Source: http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/008_000_0000_chapter/008_015_0000_article/008_015_0060_section/008_015_0060_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 02:12:14+00:00

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(5) decreases the limit within any residence district, but not to less than 20 miles per hour.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (h), local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may determine by an engineering and traffic investigation the proper maximum speed for all arterial streets and shall declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which may be greater or less than the maximum speed permitted under this act for an urban district or other location in which the arterial street is situated, except that in no event shall any local authority establish any such maximum limit in excess of 65 miles per hour.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), any altered limit established as authorized shall be effective at all times or during hours of darkness or at other times as may be determined when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street or highway.
(d) Any alteration of maximum limits on city connecting links shall not be effective until such alteration has been approved by the secretary of transportation.
(e) If local authorities in their respective jurisdictions have established a speed limit within any residence district which is less than 30 miles per hour, prior to the effective date of this act, such speed limit shall be deemed valid and shall not require an engineering and traffic investigation.
(f) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may establish the speed limit within a road construction zone, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1458a, and amendments thereto, upon any highway under the jurisdiction of such local authorities.
(g) The provisions of K.S.A. 8-1560b, and amendments thereto, shall apply to the limitations on speed limits provided by subsection (a) of this section.
(h) Local authorities who have jurisdiction over county or township highways may determine based on an engineering and traffic investigation or without an engineering and traffic investigation the proper maximum speed for such county or township highways and shall declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which may be greater or less than the maximum speed permitted under this act, except that in no event shall any local authority establish any such maximum limit in excess of 65 miles per hour.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1560; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 25; L. 1978, ch. 271, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 220, § 8; L. 1996, ch. 15, § 7; L. 1997, ch. 80, § 3; July 1.

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