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Fifth edition |
| Description |
1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 30 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Local government organizations; structure; functions -- Kansas cities - Basic structure and functions -- County government - structure, officers, and basic functions -- Townships - a general purpose local government of limited responsibilities in Kansas -- School districts, other special district governments, and governmental entities -- Boundary matters of cities, other local units -- Incorporation of cities -- City annexation laws -- Impact of city annexation on special districts and other local units -- Miscellaneous boundary matters -- Boundary matters of other local units -- Local government powers : police power and home rule -- The police power -- Home rule - a new era -- Kansas planning and zoning laws -- Planning and zoning laws -- General city and country planning and zoning law -- City and county zoning regulations -- Subdivision regulations -- City extraterritorial building code and zoning permits : protest petitions and elections -- Plats -- Vesting of development rights -- Major streets and highways building and setback lines -- Group home zoning - special provisions -- Federal religious land use and institutionalized persons act of 2000 -- Historic preservation zoning -- Manufactured homes, mobile homes - zoning protection -- Sexually-oriented businesses : elimination of nonconforming uses -- Other nonconforming uses protections - rules for elimination -- Violations and enforcement of the general city and county planning, zoning, and subdivision law -- Appeals : zoning and land use decisions -- Takings and other constitutional issues -- Miscellaneous -- Open meetings; open records; actions; inititative; protest petittions; other -- The Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) -- Meetings and modes of action of cities -- Meetings and modes of action of counties -- Meetings and modes of action of townships -- Meetings and modes of action of schools -- Initiative, referendum and protest petitions : cities, other local units -- Kansas Open Records Act -- Other general records laws -- Local election laws, public officers, and ethics -- Local election laws -- Public officers -- Campaign finance - conflict of interest laws -- Local government employees-employer relations -- The Kansas public employer-employee relations law -- Civil service and local government employees -- Employment at will doctrine and exceptions -- Constitutional rights and public employment -- Employment discrimination laws -- Fair labor standards act -- Kansas minimum wage and maximum hours law -- Kansas wage payment act -- Family and Medical Leave Act -- Immigration reform and control act of 1986 -- Local government finance -- overview of local government revenues -- Selected state shared taxes and distribution formulas-selected federal aid -- Municipal borrowing -- Expenditure and other fiscal controls -- Kansas property tax system -- Constitutional limits -- Property tax levies and levy limitations -- Property tax administration cycle -- Appraisal, valuation, and assessment -- Procedures for contesting taxes -- Exemptions -- Special assessments -- Other property taxes -- Property transactions; public buildings; improvements; and bids; eminent domain -- Property transactions -- Acquisition of property by eminent domain -- Eminent domain procedure act -- School law -- School districts -- finance and school reform -- School desegregation - equal education opportunities -- Compulsory attendance law -- Special education -- Control and discipline of students -- Religion and public schools -- School teachers and administrators -- Continuing contracts - teacher due process -- Evaluation of certified personnel law -- Nonrenewal of administrators' contracts -- Tort and section 1983 liability issues; other -- The Kansas Tort Claims Act -- Section 1983 and local government liability -- Municipal antitrust liability -- Special districts, other limited pupose entitites and regional bodies -- Utilities -- Conservation and management of natural resources -- Education and library services -- Health related functions and services -- Parks and recreation services -- Transportation, economic development, regional planning and other --Miscellaneous public improvement districts -- Interlocal cooperation, consolidation of functions -- cooperation -- Consolidation of functions, operations, and services -- Intergovernmental cooperation, consolidation, and contracting |
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Local government -- Law and legislation -- Kansas.
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