Chapter 17, CORPORATIONS

17-1347. Reversion of unused grave spaces conveyed to patriotic organizations. In any city or other cemetery wherein blocks of grave spaces were conveyed to patriotic organizations for the interment of war dead and such organizations are now defunct, the title to the unused grave…

17-1348. Certain charitable purpose corporations; joint custody of assets. Any cemetery corporation now organized or existing, or which may be hereafter organized, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a cemetery or cemeteries for charitable purposes and having or acqui…

17-1349. Same; investment standards; acquisition of property. In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of any cemetery corporation now or hereafter organized as provided in K.S.A. 17-1348, and amendments thereto, t…

17-1350. Dissolution of certain cemetery districts; determination of facts. Whenever any public utility, governmental agency of this state, or the United States, having the power of eminent domain, shall have determined it to be necessary to acquire for public use the existing pr…

17-1351. Same; findings; notice to owners of intention to dissolve district. Such petition shall be heard immediately by such district court, and if the district court shall find that the facts specifically set out in K.S.A. 17-1350 exist, the court shall direct that process be i…

17-1352. Same; hearing; determination; authority to contract, when. After service, as provided in the preceding section, has been made, a hearing shall be had by said district court, to determine whether such cemetery district should be dissolved, and the property rights of perso…

17-1353. Same; acquisition of locations in certain existing cemeteries. The directors of such cemetery district shall then be authorized to acquire by purchase suitable cemetery lots, or burial locations in other existing cemeteries within a radius of fifty (50) miles of such cem…

17-1354. Same; dissolution of district by court, when; deed; report, approval; order; recordation. Upon the removal and reburial of all bodies, together with the relocation of all markers, monuments and other identifying medium, the court shall be advised of such fact by the dire…

17-1355. Certain districts in counties of more than 250,000 population; tax levies, when; limitation. This act shall apply to any cemetery district, not within any incorporated city, which constitutes a group of four (4) cemeteries and which district is located in a county having…

17-1356. Disorganization and annexation of cemetery district to other district in same county, when; procedure. Any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330, 17-1330a, 17-1331 to 17-1334 and 17-1335, and acts amendatory thereof, and adjacent or contiguou…

17-1357. Entire district to be disorganized and annexed. If a cemetery district has been disorganized and annexed to another district as provided for in K.S.A. 17-1356, the entire petitioning cemetery district shall be disorganized and annexed to the adjacent or contiguous distri…

17-1358. Transfer of property and funds. When a cemetery district is disorganized and annexed, all of its property and funds on hand and to be collected shall, at the time of annexation, be transferred to the cemetery district of which it becomes a part, and said annexed district…

17-1359. Disorganization of certain districts and annexation of territory to other districts. Any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330 et seq., and amendments thereto, may be disorganized and the territory thereof annexed to another cemetery district…

17-1360. Vote to disorganize and requesting annexation of territory to another district; duties of secretary-treasurer. If a majority of the electors of any such district, present at the annual meeting, shall vote in favor of disorganizing such district and requesting the annexat…

17-1361. Same; duties of board receiving proposition; territory not annexed, when. Whenever the board of directors of any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall receive a proposition requesting the annexation of t…

17-1362. Same; county commissioners duties to disorganize and annex district, when. If the board of county commissioners finds that the proposition, the vote thereon and the endorsement are sufficient and in proper form, it shall enter an order in its proceedings disorganizing su…

17-1363. Same; records, funds, etc., transferred to annexing district; title to property. Whenever any cemetery district shall be disorganized under the provisions of this act* and the territory thereof annexed to another district, all books, records, papers, moneys, funds in the…

17-1364. Same; fixing number of board after annexation; terms. At the annual meeting of any cemetery district next following the annexation of territory under the provisions of this act*, a majority of the electors present shall have authority to determine the number of and to el…

17-1365. Same; tax levies after annexation; uses of funds. Whenever territory shall have been attached to any cemetery district under the provisions of this act*, the county clerk of the county or the county clerks of each county in which said district is located shall, at the fi…

17-1366. Maintenance of abandoned cemeteries; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Abandoned cemetery" means: (1) Any cemetery owned by a corporation, as defined in K.S.A. 17-1312f, and amendments thereto, in which, for a period of at least one year, there has been a failure to…

17-1367. Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys. Whenever the attorney general determines the existence of an abandoned cemetery in this state, the attorney general shall immediately pr…

17-1368. Same; contracts. Any municipality required, pursuant to this act, to care for and maintain a cemetery may contract with any individual, firm, corporation or association for the care and maintenance thereof or for the sale of unsold burial lots and the opening and closing…

17-1369. Cemetery district No. 23, Republic county; tax levy. Cemetery district No. 23 located in Republic county, Kansas, is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property in the district of not to exceed two mills for the purpose of paying the cost o…

17-1370. Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys. In Sedgwick and Sumner counties, land adjacent to an established cemetery district which is a part of another organized cemetery district whi…

17-1371. Conveyance of cemetery property to Dodge City; transfer of books, paper, records and funds. (a) The board of county commissioners of Ford county is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Dodge City, with the consent of the governing body of such city, the following d…

17-1372. Cemetery districts; annual report of finances, filed with county commission. On or before December 31 of each year, the treasurer of the cemetery district shall file an annual report with the board of county commissioners of the county in which such district is located. …

17-1373. Creation by resolution of county commissioners, notice, hearing; election, when; conveyance of certain property, when. (a) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution creating a cemetery district within the county. Such resolution shall describe the territor…

17-1374. Acquisition of land; no-fund warrants. (a) Whenever the board of trustees of any cemetery organized pursuant to K.S.A. 17-1342, and amendments thereto, determines it is necessary to acquire land to enlarge the cemetery and revenues are insufficient to finance the cost of…

17-1375. Cemetery corporation; selling excess real estate; conditions. Any cemetery corporation to which real estate was deeded and restricted to be used only for cemetery purposes prior to 1909 and such deed was coupled with a trust for the benefit of not-for-profit charitable b…

17-1376. Same; petition; notice; hearing. Upon compliance with K.S.A. 17-1375, and amendments thereto, the cemetery corporation shall petition the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located, or, if any court shall have assumed jurisdiction of the trust, the cou…

17-1501. Incorporation; name; cooperative plan defined. Any number of persons not less than twenty, who are citizens of the state of Kansas may associate themselves together as a cooperative corporation for the purpose and to the end of more successfully promoting and conducting …

17-1502. Stock. That every such corporation when so organized and incorporated may issue stock to its shareholders in such amounts and with such limitations as are hereinafter defined. That the shareholders in any such mutual or cooperative corporation, shall each have but one vo…

17-1503. Rights and powers of corporation. That every such cooperative corporation, when organized and incorporated, shall enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers not in conflict with the provisions of this act, as are conferred by the statutes of this state on other cooperat…

17-1504. Telephone company doing business in rural district. That any telephone company principally doing business in any rural district in the state of Kansas at any regular annual meeting or at a special meeting duly called may change from an ordinary corporation into a coopera…

17-1505. Certificate for secretary of state. Whenever any such telephone corporation shall have voted to come under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the secretary to file a certificate of the proceedings with the secretary of state. History: L. 1913, ch. 138, §…

17-1506. Articles of incorporation. The stockholders of any such cooperative corporation shall sign written articles of incorporation which shall contain: The name of the corporation; the names and residence of the persons forming such corporation; the purpose of the organization…

17-1507. Same; execution and filing. The articles of incorporation shall be executed and filed and become effective in the manner prescribed by the general corporation code. The secretary of state shall return to the corporation a certified copy of such articles of incorporation,…

17-1508. Same; filing fees. Every corporation organized under the acts of which this section is amendatory shall pay to the secretary of state, at the time of filing its articles of incorporation, the fees required by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 17-7502. History: L. 1913, ch. 137, §…

17-1509. Commencement of business. No corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall commence business until at least twenty percent of its capital stock has been paid for in actual cash, and a sworn statement to that effect has been filed with the secretary of stat…

17-1510. Management of association; directors and officers. Every such association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors. The directors shall be elected by and from the stockholders of the association or from stockholders of co-operative societies who are re…

17-1511. Amount of stock owned by one person; voting. No person shall be allowed to own or have any interest in more than ten percent of the capital stock of such corporation. Each member shall be entitled to one and only one vote for each director to be elected. History: L. 1913…

17-1512. Bylaws and regulations. Each corporation shall formulate bylaws prescribing the duties of the directors and officials; the manner of distributing the profits of its business; the manner of becoming a member; and such other rules and instructions to its officials and memb…

17-1513. Business entity information report; report fee. Each corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall make a written business entity information report to the secretary of state, and pay the required fee, as prescribed by K.S.A. 17-7503, and amendments theret…

17-1514. Cooperative corporations heretofore organized. All cooperative corporations, companies, or associations heretofore organized and doing business under prior statutes, or which have attempted to so organize and do business, shall have the benefit of all of the provisions o…

17-1515. Use of "cooperative" as part of corporate name. That no corporation hereafter organized and doing business for a profit in this state shall be permitted to use the word "cooperative" as a part of its corporate name, unless it shall have complied with the provisions of th…

17-1516. Dissolution of certain mutual telephone companies. Any mututal telephone company organized prior to 1915 under the provisions of chapter 116* of the Session Laws of 1887 may make disposition of its property and assets on such terms and conditions and for such considerati…

17-1517. Same; resolution; notice of meeting of stockholders. The board of directors of any such telephone company deeming it advisable to dispose of its property and assets and to dissolve such company may adopt a resolution to that effect and the secretary of said company shall…

17-1518. Same; disposition of assets and property; filing with secretary of state. If at a meeting held at the time and place fixed in said resolution three-fourths of the stockholders voting in person or by proxy shall vote in favor of authorizing the board of directors to dispo…

17-1519. Same; dissolution when meeting held and assets sold prior to June 30, 1949. Any mututal telephone company organized under the provisions of chapter 116 of the Session Laws of 1887 and which, prior to the effective date of this act, has held a meeting and sold all of its …

17-1520. Application of general corporation code. (a) The provisions of the Kansas general corporation code and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the corporations organized under article 15 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, exce…