Chapter 80 — TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

80-940. Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township. If the board of township trustees of any township or townships located in a county having a population of more than forty-three thousand (43,000) and less than forty-eight thousa…

80-941. Conveyance of cemetery property to Attica township in Sedgwick county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund. (a) The township board of Attica township in Sedgwick county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Pleasant Ridge cemetery association, with the consent …

80-942. Conveyance of cemetery property to Tecumseh township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund. (a) The township board of Tecumseh township in Shawnee county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Bethel cemetery association, with the consent of suc…

80-943. Conveyance of cemetery property to Topeka township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund. (a) The township board of Topeka township in Shawnee county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Lynn Creek cemetery association, with the consent of suc…

[Repealed or reserved.]

80-1004. History: R.S. 1923, 80-1004; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 510, § 1; June 30. Source or prior law: L. 1921, ch. 294, § 4. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Doc…

80-1005. History: L. 1923, ch. 242, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1005; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 510, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

[Repealed or reserved.]

80-1101. History: L. 1899, ch. 277, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1101; L. 1947, ch. 479, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 547, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 509, § 1; Repealed, L. 2008, ch. 163, § 36; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC M…

80-1101a. Same; when disorganization effective. Such disorganization of a township hereunder shall be effective upon the filing with the county clerk of such county the resignation of the elective incumbent officers of such township or, in any event, at the expiration of the term…

80-1102. History: L. 1899, ch. 277, § 2; R.S. 1923, 80-1102; L. 1965, ch. 547, § 2; Repealed, L. 1967, ch. 509, § 3; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Do…

80-1102a. Same; application of other laws; bonded debt; road and maintenance agreement. If any such township so disorganized shall at the time of its disorganization have any indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment thereof in the manner provi…

80-1103. Same; tax levy to pay township indebtedness, limitation; warrants. If any township so disorganized shall at the time of its disorganization have any indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county to provide for the payment of such outstandin…

80-1104. Same; records and funds. The books, papers, funds and any other assets belonging to such township so disorganized shall be delivered over by the officers thereof to the county commissioners, who shall dispose of said assets, and all money received therefor shall be inclu…

80-1105. Disorganization and reorganization in certain counties under 3,000. Townships in counties containing a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants and in which there is no township indebtedness may be abolished and new townships created as in this act provided. History: L.…

80-1106. History: L. 1933, ch. 329, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 81; Repealed, L. 2008, ch. 163, § 36; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

80-1109. Consolidation of two or more townships; procedure; resolution, agreement, election. Two or more townships may consolidate into a single township which may be one of the consolidated townships or a new township to be formed by means of such consolidation. The members of t…

80-1110. Disorganization of certain townships in counties having county unit road system. Townships located in counties which have adopted the county unit road system as provided by K.S.A. 68-515b, and amendments thereto, or in townships having more than 200 residents may be diso…

80-1111. Same; determination by board of county commissioners; resolution of intent; public hearings; petition opposing disorganization; resolution disorganizing township. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any such county shall determine that it is in the best interes…

80-1112. Same; effective date of disorganization and attachment of territory. The disorganization of any township and the attachment of the territory thereof to another township or townships under the provisions of this act shall be effective for other than tax purposes upon the …

80-1113. Same; disposition of books, records and assets; payment of outstanding indebtedness. All books, papers, records, moneys and other assets belonging to any township disorganized under the provisions of this act shall be delivered by the officers thereof to the board of cou…

80-1114. Same; outstanding indebtedness; levy of taxes for payment; bonded indebtedness. If any township disorganized under the provisions of this act shall at the time of such disorganization have any outstanding indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of …

80-1115. Same; adoption of budget and levy of taxes prior to effective date for tax purposes. Whenever the disorganization of any township shall take effect for the purpose of taxation on the last day of December following such disorganization, the township board of the township …

80-1116. Same; right of elector of township being disorganized to vote and become candidate for office in townships to which territory will attach. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall have adopted a resolution providing for the disorganization of any to…

80-1117. Disorganization and consolidation of townships with no residents; procedure; transfer of assets and debts. (a) If any township has no residents, as certified by the county clerk of the county in which such township is located, the board of county commissioners, by resolu…

80-1118. Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election. From and after July 1, 2008: (a) The board of county commissioners may disorganize any township if any of the following a…

80-1201. Destruction of prairie dogs, moles and gophers; expense from general fund. The township board of any township in this state, at any regular or special meeting, is hereby authorized to purchase material and to employ one or more suitable persons to destroy prairie dogs, m…

80-1202. Eradication of prairie dogs; duties of township trustees; entry upon land, exceptions; assessment of costs. In addition to the duties now prescribed by law for township trustees, in counties infested by prairie dogs, they may do and perform the following services: That t…

80-1203. Same; report of expense to county commissioners; tax levy. The trustees of the several townships infested by prairie dogs shall appear before the board of county commissioners of their respective counties at their annual meeting in August of each year, when they convene …

80-1204. Same; compensation of trustees and assistants. The trustees of each township and their assistants shall receive as compensation for their services for the time actually and necessarily employed. Such compensation shall be paid only out of the fund of the county created b…

80-1205. Same; custody and disbursement of funds. The township trustees shall be the custodians of the fund created by this act, and disburse the same on vouchers audited by the township boards at their regular quarterly meetings and warrants drawn on the treasurer for the same: …

80-1206. Same; payment of moneys to township treasurers. The county treasurers of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the several township treasurers of their respective counties all the moneys collected for the purpose designated …

80-1207. Same; surplus funds; use. Whenever any township of this state shall have rid itself of the prairie dogs and there shall cease to be a necessity of any future procedure under this act (which question shall be determined by the board of county commissioners and the trustee…

80-1208. Same; penalty for failure to perform duties. Any township trustee or board of county commissioners failing to perform any of the duties imposed upon them by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less tha…

[Repealed or reserved.]

80-1305. History: L. 1886, ch. 166, § 5; R.S. 1923, 80-1305; Repealed, L. 2008, ch. 163, § 36; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

80-1404. Cities of first and second classes excluded from townships; wards. No city of the first or second class shall be included within the corporate limits of any township. In the event any city of the first or second class has designated no ward or wards, the entire territory…

80-1405. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 49; R.S. 1923, 80-1405; L. 1973, ch. 134, § 60; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 446, § 27; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section held constitutional and valid. Borton v. Buck, 8 Kan. 302, 306. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General P…

80-1405a. Effect of change in population or valuation by annexation; eligibility for permit or license. Whenever a minimum population or valuation within a township is a prerequisite for the residents thereof to obtain any permit or license, and the township once has the required…

80-1406. History: L. 1941, ch. 397, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 480, § 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 …

80-1406a. History: L. 1945, ch. 387, § 1; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 349, § 3; 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 …

80-1406b. Transfer of surplus in general fund, when; resolution. The township board of any township which did not make a tax levy for the township general fund in the year next preceding and which has a surplus of moneys in the general fund may transfer all or any part of such su…

80-1406c. Certain township officers authorized to transfer certain moneys in general fund to cemetery fund, when. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply to a township which is located in a county having a population of less than 3,100 with an assessed taxable tangibl…

80-1407. Compensation of township officers of townships with township water system. In any township having a township water system each member of the township board shall receive compensation for their services as such officers in the supervision of the operation of such water sy…

80-1408. Certain townships in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; additional bonds. Any township located in a county having a population of not less than ten thousand nor more than thirteen thousand and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than twenty million…

80-1409. Same; application of general bond law. The bonds authorized in K.S.A. 80-1408 shall be issued, sold, delivered, registered and retired in accordance with the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto, except as here…