Session of 1999
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1613
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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PROPOSITION to amend section 3 of article 6 of the constitution
of
10 the state of Kansas,
relating to the state board of regents.
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14 Be it resolved by
the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
15 members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the Senate and two-
16 thirds of the
members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House
17 of Representatives
concurring therein:
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Section 1. The following proposition to amend the
constitution of the
19 state of Kansas shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the state
20 for their approval or rejection: Section 3
of article 6 of the constitution
21 of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to
read as follows:
22 "§ 3. Members of state
board of education and state board of
23 regents. (a)
There shall be ten members of the state board of ed-
24 ucation with
overlapping terms as the legislature may prescribe. The
25 legislature shall make
provision for ten member districts, each com-
26 prised of four
contiguous senatorial districts. The electors of each
27 member district shall
elect one person residing in the district as a
28 member of the board.
The legislature shall prescribe the manner
29 in which vacancies
occurring on the board shall be filled.
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(b) There shall be the number of members of the state
board of
31 regents shall have nine
members with overlapping terms as the legis-
32 lature may prescribe. Members shall be
appointed by the governor,
33 subject to confirmation by the senate.
At least one member shall be
34 appointed from each congressional district
with the remaining mem-
35 bers appointed at
large,; however, no two members shall
reside in the
36 same county at the time of their
appointment. Vacancies occurring on
37 the board shall be filled by appointment by
the governor as provided
38 by law.
39 (c) Subsequent
redistricting shall not disqualify any member of
40 either board from service for the remainder
of his the member's term.
41 Any member of either board may be removed
from office for cause as
42 may be provided by law."
43 Sec. 2. The
following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
44 the amendment as a whole:
45 "Explanatory
statement. The constitution provides that the state
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board of regents shall be composed of nine members. The
pur-
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pose of this amendment is to allow the legislature to
prescribe
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the numerical composition of the board of regents.
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"A vote for this amendment would remove the provision in
the
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constitution that requires the state board of regents to be
com-
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posed of nine members and would allow the legislature to
pro-
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vide for the number of members composing the board of
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regents.
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"A vote against this amendment favors retaining a
nine-member
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board of regents."
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Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of
the members
12 elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
Senate, and two-thirds of the
13 members elected (or appointed) and
qualified to the House of Repre-
14 sentatives shall be entered on the
journals, together with the yeas and
15 nays. The secretary of state shall cause
this resolution to be published as
16 provided by law and shall cause the
proposed amendment to be submitted
17 to the electors of the state at the general
election in the year 2000 unless
18 a special election is called at a sooner
date by concurrent resolution of
19 the legislature, in which case it shall be
submitted to the electors of the
20 state at the special election.