Chapter 14, CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS

14-1402. Signing of ordinances; right to vote; no veto power. The mayor shall sign all ordinances passed by the board of commissioners and shall have the right to vote as a member of the said board on all questions which may arise, but the mayor shall have no veto power. History:…

14-1403. Special meetings. The mayor and one commissioner shall have power to call special meetings of the board of commissioners, the object of which shall be submitted to the said board in writing, and the call and the object as well as the action of said board thereon shall be…

14-1404. Commissioner of finance to be acting mayor. The commissioner of finance and revenue shall act instead of the mayor at all times during which the mayor is unable to perform the duties of his or her office by reason of temporary or continual absence, sickness or disability…

14-1501. City officers and employees; appointment, prerequisites; terms; vacancies. The board of commissioners shall appoint, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, the following officers, to wit: A city attorney, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a municipal judge of the m…

14-1502. Persons not eligible to office. No person shall be eligible to any appointive office unless he or she shall be a bona fide resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city prior to his or her appointment, except that the city may hire no…

14-1503. Removal of appointive officers. The board of commissioners shall have power by a majority vote of all the members thereof to remove, for cause, the city attorney, city clerk, city treasurer, police judge, city engineer, or the incumbent of any other appointive city offic…

14-1504. Vacancies in offices generally. In case of the disability or any vacancy occurring by death, resignation or removal by the board of commissioners of any city officer, the said board shall, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, appoint some suitable person to fil…

14-1803. Existing ordinances, proceedings and contracts. All existing ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed, and all proceedings relating to the levy and collection of general taxes and specia…

14-1806. Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers, when. Before the provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the second class in this state, it shall be submitted, in the manner provided in K.S.A. 12-184, to a vote of the legally qualified elector…

14-1807. Abandonment of organization under act; election. Any city which shall have operated for more than four (4) years under the provisions of this act may abandon such organization thereunder and accept the provisions of the general law of the state then applicable to the cit…

14-1901. Bonds to refund existing indebtedness upon adoption of commission form. All cities of the second class in the state of Kansas which have heretofore or may hereafter adopt the commission form of government, are hereby authorized and empowered to refund all its outstanding…

14-2001. Use of certain land for park and recreational purposes; police power; lease; conditions. Any city of the second class and owning land, including any land, part or all of which is used in connection with any municipal utility, inside or outside its corporate limits, may d…

14-2004. Establishment of park land acquisition fund by commission-manager cities; use; limitations. Any city of the second class operating under the commission-manager form of government is hereby authorized to establish a park land acquisition fund to be used for purchasing or …