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KS Stat § 24-1234 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1234 Intermittent closing of roads within watershed district; county roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of county commissioners; publication and notice.

24-1234. Intermittent closing of roads within watershed district; county roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of county commissioners; publication and notice. (a) Upon application of the board of directors of any watershed district, the board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to permit the intermittent closing of any county road located within the boundaries of such watershed district whenever in its judgment it is necessary to do so and when the road will be intermittently subject to inundation by flood waters retained by an approved watershed retention structure.(b) Before any permit may be issued for the temporary inundation and closing of such a road, an application for such permit shall be made to the board of county commissioners by the watershed district. The application shall specify the road involved and shall request that a permit be granted to the district to allow the intermittent closing of the road.(c) Upon receipt of such an application, the board of county commissioners shall give notice of the proposed action by publication once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and such notice shall contain a description of the places of beginning and the places of ending of such intermittent closing. In addition to such publication, the board of county commissioners shall give notice to all public utilities or common carriers having facilities located within the rights-of-way of any roads being closed by mailing copies of such notice to the offices of such public utilities or common carriers located within the county, or if no office is located within said county, then to the office of such utilities or common carriers located nearest to said county. Not sooner than three (3) days after the last publication and not sooner than fourteen (14) days after the mailing of such notice, such board may issue its permit with respect to such road.History: L. 1974, ch. 270, § 1; March 8.
KS Stat § 24-1235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1235 Same; township roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of township trustees; publication and notice.

24-1235. Same; township roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of township trustees; publication and notice. (a) Upon application of the board of directors of any watershed district, the board of trustees of any township is hereby authorized to permit the intermittent closing of any township road located within the boundaries of such watershed district whenever in its judgment it is necessary to do so and when the road will be intermittently subject to inundation by flood waters retained by an approved watershed retention structure.(b) Before any permit may be issued for the temporary inundation and closing of such a road, an application for such permit shall be made to the board of trustees of the township involved by the watershed district. The application shall specify the road involved and shall request that a permit be granted to the district to allow the intermittent closing of the road.(c) Upon receipt of such an application, the board of trustees shall give notice of the proposed action by publication once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and such notice shall contain a description of the places of beginning and the places of ending of such intermittent closing. In addition to such publication, the board of trustees shall give notice to all public utilities or common carriers having facilities located within the rights-of-way of any roads being closed by mailing copies of such notice to the offices of such public utilities or common carriers located within the county, or if no office is located within said county, then to the office of such utilities or common carriers located nearest to said county. Not sooner than three (3) days after the last publication and not sooner than fourteen (14) days after the mailing of such notice, such board may issue its permit with respect to such road.History: L. 1974, ch. 270, § 2, March 8.
KS Stat § 24-1236 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1236 Same; county bridge and township road, 24-1234 applies; approval by board of township trustees.

24-1236. Same; county bridge and township road, 24-1234 applies; approval by board of township trustees. If a proposed intermittent closing involves both a county bridge and a township road, then application shall be made to the board of county commissioners, and K.S.A. 24-1234 but not K.S.A. 24-1235 shall apply thereto. The board of county commissioners shall not issue a permit under this section, until it has received a written approval thereof by the board of township trustees involved.History: L. 1974, ch. 270, § 3; March 8.
KS Stat § 24-1237 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1237 Same; costs of publication and notice; permit to require road markers.

24-1237. Same; costs of publication and notice; permit to require road markers. All costs in connection with the publication and the notice shall be paid by the watershed district. In event the county or township board issues a permit allowing the intermittent closing of the road, then the permit shall contain a provision that the watershed district will cause suitable markers to be installed on the road to advise of the intermittent closing of the road.History: L. 1974, ch. 270, § 4; March 8.
KS Stat § 24-1238 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1238 Watershed district responsibilities transferred to city of Atchison.

24-1238. Watershed district responsibilities transferred to city of Atchison. On and after January 1, 2020, the city of Atchison shall assume the responsibility for the maintenance and repair of all watershed lakes, dams and other projects of the White Clay watershed district no. 26 located within Atchison county.History: L. 2019, ch. 21, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-1239 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1239 White Clay watershed district dissolved.

24-1239. White Clay watershed district dissolved. The White Clay watershed district located in Atchison county is hereby dissolved effective January 1, 2020.History: L. 2019, ch. 21, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-1240 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 12 - Watershed Districts|24-1240 White Clay watershed district property, contract and debt obligations transferred to city of Atchison.

24-1240. White Clay watershed district property, contract and debt obligations transferred to city of Atchison. (a) Upon the dissolution of the White Clay watershed district, the city of Atchison shall acquire the property of the watershed district subject to any leases or agreements duly and validly made by the district. The city shall be responsible for the payment or retirement of any watershed debts or obligations. All property, funds and assets of the district shall be vested in the city of Atchison.(b) The city shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the watershed district. Every act performed in the exercise of such transferred powers, duties and functions by the city shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the watershed district.(c) Whenever the watershed district, or words of like effect, are referred to or designated by a contract or other document and such reference is in regard to any of the powers, duties and functions transferred to the city of Atchsion, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the city as the context requires.(d) The city of Atchsion shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations, electronic data or combinations thereof of any act, transactions, occurrence or event of the watershed district.(e) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against the watershed district prior to its dissolution or by or against any officer of the district, prior to its dissolution in such officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of this act. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of the district or any officer affected.History: L. 2019, ch. 21, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-101 Time for general elections; officers to be elected; vacancies.

25-101. Time for general elections; officers to be elected; vacancies. (a) On the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year, there shall be held a general election to elect officers as follows:(1) At each alternate election, prior to the year in which the term of office of the president and vice-president of the United States will expire, there shall be elected the electors of president and vice-president of the United States to which the state may be entitled at the time of such election;(2) at each such election, when the term of a United States senator for this state shall expire during the next year, there shall be elected a United States senator;(3) at each such election there shall be elected the representatives in congress to which the state may be entitled at the time of such election;(4) at each alternate election, prior to the year in which their regular terms of office will expire, there shall be elected a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and state commissioner of insurance;(5) at each such election there shall be elected such members of the state board of education as provided by law;(6) at each such election, when, in a judicial district in which judges of the district court are elected, the term of any district judge expires during the next year, or a vacancy in a district judgeship has been filled by appointment more than 30 days prior to the election, there shall be elected a district judge of such judicial district;(7) at each such election, when, in a judicial district in which judges of the district court are elected, the term of any district magistrate judge expires during the next year, or a vacancy in a district magistrate judgeship has been filled by appointment more than 30 days prior to the election, there shall be elected a district magistrate judge of such judicial district;(8) at each alternate election, prior to the year in which the regular term of office of state senators shall expire, there shall be elected a state senator in each state senatorial district;(9) at each election there shall be elected a representative from each state representative district;(10) at each alternate election there shall be elected, in each county, a county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, county or district attorney, sheriff and such other officers as provided by law; and(11) at each election, when the term of county commissioner in any district in any county shall expire during the next year, there shall be elected from such district a county commissioner.(b) This section shall apply to the filling of vacancies only so far as is consistent with the provisions of law relating thereto.History: R.S. 1923, 25-101; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 17; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 59; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 40; L. 1976, ch. 123, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 179, § 3; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 69; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 16; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-101a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-101a Same; state officers elected every four years; qualifications.

25-101a. Same; state officers elected every four years; qualifications. (a) On the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in 1978, and each four years thereafter, there shall be elected a governor and lieutenant governor running together, a secretary of state, an attorney general, a state treasurer and a state commissioner of insurance.(b) Every candidate for the office of secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer or state commissioner of insurance shall be a qualified elector of the state of Kansas by the deadline for filing for such office as provided in K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto.(c) Every candidate for the office of governor and lieutenant governor shall be a qualified elector and shall be 25 years of age or older by the deadline for filing for such office as provided in K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto.(d) Every candidate for the office of attorney general must be licensed to practice law within the state of Kansas.History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 11; L. 1976, ch. 179, § 4; L. 2018, ch. 116, § 1; Jan. 1, 2019.
KS Stat § 25-101b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-101b Election and term of state treasurer.

25-101b. Election and term of state treasurer. At the general election held in 1978 and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected a treasurer for the state of Kansas, whose term of office shall be four (4) years beginning on the second Monday in January next succeeding such treasurer's election. In case of a vacancy in such office, the governor shall appoint some suitable person to serve for the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualified.History: L. 1976, ch. 179, § 2; Jan. 1, 1977.
KS Stat § 25-105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-105 Notice of elections.

25-105. Notice of elections. Except as otherwise provided by law, the county election officer shall cause notice of the time of the holding of any general election to be published once at least 15 days before such election, except in the case of special elections, when 10 days' notice shall be given. Such notice shall be published in a paper or papers having circulation in such county. Such notice shall state the date and times of such election, the name of each person nominated for any public office to be voted upon and any propositions to be voted upon. If such election is not held in conjunction with another election for which notice of voting areas and polling places has been published, the notice required by this section shall also include such information. When the names to appear on general election ballots are definitely known and no later than 25 days prior to any general election, the county election officer shall mail a copy of such notice to each person nominated for any public office, except candidates for president and vice president of the United States, and to judicial retention candidates.History: R.S. 1923, 25-105; L. 1951, ch. 263, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 204, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 124, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-106 Hours of voting; change of hours, how made; rules and regulations.

25-106. Hours of voting; change of hours, how made; rules and regulations. (a) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all counties in Kansas located in the central time zone.At all national, state, county and township primary and general elections the polls shall open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer. If different hours are set, the polls shall be open at least 12 continuous hours commencing not earlier than 6:00 a.m. and ending not later than 8:00 p.m. and ending not earlier than 7:00 p.m. The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the time and manner of setting and announcing any change of hours under authority of this subsection.(b) The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all counties in Kansas located in the mountain time zone.At all national, state, county and township primary and general elections the polls shall open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer. If different hours are set, the polls shall be open at least 12 continuous hours commencing not earlier than 5:00 a.m. and ending not later than 7:00 p.m. and ending not earlier than 6:00 p.m. The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the time and manner of setting and announcing any change of hours under authority of this subsection.History: L. 1917, ch. 182, § 1; R.S. 1923, 25-106; L. 1941, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 61; L. 2001, ch. 124, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-107 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-107 Privilege from arrest.

25-107. Privilege from arrest. All judges, clerks and voters shall be free from arrest, except for felony and breach of the peace, in going to, attending on and returning from elections.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 63; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 25-107.
KS Stat § 25-108 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-108 Residence of public officers and employees.

25-108. Residence of public officers and employees. That for the purpose of voting, no person who is in the employment of this state or any municipal subdivision thereof in any civil capacity shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of such employment, but all such officers or employees shall be considered as residents of the place from whence they were elected or appointed.History: L. 1903, ch. 232, § 1; June 1; R.S. 1923, 25-108.
KS Stat § 25-111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-111 Justices of the supreme court.

25-111. Justices of the supreme court. (a) The offices held by the seven justices of the supreme court shall be separate and distinct offices, each to be filled by the selection of a candidate for that particular place.(b) A separate ballot shall be used for election upon the question of retention of justices of the supreme court and such elections shall be conducted as provided in article 3, section 5 of the constitution of Kansas. Election laws applicable to the general elections of other state officers shall apply to elections upon the question of retention of justices of the supreme court to the extent the same are not in conflict with and are consistent with said article 3, section 5.History: L. 1915, ch. 207, § 2; R.S. 1923, 25-111; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 62; L. 1977, ch. 130, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-113 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-113 Votes for persons who are justices of the supreme court or judges of district courts.

25-113. Votes for persons who are justices of the supreme court or judges of district courts. (a) All ballots or votes cast at any election for any person holding the office of judge of the district court, or of justice of the supreme court, except as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed and held to be void, and shall not be counted by the judges and clerks at any election, nor by any canvassing board, nor shall any record of the same be made by any canvassing board, nor any certificate of election issued thereon.(b) Ballots or votes may be cast for persons holding the office of judge of the district court for reelection to such office, or on the question of retention of any such judge in office, or for election to the office of senator or representative in the United States congress.(c) Ballots or votes may be cast for justices of the supreme court on the question of retention of any such justice in office as provided by article 3, section 5 of the constitution of Kansas.History: L. 1883, ch. 108, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 137, § 1; R.S. 1923, 25-113; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 63; L. 1974, ch. 137, § 16; L. 1977, ch. 130, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-116 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-116 Certain political parties barred.

25-116. Certain political parties barred. No political party:(a) Which is directly or indirectly affiliated by any means whatsoever with the Communist party of the United States, the Communist international, or any other foreign agency, political party, organization or government; or(b) which either directly or indirectly advocates, teaches, justifies, aids or abets the overthrow by force or violence, or by any unlawful means, of the government of the United States or this state; or(c) which directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids or abets a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition or treason against the government of the United States or this state, shall be recognized, or qualified to participate, or permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on the ballot, in any election in this state.History: L. 1941, ch. 231, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 25-117 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-117 Same; affidavit of newly organized party; filing.

25-117. Same; affidavit of newly organized party; filing. No newly organized political party shall be recognized or qualified to participate or permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on the ballot in any election in this state until it has filed an affidavit, by the officers of the party in the state, under oath that:(a) It is not directly or indirectly affiliated by any means whatsoever with the Communist party of the United States, the Communist international, or any other foreign agency, political party, organization or government; or(b) that it does not either directly or indirectly advocate, teach, justify, aid or abet the overthrow by force or violence, or by any unlawful means, of the government of the United States or this state; or(c) it does not directly or indirectly carry on, advocate, teach, justify, aid or abet a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition or treason against the government of the United States or this state.The affidavit herein provided for shall be filed with the secretary of state and he shall make such investigation as he may deem necessary to determine the character and nature of the political doctrines of such proposed new party, and if he finds that such proposed new party advocates doctrines or has affiliations which are in violation of the provisions of this act, he shall not permit such party to participate in the election.History: L. 1941, ch. 231, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 25-119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 1 - General Provisions|25-119 Election and registration expenses, how paid; counties without election commissioner.

25-119. Election and registration expenses, how paid; counties without election commissioner. In all counties not having a county election commissioner, the expense of printing and distributing ballots and all other expenses connected with and that are necessary to provide for national, state, county, township, city and school primary and general elections shall be paid by the county. Expenses connected with registration and copies of registration lists by cities of the first and second classes shall be paid by such cities. Whenever it is provided by law that certain election expenses shall be paid or reimbursed by any city, school district, community junior college district or any public special district, this section shall not be construed to prevent such reimbursement.History: L. 1963, ch. 227, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 64; April 30.