K.S.A. § 75-3323 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 33 / Section 75-3323
75-3323 - Lease of certain state land to wheatbelt area girl scout council of Kansas, inc.; conditions and restrictions; expiration of lease, conveyance, reverter clause.
Status: in_force

75-3323. Lease of certain state land to wheatbelt area girl scout council of Kansas, inc.; conditions and restrictions; expiration of lease, conveyance, reverter clause. (a) The secretary for children and families is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the conditions hereinafter provided, to lease, for a term not exceeding 20 years, by proper written instrument, upon behalf of the state of Kansas, signed by the secretary for children and families and approved by the attorney general and the director of purchases of the department of administration of the state of Kansas, unto the wheatbelt area girl scout council of Kansas, inc. the following described tract or parcel of land located in Pawnee county, Kansas, containing approximately 42.93 acres, more or less, and being a part of the Larned state hospital grounds in such county and state, and more definitely described as follows, to wit:

A tract of land lying within the southwest quarter (SW 1 / 4 ) of section thirty-five (35), township twenty-one (21) south, and the northwest quarter (NW 1 / 4 ) of section two (2), township twenty-two (22) south, both range seventeen (17) west of the 6th P.M. in Pawnee county, Kansas, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point on the southern end of a line whose approximate bearing is S 5°15′ east, and whose northern end lies 525 feet east of the west quarter section corner of section 35, and whose southern end lies 2841.5 feet southeast of the east and west quarter section line of section 35 (this southern point being the southeast corner of the present boy scout camp and lies approximately 825 feet east of the west line of section 2 and approximately 200 feet south of the south line of section 35) for a place of beginning; thence northeast on a line having an interior angle of 54°21′ for a distance of 1165 feet to a point 3 1 / 2 feet east of a drain ditch bank; thence northwest on a line having an interior angle of 101°47′ for a distance of 420 feet to a point 15′′ east of same drain ditch bank; thence northwest on a line having an interior angle of 182°49′ for a distance of 330 feet to a point 3 1 / 2 feet east of same drain ditch bank; thence northwest on a line having an interior angle of 197°22′ for a distance of 450 feet to a point 3 1 / 2 feet east of same drain ditch bank; thence north on a line having an interior angle of 162°23′ for a distance of 930 feet to a point on the east and west quarter section line of section 35; thence west along the said quarter section line for a distance of 799 feet (this point falling 457 feet east of the west quarter section corner of section 35); thence south 35 feet; thence southeast along the present fence boundary of the boy scout camp for a distance of 2806.5 feet to place of beginning; for the purpose of a camp site for use in conducting camping programs under responsible and trained camp supervisors for the girl scouts of America. Such lease shall contain a provision authorizing the state of Kansas to sell or lease and reserving all mine and mineral rights to such lands and a termination clause that in the event such lands ever shall cease to be used for the camping purposes above specified, which purposes shall be set forth in such lease, then the lease shall expire and become null and void and the possession thereof shall immediately revert to the state of Kansas. Notwithstanding the above condition relating to the use of such land for camping purposes, the lessee shall be entitled to sublease a portion of such land to any licensed day care center for an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of maintaining any structures located on such land which are used by such day care center and the reasonable costs of utility services provided to such day care center, the payment of which is to be assumed by the girl scout council or the lessee may sublease such land to Pawnee county for park and recreational purposes deemed appropriate by the board of county commissioners.

(b) Upon the expiration of any lease entered pursuant to subsection (a), the secretary for children and families shall convey by deed such tract of land described in subsection (a) to Pawnee county for park and recreational purposes deemed appropriate by the board of county commissioners. Such deed shall contain a reversionary clause that in the event that such land ever shall cease to be used for such purposes, which purposes shall be set forth in such deed, then the title thereto and the possession thereof immediately shall revert to the state of Kansas.

(c) Liability for damages resulting from the use of the property described in this section shall be subject to the limitation of subsection (o) of K.S.A. 75-6104, and amendments thereto.