Kansas Statutes
Article 10 - Groundwater Management Districts
82a-1026 Annual meetings of eligible voters; organization meeting to elect initial board of directors.

82a-1026. Annual meetings of eligible voters; organization meeting to elect initial board of directors. (a) Within not more than ninety (90) days after the recording of the certificate of incorporation, a meeting open to all eligible voters of the district shall be held by the steering committee for the election of the initial board of directors of the district. A notice of the meeting shall be given by the steering committee at least ten (10) days prior to the date thereof by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of which the groundwater management district is a part. Each eligible voter of the district shall be entitled to vote for as many candidates as the number of directors that are to be elected, but may not cast more than one vote for any one candidate. The candidates receiving the greatest number of votes cast shall respectively be declared elected.
(b) In not more than twelve (12) months after the initial meeting, and annually thereafter, a meeting shall be held for the election of directors whose terms expire, to report on the financial condition and activities of the district and to adopt a proposed budget covering the anticipated expenses of the district for the ensuing year.
(c) The number of directors of a district, or the date of the annual meeting, may be changed at any annual meeting if notice of the proposition or propositions is included in the notice of the annual meeting at which the changes are to be considered.
History: L. 1972, ch. 386, § 7; L. 1978, ch. 436, § 1; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses

Article 10 - Groundwater Management Districts

82a-1020 Legislative declaration.

82a-1021 Definitions.

82a-1022 Organization of district; steering committee; declaration of intent filing; map of proposed district, submission and approval by chief engineer.

82a-1023 Same; petition contents and signatures; filing with secretary of state.

82a-1024 Same; determination of sufficiency of petition; approval by chief engineer; criteria for approval.

82a-1025 Same; election for approval of organization of district; secretary of state to issue certificate of incorporation, when; action to attack legality.

82a-1026 Annual meetings of eligible voters; organization meeting to elect initial board of directors.

82a-1027 Board of directors; terms of members; expenses; officers; quorum; vote for actions; filling vacancies.

82a-1028 District powers; home office.

82a-1029 Management program; board of directors' and chief engineer's functions and duties; hearings; approval and adoption; periodic review.

82a-1030 Water user charges; annual assessment per acre against landowners; budget; collection by county officers; annual audit; no-fund warrants; limitation; protest petition; redemption of warrants.

82a-1031 General improvement bonds; special assessment improvement bonds; combination improvement bonds; elections for approval of issuance of bonds.

82a-1032 Works paid from special assessments; determination of benefits and assessments; levy of assessments; collections by county officers; bonds for not to exceed 20 year term.

82a-1033 Extension or reduction of district territory by chief engineer, upon petition; hearing; filing of order.

82a-1034 District dissolution.

82a-1035 Payment of expenses of defeated proposed district organization.

82a-1036 Initiation of proceedings for designation of intensive groundwater use control areas; duties of chief engineer; findings.

82a-1037 Same; hearings.

82a-1038 Designation of intensive groundwater use control area; orders; review.

82a-1039 No limitation of authority of chief engineer.

82a-1040 Act supplemental to K.S.A. 82a-1020 to 82a-1035.

82a-1041 Local enhanced management areas; establishment procedures; duties of chief engineer; hearing; notice; orders; review.

82a-1042 Groundwater management program; impact of proposed rules and regulations.