Chapter 12 — CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-1413. Same; bonds. Whenever the governing body of any city coming within the provisions of the preceding section shall pave, grade, curb, gutter, macadam or gravel, or repave, recurb, regutter, remacadam or regravel or otherwise improve any street, avenue or road from the corp…

12-1414. Same; tax levies. The governing body shall provide for the payment of the cost of such improvements by installments of equal amounts in each year, and shall make a levy upon all of the property in the city each year to pay the interest and installments on such bonds, whi…

12-1415. Same; bond election, when. No bonds shall be issued under this act until the same have been authorized by a majority of the voters of such city, voting on such proposition submitted at a general election or a special election called for that purpose by the governing body…

12-1416. Transfer of management of association to city or township. Any cemetery association or company now incorporated or hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state of Kansas is hereby authorized, at a meeting publicly advertised for the purpose for at least thirty days…

12-1417. Same; election; debts. Any city or township may, by a majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition at any regular election, or special election called for the purpose as other special elections are called and held, authorize and direct its governing body, or i…

12-1418. Same; trustee for funds; nonliability. Any city or township is hereby authorized to act as trustee for funds placed in trust to be used in improving, maintaining and caring for the lots, graves, monuments, vaults or other cemetery property of cemetery stockholders or lot…

12-1419. Same; records; deeds in trust. The city clerk, or the township clerk, shall keep suitable records of the proceedings of the council or township board in reference to the carrying out of the provisions of this act. He or she shall also record therein the deeds in trust fo…

12-1419a. Disposition of property for burial purposes. Any disposition of property whether in trust or otherwise, heretofore or hereafter made for the maintenance, improvement, embellishment, or care of any cemetery, churchyard or other place for the burial of the dead, or any po…

12-1419b. Acquisition by gift in city or township, when. The governing body of any city or township is hereby empowered to accept by resolution as a gift any cemetery owned by religious bodies, denominations or unincorporated associations when such transfer is made in accordance …

12-1419c. Same; effect. After such cemetery is transferred and accepted by a city or township it shall become a public cemetery and subject to all provisions of article 14 of chapter 12 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. His…

12-1420. Cemetery board; appointment; salary of secretary. Any city may, by ordinance, create a cemetery board of seven directors, to manage, operate, maintain and improve cemeteries owned by the city. Such directors shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the governi…

12-1421. History: L. 1927, ch. 107, § 2; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 99, § 28; 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 U…

12-1422. Same; term of office; removal; vacancies. Said directors shall hold office, two for one year, two for two years and three for three years from the first day of February following their appointment, and annually thereafter the mayor shall, on or before the first day of Fe…

12-1423. Same; organization. Said directors shall, immediately after their appointment, meet and organize by the selection of one of their number as president, and the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary, and who shall hold office for one year. They shall m…

12-1424. Same; treasurer; term; bond. It shall be the duty of the directors of every cemetery * appointed under the provisions of this act to elect a treasurer of such board, who shall hold office for a term of two years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, an…

12-1425. Same; sexton and assistants. They shall have power to appoint a suitable sexton and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have the power to remove such appointees, and in general carry out the spirit of this act in maintaining the cemeteries in…

12-1426. Same; annual reports. Said board of directors shall, on or before the 15th day of January of each year, make an annual report to the governing body stating the conditions of the trust on the 31st day of December preceding, the various sums of money received from the ceme…

12-1427. Same; abolishment of board; election; petition, when. Any city may abandon this method of governing the cemeteries and abolish the cemetery board by a majority of the qualified electors of such city at any regular election or at a special election called for that purpose…

12-1428. Revestment of title; procedure. (a) Whenever any city or any township has acquired a cemetery from a cemetery association and such city or township or its predecessor in title shall have heretofore conveyed to any person or persons the right of interment upon any platted…

12-1429. Same; conditions; notice to nonresidents. Whenever it is determined by the return of the sheriff of the county in which the cemetery is located that the owner or owners of one or more lots subject to K.S.A. 12-1428 are not residents of the county and cannot be found ther…

12-1430. Same; record of proceedings. All such notices with the proof of service or publication thereof, and all such resolutions adopted by the governing body of said cemetery shall be made a part of the records of said governing board. History: L. 1935, ch. 104, § 3; May 15. Pr…

12-1431. Same; actions to determine title. If for thirty days after completion of such service or publication the party or parties fail to conform with the demands of such resolution, the rights of such party or parties may be deemed abandoned, and thereupon said governing body m…

12-1432. Same; abandonment by grantee or holder. In all such cases the fact that such grantee or holder has not, for a term of fifteen successive years or more, observed the regulations of the governing body of such cemetery shall be prima facie evidence that such party has aband…

12-1433. Same; judgment may be recorded. A certified copy of the judgments in such actions quieting title may be filed in the office of the register of deeds in and for the county in which said parcel is situated. History: L. 1935, ch. 104, § 6; May 15. Previous | Next LEGISLATIV…

12-1434. Same; description; ingress and egress. Such notice and all proceedings had pursuant to this chapter in relation to any such cemetery lots, shall distinctly describe by metes and bounds the portion of such cemetery lot unused for burial purposes; and such city is hereby r…

12-1435. Same; perpetual care contracts exempt. This act shall not apply to any lot or lots in any cemetery where a perpetual care contract has been entered into between such cemetery and the owner of such lot. History: L. 1935, ch. 104, § 8; May 15. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE C…

12-1436. Same; title reinvested in city or township; reconveyance to lot holder, when. Compliance with the terms of this act shall as fully reinvest the city or township with, and divest the record owner and his or her descendants of, the title to such portion of such cemetery lo…

12-1437. Authority to accept trust funds. Cities owning cemeteries are hereby authorized to accept funds from individuals for the upkeep of burial lots. History: L. 1937, ch. 122, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 72, § 11; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policie…

12-1438. Same; investment and use of income. Upon receipt of funds for such purpose, such city shall place same in a special trust fund, to be invested by said city as the donor may direct or if the donor has not specified, such fund shall be invested in investments authorized by…

12-1439. Same; ordinance required. This act shall apply only to such cities as may elect to come under the same by ordinance. History: L. 1937, ch. 122, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 72, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documen…

12-1440. Revestment of title to lots; procedure. (a) For the purposes of this act, the term "lot owner" means the purchaser of the cemetery lot or such purchaser's heirs, administrators, trustees, legatees, devisees, or assigns. (b) Whenever a city or a township has acquired real…

12-1441. Prevention of unintended cemetery uses by cities or counties; definitions. (a) The governing body of any city or county which has established, acquired or otherwise assumed control of any cemetery or burial grounds shall prevent such cemetery or burial grounds from being…

12-1442. Hillside cemetery district territory within city of Valley Center deannexed from the cemetery district. (a) All territory of the city of Valley Center that is included within the Hillside cemetery district, located in Harvey and Sedgwick counties, is hereby deannexed fro…

12-14a01. History: L. 1925, ch. 98, § 1; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 60, § 1; 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…

12-14a02. History: L. 1925, ch. 98, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 69, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 9; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 60, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session D…

12-14a03. History: L. 1925, ch. 98, § 3; L. 1959, ch. 76, § 1; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 60, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

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12-1503. Board of examiners; composition; appointment; compensation. There may be established in every city a board of examiners of plumbers consisting of three members, one of whom shall be a member of the health department of the city, who shall be ex officio chairperson of the…

12-1504. History: L. 1903, ch. 377, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 12-1504; Repealed, L. 1986, ch. 73, § 7; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

12-1505. Plumbing and sewerage regulations; permit. Each city in the state having a system of water supply or sewerage may by ordinance, prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction and inspection of all plumbing and sewerage placed in or in connection with any…

12-1508. Competency of plumbers for licensure; designation of standard examinations. Standard examinations for the determination of competency of plumbing contractors and master and journeyman plumbers, as promulgated or administered, or both, by the international code council (I…

12-1509. Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination; certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid; continuing education; field experience; installation, improvement, repair, maintenance or inspection of medical gas piping systems. (a) Any…

12-1510. Alternative examinations authorized; validity of license limited; codes, standards and regulations; inspections and fees; reciprocal agreements. Within their respective jurisdictions and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1509, any city or county may: (a) Utilize exa…

12-1511. Construction of act; inapplicable to practice of engineering. Nothing in this act shall be construed to allow any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or combination thereof to engage in the practice of engineering as defined by K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendme…

12-1525. Competency of electricians for licensure; designation of standard examinations. Standard examinations for the determination of competency of electrical contractors, master and journeyman electricians and residential electricians, as promulgated or administered, or both, …

12-1526. Rules and regulations relating to examination and licensure; certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid; continuing education; field experience. (a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of electricians practicing within the county or city…