2006 Kansas Code - 75-5002

      75-5002.   Highway advisory commission; member districts; appointment of members; terms; limitations on membership; vacancies. (a) There is hereby established the state highway advisory commission, referred to in this section and K.S.A. 75-5003 as the commission. The commission shall be attached to and within the department of transportation as a part of the department. The commission shall consist of 12 members, with two residents from each of the following districts:

      (1)   The first district shall comprise the counties of Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Jefferson, Brown, Jackson, Shawnee, Osage, Nemaha, Lyon, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie, Marshall and Riley.

      (2)   The second district shall comprise the counties of Washington, Clay, Geary, Morris, Chase, Dickinson, Marion, McPherson, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, Republic, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln and Ellsworth.

      (3)   The third district shall comprise the counties of Smith, Osborne, Russell, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Norton, Graham, Trego, Decatur, Sheridan, Gove, Rawlins, Thomas, Logan, Cheyenne, Sherman and Wallace.

      (4)   The fourth district shall comprise the counties of Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Franklin, Anderson, Allen, Neosho, Labette, Coffey, Woodson, Wilson, Montgomery, Greenwood, Elk and Chautauqua.

      (5)   The fifth district shall comprise the counties of Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner, Rice, Reno, Kingman, Harper, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Rush, Pawnee, Edwards, Kiowa and Comanche.

      (6)   The sixth district shall comprise the counties of Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Clark, Lane, Finney, Gray, Meade, Scott, Haskell, Seward, Wichita, Kearny, Grant, Stevens, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton and Morton.

      (b)   Members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor. No member of the commission may hold any other public office or public employment, except military office or the office of notary public.

      (c)   Upon the expiration of any member's term of office, the governor shall appoint a successor to serve for a term of four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Whenever a vacancy on the commission occurs for any other reason, the governor shall appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term. All appointments shall be subject to the limitations on the commission's membership prescribed by this section.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 426, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 61; July 1.