A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF MARION, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISION OF KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED 12-1222 AND AMENDMENTS THERETO INSOFAR AS THE SAME PROHIBITS NONRESIDENTS OF SAID CITY FROM SERVING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF MARION, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. That the City of Marion, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 12-1222, and any amendments thereto, insofar as said statute prohibits non-residents of said City from serving on the Library Board.

SECTION 2. That the following is hereby ordained as a substitution for said provision, to-wit:

       No less than five (5) members of the Board shall be residents of the City of Marion, Kansas. The remaining two (2) members of the Board may either be residents or non-residents of said City, but in any event shall be residents of Marion County, Kansas.

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SECTION 5. Charter Ordinance 09-01 of the City of Marion, Kansas, is hereby repealed and replaced.

(1-6-2012)