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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Museum boards shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of a museum or cultural center;
(b) with the approval of the board of county commissioners, to purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or erect a building or buildings for the use of the museum or cultural center;
(c) to acquire by purchase, gift or exchange, books, magazines, papers, printed materials, slides, pictures, films, projection equipment, any and all items of a historical interest, and other material and equipment deemed necessary by the board for the maintenance of a museum or cultural center;
(d) to employ a curator or museum or cultural center director and such other employees as the board shall deem necessary and to remove them and to fix their compensation;
(e) to receive and accept any gift or donation to a museum or cultural center and administer the same in accordance with any provision thereof;
(f) to contract with nonprofit corporations for the operation and maintenance of a museum.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-2668. Specific powers of museum board - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-19-counties-and-county-officers/ks-st-sect-19-2668/
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