Kan. Stat. § 19-4445
Any county operating under the provisions of this act may abandon such operation in the same manner as that provided in K.S.A. 19-4426 for the adoption of the provisions of the act, except that the word "abandon" instead of the word "adopt" shall be used in the petition or resolution and upon the ballot and in the election proclamation. If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon such proposition shall be in favor of abandoning operations under the provisions of this act, the law enforcement agency and department shall be abolished on January 1, next following the date of such election. All equipment and supplies purchased by such agency and department shall be transferred to the county, and all other moneys, equipment and supplies donated or contributed to or acquired by such agency and department shall be disposed of pursuant to an agreement entered into by the board of county commissioners of such county and the governing body of each city within such county. In cities having no city marshal or chief of police such officer shall be appointed in like manner as that now provided by law for the filling of vacancies in such office. A sheriff shall be appointed in such county in the manner prescribed for the filling of vacancies for such office who shall hold his or her office until a successor is elected at the next succeeding general election and is qualified. Such sheriff shall have the power, authority and responsibility prescribed by law for such officer. All records of the agency shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. All records of the department relating to the enforcement of city ordinances of any city within such county shall be transferred to the city marshal or chief of police of such city. All records of the department relating to the enforcement of the laws of the state shall be duplicated, and one (1) copy of all such records shall be furnished to the city marshal or chief of police of each city within such county, and the original records shall be transferred to the county sheriff. All moneys derived from the tax levies made by any city within the county pursuant to K.S.A. 19-4443, and amendments thereto, may be used by the governing body of such city for law enforcement purposes in the budget year following the year in which operations under the act of which this section is amendatory are abandoned, notwithstanding that the same were not included in the city's budget of expenditures for such budget year, and the board of county commissioners of such county may use all moneys derived from the tax levies made by the county pursuant to K.S.A. 19-4443, and amendments thereto, for the office of sheriff of such county in the budget year following the year in which such operations are abandoned, notwithstanding that the same were not included in the county's budget of expenditures for such budget year.
K.S.A. 19-4445