Ballot Questions General Election 2022

The following questions will be on the Johnson County ballot for the 2022 General Election. 

Ballot Questions

Constitutional Amendment 1

Shall the following be adopted?

§ 17. Legislative oversight of administrative rules and regulations.

Whenever the legislature by law has authorized any officer or agency within the executive branch of government to adopt rules and regulations that have the force and effect of law, the legislature may provide by law for the revocation or suspension of any such rule and regulation, or any portion thereof, upon a vote of a majority of the members then elected or appointed and qualified in each house.

Constitutional Amendment 2

Shall the following be adopted?

§ 2. County and township officers. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each county shall elect a sheriff for a term of four years by a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon at the time of voting designated for such office pursuant to law in effect on January 11, 2022, and every four years thereafter.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a county that abolished the office of sheriff prior to January 11, 2022. Such county may restore the office of sheriff as provided by law and such restoration shall be irrevocable. A county that restores the office of sheriff shall elect a sheriff by a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon for a term of four years. Such sheriff shall have such qualifications and duties as provided by law. The time of voting for the office of sheriff may be provided for by the legislature pursuant to section 18 of article 2 of this constitution.

(c) The filling of vacancies and the qualifications and duties of the office of sheriff shall be as provided by law.

(d) The legislature shall provide for such other county and township officers as may be necessary.

§ 5. Removal of officers. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all county and township officers may be removed from office, in such manner and for such cause, as shall be prescribed by law.

(b) A county sheriff only may be involuntarily removed from office by recall election pursuant to section 3 of article 4 of this constitution or a writ of quo warranto initiated by the attorney general.

Mission Hills Question

Shall the following be adopted?

Shall the City of Mission Hills, Kansas be authorized to extend the one-quarter percent (0.25%) increase to the City's one percent (1%) retailers' sales tax for a period of five (5) years beginning on October 1, 2023, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq.?  The total current retailers' sales tax levied within the City is one and one-quarter percent (1.25%), which includes a one percent (1%) retailers' sales tax authorized in November 2004, and a one-quarter percent (0.25%) increase authorized in November 2017 to fund City services and infrastructure improvements.  The increase took effect on October 1, 2018 and will expire on September 30, 2023.  The City is seeking authorization to extend the one-quarter percent (0.25%) increase for another five (5) years to continue funding City services and infrastructure improvements."