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This bill modifies the appointment process for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) commissioners, ensuring representation from specific counties and the city of Kansas City. The bill maintains the current structure of five commissioners, with one each from Cass, Platte, Clay, and Jackson counties, and one from Kansas City. The appointment process is now more detailed, specifying that for Platte and Clay Counties, the county commission will submit a panel of three residents to the Kansas City mayor for appointment, with city council approval. For Cass County, the county commission submits a panel to the governor, who then appoints a commissioner with senate consent. Jackson County commissioners will be appointed by the county executive from cities or towns that have funded KCATA, and Kansas City commissioners will be appointed by the mayor from within the city. Commissioners will serve four-year terms, with a limitation that no person can serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, with a slight exception for those filling unexpired terms longer than two and a half years.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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