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KS Stat § 80-1913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1913 Same; fire company, government and maintenance; compensation.

80-1913. Same; fire company, government and maintenance; compensation. The township board may organize a fire company and prescribe rules of duty and the government thereof, and make all necessary appropriations therefor and for the maintenance and operation of its equipment from the general fund of the township and to compensate employees of the fire company. The board may:(a) Pay compensation to volunteer members of the fire company for fighting fires, responding to emergencies or attending meetings; and(b) pay for the acquisition, installation or maintenance of one or more fire hydrants, or similar devices for fighting fires, including necessary equipment, services or supplies related thereto.The acquisition, installation and maintenance shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the governing body of the fire district and the governing body of the rural water district which owns, operates or maintains the water line on which the fire hydrant, or other similar device for fighting fires, is to be installed.History: L. 1945, ch. 388, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 26, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1914 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1914 Fire department in townships in certain counties over 150,000; election.

80-1914. Fire department in townships in certain counties over 150,000; election. The provisions of this act shall apply only to townships which do not have a fire department at the time this act takes effect and which are located in counties having a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand and have an assessed tangible valuation of less than one hundred fifty million dollars: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any such township unless and until the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act has been submitted to the qualified electors of such township at a special election called for that purpose or at any regular election and the majority of those voting on the question shall have declared by their votes to be in favor of the adoption of the provisions of this act. The township board shall have the power to call such election and submit such question to the electors of the township boards and fire departments of such townships.History: L. 1947, ch. 489, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1915 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1915 Same; township board defined.

80-1915. Same; township board defined. As used in this act, the phrase "township board" means the township trustee, township clerk and the township treasurer acting as a board.History: L. 1947, ch. 489, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1916 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1916 Same; creation and operation of fire department; tax levies.

80-1916. Same; creation and operation of fire department; tax levies. Any such township may create a township fire department to furnish fire protection within such township and such fire department shall be operated under the direction of the township board and such board shall have power to levy an annual tax on all the taxable tangible property in such township, for the purpose of paying the expenses of equipping, operating and maintaining such fire department.History: L. 1947, ch. 489, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 9; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 64; May 27.
KS Stat § 80-1917 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1917 Same; control; employees; volunteer members; compensation, clothing and equipment; insurance.

80-1917. Same; control; employees; volunteer members; compensation, clothing and equipment; insurance. The township board shall have full direction and control over the operation of such township fire department. The board shall have the power to:(a) Select regular employees, provide for their compensation, and furnish quarters for such employees and their families if deemed desirable;(b) provide for the organization of volunteer members of such department and pay compensation to such members for fighting fires, responding to emergencies or attending meetings;(c) provide special clothing and equipment for such employees and volunteers;(d) insure such employees and volunteers against accidental death and injury in the performance of their duties;(e) pay for the acquisition, installation or maintenance of one or more fire hydrants, or similar devices for fighting fires, including necessary equipment, services or supplies related thereto.The acquisition, installation and maintenance shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the governing body of the fire district and the governing body of the rural water district which owns, operates or maintains the water line on which the fire hydrant, or other similar device for fighting fires, is to be installed; and(f) do all other things necessary or desirable to maintain and operate such department so as to furnish fire protection for the inhabitants of such township.History: L. 1947, ch. 489, § 4; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 26, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1918 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1918 Same; certain statutes applicable.

80-1918. Same; certain statutes applicable. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1905, 80-1906, 80-1907, 80-1909 and 80-1910, or acts amendatory thereof, shall apply to townships which adopt the provisions of this act and establish fire departments thereunder and also to the township.History: L. 1947, ch. 489, § 5; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1918a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1918a Township fire department in counties over 175,000 and assessed valuation not more than $225,000,000; tax levy for fire department buildings and facilities; election.

80-1918a. Township fire department in counties over 175,000 and assessed valuation not more than $225,000,000; tax levy for fire department buildings and facilities; election. Any township located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) and which had, prior to the effective date of this act, established a township fire department under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1914 to 80-1918, inclusive, is hereby authorized to levy an additional annual tax of not to exceed five (5) mills for the purpose of relocating, equipping and maintaining any existing building or facility of said fire department, or for the purpose of constructing, equipping and maintaining a new building or facility, or for both such purposes: Provided, That such tax shall not be levied, nor once levied, the levy increased until the question of levying such tax, or the increase thereof, shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such township voting thereon at a special election called for that purpose, in the manner provided for calling elections under the general bond law, or at any general election in which such proposition is submitted.History: L. 1969, ch. 478, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 328, § 1; March 5.
KS Stat § 80-1919 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1919 Fire departments in certain townships; application of act; petition required; exception.

80-1919. Fire departments in certain townships; application of act; petition required; exception. (a) The provisions of this act shall apply only to townships which are located in Barton, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Labette, Leavenworth, Lyon, Montgomery, Neosho, Reno, Riley, Saline and Sumner counties, but, except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), the provisions of this act shall not apply to any such township unless and until a petition is presented to the township board, signed by not less than 51% of the qualified electors of the township as determined by the vote for secretary of state at the last preceding election. As used in this act, the phrase "township board" means the township trustee, township clerk, and the township treasurer acting as a board.(b) The township board of any township located in any such county which has been levying a tax for the support of a township fire department for a period of not less than 15 years is hereby authorized to adopt a resolution designating such fire department as the regularly organized fire department of the township without the presentation of a petition. Such fire department shall be operated under the control of the township board in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 80-1921, and amendments thereto, and the township board is hereby authorized to provide for the organization, operation, equipping and maintenance of such department pursuant to K.S.A. 80-1920 and 80-1921, and amendments thereto, and to levy taxes for such purposes as therein authorized.History: L. 1951, ch. 524, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 469, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 528, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 406, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 334, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 430, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 340, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 360, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 288, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 222, § 2; April 21.
KS Stat § 80-1920 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1920 Fire departments in townships in certain counties; creation; procedure; warrants for equipment and facilities; tax levies.

80-1920. Fire departments in townships in certain counties; creation; procedure; warrants for equipment and facilities; tax levies. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, and upon the presentation of such petition, the township board of any such township shall create a township fire department. Such township board is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase fire-fighting equipment for the use of the fire department and to provide buildings for the housing and storage of the same. For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of such equipment and housing facilities, the township board is hereby empowered to issue no-fund warrants in an amount not exceeding $12,000. After the issuance of such no-fund warrants, the township board shall make a tax levy at the first tax-levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon. In lieu of making only one tax levy, such board, if it deems it advisable, may make a tax levy each year for not to exceed five years in approximately equal installments for the purpose of paying the warrants and the interest thereon.Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and be in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except they shall not bear the notation required therein and may be issued without the approval of the state  board of tax appeals. Any surplus existing after the redemption of the warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto. None of the provisions of the cash-basis and budget laws of this state shall apply to any expenditures made, the payment of which has been provided for by the issuance of such no-fund warrants.History: L. 1951, ch. 524, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 40; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 65; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 121; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 128; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1922 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1922 Same; benefit districts in adjacent territory; petition; organization; board of directors.

80-1922. Same; benefit districts in adjacent territory; petition; organization; board of directors. Whenever fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident property owners of any territory adjacent to any township described in K.S.A. 80-1919 shall petition for the creation of a benefit district for the purposes set forth in K.S.A. 80-1923, it shall be the duty of the township boards of the townships in which said benefit district is located to organize such district and to define the limits thereof as set forth in said petition. If said benefit district is located entirely within one township, the township board, and where said benefit district is located in two or more townships, the township trustees of said townships shall constitute the board of directors of said benefit district and shall be authorized to execute contracts in accordance with the purposes of K.S.A. 80-1923 for said district.History: L. 1953, ch. 469, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1923 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1923 Same; contracts for fire-fighting services; terms.

80-1923. Same; contracts for fire-fighting services; terms. (a) Any benefit district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1922 is hereby authorized to contract with the township board having control over any fire department created under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1920 for the furnishing of fire-fighting service within said district by said township board, and such township board is hereby authorized to contract with the governing body of any such benefit district to furnish fire-fighting service to such district upon such terms and for such compensation as may be agreed upon. Such township board may also contract with any individual or group of individuals, firm or corporation whose property is situated outside its township, to furnish fire-fighting services to such individual, group of individuals, firm or corporation upon such terms and for such compensation as may be agreed upon. A person in charge of the fire department shall have the right in every case to determine whether or not all or any portion of the fire equipment and volunteer members can be spared at any particular time.(b) The compensation agreed upon in a contract pursuant to subsection (a) shall always be at least sufficient to pay the township owning the equipment for the cost of material used on the run and fighting the fire and, if such township be actually liable therefor, to pay the firemen and to enable such township to carry a sufficient amount of insurance to indemnify it for loss or damage to any fire-fighting equipment, or injury or damage to person or property. All such contracts shall be in writing and duly adopted by the township boards or township trustees concerned. The compensation agreed upon shall be a legal charge and collectible by the township rendering the service in any court of competent jurisdiction.History: L. 1953, ch. 469, § 4; L. 1979, ch. 186, § 31; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1924 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1924 Same; tax levies.

80-1924. Same; tax levies. The governing body of the benefit district shall annually provide for the levying of a tax upon the taxable tangible property in such benefit district and within the township sufficient to pay the compensation agreed upon in the contract with the township maintaining the fire department.History: L. 1953, ch. 469, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 67; May 27.
KS Stat § 80-1925 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 19 - Fire Department Or Company|80-1925 Contracts to furnish fire-fighting services to persons or municipalities.

80-1925. Contracts to furnish fire-fighting services to persons or municipalities. Any rural volunteer fire-fighting organization, group or department organized and existing on the effective date of this act, which has secured fire-fighting equipment in accordance with federal law and is furnishing fire-fighting services, is hereby authorized pursuant to agreement to furnish fire-fighting service to any person, group of persons or a municipality upon such terms and for such compensation as may be agreed to: Provided, That the compensation shall be sufficient to pay the volunteer organization for the cost of required runs and a sufficient amount to carry insurance for loss or damage to fire-fighting equipment or injury or damage to person or property if the organization is found liable in damages. The agreement may specify that any municipality contracting with the fire-fighting organization may furnish quarters for the fire-fighting equipment, but shall not provide, in any case, for the transfer of the fire-fighting equipment to the municipality. The municipality shall be authorized to enter into such agreement with volunteer fire-fighting groups or departments and is authorized to determine the conditions upon which it will enter into such agreement. The compensation agreed upon may be paid from the general fund of the municipality, if specific tax moneys are not available for the purpose.History: L. 1965, ch. 120, § 1; April 15.
KS Stat § 80-2001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 20 - Sewage Systems|80-2001 Definitions.

80-2001. Definitions. As used in this act, the phrase "township board" means the township trustee, township clerk, and township treasurer, acting as a board. As used in this act, the phrase "sewage system" means the main, lateral, outfall and intercepting sewers which may be constructed by any sewage district within or without the corporate limits of any township as herein provided, including all manholes, pumps, lift stations and other appurtenances to such sewers, including sewage-disposal plants, if any be constructed by such sewage district as herein provided, and their appurtenances. As used in this act, the phrase "public water supply" means a supply of water furnished to residences and other customers in any part of the township through water mains, whether such mains are owned and operated by the township, an adjacent city or township, or by a private utility.History: L. 1941, ch. 399, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 328, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 386, § 1; June 28.
KS Stat § 80-2002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 20 - Sewage Systems|80-2002 Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs.

80-2002. Same; creation; procedure; governing body; compensation; construction costs. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the township board of any township having a public water supply, shall have the power, in the manner and as hereinafter provided, to establish one or more sewage districts within such township, or any part thereof, which shall be designated as " ______________ township sewage district No. ______, ______________ county, Kansas." A sewage district so established shall be a body corporate, with authority to levy taxes and special assessments, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued in actions arising on contracts, and to establish, construct and maintain a sewage system for such sewage district and to issue bonds to pay therefor. The duly elected members of the township board shall be ex officio the governing body of such sewage district or districts, and each shall receive compensation for the time actually and necessarily spent in performing the duties required by this act. The amount of such compensation shall be determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.All taxes and special assessments herein provided for shall be levied against property within such sewage district, and all bonds herein provided for shall be issued by such sewage district and shall not be an obligation of or lien against property in any part of the township which lies outside of such sewage district or against property in any other sewage districts in such township. The cost of the construction of all main, intercepting and outfall sewers and of all sewage disposal plants, and of the maintenance of the entire sewage system of such sewage district, shall be borne by the real property within such sewage district as a whole. The cost of the construction of lateral sewers within such sewage district shall be borne by the property benefited by such lateral sewers, by the organization of lateral sewer districts or otherwise as herein provided.History: L. 1941, ch. 399, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 485, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 41; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 14; May 2.
KS Stat § 80-2002a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 20 - Sewage Systems|80-2002a Sewer districts; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

80-2002a. Sewer districts; 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 sewer district created pursuant to K.S.A. 80-2001 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 sewer district.History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 6; May 8.
KS Stat § 80-2003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 20 - Sewage Systems|80-2003 Resolution of township board; publication; protests.

80-2003. Resolution of township board; publication; protests. The township board of any township having a public water supply shall have the power to create a sewage district as hereinafter provided. Such action shall be taken by resolution of said township board, which shall be published for six days in the official county newspaper of the county within which such township is located, if the same be a daily newspaper, and for two consecutive weeks if the same be a weekly newspaper, and shall describe the boundaries of such proposed sewage district in sufficient detail with reference to established roads, street, section lines and other fixed locations, so that any property owner may readily ascertain whether or not his or her property is located therein, but need not include the legal description of such property, in whole or in part: Provided, however, That if within twenty days from the date of the last publication of the resolution creating such sewage district the resident owners of fifty-one percent of the real property lying within such proposed sewage district shall file with the township clerk written protests against the creation of such sewage district, the township board shall not proceed further with the creation of said sewage district.History: L. 1941, ch. 399, § 3; April 15.