, then at the next city election in an odd-numbered year a mayor and two (2) commissioners shall be elected, and upon their election and qualification the rights, powers, duties and emoluments of the then governing body of such city shall cease and terminate.

      History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 36; R.S. 1923, § 14-1806; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 41; L. 1976, ch. 76, § 15; July 1.