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KS Stat § 19-3605 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3605 Same; inclusion of certain cities within district; procedure.

19-3605. Same; inclusion of certain cities within district; procedure. If the governing body of any city which lies within or adjoins the boundaries of any proposed or organized fire district shall deem it advisable that all or a part of the city be included within the territory of any fire district, such city may be included within such district at the time of its organization or any time subsequent thereto. The governing body of the city shall, not less than 20 days prior to a regular meeting, publish a notice in the official city newspaper of its intention to petition the board of county commissioners that all or a part of the city be made a part of or be included within any proposed or organized fire district in the county and of a hearing on the proposal at the meeting. At the meeting, or any adjournment thereof, the governing body may adopt a resolution directed to the board of county commissioners requesting that all or part of the city be included within or added to the fire district, and the petition may be heard by the board of county commissioners at any meeting thereof. After the hearing, the board of county commissioners may make its order as in the case of the organization of a new district or the alteration and modification of the boundaries of an existing district.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 5; L. 1957, ch. 193, § 2; L. 2016, ch. 6, § 1; March 24.
KS Stat § 19-3606 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3606 Same; districts not to be organized or altered after July 1; budget; tax levy.

19-3606. Same; districts not to be organized or altered after July 1; budget; tax levy. No fire district shall be organized in any county, or the boundaries thereof altered, in any year after the first day of July and in every such case it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at the time of the making of the annual county budget to include therein a section showing the proposed tax requirements and expenditures of all fire districts in the county. The county clerk shall at the time of spreading the tax levies of the county make a levy against all tangible taxable property situated in all fire districts in the county on the first day of July as organized or altered. The county treasurer shall credit all tax moneys and other funds belonging to each fire district to a fund identified by the name of such district and the same shall be expended as provided by law during the budget year for which levied.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 6; April 13.
KS Stat § 19-3608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3608 Same; agreements with cities or townships for fire protection service; terms; resolution or ordinance.

19-3608. Same; agreements with cities or townships for fire protection service; terms; resolution or ordinance. The board of county commissioners, as the governing body of any fire district organized by virtue of this act, may enter into agreements (and may modify or alter the same) with any township or townships, city or cities in the county or with adjacent townships or cities in adjacent townships in adjoining counties having an organized fire department under the control of the governing body thereof, for fire protection services and for the use, operation, care and maintenance of any fire apparatus or equipment belonging to such district. Said agreement shall be made by resolution in the case of said board and by ordinance in the case of any city. All such contracts shall fix the terms and conditions (including a consideration) under which any city binds itself to furnish fire protection services to the fire district, and/or by which any city shall use, operate, house and maintain any fire apparatus, equipment and supplies purchased for the purpose of this act by said board and the terms under which any such city may furnish fire protection services to the district by the use of city firemen, fire apparatus and equipment, or by both use of city- and district-owned apparatus and equipment.The rights and duties vested in municipal firemen by the provisions of sections 80-1504, 80-1505 and 80-1506 of the General Statutes of 1949, and any amendments thereto, shall govern in all cases when applicable to this act: Provided, That the supervision and control of any fire department furnishing services by reason of this act shall always be with the governing body of a city.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 8; April 13.
KS Stat § 19-3608a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3608a Same; contracts with rural fire districts of adjoining county of another state; terms; limitation of liability.

19-3608a. Same; contracts with rural fire districts of adjoining county of another state; terms; limitation of liability. The board of county commissioners, as the governing body of any rural fire protection district organized, named and numbered under the provisions of article 36 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated may enter into contracts on an annual or other basis with any rural fire protection district of an adjoining county or counties of another state having a general fire protection program or fire-fighting equipment under the control of the governing body thereof, for fire protection services or fire protection cooperation. All such contracts shall be upon terms suitable to all concerned, and said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to do everything necessary to carry out such contracts: Provided, The terms and conditions upon and in compliance with which each district is to cooperate in furnishing, maintaining and operating fire equipment for outside aid or mutual aid or making payment for such service shall be expressly stipulated.The county treasurer of the county in which such fire district is located is hereby authorized to pay over moneys to the treasurer or other proper officer of such district in an adjoining state authorized to receive same in accordance with the terms of such contract and upon the order of the said board of county commissioners. Any rural fire protection district, department, company or firemen answering any fire alarm or performing fire prevention services or rescue, resuscitation, first aid, inspection or any other official work outside its state and within a rural fire protection district organized under this act, shall be considered an agent of the rural fire protection district located in the state of Kansas, and acting solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and such rural fire protection district located in another state shall not be liable in damages for any act of commission, omission, or negligence while answering or returning from any fire, or reported fire, or doing or performing any fire prevention work or rescue, resuscitation, first aid, inspection or any other official work.History: L. 1955, ch. 171, § 2; April 4.
KS Stat § 19-3609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3609 Same; agreements with cities providing for buildings; funds.

19-3609. Same; agreements with cities providing for buildings; funds. Any fire district organized by virtue of this act and any city may enter into agreements for the joint construction, equipping and maintenance of any building or buildings, or for additions to existing city buildings, within the city or district, for the housing, and servicing of fire apparatus and equipment of the city and district. Any funds of the district available as provided by K.S.A. 19-3607 of this act may be used for this purpose together with any funds of the city authorized by law for the construction of city buildings. Any such building may by agreement be used in part for the accommodation of the officers of such city and its several departments or offices.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 9; April 13.
KS Stat § 19-3610 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3610 Same; tax levies; use of proceeds, limitations.

19-3610. Same; tax levies; use of proceeds, limitations. The board of county commissioners each year shall levy an ad valorem tax on the taxable tangible property within each fire district in the county organized by virtue of this act, including or excluding such property within any city in each district as the case may be, as is required by the budget of each district. All proceeds of such levy shall be used to carry out the powers, duties and functions of the governing body of the fire district as specified in K.S.A. 19-3601a, and amendments thereto. Whenever a fire district has contracted with any other fire district, city or township or private entity within the vicinity of the district to furnish fire protection to the district, the board may make a tax levy which produces a sum not exceeding the amount payable to the other fire district, city or township or private entity under such contract during the budget year for which the tax levy is made.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 10; L. 1961, ch. 159, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 128, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 132, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 166, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 99, § 19; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-3612 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612 Same; existing contracts not abrogated; termination by mutual consent, when; funds.

19-3612. Same; existing contracts not abrogated; termination by mutual consent, when; funds. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter or abrogate any existing fire protection contract between any city and county or any city and any township, but all such contracts may be, by mutual agreement, terminated at the end of the budget year in which such termination is made effective. All funds of the township or county in process of collection (and delinquent taxes), and funds in the hands of the county treasurer shall be by him credited to the funds of the successor fire district or districts as may be organized by virtue of this act.History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 12; April 13.
KS Stat § 19-3612a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612a Same; establishment of district board of trustees; powers.

19-3612a. Same; establishment of district board of trustees; powers. (a) Whenever a fire district has been established under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 through 19-3606, and amendments thereto, and the board of county commissioners determines, by resolution, that it is in the best interests of the county to place the supervision of such fire district under a fire district board of trustees, the board of county commissioners may appoint a board of trustees of not less than three members and not more than nine members, composed of persons other than the board of county commissioners, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The board so established may be vested with all of the powers theretofore vested in the board of county commissioners, or such supervisory powers as the board of commissioners, by resolution, may delegate, and the board of trustees may exercise all powers so delegated.(b) Pursuant to an interlocal agreement entered into by the board of county commissioners and the governing bodies of cities and townships located within the fire district, the board of county commissioners may delegate its authority to appoint the members of the fire district board of trustees to a joint board appointed by the governing bodies of cities and townships located within the fire district. The fire district board of trustees appointed by such joint board shall be vested with all of those powers vested in the board of county commissioners under K.S.A. 19-3601 through 19-3606, and amendments thereto.Any interlocal agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq., and amendments thereto.History: L. 1961, ch. 163, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 190, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 7, § 1; Mar. 27.
KS Stat § 19-3612b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612b Same; supervisor and employees of district.

19-3612b. Same; supervisor and employees of district. The board of county commissioners of any such county or the fire district board of trustees, if one has been appointed, may employ a supervisor and such other persons as may be necessary to properly operate and manage such fire district.History: L. 1961, ch. 163, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 19-3612c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612c Same; fire protection reserve fund; source of revenue; limitations.

19-3612c. Same; fire protection reserve fund; source of revenue; limitations. The governing body of any fire district organized under K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., and amendments thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer, annually, by resolution, from the general fund of the district any money credited to such fund, and subject to legal expenditure, which in the opinion of the governing body will not be needed for general operating expenses in such year, to a special fund to be established for the acquisition of fire-fighting equipment, apparatus or machinery or land and buildings to be used for fire-fighting purposes. Upon the adoption of such resolution, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the treasurer of such fire district. The treasurer shall credit the amount provided in such resolution to such special fund and shall debit the general fund of the district, as the case may be.All moneys credited to such special fund shall be used by such fire district for the acquisition of fire-fighting equipment, apparatus or machinery or land and buildings to be used for fire-fighting purposes. Such fund shall not be subject to K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2936, inclusive, and amendments thereto. However, in making the budget of such fire district the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such special fund and amounts expended therefrom shall be shown for the information of the taxpayers of such district.If the governing body of any fire district determines that money which has been transferred to such special fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so transferred, the governing body is authorized and empowered by resolution to retransfer such amount not needed to the district's general fund and such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2936, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1971, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 279, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-3612d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612d Same; tax levies in certain counties; use of proceeds; limitation; election.

19-3612d. Same; tax levies in certain counties; use of proceeds; limitation; election. The governing body of a fire district created under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., located in any county having a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of more than two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) or located in any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000) is hereby authorized to make expenditures from the proceeds of a levy made pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3610 in the current budget year for the purposes of compensation of the fire district employees and other general operating expenses. All expenditures heretofor made for such purposes from the proceeds of tax levies under the provisions of such section are hereby authorized and ratified.The governing body of such fire district shall have the power to levy a tax of not to exceed nine (9) mills upon all taxable tangible property in the district for the purpose of paying compensation to fire district employees, the expenses of operating and maintaining a fire department and other legal expenses of the fire district. Before any such levy is made, notice of the intended levy shall be made once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the fire district. If within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the notice, a petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified electors in the fire district is filed in the office of the county election officer requesting an election thereon no levy shall be made unless the question of the levy shall be submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters of the fire district voting at an election called by the governing body. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided under the provisions of K.S.A. 10-120.The governing body of such fire district may, whenever it is authorized by a majority of the electors of the fire district voting at an election thereon, levy a tax of more than nine (9) mills but not more than eleven (11) mills in any year upon the taxable tangible property within such district for the purpose of paying compensation to fire district employees, the expenses of operating and maintaining a fire department and other legal expenses of the fire district. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided under the provisions of K.S.A. 10-120.History: L. 1980, ch. 83, § 1; May 16.
KS Stat § 19-3612e (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3612e Tax levies for fire districts in Reno and Sedgwick counties.

19-3612e. Tax levies for fire districts in Reno and Sedgwick counties. (a) The governing body of Reno county fire district No. 2 and the governing body of Sedgwick county fire district No. 1, both created under K.S.A. 19-3601 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power to levy a tax in an amount to be determined by such governing body upon all taxable tangible property in the district for the purpose of paying:(1) Compensation to fire district employees;(2) The expenses of operating and maintaining the fire district;(3) compensation to volunteer members of the fire district for fighting fires, responding to emergencies or attending meetings;(4) 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(5) other legal expenses of the fire district.(b) Whenever the governing body of the fire district determines it is necessary to increase the amount levied in the next preceding year, the governing body shall give notice of its intent to increase such levy by adopting a resolution which states the amount currently levied and the amount proposed to be levied. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the fire district. If within 30 days after the last publication, a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors in the fire district is filed in the office of the county election officer requesting an election thereon no levy in an amount in excess of the amount levied in the next preceding year shall be made unless the question of the levy shall be submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters of the fire district voting at an election called by the governing body. Such election shall be called and held in the manner provided under the provisions of K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1982, ch. 108, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 111, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 150, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 26, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-3613 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3613 Fire districts in Johnson county; creation; petition; notice and hearing; territory; protest, when; final resolution; publication.

19-3613. Fire districts in Johnson county; creation; petition; notice and hearing; territory; protest, when; final resolution; publication. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners of Johnson county, hereinafter referred to as the county board, may create a fire district as provided herein. Upon the filing with the county board of a petition signed by not less than 200 qualified electors within the limits of the fire district sought to be created, the county board shall within 30 days after date of such filing set a time and place for a public hearing on the petition and give notice of such hearing by publication for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in that part of the county. Any such fire district may include land or territory within the boundaries of an incorporated city, but only with the approval of such city. Such approval shall be evidenced by resolution of the governing body of the city, a certified copy of which shall be filed with the county clerk and when once filed evidencing such approval, may not thereafter be withdrawn. The date of hearing on the petition shall be not more than 10 days after the date of the last publication. At the hearing, or within 30 days thereafter, the county board shall either approve or reject the petition as filed, or may modify the proposed district by excluding therefrom certain areas as proposed or by adding certain areas to it and approve the petition as modified in that way. If any areas be added to the proposed district, then before action of the county board shall become final the county board shall notify the owners of such added land by mailing a notice of the proposed addition to the owner as the names and addresses of such owners appear in the office of the county clerk.If no protest in writing is received from such owners within a period of 10 days after giving of such notice, then the resolution creating such district shall become final. If any such protest is received, then the county board may at its discretion set a time and place of further hearing for those owners only whose land is sought to be added to the district as originally petitioned for and shall give notice thereof by mail as provided above. Within a period of 10 days following the conclusion of such hearing, the county board shall either approve the proposal as to the whole district, as modified, or reject the proposal for the additional area to be added and then either reapprove or reject the original petition as to all or part of the land described in it. The action of the county board shall be by resolution, which shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in that part of the county in which such district is located.History: L. 1955, ch. 175, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 193, § 3; L. 1985, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 17; May 15.
KS Stat § 19-3613a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 36 - Fire Protection|19-3613a Same; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

19-3613a. Same; 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 fire district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3613 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 fire district.History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 18; May 8.