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Senate committee backs making county citizen commission optional in SB 104
Summary
A Senate committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 104 favorably and place it on the consent calendar; the bill would change KSA 19 20 six-seventy from a mandatory requirement that certain counties create a citizens commission on local government to a discretionary allowance.
A Senate committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 104 favorably and send it to the consent calendar, changing a statutory requirement in KSA 19 20 six-seventy so that certain counties would have the discretion — rather than the obligation — to establish a citizens commission on local government.
The change centers on a single wording edit in the statute: "shall" to "may," which would remove the mandatory requirement that counties meeting the population threshold set out in section 1 establish such a commission. "KSA 19 20 six-seventy ... requires that certain counties with a specific population as noted in section 1 or the first paragraph, must establish a citizens commission on…
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