2006 Kansas Code - 75-5003

      75-5003.   Same; organization; meetings; quorum, notice, records and minutes, expenses and allowances of members; duties; disapproval of secretary's decisions as to location or authorization for construction or reconstruction of highways. (a) The commission shall organize annually by electing one of its members as chairman and one as vice-chairman. Regular meetings of the commission shall be held monthly, and special meetings of the commission may be called by the chairman or by a majority of the commission. A quorum of the commission shall consist of seven (7) members, and no action may be taken by the commission without the affirmative vote of at least seven (7) members.

      (b)   Meetings of the commission shall be open to the public and no meeting or hearing of the commission shall be held unless at least seven (7) members of the commission are present. Notice of every meeting of the commission shall be given to the secretary of transportation, and the secretary shall provide to the commission all necessary clerical services. The commission shall keep records and minutes of its business and official actions, which shall be filed with the secretary of transportation and be open to public inspection.

      (c)   All vouchers for expenditures and all payrolls of the commission shall be approved by the chairman of the commission and by the secretary of transportation or a person or persons designated by the secretary. Members of the commission attending meetings of the commission, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such commission, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223.

      (d)   It shall be the duty of the commission to review the status of the highways of this state and to propose and recommend to the secretary of transportation plans for improvement of the entire system of roads and highways in this state. Notwithstanding any provision of this act or other law to the contrary, any determination by the secretary of transportation as to the location of any highway and any authorization by the secretary of transportation for the construction or reconstruction of any highway may be disapproved by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the commission, but nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the commission to abrogate, limit or otherwise affect the power of the secretary to administer and supervise the internal operations and management of the department of transportation.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 426, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 380, § 12; July 1.