§ 19-2113 — Sale of county farm; infirmary or home; resolution or petition; election; ballot

(a) The board of county commissioners of any such county owning a county farm, county infirmary or county home is hereby authorized, if in its judgment it is advisable to adopt a resolution and provide for an election to sell the same or any part thereof.
(b) If the board of county commissioners shall not adopt a resolution as provided by subsection (a) then whenever the board of county commissioners of any such county shall be presented with a petition signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters of the county, as determined by the number of votes cast for the secretary of state in the last general election, asking that the county farm, county infirmary or county home or any part thereof and the petition for the establishment, erection, repair, remodel, and purchase of real property and buildings for a home for the aged, may be presented to the county commissioners on the same petition, and may be presented to the voters at the same election.
(c) Any election required under this section shall be held as provided by K.S.A. 19-2107, and any amendments thereto. The ballot to be used at any election at which the sale of county farm, county infirmary or county home or any part thereof question is submitted shall be in substantially the following term [form]:
"Shall the county farm, county infirmary or county home or part thereof be sold?"
Yes ☐ No ☐
To vote for the proposition place an " × " in the square following "Yes."
To vote against the proposition place an " × " in the square following "No."
If a majority of votes cast at such election on the proposition so submitted shall be in favor of the proposition, the board of county commissioners shall sell the county farm, county infirmary or county home or any part thereof in the manner provided in K.S.A. 19-2114.

Legislative History

L. 1953, ch. 167, § 8; L. 1955, ch. 155, § 3; June 30.