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KS Stat § 24-651 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-651 Same; funds for payment of claims.

24-651. Same; funds for payment of claims. When the total obligations existing against the drainage district at the time of adoption of the resolution to disorganize, or when the right of any creditor to be paid a definite amount has been established, then the board of trustees shall certify the amount of money necessary to pay the same to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land of the district is situated and said board of county commissioners may raise such money in accordance with and under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-601 to 24-640: Provided, All suits pertaining to the levy and collection of such tax shall be brought and defended by the board of trustees. The county treasurer shall pay such taxes when received to the treasurer of the board of trustees, and the board shall pay the same in satisfaction of the claims for which collected.History: L. 1929, ch. 175, § 5; May 28.
KS Stat § 24-652 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-652 Same; care and sale of property.

24-652. Same; care and sale of property. Whenever the board of supervisors of any drainage district adopts a resolution to disorganize and dissolve such drainage district in accordance with the provisions of this act the adoption of such resolution shall not change or alter the rights of any creditor or claimant of the district, nor the rights of the drainage district against any party, nor any cause of action against or in favor of such district, but all such shall survive in favor of or against the board of trustees. Upon the adoption of such disorganization resolution the title to all property of the drainage district of whatsoever kind or character including the engineer's survey, findings, reports, and all maps and plats of the district, and all blueprints of proposed and suggested improvements and all other information obtained by the drainage district through any of its agents, engineers or other employees, pertaining to the physical characteristics of the district shall vest immediately in the said board of trustees for the benefit of the owners of land within the drainage district.The board of trustees shall collect and acquire all such property and assets of the district and preserve the same, and shall have authority, without court order, to sell or contract to sell any part or all of such assets and property upon such conditions and for such consideration as the board of trustees shall deem advisable. All proceeds from the sale of any such property and assets shall be applied by the board of trustees upon the payment of the indebtedness of the drainage district.History: L. 1929, ch. 175, § 6; May 28.
KS Stat § 24-653 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-653 Same; final report and discharge of trustees.

24-653. Same; final report and discharge of trustees. When the board of trustees has finally closed the affairs of the drainage district they shall file their report, so stating, with the clerk of the district court in which the district was incorporated and apply to the court for their discharge. If the court finds the report substantially correct and the affairs of the district closed it shall make an order discharging the trustees.History: L. 1929, ch. 175, § 7; May 28.
KS Stat § 24-654 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-654 Renewal, extension and restoration of articles of incorporation; petition to court; record.

24-654. Renewal, extension and restoration of articles of incorporation; petition to court; record. (a) The owners of a majority in interest of the acres of real estate within the boundaries of any drainage district organized under K.S.A. 24-601 to 24-640, and amendments thereto, which district has constructed a drainage system, may at any time before or after the expiration of the number of years the same was to continue as stated in the articles of association, file their written petition with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the same is located and in the case in which the decree incorporating the district was rendered, asking for the renewal, extension and restoration of the articles of association of such drainage district for a number of years to be stated in such petition.(b) Such petition shall stand for hearing following the filing of such petition, and upon finding that such petition is sufficient, the district court, by its order duly entered of record, shall duly declare such drainage district renewed, extended and restored with the same force and effect as if its articles of association had not become inoperative and void, or would not or had not expired by limitation. Within 20 days after the district court shall enter any such decree, the clerk thereof shall transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of the record relating thereto, and the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as the articles of association of such drainage district were originally filed in such office.History: L. 1939, ch. 184, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 190, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-655 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-655 Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities.

24-655. Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities. Such decree of renewal, extension and restoration shall validate all contracts, acts, matters and things made, done and performed within the scope of its articles of association, by its board of supervisors, officers and agents, during the time when such articles of association were inoperative or void after their expiration by limitation, with the same force and effect and to all intents and purposes as if said articles of association had at all times remained in full force and effect; and all real and personal property, rights and credits possessed by said drainage district at the time its articles of association became inoperative or void or expired by limitation, and which were not disposed of prior to the time of such revival or renewal, shall be vested in such drainage district after such revival and renewal, as fully and amply as they were held by said drainage district at and before the time its articles of association became inoperative or void, or expired by limitation, and said drainage district, after such renewal and revival, shall be as exclusively liable for all contracts, acts, matters and things made, done or performed in its name and on its behalf by its board of supervisors, officers and agents prior to such renewal, extension and restoration, as if its articles of incorporation had at all times remained in full force and effect.History: L. 1939, ch. 184, § 2; April 8.
KS Stat § 24-656 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-656 Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions.

24-656. Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions. The following terms when used in this act shall be construed to have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:(a) "Person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation;(b) "publication" shall mean the publication in a newspaper or newspapers admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter, of general circulation within the joint drainage district;(c) "land" shall mean real property as that term is defined by the laws of the state of Kansas, and shall include any road, highway, bridge, street or other right-of-way;(d) "chief engineer" shall mean the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture;(e) "board" shall mean the board of directors of a joint drainage district;(f) "qualified voter" shall mean any qualified elector of the district and any person 18 years of age or over owning land within the district, although not a resident therein;(g) "landowner" shall mean the record owner of the fee in any real estate in the district or the fee in the surface rights of any real estate in the district, but the owners of an oil and gas lease, mineral rights or interest, easements or mortgages as such shall not be considered landowners, and school districts, cemetery associations and municipal corporations shall not be considered landowners;(h) "steering committee" shall be the group of not less than three (3) qualified voters who shall serve as the governing body of the proposed drainage district until the first board of directors is elected.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 124, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 174, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 71; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-657 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-657 Same; authorization.

24-657. Same; authorization. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, drainage districts, the proposed territory of which lies in two or more counties, may be organized and incorporated in the manner provided in this act.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 31; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-658 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-658 Same; petition by verified landowners; county clerk to furnish record of ownership, when.

24-658. Same; petition by verified landowners; county clerk to furnish record of ownership, when. Before any such drainage district shall be organized, a petition shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, signed by not less than two-fifths (2/5) of the landowners within said proposed district as shown by a verified list of said landowners taken by a landowner of said proposed district to be selected by the first ten (10) signers of the petition. A verified list of landowners shall be attached to and filed with the petition in the office of the secretary of state as an exhibit: Provided, That for purposes of determining ownership, the county clerk of the county in which any part of the proposed drainage district is described shall, upon demand, furnish the record of the ownership of the lands within the county from the tax rolls of said county, and said record of ownership shall be satisfactory evidence of title.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-658a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-658a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

24-658a. 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 drainage district created pursuant to K.S.A. 24-656 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 drainage district.History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 16; May 8.
KS Stat § 24-660 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-660 Same; circulation of counterpart of petition; city territory included, when; copies of petitions filed with county clerk and secretary of state; findings and endorsement by secretary of state; notice to steering committee.

24-660. Same; circulation of counterpart of petition; city territory included, when; copies of petitions filed with county clerk and secretary of state; findings and endorsement by secretary of state; notice to steering committee. A counterpart of the petition, setting forth the text of the petition in full, shall be circulated within the proposed boundaries of the district: Provided, That when an incorporated city, or any part thereof, included as a part of the lands within the proposed boundaries of the district and not excluded by reference therein, the naming of the city, and class thereof, and a statement as to what part or all of the lands within said city are to be included within the proposed boundaries of said district, shall be sufficient identification within said petition, and approval of said drainage district formation shall be by election duly called by the governing body of said city for such purpose of approval or disapproval by the qualified voters of the area in said city sought to be included in said drainage district, and if approved by vote, the mayor of said city shall be directed to sign said petition as representative of said land within said city limits and for the total of said lands encompassed therein and if disapproved by the qualified voters therein, the city, or part thereof, shall be excluded from the district.A duplicate original or a photographic copy of the original petition, with copies of all signature sheets attached thereto, shall be furnished to the county clerk of each county wherein lies a part of the proposed district. All counterparts shall be filed with the secretary of state at the same time and shall be received and treated by him as a single petition. The secretary of state shall determine the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition on the basis of the information as to the number and qualifications of signers as shown by the verified enumeration filed with the petition. In the making of such findings, the secretary of state shall consider the signature of the mayor of any city which has approved said petition as herein provided as the signature of one landowner. The secretary of state shall endorse his findings and the date thereof on the face of the petition, and shall notify, in writing, the person designated in the petition as the acting chairman of the steering committee of his findings.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 5; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-663 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-663 Same; payment of costs and expenses when proposed district not approved; tax levies; disposition of funds.

24-663. Same; payment of costs and expenses when proposed district not approved; tax levies; disposition of funds. If the organization of the proposed district is defeated at the special election or if the petition is disapproved by the chief engineer, the board of directors or steering committee named in the petition shall continue to function in a limited capacity for the purposes hereinafter set forth in this section. Said board or steering committee shall determine the amount of money necessary to pay all of the costs and expenses incurred in the preparation and filing of the petition and in the conduct of the special election and shall certify a statement of such amount to the county clerk of each county in which the proposed district was to be located. Said county clerks shall thereupon ascertain the total assessed valuation of all taxable tangible property in their respective counties within the proposed district and certify same to the county clerk of the county in which the acting chairman of the board or steering committee of the proposed district resides.Said county clerk shall determine the levy necessary to be spread against the taxable tangible property in the entire proposed district in order to raise funds sufficient to pay the amount set forth in said statement and shall certify said levy to the county clerk of the other counties in which a portion of said district is located. Each of the county clerks shall then cause said levy to be extended against the taxable tangible property lying within the boundaries of said proposed district and within his county. The county treasurers of the respective counties involved shall remit the funds raised by such levy in their counties to the county treasurer of the county in which the acting chairman of the board or steering committee resides who shall hold said funds and shall honor warrants drawn upon said funds by the acting chairman of the board or steering committee and countersigned by the acting secretary of the board or steering committee in payment of the costs and expenses incurred in the proposed organization of the district and shown on the aforementioned statement of expenses.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 8; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-664 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-664 Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office.

24-664. Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office. Each joint drainage district incorporated under the provisions of this act shall be a body politic and corporate and shall have all the powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred by law on drainage districts organized under the provisions of article 4 of chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, including the powers conferred on the board of directors of drainage districts so organized and shall be governed thereby.In addition to the foregoing powers, each joint drainage district organized under this act shall have the power to select a residence or home office for the joint drainage district, which shall be at a place in a county in which the joint drainage district or any part thereof is located and may be either within or without the joint drainage district as may be designated by the board of directors. The board shall thereupon designate the county in which said residence or home office is located as the official county for the filing of all official acts, budgets and tax levies: Provided, That after the official county has been so designated, said county designation shall not be changed even though the residence or home office of said joint drainage district may be changed at a later date.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 9; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-665 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-665 Same; no-fund warrants to pay initial organization and administrative expenses; limitation; tax levy to pay; annual ascertainment and certification of valuation in joint district.

24-665. Same; no-fund warrants to pay initial organization and administrative expenses; limitation; tax levy to pay; annual ascertainment and certification of valuation in joint district. The district board may issue no-fund warrants to pay for initial organizational, engineering, legal and administrative expenses of the district, except that the amount so issued shall not exceed the product of two mills times the assessed valuation of the taxable tangible property within the district, which warrants shall be issued, bear interest and be retired in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except that the approval of the state board of tax appeals shall not be required. Whenever warrants have been issued under this section, the board shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period, after such warrants are issued sufficient to pay such warrants and interest.Annually, after the assessment of property for the purpose of taxation has been made in any county in which a part of the joint drainage district lies, the county clerk of such county shall thereupon ascertain the total assessed valuation of all taxable tangible property in his county within the joint drainage district and certify the same to the county clerk of the official county of the joint drainage district designated as authorized by K.S.A. 24-664, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 10; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 55; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 49; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-665a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-665a Same; annual meeting; notice; elections.

24-665a. Same; annual meeting; notice; elections. In not less than 12 months, nor more than 13 months after the recording of the certificates of incorporation, a meeting shall be held for the election of directors. Each director shall be elected for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. Notice of the meeting shall be given at least 10 days prior to the date thereof by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of which the district is a part. Elections shall be by ballot. Qualified voters shall be entitled to vote at any such meeting. The directors shall fill any vacancy occurring on the board prior to the expiration of the term of any director by electing a substitute director to serve for the unexpired term. All elections, except the first, shall be held on the first Tuesday in April and every four years thereafter.The directors shall meet at least once each year. Notice of the annual meeting shall be given at least 10 days prior to the meeting by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of which the district is a part. The number of directors of a district or the date of the annual meeting, or both, may be changed at an annual meeting if notice of the proposition of making the change or changes are given at the annual meeting immediately preceding the annual meeting at which the change or changes are considered. If the number of directors is proposed to be changed, the proposition shall be introduced in the same manner as other items of business. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to include the proposition in the notice of the annual meeting at which the changes are being considered. If a majority of those voting are in favor thereof, the election of directors shall be in conformance with the adopted proposal and all powers shall be exercised by the newly constituted board beginning immediately after the annual meeting.History: L. 1976, ch. 174, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 19; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-666 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-666 Same; act supplemental to existing laws.

24-666. Same; act supplemental to existing laws. This act shall be deemed to be supplemental to existing laws relating to drainage districts, flood control, irrigation, soil conservation and related matters, and shall not be construed as repealing any existing law. It shall be construed as providing an additional method and procedure for the organization of drainage districts, the territory of which lies in more than one county.History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 11; June 30.