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KS Stat § 24-617 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-617 Appeal from decision of board; bond; transcript; procedure.

24-617. Appeal from decision of board; bond; transcript; procedure. Any person or corporation who has filed objections and had a hearing as herein provided feeling aggrieved by the decision and judgment of the said board of supervisors, may appeal to the district court within and for the county in which said drainage district was originally established, upon giving a bond conditioned the same as in appeals to the district court in civil actions from justices of the peace in this state, and payable to said drainage corporation, and in addition thereto conditioned that they will pay all damages which may accrue to said drainage district by reason of said appeal, which bond shall be approved by the secretary of said board of supervisors, and filed with said secretary within ten days after the rendition of the decision appealed from. Within ten days after the filing of said bond said secretary shall make and file a transcript of said hearing together with all the papers relating thereto, with the clerk of the district court, to which said matter has been appealed.Upon the filing of said transcript and bond the said district court shall have jurisdiction of said cause, and the same shall be docketed and filed as in appeals in other civil actions to said court, and said court shall hear and determine all such objections in a summary manner as a case in equity, and shall increase or reduce the amount of benefit on any tract where the same may be required in order to make the apportionment equitable. All objections that may be filed shall be heard and determined by said court as one proceeding and only one transcript of the final order of the board of supervisors fixing the apportionments or benefits shall be required. The clerk of the district court shall forthwith certify the decision of the court to the board of supervisors who shall take such action as may be rendered necessary by such decisions.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 17; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-617.
KS Stat § 24-619 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-619 Supplemental assessments.

24-619. Supplemental assessments. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors that the levy theretofore made will be insufficient to pay the cost of the improvement or to pay the interest and principal of the bonds which the district desires to issue to pay the cost of such improvement and that therefore a supplemental assessment is necessary to be made as in this act provided, the board shall by resolution duly passed and entered in the record of its proceedings, declare the amount of such deficit and the purposes to which such additional assessment should be applied and shall thereupon cause to be made a supplemental assessment roll which shall apportion the amount necessary to be raised and declared as aforesaid upon the lands in the proportion of the former assessment, and shall set opposite each parcel of land (described by its legal description) the amount of such supplemental assessment expressed in dollars and cents.But upon said roll the real estate and the amount of the several assessments may be described by current and usual abbreviations if the board so desire. And thereupon the board shall proceed to enter judgment by confirmation upon said supplemental assessment roll. Said supplemental levy or assessment shall be levied and certified in all respects as herein provided for levy and assessment of taxes. And from time to time and as often as occasion may arise, supplemental assessments may be levied as in this section provided. In the event that any supplemental assessment is levied before any bonds are issued by the district, it shall be divided into installments payable when the installments of the first or original assessment is payable and shall be collected therewith, and together they shall constitute one fund against which drainage bonds may be issued as in said act to which this is an amendment provided.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 19; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-619.
KS Stat § 24-620 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-620 Expenses apportioned to street, highway or railroad; collection.

24-620. Expenses apportioned to street, highway or railroad; collection. That when any ditch, drain, improved watercourse, dike, levee or other drainage improvement located and established under this act crosses, drains or protects, either in whole or in part, any street, highway, public or corporate road or any railroad, or benefits any or either of said streets, road or railroad the board of supervisors shall apportion and set off to the county if a county road, or township if a township road, or to a company if incorporated, or a railroad or to a city or village if a street or alley, a portion of the costs and expenses of the whole drainage improvement the same as to private individuals and in proportion to the benefits conferred by such drainage improvement in said streets, roads and railroads.Any apportionment of the costs and expenses of the drainage improvements that may be levied as a special tax or assessment against the property of any corporate road, or any railroad or any telegraph or telephone company for benefits accruing to the property of any said corporations situated within the physical boundaries of such drainage district, shall be enforced and collected in the same manner that state and county taxes are enforced against them under the general revenue law of the state. Any apportionment of the costs and expenses aforesaid to a county, township, city or village shall be filed as a claim with the county, township, or city clerk as the case may be, and may be enforced and collected as other judgments against such corporations are enforced and collected.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 20; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-620.
KS Stat § 24-621 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-621 Issuance of bonds; levy to pay bonds; temporary loan.

24-621. Issuance of bonds; levy to pay bonds; temporary loan. The board of supervisors may issue negotiable general obligation bonds of the drainage district in an amount not in excess of the total cost of the project completed as provided by this act. Such bonds shall bear interest, be authorized, issued, registered by the state treasurer and sold in accordance with the general bond law.Before such bonds are issued any person or corporation whose land or property has been assessed for benefits by the district, may pay the total amount of the cost and expenses apportioned to and levied as a tax against such lands and property or any lot, tract, or subdivision thereof as set out in the assessment roll. The amount of bonds to be issued shall be reduced by the amount paid.When such payment has been made to the board of supervisors they shall place the sum received in the depository provided by this act and shall give such owner an acquittance showing such payment. The lands and property upon which payment has been made shall be released from the lien of such drainage tax and the bonds and the interest thereon shall be chargeable solely against the lots, tracts, lands and property not making such payment. The drainage district board shall certify to the county clerk a list of the lands and property recorded in the office of the county clerk. Before funds can be secured by the levy of a tax or the sale of bonds, the board of supervisors of such drainage district shall have power to borrow money and pledge the credit of the district for the payment of the same with interest in any sum not to exceed $5,000 to pay the necessary cost and expense of the organization and incorporation of the district and all other legitimate charges and expenses incurred by the board and its officers and employees in performing the services and duties required of them by this act.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 21; L. 1911, H.J.R. No. 15, p. 277; R.S. 1923, 24-621; L. 1981, ch. 163, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-622 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-622 Resolution for bond issue.

24-622. Resolution for bond issue. Before issuing any bonds the board shall pass a formal resolution in which shall be found and declared (1) the total amount of the tax as confirmed (both by the original and by the supplemental assessment, if any), (2) and the total amount of the deductions if any thereon, (3) the estimated cost of collection, and (4) the total amount of the next tax available for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds the district shall intend to issue. The board shall then in said resolution divide the total levy theretofore made into convenient installments, and opposite each shall set the year in which they shall become payable respectively. The board shall then (in said resolution) authorize the bonds which the district proposes to issue, fixing the terms, date and maturities thereof in such a manner that the installments of tax will be sufficient to pay the corresponding installments of bonds as and when they become due. In the same resolution the board shall provide that in due time, manner and season it will cause the annual levy to be made in compliance with such resolution, and thereupon the fund to the extent that it may be necessary to pay said bonds shall be pledged and hypothecated to the payment of said bonds which said pledge and hypothecation to the amount so expressed and declared shall be superior to any other charge against the same.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 2; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-622.
KS Stat § 24-623 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-623 Lien of assessments; sinking fund.

24-623. Lien of assessments; sinking fund. All the assessments of real property and easements shall be a lien against the said property assessed from and after the first day of November in the year in which it is assessed and shall draw interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the 10th day of May of the year following such assessment. And such lien is not removed until the assessments in the same manner as other taxes against real estate are collected, and the taxation laws of the state for the collection and sale of land for such taxes are hereby made applicable to the collection of assessments under this act and when bonds have been issued by the drainage district the taxes so collected to pay the same shall constitute a sinking fund to be used for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon.History: R.S. 1923, 24-623; L. 2010, ch. 26, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-624 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-624 Sale of bonds; use of proceeds; deposit of money.

24-624. Sale of bonds; use of proceeds; deposit of money. The board may sell bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous, to raise money for the construction of ditches and works and the acquisition of rights of way and property and otherwise to carry out the object and purpose of this act. Such bonds shall be sold as provided by law. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds or any of them, shall be used to pay for the works and improvements in the drainage of the district, and such costs, expenses, fees and salaries as may be authorized by law. The money derived from the sale of any bonds shall be deposited by the board of supervisors with some bank in any county in the district under such conditions as the board may prescribe and may be withdrawn from such depositary when ordered by the board on check or warrant signed by the chairperson and countersigned by the secretary thereof. And such depositary shall execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of such drainage district a bond with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the board of supervisors, conditioned that such depositary shall account for, safely keep and pay over as required by law and as ordered to do by the board of supervisors any and all money received by such depositary, on account, for the drainage district.History: R.S. 1923, 24-624;  L. 1989, ch. 48, § 83; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-625 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-625 Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property.

24-625. Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property. In order to effect the drainage of said district the board is authorized to clean out and remove all obstructions from the bed of any stream, creek, bayou, or any other watercourse in said district, to straighten or shorten and deepen or widen the course in said district, to straighten the bed of any stream and construct a new channel therefor, and to fill up any channel, or part of a channel of any stream, creek, bayou, or other watercourse in order to turn the direction of the volume of water or to concentrate the water so as to deepen and form a new main channel.The said board shall have the power to construct the said works across any street, avenue, highway, railway, ditch or flume which the route of said ditches may intersect or cross, in such a manner as to afford security for life and property but the said board shall restore the same, when so crossed or intersected, to its former state as near as may be, or in a sufficient manner not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness; and every company whose railroad shall be intersected and crossed by said works shall unite with said board in forming said intersections and crossings and shall grant the privilege aforesaid; and if such railroad company and said board, or the owners and controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid therefor, or the points or the manner of said crossings, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as is provided in respect to the taking of land. The right of way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart, to locate, construct and maintain said works over and through any of the lands which are now, or may be property of the state.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 25; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-625.
KS Stat § 24-626 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-626 Letting of contracts for improvements; bond of contractor; work under direction of drain commissioner.

24-626. Letting of contracts for improvements; bond of contractor; work under direction of drain commissioner. After the board of supervisors have certified the total levy of the costs and expenses of the drainage improvements to the county clerk as directed by this act, they may proceed to let a contract for the construction of such improvements; and for that purpose they shall give notice by publication thereof for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the drainage district is situated, and in such other newspapers as they may deem advisable, calling for sealed bids for the construction of said improvements or any part thereof, notifying the public thereby of the time and place where such bids will be received and opened, and where the plans and specifications may be seen.On the day fixed the board shall open and consider the bids and may let the contract for the whole work, or any part thereof, to the lowest responsible bidder, or may reject any and all bids and readvertise for proposals, or may proceed to construct the work under their own superitendence. Contract for the purchase of materials shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The person to whom a contract is awarded shall enter into a bond with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the board, payable to the district for its use, for the amount of the contract price, conditioned for the faithful performance of such contract. The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the drain commissioner, and subject to the approval of the board.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 26; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-626.
KS Stat § 24-627 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-627 Scope of act.

24-627. Scope of act. None of the provisions of this act shall be construed as repealing or in any wise modifying the provisions of any other act relating to the subject of draining, reclaiming, or protecting swamp, overflowed, or submerged lands. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any person or persons to divert the water of any river, creek, stream, canal, or ditch from its channel to the detriment of any person or persons having any interest in such river, creek, stream, canal, or ditch, or the waters therein, unless previous compensation be ascertained and paid therefor, under the laws of this state authorizing the taking of private property for public use.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 27; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-627.
KS Stat § 24-628 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-628 Outlet or discharge of more than one district into stream; apportionment of cost.

24-628. Outlet or discharge of more than one district into stream; apportionment of cost. When two or more districts have their outlet or discharge into the same natural or man-made watercourse or stream and it becomes necessary to maintain, deepen, enlarge or otherwise improve the natural or man-made watercourse or stream each district shall be assessed for the cost of such work in the same ratio to such total cost as the discharge of waters of such district bears to the combined discharge of waters of all districts emptying into the natural or man-made watercourse or stream. No district shall be liable to contribute for any improvement or costs and expenses incurred in improving the natural or man-made watercourse or stream above the point of discharge of the waters of such district into such natural or man-made watercourse.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 28; R.S. 1923, 24-628; L. 1996, ch. 92, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-629 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-629 Outlet for lateral drains.

24-629. Outlet for lateral drains. The owner of any land, lot or premises that have been assessed for the payment of the cost of the location and construction of any ditch, drain or watercourse, as hereinbefore provided, shall have the right to use the ditch, drain or watercourse as an outlet for lateral drains from said land, lot or premises.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 29; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-629.
KS Stat § 24-630 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-630 Subdistrict where land separated from drainage; petition.

24-630. Subdistrict where land separated from drainage; petition. If any person who owns land within the drainage district which has been assessed for benefits and which is separated from the ditch, drain or watercourse for which it has been assessed, by the land of another or others, shall desire to ditch or drain his said land across the land of such other or others into such ditch, drain or watercourse and shall be unable to agree with such other or others on the terms and conditions on which he may enter upon their lands and construct such drain or ditch, he may proceed in the manner in this act provided, and the ditch or drain which he shall construct or cause to be constructed shall be considered to be conducive to the public health, welfare, convenience and utility to promote which said drainage district was established.He may file his petition with the clerk of the district court asking the said court to establish a subdistrict within the limits of the original district for the purpose of securing more complete drainage, describing the lands to be affected thereby by metes and bounds or otherwise so as to convey an intelligent description of such lands; and all proceedings shall be the same as herein provided for the establishment, formation and construction of original districts and improvements thereof including the assessment of damages, the assessment of benefits and when established and constructed, it shall be and become a part of the drainage system of such drainage district and be under the control and supervision of the board of supervisors.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 30; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-630.
KS Stat § 24-632 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-632 Warrants.

24-632. Warrants. The law of this state, under which county warrants are issued, sold, transferred, assigned, presented for payment and paid, shall apply to all warrants issued by virtue of this act.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 32; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-632.
KS Stat § 24-633 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-633 Compensation and expenses of officers and employees.

24-633. Compensation and expenses of officers and employees. The board of supervisors, except where otherwise provided shall by resolution, at time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney, or other employee, and shall also pay the fees of all court and county officers who may by virtue of this act render service to said district.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 33; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-633.
KS Stat § 24-634 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-634 Levy upon lands for repair of improvements; assessment of costs where repair made necessary by negligence of landowner.

24-634. Levy upon lands for repair of improvements; assessment of costs where repair made necessary by negligence of landowner. If at any time after the final construction of said improvements the same shall become out of repair, obstructed, inefficient, or defective from any cause, the said board of supervisors may order an assessment upon the lands in said drainage district for the purpose of placing the same in proper and suitable condition for drainage purposes, using the original assessment upon the property in said district as a basis to ascertain the ratio that each separate tract or lot of land or property bears to the whole amount to be levied and said board shall fix and determine the amount of the assessment or tax that shall be levied against each separate piece of property in said district, and to meet the requirements of this act, which said assessment shall be limited to the amount necessary to make and complete said repairs, remove said obstruction or remedy any such defect or defects, and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other assessments provided for in this act for the location, construction and operation of said system of drainage are collected and expended: Provided, That if the repair is made necessary by the act or negligence of the owner of any land through which such improvement is constructed, or by the act or negligence of his agent or employee, or if the same is filled and obstructed by the cattle, hogs or other stock of such owner, employee or agent then the cost thereof shall be assessed and levied against the lands of such owner alone.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 34; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-634.