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KS Stat § 15-1003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1003 Cemetery rules and regulations.

15-1003. Cemetery rules and regulations. The council may pass rules and ordinances, imposing penalties, and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting and governing the cemetery, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereof, and punishing trespassers therein; and the officers of such city shall have as full jurisdiction and power in the enforcing of such rules and ordinances as though they related to the city itself.History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 69; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 15-1003.
KS Stat § 15-1008 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1008 Unlawful establishment or maintenance.

15-1008. Unlawful establishment or maintenance. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church to establish or maintain a cemetery within the corporate limits of any city of the third class unless the governing body of such city shall adopt a resolution consenting to such establishment or maintenance.History: L. 1945, ch. 153, § 1; March 28.
KS Stat § 15-1009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1009 Same; penalties.

15-1009. Same; penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church violating the provisions of K.S.A. 15-1008 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars.History: L. 1945, ch. 153, § 2; March 28.
KS Stat § 15-1010 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1010 Same; act inapplicable to established cemetery.

15-1010. Same; act inapplicable to established cemetery. The provisions of this act shall not apply to [any] person, firm, corporation, association, society or church which has established a cemetery within the corporate limits of a city of the third class prior to the effective date of this act.History: L. 1945, ch. 153, § 3; March 28.
KS Stat § 15-1012 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1012 Issuance of bonds for certain cemetery purposes; election.

15-1012. Issuance of bonds for certain cemetery purposes; election. The governing body of any city of the third class having a city cemetery may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of purchasing an addition to such cemetery and the laying out, improvement and beautification of such cemetery or such addition thereto, or for any one or more of such purposes. All such bonds shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired in conformance with the general bond law: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued under the authority conferred by this act until the question as to whether such bonds shall be issued has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said city at a regular city election or at a special election called for such purpose, and a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election shall have voted in favor of such question. Notice of such election shall be given as provided in the general bond law.History: L. 1953, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 15-1013 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1013 Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions.

15-1013. Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions. Whenever it is proposed to create a cemetery district in any county in this state, which proposed cemetery district includes territory wherein an existing township cemetery is located, territory wherein a third-class city owns and maintains a cemetery inside of or outside of said proposed district, territory wherein an existing cemetery is owned and maintained by a religious organization, and territory in which there is located an abandoned cemetery, the residents of said proposed district shall present a petition to the board of county commissioners setting forth such proposed cemetery district, signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of said proposed district, as determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said district; and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at their next regular meeting to examine the petition and copies of the resolutions hereinafter required and if the board finds that the petition and resolutions are in regular and due form, they shall enter an order in their proceedings establishing said cemetery district.The said petition shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed by the governing body of the third-class city owning and maintaining a cemetery either within or outside of said proposed district, stating that the city agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district; and shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed by the township board stating that said board agrees to convey the township cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district and by a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees or other governing board of any religious organization owning and operating a cemetery located within the district stating that said governing board agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district.History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 1; March 10.
KS Stat § 15-1014 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1014 Same; board of directors; officers; compensation; expenditures.

15-1014. Same; board of directors; officers; compensation; expenditures. Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said cemetery district, shall constitute the board of directors of the cemetery district established, and shall have full power and control thereof.The said board shall elect from their own membership a chairman and may select a secretary from their own membership, or otherwise, whose terms of office shall be such as the board shall fix. The treasurer of any incorporated city located within the newly created cemetery district may be selected by the board of directors as the treasurer of the cemetery district and when a city treasurer shall act as cemetery district treasurer, the bond given by said treasurer to the city shall also cover the funds of the cemetery district which come into his or her hands as said treasurer. When the board of directors shall select a treasurer for the district who is not a city treasurer, he or she shall be required to give a surety company bond in a sum not less than the amount of funds in his or her hands, conditioned for the safekeeping of such funds and to account for and turn over the same whenever called upon so to do by the board of directors. Members of the board of directors, the secretary and the treasurer of any cemetery district located in a county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services as may be established by the board of directors.It shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the care and maintenance of all cemeteries conveyed to the cemetery district and also to provide for the care and maintenance of any abandoned cemetery located within the said district. All expenditures made by the said board of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn on the treasurer and signed by the secretary and chairman of the board.History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 111, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 15-1016 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1016 Same; payment of funds to district treasurer.

15-1016. Same; payment of funds to district treasurer. Upon the selection and qualification of the treasurer of the newly organized cemetery district, the township treasurer of any township conveying a township cemetery to the newly organized district, and the city treasurer of any city conveying a cemetery to the newly organized district, shall pay to said cemetery district treasurer all funds and moneys in their hands, together with all funds and moneys in the county treasury which have been collected for cemetery purposes by such city or township.History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 4; March 10.
KS Stat § 15-1016a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1016a Same; use of funds from sale of lots in certain districts.

15-1016a. Same; use of funds from sale of lots in certain districts. The board of directors of any cemetery district located in a county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) may set aside all or any portion of the proceeds arising from the sale of lots in any cemetery of such district in a fund which shall be used only for the purpose of procuring additional lands to be used for cemetery purposes.History: L. 1969, ch. 111, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 15-1017 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1017 Same; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levies; transfer of moneys.

15-1017. Same; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levies; transfer of moneys. Land adjacent to an established cemetery district and not a part of any other organized cemetery district which lies in a county other than where the greater portion of the cemetery district to which it seeks to be attached lies may be attached to the said cemetery district in the manner hereinafter provided. Upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater part of the cemetery district lies, of a petition setting forth the boundaries of the area which desires to be attached to said cemetery district and signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of said area, to be determined by enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said area, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, to examine said petition. If said board finds that the petition is regular and in due form as herein provided, the board shall notify the board of trustees of such cemetery district and forward a copy of the petition filed. Said board of trustees shall return the petition accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of said cemetery district which resolution shall state that said board desires such area to be attached to the cemetery district.Upon receipt of the petition and the resolution the county commissioners shall issue an order attaching such territory to the cemetery district and notice of such attachment shall be given to the county clerk of the county wherein the territory seeking to be attached is situate. Said attachment shall take effect on the first day of March next following the entry of said order. Such attached territory shall be subject thereafter to the tax levied by the cemetery district which district shall certify such levy to the county clerk of the county of the territory attached, together with its budget, and such county clerk shall levy such tax on all the taxable tangible property of the county in said cemetery district. The treasurer of the county shall transfer before the fifteenth day of January and July of each year, all moneys in his or her hands belonging to said cemetery district, including all moneys for the payment of bonds or interest of said district to the treasurer of the district and the treasurer receiving said moneys shall issue a receipt therefor and forward it to the treasurer of the county from which the money was sent. Expenditures shall be made as provided in K.S.A. 15-1015, and all acts amendatory thereof, and the tax levied by the district shall be subject to and limited by provisions of K.S.A. 15-1015, and all acts amendatory thereof.History: L. 1955, ch. 130, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 15-1018 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1018 Exclusion of territory from cemetery district located in certain cities; petition; county commissioners' duties.

15-1018. Exclusion of territory from cemetery district located in certain cities; petition; county commissioners' duties. Whenever a petition signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of property located in that portion of a cemetery district located within the corporate limits of any city of the third class located in two (2) counties, requesting that property located within such city be excluded from the boundaries of the cemetery district and describing such property shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine said petition and if it has been signed by fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the owners of such property and that there is no outstanding indebtedness against said cemetery district, it shall enter an order in its proceedings excluding such territory from the boundaries of the cemetery district. Such order shall be entered only if the excluded territory is to be attached to another cemetery's district.History: L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 15-1019 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 10 - Cemeteries|15-1019 Same; tax levies for outstanding indebtedness.

15-1019. Same; tax levies for outstanding indebtedness. If at the time a petition is filed requesting the exclusion of territory from such cemetery district, such district has any outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall in the order excluding such territory from the cemetery district provide for the levy of taxes against the territory excluded to provide for the payment of its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the district which is outstanding at the time of such order.History: L. 1967, ch. 116, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 15-1117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1117 Natural gas production and sale; acquisition of drilling site; contracts.

15-1117. Natural gas production and sale; acquisition of drilling site; contracts. Any city of the third class situated in a recognized and established natural gas field is hereby granted power and authority to acquire a drilling site by lease or purchase, and to drill upon said land or upon other land leased for the purpose or owned by said city, or unitized with any such lands, a well for the production of natural gas and to produce and sell natural gas therefrom, and to enter into all necessary or desirable contracts for such purposes.History: L. 1945, ch. 152, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 171, § 1; April 9.
KS Stat § 15-1118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1118 Same; conditions.

15-1118. Same; conditions. The drilling of a well as authorized in this act shall be upon the further conditions that some person shall be willing to enter into an agreement with the city whereby such person will drill and equip the well at such person's own expense, in the first instance, and without cost to the city, and with the understanding that such person shall be repaid from the natural gas produced from said well or the proceeds thereof, and that after being fully reimbursed the city shall then become the sole and exclusive owner of the well.The governing body of the city shall credit to the funds of the city, the proceeds and income accruing to the city by reason of the city's ownership of the gas well, and in order to secure to the common owners of the land situated within the corporate limits of the city a proportionate acquisition of, and benefit from, the natural gas underlying said land, all such proceeds shall be subject to governmental uses and purposes of the city as the governing body shall order from time to time and to reduce and eliminate, insofar as possible, all property taxes of the city. Any well drilled under authority of this act shall be drilled within the corporate limits of the city.History: L. 1945, ch. 152, § 2; March 16.
KS Stat § 15-1119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1119 Same; acreage within or without city limits.

15-1119. Same; acreage within or without city limits. If there be within the corporate limits of said city as many as 640 acres of land, some portion of which is available at a reasonable cost, either by lease or purchase, as a drill site, then the acreage attributable to such gas well shall be located within the corporate limits of said city; but if no drill site is available at a reasonable cost within the corporate limits of said city then the governing body of said city is hereby granted power and authority to acquire by lease or purchase a suitable drill site adjacent to said city.History: L. 1947, ch. 171, § 2; April 9.
KS Stat § 15-1120 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1120 Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land.

15-1120. Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land. If there shall be less than 640 acres of land within the corporate limits of said city, then the governing body of said city is hereby granted power and authority to join with others having the right to produce and sell natural gas from lands which with the land within the corporate limits of said city will constitute a drill site in conformity with the rules and regulations of the state corporation commission, and which together with all of the land within the corporate limits of said city will not exceed 640 acres, in the execution of such contracts and agreements as will result in consolidation or unitization of the land within the corporate limits of such city with such other lands so as to constitute a drilling unit not exceeding 640 acres in area, and to enter into contracts with such other persons having the right to produce and sell natural gas from such other lands for the drilling of a joint well upon such consolidated drilling unit, each party to contribute and to bear his, her or its proportionate share of the cost of drilling, equipping, completing, connecting and maintaining said gas well, and of producing, delivering and selling the natural gas therefrom, and to receive his, her or its proportionate share of the proceeds of such sales, according to the number of acres contributed by each such party to such drilling unit.History: L. 1947, ch. 171, § 3; April 9.
KS Stat § 15-1121 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1121 Same; election; resolution and order of governing body.

15-1121. Same; election; resolution and order of governing body. No such gas well shall be commenced until after the question has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said city at a general city election or a special election held for that purpose, notice of which shall be given by one publication in the official city paper, and shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of sixty-five percent of said electors, as determined by the vote cast for mayor at the last city election.Any city proposing to take action as herein authorized shall by resolution and order of the governing body of the city set out the terms and conditions which will govern the drilling of such well, the names and addresses of such persons, firms or corporations (if any) as will be associated with the city in such enterprise, a description of all of the lands constituting the drilling unit, the precise location of the proposed gas well, and shall fix the time when an election will be held for the purpose of voting on the proposal, and said resolution and order shall be published as a part of the notice of said election.History: L. 1947, ch. 171, § 4; April 9.
KS Stat § 15-1122 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1122 Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings.

15-1122. Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings. The land area described in such resolution and order shall constitute the drilling unit, and the approval of the proposal to drill such gas well, as evidenced by the result of said election, shall operate as a consent of all owners of natural gas underlying that portion of said drilling unit lying within the corporate limits of said city to the taking of such gas by said city and shall entitle the city to an acreage allowable equal to the number of acres lying within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit: Provided, however, That any owner of land situated within the corporate limits of said city feeling aggrieved by the interests and authority granted to said city by this act and by the approval of the proposal submitted at said election, may within ninety days after the date of said election, petition the district court of the county in which said city is located setting out any facts tending to show that such action will work undue hardship or operate inequitably as to the said petitioner.Copy of the petition and of a summons shall be served upon the mayor of the city and the city shall within twenty days thereafter file answer thereto, and the cause shall be heard and determined by the court as a proceeding in equity, and the court shall find the facts and make such orders and enter such decree in the premises as the law and equities of the case require and in case the court finds in favor of the petitioner, the acreage owned by said petitioner shall be excluded from said drilling unit and the acreage allowable for natural gas production to said city shall be reduced accordingly. Any owner of land or mineral rights situated within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit who shall fail to petition the district court as herein authorized and have a determination of his or her rights, if any, shall thereafter be forever barred.History: L. 1947, ch. 171, § 5; April 9.
KS Stat § 15-1123 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class|Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions|15-1123 Leasing of municipal auditorium to patriotic organization; term.

15-1123. Leasing of municipal auditorium to patriotic organization; term. The governing body of any city of the third class, owning a municipal auditorium, is hereby authorized to lease all or any part of said auditorium to any patriotic organization, having a state and national organization, for a period not to exceed fifteen years, upon such terms as the governing body of the city and the patriotic organization desiring to lease the building may agree.History: L. 1947, ch. 182, § 1; March 1.