Kansas HB2539: Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions

What the bill says

An act concerning libraries; providing a process for changing from an appointed governing board to an elected governing board; relating to the Eudora community library district; requiring the adoption of a joint resolution to provide for the election of members of the board of directors of such district; amending K.S.A. 12-1295, 121296 and 12-1298 and repealing the existing sections. New.

From the enrolled text, March 26, 2026:

AN ACT concerning libraries; providing a process for changing from an appointed governing board to an elected governing board; relating to the Eudora community library district; requiring the adoption of a joint resolution to provide for the election of members of the board of directors of such district; amending K.S.A. 12-1295, 121296 and 12-1298 and repealing the existing sections. New Section 1. (a) The board of any library or library district may by resolution and shall, whenever presented with a petition signed by not less than 25% of the qualified electors of the territory in which such library provides services, cause to be submitted to the voters of such territory at the next general election the question of whether the members of such board shall be elected. Any such resolution or petition shall include provisions (2) whether the members are to be elected at-large or by member districts; and (3) whether the members are to be elected at an annual meeting of the board or at a general election. (b) If a majority of the votes cast approve the election of members of the board, then, prior to the first election of the board, the board shall establish member districts, if necessary, and the initial terms of elected members so that not more than a simple majority of the board …

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Sponsors

• Mike Amyx (D) · primary sponsor