19-2668. Same; specific powers of board. - Kansas Statutes

19-2668

Chapter 19.--COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS Article 26.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      19-2668.   Same; specific powers of board. Museum boards shall have the following powers and duties:

      (a)   To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of a museum or cultural center;

      (b)   with the approval of the board of county commissioners, to purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or erect a building or buildings for the use of the museum or cultural center;

      (c)   to acquire by purchase, gift or exchange, books, magazines, papers, printed materials, slides, pictures, films, projection equipment, any and all items of a historical interest, and other material and equipment deemed necessary by the board for the maintenance of a museum or cultural center;

      (d)   to employ a curator or museum or cultural center director and such other employees as the board shall deem necessary and to remove them and to fix their compensation;

      (e)   to receive and accept any gift or donation to a museum or cultural center and administer the same in accordance with any provision thereof;

      (f)   to contract with nonprofit corporations for the operation and maintenance of a museum.

      History:   L. 1967, ch. 148, § 6; April 13.