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KS Stat § 80-1118 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation|80-1118 Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election.

80-1118. Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election. From and after July 1, 2008: (a) The board of county commissioners may disorganize any township if any of the following apply:(1) The number of residents in the township shall become less than 200;(2) a vacancy exists in the office of township trustee, clerk or treasurer for two consecutive years; or(3) the township fails to file an annual budget for two consecutive years.The territory of any township disorganized under this section shall be attached to one or more townships which are contiguous to such township.(b) The board of county commissioners desiring to disorganize a township under this section shall adopt a resolution stating the county is considering the disorganization of such township. The resolution shall:(1) Give notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the disorganization and fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing. Unless the board determines adequate facilities are not available, the public hearing shall be held at a site located within such township. The site and time of the hearing shall be held at a location and time determined to be the most convenient for the greatest number of interested persons.(2) A copy of the resolution providing for the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation of the township.(c) Following the public hearing the board may pass a resolution disorganizing the township and attaching the territory to one or more adjacent townships. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation of the township. The resolution shall take effect 60 days after the final publication unless a petition signed by electors of such township equal in number to at least 10% of the electors who voted at the last general election is presented to the county clerk calling for an election on the issue. Such proposition may be submitted at the next general election held in such townships or at special elections called for that purpose by the board of county commissioners, and shall be submitted on a separate ballot in substantially the following form:Proposition to consolidate__________________township    (name of township)with ______________________________ township(s).  (name of township or townships)    Yes ☐ No ☐If a majority of the votes cast in such township in such election shall be in the affirmative, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to disorganize such township and attach the territory to such other township or townships. The expenses of such election shall be paid by the county from the county general fund.History: L. 2008, ch. 163, § 26; May 29.
KS Stat § 80-1201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1201 Destruction of prairie dogs, moles and gophers; expense from general fund.

80-1201. Destruction of prairie dogs, moles and gophers; expense from general fund. The township board of any township in this state, at any regular or special meeting, is hereby authorized to purchase material and to employ one or more suitable persons to destroy prairie dogs, moles and gophers within the limits of such township, any material so purchased and compensation for such services to be paid out of the general fund of such township.History: L. 1901, ch. 273, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1201; L. 1965, ch. 548, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1202 Eradication of prairie dogs; duties of township trustees; entry upon land, exceptions; assessment of costs.

80-1202. Eradication of prairie dogs; duties of township trustees; entry upon land, exceptions; assessment of costs. In addition to the duties now prescribed by law for township trustees, in counties infested by prairie dogs, they may do and perform the following services: That the township trustees of the several townships in this state infested by prairie dogs may enter upon the lands so infested in their respective townships and make diligent efforts to exterminate all prairie dogs thereon. For the purpose of enabling them to carry into effect the provisions of this act, the trustees are authorized and empowered to employ all such assistance and to purchase the poison or such appliances and material as they may deem necessary to exterminate such dogs. The work of such extermination shall all be done under the supervision and direction of the trustees: Provided, That in any county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and less than five thousand two hundred (5,200) which contains no city of the second class and not more than two (2) cities of the third class, the trustees shall before entering upon the lands give written notice to any landowner who shall fail or refuse to make use of the materials offered or provided, that unless he or she endeavors to control such prairie dogs according to the methods prescribed by the board of trustees will, within fifteen (15) days after the date specified in the notice enter upon his or her land and use the necessary materials to eradicate the prairie dogs thereon; and the trustees or their agents, may thereafter enter upon the land and proceed to eradicate such prairie dogs.After eradication of such prairie dogs, the trustees shall immediately notify the landowner or landowners with an itemized statement of the costs thereof, and stating that unless such amount is paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, that the amount shall become a lien upon their real estate. If such costs are not paid within thirty (30) days they shall be assessed against the property of the landowner and the township clerk shall, at the time of certifying other township taxes to the county clerk, certify the costs of such eradication and the county clerk shall extend the same on the tax roll of the township against such property and said costs shall be collected by the county treasurer and paid to the township as other township taxes are collected and paid.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 315, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1202; L. 1965, ch. 548, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 472, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 384, § 1; March 20.
KS Stat § 80-1203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1203 Same; report of expense to county commissioners; tax levy.

80-1203. Same; report of expense to county commissioners; tax levy. The trustees of the several townships infested by prairie dogs shall appear before the board of county commissioners of their respective counties at their annual meeting in August of each year, when they convene to make the annual tax levy, and make a report of the probable expense to exterminate the prairie dogs in their respective townships. And the commissioners of the respective counties, after receiving said reports, shall cause to be levied on real estate assessed for taxation in each township thus infested by prairie dogs the approximate amount estimated by the several trustees as herein provided, or any part thereof: Provided, however, That no assessment for this purpose shall be greater than seventy cents on each one hundred dollars valuation as herein provided.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 2; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1203.
KS Stat § 80-1204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1204 Same; compensation of trustees and assistants.

80-1204. Same; compensation of trustees and assistants. The trustees of each township and their assistants shall receive as compensation for their services for the time actually and necessarily employed. Such compensation shall be paid only out of the fund of the county created by this act for that purpose and shall be in an amount determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 3; L. 1919, ch. 315, § 2; R.S. 1923, 80-1204; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 9; May 2.
KS Stat § 80-1205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1205 Same; custody and disbursement of funds.

80-1205. Same; custody and disbursement of funds. The township trustees shall be the custodians of the fund created by this act, and disburse the same on vouchers audited by the township boards at their regular quarterly meetings and warrants drawn on the treasurer for the same: Provided, That no part of this fund shall be subject to the payment of claims other than those specified in this act.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 4; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1205.
KS Stat § 80-1206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1206 Same; payment of moneys to township treasurers.

80-1206. Same; payment of moneys to township treasurers. The county treasurers of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the several township treasurers of their respective counties all the moneys collected for the purpose designated in this act, in the mode and manner as other township funds are paid over to said township treasurers.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 5; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1206.
KS Stat § 80-1207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1207 Same; surplus funds; use.

80-1207. Same; surplus funds; use. Whenever any township of this state shall have rid itself of the prairie dogs and there shall cease to be a necessity of any future procedure under this act (which question shall be determined by the board of county commissioners and the trustee of such township), the surplus fund, if any, in the hands of the township treasurers shall be merged into the general township funds of said townships and to be used for general township purposes.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 6; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1207.
KS Stat § 80-1208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers|80-1208 Same; penalty for failure to perform duties.

80-1208. Same; penalty for failure to perform duties. Any township trustee or board of county commissioners failing to perform any of the duties imposed upon them by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense thus committed.History: L. 1909, ch. 181, § 7; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1208.
KS Stat § 80-1404 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1404 Cities of first and second classes excluded from townships; wards.

80-1404. Cities of first and second classes excluded from townships; wards. No city of the first or second class shall be included within the corporate limits of any township. In the event any city of the first or second class has designated no ward or wards, the entire territory of such city shall be one ward until such city is divided into additional wards as provided by law.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 48; R.S. 1923, 80-1404; L. 1941, ch. 392, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 48; April 30.
KS Stat § 80-1405a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1405a Effect of change in population or valuation by annexation; eligibility for permit or license.

80-1405a. Effect of change in population or valuation by annexation; eligibility for permit or license. Whenever a minimum population or valuation within a township is a prerequisite for the residents thereof to obtain any permit or license, and the township once has the required population or valuation, heretofore or hereafter, the residents of the township shall continue to be eligible for the permit or license notwithstanding the township thereafter loses the required population or valuation because of annexation by a city of the first or second class.History: L. 1965, ch. 554, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 80-1406b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1406b Transfer of surplus in general fund, when; resolution.

80-1406b. Transfer of surplus in general fund, when; resolution. The township board of any township which did not make a tax levy for the township general fund in the year next preceding and which has a surplus of moneys in the general fund may transfer all or any part of such surplus to any other fund of the township upon the adoption of a resolution determining the existence of a surplus and authorizing the transfer of a specific amount of such surplus to a specified fund of the township. Upon the adoption of any such resolution, the township treasurer forthwith shall transfer said surplus funds in accordance therewith and if any such funds are still in the hands of the county treasurer, the county treasurer shall so transfer said surplus funds as directed by the township board in accordance with said resolution.History: L. 1949, ch. 506, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 349, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1406c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1406c Certain township officers authorized to transfer certain moneys in general fund to cemetery fund, when.

80-1406c. Certain township officers authorized to transfer certain moneys in general fund to cemetery fund, when. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply to a township which is located in a county having a population of less than 3,100 with an assessed taxable tangible valuation of not less than $14,000,000 nor more than $20,000,000 and which county is operating under the county road unit system.(b) Whenever the clerk, treasurer and trustee of such township shall unanimously adopt a resolution declaring that a surplus of monies is on hand in the general fund of such township and further declaring that it would be to the best interests of said township to transfer such surplus of monies or any part thereof to the cemetery fund of such township and stating the exact amount in dollars that would be so transferred, the township treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the amount so determined from the township general fund to the township cemetery fund. Upon making such transfer the township treasurer shall notify the township clerk thereof who shall make the necessary changes in the records of his or her office to show such transfer.History: L. 1957, ch. 536, § 1; June 29.
KS Stat § 80-1407 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1407 Compensation of township officers of townships with township water system.

80-1407. Compensation of township officers of townships with township water system. In any township having a township water system each member of the township board shall receive compensation for their services as such officers in the supervision of the operation of such water system.The amount of such compensation shall be determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto, shall be payable out of the operating receipts of such water system. If extensions have been made to such water system, whose revenues are maintained in a separate fund, such compensation shall be prorated between the original system and such extension in proportion to the gross annual receipts of such original system and extension for the preceding year.History: L. 1941, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 322, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 379, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 511, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 549, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 10; May 2.
KS Stat § 80-1408 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1408 Certain townships in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; additional bonds.

80-1408. Certain townships in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; additional bonds. Any township located in a county having a population of not less than ten thousand nor more than thirteen thousand and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than twenty million dollars nor more than twenty-five million dollars, that has heretofore issued its bonds for the purpose of paying for the erection of a township hall, which township hall is located in a city of the third class, and the proceeds of such bond issue have been exhausted prior to the completion of said township hall, is hereby authorized to issue additional bonds of said township for the completion and equipment of such township hall building, in an amount not exceeding the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars.History: L. 1943, ch. 332, § 1; March 23.
KS Stat § 80-1409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1409 Same; application of general bond law.

80-1409. Same; application of general bond law. The bonds authorized in K.S.A. 80-1408 shall be issued, sold, delivered, registered and retired in accordance with the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto, except as herein specifically provided. Such bonds may be issued without the authority of an election.History: L. 1943, ch. 332, § 2; March 23.
KS Stat § 80-1413 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1413 Tax levies for funds to improve township roads; election.

80-1413. Tax levies for funds to improve township roads; election. The township board of any township may, upon resolution adopted by a majority of the board, submit to the qualified electors of the township who reside outside of the corporate limits of any city, at any general election or special election called for that purpose as provided by law for bond elections, the question of levying a special tax of not to exceed ten mills for a specified number of years for the purpose of raising funds with which to improve township roads. The township board shall have the authority to call such elections. At such election the question on the ballot shall be stated in substantially the following form: "Shall ____________ township in ____________ county, Kansas, levy a tax of ______ mills for ______ year(s) to raise funds for the purpose of improving the township roads?" If a majority of those voting on such question shall vote in favor thereof the township board shall levy the tax as authorized on all the taxable tangible property in such township which has a tax situs outside the corporate limits of any city. Such levy shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized or limited by law.In counties not operating under the county road unit system, the proceeds of such levy shall be used by the township board for the sole purpose of grading, sanding, graveling or otherwise improving township roads and shall first be used on township roads which are mail routes and on roads leading from mail routes to schools and cemeteries in the township. In counties operating under the county road unit system, the county treasurer shall place the proceeds of such levy in a special fund to be used by the board of county commissioners for the sole purpose of grading, sanding, graveling or improving roads in the township voting such levy and shall first be used on roads which are mail routes and on roads leading from mail routes to schools and cemeteries in the township.History: L. 1945, ch. 280, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 481, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 327, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 80-1413a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1413a Validation of election to levy tax; Monmouth township, Shawnee county.

80-1413a. Validation of election to levy tax; Monmouth township, Shawnee county. Any election which was held prior to the effective date of this act for the approval of a tax to be levied by Monmouth township, in Shawnee county, to raise funds for township road improvements in accordance with K.S.A. 80-1413 and which had notice thereof first published 17 days prior to the election instead of 21 days prior to the election is hereby validated. The Monmouth township board may levy the tax in the amount and for the purpose approved by the voters at the election.History: L. 1983, ch. 339, § 1; Feb. 24.
KS Stat § 80-1413b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1413b Same; Rossville township, Shawnee County.

80-1413b. Same; Rossville township, Shawnee County. Any election which was held prior to the effective date of this act for the approval of a tax to be levied by Rossville township, in Shawnee county, to raise funds for township road improvements in accordance with K.S.A. 80-1413 and which had notice thereof first published 17 days prior to the election instead of 21 days prior to the election is hereby validated. The Rossville township board may levy the tax in the amount and for the purpose approved by the voters at the election.History: L. 1983, ch. 339, § 2; Feb. 24.
KS Stat § 80-1413c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions|80-1413c Same; Mission township, Shawnee County.

80-1413c. Same; Mission township, Shawnee County. Any election which was held prior to the effective date of this act for the approval of a tax to be levied by Mission township, in Shawnee county, to raise funds for township road improvements in accordance with K.S.A. 80-1413 and which had notice thereof first published 17 days prior to the election instead of 21 days prior to the election is hereby validated. The Mission township board may levy the tax in the amount and for the purpose approved by the voters at the election.History: L. 1983, ch. 339, § 3; Feb. 24.