Chapter 12, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-631d. Same; bonds or warrants, when; lien upon facilities. If such sewer or sewage facilities are acquired by purchase and not by gift or grant, then the cost of such acquisition shall be paid by the issuance of warrants or bonds, but any such warrants or bonds issued for the …

12-631e. Certain cities may alter, repair, construct or reconstruct sewers; payment by city at large; bonds. If the governing body of any city located in a county which has a population of less than 20,000 and an assessed tangible valuation of more than $45,000,000 and in which s…

12-631f. Same; payment of outstanding notes. Any city, such as described in K.S.A. 12-631e which has outstanding at the time this act takes effect temporary notes issued in payment of the costs of any construction or reconstruction of sewers such as described in K.S.A. 12-631e, m…

12-631g. Sewage service charges by cities and township districts; exceptions. The governing body of any city or any township sewer district which has installed or may hereafter install a system of sewage disposal may, by ordinance of such city or by the resolution of the governin…

12-631i. Same; sewage disposal system defined; use of revenue. For the purpose of this act, sewage disposal system shall consist of all means by which sewage is transported, treated and disposed of and shall not include drainage or storm sewers or drains: Provided, That for const…

12-631j. Same; rules and regulations. The governing body of a city shall have the power by ordinance, and the governing body of a township sewer district shall have power by resolution, to adopt rules and regulations providing for the management and operation of its sewage system…

12-631l. Same; disposition of revenues; reduction of tax levy. All revenues derived from sewage service charges shall be deposited in the treasury and credited to a separate fund to be known as the sewage disposal fund and such revenues shall be used exclusively for the administr…

12-631m. Sewerage service charges; county, sewer district, improvement district or public agencies; establishment, collection and use of proceeds. Any county, sewer district, improvement district or public agency authorized by law to establish and/or operate a sewerage system or …

12-631n. Municipal sewerage systems; definitions. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein: (a) "Municipality" means any county, city, sewer district or other public agency or any combination thereof; (b) "S…

12-631o. Same; reserve funds; payment or transfer of certain moneys to fund. Any municipality, by resolution of the governing body thereof, may establish one or more reserve funds for the future maintenance and operation of its sewerage system and for the construction of improvem…

12-631p. Same; use of moneys credited to reserve funds; exempt from budget law; retransfer of certain funds authorized. Moneys credited to such reserve funds may be used by the municipality for the construction, reconstruction, expansion, operation and maintenance of such sewerag…

12-631q. Counties and cities may unite in construction of outlets for drainage of storm water; eminent domain; bonds. Any county may unite with any city within such county for the purpose of constructing outlets for drainage of storm water in such county or city, as herein provid…

12-631r. Storm sewers; construction of improvements outside boundaries of municipality. (a) Whenever the governing body of any city determines it is necessary to construct storm sewers, channels, retention basins or drains for the purpose of managing the storm drainage areas of a…

12-631s. Same; determination of necessity. For the purpose of constructing improvements authorized by K.S.A. 12-631r, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county constructing such improvements shall be the sole judge …

12-631t. Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds. The governing body of any city shall have the power to provide for one or more systems of disposal works for the purification of the sewage of the city or any part thereof, and to build, operate and maintain such di…

12-631u. Same; within or without the city. The governing body of any such city may construct sewage-disposal works within the city limits of any city or within five miles of the city limits of any such city, and such governing body shall have the power and the authority to constr…

12-631v. Same; condemn or purchase lands; consent. The governing body of any such city shall have the power to condemn or acquire by purchase lands for the construction of sewage-disposal plants and lands or any easements therein or rights-of-way necessary for the construction an…

12-631w. Sewage disposal works; cost paid by city; bonds. All the costs and expenses occasioned by the construction of any such disposal works, including the purchase or condemnation of land therefor and including the purchase or condemnation of land for the construction of sewer…

12-631x. Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; payment of bonds; tax levy, use of proceeds. The governing body of such city shall provide for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and payable by the levy of a general tax on all taxa…

12-631y. Delay of assessment of cost by sewer districts; procedure; payment of interest during delay period; notice; hearing. (a) The governing body of any sewer district may provide, by resolution, for the delay of the assessment of the actual cost incurred in the construction o…

12-635. Authorization of improvements within or without city limits; eminent domain; federal cooperation; agreements with watershed or drainage districts. The governing body of any city of the state of Kansas in, near or through which flows a natural watercourse, the overflow fro…

12-636. Same; resolution; engineer's estimate and report. Before making the improvements mentioned in K.S.A. 12-635, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city, by resolution duly passed, shall declare it necessary for the public good and convenience that the property…

12-637. Same; review of engineer's report by chief engineer; approval or disapproval. Upon the city's filing a report with the chief engineer pursuant to K.S.A. 12-636, and amendments thereto, the chief engineer shall carefully examine the report and, if the chief engineer determ…

12-638. Same; eminent domain proceedings; advertising for bids. Upon the approval of the engineer's report by the governing body of the city and the division of water resources, the governing body of the city, if property is to be condemned, shall proceed to exercise the power of…

12-640. Same; objection to appraiser's report; notice and hearing. At the next meeting, regular or special, of the governing body of said city, after the filing of the report of said appraisers, said governing body shall fix a time and place for the hearing of all objections to t…

12-641. Same; hearing on report. At the time and place fixed in said notice, the governing body shall meet for the hearing of objections. If they shall find that due notice has not been given as required by this act, they shall continue the hearing to a date to be fixed by them a…

12-642. Same; time for objections to report. All objections to the report of said appraisers must be in writing and filed with the city clerk of said city forty-eight hours prior to the time fixed for the hearing of the same. History: L. 1917, ch. 87, § 8; April 5; R.S. 1923, § 1…

12-643. Same; appeal to district court; bond; transcript, filing. Any person, firm or corporation who has filed objections and had a hearing as herein provided, feeling aggrieved by the decision and judgment of the governing body, may appeal to the district court of the county in…

12-644. Overflow of natural watercourses; bonds of city. In order to provide for the payment of the costs of flood control improvements and the damages occasioned by reason thereof, the governing body of the city may issue internal improvement bonds of the city as provided by law…

12-645. Same; appraisers; special benefit assessments; general tax levy, when. The governing body shall appoint three disinterested householders of the said city to appraise any special benefits that may accrue to any property by reason of said improvements being made. Said appra…

12-646. Same; bond limitations inapplicable, when. Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of bonded indebtedness of cities of the second class. Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be included in fixing the limit…

12-646a. Flood control works; maintenance and operation; tax levy, use of proceeds. For the purpose of maintaining and operating any flood control works or dikes heretofore or hereafter constructed with or without the assistance of the U.S. army corps of engineers or any other ag…

12-646b. City of Halstead authorized to establish a flood control improvements fund. (a) The governing body of the city of Halstead, Kansas, may establish, by adoption of an ordinance, a flood control improvements fund. The ordinance establishing such fund, and any amendments the…

12-667. Levy of assessments in installments. Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of any city the special assessments on any lot or piece of land within a benefit district created by such city would be burdensome if collected in one installment, the said governing body …

12-671. Land for streets and alleys; bond issue; tax levy. When the governing body of any city shall deem it necessary in order to pay for lands hereafter or heretofore appropriated or purchased for opening, widening, or extending any street or alley it may issue and sell to obta…

12-672. Docks, wharves, and river terminals. Any city in the state of Kansas shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to acquire, by gift, purchase or condemnation, sites, and to own, construct, maintain, operate or lease out docks, wharves and river terminal…

12-673. Same; bonds, terms. Said cities shall have the power to issue bonds to pay for any lands acquired, and the wharves and improvements constructed thereon, when authorized by a vote of the people at a general election or any special election held for that purpose, and said b…

12-681. Certain street and alley improvement in second-class cities and first-class cities of less than 50,000 population; resolution; bonds; limitations. The governing body of all cities of the first class having a population of less than fifty thousand inhabitants and cities of…

12-682. Same; election; notice. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any city, unless and until the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act by such city shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the city at any regular city election for their …

12-685. Designation of main trafficways. The governing body of any city is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and establish, by ordinance as a main trafficway any existing or proposed street, boulevard, avenue or part thereof, within such city, the primary function of w…

12-686. Same; designating trafficway connections with main trafficways; right-of-way. Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of any city which has designated and established main trafficways under the provisions of this act, it is necessary to provide adequate connections…

12-687. Same; improving trafficways and connections. The governing body of such city shall have power to improve or reimprove or cause to be improved or reimproved, any main trafficway or trafficway connection designated and established under the provisions of this act. Such impr…

12-689. Same; costs; how paid. All costs of improvements or reimprovements authorized under the provisions of this act, including acquisition of right-of-way, engineering costs, and all other costs properly attributable to such projects shall be paid by the city at large from the…

12-690. Same; supplemental. This act shall be supplemental to all other acts relating to the improvement of streets, and shall not prevent the use of other statutes for the improving of any such street, boulevard or avenue. History: L. 1959, ch. 71, § 6; June 30. Law Review and B…

12-691. Certain county and city agreements with federal agencies on recreational facilities along rivers. Any county or city in which the corps of engineers of the United States army or any other department or agency of the government of the United States is authorized by congres…

12-692. Acquisition of land to open, widen or extend street or to construct or improve storm sewer or drain; special assessments; exemption of certain property. (a) All lots or tracts of land abutting upon any existing or proposed street or highway, the owner or owners or predece…

12-693. Improvements by cities within unincorporated territory within three miles of corporate limits; financing and payment of cost of improvement; agreement with county to establish improvement district for road and street improvements. (a) All cities are hereby authorized to m…

12-694. Water course improvements; eminent domain; police jurisdiction. The governing body of any city may establish, make and regulate public wells, cisterns, aqueducts and reservoirs and provide for filling the same and may establish, alter, change, relocate, straighten, divert…

12-695. Same; bond limitations inapplicable. The bonds issued under this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of any bonded indebtedness of cities. History: L. 1927, ch. 139, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 118, § 2; July 1.

12-6a01. Procedures for certain improvements and for financing costs; definitions. For the purpose of this act, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (a) "Improvement" means any type of improvement made under authority of this act …