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Committee advances bill allowing counties to dissolve fire districts with no territory
Summary
The Committee on Local Government took final action on HB 2,624, which would let a county commission disorganize a fire district that contains no territory rather than wait for a landowner petition. Proponents said the change fixes a statutory gap left when municipal boundary changes leave a district as a legal "shell."
A committee advanced House Bill 2,624 on a motion for emergency final action, a measure aimed at allowing county governments to dissolve fire districts that no longer contain any territory.
The bill, described by the committee revisor, would amend KSA 19‑3604 to permit a board of county commissioners to adopt a resolution disorganizing a fire district if the district "contains no territory," a situation that leaves no landowners able to satisfy the…
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