Chapter 19 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-2725. Service; publication; proof. The notice provided for in the preceding section may be served by sending a certified copy thereof by mail to the usual place of residence of the person to be notified and [said board] shall publish the same for two successive insertions in s…

19-2726. Contracts for lighting. If upon the hearing of such petition the board of county commissioners finds that the petition conforms to the provisions of this act, that notices have been served as herein provided, that the proposed street or highway lighting is reasonably nec…

19-2727. Terms of contract; extent of liability. When the board of county commissioners shall have ordered any lighting to be done under the provisions of this act it may enter into a contract specifying the terms thereof for such lighting with stipulations to pay for the same at…

19-2728. Special assessments. When the board of county commissioners shall have entered into a contract for lighting under this act it shall provide for the payment of the cost thereof, including the reasonable cost of serving notices on landowners as hereinbefore provided, by an…

19-2729. Collected as other taxes; payment to contractor. The special assessment herein provided for shall be entered by the county clerk of such county each year upon the tax rolls as long as contracts for such lighting or renewals thereof remain in force, or when a balance rema…

19-2730. Limitation of actions; assessment subsequent to regular meeting; notice. That the owner of any real estate against which assessment may be made shall have thirty days from and after the time such assessment is levied, and not longer, within which to bring suit in any cou…

19-2731. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 204, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 5; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections considered and act held valid; general law. Johnson County Comm'rs v. Robb, 161 Kan. 683, 687, 695…

19-2732. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 6; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections considered and act held valid; general in nature. Johnson County Comm'rs v. Robb, 161 Kan. 683, 687, 695, 171 P.2d 784. P…

19-2735. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 20; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 56; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections considered and act held valid; general legislation; proposed site change …

19-2736. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 6; L. 1967, ch. 149, § 9; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 55; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 8; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections considered and act held valid; general legislation. Johnson County Comm'rs …

19-2736a. History: L. 1955, ch. 162, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 149, § 10; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 9; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Sessi…

19-2737. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 7; L. 1963, ch. 185, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 149, § 11; L. 1969, ch. 155, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 56; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 10; L. 1981, ch. 120, § 3; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections cons…

19-2738. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 8; L. 1949, ch. 204, § 2; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cost of lateral sewer held properly assessed under subsection (1). Wood v. Board of County Commissioners, 181 Kan. 76, 79, 81, 309 P.2d 671. Previous | Nex…

19-2741. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 11; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; 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 …

19-2742. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 12; L. 1961, ch. 148, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 102; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 11; L. 1981, ch. 120, § 4; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional and other objections considered and act held valid. Johnson …

19-2745a. Easement granted to Mission township main sewer district No. 1. It is hereby provided and authorized that an easement be and the same is hereby declared to exist in favor of said main sewer district and its duly organized lateral sewer districts across said state park, …

19-2745b. Description. The easement granted by the state of Kansas to Mission township main sewer district No. 1 and its duly organized lateral sewer districts is hereby restricted to the following described portions of the Shawnee Mission state park, to wit: A ten foot strip of …

19-2745c. Easement rights. Said easement shall include the right of ingress and egress running to said main sewer district No. 1 to construct, maintain, repair and service all or any part of such sewer line. History: L. 1955, ch. 161, § 3; March 28. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE CO…

19-2745d. Restrictions and conditions. In constructing, maintaining, repairing and servicing any such sewer line the Mission township main sewer district No. 1, its agents, servants or employees: (a) Shall not use any dynamite or other explosives on or adjacent to the grounds of …

19-2746. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 16; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; 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 …

19-2747. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 17; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 57; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

19-2748. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 18; L. 1951, ch. 227, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 162, § 3; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Sessio…

19-2749. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 19; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; 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 …

19-2750. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 20; L. 1959, ch. 138, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 58; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Sessi…

19-2751. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 21; L. 1967, ch. 149, § 14; L. 1974, ch. 122, § 32; L. 1975, ch. 168, § 2; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF…

19-2752. History: L. 1945, ch. 179, § 22; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 99, § 30; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Various constitutional objections considered and act held valid; general legislation. Johnson County Comm'rs v. Robb, 161 Kan. 683, 689, 171 P.2d 784. Previous | Next LEGISLATIV…

19-2752a. Issuance of no-fund warrants for additional revenue subsequent to bond election for sewer system and disposal plant; limitation; approval of state board of tax appeals; procedure. That whenever a main sewer district has been established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19…

19-2752b. Enlargement of main sewer district; petition; resolution; tax levies. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the governing body of a main sewer district created and established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2731 to 19-2752, inclusive, and amendments thereto, by…

19-2752c. History: L. 1949, ch. 204, § 6; L. 1951, ch. 227, § 2; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 170, § 4; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

19-2752d. Jurisdiction over main sewer district area after its incorporation as a city. That if any area which is located wholly or partly in any main sewer district is incorporated as a city after this act takes effect, the area of any such city which lies within said main sewer…

19-2752e. County clerk as clerk of sewer district. The county clerk of any county in which a sewer district has been created and established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2731 to 19-2752, inclusive, shall be the official clerk of the governing body of such sewer district. His…

19-2752f. History: L. 1951, ch. 227, § 3; Repealed, L. 1953, ch. 151, § 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…

19-2752g. Use of certain unexpended funds for improvements and facilities of main sewer district. Whenever a main sewer district has been established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2731 to 19-2752, both sections inclusive, and any amendments thereto, and the question of the is…

19-2752h. Main sewer district; additional powers of governing body; resolutions; notice and hearing; costs, how paid; appeals. This section shall be construed as supplemental to and as a part of K.S.A. 19-2731 to 19-2752, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental the…

19-2752i. Sewer districts in counties having townships of 5,000 or more population; connection of lateral sewer with main sewer system; incorporation as lateral sewer district or attachment to other district; enlargement; procedure. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270,…

19-2753. Improvement districts; petition; incorporation. The board of county commissioners of any county shall have the power, upon a proper petition being presented for that purpose, to incorporate and organize improvement districts within their respective counties, in the manne…

19-2754. Contents of petition; statement. The petition for the incorporation and organization of an improvement district shall be addressed to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands which it is proposed shall constitute the district are situated. The p…

19-2755. Incorporation and organization; notice and hearing; factors considered in determining advisability. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, when a petition conforming to this section and K.S.A. 19-2754, and amendments thereto, is filed with the board of county co…

19-2755a. Inclusion of land in other benefit districts. Any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et…

19-2756. Hearing, findings and determination; public corporation; name; perpetual succession. That at the time set for the hearing of the petition, as provided in the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to first ascertain and determine whether…

19-2757. Record of organization; first election. That it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners incorporating any improvement district under the provisions of this act to cause an entry to be made upon its records showing all of its declarations, findings, decisio…

19-2758. Qualifications of voters. The county clerk shall, not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date fixed by the board of county commissioners for the holding of the first election in such district, ascertain from the tax rolls of the preceding year the names of all taxpa…

19-2759. Election of directors. That at the time appointed by the board of county commissioners, the first election shall be held, at which time three (3) directors shall be chosen. The ballots shall have the words "for director" and the names of three (3), or more, persons writt…

19-2760. Directors; election, qualifications, term. (a) An election shall be held in each improvement district on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November and of each odd-numbered year thereafter for the purpose of electing three directors of such district, except that …

19-2761. Filling a vacancy in board of directors. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when a vacancy occurs at any time in the office of a director of any improvement district, the remaining directors shall appoint a person from the qualified residents in such district to h…

19-2762. History: L. 1945, ch. 180, § 10; L. 1969, ch. 156, § 9; L. 1972, ch. 124, § 6; L. 1976, ch. 134, § 2; Repealed, L. 2015, ch. 88, § 74; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions: Qualifications and powers of improvement district directors. 80-211. Qualifications of persons elig…

19-2763. Organization of district by directors; officers, powers and duties; county treasurer's duties; district treasurer's duties. (a) As soon as practicable after they have qualified, the board of directors shall meet and select from their number a president, secretary and tre…

19-2764. Meetings of the board of directors; compensation of directors and assessors; payment. (a) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held on the first Tuesday of each quarter. Special meetings may be held at any time when all the directors are voluntarily presen…

19-2765. Powers and duties. Every improvement district incorporated under K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power to: (a) Adopt a seal. (b) Be sued and to sue by its corporate name. (c) Adopt resolutions prescribing the manner in which the powers of t…

19-2765a. Use of revenue derived from sewage disposal system charges; fund. The revenue derived from the charges for the use of the sewage disposal system shall be deposited in the office of the county treasurer in an account known as (name of district) improvement district sewag…