Chapter 13, CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS

13-14a10. Exemption of certain pension and benefit funds from taxes and civil liability; exceptions, qualified domestic relations orders. Except as provided further, any annuity, benefits, funds, property or rights created by or accruing to any person under the provisions of K.S.…

13-14a11. Funeral expenses. Pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-49,128, and amendments thereto, whenever an active or retired fireman or policeman shall die, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the pension fund a sum of $100 to be paid for funeral expenses…

13-14a12. How pensions and benefits paid; annual report. All pensions and benefits paid and all moneys drawn from the respective pension funds, under the provisions of this act, shall be upon order of the respective board of trustees and signed by the president and secretary of s…

13-14a13. Service in military forces may be credited on retirement time. Any officer or member of such police department or fire department, who leaves such department and serves in the uniformed services of the United States shall be credited by the respective board of trustees,…

13-14a14. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applicati…

13-14b01. Acquisition of site, building and equipment; bond election; issuance of bonds. The governing body of any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city for the purpose of acquiring a site within or without the corporate limits of …

13-14b02. Same; board of trustees authorized; lease or rental. Upon the establishment and building of a hospital by a city of the first class, the governing body of said city may provide for the management, authority and control of said hospital by a board of trustees as hereinaf…

13-14b03. Same; federal aid and donations or gifts. The governing body of cities of the first class are hereby authorized and empowered to accept and secure any benefits of federal aid in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of such hospital and further to accept any gra…

13-14b05. Same; eminent domain. If the governing body of a city of the first class and the owner of any property desired by said city for hospital purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, the city shall have the authority to institute condemnation proceedings an…

13-14b06. Same; plans for hospital buildings. No hospital buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and approved by the planning commission and the governing body of the city and bids advertised for according to law for o…

13-14b07. Same; training school for nurses. A training school for nurses may be established and maintained in connection with such hospital and as a part of same. History: L. 1945, ch. 127, § 7; June 28.

13-14b08. Same; additional bonds; election; limitation laws inapplicable. The governing body of any city of the first class which has authorized the issuance of bonds under the provisions of K.S.A. 13-14b01 to 13-14b07, and acts amendatory thereto, for the purpose of purchasing a…

13-14b09. Management of hospital by board of trustees; membership; appointment; terms; vacancies. (a) In the event the governing body shall determine that the management and control of said hospital shall be vested in a board of trustees, said governing body shall appoint five (5…

13-14b10. Same; oath of trustees; officers; bond of treasurer. Within ten (10) days after their appointment, the trustees shall qualify by taking the oath of civil officers, and shall organize by electing one of their number chairman, and electing such other officers as they shal…

13-14b11. Same; rules and regulations; employee benefit plans; investments in certain mutual insurance companies; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; administrator contracts; board members serve without compensation; annual reports. The board of trust…

13-14b12. Creation of board of trustees; tax levy, use of proceeds; special improvement fund. Upon and after the creation of a board of trustees to manage and control a hospital, the governing body of the city shall levy annually, in addition to other taxes provided by law, a tax…

13-14b13. Hospital maintenance and operation; emergency warrants. During the year in which any such hospital is completed and for which no tax levy has been made under the provisions of K.S.A. 13-14b12, the governing body of the city is hereby authorized to issue emergency warran…

13-14b14. Investment of special improvement funds. The board of trustees of a hospital of any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered to invest any portion of any special improvement fund created under the provisions of K.S.A. 13-14b12, and any acts amendatory …

13-14b15. Bonds for addition to hospital and improvements; election, when. The governing body of any city of the first class which owns and operates a hospital is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding one million dollars ($1,0…

13-1702. Change in classification of city from second to first class, effective, when; election of city officials. Whenever any city of the second class having the commission form of government shall hereafter become a city of the first class, such change of classification of the…

13-1708. Commissioners in cities of less than 20,000 population. All cities of the first class having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants as shown by the last federal census, and having adopted or which shall hereafter adopt the commission form of city …

13-1903. Viaducts over or tunnels under streets; proceeding to require railroads to construct; costs; penalty for violation. The board of commissioners shall have power to require any railroad company or companies owning or operating any railroad or street-railway track or tracks…

13-1904. Control and regulation of railroads on streets. The board of commissioners shall have power by ordinance to require all street and other railway companies to keep the streets and alleys over which they run properly drained, and to light the same wherever deemed necessary…

13-2401. General powers and duties of commissioners. In each city owning a system of waterworks there shall be a department to be known as "waterworks department" of such city. The board of commissioners shall maintain, manage, conduct and control said waterworks, and make all su…

13-2402. Superintendent; duties; salary; bond; contract for management; term; ratification, when. Said board shall appoint a superintendent of waterworks, who shall have charge of the said waterworks and all property connected therewith, and shall manage and control the same unde…

13-2403. Secretary-cashier; duties; reports; bond; salary. Said board may appoint a secretary of waterworks, who shall also be a cashier and it shall be the secretary's duty to keep regular sets of books for waterworks accounts, showing in detail the business transactions of the …

13-2404. Appointment of officers and employees; merit basis. In making all appointments and hiring all officers, agents and servants in the waterworks department, the board of commissioners shall have regard alone to relative capacity of applicants, their moral, physical and heal…

13-2405. Fixing water rates; basis. Said board of commissioners shall fix such rates for water furnished to consumers as will secure an income sufficient to pay all salaries and wages of all officers and employees in such department; to cover all miscellaneous expenses; to pay al…

13-2406. Sinking fund to pay bonded debt; investment; records and report. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to create and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of such city arising from the purchase of the waterworks, by laying aside …

13-2407. Use of sinking fund to extend water system. Laws 1917, chapter 95, section 1, included by reference. [City over 80,000 having a sinking fund authorized to use $150,000 of said fund for extensions of water system.] History: R.S. 1923, § 13-2407.

13-2408. Deposit and use of revenue; transfer of moneys, when. All revenues derived from the sale and consumption of water and from the management and operation of waterworks, shall be deposited, daily, in the city treasury to the credit of the waterworks department, and be kept …

13-2409. Extension of mains; contracts; water rate surcharges or cash connection charges. The board of commissioners in cities of the first class before making any water main extension may require contracts, bonds or other evidence of future use insuring to such city a reasonable…

13-2409a. Improvements and facilities; resales; regulation of certain lines and facilities. Any city of the first class operating a waterworks department under the provisions of chapter 114*, Laws 1907, and amendments thereof, may construct facilities, improvements or extensions …

13-2410. Meters and lateral service pipes. The board of commissioners is hereby authorized to measure all water furnished consumers by meter, and all meters and lateral service pipes shall be put in at the expense of the consumer. History: L. 1907, ch. 114, § 107; May 27; R.S. 19…

13-2411. Meters and lateral pipes in cities of less than 25,000 population, when; cost. The board of commissioners in cities of the first class, having a population of less than 25,000 and which have heretofore adopted the commission form of government and which own and operate w…

13-2412. Free use of water and discrimination unlawful. No person, firm, corporation, or association, nor any city department, shall be allowed free use of water, nor shall there be discrimination among water users of like classes as to rates, and rebates in rates shall never be …

13-2414. Application of act to city of Leavenworth; waterworks board. This act shall apply to the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 86, § 1; April 8. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Discontinuance of water service for failure to pay …

13-2414a. Same; ratification of board's actions. (a) Any ordinance adopted by the city of Leavenworth prior to the effective date of this act which relates to the Leavenworth waterworks department established pursuant to K.S.A. 13-2414 et seq., and amendments thereto, is hereby r…

13-2415. Same; election; petition. Cities coming under the provisions of this act are hereby authorized to elect a waterworks board having the powers and duties hereinafter set forth upon the following terms and conditions: The question of electing such waterworks board shall be …

13-2416. Same; members; election; term; vacancies; bonds. If the election of a waterworks board has been approved by a majority of the voters at such election, the mayor of such city shall thereupon issue a proclamation for an election of the members of such waterworks board. The…

13-2417. Same; meetings; rules; records; quorum; qualifications. The board shall hold meetings regularly at least twice each month and shall designate the time and place thereof. The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings, …

13-2418. Same; powers and duties; employees; eminent domain; rules and regulations. The waterworks board shall have the exclusive control of the water plant and shall be charged with the duty of producing and supplying the city and its inhabitants with water for domestic and indu…

13-2419. Same; manager of production and distribution; appointment; salary; qualifications; duties; bond. The waterworks board may appoint a manager of production and distribution of the waterworks plant and fix his or her salary, and the manager's term of office shall be during …

13-2420. Same; manager of collections and accounts; appointment; qualifications; duties; reports; salary; bond; assistants; bonds. The waterworks board may appoint a manager of collections and accounts, who shall be an experienced accountant, and it shall be the manager's duty to…

13-2421. Same; appointments to be on basis of merits; tenure of office. The waterworks board shall make all appointments and hire all officers, agents, servants and employees in the waterworks plant and fix their compensation and determine their qualification, and shall have rega…

13-2422. Same; rates for water; how determined; sinking fund. The waterworks board shall fix such rates for water furnished to consumers as will secure an income sufficient to pay all salaries and wages of all officers and employees in such department; to cover the cost of all ma…

13-2423. Same; sinking fund to pay bonds; investment; records and reports. It shall be the duty of the waterworks board to use the sinking funds herein provided for in the purchase and cancellation from time to time of bonds issued to pay the purchase price of such waterworks pla…

13-2424. Same; treasurer of board; duties; bond. The treasurer of the city in which said waterworks plant is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the waterworks board. All funds and property in the treasurer's hands belonging to the water department shall be subject to the co…

13-2425. Same; bonds; election. In case said waterworks board shall deem it necessary and expedient to vote bonds for the construction, extension or improvement of the water plant for the purpose of producing and supplying such city and its inhabitants with water it shall be the …

13-2426. Same; limitation; lien upon plant. The amount of the bonds which may be issued under the provision of this act for the purchase or extension of the water plant shall not be in excess of ten percent of the assessed valuation of such city, and bonds to such percentage may …