Chapter 19, COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-2604. Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds. Every deputy in any of said offices shall, before entering upon his duties under such appointment, take and subscribe the like oath of office as that required to be taken by the officer appointing him, and shall deposit the same in th…

19-2605. County commissioners defined. Whenever, in any law of this state, the words "county supervisors," "county board of supervisors," or "tribunal transacting county business," are used, they shall be construed to mean "county commissioners." History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 176…

19-2606. Resignation by elected county officers. All county officers who hold their office by election shall file a written notice of such resignation in the office of the officer or officers authorized by law to fill vacancies in such office. The officer resigning from office al…

19-2607. New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence. Whenever the term of office of any judge of the district court, county clerk or other county officer has expired or may expire, leaving unfinished business which is proper matter of record, o…

19-2609. Removal of county officer. If any board of county commissioners, or any commissioner, or any other county officer, shall neglect or refuse to perform any act which it is his duty to perform, or shall corruptly or oppressively perform any such duty, he shall forfeit his o…

19-2612. Removal or cutting of hedge fences, trees and shrubs; cutting weeds; removing signboards and board fences; expenses. The board of county commissioners of each county in the state are authorized to cut all hedge fences, trees and shrubs growing upon the highway right of w…

19-2618. Water mains in or along highway; petition. Whenever any person, persons, partnership or corporation desire to lay, maintain and operate water mains and laterals and equipment in or along any streets, public highways and lands not in an incorporated city for the purpose o…

19-2619. Rules and regulations for water mains. When any petition as herein described shall be presented to the county commissioners, the said commissioners are hereby empowered and given authority to grant the right to said petitioner to lay, maintain and operate water mains, la…

19-2620. Unlawful acts related to water mains. That it shall be unlawful for any person in any manner whatsoever, to change, injure, extend, or alter, or cause to be changed, injured, extended or altered, any main, lateral, attachment or equipment laid or erected by any grantee h…

19-2621. Unlawful connection with water mains. That it shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any connection with the water mains or laterals of any such grantee, or to turn on or off, or in any manner interfere with any valve, stopcock or other appliance be…

19-2622. Penalty; damages; costs. That any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2620 and 19-2621 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars, and shall be liable to such grantee whose property shall be so changed, …

19-2623. Land for water mains; eminent domain. If said grantee is a corporation, it shall have the right to hold, control, acquire by donation, or purchase, and if need be, condemn any land, easement, railroad right of way, public highway or any property upon which it may be nece…

19-2633. When plats of land outside city to be filed with county commissioners. Any person, partnership or corporation owning land outside the limits of any incorporated city, said land being located more than one mile from the limits of any incorporated city, desiring to subdivi…

19-2633a. Vacation of Hillcrest Heights as platted in Cowley county. That portion of Hillcrest Heights as shown by the plat filed in the office of register of deeds of Cowley county, Kansas, June 15, 1925, and recorded in volume H of plats page 9, being lots numbered seventeen to…

19-2633b. Vacation of Cave Springs townsite in Elk county. The original townsite of Cave Springs located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 8, the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 7, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 17 and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 18, all in town…

19-2635. Funds lost by bank failure; powers of county commissioners; tax levy, use of proceeds; bonds. That in any county of this state which had funds in a depository bank which has failed and liquidation thereof completed, and the county has not fully recovered such loss but ha…

19-2636. Tax levy limitation for funds lost; excess funds. The levy herein authorized shall not exceed the amount so needed nor in any case be an amount in excess of the limitation prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, in any one year. Said levy shall be in addition to the aggregate for …

19-2637. Issuance of bonds to replace funds lost by bank failure; terms and denomination of bonds; limitations inapplicable. The bonds herein authorized shall be issued and sold in the manner as provided by the law of other similar bonds except as in this act otherwise provided; …

19-2638. Pending actions for recovery of funds lost not barred; disposition of moneys recovered. Nothing in this act shall be construed to bar any action pending or that may be brought by any such county by which the county is attempting to recover from bondsmen, bonding companie…

19-2643. Lease of park plots to youth camps in certain counties. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than sixty-five thousand and not more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to lease for extende…

19-2644. Shawnee and Mission townships in Johnson county designated urban areas; law enforcement. Shawnee and Mission townships in the county of Johnson are hereby designated as urban areas. The provisions of this act shall only apply to counties containing urban areas and to cit…

19-2645. Joint county and city use of vehicles and equipment. A county and a city, or two or more cities may enter into agreements for the joint or mutual use of vehicles, broadcasting and receiving apparatus and other machinery and equipment used by law enforcing agencies owned …

19-2646. Appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond. The board of commissioners, city manager, or mayor and council of any city of the second or third class may appoint a policeman or policemen to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority or for a stated period and for…

19-2647. Preservation of historical records in counties; declaration of public interest. The collection, preservation, display and housing of records, documents and other articles of historical value or interest is hereby declared to be in the public interest. History: L. 1955, c…

19-2648. Resolution for collection of historical records; publication; protest petition; election. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the collection of records, documents and other articles of historical value or interest and may establish, maintain, …

19-2649. Supervisor or curator of historical records; appointment, compensation, duties; designation of incorporated museum or society as supervisor or curator, when, compensation. Any such board which has established an historical collection as provided in this act, may appoint …

19-2650. Acceptance of gifts or loans for historical record collections. Said board may accept bequests, gifts, donations or loans of documents, records and articles of historical value or interest for such historical collection and also bequests, gifts or donations of money or o…

19-2651. Tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. In order to provide funds to carry out the provisions of this act and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, a…

19-2652. Issuance of no-fund warrants in certain counties to repair or replace water lines serving county park. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) which has established a county public park and recreatio…

19-2653. Issuance of warrants to repair or replace certain water lines; tax levies to pay warrants; surplus funds. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying perio…

19-2654. Johnson county, Sedgwick county; designated as urban area. (a) The area comprising Johnson county is hereby designated as an urban area as permitted by section 17 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas. (b) The area comprising Sedgwick county is hereby d…

19-2655. Counties of more than 180,000 population; long-term leases of land to sheriff's posses. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) is hereby authorized to enter into long-term leases, not to exce…

19-2656. City of Overland Park and Oxford township in Johnson county designated urban area. The territory within the boundaries of the city of Overland Park in Johnson county and the territory within the boundaries of Oxford township in Johnson county is hereby declared to be and…

19-2657. Annexation of certain land located in urban area; ordinance. (a) As used in this section, the word "city" means the city of Overland Park in Johnson county which is located in an area which has been designated by law as an "urban area." (b) Whenever the owner or owners o…

19-2658. Disposal of refuse; acquisition of lands; improvements and equipment; contracts with city. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to acquire by lease, condemnation or purchase, lands to be used as a site for the disposal of refuse. "Refu…

19-2659. Costs of disposal of refuse; bonds; election, when; exemption from county bonded debt limitations. For the purposes of paying the cost of acquiring any lands or making any improvements thereon or the acquisition of any equipment for the purposes hereinbefore authorized, …

19-2660. Refuse disposal facility; operation; contracts with political subdivisions. The board of county commissioners of any county establishing a refuse disposal facility under the provisions of this act may provide for the employment of necessary employees and may provide for …

19-2661. Fees and charges for refuse disposal; fund, use; expenses from general fund, when. If no revenue bonds are outstanding the board of county commissioners may establish a schedule of fees and charges for the use of such facility and all moneys received therefrom shall be p…

19-2662. Disposition of lands acquired for refuse disposal; use of moneys received from sale. If the county shall have acquired title to any lands for the purposes hereinbefore authorized and the board of county commissioners shall determine that such property is no longer useful…

19-2663. Museum and cultural center in counties with a population between 10,000 and 15,000 with $45,000,000 valuation. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and less than fifteen thousand (15,000) and having an ass…

19-2664. Election for museum and cultural center; amount of bonds. Any county voting to establish a steam and oil museum and cultural center may erect, restore, maintain and equip museum buildings and building and grounds of cultural interest and procure and own sites therefor, a…

19-2665. Museum board. Upon the establishment of a museum under this act the board of county commissioners shall appoint a museum board of six (6) members for such museum. Two of the original members of such museum board shall serve for a one (1) year term from appointment, two (…

19-2666. Name of museum board; limitation on powers. The museum board of a museum established under, or governed by the provisions of this act shall constitute a body corporate and politic, possessing the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, under the name and style…

19-2667. Organization and meetings of museum board. The members of a museum board shall, immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter, meet and organize by the election of a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as they may deem necessary. T…

19-2668. Specific powers of museum board. Museum boards shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of a museum or cultural center; (b) with the approval of the board of county commissioners, to purchase or lease …

19-2669. Treasurer of museum board. The treasurer of the museum board shall give bond, in an amount fixed by said board and approved by the board of county commissioners, for the safekeeping and due disbursement of all funds that may come into his hands as such treasurer. Said bo…

19-2670. Citizens commission on local government in counties with a population between 170,000 and 200,000; membership; qualifications. There may be created and established a citizens commission on local government in every county in this state having a population of more than 17…

19-2671. Meeting to select appointive members of citizens commission on local government; officers; rules of procedure; meetings; vacancies. The ex officio members of such commission shall meet forthwith at a time and place designated by the chairman of the board of county commis…

19-2672. Duties of commission on local government. It shall be the duty of such commission to: (a) Investigate and study the existing structure and operation of the units of local government within such county; (b) Investigate and study the needs and requirements of the citizens …

19-2673. Commission contracts; receipt and expenditure of moneys. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act such commission may enter into contracts and may receive and expend funds and moneys from the federal government or from any other source. History: L. 1968…