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SB104 • 2026

Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-03-25
Official status
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

What This Bill Does

  • Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-25 Senate

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

  2. 2025-03-19 House

    Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 4, Absent 2

  3. 2025-03-19 House

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —

  4. 2025-03-19 House

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  5. 2025-03-03 House

    Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N event

  6. 2025-03-03 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government

  7. 2025-02-19 House

    Referred to House Committee on Local Government

  8. 2025-02-19 House

    Received and Introduced

  9. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Consent Calendar Passed

  10. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

Official Summary Text

Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL No. 104
AN A CT concerning counties; relating to citizens commissions on local government;
granting certain boards of county commissioners discretion to create such
commission; amending K.S.A. 19-2670 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 19-2670 is hereby amended to read as follows:
19-2670. There shall may be created and established a citizens
commission on local government in every county in this state having a
population of more than one hundred seventy thousand ( 170,000) and
not more than two hundred thousand (200,000). Such commission shall
consist of:
(1)(a) The board of county commissioners of the county;
(2)(b) the governing body of all cities of the first class located in
such county;
(3)(c) the trustee of each township in such county;
(4)(d) the chairmen of the boards of education of all school
districts located in such county;
(5)(e) the chairmen of boards of public utilities of all cities located
in such county;
(6)(f) the chairmen of boards of all drainage districts located
within such county;
(7)(g) the mayors of all cities of the second and third class located
in such county; and
(8)(h) eighteen (18) persons who shall be selected and appointed
by the members hereinbefore provided described in paragraphs (a)
through (g). Such persons shall be residents of the county and shall not
be officers or employees of the county or any city, school district,
township, board of public utilities or drainage district.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 19-2670 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
SENATE, and passed that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the HOUSE ________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED ____________________________
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Governor.