Chapter 80, TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

80-101. Townships; corporate status; powers. Each organized township in this state shall be a body politic and corporate, and in its proper name sue and be sued, and may appoint all necessary agents and attorneys in that behalf, purchase and hold real and personal property for th…

80-102. Division of funds when township divided. Whenever any township which has no indebtedness, but which has money, either in its treasury or in course of collection, not required for the payment of current expenses, shall be divided, or any part of it attached to another town…

80-104. Buildings and sites; election; exceptions; issuance of bonds. (a) In addition to all other powers, the township board of each township shall have power to acquire land for the township, and to build thereon permanent buildings, or to purchase school building or grounds or…

80-105. Same; petition for election; notice. Whenever a petition is presented to said township officers signed by one-third of the electors of said township requesting them to submit the question to a vote as to whether or not there shall be erected or purchased in said township …

80-107. Same; joint township halls; limitation on costs. In any two or more adjoining townships in the same county, otherwise entitled to come within the provisions of this act, the township trustee, clerk and treasurer of such adjoining townships are authorized to submit to a vo…

80-108. Same; bonds; limitation. Whenever two or more township boards authorized by virtue of an election held in such townships in the state of Kansas, as provided in K.S.A. 80-107, to erect a joint township hall, the township boards of such townships are hereby authorized and e…

80-109. Sale of real and personal property; procedures. (a) No real property belonging to any township shall be sold or disposed of without a unanimous vote of the township board and public notice of such sale or disposition containing the time, place and conditions thereof havin…

80-110. Same; notice of election. The township board, by a majority vote at any regular meeting of said board or at a special meeting called for that purpose, may submit a proposition to sell any such land at a general or special election: Provided, That such question shall be su…

80-111. Same; deeds. The township board is authorized and directed to make and execute proper deeds for such land as herein mentioned. History: L. 1909, ch. 258, § 3; March 30; R.S. 1923, 80-111.

80-112. Disposition of certain real property by certain townships; notice and sale; use of proceeds. Any township owning real property which is located in a city of the first, second or third class, is hereby authorized without a vote of the people, to dispose of such property, o…

80-113. Bonds for reconstruction, repair and equipment of buildings; amount authorized; election. (a) For the purpose of obtaining funds for the reconstruction, repair and equipment of township buildings, a township board may issue general obligation bonds as follows: (1) For any…

80-114. Bonds for repairing and remodeling condemned hall; election after protest petition. The officers of any township which has a township hall which has been condemned by the state fire marshal are hereby authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed six thousand dolla…

80-115. Tax levies for special fund for township hall; use of moneys. The township board of any township which has a township hall, or which uses part of a township water department building or township fire department building as its township hall, is hereby authorized and empow…

80-118. Payment of judgments by certain townships; no-fund warrants. The township board of any township located in any county having a population of more than five thousand five hundred (5,500) and not more than six thousand five hundred (6,500) and a taxable tangible valuation o…

80-119. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; issuance, registration, redemption and form of warrants. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority of this act the township board shall make a tax levy or levies sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon. Suc…

80-120. Transfer of township powers and duties to county; procedure; creation of special fund in certain cases. (a) The township board of any township may adopt a resolution proposing to transfer all powers, duties and functions of the township board to the board of county commis…

80-121. Acquisition of land for township by board of county commissioners; procedure; use of land; bonds. (a) The township board of Lecompton township located in Douglas county, by resolution, may request the board of county commissioners of Douglas county to acquire land by purc…

80-122. Township equipment reserve fund. (a) The township board of any township which has a surplus in its general fund may provide, by adoption of a resolution, for a township equipment reserve fund to finance the acquisition of equipment. Moneys not to exceed 25% annually of th…

80-201. Filling of vacancies; term, oath and bond. All township officers appointed to fill vacancies shall hold their office for the remainder of the unexpired term, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they shall take a like oath and give a like undertaking …

80-202. Qualifications and oaths of certain township officials. Every person elected to the office of trustee, clerk or treasurer of any township, or road overseer of any road district, shall be an elector of the township or road district at the time of such election or appointme…

80-203. Township treasurer's bond. Before entering upon the duties of office, the township treasurer shall execute a bond to the state of Kansas in an amount determined by the board of county commissioners. The amount and sufficiency of the bond shall be approved by the board of …

80-207. Township officers; reimbursement for expenses; compensation. (a) The township officers of any township shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred while actually and necessarily attending to township business. (b) Members of the township board shall receive compensation…

80-208. Compensation, salary or benefits, increases; limitations. A township officer who also is an employee of the township shall abstain from voting for or participating in any motion of the township board to increase the compensation, salary or benefits to be paid to such pers…

80-301. Powers and duties generally. The township trustee shall have the power to: (a) Divide the township into road districts, and make such alterations as may be necessary; (b) ensure all moneys belonging to the township are properly spent for road or other purposes; (c) provid…

80-302. Auditing board; quarterly meetings; annual report; compensation of trustee, clerk and treasurer. The township trustee, clerk and treasurer of each municipal township shall constitute an auditing board. The auditing board shall meet in March, June, September and December o…

80-304. Annual report of trustee to county commissioners; liability of township auditing board; copies of report available for inspection. (a) The township trustee, at the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners next succeeding the annual settlement of the township t…

80-305. Property of township; custody and disposition; receipt. In addition to the duties now prescribed by law, the township trustee shall have the custody and disposition of the property of his or her township, and shall on going out of office take from his or her successor in …

80-306. Prosecutions for violations of road laws. The township trustee shall prosecute in the name of his or her township all violations of the different road laws, or any provisions thereof; and in such prosecution it shall be the duty of the county attorney to act on behalf of …

80-307. Removal of obstructions from highways. The township trustee may remove obstructions from the highways in cases where the road overseers shall refuse or fail to do so; and the trustee shall in such cases have all the power of road overseers in calling out the inhabitants t…

80-401. Duties of treasurer. The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of all moneys belonging to the township, or which are by law required to be paid to him or her, and shall pay out and account for the same upon orders drawn upon him or her by the township trustee, …

80-402. Same; accounts; exhibit at annual meeting. The township treasurer shall keep a true account of all moneys by him or her received by virtue of his or her office, and the manner in which the same have been disbursed, keeping a separate account with each fund, electronically…

80-403. Same; verification; duplicate to county clerk. The account as provided for in the last preceding section shall be made out in duplicate, and shall be verified by affidavit that the same is in all respects true and correct, and that it contains the full and true amount of …

80-404. Deposit of moneys; investment of idle funds. In all townships the township treasurer shall deposit all public money coming into his or her hands in an official capacity in a bank which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation or a savings and loan associat…

80-405. Receipts and disbursements; quarterly statement; examination and approval. Every township treasurer shall keep, electronically or in a book provided for that purpose, a true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him or her by virtue of his or her office, specify…

80-406. Trustees to make statement of bills allowed; preservation. The township trustee shall make a verified statement of all bills allowed by the township board for each year, ending with and including the regular quarterly meeting for October, stating particularly the person o…

80-407. Posting statements of treasurer. At each annual election for electing township officers the township trustees shall post up in a conspicuous place at each voting place in his or her township a certified copy of the township treasurer's statement provided for in K.S.A. 80-…

80-408. Penalty for failure of treasurer or trustee to make statement or to perform duty. Any township treasurer or township trustee who shall willfully fail or refuse to make the statement or perform any duty required by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on c…

80-409. Penalty for taking down or destroying statement. If any township officer or other person shall willfully take down, deface or destroy any notice or statement or copy thereof required by K.S.A. 80-407 to be posted at any polling place, or shall by any means put or place su…

80-410. Financial statement filed with county clerk; copies available for inspection; publication, exception. (a) The treasurer of each township shall file with the county clerk a duly verified full and detailed statement of the receipts, expenditures and liabilities of the towns…

80-411. Same; penalty for violation. Any township treasurer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or b…

80-501. Duties of clerk. The township clerk shall have the custody of the records, books and papers of the township, when no other provision is made by law; and he or she shall file in his or her office all such papers as are by law required to be filed, and promptly record such …

80-502. Same; recordation and posting of report of trustee. He or she shall immediately after receiving the report of the township trustee record the same at length in the township record, and publish the same by posting up a certified copy thereof at the usual place of holding e…

80-503. Records open for inspection. The records and other books of the township clerk and treasurer shall always be open for public inspection. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 31; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-503. Attorney General's Opinions: Township clerk; duties. 81-288.

80-505. Destruction of certain records; definitions. As used in this act: "Township" means any township in the state of Kansas; and "board" means the township clerk, township treasurer and township trustee acting as a board. History: L. 1963, ch. 502, § 1; June 30.

80-506. Same; resolution; records subject to destruction. The board of any township may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members, authorize the township officer in charge thereof to destroy any of the following records, documents or papers which have been on file …

80-605. Office of justice of peace abolished; transfer of books, records and documents; acts of justice declared legal and valid. The office of justice of the peace is hereby abolished throughout the state. Within ten (10) days after the effective date of this act, every justice …

80-808. Carnegie libraries; warrants for repair and reconstruction. The township board of any township which maintains and operates a township library which is known as a Carnegie library is hereby authorized and empowered to issue no-fund warrants in an amount not exceeding $4,0…

80-901. Parks or cemeteries; establishment. Any municipal township in any county in the state is authorized to provide and secure to the inhabitants thereof, either by purchase or by acquisition, from any person or persons, or from any cemetery organization, corporation or associ…

80-902. Same; bonds; limitation. In order to pay any expenditures for the purposes contemplated by this act, as amended, such municipal township may issue the bonds of such township in the manner provided by law, in an amount not to exceed two percent of the assessed valuation th…

80-903. Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements. Any township issuing bonds under this act shall annually levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon, and after five years an amount sufficient to create a sinking fund to pay the principal at matu…