Chapter 19 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-3540. Costs and expenses; tax levies; bonds; special or other reasonable assessment plan; notice and hearing; limitation on actions. All the cost and expenses of the work provided for in this act shall be assessed against the lots and pieces of ground contained within the dist…

19-3541. Special maintenance tax levy; user charges. (a) The board shall have power to levy annually a special maintenance tax of not to exceed 10 mills on the assessed valuation on all real estate and improvements within the water district for the purpose of creating a maintenan…

19-3542. Acquisition of property; contracts with municipalities for facilities. In the exercise of the powers granted in this act, the board shall have power to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain property, both real and personal, as may be necessary to provide an a…

19-3543. Construction and maintenance of lines along highways; contracts with secretary of wildlife and parks for purchase and sale of water. The board shall have power to construct and maintain water lines through, under, across or along any public highway. The board is hereby a…

19-3544. System of production and distribution facilities; cost. The board shall have the power to construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend or otherwise provide for one or more systems of water production and distribution facilities, or any part thereof, and to build, operate and …

19-3545. Purpose of act; purpose of districts. It is the purpose of K.S.A. 19-3545 to 19-3556, inclusive, and amendments thereto, to permit certain public agencies to make the most efficient use of their powers relating to public water supplies by enabling them to cooperate with …

19-3546. Definitions. For the purposes of K.S.A. 19-3545 to 19-3556, inclusive, and amendments thereto: (a) "Public agency" shall mean: (1) Any county, township, city, town, water district or other municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation or political subdivision of thi…

19-3547. Joint exercise of powers by certain public agencies; agreements among agencies, contents; submission to attorney general; filing of agreement. (a) Any powers, privileges or authority of a public agency of this state relating to public water supplies may be exercised join…

19-3547a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and am…

19-3548. Furnishing of funds, personnel or services by certain public agencies; agreements between public agencies and wholesale water supply districts for purchase and sale of water; terms and conditions. Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this act may appr…

19-3549. Declaration of district organization, when; quasi-municipal corporation. Upon the approval of the attorney general and filing with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall declare the district organized and give it the corporate name of Public Wholesale Water…

19-3550. Governing body; appointments; terms of members. The governing body of the district shall consist of: (a) At least one and not more than two members appointed by each participating public agency and each such representative's full term shall be not less than one year nor …

19-3551. Meetings of governing body; annual audit. The district shall be subject to the budget and cash basis laws of the state, and the governing body shall meet as often as the needs of the district require. The governing body shall cause to be made an annual audit of the finan…

19-3552. Powers of governing body. For the purpose of providing a water supply or other services to the participating public agencies the governing body of the district shall have the following powers, authorities and privileges: (1) To accept by gift or grant from any person, fi…

19-3553. Issuance of revenue bonds; conditions; fixing rates, fees and charges; agreements, covenants and restrictions. (a) The governing body on behalf of the district may issue and sell revenue bonds for the following purposes: (1) To finance the cost of acquisition, constructi…

19-3554. Issuance of no-fund warrants; assessments. The governing body of any district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3545 et seq., and amendments thereto, may issue no-fund warrants in amounts sufficient to pay preliminary engineering, financial and legal services to determine th…

19-3555. Invalidity of part. If any section or sections of this act be declared unconstitutional or invalid, this shall not invalidate any other section of this act. History: L. 1977, ch. 353, § 11; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Ar…

19-3556. Citation of act. This act may be known and cited as the public wholesale water supply district act. History: L. 1977, ch. 353, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STA…

19-3557. General obligation bonds; certain districts; refunding of revenue bonds; tax levies. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to public wholesale water supply districts No. 4, No. 11 and No. 12. (b) The governing body of any public wholesale water supply district c…

[Repealed or reserved.]

19-3601. Fire districts; organizations; name; governing body; duties of county clerk and county treasurer; delegation. The board of county commissioners of any county of the state is hereby authorized and empowered to organize one or more fire districts in any portion of the coun…

19-3601a. Governing body; powers. Upon the creation of a fire district under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., and amendments thereto, the governing body shall have the authority to: (a) Enter contracts; (b) acquire and dispose of real and personal property; (c) acquire, …

19-3601b. Issuance of bonds and no-fund warrants. The governing body of any fire district created under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq. shall have the authority to issue general obligation bonds under the provisions of the general bond law except that before any bonds ar…

19-3602. Resolution, contents; notice and hearing; abandonment or alteration of proposal; adoption of final resolution; publication, effect. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners upon its own motion or as provided in K.S.A. 19-3603, and ame…

19-3602a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and am…

19-3603. Petition; contents; resolution; adoption and publication, when. The board of county commissioners shall consider the advisability of organizing any fire district or districts within the county upon the filing of a petition with the county clerk, signed by the residents o…

19-3604. Disorganization or alteration of district; inclusion of new lands; procedures. (a) Any fire district may be disorganized by the board of county commissioners at any time after four years from the date of the publication of the final resolution for the first organization …

19-3605. Inclusion of certain cities within district; procedure. If the governing body of any city which lies within or adjoins the boundaries of any proposed or organized fire district shall deem it advisable that all or a part of the city be included within the territory of any…

19-3606. Districts not to be organized or altered after July 1; budget; tax levy. No fire district shall be organized in any county, or the boundaries thereof altered, in any year after the first day of July and in every such case it shall be the duty of the board of county commi…

19-3607. History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 7; L. 1961, ch. 158, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 189, § 1; Repealed, L. 1979, ch. 75, § 17; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session…

19-3608. Agreements with cities or townships for fire protection service; terms; resolution or ordinance. The board of county commissioners, as the governing body of any fire district organized by virtue of this act, may enter into agreements (and may modify or alter the same) wi…

19-3608a. Contracts with rural fire districts of adjoining county of another state; terms; limitation of liability. The board of county commissioners, as the governing body of any rural fire protection district organized, named and numbered under the provisions of article 36 of c…

19-3609. Agreements with cities providing for buildings; funds. Any fire district organized by virtue of this act and any city may enter into agreements for the joint construction, equipping and maintenance of any building or buildings, or for additions to existing city buildings…

19-3610. Tax levies; use of proceeds, limitations. The board of county commissioners each year shall levy an ad valorem tax on the taxable tangible property within each fire district in the county organized by virtue of this act, including or excluding such property within any ci…

19-3611. History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 11; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 184, § 15; May 2. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

19-3612. Existing contracts not abrogated; termination by mutual consent, when; funds. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter or abrogate any existing fire protection contract between any city and county or any city and any township, but all such contracts may be, by mut…

19-3612a. Establishment of district board of trustees; powers. (a) Whenever a fire district has been established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 through 19-3606, and amendments thereto, and the board of county commissioners determines, by resolution, that it is in the best…

19-3612b. Supervisor and employees of district. The board of county commissioners of any such county or the fire district board of trustees, if one has been appointed, may employ a supervisor and such other persons as may be necessary to properly operate and manage such fire dist…

19-3612c. Fire protection reserve fund; source of revenue; limitations. The governing body of any fire district organized under K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., and amendments thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer, annually, by resolution, from the general fund of the di…

19-3612d. Tax levies in certain counties; use of proceeds; limitation; election. The governing body of a fire district created under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., located in any county having a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000) and an assessed tan…

19-3612e. Tax levies for fire districts in Reno and Sedgwick counties. (a) The governing body of Reno county fire district No. 2 and the governing body of Sedgwick county fire district No. 1, both created under K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power …

19-3613. Fire districts in Johnson county; creation; petition; notice and hearing; territory; protest, when; final resolution; publication. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of Johnson county, hereinafter referred to as the county board…

19-3613a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and am…

19-3614. Governing body; terms; vacancies; removal; expenses. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and K.S.A. 19-3614a, and amendments thereto, within 60 days following the creation of the fire district the board of county commissioners shall appoint the governing body of the…

19-3614a. Governing body of certain consolidated districts in Johnson county; terms. Whenever an agreement of consolidation between Johnson county consolidated fire district no. 2 and Mission fire district no. 1 is filed in the office of the county clerk, the county board shall a…

19-3615. Election of officers; oaths; bond. Within thirty (30) days after the first appointment, the governing body shall meet and organize by the election from its membership of a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary and treasurer. All members and officers of the governing bo…

19-3616. Powers. Upon the creation of a fire district pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3613, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the fire district shall have the authority to: (a) Enter contracts; (b) acquire, by lease or purchase, and dispose of real and personal property; (c) ac…

19-3617. Furnishing of fire protection services; contracts for services; tax levy. The governing body may provide for the furnishing of fire protection services or may contract with any other fire district, city or township or private entity within the vicinity of the fire distri…

19-3618. History: L. 1955, ch. 175, § 6; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 69; L. 1972, ch. 86, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 29; Repealed, L. 1979, ch. 75, § 17; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STA…

19-3619. Consolidation with adjoining district; outstanding bonds; approval of consolidation agreement; findings; designation; governing body of consolidated district, terms. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the fire district may be consolidated…