Chapter 15 — CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS

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15-805. History: L. 1909, ch. 85, § 5; R.S. 1923, § 15-805; L. 1925, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 160, § 1; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 108, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATU…

15-806. History: L. 1909, ch. 85, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 15-806; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 108, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in determining adequacy of waterworks bond issue; injunction denied. Lewis v. City of South Hutchinson, 162 Kan. 104, 115, 174 P.2d 51. Previous | Next …

15-807. Bonds for improving waterworks system. Any city of the third class owning and operating an electric light plant, sewer system or waterworks plant whose water supply may be insufficient to operate said utilities is by this act authorized to increase its bonded indebtedness…

15-808. Same; laws applicable. The law governing the issuance of bonds for waterworks in cities of the third class shall govern the issuance of bonds under this act. History: L. 1920, ch. 23, § 2; January 25; R.S. 1923, § 15-808. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL G…

15-809. Sale of electric light, waterworks or gas system; election required; procedure and notice; application of proceeds. (a) Any city of the third class that owns an electric light or waterworks plant, electric transmission line or water, gas or electric distribution system ma…

15-812. History: L. 1929, ch. 138, § 1; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 131, § 1; June 30. 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…

15-813. History: L. 1941, ch. 175, § 1; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 131, § 1; June 30. 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…

15-814. History: L. 1945, ch. 151, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 82, § 6; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 123, § 1; July 1.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…

15-819. History: L. 1951, ch. 190, § 1; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 131, § 1; June 30. 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…

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15-901. History: L. 1901, ch. 116, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-901; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 123, § 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…

15-902. History: L. 1901, ch. 116, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 15-902; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

15-903. History: R.S. 1923, § 15-903; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 123, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: L. 1901, ch. 116, § 3. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Docu…

15-904. History: L. 1907, ch. 133, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 146, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-904; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 115, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session D…

15-911. Attachment of certain land outside cities for park and recreational purposes; tax levies. Any city of the third class, owning a tract of land acquired and used by said city for park and recreational purposes which tract of land is located within eight (8) miles of the cor…

15-912. Same; ordinance; notice and hearing; filing with register of deeds; when election required; expenses. Any ordinance providing for attachment to the city for recreational purposes as described in K.S.A. 15-911 shall be published for two (2) weeks in the official city paper…

15-913. Same; taxes, limitation; use of proceeds. Any lands attached to a city of the third class for recreational purposes pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 15-911 and 15-912, shall not be taxed by the city at a rate in excess of eleven (11) mills; and all the proceeds of sai…

15-914. Agreements for cooperation in ownership and maintenance of swimming pool; apportionment of costs, tax levies; contributions of governmental entities. The governing body of any city of the third class, the governing body of the county wherein such city is located and the g…

15-915. Same; issuance of bonds; petition and election, when. Whenever an agreement is entered into pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 15-914 and for the purposes stated therein, the governing body of the participating county shall issue and sell its general obligation bonds in…

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15-1001. Survey of cemeteries; improvements. The governing body of any city governed by this act may purchase, hold and pay for, in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, lands not exceeding eighty acres, in one body, outside the limits of such city, for the purpose of burial of the …

15-1002. Cemetery lots; conveyance; regulation. Cemetery lots owned by such city shall be conveyed by certificates signed by the mayor and counter-signed by the clerk under the seal of the city, specifying that the purchaser to whom the same is issued is the owner of the lot or l…

15-1003. Cemetery rules and regulations. The council may pass rules and ordinances, imposing penalties, and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting and governing the cemetery, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereof, and punishing trespassers therein…

15-1007. History: L. 1938, ch. 38, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 126, § 1; June 30. 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…

15-1008. Unlawful establishment or maintenance. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church to establish or maintain a cemetery within the corporate limits of any city of the third class unless the governing body of such city shall adopt…

15-1009. Same; penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church violating the provisions of K.S.A. 15-1008 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousa…

15-1010. Same; act inapplicable to established cemetery. The provisions of this act shall not apply to * person, firm, corporation, association, society or church which has established a cemetery within the corporate limits of a city of the third class prior to the effective date…

15-1011. History: L. 1947, ch. 180, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 82, § 7; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sch…

15-1012. Issuance of bonds for certain cemetery purposes; election. The governing body of any city of the third class having a city cemetery may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of purchasing an addition to such cemetery and th…

15-1013. Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions. Whenever it is proposed to create a cemetery district in any county in this state, which proposed cemetery district includes territory wherein an existing township cemetery is located, territory wherein …

15-1014. Same; board of directors; officers; compensation; expenditures. Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said ceme…

15-1015. Same; conveyances to district; tax levies; election. (a) Subsequent to the establishment of the cemetery district and after the board has organized, the township board of any township owning a cemetery within the newly created district shall convey the township cemetery …

15-1016. Same; payment of funds to district treasurer. Upon the selection and qualification of the treasurer of the newly organized cemetery district, the township treasurer of any township conveying a township cemetery to the newly organized district, and the city treasurer of a…

15-1016a. Same; use of funds from sale of lots in certain districts. The board of directors of any cemetery district located in a county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more t…

15-1017. Same; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levies; transfer of moneys. Land adjacent to an established cemetery district and not a part of any other organized cemetery district which lies in a county other than where the greater portion of the cemetery dis…

15-1018. Exclusion of territory from cemetery district located in certain cities; petition; county commissioners' duties. Whenever a petition signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of property located in that portion of a cemetery district located within th…

15-1019. Same; tax levies for outstanding indebtedness. If at the time a petition is filed requesting the exclusion of territory from such cemetery district, such district has any outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall in the order excluding such territ…

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15-1101. History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 93; R.S. 1923, § 15-1101; L. 1941, ch. 110, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 456, § 4; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 429, § 3; January 1, 1970. Source or Prior Law: L. 1869, ch. 26, § 57. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section contains only exemption of property within limits…

15-1102. History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 94; R.S. 1923, § 15-1102; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30. Source or Prior Law: L. 1869, ch. 26, § 58. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STAT…

15-1103. History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 95; R.S. 1923, § 15-1103; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 64, § 17; June 30. Source or Prior Law: L. 1869, ch. 26, § 29, ¶ 44. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR O…

15-1104. History: L. 1884, ch. 7, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-1104; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 124, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. City authorized to extend boundaries into another county. Bank v. Smith, 74 Kan. 223, 225, 86 P. 462. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General…

15-1107. History: L. 1884, ch. 7, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 15-1107; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 55, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 124, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Doc…

15-1108. History: L. 1884, ch. 7, § 5; R.S. 1923, § 15-1108; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 124, § 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…