Chapter 19, COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-2674. Minutes of commission meetings; report and recommendations to legislature. The commission shall keep complete minutes of its meetings and shall at least thirty (30) days prior to any regular session of the legislature make a report, together with its recommendations, to …

19-2675. Building fund; transfer of unexpended balance. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and having an assessed valuation of more than thirty million dollars…

19-2676. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this act shall, for the purpose of this act, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section. (a) "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse and other discarded materials including, but not limited to sol…

19-2677. Franchises for the operation of solid waste management systems; conditions and procedure for granting. All counties in the state of Kansas are hereby authorized and empowered to grant franchises, subject to the following conditions, to persons to engage in the business o…

19-2678. County recreational, community service and social programs for the aging; payment of cost. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to establish and maintain recreational, community service and social programs for the aging which may include b…

19-2679. Central motor pools in counties authorized; use charges. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a central motor pool to be used by county agencies. Said board of county commissioners may by resolution establish a se…

19-2680. County charters in counties declared to be urban areas; adoption and amendment; charter to govern local legislation and administration; authorized provisions; limitations. Any county which has been declared to be an urban area under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654 is he…

19-2681. Charter commission, establishment. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county which has been declared to be an urban area under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654, and amendments thereto, may establish a charter commission for such county for the purpose of studyi…

19-2682. Charter commission membership; appointment. (a) A charter commission established pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2681, and amendments thereto, shall consist of 25 members and shall be appointed as follows: (1) (A) Three members shall be appointed by the members of the senate of th…

19-2683. Charter commission; organization, rules and meetings; compensation; office space; expense of operation. Within fifteen (15) days following the appointment of such members, the county clerk shall call a meeting of such commission. At such meeting the commission shall orga…

19-2684. Proposed charter; public hearings; reports to county commissioners; contents of reports; legal opinion; dissolution of commission. It shall be the duty of the charter commission to draft a proposed charter for the government of the county and to submit the same to the el…

19-2685. Submission of proposed charter to electors; adoption. The proposed charter shall be submitted by the charter commission to the board of county commissioners and the board of county commissioners shall submit the proposed charter to the electors of the county at the gener…

19-2686. Eligibility of charter commission members to election to county commission. No member of the charter commission shall be eligible for election to the office of county commissioner in the first election for county commissioner under the charter if adopted by the electorat…

19-2687. Inventory and record of county property; duty of officers; delegation of commissioners' duties authorized. For the purpose of preserving records of the amount and kind of personal property owned by each county in this state, each county officer and head of a department o…

19-2688. Action to recover. Whenever any personal property referred to in K.S.A. 19-2687 shall be claimed by any person or persons, the county attorney or district attorney of said county shall investigate such claim and, if satisfied that said property is being claimed without l…

19-2689. Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS. (a) From and after January 1, 1976, the Kansas association of counties shall be a participating employer in the Kansas public employees retirement system for all purposes under said system. (b) Within thirt…

19-2690. Instrumentality of member counties; powers; liability of members; disposition of property if dissolved. From and after January 1, 1976, the Kansas association of counties is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the member counties of the association. The member count…

19-2691. Coliseum events fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of shows or events. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish and maintain, in a bank located in such county, not to exceed ten thous…

19-2692. Coliseum concessions fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of concessions operation. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish and maintain, in a bank located in such county, not to excee…

19-2692a. Special recreation facilities fund. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may establish a special recreation facilities fund into which shall be deposited moneys derived from the operation of a county col…

19-2693. Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond. Reports and documentation relating to all expenses paid by the director from the funds established pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2691 and 19-2692 shall be filed with the county controlle…

19-2695. Conveyance of land forming part of Lone Star Lake to Douglas county. Laws 1947, chapter 218. Included by reference. [The title to the act is, "An act conveying certain lands in Douglas county, Kansas to Douglas county." Act omitted as not of general application]. History…

19-2696. Leasing of lands by Hodgeman county to Santa Fe Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America. Laws 1959, chapter 150. Included by reference. [The title to the act is, "An act relating to and authorizing the leasing by the board of county commissioners of Hodgeman county, Kansa…

19-2697. Sanitary land fill; Haskell county. The board of county commissioners of Haskell county may issue general obligation bonds of the county to finance the costs of purchasing land for a site to be used and developed as a sanitary land fill or a sand or gravel pit. The bonds…

19-2698. Services for persons with physical disability; tax levy; procedure to authorize levy. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county may levy a tax not to exceed 1/2 mill on all taxable tangible property within the county for the purpose of assisting in the provisio…

19-27,127. Sidewalks and pedestrian way in urban area counties. Any county in this state which has been designated as an "urban area" under K.S.A. 19-2654 is hereby authorized to construct or provide for the construction of or cooperate with any city located within its boundaries…

19-27,128. Costs of sidewalks and pedestrian ways. All costs incurred by counties in the construction of or in cooperating in the construction of sidewalks and pedestrian ways shall be paid by the county in like manner as costs of construction, reconstruction, repair and rebuildi…

19-27,129. Storm drainage districts in counties designated urban areas. The board of county commissioners of any county which has been designated as "urban area" under the constitution of Kansas may provide for the creation of storm drainage districts under the provisions of this…

19-27,130. Creation, designation and determination of boundaries; petition by city; publication and filing resolution. The county commissioners shall upon the receipt of a petition by the governing body of any city in which all or a part of any land lying within the proposed drai…

19-27,131. Establishment of improvement and maintenance program; costs. Whenever a storm drainage district has been created under the provisions of this act, the county commissioners shall establish a program for the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of storm s…

19-27,132. Creation of district fund; use of moneys in fund. A separate fund shall be created in the county treasury for each storm drainage district and identified by the name or number of such district. The proceeds from tax levies and the sale of bonds or temporary notes autho…

19-27,133. Annual tax levy. The board of county commissioners creating a storm drainage district under the provisions of this act is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax of not to exceed three (3) mills upon all of the property located within the district for the purpose of pr…

19-27,134. General obligation bonds; publication of notice; petition; election. The board of county commissioners which has created a storm drainage district under the provisions of this act is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the county to pay the cost of c…

19-27,135. Political subdivisions may cooperate with county. Cities and other political subdivisions located within the county are authorized to cooperate fully with the county, financially and otherwise, in the operation and management of any district created pursuant to this ac…

19-27,136. Public parking facilities in counties with a population between 175,000 and 210,000; acquisition. In every county of this state having a population of more than 175,000 persons and less than 210,000, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to acquire by …

19-27,137. Issuance of bonds for public parking facilities in certain counties authorized. To provide funds for the cost of acquisition of the site and for construction of improvements thereon, said board of county commissioners is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of …

19-27,138. Regulations governing operation of public parking facilities in certain counties; fees for use; penalty provisions. Whenever the board of county commissioners has acquired a site and constructed parking facilities thereon, pursuant to the provisions of this act, said b…

19-27,139. Penalty for violating regulations. Any person violating the rules and regulations adopted under authority of this act, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in K.S.A. 21-6602, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1969, ch. 15…

19-27,150. Regulations for use of county parking lots in certain counties. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) is authorized by adoption of an appr…

19-27,151. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations for public parking lots. Any person violating any of the rules and regulations adopted under the authority of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A person convicted of such a misdemeanor shall be sentenced to pay…

19-27,155. Conveyance of certain land by county sewer district to an improvement district. Whenever any county sewer district appears to be the owner of record of any land, or rights in land, on which is located the sewage disposal plant or other facilities of an improvement dist…

19-27,156. Golf courses in certain counties; capital improvements; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of less than 8,000 and an assessed taxable tang…

19-27,170. Sewer districts in Finney county; financing cost of district. (a) As used in this section and in K.S.A. 19-27,171 and 19-27,172, and amendments thereto, county means Finney county. (b) As a complete alternative to all other methods provided by law, the board of county …

19-27,171. Notice for establishing or financing sewer districts in Finney county. All notices or publications for the establishing or financing of sewer districts required by the provisions of article 27 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall state the proportionate…

19-27,172. Property not benefited by sewer districts in Finney county. Notwithstanding any provision of article 27 of chapter 19 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, any property located in a sewer district created in the county, which in the discretion of the board of county commission…

19-27,173. Oaklawn improvement district; excess moneys in bond and interest fund, expenditure authorized. The board of directors of Oaklawn Improvement District located in Sedgwick county is authorized during calendar year 1998 to expend for public improvement purposes funds bein…

19-27,181. Sedgwick county; public improvements; definitions. When used in this act: (a) "Acquire" means the acquisition of property or interests in property by purchase, gift, condemnation or other lawful means and may include the acquisition of existing property and improvement…

19-27,182. Work on improvements authorized; special assessments. The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to make, or cause to be made, works or improvements which confer a special benefit upon property within a definable area of the county and may levy and collect s…

19-27,183. Combining improvements. Any two or more types of improvements may be included in one proceeding and constructed and financed as one improvement. History: L. 1991, ch. 51, § 3; April 25.

19-27,184. Initiation of improvement; notice and hearing, when; benefit district; petition procedure for initiation; resolution determining advisability of improvement. (a) Before any work is ordered or authorized for an improvement, the governing body, by resolution, shall direc…