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KS Stat § 68-1121 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1121 County engineer's accounts and records.

68-1121. County engineer's accounts and records. It shall be the duty of the county engineer in the several counties of the state to keep separate itemized accounts of all expenditures for the construction and maintenance of each county bridge and culvert in a record prepared for that purpose.History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 21; L. 1919, ch. 98, § 7; R.S. 1923, 68-1121; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 28; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1122 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1122 Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings.

68-1122. Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings. If a county bridge or culvert be necessary on any public highway that is on or near to a county line or divides one county from another in this state, the boards of both counties may unite in the construction, repairing and maintenance of such structure; and the expense shall be defrayed by both counties in proportion to their assessed valuation on the last assessment rolls, unless the boards of county commissioners of the counties shall agree upon another distribution of such expense.Either of the said counties may give notice to the other of the meeting of said boards for the purpose mentioned in this section, and in all such cases the same proceedings, so far as applicable, shall be as provided for in this act: And provided, That under similar conditions two townships, whether they be in the same or different counties, may unite and proceed in the same manner as required in this act for the construction, repair and maintenance of township bridges and culverts: And provided further, That if a bridge or culvert be necessary on a public highway that is on or near to a state line the county or township, as the case may be, may unite with the county or township of such adjoining state in the construction, repair and maintenance of such structure as herein provided: Provided further, That should there be a demand for a county bridge or culvert upon or near a county line, and the county commissioners of the respective counties cannot agree upon the construction or repair of such a bridge or culvert, then the matter shall be referred to the secretary of transportation, the decision and direction of which shall be binding upon the boards of county commissioners of both counties; and in case of a township bridge or culvert the same shall be referred to the board of county commissioners, who shall proceed in the manner described above, and their decision shall be final and binding on the boards of township commissioners of both townships.History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 22; R.S. 1923, 68-1122; L. 1957, ch. 365, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 148; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-1125 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1125 Township contracts.

68-1125. Township contracts. The township board in letting contracts for the construction or maintenance of township culverts shall follow the plans and specifications of the county engineer.History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 25; R.S. 1923, 68-1125; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1126 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1126 Unsafe bridges or culverts; condemnation; report of condition; repair or reconstruction.

68-1126. Unsafe bridges or culverts; condemnation; report of condition; repair or reconstruction. Whenever the county engineer deems any bridge or culvert unsafe for traffic, he shall condemn the same and shall cause to be put up at each end of such structure in a substantial manner a notice, which shall be printed in conspicuous letters with the following words, "condemned by the county engineer," with his signature to same, and shall, if necessary, erect structures sufficient to prevent travel upon such condemned bridge. The county engineer or township trustee shall immediately report the condition of said bridge or culvert to the county or township board, as the case may be, with his recommendations as to what improvements are necessary, and such board shall commence at once the proceedings necessary to repair or reconstruct the same.History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 26; R.S. 1923, 68-1126; L. 1972, ch. 248, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1135 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1135 Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds.

68-1135. Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed two mills upon all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of creating and providing a special fund to be used in building and reconstructing bridges and culverts and constructing the approaches thereto or to be used in repaying loans or advances received from the highway fund and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. The board of county commissioners shall determine the total amount necessary to be raised for such fund.Such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law and shall not be subject to or within any fund limit or aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto. Such special bridge fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2941, inclusive, and any acts amendatory thereof, except that in making the budgets of such counties the amounts credited to and the amount on hand in such special bridge fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of the county.History: L. 1951, ch. 393, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 339, § 4; L. 1965, ch. 396, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 248, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 167; L. 1985, ch. 233, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1136 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1136 Same; use for construction, reconstruction and approaches.

68-1136. Same; use for construction, reconstruction and approaches. When a sufficient fund has been created by the annual tax levy authorized by K.S.A. 68-1135, and amendments thereto, or at any time after the first levy has been made, the board of county commissioners may make expenditures from the special bridge fund for the purpose of construction and reconstruction of bridges and culverts and the approaches thereto.History: L. 1951, ch. 393, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 233, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1137 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1137 Loans or advances by secretary of transportation to counties for certain bridges; limitation.

68-1137. Loans or advances by secretary of transportation to counties for certain bridges; limitation. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to make noninterest bearing loans and advances to any county to provide such county with funds to pay its share of the cost of building or reconstructing a bridge over a navigable stream and construction of the approaches thereto where such stream comprises the boundary line or part of the boundary line between counties and which bridge is located on a county major collector road which is not a part of the regular state highway system, provided that the total amount of such loans and advances outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $2,000,000.History: L. 1963, ch. 339, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 151; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1138 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1138 Same; application by county; conditions; application of tax levy revenues; approval of loan or advance; warrants; use of moneys.

68-1138. Same; application by county; conditions; application of tax levy revenues; approval of loan or advance; warrants; use of moneys. Any county desiring to obtain a loan or advance shall make an application therefor to the secretary of transportation. Said application shall be filed in the secretary's office and shall be in such form as said secretary shall prescribe and shall be signed by at least two (2) members of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk of the county making the application. Said application shall contain a provision whereby the board of county commissioners shall agree on behalf of the county to repay any loan or advance made thereunder by annually levying the maximum tax levy authorized by K.S.A. 68-1135 as long as it shall be necessary in order to repay in full the loan or advance and that the proceeds of such tax levy will be remitted by the county treasurer to the secretary of transportation: Provided, That if prior to the making of such application, such county shall have commenced the making of tax levies under K.S.A. 68-1135 for the purpose of building or reconstructing another bridge and constructing the approaches thereto, the funds derived from such tax levies first shall be applied to paying the cost of building or reconstructing such other bridge and constructing the approaches thereto, and when said cost has been paid the funds derived from subsequent tax levies shall be applied to the payment of the loan or advance as agreed to between the county and the secretary of transportation.Said secretary shall examine the application and if the secretary shall find that it is in proper form and: (a) That the bridge to be built or reconstructed is one located as described in K.S.A. 68-1137; and (b) that the amount to be expended for the building or reconstruction of the bridge and the construction of approaches thereto is reasonable, it shall make the loan or advance by issuing its voucher against the highway fund and in favor of the county making the application for the amount of the loan or advance applied for. The warrant issued upon said voucher shall be forwarded to the county treasurer of the county making the application. Upon receipt of such warrant, the county treasurer shall place the same in a special fund to be used only for the building or reconstruction of the bridge for which the loan or advance was made and the construction of the approaches thereto. Any moneys received by a loan or advance under the provisions of this act in any budget year may be expended during such budget year even though such expenditure was not included in the budget for that year.History: L. 1963, ch. 339, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 152; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-1139 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 11 - General Provisions|68-1139 Same; application of tax moneys to loan or advance; duties of county treasurer; withholding of amounts from special city and county highway fund, when; transfer to highway fund.

68-1139. Same; application of tax moneys to loan or advance; duties of county treasurer; withholding of amounts from special city and county highway fund, when; transfer to highway fund. The county treasurer of any county receiving a loan or advance under the provisions of this act, shall on February 15, and August 15 of each year pay to the secretary of transportation any moneys in the special fund created under the authority of K.S.A. 68-1135, and amendments thereto, which are to be applied to the payment of such loan or advance under the provisions of this act. Upon the receipt of any such payment, the secretary of transportation shall remit the same to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the highway fund.If any county shall fail to make the tax levy or any payment herein required for on any loan or advance, the secretary of transportation shall advise the state treasurer, from time to time, of the amount currently due from such county and the state treasurer is authorized and directed to withhold such amount from the amount distributable on the next distribution date to said county from the special city and county highway fund created by K.S.A. 79-3425, and amendments thereto.The state treasurer shall notify the state director of accounts and reports of the amount so withheld and thereupon the state director of accounts and reports shall transfer said amount from the special city and county highway fund to the highway fund. Upon making such transfer the state director of accounts and reports shall notify the state treasurer who shall make the proper entries in the records of his or her office to show such transfer.History: L. 1963, ch. 339, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 153; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 280; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1225 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties|68-1225 Certain counties between 16,000 and 20,000.

68-1225. Certain counties between 16,000 and 20,000. The provisions of this act shall apply to any county having a population of more than sixteen thousand and less than twenty thousand with an assessed tangible valuation of not less than forty-four million dollars and less than fifty-two million dollars.History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 390, § 1; Mar. 31.
KS Stat § 68-1226 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties|68-1226 Same; warrants for construction, reconstruction and repair; limitations.

68-1226. Same; warrants for construction, reconstruction and repair; limitations. The board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby authorized and empowered to issue no-fund warrants during the period of not to exceed three years for the purpose of providing revenue to be used for the construction, reconstruction and repair of bridges and the approaches thereto at a cost to be determined by the county engineer's estimate not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per bridge, to replace bridges in the county road system which have been destroyed, damaged, or rendered impassable by flood, high water, fire or other casualty. No more than fifty thousand dollars of said no-fund warrants shall be issued in any one year; and not more than one hundred thousand dollars of such warrants shall be issued by said board of county commissioners during the three-year period.History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 2; Apr. 4.
KS Stat § 68-1227 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties|68-1227 Same; tax levy; issuance of warrants; interest, registration and redemption.

68-1227. Same; tax levy; issuance of warrants; interest, registration and redemption. Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by this act, the board of county commissioners 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. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947 or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, bear such interest, registered, redeemed in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940 or any acts amendatory thereof or supplement thereto, except that they shall not bear the notation required by said K.S.A. 79-2940 and may be issued without the approval of the state commission of revenue and taxation. Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by said K.S.A. 79-2940.History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 3; Apr. 4.
KS Stat § 68-1228 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties|68-1228 Same; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.

68-1228. Same; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable. The provisions and restrictions of the cash basis and budget laws of this state shall not apply to the expenditures under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 4; Apr. 4.
KS Stat § 68-1402 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges|68-1402 Same; separate contracts for each bridge; sealed bids; surveys and plans.

68-1402. Same; separate contracts for each bridge; sealed bids; surveys and plans. (a) The reconstruction, improvement, removal and relocation of bridges or approaches thereto provided for in this act shall be by written contract separately made and awarded as to each bridge, to the lowest responsible bidder, upon sealed proposals, based upon plans and specifications therefor on file in the office of the county clerk of the county. The county engineer, when so directed to do by the board of county commissioners, shall make all necessary surveys and investigations and prepare plans and specifications for the reconstruction, improvement, removal or relocation of any bridge or the approaches thereto, and grade separation structures connected therewith, together with an estimate under oath of the cost thereof, and file such plans, specifications and estimate in the office of the county clerk of the county. No contract shall be awarded for any such improvement at a price in excess of the estimated cost.(b) The board of county commissioners shall have power, if they deem it necessary, to employ engineers to assist the county engineer in preparing plans and specifications or superintending the construction of such improvements, and to pay such engineers out of the proceeds of bonds issued on account of the cost thereof. After considering and approving plans and specifications, prepared and filed as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners shall advertise for three consecutive weeks in the official county paper for sealed proposals for the construction of such improvements or works, in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor. The board of county commissioners shall require any contractor to whom any such contract is awarded to enter into a written contract, and to secure the performance thereof by a bond signed by a surety company. All bids for the construction of any such improvement or work shall be presented simultaneously to the board of county commissioners and opened forthwith by them, in the presence of the public and all bidders present.History: L. 1909, ch. 64, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-1402; L. 1949, ch. 348, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 124, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 27; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1403 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges|68-1403 Same; issuance of bonds.

68-1403. Same; issuance of bonds. In order to pay for the reconstruction, improvement, removal or relocation of any bridge and approaches thereto, provided for in this act, the board of county commissioners of such counties shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of such counties, to issue negotiable bonds of such counties as provided by law. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by a general tax levied upon all the taxable property of the county.History: R.S. 1923, 68-1403; Dec. 27.
KS Stat § 68-1405 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges|68-1405 Same; bridges over navigable river; sale; removal; contracts for maintenance and repair.

68-1405. Same; bridges over navigable river; sale; removal; contracts for maintenance and repair. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of any county of this state to which this act applies now or hereafter having therein any public bridge or bridges over any navigable river, which bridge or bridges have been ordered or shall hereafter be ordered or required by the secretary of war of the United States, or the board of directors of any drainage district organized under the laws of this state, in any county having an assessed valuation for taxation purposes of over ninety million dollars, to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved, to take possession of such bridges and to forthwith remove, relocate, reconstruct or improve the same, as may be necessary and proper, and the ownership and control of such bridges is hereby vested in such counties, and the board of county commissioners thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to use any part or portion of any such bridge in the reconstruction of such bridges or of any other bridge or viaduct situated in their county, or to sell or dispose of the materials composing any such bridge, and to use the proceeds of such sale in the reconstruction or improvement of bridges over rivers situated in said county. The provisions of this act shall apply to all public bridges and approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith, and all parts thereof, used by any street railway company or any other corporation, and to all public bridges and approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith heretofore constructed over any such river by counties, either with or without the aid, assistance or co-operation of any street railway company or other person or corporation, and also to public bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith situated in or constructed by or under the control of any city or any other municipality.Should any relocation, change or alteration of the channel of any river by any competent authority necessitate the removal, relocation or reconstruction of bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith over the channel of such river as relocated or altered, such work shall be done and such improvements made under the provisions of this act. Bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith, constructed, reconstructed, improved or relocated under the provisions of this act shall be under the control of and maintained by the board of county commissioners of the county, and such county commissioners shall also have power to contract with any city in which any such bridge is situated, or with any corporation using any such bridge, for the maintenance or repair thereof.History: L. 1909, ch. 64, § 5; R.S. 1923, 68-1405; L. 1949, ch. 348, § 3; Apr. 15.
KS Stat § 68-1406 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges|68-1406 Counties having more than $110,000,000 valuation; construction of new bridge, when; bond issue.

68-1406. Counties having more than $110,000,000 valuation; construction of new bridge, when; bond issue. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county of this state, having an assessed valuation for taxation purposes of more than one hundred and ten million dollars, has heretofore been ordered or required, or shall hereafter be ordered or required, to remove, relocate, reconstruct or otherwise improve any public bridge under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-1401 to 68-1405, and there is any portion of such bridge which has not been used, or which is not practicable to use, in the reconstruction thereof, said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, erect and construct another bridge over any river in said county and located within two miles of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved and to use in the construction thereof such portion of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved as may be practicable, and for the purpose of paying any cost and expense of the construction of such other bridge, may issue the bonds of such county without the same being authorized by any election called or held for such purpose, not exceeding in amount the sum of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars and subject only to the limitations contained in K.S.A. 68-1407, 68-1408, 68-1409 and 68-1410.History: L. 1913, ch. 69, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 101, § 1; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-1406, ¶ 1.