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KS Stat § 12-2825 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2825 Contracts with labor organizations.

12-2825. Contracts with labor organizations. The board may deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions and pension or retirement provisions: Provided, Nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours of labor in excess of those provided by law or to permit working conditions prohibited by law. In case of dispute over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or pension or retirement provisions the board may arbitrate any question or questions and may agree with such accredited representatives or labor organization that the decision of a majority of any arbitration board shall be final, provided each party shall agree in advance to pay half of the expense of such arbitration.No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor organization, association, group or individual for the employment of members of such organization, association, group or individual for the construction, improvement, maintenance, operation or administration of any property, plant or facilities under the jurisdiction of the authority, where such organization, association, group or individual denies on the ground of race, creed or color, membership and equal opportunities for employment to any citizen of Kansas.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 25; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2826 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2826 Rules and regulations; rates, fares and charges; free transportation, certain.

12-2826. Rules and regulations; rates, fares and charges; free transportation, certain. The board shall make all rules and regulations governing the operation of the transportation system, shall determine all routings and change the same whenever it is deemed advisable by the board, subject to the provisions of any ordinance granting rights to the authority.The board shall fix rates, fares and charges for transportation, provided that they shall be at all times sufficient in the aggregate to provide revenues (a) for the payment of the interest on and principal of all bonds, certificates and other obligations payable from said revenues and to meet all other charges upon such revenues as provided by any trust agreement executed by the authority in connection with the issuance of bonds or certificates under this act, (b) for the payment of all operating costs and all other costs and charges incidental to the operation of the transportation system, (c) for the payment of all costs and charges incurred pursuant by [to] this act and any other costs and charges for acquisition, installation, construction, or for replacement or reconstruction of equipment, structures or rights of way not financed through issuance of bonds or certificates under this act, and (d) for any compensation required to be paid to any municipality for the use of streets, subways and other public ways.The board may provide free transportation within any municipality in which they are employed for firemen, when in uniform, and policemen when in uniform or when not in uniform and certified for special duty, and for employees of the authority when in uniform or upon presentation of identification as such employees, and may enter into agreements with the United States post office department for the transportation of mail, and the payment of compensation to the authority in lieu of fares for the transportation of letter carriers, when in uniform at all times.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 26; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2827 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2827 Property and facilities, regulations.

12-2827. Property and facilities, regulations. The board shall have power to make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to the authority.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 27; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2829 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2829 Advertisements for bids; awarding of contracts.

12-2829. Advertisements for bids; awarding of contracts. Advertisements for bids shall be published once in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the metropolitan area, at least 10 calendar days before the time for receiving bids. The advertisement shall also be posted on readily accessible bulletin boards in the principal office of the authority. The advertisement shall state the time and place for receiving and opening bids and, by reference to plans and specifications on file at the time of the first publication or in the advertisement itself, shall describe the character of the proposed contract in sufficient detail to fully advise prospective bidders of their obligations and to insure free and open competitive bidding.All bids in response to advertisement shall be sealed and shall be publicly opened by the board, and all bidders shall be entitled to be present in person or by representatives. Cash or a certified or satisfactory cashier's check, as a deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount to be fixed by the board before advertising for bids, shall be required with the proposal of each bidder. Bond for faithful performance of the contract with surety or sureties satisfactory to the board and adequate insurance may be required in reasonable amounts fixed by the board before advertising for bids.The contract shall be awarded as promptly as possible after the opening of bids. The bid of the successful bidder, as well as the bids of the unsuccessful bidders, shall be placed on file and be open to public inspection. All bids shall be void if any disclosure of the terms of any bid in response to an advertisement is made or permitted to be made by the board before the time fixed for opening bids.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 29; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 30; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-2830 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2830 Fiscal year; budget.

12-2830. Fiscal year; budget. The board shall establish a fiscal operating year. At least thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority, and annually thereafter, the board shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget which shall include all operation and maintenance expense for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budget shall be considered by the board and, subject to any revision and amendments as may be determined, shall be adopted prior to the first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budget for that year. No expenditures for operations and maintenance in excess of the budget shall be made during any fiscal year except by the affirmative vote of at least four members of the board. It shall not be necessary to include in the annual budget any statement of necessary expenditures for pensions or retirement annuities, or for interest or principal payments on bonds or certificates, or for capital outlays, but it shall be the duty of the board to make provisions for payment of same from appropriate funds.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 30; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2831 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2831 Same; financial statements.

12-2831. Same; financial statements. As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and financial statement of its operation and of its assets and liabilities. A reasonable sufficient number of copies of such report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested and copies of such report shall be filed with the city clerk of the governing body adopting this act.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 31; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2832 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2832 Modernization of system; fund; loans.

12-2832. Modernization of system; fund; loans. It shall be the duty of the board, as promptly as possible, to rehabilitate, reconstruct and modernize all portions of any transportation system acquired by the authority and to maintain at all times an adequate and modern transportation system suitable and adapted to the needs of the municipalities served by the authority, and for safe, comfortable and convenient service. To that end the board shall establish a modernization fund which shall include, but is not limited to, cash in renewal, equipment or depreciation funds which are part of a private transportation system acquired by the authority and any excess cash derived from the sale of revenue bonds or certificates. The moneys in the modernization fund shall be disbursed for the purpose of acquiring or constructing extensions and improvements and betterment of the system, to make replacements of property damaged or destroyed or in necessary cases where depreciation fund is insufficient, to purchase and cancel its revenue bonds and certificates prior to their maturity at the price of not to exceed their par value, and to redeem and cancel its revenue bonds and certificates according to their terms. The board may make temporary loans from the modernization fund for use as initial working capital.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 32; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2833 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2833 Same; depreciation policy.

12-2833. Same; depreciation policy. To assure modern, attractive transportation service the board may establish a depreciation policy which makes provision for the continuous and prompt replacement of worn out and obsolete property and the board may make provision for such depreciation of the property of the authority as is not offset by current expenditures for maintenance, repairs and replacements under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board. The board from time to time shall make a determination of the relationship between the service condition of the properties of the authority and the then established depreciation rates and reserves and from time to time may make adjustments or modifications of such rates in such amounts as it may deem appropriate because of experienced and estimated consumption of service life of road, plant, and equipment.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 33; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2834 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2834 Operating expenses; damage reserve fund; liability insurance.

12-2834. Operating expenses; damage reserve fund; liability insurance. The board shall withdraw from the gross receipts of the authority and charge to operating expenses such an amount of money as in the opinion of the board shall be sufficient to provide for the adjustment, defense and satisfaction of all suits, claims, demands, rights and causes of action and the payment and satisfaction of all judgments entered against the authority for damage caused by injury to or death of any person and for damage to property resulting from the construction, maintenance and operation of the transportation system and the board shall deposit such moneys in a fund to be known and designated as the damage reserve fund.The board shall use the moneys in the damage reserve fund to pay all expenses and costs arising from the adjustment, defense and satisfaction of all suits, claims, demands, rights and causes of action and the payment and satisfaction of all judgments entered against the authority for damages caused by injury to or death of any person and for damage to property resulting from the construction, maintenance and operation of the transportation system. At any time and from time to time the board may obtain and maintain insurance coverage or protection partially or wholly insuring or indemnifying the authority against loss or liability on account of injury to or death of any person and for damage to property resulting from the construction, maintenance and operations of the transportation system. The cost of obtaining and maintaining such insurance shall be paid out of the moneys in the damage reserve fund. All moneys received from such insurance coverage or protection shall be paid into the damage reserve fund.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 34; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2835 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2835 Special funds; creation; use.

12-2835. Special funds; creation; use. The authority pursuant to resolutions adopted from time to time by the board may establish and create such other and additional special funds as may be found desirable by the board and in and by such ordinances may provide for payments into all special funds from specified sources with such preferences and priorities as may be deemed advisable and may also by any such resolution provide for the custody, disbursement and application of any moneys in any such special funds consistent with the provisions of this act.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 35; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2836 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2836 Limitation of actions for injuries; time for filing notice.

12-2836. Limitation of actions for injuries; time for filing notice. No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the authority by any person for any injury to his or her person unless it is commenced within two years from the date that the injury was received or the cause of action accrued. Within one year from the date that such an injury was received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is about to commence any civil action in any court against the authority for damages on account of any injury to his or her person shall file in the office of the secretary of the board and also in the office of the general attorney for the authority either by himself or herself, his or her agent, or attorney, a statement, in writing, signed by himself or herself, his or her agent, or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the person injured, the date and about the hour of the accident, the place or location where the accident occurred and the name and address of the attending physician, if any. If the notice provided for by this section is not filed as provided, any such civil action commenced against the authority shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any personal injury shall be forever barred from further suing.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 36; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2837 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2837 Investigations by transit board; testimony.

12-2837. Investigations by transit board; testimony. The board may investigate all means of transportation and the management thereof, the enforcement of its rules and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the authority. In the conduct of such investigations the board may hold public hearings on its own motion, and shall do so on complaint or petition of any municipality which has adopted this act or which has granted rights to the authority by ordinance. Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths, and the secretary, by order of the board shall issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigations and to any hearing before the board or any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the board to hear any complaint of an officer or employee who has been discharged or demoted.Any district court of this state or any judge thereof, either in term time or vacation, upon application of the board, or any member thereof, may in his or her discretion compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the board or before any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the board, by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before said court.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 37; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2838 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2838 Invalidity of part.

12-2838. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this act and the invalidity thereof shall not affect any of the other provisions of this act. If the application of any provision of this act to any person or circumstance is held invalid it shall not affect the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 38; April 13.
KS Stat § 12-2839 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2839 Adoption of ordinance; election required.

12-2839. Adoption of ordinance; election required. The provisions of this act shall be adopted by ordinance at any regular meeting, adjourned meeting or special meeting called for such purpose. Any such ordinance shall not take effect unless and until the question of the approval of such ordinance has been submitted to a vote of the electors of the city and a majority of those voting on the question shall have voted in favor thereof. The election and vote on any such ordinance shall be called, held and conducted in like manner as provided by the general bond law.History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 39; L. 1984, ch. 76, § 3; April 5.
KS Stat § 12-2840 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 28 - Public Transportation|12-2840 Reimbursement of motor-fuel and special fuel taxes paid, when; ordinance; payment from street fund.

12-2840. Reimbursement of motor-fuel and special fuel taxes paid, when; ordinance; payment from street fund. The governing body of any city may provide by ordinance for the reimbursement to any person, firm, or corporation of all or any part of the motor-fuel tax or the special fuel tax imposed by law which has been paid by such person, firm, or corporation on motor fuels or special fuels used for the purpose of operating or propelling motor vehicles in connection with the transportation of persons in the operation of a franchised mass public transportation system over fixed routes within such city and its immediate environs. Such reimbursements shall be paid from the street fund of such city to which is credited funds received under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-3425b.History: L. 1959, ch. 396, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 12-2901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 29 - Interlocal Cooperation|12-2901 Purpose of act.

12-2901. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities, persons, associations and corporations on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 1; March 25.
KS Stat § 12-2902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 29 - Interlocal Cooperation|12-2902 Short title.

12-2902. Short title. This act may be cited as the interlocal cooperation act.History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 2; March 25.
KS Stat § 12-2903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 29 - Interlocal Cooperation|12-2903 Definitions.

12-2903. Definitions. As used in the interlocal cooperation act:(a) "Public agency" means:(1) Any county, township, city, school district, library district, road district, drainage district, sewer district, water district or fire district;(2) any entity created pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq. or chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;(3) any other municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state or of any other state which is not specified in paragraphs (1) and (2);(4) any state officer; and(5) any agency or instrumentality of this state or any other state or of the United States.(b) "State" means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.(c) "Private agency" means an individual, firm, association or corporation.(d) "State officer" shall mean the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner of the state of Kansas.(e) "Native American Indian tribes" shall mean federally-recognized Native American Indian tribes.(f) "Gaming compact" shall mean a gaming compact as defined by K.S.A. 46-2301, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 3; L. 1968, ch. 221, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 126, § 1; May 23.
KS Stat § 12-2905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 29 - Interlocal Cooperation|12-2905 Same; filing; status; damage or liability actions.

12-2905. Same; filing; status; damage or liability actions. Prior to its entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this act shall be filed with the register of deeds of the county where such political subdivision or agency of the state government is located and with the secretary of state. In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this act is between or among one or more public agencies of this state and one or more public agencies of another state or of the United States, said agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall be real parties in interest and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable against any public or private agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 5; March 25.
KS Stat § 12-2906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 29 - Interlocal Cooperation|12-2906 Same; additional approval of certain agreements; insurance-pooling agreements.

12-2906. Same; additional approval of certain agreements; insurance-pooling agreements. In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this act shall deal in whole or in part with the provisions of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by the state officer or agency as to all matters within such officer's or agency's jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the attorney general pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2904(f), and amendments thereto. This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the requirement of submission to and approval by the attorney general.Any agreement to participate in a group-funded pool or any other insurance-pooling arrangement shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-2616 to 12-2629.History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 6; L. 1987, ch. 74, § 15; May 28.