Chapter 42 — IRRIGATION

42-705. Perpetual existence; powers; eminent domain; bonds; tax levies. Upon incorporation as provided in this act, and from thenceforth said irrigation district shall have perpetual existence, subject to dissolution as provided in this act, and shall have a corporate seal and un…

42-706. Board of directors; qualifications, election and terms of office; conduct of elections, election by mail ballot, when, procedure; oath of office and official bond; conduct of elections in districts of less than 35,000 acres at annual meeting. (a) The officers of such dist…

42-707. Officers of board; rules and bylaws; central office; seal; contracts; records; open to inspection; duties of county treasurer and treasurer of district. That as soon as practicable after they have qualified, the directors shall meet and select from their number a presiden…

42-708. Meetings of directors; notice; quorum; assessor of district; employees; compensation; official bonds. (a) That all regular meetings of said board of directors shall be held on the first Monday of each month, and special meetings may be held at any time when all of the mem…

42-709. Provision for preliminary expenses. When a board of directors of any district shall have been elected and qualified, such boards shall have the power and authority to issue and sell negotiable evidences of debt to be designated as irrigation district warrants, in such den…

42-710. General plan of operation; approval by chief engineer; surveys, maps and estimates. (a) As soon as practicable after organization of the irrigation district, the board shall by resolution entered upon its records, formulate a general plan for its proposed operation as app…

42-711. Powers of directors. (a) The board of directors, its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land within the district to make surveys and locate the lines of the canals and the necessary branches and laterals for such canals and to maintain and keep in…

42-712. Bonds of indebtedness. Any irrigation district created under the provisions of this act, after it has obtained from the chief engineer, his approval of its plans, maps, specifications, surveys and examinations for proposed irrigation works and projects, and after it has o…

42-713. Bond resolution; election; publication notice. (a) The board of directors of any irrigation district, created under the provisions hereof, which has previously complied with the conditions precedent thereto may adopt a resolution stating: (1) The amount of bonds proposed …

42-714. Issuance, sale and delivery of bonds. If a majority of the ballots cast at such election are in favor of the proposal to issue bonds as stated in such resolution, the board of directors shall proceed to issue, sell and deliver such bonds as provided herein. (a) Every bond…

42-715. Annual assessments; duties of assessor; map. The assessor for the district shall as soon as practicable after the first Tuesday of March each year, examine each tract or subdivision of land in said irrigation district and determine the benefits which will accrue to each o…

42-716. Water rentals or charges. The assessor shall also determine and list the amount payable for each tract obligated by contract, if any, to the United States or any department or agency of the United States, or to any person, corporation or other irrigation district, for the…

42-717. Delivery of assessment roll; equalization of assessments. (a) On or before the fifteenth day of May, each year, the assessor must complete his assessment roll and deliver it to the secretary of the board of directors. The board shall thereupon fix a time and place when th…

42-718. Certification of levies to county clerk. The board of directors shall then levy an assessment against the lands in the district, sufficient to pay interest on outstanding indebtedness, and all other obligations due or to become due during the ensuing year. In determining …

42-719. Compensation of directors. The members of the board of directors shall receive for their services as directors an amount determined and fixed by said board not to exceed thirty-five dollars ($35) per day and actual traveling expenses. History: L. 1941, ch. 262, § 19; L. 1…

42-720. Bids for construction work; publication notice; contractor's bond. (a) After adopting a plan for the proposed canal or canals, ditches, laterals, storage reservoirs, pumping plants and works and after having obtained the approval of same from the chief engineer, and a per…

42-721. Payment for property and improvements; additional bonds, election; agreement with federal agencies; water rentals or charges; approval of contract by court before assessments extended; service of process. (a) The costs and expenses of purchasing and acquiring property, ir…

42-722. Dissolution of district; petition to chief engineer. Except as provided by K.S.A. 42-722a, and amendments thereto, whenever a petition signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors of an irrigation district, or by a majority of the qualified owners of irri…

42-722a. Cedar Bluff irrigation district No. 6; dissolution; procedure. The board of directors of Cedar Bluff irrigation district No. 6 may present a petition, adopted by a majority of the directors, to the chief engineer requesting the dissolution of such district. The petition …

42-723. History: L. 1941, ch. 262, § 23; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 284, § 9; April 10. Revisor's Note: Later act, see 42-703. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Docu…

42-724. Invalidity of part. The sections and provisions of this act are severable and are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and it is the intention of the legislature to confer the whole or any part of the powers herein provided for and if any section, provision or part…

42-725. Changing of boundaries; petition; approval of chief engineer; withdrawal of name from petition, when. The holders of title, representing one-half or more of lands which taken together constitute one tract of land located adjacent to the boundaries of an irrigation distric…

42-726. Same; notice by publication; objections in writing. After such petition has been approved in writing by the chief engineer, the board of directors of the irrigation district shall cause a notice of the filing of such petition to be given and published in the same manner a…

42-727. Same; hearing on petition. The board of directors, at the time and place stated in the notice, or upon an adjourned hearing thereof, shall proceed to hear the petition, and all objections thereto presented in writing by any person concerned. The failure of any person inte…

42-728. Same; payments by petitioners may be required. The board of directors, to whom a petition for change of boundaries is presented, may require as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to such district such respective sum…

42-729. Same; order on petition. The board of directors, if it deems it for the best interests of the district, may reject the petition for change of boundaries or inclusion or exclusion of lands. If it deems it for the best interests of the district or the petitioners that the b…

42-730. Same; amendment to articles of incorporation; recordation; effect. In the event a change in the boundaries of a district is made by an order of the board of directors, said board of directors shall present to the secretary of state an amendment to its articles of incorpor…