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KS Stat § 17-1335i (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1335i Same; annexation of territory to districts; procedure.

17-1335i. Same; annexation of territory to districts; procedure. Whenever a petition describing the territory sought to be annexed to a cemetery district organized and operating under the provisions of section 17-1330, 17-1330a, 17-1331, 17-1332, 17-1333, 17-1334 and 17-1335 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, which territory is adjacent to such cemetery district, praying that such territory be annexed to and become a part of such cemetery district, and signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of such territory to be determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of the territory sought to be annexed and attached to the petition, is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which lies the greatest portion of the territory sought to be annexed, it shall be the duty of said board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine said petition and enumeration, and if it finds that the petition is regular and in due form, that it is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, that such territory is adjacent to the cemetery district, and that no part of such territory is in another cemetery district, it shall enter an order in its proceedings annexing said petitioned territory to the cemetery district and making it a part thereof.If the annexed territory lies in two or more counties, the county clerk of the county whose board of commissioners makes the annexation order shall certify a copy of the order to the county clerk of any other county in which any of such territory is located.History: L. 1953, ch. 128, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1336 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1336 Cemetery districts in certain counties; tax levies; road improvement.

17-1336. Cemetery districts in certain counties; tax levies; road improvement. That in any cemetery district organized or created under the provisions of sections 17-1330 to 17-1335, both sections inclusive, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto, which is located in a county having a population of not less than eight thousand (8,000) nor more than eleven thousand (11,000) and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), or which is located in a county having a population of not less than eighteen thousand (18,000) nor more than nineteen thousand (19,000) and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than thirty-four million dollars ($34,000,000), or any county having a population of not less than nineteen thousand (19,000) nor more than twenty-three thousand (23,000) and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) nor more than thirty-eight million dollars ($38,000,000), a majority of the electors present at the annual cemetery district meeting, shall determine the amount of tax to be levied not to exceed one-half (1/2) mill on all taxable property of the district for the caring for and maintaining said cemetery and for the improvement of the road leading to said cemetery from a county or state highway and cause the same to be certified to the board of county commissioners of such county; and any such cemetery district, so organized or created, which is located in a county having a population of not less than six thousand five hundred (6,500) and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) nor more than fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) shall, when a majority of the electors present at the annual cemetery meeting determine the amount of tax to be levied not to exceed one (1) mill on all taxable property of the district for the caring for and maintaining said cemetery and for the improvement of the road leading to said cemetery from a county or state highway, cause the same to be certified to the board of county commissioners of such county.History: L. 1938, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1939, ch. 156, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 178, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 156, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 201, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1336a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1336a Same; road completion fund; transfer of surplus money for machinery and equipment; limitation.

17-1336a. Same; road completion fund; transfer of surplus money for machinery and equipment; limitation. (a) The board of directors of any cemetery district created pursuant to the provisions of article 13 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution, to transfer all or any portion of any surpluses of the moneys derived from any tax levy existing at the end of a budget year to a special fund for the completion of road improvements authorized by K.S.A. 17-1336, and amendments thereto. No more than one such transfer shall be made.(b) The board of directors of any cemetery district created pursuant to article 13 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution, to transfer any surpluses of the money derived from any tax levy existing at the end of a budget year to a special fund to be used to purchase machinery and equipment for cemetery maintenance. The amount of such transfer shall not exceed 25% of the annual budget.(c) Any money transferred pursuant to this section shall not be subject to K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2940, inclusive, and amendments thereto, except that in making the budget of such cemetery districts the amount transferred and the amount expended thereof shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of such cemetery districts.History: L. 1945, ch. 156, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 82, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1337 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1337 Same; directors; election; terms; vacancies.

17-1337. Same; directors; election; terms; vacancies. Such cemetery district shall be governed by a board of five directors. At the first annual meeting five directors shall be elected as follows: Two for a term of four years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of a director, a successor shall be elected for a term of four years. Directors shall reside either (1) in the county or counties in which such cemetery district is located or (2) within 25 miles of the cemetery district boundaries. Upon the change of residency of any director as required by this section, such director's office shall be deemed to be vacated. Vacancies in the board of directors occasioned by removal, resignation or otherwise shall be filled for the unexpired term in like manner as original elections.History: L. 1938, ch. 39, § 2; L. 1939, ch. 156, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 95, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1338 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1338 Same; permanent maintenance fund; use and investment.

17-1338. Same; permanent maintenance fund; use and investment. Any such cemetery district may receive, acquire and hold donations or bequests for a permanent fund, the income from which shall be used by such cemetery district in defraying the expenses incurred in keeping the lots and grounds of such cemetery in proper and suitable condition. Such permanent fund may be invested as the donor may direct or if the donor has not specified, such fund may be invested in investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed therein or in any municipal bonds of this state or bonds of the United States except bonds of any municipality of this state where the bonded indebtedness thereof shall exceed fifteen percent of its total assessed valuation as shown by the last assessment preceding such investment.History: L. 1938, ch. 39, § 3; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 22; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1339 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1339 Same; control of permanent fund; custodian.

17-1339. Same; control of permanent fund; custodian. The board of directors of such cemetery district shall have entire control of raising such permanent fund, the loaning of the same, and collecting and disbursing the income therefrom. The treasurer shall be custodian of such fund.History: L. 1938, ch. 39, § 4; March 5.
KS Stat § 17-1341 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1341 Same; conveyance of city cemetery; ordinance.

17-1341. Same; conveyance of city cemetery; ordinance. That any city located within the boundaries of any such cemetery district which is operating and maintaining a city cemetery, if so requested in writing by the board of directors of such cemetery district, may by ordinance duly passed and adopted by its governing body, relinquish, transfer and convey to said cemetery district the said city cemetery.History: L. 1939, ch. 156, § 4; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1342 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1342 Cemetery districts; establishment by city of second or third class and townships.

17-1342. Cemetery districts; establishment by city of second or third class and townships. Any city of the second or third class is hereby authorized to join with any one or more townships or portions of one or more townships in the maintenance and improvement of any cemetery within such city or townships, as hereinafter provided.History: L. 1941, ch. 176, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 189, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1343 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1343 Same; petition to county commissioners.

17-1343. Same; petition to county commissioners. Upon the presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city and townships, or the greater portion thereof, are located of a petition signed by not less than sixty percent of the qualified electors of each of said townships or parts of said townships of said proposed district outside the limits of incorporated cities, to be determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said proposed district, it shall be the duty of said board of commissioners, at its next regular meeting to examine said petition and if they find that the same is regular and in due form as is herein provided, they shall enter an order in their proceedings establishing said cemetery district. Said petition shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed by the governing body of a city within such district which now owns a cemetery, which resolution shall state that said city agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of the proposed cemetery district.History: L. 1941, ch. 176, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1345 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1345 Disorganization of township cemetery and formation of district; petition; transfer of property.

17-1345. Disorganization of township cemetery and formation of district; petition; transfer of property. Whenever a petition setting forth a proposed cemetery district (which includes territory wherein an existing township cemetery is located) and a proposal to disorganize the existing township cemetery, signed by not less than fifty-one percent of the qualified electors of said proposed district, to be determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said proposed district, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which lies the greatest portion of the territory comprising said district, in favor of such petition together with a resolution unanimously adopted and signed by the members of the township board of the township having such township cemetery which is to be disorganized stating that said township board agrees and consents to the disorganization of said township cemetery, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine said petition and resolution and, if it finds that said petition and resolution are regular and in the form herein prescribed and that there is no outstanding indebtedness against said township cemetery district and that said township board is willing to convey all right, title and interest of said township in and to said cemetery to the proposed new cemetery district, it shall enter an order in its proceedings disorganizing said township cemetery district and establishing said proposed cemetery district.Thereupon, the township board of the township shall convey all right, title and interest in and to said township cemetery to the newly organized cemetery district. Such conveyance shall be made by a deed signed and acknowledged by the township trustee. Immediately upon the selection and qualification of the treasurer of the new cemetery district, the township treasurer shall pay over to such cemetery district treasurer all funds and moneys in his hands together with all moneys and funds in the county treasury which have been collected for cemetery purposes by such township.History: L. 1943, ch. 330, § 1; June 28.
KS Stat § 17-1346 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1346 Same; application of laws.

17-1346. Same; application of laws. The provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330, 17-1330a, 17-1331, 17-1333, 17-1334, 17-1335, 17-1337, 17-1338 and 17-1339 shall apply to the said cemetery district established by the board of county commissioners and all the rights, powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction conferred by said sections on cemetery districts are hereby conferred on the cemetery district and the board of directors thereof established and provided for under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1943, ch. 330, § 2; June 28.
KS Stat § 17-1347 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1347 Reversion of unused grave spaces conveyed to patriotic organizations.

17-1347. Reversion of unused grave spaces conveyed to patriotic organizations. In any city or other cemetery wherein blocks of grave spaces were conveyed to patriotic organizations for the interment of war dead and such organizations are now defunct, the title to the unused grave spaces shall revert to the city or other existing cemetery organization as of the effective date of this act, and the city or the existing cemetery organization is hereby authorized to convey such unused grave spaces to any existing patriotic organization for the interment of war dead.History: L. 1949, ch. 126, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1348 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1348 Certain charitable purpose corporations; joint custody of assets.

17-1348. Certain charitable purpose corporations; joint custody of assets. Any cemetery corporation now organized or existing, or which may be hereafter organized, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a cemetery or cemeteries for charitable purposes and having or acquiring a perpetual care or permanent maintenance fund containing assets of at least $100,000, may by action of its governing board enter into an agreement with a bank, having its principal office in this state, for the joint custody of such assets, which assets are to be deposited for safekeeping with such bank and such joint custody to be between the treasurer and governing body of such corporation and the bank. Whenever such assets are so deposited with a bank, the treasurer of such corporation may be relieved from furnishing any surety bond relative thereto otherwise required by law.History: L. 1951, ch. 215, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 79; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1349 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1349 Same; investment standards; acquisition of property.

17-1349. Same; investment standards; acquisition of property. In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of any cemetery corporation now or hereafter organized as provided in K.S.A. 17-1348, and amendments thereto, the governing board shall exercise such judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of its capital.Within the limitations of the foregoing, the governing board of the cemetery corporation is authorized to acquire and retain every kind of property, real, personal or mixed, and every kind of investment, specifically but not by way of limitation, bonds, debentures and other corporate obligations, or loans secured by real estate mortgages, and stocks, preferred or common, which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence acquire or retain for their own account, and within the limitations of the foregoing, the governing board of the cemetery corporation may retain property properly acquired, without limitation as to time and without regard to its suitability for original purchase.History: L. 1951, ch. 215, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 44, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1350 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1350 Dissolution of certain cemetery districts; determination of facts.

17-1350. Dissolution of certain cemetery districts; determination of facts. Whenever any public utility, governmental agency of this state, or the United States, having the power of eminent domain, shall have determined it to be necessary to acquire for public use the existing property owned by any cemetery district in this state, the directors of such cemetery district may present a petition to the district court of the county in which such cemetery property is located, verified by such directors, setting forth such facts and praying that an order be made by the court determining whether such facts exist.History: L. 1953, ch. 137, § 1; March 27.
KS Stat § 17-1351 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1351 Same; findings; notice to owners of intention to dissolve district.

17-1351. Same; findings; notice to owners of intention to dissolve district. Such petition shall be heard immediately by such district court, and if the district court shall find that the facts specifically set out in K.S.A. 17-1350 exist, the court shall direct that process be issued in said action notifying all persons owning lots or places of burial in such cemetery, as far as can be determined from the records of such cemetery district, of the intention of the cemetery district to request the dissolution of such cemetery district, such process to be issued by personal service or by publication service in accordance with sections 60-2525 to 60-2527, both sections inclusive, of the General Statutes Supplement of 1951.History: L. 1953, ch. 137, § 2; March 27.
KS Stat § 17-1352 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1352 Same; hearing; determination; authority to contract, when.

17-1352. Same; hearing; determination; authority to contract, when. After service, as provided in the preceding section, has been made, a hearing shall be had by said district court, to determine whether such cemetery district should be dissolved, and the property rights of persons living or dead either owning cemetery lots in said cemetery, or buried therein, shall be dissolved and set aside, and, whether it would be to the best interests of all parties concerned for said bodies to be disinterred from said cemetery and reburied in another cemetery or cemeteries. If the court shall find in the affirmative, then the directors of such cemetery district shall be authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the sale of such cemetery property to such governmental agency or public utility, subject to the approval of the court, and also to enter into a contract or contracts for the removal and reburial of all persons buried in said cemetery, subject to the approval of the court.History: L. 1953, ch. 137, § 3; March 27.
KS Stat § 17-1353 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1353 Same; acquisition of locations in certain existing cemeteries.

17-1353. Same; acquisition of locations in certain existing cemeteries. The directors of such cemetery district shall then be authorized to acquire by purchase suitable cemetery lots, or burial locations in other existing cemeteries within a radius of fifty (50) miles of such cemetery, for the reburial of all bodies in such cemetery.History: L. 1953, ch. 137, § 4; March 27.
KS Stat § 17-1354 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1354 Same; dissolution of district by court, when; deed; report, approval; order; recordation.

17-1354. Same; dissolution of district by court, when; deed; report, approval; order; recordation. Upon the removal and reburial of all bodies, together with the relocation of all markers, monuments and other identifying medium, the court shall be advised of such fact by the directors of such cemetery district, and, if the court finds all of the terms of said contract or contracts have been carried out, the court can declare such cemetery district to be dissolved, and authorize the directors of such cemetery district to execute a deed to such cemetery property to the governmental agency involved. The directors of such cemetery district shall report all payments to the court, and, if approved by the court, the court shall order such cemetery district to pay all costs and expenses from the money received for the sale of such property, a copy of which order shall be filed with the county clerk of the county or counties in which such cemetery district is located, and thereupon such cemetery district shall cease to become a taxing unit.History: L. 1953, ch. 137, § 5; March 27.
KS Stat § 17-1355 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1355 Certain districts in counties over 250,000; tax levies, when; limitation.

17-1355. Certain districts in counties over 250,000; tax levies, when; limitation. This act shall apply to any cemetery district, not within any incorporated city, which constitutes a group of four (4) cemeteries and which district is located in a county having a population of not less than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000). If a majority of the qualified electors of said district present at the annual cemetery district meeting shall determine the amount of additional tax necessary to be levied, not to exceed one (1) mill on all the taxable property of the district, for the purchase of additional land for said cemetery and for the improvement thereof, the directors may submit same to the board of county commissioners of such county and said tax shall be levied on all the taxable property of said cemetery district: Provided, Such tax shall not be levied more than two (2) years.History: L. 1959, ch. 145, § 1; June 30.