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KS Stat § 82a-328 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 3 - Obstructions In Streams|82a-328 Water structures fund.

82a-328. Water structures fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the water structures fund. The chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture shall remit all moneys received under K.S.A. 82a-302, 82a-303b and 24-126, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the water structures fund. All expenditures from the water structures fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of agriculture or by a person designated by the secretary.History: L. 2002, ch. 138, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-405 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-405 Construction and maintenance of dams and reservoirs; tax exemption.

82a-405. Construction and maintenance of dams and reservoirs; tax exemption. Any landowner owning land in the state of Kansas, not within the corporate limits in any city in this state, who shall lawfully by the construction of a dam across a dry watercourse or any stream or watercourse draining an area not exceeding 10 square miles, form upon such landowner's own land one or more reservoirs, having along the axis of the dam at the lowest point in the natural bed of a stream or watercourse a depth of not less than 10 feet and a storage capacity at spillway level, including the volume of any excavation in the reservoir area below such level, of not less than five acre feet, for the collection and storage of surface water or flood detention storage, and who shall maintain such dam or dams in a condition satisfactory to the chief engineer of the division of water resources in the Kansas department of agriculture, shall be entitled to an exemption from taxes levied upon such land in the amount prescribed by K.S.A. 79-201g, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 538, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 414, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 555, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 24; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 138; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-406 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-406 Same; approval of plans by chief engineer; construction in accordance with plans.

82a-406. Same; approval of plans by chief engineer; construction in accordance with plans. In order to be entitled to the tax exemption provided in K.S.A. 79-201g, the landowner must submit to the chief engineer of the division of water resources, complete plans for such dam showing the area of the drainage basin above the dam; plan, profile and cross sections of the dam and spillway; topographic map of the reservoir basin, and such other data and information as the chief engineer of the division of water resources may require, and such plans shall have the approval of the chief engineer and the dam be constructed in accordance with such plans before such exemption can be claimed.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 25; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-407 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-407 Same; tax exemption, time and procedure.

82a-407. Same; tax exemption, time and procedure. Upon the completion of any such dam to the satisfaction of the chief engineer of the division of water resources, said chief engineer shall certify the completion of the dam and the capacity of the reservoir, giving detailed information concerning the specific land area involved, to the county clerk or county assessor of the county in which the dam is located, who shall annually make such adjustment in the taxes levied against the land as the owner may be entitled to receive under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-201g, beginning with the first period, following the date of issue of the certificate of completion, on which taxes are regularly levied, and during the years which the landowner is entitled to such reduction.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 555, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 26; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-408 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-408 Same; access to reservoirs when drought emergency declared; rules and regulations.

82a-408. Same; access to reservoirs when drought emergency declared; rules and regulations. Whenever during periods of drought, it is deemed warranted in the judgment of a majority of the board of county commissioners of any county in this state, the commissioners may by resolution, duly adopted, declare a drought emergency to exist and shall determine where surplus water supplies exist and are available in reservoirs constructed in that county under the provisions of this act and may prescribe rules and regulations for obtaining such surplus waters. The owner of any land on which such a water supply has been or may be impounded, shall, upon being notified by the board of county commissioners, permit entry upon his or her land and access to the reservoir to all persons for the purpose of obtaining water in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of county commissioners.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-409 Same; donation of land, easements or right-of-way; tax exemption.

82a-409. Same; donation of land, easements or right-of-way; tax exemption. Any landowner who, otherwise in accordance with applicable provisions of K.S.A. 82a-406 and 82a-407 and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, in connection with the erection and maintenance of one or more reservoirs for the storage of water and flood detention storage, shall donate to the state or to any of its agencies or subdivisions, land or easements or rights-of-way for such purposes, shall be entitled to an exemption from taxes levied upon the contiguous acreage owned by such landowner to the extent provided in K.S.A. 79-201g. The provisions of K.S.A. 82a-408 shall not apply to reservoirs constructed by the state, its agencies or subdivisions as provided herein.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 5; L. 1957, ch. 538, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 414, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 555, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 407, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 331, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 27; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-410 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 4 - Collection, Storage And Impounding Of Waters|82a-410 Same; invalidity of part.

82a-410. Same; invalidity of part. In case any section or sections or part of any section of this act shall be found to be unconstitutional, the remainder of the act shall not thereby be invalidated but shall remain in full force and effect.History: L. 1941, ch. 400, § 7; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-521 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-521 Missouri river as boundary line, when.

82a-521. Missouri river as boundary line, when. Upon the ratification of this act and a similar act of the state of Missouri by the congress of the United States, the center of the channel of the Missouri river, as its flow extends from its intersection with the fortieth (40th) parallel, north latitude, southward to the middle of the mouth of the Kansas or Kaw river, shall be that portion of the true and permanent boundary line between the states of Missouri and Kansas, subject only to changes which may occur by the natural processes of accretion and reliction, but not by avulsion.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 1; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-522 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-522 Same; relinquishment of sovereignty.

82a-522. Same; relinquishment of sovereignty. The state of Kansas hereby relinquishes to the state of Missouri all sovereignty over all lands lying on the Missouri side of said center of the channel of the Missouri river.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 2; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-523 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-523 Same; real estate titles.

82a-523. Same; real estate titles. The public record of real estate titles in the state of Missouri to any lands, the sovereignty over which is relinquished by the state of Missouri to the state of Kansas, shall be accepted as evidence of the record title to such lands, to and including the effective date of such relinquishment by the state of Missouri, by the courts of the state of Kansas.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 3; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-524 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-524 Same; pending litigation.

82a-524. Same; pending litigation. Nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed to affect any litigation pending in the courts of the state of Missouri at the time of ratification of this act by congress concerning the title to any of the lands, sovereignty over which is relinguished by the state of Missouri to the state of Kansas, and any matter then in litigation concerning the title to the lands, sovereignty over which is relinquished by the state of Missouri to the state of Kansas, shall be continued in the courts of the state of Missouri until a final determination thereof, and such final determination shall be given full faith and credits by the courts of the state of Kansas.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 4; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-525 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-525 Same; taxes lawfully imposed by Missouri.

82a-525. Same; taxes lawfully imposed by Missouri. The lands, sovereignty over which is relinquished by the state of Missouri to the state of Kansas, upon which taxes have been lawfully imposed by the state of Missouri during the preceding year, shall not thereafter be subject to the imposition of taxes in the state of Kansas until the next succeeding year.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 5; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-526 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-526 Same; when sovereignty relinquished and assumed.

82a-526. Same; when sovereignty relinquished and assumed. The effective date of the relinquishment of sovereignty over the lands described in this act shall be midnight of the effective date of a resolution or an act of congress approving the respective relinquishment of sovereignty by the states of Missouri and Kansas. Thereupon, the state of Kansas shall assume and accept sovereignty over all lands lying on the Kansas side of the center of said channel of the Missouri river which is so relinquished by the state of Missouri.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 6; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-527 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-527 Same; act void unless similar Missouri act enacted.

82a-527. Same; act void unless similar Missouri act enacted. This act shall be inoperative unless and until a similar act relinquishing to the state of Kansas all claim of sovereignty over lands lying on the Kansas side of the center of the channel of the Missouri river is enacted into law by the legislature of the state of Missouri, and should no such act be so enacted into law by the legislature of the state of Missouri within two years from the effective date of this act, then this act shall be considered for all purposes to be void.History: L. 1949, ch. 510, § 7; Feb. 26.
KS Stat § 82a-527b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 5 - Interstate Compacts And Agreements|82a-527b Same; effective date.

82a-527b. Same; effective date. The effective date of the description of the true and permanent boundary line between the states of Missouri and Kansas as set forth in K.S.A. 82a-527a shall be midnight of the effective date of a resolution or an act of congress approving the acts of the states of Missouri and Kansas establishing the survey described in K.S.A. 82a-527a as the true and permanent boundary.History: L. 1980, ch. 330, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-601 Rural water-supply districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners.

82a-601. Rural water-supply districts; organization; duties of board of county commissioners. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall have power and it shall be their duty upon a proper petition being presented, to incorporate and organize rural water-supply districts within their respective counties in the manner hereinafter provided.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 43; May 15.
KS Stat § 82a-602 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-602 Petition for organization of water-supply district.

82a-602. Petition for organization of water-supply district. Any two or more owners of adjacent lands within any county may file with the county clerk a petition addressed to the board of county commissioners praying for the incorporation of a water-supply district. The petition shall (1) describe by section, or fraction thereof, and by township and range the location of lands owned by the petitioners and desired to be incorporated into the proposed water-supply district and shall state (2) that such lands are without an adequate water supply; (3) that the construction of dams, wells or other works are necessary to develop an adequate water supply, and (4) that such improvement or works will be conducive to and will promote the public health, convenience and welfare.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-602a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-602a Rural water-supply districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

82a-602a. Rural water-supply districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any rural water district created pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-601 et seq., and amendments thereto, unless the governing body of such improvement district or industrial district approves the inclusion thereof.Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a rural water district.History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 7; May 8.
KS Stat § 82a-603 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-603 Time fixed for consideration of petition.

82a-603. Time fixed for consideration of petition. Whenever a petition as provided in the preceding section is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall thereupon give notice to the county commissioners of the filing and pendency of such petition and the county commissioners shall forthwith fix a time within 30 days from date of filing of the petition, for a hearing of the same and the county clerk shall at least seven days before date fixed for such hearing, give or send by mail, written notice thereof to each of the petitioners, and shall transmit to the chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture, one copy of the petition and notice of the date set for its consideration.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 139; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-604 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-604 Consideration of petition by county commissioners.

82a-604. Consideration of petition by county commissioners. At the time set for the hearing and consideration of the petition as provided in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to ascertain (1) whether proper notice of the hearing has been given to the signers of the petition and the chief engineer as required by this act; (2) whether lands described in the petition are without an adequate water supply; (3) whether the construction of dams, wells or other works are necessary to develop an adequate water supply; (4) whether such improvements or works will be conducive to and will tend to promote the public health, convenience and welfare. If upon such consideration it shall be found that such petition is in conformity with the requirements of this act, the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately declare the land described in the petition to constitute a quasi-municipal corporation and the petitioners therein to be incorporated as a water-supply district under the name of "Rural Water-supply District No. ______, ______________ County, Kansas," (inserting number in order of incorporation and name of county) and thereupon shall enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing together with declaration that henceforth all land in said district and the owners thereof and their successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate under said corporate name for the purposes of this act.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-605 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-605 Government of district.

82a-605. Government of district. The owners of land within said district shall constitute the governing body of each water-supply district incorporated under this act within their respective counties and shall constitute a board of directors who shall immediately following the granting of incorporation by the board of county commissioners, meet in the office of the county clerk and select from their number a president. The county clerk and county treasurer shall respectively act and perform the required duties of a secretary and treasurer for said district. It shall be the duty of the secretary to cause an entry to be made upon its records showing all of its minutes, decisions and orders made pursuant to the provisions of this act.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 5; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-606 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-606 Powers of water-supply districts.

82a-606. Powers of water-supply districts. Every water-supply district incorporated under this act shall have perpetual succession, subject to dissolution as provided by this act; shall be empowered to sue and be sued; shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with; shall be authorized and empowered to hold such real and personal property as may come into its possession by will, gift, purchase or otherwise as authorized by law; shall have power to construct, install, maintain and operate such dams, wells and other works and such appurtenant structures and equipment as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of its organization and shall have power to issue bonds to defray the cost of such improvements and to levy special assessments and taxes to pay the bonds or defray the cost of the improvements or any part thereof, and the cost of maintenance of such works as hereinafter provided.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 6; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-607 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-607 Employment of labor and services.

82a-607. Employment of labor and services. The board of directors of any such district in this state acting in its capacity as the governing body of water-supply districts within their respective counties, may employ such common and skilled labor, and professional and other services as may be necessary to the proper performance of such work or improvement as is proposed to be done within any such district in the county, and the maintenance thereof.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 7; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-608 Assessment of benefits and costs.

82a-608. Assessment of benefits and costs. Plans, specifications, estimates of cost and amount of benefits to each tract in such district for any proposed improvement authorized by this act shall be filed with the chief engineer of the division of water resources and with the secretary of the water-supply district, and the total benefits of any such improvement shall be divided into a suitable number of units of which each landowner within the district shall subscribe to the number of such units in proportion to the extent he or she desires to participate in the benefits of the improvements. All costs in connection with the construction of such improvement shall be assessed to such landowners in proportion to benefits subscribed for and each landowner's share of the benefits of such improvement shall thereafter be in that proportion.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 8; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-609 Payment of costs.

82a-609. Payment of costs. The board of directors of any water-supply district as provided shall have power to cause to be constructed within such district such works as are authorized by this act and to issue bonds to pay the cost thereof, the outstanding amount at any time of such bonds not exceeding ten percent of the assessed valuation of all taxable lands and improvements within the district as shown by the assessment and tax rolls of the preceding year, and such bonds to be paid by a special assessment levied upon taxable lands and improvements of landowners within the district, and assessed in proportion to the benefit units subscribed to by each landowner as provided in the next preceding section.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 9; June 30.
KS Stat § 82a-610 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 6 - Water Districts|82a-610 Operations and maintenance of improvements.

82a-610. Operations and maintenance of improvements. The officers of the board of directors shall hold their office for a period of one year, and thereafter at the pleasure of the board of directors until a successor is elected; it shall be the duty of the president of said board of directors to keep in repair such works as are constructed by the district as authorized in this act and to operate such works, all as directed by said board. The president and all persons who may perform any service or labor as provided herein shall be paid such just and reasonable compensation as may be allowed by the board of directors and said board may annually levy such amount as in its judgment is necessary to properly maintain and operate such works and assess such amount against landowners within the district in the same proportion and manner as provided in the preceding section, and it shall not be required to publish its budget prior to hearing thereon, provided all directors approve and sign said budget.History: L. 1941, ch. 7, § 10; June 30.