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KS Stat § 24-428 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-428 Bond elections; costs included.

24-428. Bond elections; costs included. If an election is held to vote upon the question of issuing bonds to be paid by general taxation and if the issuance is authorized by the taxpayers, there shall be included in the amount of bonds issued all costs thereof including legal, engineering and other special costs of the improvement. Whenever a drainage district authorizes improvements to be paid for by the levy of special assessments, necessary charges for engineering, legal services and assessors may be included as a part of the necessary construction costs or bond issue therefor.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 29; R.S. 1923, 24-428; L. 1945, ch. 197, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 171, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-429 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-429 Prevention of overflow of streams.

24-429. Prevention of overflow of streams. The board of directors shall have charge of all the levees, embankments and other works or improvements constructed to prevent the overflow of any natural watercourse within their respective districts, and, to protect and keep the same in repair, shall have power to employ guards and laborers, and to protect and superintend such work as may be by them deemed necessary, but all money expended for such purposes, where the same is not done under contract let to the lowest bidder, shall only be paid out of the general fund that may be provided by the levy of a general tax upon all the property of the district, as herein authorized.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 30; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-429.
KS Stat § 24-430 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-430 Installment assessments or bonds.

24-430. Installment assessments or bonds. Whenever the board of directors of any drainage district shall, under authority vested in it by this act, cause any levee to be constructed or other work done, payment for which is to be made by the levy of special assessments, it may in its discretion, instead of levying the entire special assessment therefor at one time, provide for the payment of the same by installments, and issue improvement bonds therefor payable in installments of equal amounts each year, for such number of years as may be deemed advisable. Such improvement bonds shall be issued as provided by law, but no bonds shall be issued under the provisions of this section until the expiration of thirty days after the report of the assessors shall have been confirmed, as provided in K.S.A. 24-422; and during said thirty days any person against whose property any special assessment shall have been levied may pay the same in full and thereby discharge his property from the lien thereof.History: R.S. 1923, 24-430; Dec. 27.
KS Stat § 24-433 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-433 Levy and collection of assessments to pay bonds.

24-433. Levy and collection of assessments to pay bonds. That when improvement bonds are or have been issued under the next preceding sections of this act for improvements the cost of which is to be charged by special assessments against specific property, the board of directors shall levy special assessments each year sufficient to produce an amount equal to and not exceeding by more than ten percent (10%) the amount required to redeem installments of such bonds next thereafter maturing and interest thereon; and in computing the amount of special assessments to be levied against each piece of property liable therefor, interest thereon shall be added from the date of issuance of said bonds until the maturity of the installment of bonds next thereafter maturing at the same rate that said bonds bear. Such assessments shall be made upon the property chargeable for the cost of such improvements respectively, and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as special assessments for such improvements where no bonds are issued, except as otherwise herein provided, but the assessed valuation liable for such cost which is established for the first year's assessment shall be retained for the assessment for the succeeding installments of bonds.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 34; R.S. 1923, 24-433; L. 1930, ch. 12, § 1; March 11.
KS Stat § 24-434 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-434 Construction and purposes of act; limitation of actions.

24-434. Construction and purposes of act; limitation of actions. This act shall be liberally construed, to encourage the improvement of natural watercourses, to protect lands from damage and injury by overflow, and promote the public health, convenience, and welfare; and the collection of general or special taxes or assessments levied under the provisions of this act shall not be defeated by reason of any omission, imperfection or defect in the organization of any drainage district or in any proceeding accruing prior to the issuing of any bond or the confirmation of the report of the assessors of any special assessment, and no suit to set aside any general or special tax or assessment or to enjoin the making or collection of any assessment or installment thereof, and no defense of any kind to the validity of any improvement bond or assessment to pay the same, shall be allowed unless brought within thirty days after the confirmation of the assessors' report.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 35; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-434.
KS Stat § 24-435 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-435 Supplemental assessments to correct errors.

24-435. Supplemental assessments to correct errors. That if at any time it shall appear to the board of directors that any lands that will be affected by the proposed work have been omitted from the assessment, or if any mistake has occurred in the assessment, it shall have power, by an order to be entered on its journal, to cause a supplemental assessment or different supplemental assessments to be made by the same assessors for the supplying of such omissions and the correction of such mistakes. The owners of all lands embraced in or directly affected by any such supplemental assessment shall have notice of the time and place of making the same and of a time and place when and where they shall be entitled to be heard in respect to the same, in the same manner as is provided in respect to the original assessment. Such supplemental assessments, when completed and confirmed by the board of directors, shall from that date be a lien on the lands described in them in like manner as the original assessments and shall be collected in the same manner.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 36; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-435.
KS Stat § 24-436 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-436 Relevy of assessments; when.

24-436. Relevy of assessments; when. In case any special assessment shall for any reason be set aside as erroneous by any court, such court shall ascertain the amount of benefit which accrued to the property on which the erroneous assessment was made by reason of the work or improvement for which such erroneous assessment was levied, and insert a finding thereof in its judgment, and the board of directors shall thereupon relevy such assessment in accordance with the finding of the court, and such assessment shall thereupon become a lien upon the property assessed and shall be collected as other assessments.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 37; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-436.
KS Stat § 24-437 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-437 Order requiring railroad to elevate tracks; mandamus.

24-437. Order requiring railroad to elevate tracks; mandamus. If it shall be determined by the board of directors of any drainage district that it is necessary to construct any levee across the right of way, roadbed or tracks of any railroad or street-railway company or across any street or highway occupied by such tracks, and it shall be necessary to raise or elevate such tracks in order to make such levee continuous and of uniform height, such board of directors shall make an order requiring such railroad or street-railroad company to raise or elevate its tracks accordingly, specifying in such order the height to which such tracks shall be so raised or elevated and fixing a reasonable time within which it shall be done, and shall forthwith serve a copy of said order upon such company by delivering the same to any officer, agent or employee of such company found within the district, and it shall thereupon become and be the duty of such company to raise or elevate its tracks to conform to the requirements of such order; and upon failure of any such company to perform such duty within the time so fixed, the board of directors shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of such duty, and may bring and maintain a suit in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such writ and remedy. The court granting a writ of peremptory mandamus under the provisions of this section shall award to the board of directors a reasonable attorney's fee for the services of its counsel in prosecuting the suit and such costs and damages as it may be entitled to by reason of the failure of any such company to perform its said duty.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 38; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-437.
KS Stat § 24-438 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-438 Eminent domain proceedings.

24-438. Eminent domain proceedings. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary to construct any levee across the right-of-way of any railroad company, and such railroad company shall be entitled to compensation therefor, the board of directors shall have the power to make such crossing or to condemn and appropriate so much of such right-of-way or land as may be necessary for that purpose in the manner hereinafter provided; and whenever it shall be deemed necessary to appropriate any private property for use by the district in widening, deepening or otherwise improving any natural watercourse to prevent the overflow thereof, or for the construction of any levee, canal, drain or other work, the board of directors shall cause a survey and description of the land so required out of the right-of-way or lands of such railroad company or out of the lands of any private owner to be made by a licensed land surveyor or a professional engineer who is competent to conduct a land survey and filed with its secretary, and thereupon shall make an order declaring that the appropriation of such land is necessary and setting forth for what purpose the same is to be used. The board of directors, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall proceed to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the eminent domain procedure act.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 39; R.S. 1923, 24-438; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 59; L. 2006, ch. 192, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-448 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-448 Contracts with federal agencies.

24-448. Contracts with federal agencies. That the board of directors of any drainage district shall have power to contract with any commissioner, officer, board of officers or other agency of the United States for the purpose of securing the construction, maintenance, or repair, or the aid, assistance or co-operation of the United States in the construction, repair, or maintenance, of any levee or part thereof or other work to prevent overflow or improve the channel of any watercourse within such district, and to this end may turn over to such agency of the United States the use and control of its right of way and of any part of its levees, and may place its employees and officers at the disposal of and under the direction of such agency of the United States, and generally may enter into any arrangement or agreement with any officer or agency of the United States that will secure the construction or aid in the construction of any cutoff, levee, or other work, or any change, improvement or relocation of the channel or any part thereof, or the excavation of and establishment of any new channel of any watercourse that will protect or aid in the protection of the lands within the district from overflow.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 48; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-448.
KS Stat § 24-449 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-449 Cooperation of districts; aid from persons or corporations; letting of contracts.

24-449. Cooperation of districts; aid from persons or corporations; letting of contracts. That whenever it shall be ascertained and determined that any natural watercourse in one drainage district is accustomed by its overflow to injure lands situated in any other drainage district organized under this act, or lands situated within the territorial limits of any similar corporation organized under the laws of any other state, the board of directors of such first drainage district shall have power to enter into contracts with such other drainage district or corporation, or with any owners of land subject to overflow situated outside such first drainage district or state, to co-operate in the construction of levees or other works to prevent such overflow, and shall also have power to receive donations or aid in constructing levees or other works from persons or corporations who own property outside of the limits of the district that will be benefited thereby; and whenever two or more drainage districts organized under this act or any drainage district and any similar corporation organized under the laws of any other state determine that by cooperation they can more advantageously carry on the work of constructing a continuous levee or other work that will afford common protection and benefit to the property owners and people of such districts or territories, then such districts may contract with each other or with such foreign corporation, and unite in causing any improvement to be made, the proportion of the cost to be contributed by each to be first fixed by agreement between them, and each drainage district organized under this act may issue bonds or levy special assessments to pay its proportion of the cost of such joint undertaking. Any districts or any district and foreign corporation so cooperating may jointly advertise for, accept bids and make joint contracts for the construction of any such levee or other works, but no district shall be bound by any contract to pay more than its share of the cost of such work, so to be determined and apportioned before the contract is made.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 49; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-449.
KS Stat § 24-450 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-450 Contract with railroad company.

24-450. Contract with railroad company. That the board of directors of any drainage district shall have power to contract with any railroad company or street-railroad company or companies to construct, maintain and keep in repair the whole or any part of any levee in such district upon such terms as may be for the best interests of such district, and for such purpose shall have the further power to appropriate any fund raised by the levy of general or special taxes for the construction, maintenance or repair of such levee, and to grant to such railroad company or companies the right of way for the construction and operation of a railroad or railroads over, on, along or across such levee or levees or any part thereof.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 50; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-450.
KS Stat § 24-450a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-450a Counties of 140,000; contract with railroad company; tax levy.

24-450a. Counties of 140,000; contract with railroad company; tax levy. That the board of directors of any drainage district organized under chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and located in counties having a population of 140,000 inhabitants or over, shall have power, independent of and distinct from the powers heretofore given, to contract with any railroad company to revet, maintain and keep in repair the whole or any part of the banks, and to construct, maintain and keep in repair the whole or any part of any levees such board has heretofore, or by its order may hereafter, declare it necessary to revet, maintain, construct or keep in repair adjacent to the tracks or right of way of such railroad in such district, upon such terms as the board of directors shall determine to be for the best interests of such district; and for such purpose such board shall have the further power to levy general taxes, not exceeding the limit now prescribed by law for the general fund, and appropriate from such general fund, on hand at the time of the passage of this act, or sums that may hereafter be raised by such levy, and pay to such company for such construction work, repairs and maintenance, in one sum, or in not exceeding five annual installments, such reasonable proportion of the total cost thereof as said board shall determine in such contract; not, however, in an amount in excess of the sum of $60,000: Provided, That not more than one contract shall be made for such work, and to grant to such railroad company the right of way for the construction, maintenance and operation of a railroad, over, on, along or across such levees and landward thereof.History: L. 1931, ch. 185, § 1; May 28.
KS Stat § 24-451 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-451 Section 24-426 inapplicable to 24-448 through 24-450.

24-451. Section 24-426 inapplicable to 24-448 through 24-450. K.S.A. 24-426 shall not apply to or limit the powers granted by the last three preceding sections of this act.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 51; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-451.
KS Stat § 24-452 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-452 Sewers through levees; floodgates and pumping apparatus; duty of cities; costs.

24-452. Sewers through levees; floodgates and pumping apparatus; duty of cities; costs. That whenever any drainage district shall include any territory that comprises a part of any incorporated city which has constructed or desires to construct any sewer or drain through any embankment or levee constructed by such drainage district along the bank of any watercourse, so as to have an outlet for such sewers into said watercourse, it shall be the duty of such cities to maintain efficient floodgates and pumping apparatus, and keep the outlet of such sewers closed during periods of high water, so that the water cannot run back through such sewers and cause injury to lands protected by such levee; and if any city shall neglect to perform such duty the board of directors of such drainage district may provide the necessary floodgates and pumping apparatus and collect the cost thereof from such city; and the city shall be liable for all damages, if any, caused by such neglect of duty.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 52; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-452.
KS Stat § 24-453 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-453 Watercourses on boundary of district; jurisdiction; sale of abandoned channel.

24-453. Watercourses on boundary of district; jurisdiction; sale of abandoned channel. Every watercourse any section or reach of which runs through or constitutes a boundary of any drainage district shall, within the meaning and intent of this act, be deemed to be within such district for the distance that it runs through or constitutes such boundary thereof; and whenever any watercourse constitutes a boundary of any district, such district shall have jurisdiction and control over the whole width of such watercourse between the banks of highwater mark for the distance that such watercourse constitutes such boundary, except that in cases where drainage districts shall be organized on opposite sides of and bounded by the same watercourse or the watercourse is the boundary of the state of Kansas, the jurisdiction and control of such districts shall respectively extend from the bank on the side of such watercourse on which the district is located to the center of the main channel thereof. When a drainage district has been incorporated under the provisions of this act after the whole or any portion of the channel of any watercourse, title to which is vested in the state of Kansas, which watercourse constitutes a boundary of any such drainage district, shall be abandoned, or no longer used for a channel, the secretary of state shall cause the same to be surveyed and sold in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 82a-209 to 82a-211, inclusive, and the purchasers of said land so sold shall take fee title subject only to the drainage district's rights to exclusive control and possession for its corporate purposes including impoundment rights, flowage easements and other interests of the drainage district essential to its plan of flood protection or reclamation, and said purchasers shall have the full enjoyment of said lands subject only to the aforementioned rights of the drainage district.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 53; R.S. 1923, 24-453; L. 1967, ch. 206, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 430, § 4; April 1.