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Bill would let counties decide whether to convene large citizen consolidation commissions
Summary
Senate Bill 104 would change state law so county commissioners — not a mandatory statute — may form citizen consolidation commissions; Shawnee County officials told the committee the existing statewide statute is duplicative and unwieldy for local needs.
A Kansas Senate committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 104, which would change an existing state statute so county commissioners may, rather than shall, convene a citizen consolidation commission for counties within a specified population range.
Supporters told the committee the change is meant to avoid duplicative or unwieldy panels in places such as Shawnee County and to leave the decision to local elected officials. Rich Eckert, Shawnee County councilor, said the bill is "a very minor change" and that his county already has a locally tailored statute, KSA 12-350, that sets up a different citizens' committee and was adopted after a local process in 2005. "We thought that maybe just changing it from…
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