Chapter 3 — AIRCRAFT AND AIRFIELDS

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3-101. History: L. 1921, ch. 264, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 3-101; Repealed, L. 1931, ch. 6, § 8; March 16. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 3-201 through 3-207. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC…

3-101a. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-202. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-101b. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-203. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-101c. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-204. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-101d. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-205. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-101e. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-206. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-101f. Revisor's Note: Transferred to 3-207. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Admi…

3-110. History: L. 1921, ch. 264, § 12; R.S. 1923, § 3-110; Repealed, L. 1929, ch. 5, § 6; March 16. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 3-113. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. City may maintain airports in public parks established within five miles of city. City of Wichita v…

3-111. History: L. 1921, ch. 264, § 13; R.S. 1923, § 3-111; Repealed, L. 1931, ch. 6, § 8; March 16. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 3-206. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REV…

3-112. History: L. 1921, ch. 264, § 14; R.S. 1923, § 3-112; Repealed, L. 1931, ch. 6, § 8; March 16. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 3-205. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REV…

3-113. Municipal airfields and airports; safety zones; issuance of bonds following election; tax levy, use of proceeds. Whenever in the opinion of the governing body in any city in the state of Kansas, the public safety, service and welfare can be advanced thereby, such governing…

3-113a. Certain cities of second class; maintenance of airport or airfield; tax levy, use of proceeds. Any city of the second class having a population of not less than six thousand (6,000) nor more than fourteen thousand (14,000), is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax upon …

3-113b. Bonds by certain cities of third class for purchasing, leasing, developing and equipping; election; debt limitations inapplicable; authority expires July 1, 1949. The governing body of any city of the third class having a population of not less than one thousand is hereby…

3-114. Regulation or control of airport in certain cities; bond issue; tax levy, amount. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in any city having a population of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) in which a board of park commissioners has been established pursuant to K.S…

3-115. Rights and duties of cities. All cities are hereby granted the same rights, privileges and immunities, and are charged with the same obligations, responsibilities and duties toward municipal airports and municipal fields for aviation purposes located outside of the limits …

3-116. Lease and use of airport. The governing body, park board or airport authority, as hereinafter provided, may lease, assign or sublease the whole or any part of any such airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, to one or more responsible persons, associations or cor…

3-117. Police power extended. The police power of all cities is hereby extended to all airports and municipal fields for aviation purposes, controlled or operated by any city outside of the city limits, and the governing body of all cities is hereby empowered to enact ordinances …

3-118. Additional airports or fields in certain cities. Any city now or hereafter operating a municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes pursuant to K.S.A. 3-114 may, whenever in the opinion of the board of park commissioners or airport authority of such city the …

3-119. Same; regulation. Such additional or supplemental airports shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the board of park commissioners or the airport authority, as is provided by K.S.A. 3-114, and such additional or supplemental airport or airports shall be governed by …

3-119a. Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Municipality" shall be construed and held to mean county, city. (b) "Municipal" means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined. (c) "Governing body" shall be construed and h…

3-120. Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; contracts. Whenever in the opinion of the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, the public safety, service and welfare can be advanced thereby, such governing bodies may own and hold, as tenants in common, and…

3-121. Same; use of general funds; general obligation bonds; protest petition and election; tax levies, use of proceeds. Municipalities operating airports jointly may pay the expenses of purchasing or acquiring such airports from the general funds of such municipalities or may is…

3-122. Same; leases. Municipalities operating airports jointly may lease, assign or sublease the whole or any part of such airports to one or more responsible persons, associations or corporations, jointly or severally, for any purpose directly or incidentally and necessarily req…

3-123. Same; rights and duties; eminent domain. Municipalities operating airports jointly are hereby granted the same rights, privileges and immunities, and are charged with the same obligations, responsibilities and duties toward such airports located outside of the municipal li…

3-124. Same; police power extended. The police power of all such municipalities so operating airports jointly is hereby extended to all airports controlled or operated by any municipality outside of the municipal limits, and the governing bodies of all such municipalities are her…

3-125. Same; federal cooperation. Municipalities operating airports jointly are hereby authorized to cooperate with the federal government, or any federal agency, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and to use such funds as may be available, or which may hereaft…

3-126. Transfer of control to board of public utilities in certain cities of more than 100,000 population; indebtedness. Any city of the first class now having or hereafter acquiring a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants, now owning or hereafter acquiring a municipal wate…

3-127. Same; rates; employees; equipment; adjustment of water and light rates. The board of public utilities of any such city shall have the exclusive control of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and shall fix the rates to be charged for the use of …

3-128. Same; franchises and property. The board of public utilities may, in the name of the city, take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, such franchises and real and personal property, either within or without the city as may be necessary for the carrying…

3-129. Same; duties of governing body; eminent domain. It shall be the duty of the governing body of such city when requested by the board of public utilities to enact such ordinances or resolutions as may be necessary for the protection of the municipal airport and municipal fie…

3-130. Same; rules and regulations; claims and accounts; powers. The board of public utilities may establish all reasonable rules and regulations to protect the property rights vested in the city and under control of the board of public utilities. The board of public utilities ma…

3-131. Same; duties of certain officers. The manager of production and distribution of the board of public utilities in such city and the manager of collections and accounts shall perform any additional duties assigned to them or either of them by the board of public utilities pe…

3-132. Same; bond elections. When said board of public utilities shall find it necessary and expedient to have the city vote bonds for the construction, extension or improvement of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, it shall be the duty of the mayor…

3-133. Same; bond limitations; liens. The amount of bonds which may be issued under the provisions of this act by the city shall not be in excess of 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the city, and bonds to such percentage may be issued. All bonds issued under the provisions…

3-134. Same; federal cooperation. The board of public utilities, in the management, control and operation of the airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, may co-operate with the federal government in promoting all defense measures and, in so doing, may comply with any …

3-135. Same; invalidity of part. If any provision contained in this act shall for any reason be held invalid, it shall not affect the remainder of this act. History: L. 1941, ch. 12, § 10; March 26. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived L…

3-139. Sale of airport near army or navy air base in second-class cities. In any city of the second class in the state of Kansas, near which there is established an army or navy air base, where said city has acquired by purchase, without the city limits, a municipal airport or a …

3-140. Same; notice by publication; petition for election; notice of election. The sale of a municipal airport or field for aviation purposes shall be by public auction, for cash. Said sale shall be conducted by the city clerk of the city, after having published the resolution of…

3-141. Same; disposition of moneys. If the governing body of any city shall sell a municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes as herein provided, the proceeds from said sale shall be deposited in a special airport fund, and said city may use said proceeds from sai…

3-142. Sale of surplus real estate by two or more cities. Whenever any two or more cities have acquired by purchase, or otherwise, lands for use as airports or flying fields, and whenever, in the opinion of the governing bodies of said cities, certain parcels or tracts of such re…

3-143. Same; negotiations; bids; deeds. Before transferring and conveying said real estate, the governing bodies of said cities shall negotiate a sale or sales of such real estate, and no sale thereof shall be completed and conveyance made until: (1) Said governing bodies shall h…

3-144. Same; disposition of proceeds. The proceeds from any sale or sales of surplus real estate conducted pursuant to provisions of K.S.A. 3-142 and 3-143, shall be deposited in the respective general or airport funds of said cities as their interests shall appear and as their r…

3-144a. Certain cities of the second class with two municipal airports. This act shall apply to any city of the second class operating under the commission-manager form of government and having two municipal airports located outside its city limits, one of which was acquired from…

3-144b. Same; discontinuance of airport authorized, when; sale of land; resolution. Whenever any such city has acquired fee simple title to real estate for use as an airport or flying field and, whenever in the opinion of the governing body of such city such airport or field is n…

3-144c. Same; contract; resolution; deed. Before transferring and conveying any of said real estate, the governing body of such city shall negotiate a contract or contracts for the sale or sales of such real estate. When any contract has been accepted and a resolution accepting t…

3-144d. Same; disposition of proceeds of sale. The proceeds from any sale, pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall be deposited in the general fund or in the airport fund of said city as the governing body thereof shall direct. History: L. 1958, ch. 1, § 4 (Special Session)…

3-144e. Certain cities of third class of over 2,000 population with municipal airport. This act shall apply to any city of the third class in excess of two thousand (2,000) population and having a municipal airport located outside its city limits. History: L. 1959, ch. 112, § 1; …

3-144f. Same; purchase of additional real estate for runway; sale of property; resolutions; deeds. Whenever any such city has acquired fee simple title to real estate for use as an airport or flying field, and whenever in the opinion of the governing body of such city, it would b…