Chapter 12 — CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-528. Same; bonds; limitations; use of other funds. If deemed necessary, the city is hereby authorized to issue general obligation or revenue bonds of the city without an election for approval thereof, and may use water utility funds as are available for the purpose of making a…

12-529. Annexation of military reservation prohibited. (a) The governing body of any city shall not annex any territory of a United States military reservation. (b) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any annexation proceedings commencing after December 31, 1981…

12-530. Notice of proposed annexation to be given to planning commission; review by commission. (a) Before any city annexes any land pursuant to K.S.A. 12-520 or 12-521, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city shall submit its resolution of intent to annex adopted …

12-531. Hearing by county commissioners three years after annexation or to consider whether services provided; compelling hearing, attorney fees. (a) Three years following the annexation of any land pursuant to K.S.A. 12-520 or 12-521, and amendments thereto, or, where there has …

12-532. Petition for hearing, by landowners to county commission to exclude land from the city if municipal services not provided; notice and hearing; order to exclude land, when; record of order by register of deeds; land not liable for certain taxes; compelling hearing, attorne…

12-533. Action to compel city to provide services according to written agreement; order to exclude land, when; record of order by register of deeds; land not liable for certain taxes. (a) The owner of any land in an area annexed by a city who has entered into a written agreement …

12-534. Agreement by city to extend municipal services; consent to annexation by owner and successors; filing of agreement with register of deeds. Any written agreement entered into between a city and the owner of land proposed to be annexed by the city which conditions the deliv…

12-535. Contractual agreement to guarantee apportionment of costs of improvements. The governing body of any city annexing land pursuant to K.S.A. 12-520 or 12-521, and amendments thereto, may enter into contractual agreements with the owners of land proposed to be annexed to gua…

12-536. Effect of act on certain annexations. The provisions of this act shall be applicable to any annexation made without the written consent of or petition by the landowners and which is not completed before the effective date of this act. For the purpose of this section "comp…

12-537. Severability. If any part or parts of this act are held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional part or parts. History: L. …

12-538. Actions challenging certain annexations under K.S.A. 12-520; considerations of the court. Any owner of land annexed by a city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-520(a)(1) through (6), and amendments thereto, and any city whose nearest boundary line is located within ½ mile …

12-539. Annexation of lands located in rural water district; notice. Not less than 60 days before the effective date of any ordinance annexing land into the boundaries of any city: (a) The city shall give written notice to any rural water district organized pursuant to K.S.A. 82a…

12-540. Same; contract for district to provide water service; franchise fee. Following annexation of rural water district territory by a city, the city and the district may contract for the district to provide water service to all or certain portions of the annexed area. If the a…

12-541. Same; city designates different supplier; purchase of district property; appraisers; factors; appeal; detachment of territory from district. (a) Following annexation, the rural water district shall remain the water service provider to the annexed area unless the city give…

12-542. Part of Kansas rural water district act. The provisions of K.S.A. 82a-612 and 82a-646 and K.S.A. 12-539, 12-540 and 12-541 shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas rural water district act. History: L. 2010, ch. 15, § 6; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINA…

12-546. City annexation of land in fire district; dual taxation; refund. (a) If any land located within a fire district is annexed by a city and such land is not detached from the fire district by the end of the tax year, the owner of such land shall be entitled to a refund of al…

12-547. Vacation of the original plat dedication of certain blocks in the city of Americus. Lots dedicated in the northeast section of the original town plat for the city of Americus, Kansas, for a college and for a park are hereby vacated from such dedication, and fee simple tit…

12-548. Appeals of decisions of any city vacating or excluding land or improving or vacating streets or alleys; action in district court; filing deadline. Any owner of land aggrieved by the decision of the city governing body under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-505, 13-443, 14-423 …

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12-6,102. City-county storm drainage system; resolution; method of assessment. The governing body of any city and the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city is located may provide for a system of storm drainage in any natural drainage area located within t…

12-6,103. Same; preparation of assessment roll; public inspection. As soon as the total cost of any proposed improvement is determined, the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county shall cause the assessments against each lot, piece or parcel…

12-6,104. Same; publication of joint resolution; mailing of assessment notices; protest petition and election; qualified elector defined. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 12-6a06, whenever a joint storm water drainage district is created under K.S.A. 12-6,102, the governi…

12-6,105. Limitation on actions to set aside special assessments under civil rights statute. (a) It is in the public interest to allow local units of government to finance the costs of public improvements by levying special assessments against the property which benefits from the…

12-6,110. Public improvements, costs; installment payments; delay in payment of assessments; bonds. Whenever the governing body of any city authorizes the construction of any public improvement, the expense of which is chargeable to a benefit district, the governing body may prov…

12-6,111. Same; delay in payment of special assessments; financial analysis; extension; payments due, when. The governing body of any city may authorize and provide for a delay in the payment following a financial analysis of special assessments for the cost of constructing publi…

12-6,112. Same; ordinance requirements; notation of "payment delayed"; collection of assessments. Ordinances levying special assessments for the costs of constructing public improvements upon property for which the city has granted a delay in payment shall state the period of the…

12-6,113. Same; undeveloped areas defined. For the purpose of this act, undeveloped areas shall mean those areas which: (a) Are in excess of 2½ acres; (b) have not been platted; (c) are primarily used for agricultural purposes; and (d) have a population density of less than one f…

12-6,114. Same; principal and interest payments during delayed period; revenues from public improvement charges; assessment of costs incurred by city. Whenever the governing body of any city shall grant a delay in the payment of assessments under the provisions of this act, such …

12-6,121. Acquisition by city of sewerage system created by county; procedure; financing of costs. (a) As used in this act: (1) "City" means any city located in the state of Kansas. (2) "County" means any county located in the state of Kansas. (3) "Sewerage system" means sewers, …

12-6,122. Public improvements; notice requirements when election is to be called. (a) When used in this section, "municipality" means any county, township, city, municipal university, school district and any other taxing district or political subdivision of the state. (b) Wheneve…

12-6,123. Disclosure by seller; acknowledgment. As part of the contract or prior to the execution of a contract for the sale of any real property which is subject to a special assessment or fee pursuant to K.S.A. 12-601 et seq., and amendments thereto, the seller of the property …

12-6,124. History: L. 2005, ch. 90, § 6; Repealed, L. 2006, ch. 95, § 4; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents US…

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12-601. Cost of street improvements assessed against abutting owners. Whenever any street or avenue in any city shall be graded, regraded, paved, repaved, curbed, recurbed, guttered, reguttered, macadamized, remacadamized, or otherwise improved, the cost of such improvement shall…

12-602. Resolution, protest, contract, levy and assessment for improvements. Whenever the governing body of any city deems it necessary to grade, regrade, pave, repave, curb, recurb, gutter, regutter, macadamize, remacadamize or otherwise improve any street or avenue, or any part…

12-603. Intervening street connections. Whenever any adjoining parallel streets or alleys in the city shall have been graded, guttered, curbed, paved, or macadamized, the governing body may, when they deem it necessary, grade, gutter, curb, pave or macadamize any intervening conn…

12-604. State or federal lands. Whenever any lands owned by the state of Kansas or the government of the United States are situated within the corporate limits of any city, and such city desires to grade or regrade, pave or repave, curb or recurb, or gutter or regutter the street…

12-605. Grading districts; block assessments. In all cases where grading is to be done, the entire distance to be graded shall constitute the grading district, but for all paving, repaving, macadamizing, remacadamizing, curbing, recurbing, guttering and reguttering of streets, av…

12-606. Assessments against unplatted or partially platted lands; extent of benefit district. Where any of the improvements specified in this act are to be made upon streets or avenues, and the pieces of land abutting on such improvement shall not be divided into lots or blocks, …

12-607. Alleys; connecting alleys. Any alley may be graded or regraded, paved or repaved in the same manner as provided for the grading or regrading, paving or repaving of a street or avenue. The governing body may, when they deem it necessary, grade or regrade and pave or repave…

12-608. Levy of special assessments; hearing of complaints; ordinance; payment of bonds; limitation on action to set aside assessments. As soon as the cost of such improvement is determined, the governing body shall determine and assess to each lot or parcel of ground liable for …

12-609. Guaranty by contractor for maintenance and repair. The governing body shall have power to provide, in any contract made by them for curbing, guttering or paving any street or alley, that the contractor shall guarantee to maintain and repair the same for such time as the g…

12-610. Application and scope of preceding sections. The preceding sections relating to grading, regrading, paving, repaving, curbing, recurbing, guttering, reguttering, macadamizing or remacadamizing, or otherwise improving any street, avenue, or alley shall govern in the making…