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HB2711 • 2026

Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

What This Bill Does

  • Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 House

    Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026

  3. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Consent Calendar Passed

  4. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S event

  5. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  6. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  7. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Received and Introduced

  8. 2026-02-17 House

    Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3

  9. 2026-02-11 House

    Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N event

  10. 2026-02-11 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Local Government

Official Summary Text

Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL No. 2711
AN A CT concerning cities of the third class; relating to procedures required for the
dissolution of a city; amending K.S.A. 15-111 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 15-111 is hereby amended to read as follows:
15-111. On the petition of a majority of the legal voters qualified
electors of any town or village which became a city of the third class or
may hereafter become a city of the third class by virtue of section one
of the act to which this section is supplementary, it shall be the duty of
the council of such city, within ten days after the filing of such petition,
to order an election by the legal voters of such city, to determine to
place on the next primary or general election ballot, at least 60 days
after the submission of the petition, the question of whether such city
shall remain a city under the provisions of the act to which this is
amendatory, or be dissolved as a corporate body, and remitted to the
conditions of being part of the township in which such city shall be is
located.
The election shall be conducted like other elections, and the ballots
ballot question shall have written or printed thereon be: "For a city," or
"Against a city ,." and Within three days after the election said ballots
shall be counted by the city council, and the result recorded; and county
canvass has certified the election results, if a two-thirds majority of the
legal votes shall be qualified electors is against the city, then the city
shall thenceforth cease to exist, and the territory embraced within the
city limits shall thenceforth be a part of the township in which said
such city was located, and governed in every respect under the general
township laws; and. The records of such city shall be delivered to the
township clerk, and if there be any debts unpaid of such city at the time
it such city ceased to exist under the provisions of this act, then the
township trustee shall, at the next annual levy of taxes, provide for a
levy on the property within the limits of such city, sufficient to pay such
debt according to its terms in the same manner as taxes are now levied
for township purposes.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 15-111 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
that body
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.