§ 19-201 Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception
§ 19-202 Commissioners; residence requirements; term; filling vacancies; charter counties, exceptions
§ 19-203 Vacancy in office of commissioner, how filled; vacancies created by increase in number of districts, how filled
§ 19-203a Vacancy in office of commissioner; vacancies created by increase in number of districts; governor; election options
§ 19-204 Rearrangement of commissioner districts; change in number of districts; approval of electors; limitation on changes; charter counties, exception
§ 19-204a Change in number of districts, when; procedure if board fails to act
§ 19-204b Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed
§ 19-205 Eligibility to office of commissioner; appointment of commissioner to state board; volunteer activities
§ 19-206 Meetings of board; when
§ 19-208 Allowance of claims monthly
§ 19-209 Meetings of board in counties of more that 50,000 population
§ 19-211 Sale or disposition of county property; public notice; election, when; publication of certain sales; contracts for sale; lease-purchase agreements; exceptions
§ 19-212 Powers of board of commissioners
§ 19-212a Withholding from salaries to provide for certain insurance for employees, when
§ 19-212b Same; prior action confirmed
§ 19-212c Establishment of uniform stationery letterhead; court letterhead approved by district judges
§ 19-212d Contracts for group insurance for certain county employees; withholding employee contributions
§ 19-212f Establishment or participation in weather modification programs; expenditures
§ 19-214 Awarding of certain contracts; public lettings; bond; exemptions
§ 19-215 Same; notice of letting contracts; bids
§ 19-216 Same; plans and specifications for work
§ 19-216a Contracts for bridges damaged or destroyed by disaster
§ 19-216b Alternative project delivery building construction procurement act
§ 19-216c Definitions
§ 19-216d Criteria for use
§ 19-216e Procedure, construction management at-risk
§ 19-216f Procedure, building design-build projects
§ 19-216g Proposals; open for public inspection
§ 19-217 New townships; area and population; petition; notice
§ 19-218 Seal of board of commissioners; open meetings; order of business
§ 19-219 Organization of board; chairman, vacancy; charter counties, exception
§ 19-220 Powers and duties of chairman
§ 19-223 Appeals to district court; notice; bond
§ 19-224 Duties of clerk on appeal; procedure
§ 19-225 Supplies for county officers; official seals
§ 19-226 Record of orders
§ 19-227 Annual financial statement; publication
§ 19-228 Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances
§ 19-229 Control of expenditures
§ 19-230 Plat and record of new or altered township
§ 19-232 Unauthorized fees or costs; action to recover; penalty and attorney’s fee
§ 19-233 Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond of commissioner, approval, filing
§ 19-236 Emergency expenses; no-fund warrants; tax levies; limitations
§ 19-236a Civil defense in certain counties; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 19-241 County charges and expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds
§ 19-242 Unlawful allowances; issuance of warrants or warrant checks for more than allowed
§ 19-243 Violation of K.S.A. 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty
§ 19-247 Duties of county counselor
§ 19-248 Effect of act on office of county attorney
§ 19-250 Reproduction and preservation of public records, other than court records; minimum standards
§ 19-251 Equipment and facilities; operation
§ 19-252 Materials deemed original record; evidence; transcript
§ 19-260a Appointment of purchasing officer in Johnson and Sedgwick counties; compensation, clerk hire, expenses; bond
§ 19-260b Duties of purchasing officer; supplies and equipment; contracts; report; requisition for purchases; small purchases; bids
§ 19-264 Counties of more than 150,000 population; petty cash funds, limitation; uses
§ 19-265 Expenditure limitations; fund for redemption of unsold fish and game licenses
§ 19-266 Monthly statement of payments from fund to county clerk; restoration
§ 19-267 Maintenance in cash; number of funds authorized; instructions, reconciling entries; withdrawal of authority
§ 19-268 Pay periods for county employees
§ 19-269 Powers of board of commissioners; travel policy; advancement of expenses
§ 19-270 Special benefit districts; creation or enlargement; approval of board of county commissioners, required

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 19 > Article 2 - County Commissioners

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights to them and interest in them, equitable as well as legal. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • weather modification: means and extends to the control, alteration, amelioration of weather elements including man-caused changes in the natural precipitation process, hail suppression or modification and alteration of other weather phenomena including temperature, wind direction and velocity, and the initiating, increasing, decreasing and otherwise modifying by artificial methods precipitation in the form of rain, snow, hail, mist or fog through cloud seeding, electrification or by other means to provide immediate practical benefits. See Kansas Statutes 19-212f