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KS Stat § 17-1356 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1356 Disorganization and annexation of cemetery district to other district in same county, when; procedure.

17-1356. Disorganization and annexation of cemetery district to other district in same county, when; procedure. Any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330, 17-1330a, 17-1331 to 17-1334 and 17-1335, and acts amendatory thereof, and adjacent or contiguous to another cemetery district located in the same county, may be disorganized and annexed to such adjacent or contiguous district as hereinafter provided.Whenever a petition describing the territory of the district requesting disorganization and annexation, and signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of the district, as determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of the district requesting annexation, is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the cemetery districts lie, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine the petition, and if it finds that the two districts are adjacent, that the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, and that the district directors of the district to which it is proposed to annex the petitioning district have approved such annexation, the board shall enter an order in its proceedings disorganizing the petitioning district and annexing such district to the adjacent or contiguous district.History: L. 1961, ch. 119, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1357 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1357 Same; entire district to be disorganized and annexed.

17-1357. Same; entire district to be disorganized and annexed. If a cemetery district has been disorganized and annexed to another district as provided for in K.S.A. 17-1356, the entire petitioning cemetery district shall be disorganized and annexed to the adjacent or contiguous district.History: L. 1961, ch. 119, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1358 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1358 Same; transfer of property and funds.

17-1358. Same; transfer of property and funds. When a cemetery district is disorganized and annexed, all of its property and funds on hand and to be collected shall, at the time of annexation, be transferred to the cemetery district of which it becomes a part, and said annexed district shall thereafter be a part of said annexing district for all purposes.History: L. 1961, ch. 119, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 17-1359 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1359 Disorganization of certain districts and annexation of territory to other districts.

17-1359. Disorganization of certain districts and annexation of territory to other districts. Any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330 et seq., and amendments thereto, may be disorganized and the territory thereof annexed to another cemetery district located within the same county in the manner hereinafter provided. Both contiguous and noncontiguous territory may be annexed under the provisions of this act [*].History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 1; April 19.* "This act," see, also, 17-1333, 17-1360 to 17-1365.
KS Stat § 17-1360 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1360 Same; vote to disorganize and requesting annexation of territory to another district; duties of secretary-treasuer.

17-1360. Same; vote to disorganize and requesting annexation of territory to another district; duties of secretary-treasuer. If a majority of the electors of any such district, present at the annual meeting, shall vote in favor of disorganizing such district and requesting the annexation of the territory thereof to another cemetery district, the secretary-treasurer of the district shall transmit certified copies of such proposition and the vote thereon to the secretary-treasurer of the cemetery district to which the electors have voted to request the annexation of the territory of their district.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 2; April 19.
KS Stat § 17-1361 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1361 Same; duties of board receiving proposition; territory not annexed, when.

17-1361. Same; duties of board receiving proposition; territory not annexed, when. Whenever the board of directors of any cemetery district organized under the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1330 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall receive a proposition requesting the annexation of the territory of another district to its district, such board shall, upon the call of its president, meet and determine the advisability of the annexation of such territory. If such board shall determine that the annexation of such territory is advisable it shall cause its approval to be endorsed upon a copy of the proposition submitted by the district requesting annexation and shall transmit the same to the board of county commissioners of the county. If the board of such cemetery district shall determine that the annexation of such territory is not in the best interests of its district, such territory shall not be annexed.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 3; April 19.
KS Stat § 17-1362 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1362 Same; county commissioners duties to disorganize and annex district, when.

17-1362. Same; county commissioners duties to disorganize and annex district, when. If the board of county commissioners finds that the proposition, the vote thereon and the endorsement are sufficient and in proper form, it shall enter an order in its proceedings disorganizing such district and annexing the territory thereof to the district as requested in such proposition.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 4; April 19.
KS Stat § 17-1363 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1363 Same; records, funds, etc., transferred to annexing district; title to property.

17-1363. Same; records, funds, etc., transferred to annexing district; title to property. Whenever any cemetery district shall be disorganized under the provisions of this act [*] and the territory thereof annexed to another district, all books, records, papers, moneys, funds in the hands of the county treasurer or levies outstanding, and property, both real and personal, shall be transferred to the custody of the secretary-treasurer of the cemetery district to which such territory has been annexed. The title to all such property shall vest in the district as the same is constituted from and after the date of such annexation.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 5; April 19.* "This act," see, also, 17-1333, 17-1359 to 17-1362, 17-1364, 17-1365.
KS Stat § 17-1364 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1364 Same; fixing number of board after annexation; terms.

17-1364. Same; fixing number of board after annexation; terms. At the annual meeting of any cemetery district next following the annexation of territory under the provisions of this act, a majority of the electors present shall have authority to determine the number of and to elect not less than five nor more than nine directors who shall hold their office until the next annual meeting of the electors of such district. Directors shall reside either (1) in the county or counties in which such cemetery district is located or (2) within 25 miles of the cemetery district boundaries. Upon the change of residency of any director as required by this section, such director's office shall be deemed to be vacated, and a successor shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term by the remaining directors.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 6; L. 1988, ch. 95, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1365 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1365 Same; tax levies after annexation; uses of funds.

17-1365. Same; tax levies after annexation; uses of funds. Whenever territory shall have been attached to any cemetery district under the provisions of this act [*], the county clerk of the county or the county clerks of each county in which said district is located shall, at the first tax levying period next following the date of such annexation and thereafter levy a tax on the taxable tangible property of such cemetery district, which will produce a sum not to exceed an amount equal to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each cemetery operated and maintained by such district, for the maintenance, operation, regulation and care of the cemeteries of such district and for the purchase and use of additional property for cemetery purposes.History: L. 1969, ch. 122, § 7; L. 1970, ch. 85, § 1; July 1.* "This act," see, also, 17-1333, 17-1359 to 17-1364.
KS Stat § 17-1366 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1366 Maintenance of abandoned cemeteries; definitions.

17-1366. Maintenance of abandoned cemeteries; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Abandoned cemetery" means:(1) Any cemetery owned by a corporation, as defined in K.S.A. 17-1312f, and amendments thereto, in which, for a period of at least one year, there has been a failure to cut grass or weeds or care for graves, grave markers, walls, fences, driveways and buildings; or(2) any cemetery owned by a corporation, as defined in K.S.A. 17-1312f, and amendments thereto, in which for a period of 180 days, proper records have not been maintained and annual or quarterly reports have not been made to the secretary of state, pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 17-1312a et seq., and amendments thereto.(b) "Municipality" means the cemetery district in which all or any portion of an abandoned cemetery is located. If no portion of such cemetery is located within a cemetery district, the term shall mean the city in which all or any portion of an abandoned cemetery is located unless such cemetery is not within the corporate limits of a city, in which case such term shall mean the county in which such cemetery is located.History: L. 1979, ch. 62, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 78, § 23; L. 2014, ch. 118, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1367 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1367 Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys.

17-1367. Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys. Whenever the attorney general determines the existence of an abandoned cemetery in this state, the attorney general shall immediately proceed to dissolve the cemetery corporation owning the same. Upon the dissolution of such corporation, title to all property owned by the cemetery corporation shall vest in the municipality in which the cemetery is located, and any liens, perfected or unperfected, against such property shall be immediately quashed, null and void and unenforceable on and after January 1, 2003, and the permanent maintenance fund, together with all investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such corporation shall be transferred to the treasurer of such municipality and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the governing body of such municipality shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the municipality. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the municipality or may be invested in the manner provided in K.S.A. 17-1311, and amendments thereto, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.History: L. 1979, ch. 62, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 15; May 29.
KS Stat § 17-1368 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1368 Same; contracts.

17-1368. Same; contracts. Any municipality required, pursuant to this act, to care for and maintain a cemetery may contract with any individual, firm, corporation or association for the care and maintenance thereof or for the sale of unsold burial lots and the opening and closing of graves. Except as provided in K.S.A. 17-1371, and amendments thereto, no such contract or any other agreement entered into by such municipality shall be deemed to relieve such municipality of the duties and responsibilities imposed under the provisions of this act.History: L. 1979, ch. 62, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 77, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1369 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1369 Cemetery district No. 23, Republic county; tax levy.

17-1369. Cemetery district No. 23, Republic county; tax levy. Cemetery district No. 23 located in Republic county, Kansas, is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property in the district of not to exceed two mills for the purpose of paying the cost of maintenance and operation of the cemetery.History: L. 1985, ch. 86, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1370 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1370 Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys.

17-1370. Cemetery districts in Sedgwick and Sumner counties; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levy; transfer of moneys. In Sedgwick and Sumner counties, land adjacent to an established cemetery district which is a part of another organized cemetery district which lies in a county other than where the greater portion of the cemetery district to which it is proposed to be attached lies may be detached from one district and attached to the other cemetery district in the following manner. Upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater part of the cemetery district lies, of a petition setting forth the boundaries of the area proposed to be attached to the cemetery district and signed by not less than 51% of the qualified electors of the area it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, to examine the petition. If the board finds that the petition is sufficient, the board shall notify the board of each cemetery district and forward a copy of the petition filed. The board of the cemetery district to which the land would be attached shall return the petition accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by such board stating that the board desires such area to be attached to the cemetery district. The board of the cemetery district from which the land would be detached shall return the petition accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by such board stating that the board desires such area to be detached from the cemetery district.Upon receipt of the petition and the resolutions the county commissioners shall issue an order attaching such territory to the cemetery district and notice of such attachment shall be given to the county clerk of the county where the territory seeking to be attached is located. The attachment shall take effect on the first day of March next following the entry of the order. Such attached territory shall be subject thereafter to the tax levied by the cemetery district which district shall certify such levy to the county clerk of the county of the territory attached, together with its budget, and such county clerk shall levy such tax on all the taxable tangible property of the county in the cemetery district. The treasurer of the county shall transfer before the fifteenth day of January and July of each year, all moneys belonging to the cemetery district, including all moneys for the payment of bonds or interest of the district to the treasurer of the district and the treasurer receiving the moneys shall issue a receipt therefor and forward it to the treasurer of the county from which the money was sent.History: L. 1986, ch. 70, § 47; May 15.
KS Stat § 17-1371 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1371 Conveyance of cemetery property to Dodge City; transfer of books, paper, records and funds.

17-1371. Conveyance of cemetery property to Dodge City; transfer of books, paper, records and funds. (a) The board of county commissioners of Ford county is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Dodge City, with the consent of the governing body of such city, the following described cemetery property and any improvements thereon: Beginning at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 28, township 26 south, range 25 west of the 6th P.M., Ford county, Kansas; thence running westerly 660 feet; then southerly 500 feet, thence easterly 660 feet; thence northerly 500 feet to the place of beginning.(b) Upon the conveyance of the cemetery property under subsection (a), title to all such property shall vest in the city of Dodge City, and the permanent maintenance fund, if any, together with any investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such cemetery shall be transferred to the treasurer of such municipality and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the governing body of the city of Dodge City shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund, if any; and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the municipality. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the municipality or may be invested in the manner provided in K.S.A. 17-1311, and amendments thereto, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.History: L. 1991, ch. 77, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1372 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1372 Cemetery districts; annual report of finances, filed with county commission.

17-1372. Cemetery districts; annual report of finances, filed with county commission. On or before December 31 of each year, the treasurer of the cemetery district shall file an annual report with the board of county commissioners of the county in which such district is located. Such report shall state the amount of money in all cemetery funds and the source of such funds. Such report also shall state the amount of money which is invested as idle funds pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto. The amount of money earned on the investment of idle money shall be listed separately in such report and shall state where such money is invested. Such report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and the treasurer of the cemetery district.History: L. 1994, ch. 116, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1375 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1375 Cemetery corporation; selling excess real estate; conditions.

17-1375. Cemetery corporation; selling excess real estate; conditions. Any cemetery corporation to which real estate was deeded and restricted to be used only for cemetery purposes prior to 1909 and such deed was coupled with a trust for the benefit of not-for-profit charitable beneficiaries, other than cemetery lot owners, may sell any excess part of such real estate that has not been platted into burial plots free from such trust and restrictions after a written determination by its trustees that such real estate is excess real estate that will not be reasonably required for cemetery purposes. Such determination shall include a written finding by the trustees determining that the following further conditions have been or will be satisfied and in compliance with K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-1376, and amendments thereto:(a) The sale and transfer of marketable title to such excess real estate for fair market value is necessary to allow the cemetery to meet current statutory maintenance and reserve requirements and its obligations to the beneficiaries of the trust;(b) the cemetery corporation will record restrictions or include restrictions in the deed of conveyance prohibiting the use of the excess real estate for sepulture, mortuary or crematorium uses;(c) such excess real estate is not reasonably required for future sepulture purposes considering all remaining real estate owned by the cemetery corporation will remain restricted to use solely for sepulture purposes;(d) the proceeds of such sale shall be used solely for the purposes of meeting maintenance and reserve requirements and for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the trust all as approved in writing by the beneficiaries of the trust;(e) the sale contract including the proposed use, a development plan showing the location of all proposed improvements with a reasonable buffer zone between the improvements and all real estate platted into burial plots and any restrictions on use of the real estate by the purchaser shall be approved in writing by the beneficiaries of the trust; and(f) the sale contract including the proposed use, a development plan showing the location of all proposed improvements with a reasonable buffer zone between the improvements and all real estate platted into burial plots and any restrictions on use of the real estate by the purchaser shall be approved by the attorney general as being in accordance with the public interest of the trust.History: L. 2008, ch. 15, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1376 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 13 - Cemetery Corporations|17-1376 Same; petition; notice; hearing.

17-1376. Same; petition; notice; hearing. Upon compliance with K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-1375, and amendments thereto, the cemetery corporation shall petition the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located, or, if any court shall have assumed jurisdiction of the trust, the court which has assumed jurisdiction of the trust, and give notice of a hearing on the petition by mail to the attorney general and the beneficiaries of the trust and notice to the lot owners by publication as provided in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 60-307, and amendments thereto, without mailing to any other person. Upon proof of compliance with K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-1375, and amendments thereto, satisfactory to the court, the court may approve the sale of marketable title to the excess real estate subject to the restrictions placed thereon by the cemetery corporation, but free of the trust restrictions for use of sepulture purposes, if it finds such sale to be equitable and in the best interest of the general public, the trust beneficiaries and owners of lots in the cemetery.History: L. 2008, ch. 15, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-1501 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 15 - Cooperative Societies|17-1501 Incorporation; name; cooperative plan defined.

17-1501. Incorporation; name; cooperative plan defined. Any number of persons not less than twenty, who are citizens of the state of Kansas may associate themselves together as a cooperative corporation for the purpose and to the end of more successfully promoting and conducting any business or industrial pursuit. The title of such corporation shall begin with "the" and end with "association," "company," "corporation," "exchange," "society," or "union." For the purpose of this act the "co-operative plan" shall be construed to mean a business concern that distributes the net profits of its business by: First, the payment of a fixed dividend upon its stock; second, the remainder of its profits are prorated to its several stockholders upon their purchases from or sales to said concern or both such purchases and sales.History: R.S. 1923, 17-1501; December 27.