CHAPTER 14

House Bill No. 2711

An Act concerning cities of the third class; relating to procedures required for the dissolution of a city; amending K.S.A. 15-111 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 15-111 is hereby amended to read as follows: 15-111. On the petition of a majority of the legal voters qualified electors of any town or village which became a city of the third class or may hereafter become a city of the third class by virtue of section one of the act to which this section is supplementary, it shall be the duty of the council of such city, within ten days after the filing of such petition, to order an election by the legal voters of such city, to determine to place on the next primary or general election ballot, at least 60 days after the submission of the petition, the question of whether such city shall remain a city under the provisions of the act to which this is amendatory, or be dissolved as a corporate body, and remitted to the conditions of being part of the township in which such city shall be is located.

The election shall be conducted like other elections, and the ballots ballot question shall have written or printed thereon be: “For a city,” or “Against a city,.” and Within three days after the election said ballots shall be counted by the city council, and the result recorded; and county canvass has certified the election results, if a two-thirds majority of the legal votes shall be qualified electors is against the city, then the city shall thenceforth cease to exist, and the territory embraced within the city limits shall thenceforth be a part of the township in which said such city was located, and governed in every respect under the general township laws; and. The records of such city shall be delivered to the township clerk, and if there be any debts unpaid of such city at the time it such city ceased to exist under the provisions of this act, then the township trustee shall, at the next annual levy of taxes, provide for a levy on the property within the limits of such city, sufficient to pay such debt according to its terms in the same manner as taxes are now levied for township purposes.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 15-111 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved March 20, 2026.