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K.S.A. § 19-201 (2026)

Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception

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19-201. Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception. Except as provided in K.S.A. 19-204b, and amendments thereto, each county in the state of Kansas shall have three, five or seven commissioner districts, which shall be designated numerically and serially beginning with number 1.

The provisions of this section may be modified by the adoption of a charter for county government in any county which has established a charter commission pursuant to law.

History: L. 1901, ch. 129, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-201; L. 1976, ch. 121, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 134, § 3; May 28.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2000–2017 · leading case: Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003).
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Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003). “19-101a; K.S.A. 19-201; K.S.A. 19-301; K.S.A. 19-501; K.”
Cont'l Coal, Inc. v. Cunningham, 511 F. Supp. 2d 1065 (D. Kan. 2007). · cites it 2× “including the provision which applies to county boards, K.S.A. § 75-4318; (4) the Kansas Eminent Domain Procedure Act, K.”
Interior Contractors, Inc. v. Bd. of Trs. of Newman Mem'l Cnty. Hosp., 185 F. Supp. 2d 1216 (D. Kan. 2002). · cites it 2× “” As demarcated and labeled in the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the provisions from K.S.A. §§ 19-201 through 19-243 address the “POWERS AND DUTIES” of county commissioners.”
Cont'l Coal, Inc. v. Cunningham, 553 F. Supp. 2d 1273 (D. Kan. 2008). · cites it 2× “-, Kansas open meetings statutes, K.S.A. §§ 19-201 et seq.; Kansas eminent domain statutes, K.”
Kaplan v. Bd. of Johnson Cnty. Comm'rs, 3 P.3d 1270 (Kan. 2000). “K.S.A. 19-201. Johnson County expanded from three to five county commissioners.”
The Salina Journal v. Brownback (Kan. Ct. App. 2017). “See K.S.A. 19-201 et seq. (describing the formation and powers of county commission, which include making orders and levying taxes [K.”
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