CHAPTER 57

House Bill No. 2769*

An Act concerning property taxation; relating to budgets and expenditures for public services established by governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas; requiring members appointed to governing bodies be residents of such taxing area.

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

Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any municipality that creates a subordinate service taxing area such as, but not limited to, a county service taxing district pursuant to K.S.A. 19-121, and amendments thereto, and appoints a governing body for such area shall require all voting members of such governing body to be residents of such area if such municipality:

(1) Imposes a property tax on such area residents or authorizes the imposition of a property tax on such area residents by such governing body; or

(2) authorizes such governing body to establish a budget and expenditures for public services for such area residents.

(b) Any member of such governing body who is not a resident of such area shall serve as a nonvoting member.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any elected member of a governing body.

(d) For purposes of this section, “municipality” means a city, county or unified city and county government.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved April 6, 2026.