Chapter 68 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

68-599. History: L. 1970, ch. 273, § 9; L. 1971, ch. 220, § 1; Repealed, L. 1983, ch. 228, § 3; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

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68-601. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-601; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 214, § 9; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Fund cannot be used for bridges or permanent improvements. State, ex rel., v. Franklin County, 115 Kan. 531, 535, 537, 223 P. 261. 2. Ill…

68-602. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 2; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-602; L. 1925, ch. 214, § 4; Repealed, L. 1927, ch. 255, § 14; May 1. Revisor's Note: Later act, see 68-416. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section considered, construed, and held not unconstitutional. State, ex rel…

68-607. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 8; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 7; R.S. 1923, 68-607; L. 1925, ch. 213, § 1; L. 1925, ch. 214, § 5; Repealed, L. 1927, ch. 255, § 14; May 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. County cannot use more than statutory amount for reimbursement. State, ex rel., v. Rice Cou…

68-608. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 9; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 8; R.S. 1923, 68-608; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 214, § 9; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Illegal to transfer money from aid fund to other funds; when. State, ex rel., v. Rice County, 117 Kan. 348, 230 P. 1041. 2. Cited in hold…

68-609. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 10; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 9; R.S. 1923, 68-609; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 214, § 9; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Doc…

68-610. History: L. 1921, ch. 217, § 12; L. 1923, ch. 175, § 10; R.S. 1923, 68-610; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 214, § 9; July 1. Revisor's Note: Later act, see 68-421. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings …

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68-701. Petition of resident landowners; publication of order; time for actions to restrain; supplemental petitions; state lands. When a petition requesting the permanent improvement of one or more roads of benefit to the benefit district is filed in accordance with this section,…

68-701a. Filling certain gaps in counties of 130,000 or over; resolution by county commissioners; publication; time for protests. Whenever any board of county commissioners in counties of not less than 130,000 shall desire to permanently improve a road in their county on which a …

68-701b. Same; time for action to restrain. No action shall be brought to restrain the making of such improvements or payment therefor or creation of such benefit district or levy of taxes or special assessments or issuance of bonds therefor on the grounds of any illegality in sa…

68-702. Contents of petition under K.S.A. 68-701. The petition shall designate the road or roads to be improved by name and by terminal points and other specially fixed locations, the lands within the proposed benefit district, the type or types of permanent improvement, and widt…

68-702a. Petition void if improvement not made within three years. Where any petition for the construction or improvement of any road or roads in a benefit district has been approved by the board of county commissioners and the construction or improvement of such road or roads fo…

68-703. Survey, map, plans and specifications; estimates of costs; changes in road; eminent domain, procedure; appeal from award. After finding the improvements to be of public utility the board shall cause an accurate survey of the roads to be made and a profile thereof, a map o…

68-704. Construction of improvements; letting of contracts; bids, surety; publication notice; bond of contractor; time for actions to restrain; county warrants. The board of county commissioners may conduct the improvement of the road in conformity with the profile, plans and spe…

68-705. Supervision of benefit-district road work. All work done and materials furnished shall be under the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or licensed professional engineer employed by the county and shall be in conformity with the plans and specifications and …

68-706. Apportionment of costs; certain counties; special assessments; city benefits; bonds; tax levies. Upon the completion of any improvement under the provision of this act the county commissioners shall meet at their office and apportion the cost thereof as follows: (a) If al…

68-707. Apportionment when costs unusually large. Whenever in the judgment of the board of county commissioners any part of the road in addition to being of public utility, shall be of general importance to the county, the improvement of which by reason of sand, creeks, heavy gra…

68-708. Special aid fund for benefit-district roads. The county commissioners may receive subscriptions and donations in money and real or personal property which shall be applied in the construction or the improvement of said road. Any aid or donation by the state or the United …

68-709. Bond issues; tax levy; use of general and road funds; additional county levy; when road not constructed. After the approved estimates have been filed with the county clerk and the cost to be assessed against the taxable property of the county and the taxability of the ben…

68-710. Application of act to pending proceedings. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway has been petitioned for or machinery heretofore purchased, under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*]…

68-711. Maintenance and repair. All roads improved under the provisions of this act shall thereafter be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which said improved roads are located, in the same manner and method as required for federal aid roads as indicated in section 3 …

68-712. Application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], or under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Ka…

68-713. History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 10; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 11; R.S. 1923, 68-713; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 346, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Certain bridges classed as county bridges. Dubourdieu v. Delaware Township, 106 Kan. 650, 654, 189 P. 386; Gratney v. Wyandotte County…

68-714. Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the construction or improvement of roads costing less than five hundred dollars per mile. History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 11; March 10; R.S. 1923, 68-714. Previous | Next LEG…

68-714a. Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under K.S.A. 68-701 through 68-714. When the permanent improvement of a road or roads was brought about or caused to be done by the benefit district plan and as provided in K.S.A. 68-701 to 68-714, any such ro…

68-715. Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure. Whenever any road project has been inaugurated by petition or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this state, and the same, or any part thereof, has been abandoned and said projected road n…

68-716. Roads situated in more than one county or on county lines; procedure; apportionment of costs. The petition as provided for in K.S.A. 68-701 may be for the improvement of a road or roads situated in more than one county or upon the county line between two counties. A certi…

68-717. Same; application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas …

68-718. History: L. 1917, ch. 265, § 13; R.S. 1923, 68-718; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 305, § 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 …

68-719. Application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act as to apportionment of cost and the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provision of Laws 19…

68-723. History: R.S. 1923, 68-723; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3. Source or Prior Law: L. 1919, ch. 247, § 4; Revised, 1923. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archiv…

68-728. Improvements of public roads in areas platted outside of cities; petition; authority of county commissioners; apportionment of costs; special assessments; bonds. Whenever any land shall be platted and laid off into lots and blocks within any county, and outside the limits…

68-729. Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication. If, in any county having a population of more than 20,000, a petition is filed in accordance with K.S.A. 68-728 for an improvement for which a special tax is to be levied and the boar…

68-730. Same; eminent domain. For the purpose of acquiring any necessary land or rights-of-way over the same, or any property of any kind which may be necessary for the successful construction and maintenance of such roads and highways system, if the board of county commissioners…

68-731. Townships in counties between 25,000 and 200,000; improvement of certain platted land; costs; apportionment; special assessments; bonds. In any township within any county having a population of more than 25,000 and less than 200,000, where all of the land on one side of t…

68-732. Same; resolution, publication; time for protests. Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-731, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729. History:…

68-733. Same; eminent domain. Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730. History: L. 1931, ch. 250, § 3; March 4. Previous | Ne…

68-734. History: L. 1933, ch. 244, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 311, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 338, § 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…

68-735. Certain townships in counties between 25,000 and 200,000; improvement of certain platted land; apportionment of costs; special assessments; bonds. A township having a population of more than 6,000 outside the limits of any incorporated city or town within such township, a…

68-736. Same; resolution, publication; time for protests. Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-735, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729 and any a…

68-737. Same; eminent domain. Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730 and any amendments thereto. History: L. 1937, ch. 288, …

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