Chapter 19, COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-3002. Management and operation; records and statements; fees for water delivered to user from drought-relief wells; disposition of moneys. The above-mentioned machinery and equipment, when so purchased or otherwise acquired shall remain the property of the county, and shall be…

19-3003. Duties of county commissioners. The boards of county commissioners in the various counties of the state are hereby authorized to sponsor or direct activities for digging wells for drought-relief and other activities for water conservation and emergency water supplies. Hi…

19-3004. Renting of county equipment; tax levy for unpaid amounts. Said boards of county commissioners are authorized, in addition to the authority granted in K.S.A. 68-141a, to rent or hire to owners of land in the county for drought-relief purposes, county trucks, machinery and…

19-3101. Ordinance; donation of cemetery land. (a) The governing body of any city may donate and convey to the county in which such property is located any lands or property which it has acquired for cemetery purposes or which is now being used as a cemetery by such city. Such do…

19-3103. Payment of collected tax moneys to county. Upon acceptance of such property by the board of county commissioners, all cemeteries and cemetery property donated and conveyed to the county under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3101, and amendments thereto, shall become the prop…

19-3104. Care and maintenance by county; purchase of adjoining lands; eminent domain. Lands acquired for cemetery purposes under the provisions of this act by the county shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners and such board shall have full power to make a…

19-3105. Maintenance and care of cemetery; additional land; tax levy, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy on all taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of providing a fund to be used for the maintenan…

19-3106. Abandoned or uncared for cemeteries or burial places; tax levy, use of proceeds. In any county in this state in which there is located a cemetery or other burial place in which three or more human bodies have been interred, and which cemetery or burial place has been aba…

19-3107. Uncared for cemeteries or burial places; tax levy, use of proceeds. In any county in which there is located a cemetery or other burial place in which ten (10) or more human bodies have been interred and which cemetery or burial place has not been cared for, for a period …

19-3301. Counties in which federal agencies authorized to construct certain works; powers of county commissioners. That in any county of the state of Kansas in which the corps of engineers of the United States army or other department or agency of the federal government shall be …

19-3302. Eminent domain. That in any county, such as described in K.S.A. 19-3301, where it is required by the federal government as a condition to the construction of any flood control works as provided in this act, that the said county furnish the necessary lands, rights of way,…

19-3303. Acquisition of property or easements; bonds; limitations; installments. Whenever in such county it shall be necessary to acquire any lands, rights of way, or easements under the provisions of this act, the cost thereof and expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed b…

19-3304. Loss, damage or expense to county; insurance. That any loss, damage or expense for which the county or the board of county commissioners may be liable by reason of having entered into an indemnity agreement or undertaking to protect and defend the federal government agai…

19-3305. Maintenance and operation; tax levy, use of proceeds. For the purpose of maintaining and operating such flood control works as shall be constructed by the United States army corps of engineers or other agency of the United States government, when the same shall have been…

19-3306. Contracts for maintenance, repair or operation. That for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions of this act, the board of county commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States of America or any department or agency thereof …

19-3307. Powers conferred by K.S.A. 19-3301 et seq. also vested in cities; issuance of bonds; tax levy, use of proceeds. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, all of the rights, powers, authority and jurisdiction conferred on counties and boards of county commissioners b…

19-3308. Powers as to roads, bridges and culverts; bonds; limitation. That in any county engaging in flood control works under the provisions of article 33 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the board of county commissioners may, by order of such board, lay out, relo…

19-3309. Regulation of excavation; permits; appeal. No excavation shall be made or commenced within one thousand (1,000) feet landward or riverward of the center line of any portion of a flood control works constructed under the provisions of chapter 19, article 33 of the Kansas …

19-3310. Penalty for failure to obtain permit. Failure to obtain such permit from the proper authority prior to commencing excavation or excavating contrary to the authorization of such a permit is a class B misdemeanor. History: L. 1971, ch. 93, § 3; April 19.

19-3311. Stormwater management and flood control; interlocal agreements; tax levy; procedure. (a) In 1988, 1989 or 1990, the board of county commissioners of any county that has entered into an interlocal agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq., and amendments thereto, for s…

19-3419. Counties of more than 125,000 population; appointment of election commissioner, term, removal; search committee for filling vacancies; qualifications, oath. In counties of this state having a population exceeding 125,000, as certified to the secretary of state by the dir…

19-3419a. Salaries and car allowance of election commissioners. The election commissioners in any county shall receive a salary in an amount to be fixed by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county. Such salary shall be an annual salary payable in equal monthl…

19-3420. Assistant election commissioners; appointment, salary; expenses. The election commissioner may appoint one or more assistants, known as assistant election commissioners, who shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the election commissioner, consistent with the comp…

19-3421. Location of office. The election commissioner shall maintain his office in suitable and convenient quarters in the courthouse or in some other place, to be provided by the board of county commissioners. History: L. 1947, ch. 203, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 157, § 2; January 1, 19…

19-3422. Transfer of election powers and duties to election commissioner. All the jurisdiction, powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by law upon the county clerks and city, school and township officers relating to the conduct, supervision and control of elections, are her…

19-3423. General authority; seal. (a) Election commissioners shall procure a seal of office, properly inscribed, and shall authenticate all official acts of the commissioner with such seal. The commissioner shall have full and complete power and authority over all elections in th…

19-3424. Powers, authority and duties; secretary of state, board of county commissioners, authority; ward and precinct boundaries; notices of elections; printing ballots; election contests; budget. (a) The election commissioner, in the conduct of elections, shall operate under th…

19-3426. Boundaries of wards and precincts; availability of description; publication of changes. The election commissioner shall proclaim the boundaries of all wards and election precincts in the county. The description of such boundaries shall during all regular business hours b…

19-3434. Conduct of elections; cooperation. The purpose of this act is to take from the county clerks, city, school and township officers, in the counties to which this act applies, all power and authority now exercised by them in relation to the supervision, conduct and control …

19-3435. Same; how salaries and expenses paid. That the salaries and expenses of the office of the election commissioner as in this act provided, the cost of printing and distributing the ballots and all other expenses connected with county-wide elections whether primary, general…

19-3435a. Election commissioner; salaries and expenses of office; tax levy, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners in any county having an election commissioner, is hereby authorized to make a tax levy in each year, in such amount as may be necessary in order to provi…

19-3436. Transfer and delivery of books and records. All files, books, records, papers, documents and data of every kind in any way pertaining to elections and necessary to the proper administration of election and voter registration and now under the jurisdiction and control of …

19-3437. Establishment and changing of ward and precinct boundaries in Johnson county. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute to the contrary, in any county which has been declared by K.S.A. 19-2654 to be an urban area, all precinct boundary lines shall be established and …

19-3438. Same; limitations; procedure. Boundary lines of wards within the territory of any city shall be changed not more often than once each year at a time which will not interfere with any election procedure. Ward boundary lines within cities shall be changed only by the gover…

19-3439. Establishment and change of precinct boundaries in counties where an election commissioner has been appointed; effect of city's proposed annexation ordinance on elections; delay of ordinance's effective date by county election officer; appeal by city. Notwithstanding the…

19-3501. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "County commissioners," "county clerk," and "register of deeds" mean, respectively, board of county commissioners, county clerk and register of deeds of the county in which the greatest portion of the territory of any existing or pro…

19-3502. Conditions and restrictions on organization and establishment; powers. One or more water districts, for the purpose of this act, may be organized, created and established in the manner hereinafter provided in any territory located in Miami, Franklin, Johnson and Wyandott…

19-3502a. 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…

19-3503. Petition for creation; determination by county commissioners; notice and hearing; creation; ratification of districts previously established; disorganization. Whenever 1,000 qualified electors within the territory of a proposed water district petition the board of county…

19-3504. Enlargement of district; petition. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, whenever line extensions have been laid by any water utility operating under a certificate of convenience and necessity within the original district, within the certificated area as it existed…

19-3505. Board; election; terms; officers; oath; qualifications; salary; expenses; bonds. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the governing body of any water district to which this section applies shall be a five-member board holding positions numbered one to five, …

19-3505a. Issuance of no-fund warrants by board, when; expending moneys; tax levy, collection and disposition. In order to provide funds to meet necessary expenses in carrying on its regular activities and duties, as provided in K.S.A. 19-3505, the water district board provided f…

19-3506. Survey commission; appointment; qualifications; personnel; survey report to board; approval of plan by board; publication; recordation. Whenever a water district has been created and a board elected as hereinbefore provided, said board shall cause a survey to be made and…

19-3507. Elections, voting places; election officer, duties; candidates for office, filing as; election procedure and cost; eligible voters. (a) The water district election shall be held in each election precinct, a part or all of which is located within such water district, exce…

19-3507a. Notice of elections, requirements; canvass of elections; expenses, how paid. The county election officer shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, a notice of all elections held under this act. The notice shall address the qu…

19-3507b. Duties of election commissioner. The election commissioner of Johnson county shall conduct all elections under this act. Members of the board of the water district in office on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve for the term for which they were elect…

19-3508. Revenue bonds; election; petition for resubmission; tax levies to pay expenses, when. Before any water district shall be authorized to issue any revenue bonds for the establishment, construction, purchase, operation and maintenance of any water supply and distribution sy…

19-3509. Management, control, maintenance and enlargement of system; supply water for other water utilities and political subdivisions; insurance for employees; property. The water district board shall establish, manage, purchase, construct, operate, maintain and have the exclusi…

19-3510. General manager; term, qualifications, duties; bond; retirement plans. (a) The water district board may select and appoint a general manager who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. Such manager shall be chosen on the basis of administrative ability and shall …

19-3511. Mains, waterworks and plants; eminent domain. Any water district established under this act is hereby empowered to connect with any source of water supply or to construct, operate and maintain waterworks or plants anywhere within twenty (20) miles of any boundary of such…