17-5908. Swine production facilities; establishment in county, procedure.
17-5908
17-5908. Swine production facilities; establishment in county, procedure. (a) The board of county commissioners, by resolution, may submit to the qualified voters of the county a proposition to allow swine production facilities, as defined in K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, to be established within the county. Upon adoption of such resolution, the county election officer shall submit the question of whether swine production facilities shall be allowed to be established in such county at the next state or county-wide regular or special election.
(b) (1) The board of county commissioners, upon a petition filed in accordance with paragraph (b)(2), shall submit to the qualified voters of the county a proposition to allow swine production facilities, as defined in K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, to be established within the county.
(2) A petition to submit a proposition to the qualified voters of a county pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be filed with the county election officer. The petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the county equal in number to not less than 5% of the voters of the county who voted for the office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election at which such office was elected. The following shall appear on the petition:
"We request an election to determine whether corporate swine production facilities shall be allowed to be established in _______ county, pursuant to K.S.A. 17-5904."
(3) Upon the submission of a valid petition calling for an election pursuant to this subsection, the county election officer shall submit the question of whether swine production facilities shall be allowed to be established in such county at the next state or county-wide regular or special election which occurs more than 60 days after the petition is filed with the county election officer.
(c) If a majority of the votes cast and counted are in opposition to allowing swine production facilities to be established in such county, the county election officer shall transmit a copy of the result to the secretary of state who shall publish in the Kansas register the result of such election and that swine production facilities are not allowed to be established in such county.
(d) If a majority of the votes cast and counted is in favor of the proposition, the county election officer shall transmit a copy of the result to the secretary of state who shall publish in the Kansas register the result of such election and that swine production facilities are allowed to be established in such county.
(e) The election provided for by this section shall be conducted, and the votes counted and canvassed, in the manner provided by law for question submitted elections of the county, except that the county election officer shall publish in the official county newspaper a notice of such election once each week for two consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than 21 days before the election, and such notice shall state the date and time of the election and the proposition that will appear on the ballot.
History: L. 1994, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 143, § 45; May 7.