Chapter 24 — DRAINAGE AND LEVEES

24-473. Penalty for interfering with possession of such property; removal from property. That from and after the issuing and publishing of such proclamation, any person interfering with the possession of such property by the state or its agent, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeme…

24-474. Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land. That for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any private person or corporation is the owner of any part of the land so taken, and if such owner to provide and secure full and adequate compensation for…

24-475. Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages. The drainage districts into or through which such navigable stream flows are hereby made liable for the value of any land so appropriated, together with all damages which may be occasi…

24-476. When railway company not to be deprived of easement in such land. That any railroad or railway company having a right of way crossing any of the land so appropriated, shall not be deprived of an easement for the use of such right of way, but shall be permitted to retain t…

24-477. Removal of personal property from land so appropriated; mandamus. That any person having personal property in or upon any land so appropriated shall remove the same within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the agents of the state, and should they fail or neglect so to do,…

24-478. Sections K.S.A. 24-470 through 24-480 supplemental to act of 1905. This act shall not be construed as a repeal of chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905 or any statute relating to the matters herein provided for, but as supplemental thereto. History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 9; Janua…

24-479. Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land. The board of directors or such drainage district is hereby empowered to grant easements in or to such forty-foot strip for such use and occupancy as will not interfere with the right of the state…

24-480. Concurrent remedies. That the remedies provided by other acts, relating to the same subject matter, shall be held to be concurrent herewith. History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 11; January 30; R.S. 1923, 24-480. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2…

24-481. Application for incorporation of drainage district under article 7; when. Whenever a petition has been or shall hereafter be filed in the district court in any county in the state of Kansas having a population of more than 85,000 and less than 130,000, for the establishme…

24-482. Notice of hearing on application; publication; continuance. That upon the filing of an application with the board of county commissioners for the formation of said drainage district the county clerk shall cause a notice to be published in the official county paper, settin…

24-483. Duties of county commissioners; style and powers of drainage district. At the time designated for said hearing, if the board of county commissioners shall find said application to be in proper form and that the requirements of law relating thereto have been complied with,…

24-484. Directors, qualifications; voters, qualifications. (a) The commissioners making the application for the charter of incorporation as a drainage district, shall be named in the charter as the directors of the drainage district, to serve for the term of four years from the d…

24-485. Laws governing district after incorporation. When and after a charter of incorporation shall have been granted to a drainage district as herein provided, all future duties, powers, rights, authority, limitations and restrictions of the powers of said drainage district sha…

24-486. Authority and powers of drainage district; bond issue; with and without election. In addition to the powers hereby conferred upon any drainage district incorporated hereunder and set forth in article 4 of chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and notwithstanding an…

24-487. Validity of K.S.A. 24-481 through 24-487a. In case any part of this act or of the act to which it is supplemental shall be declared to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this act or said act to which this act is supplemental shall nevertheless remain in force, and afte…

24-487a. Construction of K.S.A. 24-481 through 24-487. This act shall be construed as supplemental to existing laws relating to drainage, and not in limitation thereof. History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 8; March 2. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026…

24-488. History: L. 1933, ch. 182, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 243, § 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 U…

24-489. Dike or levee improvement in certain districts. That in any drainage district created, organized and existing under and by virtue of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory of or supplemental thereto (chapter 24, article 4, Kansas Statutes Annotated, …

24-490. Same; acquisition of land. In order to accomplish the objects and purposes enumerated in K.S.A. 24-489, the board of directors of any such district is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to acquire all necessary lands or easements therein or thereon either by condem…

24-491. Same; money or credits from federal government. The board of directors of any such district is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and accept and receive gifts, or grants, or loans of money or credits, in whole or in part for the carrying out of any project or pro…

24-492. Same; bonds. That in order to meet the necessary expenditures to enable the board of directors of any such district to plan works and supervise the expenditures of federal grants or other gifts or grants of funds, and to acquire necessary lands, easements, or leases, as h…

24-493. Same; duties of county engineer. In any and all districts located in counties having a county engineer, the county engineer shall have full control and supervision of the engineering work connected with improvements and repairs undertaken and carried on under the provisio…

24-494. History: L. 1939, ch. 185, § 1; Repealed, L. 1953, ch. 192, § 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 U…

24-495. Expenditure from general fund. This act shall apply only to drainage districts organized under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. History: L. 1945, ch. 199, § 1; June 28. Revisor…

24-496. Same; improvements authorized. When, in the opinion of the board of directors of any drainage district to which this act applies, an emergency within said district exists by reason of current injuries to persons and property, or imminent danger thereof, from floods or oth…

24-497. Same; limitations. This act shall not be construed as authorizing any board of directors of any drainage district to expend from its general fund in any calendar year more money than is procured by taxation for its general fund for said year, nor as authorizing any board …

24-498. Detachment of certain lands; petition; hearing; notice; territory liable for outstanding bonded indebtedness. That where any lands have been included in a drainage district organized under the drainage act of 1905, or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and s…

24-499. Dissolution of districts having no bonded indebtedness; petition, notice and hearing; resolution; funds, disposition; county commissioners' powers as to dormant districts. Whenever two-fifths (⅖) of the taxpayers residing within the boundaries of any drainage district org…

24-499a. Same; expenditure of funds from district without budgeting. The township board of highway commissioners, and the board of county commissioners, to which funds are transferred by a drainage district under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-499, may proceed promptly with the purc…

24-501. Drainage districts organized in valley of natural watercourse; procedure. For the purpose of increasing the drainage capacity of any natural watercourse by clearing it of all obstructions, excavating cutoffs, spillways and auxiliary channels and subject to the provisions …

24-502. Petition; time for hearing; notice. Whenever a petition describing the upper and lower boundaries of any proposed drainage district, and containing the names of at least two-fifths of the owners of the acreage of such district resident in Kansas whose lands in whole or in…

24-502a. 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 ame…

24-503. Hearing on petition; report to secretary of state. That at the time fixed for the hearing of the petition as provided in the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners first to ascertain and determine whether notice has been given of…

24-504. Proclamation by governor; date for election of directors; record of proceeding. Whenever a majority of the counties to be included within the proposed drainage district have reported in favor of the organization of the drainage district, under the provisions of this act, …

24-505. Places for holding elections; judges and clerks. Promptly following the date of the governor's proclamation above provided for, and at least ten (10) days before each subsequent election, the respective county clerks of each of the counties to be included within the drain…

24-506. Board of directors, qualifications; term. (a) The board of directors of any drainage district incorporated pursuant to K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall consist of one person from each county in the district if the number of counties is odd, but if the …

24-507. List of freeholders; persons entitled to vote. Within five days after receiving notice of the incorporation of any drainage district the county clerk shall ascertain from the tax rolls of the next preceding year the names of all freeholders resident in Kansas whose lands …

24-508. Ballots and nominations. The ballots for the first election herein provided for shall be furnished by the county, and the county clerk is hereby instructed to place as candidates on said ballots the names of such electors, as defined in the next preceding section, as may …

24-509. First election. At the time appointed therefor in the proclamation incorporating said drainage district, the first election shall be held, at which the directors provided for in this act shall be chosen. At this election the persons receiving the highest number of votes f…

24-510. First meeting of directors; organization of board; definition of boundaries of district. The directors elected as provided in the next preceding section hereof shall meet on the second Tuesday of the first calendar month following their election, at the county seat of the…

24-511. Appeal on location of boundary line. Any freeholder feeling aggrieved at the location of any portion of said boundary line may, within twenty days from the filing of said boundary with the county clerk, appeal to the board of directors, who shall, after due notice to the …

24-512. Powers of district. The board of directors of every drainage district incorporated under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power: (1) To adopt a seal. (2) To determine and fix the district boundaries. (3) To remove all obstruc…

24-513. Engineer; salary; duties. The board of directors shall appoint a competent engineer, at such salary as they may deem proper, who shall make a careful study of conditions along the watercourses of the district, and prepare plans and specifications, together with estimates …

24-514. Rules for plans, specifications and estimates. That in making such plans, specifications and estimates, the engineer shall be guided by the following rules: First, the work shall be so distributed that all parts of the district may receive as nearly as possible equal bene…

24-515. Plans and data to be submitted to engineering school of state university or Kansas state university. Said plans, specifications and estimates, together with the data upon which the same are based, shall be submitted by the board of directors to the school of engineering o…

24-516. Bond election; notice; canvass of returns. After the approval of the plans, specifications and estimates by the school of engineering, the board of directors shall order an election to be held, in the manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of submitting to the elect…

24-517. Issuance of bonds. All bonds issued pursuant to K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be authorized, issued, registered and sold in the manner provided by the general bond law and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by K.…

24-518. Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund. A record shall be kept by the secretary of the board of directors of all bonds issued under this act, showing the date, number and amount thereof, and when the same become due, and it shall be the duty of the board of d…

24-519. Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties. The board of directors shall appoint, at such a salary as they shall determine, a benefits assessment commission, consisting of three disinterested members, one of whom shall be an engineer, who shall serve during the …

24-520. Apportionment of benefits. In apportioning benefits they shall be divided into two classes: First, general benefits, such as accrue to the district as a whole from the construction of such improvements. The cost of these benefits shall be assessed at an equal rate on the …