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KS Stat § 24-667 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-667 Extension of territory of joint district; petition; approval of secretary of state and chief engineer.

24-667. Extension of territory of joint district; petition; approval of secretary of state and chief engineer. The secretary of state, with the approval of the chief engineer of the division of water resources and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, shall have power, upon proper petition being presented for that purpose to extend the territory of any joint drainage district organized and incorporated under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-656 to 24-666, inclusive, and amendments thereto. The petition to extend the territory of any such joint drainage district shall be addressed to the secretary of state, and shall: (a) Describe the territory to be annexed by section numbers and fractions thereof, and other platted areas as appropriate;(b) have a map attached thereto as an exhibit, and incorporated therein by reference, showing the joint drainage district and the lands proposed to be annexed; and(c) show that the proposed extension of territory has been recommended by the joint drainage district concerned by resolution duly adopted by its board.The petition shall be circulated, signed, filed and transmitted in the manner prescribed for the original organization of a joint drainage district in K.S.A. 24-656, 24-657, 24-658, 24-659 and 24-660, and amendments thereto, and similar action shall be taken as prescribed in K.S.A. 24-661, and amendments thereto, insofar as it is applicable.History: L. 1973, ch. 147, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 32; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-668 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-668 Dissolution of portion of joint district; petition, contents; hearing; findings; report; certificate of dissolution; powers and duties of chief engineer.

24-668. Dissolution of portion of joint district; petition, contents; hearing; findings; report; certificate of dissolution; powers and duties of chief engineer. The chief engineer of the division of water resources shall have power upon proper petition being presented for that purpose to dissolve a portion of a joint drainage district organized and incorporated under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-656 to 24-666, both sections inclusive, or any amendments thereto. The petition for dissolution of a portion of a joint drainage district shall be addressed to the chief engineer of the division of water resources and shall: (1) Describe the territory to be dissolved by section numbers and fractions thereof and other platted areas as appropriate; (2) contain a prayer that the territory described therein be dissolved from the joint drainage district, naming it; (3) show that the dissolution is being sought by either a majority of the board of the joint drainage district or a majority of the landowners in the territory to be dissolved. Whenever a petition in conformity with this section is received by the chief engineer it shall be his duty forthwith to fix a time for the hearing of such petition and to give notice thereof which shall be published by the affected joint drainage district at their expense at least twenty (20) days before the date fixed for the hearing. It shall be the duty of the petitioners to show satisfactory evidence in support of the requested dissolution.If after such hearing the chief engineer finds that the exclusion of the territory described in the petition would leave within the district an area in conformance with the findings considered for the organization of a district as prescribed in K.S.A. 24-661, as amended, and that the exclusion of the territory described in the petition would not substantially impair the effectiveness of the remaining area as a joint drainage district, he shall transmit a written report of his findings on the petition, together with his written approval or disapproval of the petition, to the secretary of state and the secretary of the board. Upon receipt of such report and approval of the petition the secretary of state shall thereupon issue and deliver to the secretary of the board a certificate of dissolution as to the lands which are to be excluded from the district fixing the effective date of such dissolution. A certified copy of the certificate of dissolution shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which any portion of the district is located.History: L. 1973, ch. 147, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-703 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-703 Joinder in petition.

24-703. Joinder in petition. Any one or more of the persons, municipalities or boards mentioned in K.S.A. 24-701 may unite in the same petition, whenever they have joint interest therein, in any proceeding prosecuted under and by virtue of this act or the act to which the same is mandatory.History: L. 1909, ch. 129, § 3; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-703.
KS Stat § 24-704 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-704 Pending proceedings.

24-704. Pending proceedings. The provisions of this act shall apply to and govern, as far as applicable, all proceedings now pending in the district court of any county in this state, heretofore commenced under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 197 of the Laws of 1907.History: L. 1909, ch. 129, § 4; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-704.
KS Stat § 24-706 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-706 Finality of court order; commencement of work.

24-706. Finality of court order; commencement of work. The order of the court approving and confirming the assessment and declaring the proposed work of drainage established shall be final and conclusive, unless proceedings in error therefrom to the supreme court shall be taken in the same manner and under the same condition as provided in this act for taking proceedings in error from the judgment and orders of the court on the preliminary report of the drainage commissioners. If no proceeding in error be taken from the order of the court declaring the work established, or upon the judgment and order of the court being confirmed by the supreme court, the court shall by its order instruct the drainage commissioners to proceed with the work.History: L. 1907, ch. 197, § 4; May 27; R.S. 1923, 24-706.
KS Stat § 24-708 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-708 Treasurer to pay to clerk amounts collected; payment of damages assessed.

24-708. Treasurer to pay to clerk amounts collected; payment of damages assessed. When assessments for benefits have been collected by the county treasurer, as provided in K.S.A. 24-707, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer to pay each such assessment, together with such penalty and interest as have accrued thereon, to the clerk of the district court, who shall receipt the county treasurer therefor, and shall note the fact of such payment on the journal opposite the record of the assessment, which shall operate as a discharge of the lien of the assessment against the land. When all assessments for benefits have been paid in full to the clerk of the district court, it shall then be his duty, on demand, to pay out to the persons to whom assessments of damages have been made the respective assessments and damages for each tract of land for which damages have been assessed, and shall take the receipt of the person receiving such damages for the amount paid to him, and also require such person to receipt the journal for such payment opposite the record of such assessment of damages.History: L. 1907, ch. 197, § 6; May 27; R.S. 1923, 24-708.
KS Stat § 24-710 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-710 Fees; compensation of clerk and commissioners.

24-710. Fees; compensation of clerk and commissioners. The clerk of the district court shall tax as costs and receive as fees the same compensation for services rendered by him under the provisions of this act as are allowed by the statutes of Kansas to clerks for like official services performed in civil actions, and none other; and the clerk of the district court shall be liable on his official bond for all moneys which may come into his hands under the provisions of this act. The drainage commissioners shall receive for such services as may be performed by them under the provisions of this act such sum per day, not exceeding in any case six dollars per day, as may be fixed and allowed by the court in said proceedings, and the allowance per day as fixed by the court shall be their entire compensation, including their expenses.Upon the approval by the court of any report of the commissioners made by them, as provided in this act, the court shall make an order allowing the commissioners compensation for all the time spent by such commissioners in the performance of their duties as commissioners of drainage, as shown by such report, and allowed by the court at the rate per day fixed by the court, and the clerk of the court shall pay to such commissioners the sum so allowed by the order of the court from any moneys in his hands derived from the payment of assessments for benefits.History: L. 1907, ch. 197, § 8; May 27; R.S. 1923, 24-710.
KS Stat § 24-711 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-711 Account by clerk of collections and disbursements; account open to inspection.

24-711. Account by clerk of collections and disbursements; account open to inspection. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to keep an accurate account of all moneys received from the collection of assessments for benefits and all sums paid out by him under the provisions of this act, which account shall be open to the inspection of the public.History: L. 1907, ch. 197, § 9; May 27; R.S. 1923, 24-711.
KS Stat § 24-712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-712 Petition for repair work.

24-712. Petition for repair work. That whenever a petition signed by not less than five landowners, duly verified by one or more of such petitioners, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which any drainage district shall have been created under and by virtue of Laws 1907, chapter 197, and acts amendatory thereof, which petition shall specify the probable amounts of repairs and additional work necessary to be done to preserve and accomplish the purposes for which such drainage district was created, it shall be the duty of the judge to designate and appoint, instead of the commission named in the aforesaid sections, a new commission, which shall have all the powers and duties and exercise all the authority provided in such aforesaid sections, and shall proceed without delay, as therein directed, to institute the proceedings necessary to procure the repairs and work specified in such petition.History: L. 1917, ch. 175, § 1; May 26; R.S. 1923, 24-712.
KS Stat § 24-713 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-713 Liens of laborers; surplus funds after repairs.

24-713. Liens of laborers; surplus funds after repairs. That all laborers and other persons who shall perform any service or furnish any material in the construction of any work under the provisions of this act shall have a lien upon the fund in the hands of the clerk raised by assessment, of benefits for the construction of work; and upon notice in writing of the amount due, and what the same is for, filed with the clerk of the district court, such clerk shall withhold payment to the contractor, on any voucher issued to him by the drainage commissioners, to an amount sufficient to satisfy such lien, until the same is adjusted; and in case of disagreement between the contractor and the person claiming such lien as to the amount or validity thereof, the court, on motion of the person claiming the lien, or of the contractor, or of the commissioners of drainage appointed in said proceeding, shall determine such matter.On failure to comply with the foregoing provisions, the clerk shall be liable on his bond for any sum improperly paid over to the contractor. Should any funds remain, after the payment of the costs of the repairs made and work done upon such drainage and expenses connected therewith, the same shall be paid over to the county treasurer of the county to be held as a special fund to pay for any further needed repairs or work: Provided, That this act shall not apply to drainage districts now organized in counties of over 100,000 population.History: L. 1907, ch. 197, § 10; L. 1917, ch. 175, § 2; May 26; R.S. 1923, 24-713.
KS Stat § 24-715 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 7 - Drainage On Petition To Court|24-715 Penalty for obstruction or injury of ditch or drain.

24-715. Penalty for obstruction or injury of ditch or drain. Any person who shall willfully obstruct or injure or destroy any ditch or drain constructed under the provisions of this act and the act to which it is amendatory and other amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.History: L. 1909, ch. 128, § 4; March 25; R.S. 1923, 24-715.
KS Stat § 24-801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-801 Powers of county commissioners.

24-801. Powers of county commissioners. That the board of county commissioners of any county in which it is proposed to construct a levee shall have the power to cause to be located, established and constructed a levee or levees as herein provided, whenever such board may deem the construction of such levee a benefit to or will promote the public health, convenience, or welfare.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 1; April 12; R.S. 1923, 24-801.
KS Stat § 24-802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-802 Petition for levee; bond; eminent domain proceedings.

24-802. Petition for levee; bond; eminent domain proceedings. Whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which a levee is proposed to be constructed, signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage on which such levee or any portion of it is proposed to be constructed, or which will be benefited by the construction of such levee, specifying substantially the place of beginning, the general course and termination of such levee, accompanied by a bond, with surety approved by the clerk of such board, payable to the state of Kansas, conditioned that the petitioners will pay all costs and expenses accruing in the proceedings in case said levee be not finally located and allowed, the board of county commissioners shall with such assistance as may be required of the county  engineer, determine whether or not to institute proceedings and exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 2; L. 1905, ch. 216, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-802; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 66; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-807 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-807 Specifications and estimates.

24-807. Specifications and estimates. As soon as practicable after the right to abandon the eminent domain proceedings has expired, the county board shall employ some competent person who shall determine the width, height, grade and other requisites of such levee, and shall, by written specification and suitable markings on the line of said levee, indicate plainly the grade, height, filling, ditches, water gates and other work to be done in constructing such levee, and shall estimate the respective amounts of grading, ditching, water gates and other work to be done in its construction, and shall file such specifications and estimates with the clerk.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 7; R.S. 1923, 24-807; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 67; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-808 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-808 Contracts; bids; construction by owner of land.

24-808. Contracts; bids; construction by owner of land. That as soon as such specifications and estimates have been filed with the clerk, the county board shall let the construction of such levee to the lowest responsible bidder, having first given two weeks' notice of the time and place that bids will be received, by publication in a newspaper published in said county. The levee to be constructed shall be divided into sections of not more than twenty rods each, and the construction of each section let as aforesaid: Provided, That the owner of any land over or on which such levee is to be constructed, or other person directly interested therein, may construct the same upon such land according to the specifications within a time to be fixed by the board, and shall upon completion thereof be released from liability of assessment or taxes for the construction of such levee, except his proportion of the expense and cost of view, survey, and the work of the person making the specifications and marking the work necessary to be done. The board may make arrangements with such owners, or other persons directly interested, to construct such portion of such levee without first advertising for bids.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 8; April 12; R.S. 1923, 24-808.
KS Stat § 24-809 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-809 Letting of contracts; county liability.

24-809. Letting of contracts; county liability. The county board shall enter into a contract with the successful bidder for the work necessary to be done in constructing said levee, putting in water gates and all things necessary to be done in and about the construction of such levee, but neither the county nor the county board shall be liable under such contract until the money assessed for the construction of such levee has been collected and paid into the county treasury, as herein provided.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 9; April 12; R.S. 1923, 24-809.
KS Stat § 24-810 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-810 Assessments of costs; surplus funds, use for repairs; additional assessments.

24-810. Assessments of costs; surplus funds, use for repairs; additional assessments. As soon as such contracts are made, the county board shall determine the entire cost and expense of constructing such levee, including water gates and all other necessary things thereto, including all proceedings had under this act, taking into account the damages allowed to the landowners in the eminent domain proceedings; and the county clerk shall apportion the same to and between the several tracts of lands, railroads and highways to be directly benefited by such levee, in proportion to the sums to be determined by the board of county commissioners or by three disinterested householders appointed by said board, as the basis of benefit to each respectively, and shall place the same on the tax roll of the county opposite the description of such tracts and such railroad companies respectively, and the same shall be a lien thereon, and collected with and as other taxes are collected against such lands and railroads, and shall be subject to the same rebate, penalties, costs, interest and sales as taxes generally.The amounts apportioned to highways shall be paid out of the road taxes collected by the county treasurer for the township or townships in which such levee is situated. If a surplus shall arise from the money so collected over and above the amounts necessary to pay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings, and pay for the building and construction of such levee, such surplus shall then be held and applied, from time to time, when necessary to keeping such levee in repair. The board may from time to time make such additional apportionment and levy of taxes on said tracts of land, railroads and highways as may be sufficient to make up any deficiency that may be caused by the assessment and collection herein provided for not being adequate to fully pay all the costs and expenses, and for the construction of such levee, and may annually raise such amount as will in its judgment keep such levee in repair, and may, in such manner as it may deem just and equitable, assess such amount for repairs, as well as all necessary expenses incurred from all other causes, against the several tracts of land, railroads and highways included in such levee district. The moneys collected under this act shall be paid out on the order of such board.History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 10; L. 1901, ch. 248, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-810; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 68; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-811 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-811 Supervisor for each levee; appointment, tenure, duties; summoning labor for emergency work; penalty for refusal.

24-811. Supervisor for each levee; appointment, tenure, duties; summoning labor for emergency work; penalty for refusal. Each different levee which may be constructed shall, by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the levee may be located, be designated by number, and it shall also be the duty of such board of county commissioners to appoint for each different levee a supervisor thereof, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. It shall be the duty of such supervisor to maintain a vigilant watch over the levee, and in case of any break or leak therein, or damage thereto of any character, the supervisor shall cause the levee to be repaired. In cases where in the judgment of the supervisor an emergency exists, the supervisor shall have authority to summon forthwith for labor upon the levee any able-bodied person or persons between the ages of eighteen (18) and forty-five (45) years residing in the supervisor's township, and not belonging to any class exempt from pay service under the laws of the state. Any such person so summoned who shall refuse to attend and perform labor or send a substitute therefor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable for a fine not exceeding five dollars ($5).History: L. 1893, ch. 104, § 11; L. 1897, ch. 147, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-811; L. 1972, ch. 161, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-812 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-812 Compensation of supervisor and employees.

24-812. Compensation of supervisor and employees. Said supervisor, and all persons who may perform labor as in the preceding section provided, shall be paid for the duties and labor they may perform, a just and reasonable compensation, to be allowed by the board of county commissioners. All bills for services so rendered shall be presented to such board for allowance, and all claims allowed shall be paid the same as other county charges. All costs and expenses incurred in the matter of the compensation of said supervisors and in keeping the levee in repair shall be charged against the lands benefited by the entire levee, in the same proportion, and shall be collected in the same manner, as is now provided in regard to the cost of the construction of the levee in K.S.A. 24-810.History: L. 1897, ch. 147, § 2; March 26; R.S. 1923, 24-812.
KS Stat § 24-813 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 8 - Levees|24-813 Orders and regulations.

24-813. Orders and regulations. The board of county commissioners of any county in which a levee may be constructed are authorized to make and enforce all reasonable orders, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the existing law on the subject, which they may deem proper or necessary for the protection and maintenance of such levee.History: L. 1897, ch. 147, § 3; March 26; R.S. 1923, 24-813.