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2010 Kansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

handle is hein.sag/sagks0009 and id is 1 raw text is: January 5, 2010

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 2010- 1
Robert A. Walsh
Cloud County Attorney
811 Washington
Concordia, Kansas 66901
Re:        Cities and Municipalities--Miscellaneous Provisions; Convention and
Tourism Committee; Appointment; Terms; Term Limits, Removal and
Replacement of Committee Members
Synopsis:  Subject to the membership requirements of K.S.A. 12-16,101, a city
governing body or county commission may determine the membership of
a convention and tourism committee and may impose a limit on the
number of terms served. Moreover, a city governing body or county
commission may, by resolution, establish a term of office, not to exceed
four years, but condition the term of office on removal by the appointing
authority prior to the expiration of the term. Cited herein: K.S.A. 12-1695;
12-1697; 12-16,101 and Kan. Const., Art. 15, §§ 1, 2.
Dear Mr. Walsh:
As Cloud County Attorney you have posed two questions concernin? the members of a
convention and tourism committee as set forth in K.S.A. 12-16,101. The first question
is whether county commissioners may impose term limits and appoint representatives of
Cloud County tourist attractions. The second question is whether county commissioners
may remove and replace convention and tourism committee members.
K.S.A. 12-16,101 provides, in part:
The governing body of any city or county which levies a transient guest tax
pursuant to this act may establish a convention and tourism committee to
make recommendations concerning the programs and expenditures for
You cited K.S.A. 12-1695 in your letter. That statute only applies to Sedgwick County and the
cities therein.

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