Chapter 12 — CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-3511. Local government may pay state share, when. In the event that any board apportions a part of any special assessment of taxes to the state of Kansas, and payment of the amount so apportioned or any part thereof is denied, such board may pay the same as a general obligatio…

12-3512. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragr…

12-3513. Payments for township road maintenance or improvement. (a) Agencies of the state of Kansas are authorized to pay amounts requested by townships for the maintenance or improvement of roads located on or adjacent to property owned by the state of Kansas when, as determined…

12-3601. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Water conditioning contractor" means any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation which engages in the business of installing, servicing or repairing water conditioning e…

12-3602. Water conditioning contractors; registration with city clerk; certificate; qualifications of applicant; revocation of certificate; liability insurance and surety bonds; waiver; unlawful acts. (a) Every water conditioning contractor shall be required to register with the …

12-3603. City regulation of installation, service or repair; enforcement. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any city from establishing rules and regulations governing the installation, service or repair of water conditioning equipment or providing for the inspection of the origi…

12-3604. Registered contractors not engaged in plumbing. Registered water conditioning contractors shall not be deemed to be engaged in the business of plumbing. History: L. 1972, ch. 45, § 4; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived…

12-3605. Penalties. Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall constitute a class C misdemeanor. History: L. 1972, ch. 45, § 5; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR …

[Repealed or reserved.]

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12-3710. Sewage disposal facilities; secretary of health and environment authorized to issue revenue bonds; use of proceeds; payment, conditions, interest rate, maturity and regulation of issuance of bonds; interim receipts or temporary bonds. The secretary of health and environm…

12-3711. Same; sewage disposal treatment fund; deposit and use of bond proceeds; loans to political subdivisions of state; sewer service charges for repayment of loans, assessment and collection; disposition of moneys collected; powers of secretary of health and environment. All …

12-3712. Grants not subject to other state agencies; revenues from service charge placed in fund for payment of bonds; use of revenues, liens; sinking fund for all bonds outstanding. Grants made under this act and receipt thereunder shall not be subject to supervision or regulati…

12-3713. Bonds may be secured by trust agreement; protection of rights and remedies of bondholders. In the discretion of the secretary of health and environment any bonds issued under the provisions of this act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the secretary and …

12-3714. Moneys deemed to be trust fund; trustee; duties. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues or as an appropriation by the state of Kansas, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied s…

12-3715. Enforcement of rights of bondholder or trustee. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or any coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except as restricted by such trust agreement, either at law or in equity, by suit, …

12-3718. History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 77, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 295, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 68; L. 1992, ch. 272, § 1; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 253, § 39; May 23. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC …

12-3719. History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 10; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 253, § 39; May 23. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

12-3720. History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 77, § 4; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 253, § 39; May 23. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sch…

12-3721. Appropriation to department of health and environment; deposit in debt service reserve fund; first claim and lien. There is hereby appropriated to the department of health and environment from the self-insurance reserve fund established by K.S.A. 12-3722 et seq. for the …

12-3722. Self-insurance reserve fund; creation; administration; payments from fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the self-insurance reserve fund. Such fund shall be administered by the pooled money investment board. Except for investment purposes, no amounts shal…

12-3723. Same; use and expenditure of moneys in fund. Except as is otherwise provided in this act or appropriation act of the legislature, moneys in the self-insurance reserve fund may be used only for the purpose of repairing, constructing, or replacing buildings, furnishings, e…

12-3724. Self-insurance reserve fund; investment by director of investments; acceptance of moneys from other entities; tax exemption. (a) The director of investments may invest and reinvest moneys in the self-insurance reserve fund in accordance with investment policies establish…

12-3725. Same; transfer of $2,000,000 to fund. On the effective date of this act, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer two million dollars ($2,000,000) from the state general fund to the self-insurance reserve fund. History: L. 1973, ch. 360, § 4; April 25. Previou…

12-3801. Industrial development bonds by cities and counties; legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds and declares that as an alternative and in addition to bonds issued under any other authority now provided by law the issuance of industrial development bonds under…

12-3802. Same; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Industrial development bond" means an obligation issued by any local unit of government of the state under the authority of this act for the purpose of financing the acquisition of land, the acquisition or construction (includ…

12-3803. Same; issuance of bonds authorized; not subject to bonded debt limitations. Every local unit of general government is, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, hereby authorized to issue industrial development bonds in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed…

12-3804. Same; findings required by governing bodies before issuance. No local unit of general government may issue industrial development bonds under the provisions of this act without a finding by the government body: (a) That the local unit of general government has a contract…

12-3805. Same; application of bond law; payments of principal and interest; no-fund warrants, when; tax levies; property acquired subject to tax. (a) Except to the extent that they are in conflict with this act, the provisions of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and a…

12-3806. Same; approval of bond issue by electors required. No such bonds shall be issued until the question of their issuance shall have been submitted to and been approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election called and held thereon. All such elections shall be n…

12-3807. Same; severability. If any section, sentence, subdivision, or clause of this act shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. History: L. 1974, ch. 49, § 7; July 1. Pre…

12-3901. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to authorize and permit political and taxing subdivisions of this state to more efficiently and effectively serve the needs of their constituents by consolidating or cooperating in the consolidation of operations, procedures …

12-3902. Political and taxing subdivisions defined. For the purposes of this act all references to "political and taxing subdivisions of this state" shall mean and include counties, townships, cities, school districts, library districts, park districts, road districts, drainage o…

12-3903. Consolidation of operations, procedures and functions by a political and taxing subdivision or by two or more subdivisions; procedure; elimination of elective office, election. (a) Whenever the governing body of any political or taxing subdivision of this state shall by …

12-3904. Same; procedures, functions; petition; election. Whenever a petition, signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of any political or taxing subdivision of this state or any two or more political or taxing subdivisions of this state, shall be filed with the gov…

12-3905. Same; subdivision not relieved of obligation or responsibility imposed by law. No consolidation proceeding or agreement made pursuant to this act shall relieve any political or taxing subdivision of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except that to t…

12-3906. Same; submission of agreements affecting state functions and services to state officer or agency for approval. In the event that any consolidation proceeding or agreement between political or taxing subdivisions made pursuant to this act shall affect functions or service…

12-3907. Same; consolidated office or agency successor to offices or agencies consolidated. Except when otherwise specifically provided by the resolution or resolutions providing for the consolidation of offices or agencies under the provisions of this act, the consolidated offic…

12-3908. Same; appropriation of funds and providing services and personnel to surviving office or agency. Any political or taxing subdivision of this state entering into an agreement with any other such political or taxing subdivision pursuant to this act may appropriate funds an…

12-3909. Act not authority for consolidation of political or taxing subdivisions or closing or change in school attendance facilities. Nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the consolidation of any political or taxing subdivision with any other political or taxing…

12-3910. Consolidation of fire districts and fire departments; application of act. The provisions of this act shall apply to any fire district created by a county under chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, to any fire district created by a township under chapter 80 of the…

12-3911. Same; districts or departments; initiation of procedure. Upon the request of the governing body of two or more fire districts or departments, the board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may provide for the consolidation of fire districts and may inclu…

12-3912. Same; districts or departments in adjoining counties. If the fire districts or departments desiring to be consolidated consist of land in adjoining counties, the county commissions of both counties, by resolution, may create a new district under the provisions of this ac…

12-3913. Same; procedure; resolution, publication; election, when; effective date; initial mill levy of new district. (a) The resolution creating a consolidated fire district as provided by this act, shall be published at least once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspa…

12-3914. Same; governing body of consolidated districts, appointment of. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), upon the consolidation of any such areas the board of county commissioners shall appoint a governing body composed of at least three and not more than seven members …

12-3915. Same; governing body of consolidated district, powers and duties. The governing body of any fire district created pursuant to this act shall have the authority to: (a) Levy taxes and special assessments as provided by law. Except as provided by K.S.A. 12-3913, and amendm…

12-3916. Same; transfer of property; payment of outstanding indebtedness; transfer of debt service fund. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the books, papers, equipment and other real and personal property belonging to the departments consolidated pursuant to this a…

12-3917. Same; outstanding indebtedness; tax levy for payment of. If any fire district, at the time of such consolidation, has any outstanding indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county to provide for the payment of such outstanding inde…

12-3918. Same; effect on firefighters' retirement or other benefits. The consolidation of any fire district under the provisions of this act shall not affect the rights of any firefighter serving in the department of such district to benefits under any retirement or relief associ…

12-3919. Same; fire district, powers and duties. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this act, any fire district created under the provisions of this act, shall have all the duties, rights and obligations of any department created under chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Ann…