Chapter 68 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

68-504. Office, assistants, supplies and clerical help for county or district engineer. The board of county commissioners of each county shall provide the county or district engineer with suitable offices, conveniently situated, and such assistants, equipment, supplies and cleric…

68-505. Bond of engineer. Before entering upon his duties the county engineer shall give a bond unto the state of Kansas with surety to be approved by the board of county commissioners in the sum $2,500, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties and the protection, ca…

68-506. Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties. (a) In any county which has not adopted the county unit road system, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners with the approval of the county engineer to classify and designat…

68-506a. City connecting link in county highway; city tax levy and bonds. The governing body of the city through which any such public highway shall pass, and which said city shall be declared a benefit district under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-506, shall be authorized to bear i…

68-506b. Same; validation of certain acts of cities; letting of contracts; change of route; eminent domain. Where any city of the state, a part of whose boundary is formed by a state line between this and any other state, has heretofore begun proceedings by resolution, ordinance …

68-506c. Same; apportionment of costs. Upon the completion of any improvement under the provisions of this act the county commissioners shall meet at their office and apportion to the cost thereof as follows: (a) If all or any portion of said improvement is entitled to and does r…

68-506d. Same; city to maintain roads. All roads improved under the provisions of this act shall after their completion be maintained and kept in repair by the city in which the same may be located. History: L. 1925, ch. 211, § 5; March 13. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATIN…

68-506e. History: L. 1929, ch. 230, § 1; Repealed, L. 1986, ch. 253, § 1; April 24. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Term "connecting links in the system of county highways" construed. City of Independence v. Montgomery County Comm'rs, 140 Kan. 661, 662, 38 P.2d 105. 2. City's claim covering …

68-506f. City connecting links in county highway system; agreements for maintenance; compensation or maintenance by county. The board of county commissioners of any county and the governing body of any city having a population of less than 5,000 which is located within such count…

68-506g. Designating certain roads located in and out of city as part of county system; improvement and maintenance of. Whenever any county major collector road or county minor collector road is located partly within and partly without a city or connects any such road or highway …

68-507. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 16; R.S. 1923, 68-507; L. 1973, ch. 265, § 2; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Statute provides for improvements and maintenance of intercounty roads. Cunningham v. Rice County Comm'rs, 121 Kan. 269, 271, 246 P. 526.…

68-508. Maps of county roads; filing by county engineer for correction and approval. As soon as the county roads are so designated, the county engineer shall mark them upon some map which shows the public roads and section lines in the county, and for this purpose existing atlas …

68-509. Elimination of grade crossings; division of costs between railroad and county; eminent domain; publication notice; appeal from award; warning signals. The county engineer and board of county commissioners, in designating the county road system, shall eliminate all steam o…

68-515a. History: L. 1961, ch. 299, § 14; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. 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…

68-515b. Adoption of county road unit system; procedure. Boards of county commissioners may adopt the provisions of the county road unit system by resolution at a regular meeting of said board, and in the event of the filing with the county clerk of a petition signed by ten perce…

68-516. Classification of highways in county unit road counties. (a) All the roads and highways in county unit road counties shall be classified, constructed and maintained according to the following classification system: (1) "County major collector roads" which shall include al…

68-516a. County unit system; payment over and use of township funds. Upon the adoption of the county road unit system in any county, the township board of any township in such county shall forthwith pay over to the county treasurer of such county any and all unused money or funds…

68-516b. Same; delivery of machinery and equipment; appraisement; expenditures within township; assumption of township contracts. Upon the adoption of the county road [unit] system in any county, the township board of any township in such county shall forthwith turn over and deli…

68-516c. Same; issuance of county no-fund warrants, when. If the board of county commissioners shall determine that there are insufficient funds in the county road and bridge fund to pay the cost of the construction and maintenance of roads necessary to compensate such a township…

68-516d. History: L. 1949, ch. 345, § 5; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 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 …

68-516e. County unit system; payments to county from surplus in township general fund; use. If the township board of any township which is located in a county operating under the county road unit system and which township shall not have made an ad valorem tax levy for its general…

68-517. Abandonment of county road unit system; election; contracts. Any county in this state which has heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt the county road unit system may at any general election after two years from the date of such adoption abandon the county road unit sy…

68-518. Same; petition for election. The election provided in K.S.A. 68-517 shall be called by the board of county commissioners upon the presentation of a petition signed by at least 20 percent of the qualified electors of the county which shall be filed with the county clerk. A…

68-518c. Tax levies by townships in noncounty unit counties; limitation; petition for election. (a) The township board of any township located in a county not operating under the county road unit system, is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed five mills …

68-519. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 26; R.S. 1923, 68-519; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Levy for county roads not to be used on bridges and culverts. State, ex rel., v. Franklin County, 115 Kan. 531, 537, 223 P. 261. 2. Commissioners may accept s…

68-520. County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed. The board of county commissioners may, in constructing, surfacing, repairing or maintaining the county roads, let contracts for all or any part of such work, or said bo…

68-521. Letting of certain contracts; plans and specifications; publication notice; bids, surety; award; bond of contractor; duty of county attorney; inspection by engineer; roads damaged or destroyed by disaster. (a) The board of county commissioners before awarding any contract…

68-522. Itemized bills for county road work, construction or repairs. All bills for county road work, tile and tiling, culvert and bridge construction, or for repairs designated by the county engineer, shall be filed in itemized form and certified to as correct by the county engi…

68-523. Township board of highway commissioners. The township trustee, clerk and treasurer of each municipal township in this state shall constitute the township board of highway commissioners for their respective townships. The township trustee shall be the chairman and the town…

68-524. Same; meetings. The township board of highway commissioners shall hold regular meetings on the last Monday of March, June, September and December, and special meetings, as the occasion may require, at the call of the chairman or any two of the commissioners: Provided, Tha…

68-525. Township board of highway commissioners; records and accounts; compensation. The clerk of the township board shall keep an accurate record of all official acts, and a detailed record of the proceedings of the board, in a well-bound book, to be provided by the township for…

68-526. Duties of township board; plans, materials and equipment; traffic-control devices and signs. In all counties operating under the county-township system, the township board shall have the general charge and supervision of all township roads and township culverts in their r…

68-527. Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines. Where any township or county road is located as by law provided, upon the dividing line between two townships or two counties, it shall be the duty of the township boards of highway commissioner…

68-527a. Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal. Whenever a dispute arises over the maintenance, improvement and/or inspection of roads located on county lines or township lines on designate…

68-528. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 35; R.S. 1923, 68-528; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 58; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUT…

68-529. Deflection of road on county, township or city line; division of cost. Where a road is located on a county, township or city line, and by reason of any impediment, natural or otherwise, any portion of such road suffers a deflection from such line not exceeding forty rods …

68-530. Township road overseer; assistants; trustee as overseer in certain counties; repair and improvement work on township roads; limitation; compensation. The township board, with the approval of the county engineer, shall appoint, on merits only, a competent experienced road …

68-531. Same; compensation; bond; tenure. The compensation of the road overseer and assistants shall be fixed by the township board at such rate as may be reasonable for the time actually employed in the performance of their duties. In townships where a township board member has …

68-532. Letting township contracts. The township board, in letting contracts and in employing labor for the construction or maintenance of township roads, shall follow the same proceedings and regulations as herein provided for county roads, so far as the same are applicable. His…

68-533. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 40; R.S. 1923, 68-533; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 120; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATU…

68-534. Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts. The county engineer, with the approval of the township board of highway commissioners, shall determine what township roads shall be dragged, which shall include all graded rural mail route road…

68-535. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 42; R.S. 1923, 68-535; Repealed, L. 1970, ch. 385, § 14; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in holding city's claim against county for street maintenance barred by cash-basis law. City of Valley Falls v. Jefferson County Comm'rs, 148 Kan. 429, …

68-536. Township roads; use of tax moneys. The township treasurer shall receive from the county treasurer the road tax in compliance with the provisions of this act, and the township board of highway commissioners shall appropriate the same for the construction, maintenance and d…

68-537. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 44; R.S. 1923, 68-537; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 18; L. 1965, ch. 394, § 2; Repealed, L. 1970, ch. 366, § 22; April 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in determining maximum salary county commissioner may receive. Marshall County Comm'rs v. Cummings, 140 …

68-538. Reports of township overseer. Each township road overseer shall keep an accurate account of all labor and materials used by him in the construction, repair and maintenance of township roads and culverts on forms prescribed by the county engineer, and in such manner as wil…

68-539. Reports of the township clerk. It shall be the duty of the township clerk to make a full itemized signed statement to the county engineer of the work accomplished and the amounts expended upon the township roads and culverts during each calendar year. Said report shall in…

68-540. Reports by county engineers or road supervisors. It shall be the duty of the county engineer or road supervisor to make a written report to the board of county commissioners of the work accomplished and funds expended upon all the roads and bridges for the current year, w…

68-541. Forms for accounts and reports. All forms and blanks necessary to secure uniformity of records and reports in the system herein provided shall be prescribed by the secretary of transportation. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 48; R.S. 1923, 68-541; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 123; Au…

68-542. Meetings of county and township road officials; compensation. The county engineer shall call a one-day meeting of all of the county and township road officials in each county at least once each year, for the purpose of discussing any and all matters pertaining to the impr…

68-543. In counties under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs by county or city; additional culverts or new entrances; costs to owner; procedures; penalty. (a) In counties having adopted the county unit road system, whenever it is ne…