Kan. Admin. Regs. § 80-8-2

Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section 80-8-2 - Nominations

Any member who desires to be a candidate for election to the board may have the member's name placed on the ballot by submitting a petition to the board that meets the following conditions.

(a) Each petition shall be accompanied by the signatures of at least 100 members of the system who desire to have the petitioner's name on the ballot. Each signature shall include all or part of the signer's social security number as required by the system. The signature of each active member shall include the name of the member's current employer. The signature of each retired member shall include the name of the signer's employer at the time of retirement. The petition shall be in a form provided by the system.

(b) Each petitioner shall submit a resume of qualifications. The resume shall be limited to 150 words and shall contain only biographical data. The petitioner's views on issues and other election comments shall not be permitted. The resume shall be in a form acceptable to the board, which shall be provided to the petitioner following approval of a valid petition.

(c) Each petitioner's membership in the system and the signature and membership of at least 100 of the signers of each petition shall be verified by the executive secretary.

(d) The notice to submit petitions shall be distributed in the year preceding the year in which the term of an elected trustee expires. The notice shall announce the forthcoming election and shall contain any other information that the executive secretary deems appropriate.

(e) Each petition shall be received in the system's office on or before 5:00 p.m. central standard time of November 30 in the calendar year preceding the expiration of the term of an elected trustee and shall be verified only for the election announced in the notice described in subsection (d) above.

(f) When there is only one nomination for a vacancy, the candidate shall be declared to be elected to the board at the April meeting.

(g) System employees shall not be nominated and shall not stand for election to the KPERS board of trustees.

(h) School members may nominate and vote for only school members. Non-school members may nominate and vote for only non-school members.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 80-8-2

Authorized by K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-4909(12), as amended by L. 1998, ch. 64, § 27; implementing K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-4905(a)(2), as amended by L. 1998, ch. 201, § 11; effective, T-80-1-22-93, Jan. 22, 1993; effective Aug. 9, 1993; amended, T-80-9-11-96, Sept. 15, 1996; amended Dec. 20, 1996; amended Sept. 10, 1999.