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KS Stat § 68-705 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-705 Supervision of benefit-district road work.

68-705. Supervision of benefit-district road work. All work done and materials furnished shall be under the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or licensed professional engineer employed by the county and shall be in conformity with the plans and specifications and the contract. The acceptance of any work or material by such engineer shall not bind the county nor excuse the contractor for failure to comply with such contract. No changes shall be made except by written contract with the board of county commissioners.History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 5; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 5; R.S. 1923, 68-705; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 131; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-707 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-707 Apportionment when costs unusually large.

68-707. Apportionment when costs unusually large. Whenever in the judgment of the board of county commissioners any part of the road in addition to being of public utility, shall be of general importance to the county, the improvement of which by reason of sand, creeks, heavy grades or other reasons would necessarily incur unusual expense, the board of county commissioners may make an order to that effect and charge not exceeding sixty percent of the expense of the improvement to the county, the expense to the lands within the benefit district to be decreased in proportion.History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 7; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 7; Mar. 3; R.S. 1923, 68-707.
KS Stat § 68-708 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-708 Special aid fund for benefit-district roads.

68-708. Special aid fund for benefit-district roads. The county commissioners may receive subscriptions and donations in money and real or personal property which shall be applied in the construction or the improvement of said road. Any aid or donation by the state or the United States, or by cities, or from any other source shall be placed in a special fund for such improvements and shall be applied by the board of county commissioners before apportioning the remainder of the cost between the county, township and benefit district. Such state and federal aid and donations and special assessments paid in full shall be used in paying off the warrants and interest accumulating thereon which were issued during the progress of the improvement.History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 8; L. 1911, ch. 249, § 2; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 8; Mar. 3; R.S. 1923, 68-708.
KS Stat § 68-710 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-710 Application of act to pending proceedings.

68-710. Application of act to pending proceedings. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway has been petitioned for or machinery heretofore purchased, under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas, 1919, or amendments thereto, but which projects have not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act.History: L. 1921, ch. 218, § 4; Apr. 4; R.S. 1923, 68-710.* For location of L. 1917, ch. 265 and L. 1919, ch. 246, see Comparative Table of Sections in Constitutions Volume.
KS Stat § 68-711 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-711 Maintenance and repair.

68-711. Maintenance and repair. All roads improved under the provisions of this act shall thereafter be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which said improved roads are located, in the same manner and method as required for federal aid roads as indicated in section 3 [*] of chapter 264 of the Session Laws of 1917.History: L. 1911, ch. 249, § 4; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 10; L. 1919, ch. 246, § 7; Apr. 8; R.S. 1923, 68-711.* Section 3 now repealed, see 68-403.
KS Stat § 68-712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-712 Application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-712. Application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], or under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, but which projects had not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to all petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted under the provisions of the laws amended by this act.History: L. 1919, ch. 246, § 8; Apr. 8; R.S. 1923, 68-712.* For location of L. 1909, ch. 201 and L. 1917, ch. 265, see Comparative Table of Sections in Constitutions Volume.
KS Stat § 68-714 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-714 Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile.

68-714. Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the construction or improvement of roads costing less than five hundred dollars per mile.History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 11; Mar. 10; R.S. 1923, 68-714.
KS Stat § 68-714a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-714a Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under 68-701 to 68-714.

68-714a. Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under 68-701 to 68-714. When the permanent improvement of a road or roads was brought about or caused to be done by the benefit district plan and as provided in K.S.A. 68-701 to 68-714, any such road or roads may be reconstructed or reimproved by petition filed, as therein provided with the board of county commissioners of any county where such road or roads may be located, and said statutes and the methods and procedure therein set forth are hereby made applicable to the reconstruction or reimprovement of any such road or roads, and any such road or roads may be reconstructed or reimproved in the same manner and by the methods set forth in said statutes.History: L. 1945, ch. 269, § 1; Apr. 5.
KS Stat § 68-715 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-715 Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure.

68-715. Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure. Whenever any road project has been inaugurated by petition or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this state, and the same, or any part thereof, has been abandoned and said projected road not constructed, and whenever the taxpayers of any such road district have paid into the county treasury one or more installments of taxes levied for the construction of such proposed road, the board of county commissioners of any county in this state, where such condition arises, is hereby empowered to refund to each person owning land in such road district, or in the township through which such abandoned road district is located, the amount of taxes paid by them for the construction of said road: Provided, however, That before the amount to be refunded to the taxpayers, in said road district and township, entitled to the same, shall be paid, the board of county commissioners shall make an order in which it shall describe specifically the metes and bounds of said abandoned road district and the township or portions of the townships through which said abandoned road district is located and shall also insert in their said order a finding setting forth the name of each taxpayer in said road district and township entitled to a refund of the taxes paid by him and the amount of money which he is entitled to have refunded to him, and said order and findings shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk, and the county clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to draw vouchers upon the county treasurer payable to the persons named in the order and findings of said board of county commissioners for the respective amounts so found to be due to them, and the county treasurer shall pay said vouchers out of the fund held in said abandoned road account: And provided further, That the remaining one half of said road fund collected from all of the taxpayers in any such county for the construction of said abandoned road project, shall be transferred from said abandoned road district fund to the general road fund of said county and be used by said county in the improvement of its system of county highways.History: L. 1923, ch. 237, § 1; Feb. 10; R.S. 1923, 68-715.
KS Stat § 68-717 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-717 Same; application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-717. Same; application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1919, amendatory thereto, but which projects had not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to all petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted under the provisions of acts above mentioned.History: L. 1920, ch. 48, § 2; Feb. 2; R.S. 1923, 68-717.* "Chapter 265," see 68-701 to 68-709, 68-711, 68-713, 68-716, 68-718, 68-719; "Chapter 246," see 68-701 to 68-709, 68-711, 68-712.
KS Stat § 68-719 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-719 Application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-719. Application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act as to apportionment of cost and the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provision of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], but which projects had not been completed nor the cost thereof apportioned prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted, under the provisions of the said laws repealed by this act.History: L. 1917, ch. 265, § 14; Mar. 3; R.S. 1923, 68-719.* "Chapter 201," see 68-701, 68-702, 68-703 to 68-709, 68-713, 68-714.
KS Stat § 68-729 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-729 Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication.

68-729. Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication. If, in any county having a population of more than 20,000, a petition is filed in accordance with K.S.A. 68-728 for an improvement for which a special tax is to be levied and the board deems it necessary to make the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, declare such improvement necessary to be done. Such resolution shall be published once in the official paper of the county and shall be sent by certified mail to the owners of the property liable for taxation for the improvement, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. If the owners of more than 1/2 the property liable for taxation, for the improvement do not, within 20 days from such last publication, file with the county clerk their protest against such improvement, the board of county commissioners shall have power to cause such roads and highways to be constructed or built, to contract therefor and to levy taxes as provided by law. The work may be done before, during or after the collection of the special assessment, as deemed proper by the board of county commissioners.As used in this section, "improvement" means curbing, guttering, paving, macadamizing, grading, recurbing, reguttering, repaving, remacadamizing or regrading a public road outside any incorporated city.History: L. 1927, ch. 258, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 74; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-730 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-730 Same; eminent domain.

68-730. Same; eminent domain. For the purpose of acquiring any necessary land or rights-of-way over the same, or any property of any kind which may be necessary for the successful construction and maintenance of such roads and highways system, if the board of county commissioners cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the board of county commissioners and prosecuted in the name of the county under the provisions of the law in similar cases.History: L. 1927, ch. 258, § 3; Mar. 21.
KS Stat § 68-732 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-732 Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.

68-732. Same; resolution, publication; time for protests. Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-731, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729.History: L. 1931, ch. 250, § 2; Mar. 4.
KS Stat § 68-733 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-733 Same; eminent domain.

68-733. Same; eminent domain. Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730.History: L. 1931, ch. 250, § 3; Mar. 4.
KS Stat § 68-736 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-736 Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.

68-736. Same; resolution, publication; time for protests. Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-735, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729 and any amendments thereto.History: L. 1937, ch. 288, § 2; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-737 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts|68-737 Same; eminent domain.

68-737. Same; eminent domain. Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730 and any amendments thereto.History: L. 1937, ch. 288, § 3; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-1009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1009 Designation of part of U.S. 40 as Blue Star memorial highway.

68-1009. Designation of part of U.S. 40 as Blue Star memorial highway. (a) The portion of United States highway No. 40 traversing this state where it crosses the Missouri-Kansas border on the east to the point where it leaves the state on the west at the Kansas-Colorado line, be and it is hereby designated as the official east-west Blue Star memorial highway in the state of Kansas.(b) If the state of Missouri designates a portion of interstate highway 70 as the Truman/Eisenhower Presidential highway, or something substantially similar, then the portion of United States highway No. 40 from where it crosses the Missouri-Kansas border, to the west city limits of Topeka, and then from the junction of highway K-15 with United States highway No. 40, then west on United States highway No. 40 to the point where it leaves the state at the Kansas-Colorado line, shall be designated as the official east-west Blue Star memorial highway in the state of Kansas.History: L. 1951, ch. 394, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 71, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1010 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1010 Designation of part of U.S. 77 as the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.

68-1010. Designation of part of U.S. 77 as the Robert B. Docking memorial highway. The portion of United States highway 77 from the northern boundary of Cowley county to the junction with United States highway 77 business then south on United States highway 77 business to United States highway 77 then south to the Kansas-Oklahoma border is hereby designated the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.History: L. 1951, ch. 394, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 60, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 52, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 86, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1011 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1011 Designation of part of U.S. 281 as the Amercan Legion memorial highway.

68-1011. Designation of part of U.S. 281 as the Amercan Legion memorial highway. The portion of United States highway no. 281 traversing this state where it crosses the Nebraska-Kansas boundary line on the north to the point where it leaves the state on the south at the Kansas-Oklahoma boundary line, be and it is hereby designated as "the American Legion memorial highway" in the state of Kansas.History: L. 1955, ch. 307, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-1012 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1012 Designation and marking of the Santa Fe trail.

68-1012. Designation and marking of the Santa Fe trail. It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation, with the cooperation of the governing body of each city and county, to designate and mark the primary route of the historic Santa Fe trail in Kansas, as described in the national park service comprehensive management and use plan, by placing suitable signs in locations where the trail travels on public highways and crosses public highways. The secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable signs bearing the proper approved inscription.History: L. 1961, ch. 309, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 248, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1013 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1013 Designation of part of federal-interstate highway 35 as the 35th infantry division memorial highway.

68-1013. Designation of part of federal-interstate highway 35 as the 35th infantry division memorial highway. That portion of federal-interstate highway No. 35 which traverses the state is hereby designated "the 35th infantry division memorial highway."History: L. 1963, ch. 336, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 68-1015 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1015 35th infantry division memorial highway; powers and duties of secretary of transportation.

68-1015. 35th infantry division memorial highway; powers and duties of secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation shall provide appropriate signs at proper intervals along the federal interstate highway No. 35 bearing an inscription to show the designation. The secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription. The memorial committee heretofore referred to in this section is hereby abolished.History: L. 1963, ch. 336, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 272, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 132; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-1017 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1017 Designation of Smoky Hill trail; marking.

68-1017. Designation of Smoky Hill trail; marking. That Smoky Hill trail, also commonly called Butterfield trail and Old Denver trail, through the seven counties of Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, Logan and Wallace from Fort Ellsworth to the Colorado state line, a distance of about two hundred twenty miles, be and is hereby designated as "Smoky Hill trail" in the state of Kansas. That said "Smoky Hill trail" should be and will hereafter be marked thereby preserving its exact location.History: L. 1963, ch. 337, § 1; Apr. 8.
KS Stat § 68-1018 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1018 Same; secretary of transportation to cooperate in placing of markers; marker requirements.

68-1018. Same; secretary of transportation to cooperate in placing of markers; marker requirements. It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to cooperate with any person or group of persons so interested in placing markers at proper intervals along any highway right-of-way indicating the points where said Smoky Hill trail runs parallel with or crosses any state highway. Said markers shall be made from the famous stone fence posts prominent in western Kansas, and said markers will be made showing a 30-inch shaft above a cement base and on the side facing any highway a panel is to be smoothed and the legend, B.O.D., 1865 (meaning Butterfield overland dispatch, the official title of the firm establishing this trail) sandblasted on in letters large enough to be easily read by anyone passing by on the highway.History: L. 1963, ch. 337, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 133; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-1019 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1019 Designation of part of U.S. highway 36 as the pony express highway; designating bridges No. 028 and No. 029 as the pony express bridges.

68-1019. Designation of part of U.S. highway 36 as the pony express highway; designating bridges No. 028 and No. 029 as the pony express bridges. (a) A portion of United States highway 36 where it enters the state on the Kansas-Missouri line on the east, thence west to the east city limits of the city of Washington, is hereby designated as the pony express highway in the state of Kansas. The secretary of transportation shall place suitable signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate the highway is the pony express highway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable highway signs.(b) Bridges No. 028 and No. 029 are hereby designated as the pony express bridges in the state of Kansas. The secretary of transportation shall place suitable signs to indicate the bridges are the pony express bridges. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable signs.History: L. 1964, ch. 28, § 1 (Budget Session); L. 1988, ch. 271, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-1020 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges|68-1020 Designation and marking of the Lewis and Clark expedition route.

68-1020. Designation and marking of the Lewis and Clark expedition route. It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to designate and mark by suitable signs, following as nearly as possible the route of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition in Kansas, on the following described highways: From the Kansas-Missouri state line west on highway U.S. 24 and highway U.S. 40 through Kansas City, Kansas, to the intersection of highway U.S. 73; and from highway K-7 at the junction with U.S. highway 59 in the city of Atchison; highway K-7 north through Troy to the Kansas-Nebraska state line.History: L. 1967, ch. 361, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 134; L. 1987, ch. 261, § 2; July 1.