Kansas Statutes 19-2668. Specific powers of museum 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;
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-2668
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
(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.