Chapter 68 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

68-543a. In counties not under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs; additional culverts or new entrances; procedures; penalty. (a) In counties which have not adopted the county unit road system, whenever it is necessary to make a dit…

68-544. Tunnels under roads by landowners; approval; costs. Any person owning land on both sides of the public road may at his own expense tunnel under such road from one side to the other, but he shall construct such tunnel so as not to endanger the public in the use of said roa…

68-545. Unlawful obstructions, excavations, removal of materials, dumping trash or other materials or plowing of roads; penalty; payment of cost to restore. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obstruct any portion of a public highway, including any portion of the en…

68-546. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 53; R.S. 1923, 68-546; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4701; July 1, 1970. Source or Prior Law: L. 1883, ch. 150, § 1. Revisor's Note: Later act, see 21-3722. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. County may lawfully improve road at township expense when towns…

68-547. Highways subject to act[*]. The provisions of this act[*] shall not apply to the construction and maintenance of streets and highways within the corporate limits of cities, but shall apply to all other roads and highways in this state, except as provided in K.S.A. 68-506.…

68-548. Penalties for violations by officers. Any officer, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act; or who shall fail to perform his duty as required by this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisd…

68-549. Penalties for violations by individuals. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in a sum not more than $500, and shall be …

68-550. Continuance of special laws. No provision of this act shall be construed as repealing or superseding any special act now in force in any county of this state. History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 57; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-550. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL Gen…

68-551. Mail route inspections; repair. The board of county commissioners of every county shall cause to be inspected every county road upon which United States mail is carried and the highway commissioners of every township shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, every mail rou…

68-552. Same; act supplemental. This act shall be supplemental to chapter 264[*] of the Session Laws of Kansas for 1917 and chapter 245[*] of the Session Laws of Kansas for 1919, and in no wise amendatory of the laws of the state of Kansas in regard to roads and highways. History…

68-553. Uniform standard specifications for lumber and timber products for highway purposes. The state transportation engineer shall provide uniform standard specifications for all lumber and timber products used in the construction of the state highways of the state of Kansas, a…

68-554. Carload lots; engineer's specifications to bidders; certificate of inspection; affidavit as to preservative treatment. On purchases of lumber and timber products in quantities of one or more carloads county engineers shall furnish all bidders with identical proposals and …

68-555. Unlawful purchases. It shall be unlawful for any county to purchase and make payment of any invoice of lumber and timber products in quantities of one or more carloads for which invoice a certificate of inspection is not of official county record. History: L. 1935, ch. 25…

68-556. Competitive bids required for carload purchases; proposal forms; time. No purchase of lumber and timber products in quantities of one or more carloads shall be made except after competitive bids have been tendered to the purchasing officer, or board; nor sooner than the t…

68-557. Penalty for noncompliance. The neglect or refusal of any officer charged with the administration of this act to enforce or comply with the provisions herein shall constitute a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). Hi…

68-559a. Roads and bridges, construction and reconstruction; tax levy, use of proceeds; extension of period for levy; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed 2 mills upon all t…

68-559b. Same; expenditures. When a sufficient fund has been created by the annual tax levy authorized by K.S.A. 68-559a, or, at any time after the second levy has been made, the board of county commissioners may make expenditures from the special road and bridge fund for the pur…

68-559c. Same; federal or state aid. The board of county commissioners of any such county may receive and use and have the benefit of any federal or state aid in so constructing and reconstructing such county roads and bridges. History: L. 1945, ch. 275, § 3; June 28. Previous | …

68-560. Certain townships may turn over maintenance, repair and construction of roads to county; election; resolution; petition; abandonment. (a) In any county not operating under the county road unit system, any township in such county, pursuant to a written agreement with the b…

68-561. Same; procedure upon adoption of act; tax levies; use of machinery. Whenever any township has petitioned or voted to turn over the maintenance, repair and construction of the township roads to the county, as hereinbefore provided, the township board of such township is he…

68-564. History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 268, § 1; 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 Sch…

68-565. History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 4; L. 1947, ch. 342, § 1; 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 Sch…

68-570. History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 9; L. 1947, ch. 343, § 1; 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 Sch…

68-571. History: L. 1943, ch. 241, § 1; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 63, § 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 USE…

68-572. Intergovernmental agreements for road construction and maintenance; county, city and township. The board of county commissioners of any county, any township board of highway commissioners of the county or city governing body within such county are hereby authorized to ent…

68-573. Certain counties over 175,000; adoption of master highway development plan; preliminary plans and specifications, approval, filing, cost, how paid. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county now or hereafter having a population of one hundred seventy-five th…

68-574. Same; notice of filing of plans; adoption of master development plan; resolution, contents; publication; election. Notice of the filing in the office of the county clerk of the plans and specifications covering the principal details of the master highway development plan …

68-575. Same; form of ballot. At a special election called for such purpose or at a general election, whichever shall be designated by the board of county commissioners in said resolution, the vote shall be by ballot and the question or proposition shall be printed on a separate …

68-576. Same; procedure when plan approved; application of K.S.A. 68-704. If the majority of electors of such counties vote in favor of adopting such master highway development plan and to pay the cost thereof by the issuance of general obligation bonds, the boards of county comm…

68-577. Same; issuance of bonds; limitations. All bonds issued by such county for the purposes herein provided may be issued annually over a period of not to exceed ten (10) years, but the total amount of all such issues shall not exceed the aggregate amount stated in the proposi…

68-580. Designation of streets and roads as arterial highways; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "County" means any county. (b) "Board" means the board of county commissioners. History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 395, § 1; June 30. Law Review and Bar Journal Referenc…

68-581. Same; primary arterial highways; designation and financing. By resolution the board of any county may designate as a primary arterial highway: (1) All or any portion of an existing or proposed new county road or highway; or (2) all or any portion of an existing or a propo…

68-581a. Same; use of moneys received from special city and county highway fund by certain cities; purpose. In addition to the authorized purposes for the expenditure of moneys placed in the special fund designated in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 79-3425c, and any amendments thereto,…

68-582. Designation of secondary arterial highways, when; cooperative financing; agreement; use of funds. The board of any county and the governing body of any city may by resolution propose the designation as a secondary arterial highway any existing street or a portion thereof,…

68-583. Same; acquisition of lands for rights of way; costs. The board may acquire lands for a right of way for a proposed new street which shall have been designated as a primary or secondary arterial highway as hereinbefore provided or may acquire lands to widen or change the r…

68-584. Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when. If the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the city determines that any of the costs incurred or to be incurred by the county or city, as the case may be, in carrying out the p…

68-585. Same; feasibility studies by boards; costs, how paid. The board may make or cause to be made engineering studies to determine the feasibility of any primary arterial highway, secondary arterial highway or county road program and pay the costs of the same from the county r…

68-586. Counties between 130,000 and 170,000; highway bonds; election. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) and less than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) deems it necessary it may, b…

68-587. Same; bond debt limitation. The total bonded indebtedness for the purposes described in K.S.A. 68-586, whether for one or more issuances, shall not at any time in the aggregate exceed four percent (4%) of the total assessed valuation of such county, and any bonds issued u…

68-588. Same; construction contracts; standards. The county commissioners are hereby authorized to contract, as provided by law, for the supervision of any work performed in the construction of any highway commenced under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-586, and amendments thereto, b…

68-589. Special highway improvement fund; definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section unless the context otherwise requires. (a) "Municipality" means any city, county or township. (b) "Governing body" as applied to…

68-590. Same; fund provided; transfers; budget effect. For the purpose of permitting municipalities to finance specified improvement projects involving the construction or reconstruction of highways, bridges, roads and streets and incidental facilities thereto, the cost of which …

68-591. General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required. This act shall be known as the general county rural highway system act. Boards of county commissioners may adopt the provisions of this act by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, providin…

68-592. Classifications of highways; definitions. (a) All the roads and highways in any county adopting the provisions of this act shall be classified, constructed and maintained according to the following classification system: (1) "County major collector roads" which shall incl…

68-593. Procedure upon adoption; payment of funds by townships to county treasurer; use; duties of treasurer. Upon the adoption of the provisions of this act by any county, the township board of all townships in such county shall forthwith pay over to the county treasurer of such…

68-594. Same; transfer of equipment and road machinery. Upon the adoption of the provisions of this act by any county, the township boards of all townships in such county shall forthwith turn over and deliver to the board of county commissioners of such county any and all road ma…

68-595. Same; surplus in general fund of township; payment to county treasurer, when. If the township board of any township which is located in a county operating under the provisions of this act and which township shall not have made an ad valorem tax levy for its general fund f…

68-596. County rural highway system; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required. The board of county commissioners of any county adopting the provisions of this act is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed five mills on all the taxable tangible property …

68-597. Procedure upon adoption; abandonment of system. Any county in this state which has heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt the provisions of this act may at any general election after two (2) years from the date of such adoption abandon such system and return to the ori…

68-598. Same; petition for election. The election provided in K.S.A. 68-597 shall be called by the board of county commissioners upon the presentation of a petition signed by electors equal in number to at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the county residin…