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KS Stat § 24-472 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-472 How appropriation made; duties of governor.

24-472. How appropriation made; duties of governor. That whenever private parties or corporations claim to own any part of the land so to be appropriated in any such drainage district, having taxable property to the amount of not less than forty million dollars as shown by the assessment roll of the preceding year, and which shall have deposited with the treasurer of the county wherein such land is situated, money to compensate for the appropriation of land necessary for the making of such improvements, the governor, when satisfied that the money so deposited is amply sufficient to make full and adequate compensation for such property so to be appropriated, shall thereupon issue a proclamation declaring that the state of Kansas has taken and appropriated such land, describing the same, and proclaiming that from and after the date of publication of such proclamation said property and the right to the possession thereof vests in the state of Kansas.Such proclamation shall be published in the official paper of the county wherein the land so appropriated is situated, and shall be notice to all parties interested, that the state of Kansas has taken and appropriated the land therein described, and thereupon the governor shall take and hold possession of said land in the name and on behalf of the state: Provided, however, The governor may appoint and designate the board of directors of the drainage district in which such lands are situated, as agents of the state to take and hold such possession for and on behalf of and in the name of the state, and the possession of such land by the governor or such agent shall be possession by the state; and the sheriff of the county wherein such land is situated, shall upon the request of the governor or such agent, put them in possession of such property.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 3; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-472.
KS Stat § 24-473 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-473 Penalty for interfering with possession of such property; removal from property.

24-473. Penalty for interfering with possession of such property; removal from property. That from and after the issuing and publishing of such proclamation, any person interfering with the possession of such property by the state or its agent, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and the sheriff of the county wherein such land is situated upon request of the governor, shall remove all persons interfering with the possession of the state or its agent, from said land and protect the agent of the state in such possession.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 4; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-473.
KS Stat § 24-474 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-474 Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land.

24-474. Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land. That for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any private person or corporation is the owner of any part of the land so taken, and if such owner to provide and secure full and adequate compensation for the appropriation thereof, the attorney general, upon the publication of such proclamation by the governor, is hereby directed to commence an action in the district court of the county wherein such land is situated, such suit to be entitled "The State of Kansas vs. all persons having or claiming any interest in the land lying between the established harbor line of the _______ river and within a distance of forty feet landward therefrom, within the _________ drainage district in ______________ county." Notice shall be given by publication of the filing of said action, setting forth the nature of said suit and that all such claimants must appear and set forth their claims on or before the date therein named which shall not be less than forty-one days from the date of the first publication, and that upon their failure so to do a judgment will be rendered therein excluding them from any interest in said land or any part thereof, and enjoining and barring them from asserting any claim to said land or any part thereof adverse to the state of Kansas. Such publication shall be made in the manner provided for publication notices in the code of civil procedure. If the claimants so notified shall appear in said cause then said action as to the parties so appearing, shall proceed to trial as in other civil actions, before a jury unless such jury be waived, to determine the ownership of said property and to assess the value of the land and other damages for the taking of such portions thereof as may belong to parties other than the public.That in the event the claimant shall fail to appear, on or before the date named, a pro confesso judgment shall be entered excluding them from any interest in said land which said judgment shall become final and conclusive at the expiration of six months from the date of such rendition unless the claimant shall make application within such period for the vacation of such judgment and permission to defend in said action and shall show to the court that he had no knowledge or notice of the pendency of said action prior to the rendition of such judgment.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 5; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-474.
KS Stat § 24-475 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-475 Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages.

24-475. Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages. The drainage districts into or through which such navigable stream flows are hereby made liable for the value of any land so appropriated, together with all damages which may be occasioned thereby to the owner of the land so appropriated and the cost of said suit, and any judgment rendered in said action against the state of Kansas shall be a lien upon all the taxable property in such drainage district and the board of directors of such drainage district is hereby empowered and directed to pay said judgment, the cost and award, from the funds in their hands and under their control for such purpose, and in the event such funds are insufficient or for any reason may not be used for such purpose, the board of directors shall issue bonds or levy a tax for the payment thereof as provided by law; and in the event that the board of directors of such district shall fail or neglect to pay the full amount of the judgment, cost and award, as herein provided, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such land is situated, is hereby empowered and directed to levy a tax upon all the taxable property within the limits of such drainage district and cause the same to be extended upon the tax rolls and collected as other taxes in a sum sufficient to pay such judgment, cost and award in full, and the same when so collected shall be so applied; and if for any reason there should be a failure to satisfy such judgment, the rights of the state to such tract or tracts of land shall be divested and the possession of such tract or tracts of land shall revert to the former adjudicated owners, in which event compensation shall be awarded for any loss or damage occasioned by such temporary appropriation, and the court shall render judgment therefor, which judgment shall be enforceable as in case of permanent appropriation: Provided, however, That in any such action it shall be competent for the state to dispute and contest the title of the claimant and to show that the land so appropriated constituted an obstruction or encroachment wrongfully placed in the channel or between the banks of said stream, or that for any other reason the claimant is not entitled to any compensation therefor and, if it shall be found that the land so appropriated constituted an obstruction wrongfully placed in said stream or that for any reason the claimant is not entitled to compensation or damage therefor, judgment shall be rendered accordingly.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 6; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-475.
KS Stat § 24-476 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-476 When railway company not to be deprived of easement in such land.

24-476. When railway company not to be deprived of easement in such land. That any railroad or railway company having a right of way crossing any of the land so appropriated, shall not be deprived of an easement for the use of such right of way, but shall be permitted to retain the right it now has for the purpose of crossing or running along, upon or over such levee: Provided, however, That such use and occupancy shall not interfere with the widening of such stream and shall not become an obstruction to the flow of the water therein, and shall not interfere with the height or otherwise impair the usefulness of the levees to be constructed for the purpose of preventing overflow.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 7; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-476.
KS Stat § 24-477 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-477 Removal of personal property from land so appropriated; mandamus.

24-477. Removal of personal property from land so appropriated; mandamus. That any person having personal property in or upon any land so appropriated shall remove the same within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the agents of the state, and should they fail or neglect so to do, such agent may remove the same or the attorney general may institute a mandamus suit or suits in any court of competent jurisdiction, to compel such removal.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 8; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-477.
KS Stat § 24-478 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-478 Sections 24-470 through 24-480 supplemental to act of 1905.

24-478. Sections 24-470 through 24-480 supplemental to act of 1905. This act shall not be construed as a repeal of chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905 or any statute relating to the matters herein provided for, but as supplemental thereto.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 9; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-478.
KS Stat § 24-479 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-479 Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land.

24-479. Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land. The board of directors or such drainage district is hereby empowered to grant easements in or to such forty-foot strip for such use and occupancy as will not interfere with the right of the state to the use of the same for the prevention of overflow, and if at any point along such harbor line the full width of forty feet is not required for the construction of levees or other improvements to prevent overflow, the board of directors of such drainage district may relinquish such part as shall be deemed necessary.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 10; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-479.
KS Stat § 24-480 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-480 Concurrent remedies.

24-480. Concurrent remedies. That the remedies provided by other acts, relating to the same subject matter, shall be held to be concurrent herewith.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 11; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-480.
KS Stat § 24-481 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-481 Application for incorporation of drainage district under article 7; when.

24-481. Application for incorporation of drainage district under article 7; when. Whenever a petition has been or shall hereafter be filed in the district court in any county in the state of Kansas having a population of more than 85,000 and less than 130,000, for the establishment of drainage on petition to court as authorized by the provisions of article 7, chapter 24, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and when and after the proceedings authorized by said article shall have reached the point where the court shall have approved the boundaries of a proposed drainage district and shall have authorized the commissioners appointed by said court to proceed with final plans, as provided in K.S.A. 24-705, the said board of drainage commissioners appointed by said court may, with the approval of said court, apply to the board of county commissioners of the county wherein said drainage is to be provided (or if said drainage project covers lands in more than one county, then in the district court of the county in which the greater number of acres of said proposed district are situate), for the incorporation of a drainage district to be composed of the lands found and approved by the court to be benefitted by such proposed drainage.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 1; March 2.
KS Stat § 24-482 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-482 Notice of hearing on application; publication; continuance.

24-482. Notice of hearing on application; publication; continuance. That upon the filing of an application with the board of county commissioners for the formation of said drainage district the county clerk shall cause a notice to be published in the official county paper, setting forth the fact of the filing of said application, the boundaries of said district and the date when the application will be heard, and apprize all persons interested that they may be heard at the time and place designated. Said notice shall be published once, and not less than five days before the date set for said hearing. Said notice shall further state the hour and place where said application will be heard by said board of commissioners. Said board of county commissioners shall hear said application at the date stated in said notice, or may for cause continue same for any period not exceeding ten days, but not more than three continuances shall be had by said board.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 2; March 2.
KS Stat § 24-483 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-483 Duties of county commissioners; style and powers of drainage district.

24-483. Duties of county commissioners; style and powers of drainage district. At the time designated for said hearing, if the board of county commissioners shall find said application to be in proper form and that the requirements of law relating thereto have been complied with, it shall be the duty of said board of county commissioners to which said application shall be made to cause said drainage district to be incorporated, and thereafter said drainage district shall be a body politic and corporate with perpetual existence, and shall exercise its functions and powers under a corporate name, approved by said board of county commissioners, which shall be "The ______ Drainage District of ____________ county, Kansas." (Using a suitable name and the county in which same is located.) Said board of county commissioners shall cause an entry to be made upon its records of the incorporation of said drainage district and its findings and declarations relating thereto, and shall cause articles of incorporation to be issued to said drainage district agreed to by said commissioners, and attested by the county clerk over the seal of said county.The charter of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence of the due incorporation, and that all requisite proceedings have been complied with. When said charter of incorporation shall have been issued to any such drainage district, such drainage district shall be vested with and thereafter have all of the powers, authority, rights, privileges and jurisdictions as are provided by law in case of drainage districts organized and incorporated under the provisions of article 4, chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereto and supplemental thereof, except where the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this act; and except as herein expressly provided, any drainage district incorporated hereunder shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in said article 4 of chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 3; March 2.
KS Stat § 24-484 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-484 Directors, qualifications; voters, qualifications.

24-484. Directors, qualifications; voters, qualifications. (a) The commissioners making the application for the charter of incorporation as a drainage district, shall be named in the charter as the directors of the drainage district, to serve for the term of four years from the date of the incorporation, unless one or more of the commissioners should be disabled or refuse to serve, in any which event the district court having jurisdiction, as provided in K.S.A. 24-481, shall have jurisdiction to designate some suitable person or persons as commissioners to make the application. At the expiration of the period of three and one-half years from the date of incorporation of the drainage district, and thereafter every four years, the board of directors of the drainage district shall cause an election to be called and held for the election of successors to the board of directors.The directors elected at the first election shall qualify and assume the duties of their respective offices on the fourth anniversary of the date of incorporation, unless same should fall on Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event they shall assume their offices on the preceding day. Directors shall be elected and assume their offices at each four-year period. In event of the death, disqualification or resignation of any director, the remaining directors shall have authority to fill any such vacancies occurring in their number for the unexpired term of such director. Except as provided by subsection (b), at the first and all subsequent elections held for the election of directors, only residents of the drainage district shall be entitled to vote, but any qualified elector of the county in which the district is located may be elected a director of the drainage district, whether a resident of the drainage district or not.(b) If there are no residents in the drainage district, any owner of land within the district shall be a qualified voter and shall be qualified to hold the office of director.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 4; L. 2006, ch. 207, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-485 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-485 Laws governing district after incorporation.

24-485. Laws governing district after incorporation. When and after a charter of incorporation shall have been granted to a drainage district as herein provided, all future duties, powers, rights, authority, limitations and restrictions of the powers of said drainage district shall be fixed and determined by the provisions of article 4, chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and not under article 7, chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except, however, as herein provided; but all proceedings had under said article 7, chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, shall be deemed regular and valid and sufficient to establish the necessity of the establishment of said drainage district and the boundaries thereof.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 5; March 2.
KS Stat § 24-486 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-486 Authority and powers of drainage district; bond issue; with and without election.

24-486. Authority and powers of drainage district; bond issue; with and without election. In addition to the powers hereby conferred upon any drainage district incorporated hereunder and set forth in article 4 of chapter 24 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and notwithstanding any provisions therein contained to the contrary, the drainage district, acting by and through its board of directors, shall have authority to cause suitable plans to be prepared and drainage work to be executed, drains to be built, necessary lands and easements to be acquired, and all necessary drainage work to be constructed and assessments for benefits to be made, in accordance with law. Such work may be done, assessments levied and bonds issued without the submission of the same to a vote of the electors, and until and unless the total face value of the bonds issued by the drainage district, exclusive of any interest coupons, exceeds the sum of 5% of the assessed valuation of all of the taxable property located within the drainage district, as determined by the last assessment thereof as shown by the records in the office of the county appraiser. Bonds may be issued and special assessments may be levied and spread to redeem the same, with interest, without the submission of same to a vote of the electors of the district. If the total amount of bonds issued by the drainage district equals or exceeds the above-named sum, no bonds shall be issued or assessments made without the submission of the proposition to a vote of the electors of the district as otherwise provided by law. All assessments shall be made as provided by K.S.A. 24-422, and amendments thereto, by the three disinterested assessors appointed by the board of directors from the electors of the county or counties in which the district is located.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 73; May 12.
KS Stat § 24-487 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-487 Validity of 24-481 through 24-487a.

24-487. Validity of 24-481 through 24-487a. In case any part of this act or of the act to which it is supplemental shall be declared to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this act or said act to which this act is supplemental shall nevertheless remain in force, and after the incorporation of said drainage district as in this act provided, no irregularity in the proceedings had prior to such incorporation or invalidity of the laws providing for such prior proceedings shall affect the validity of said incorporation, nor its rights, privileges, powers or duties.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 7; March 2.
KS Stat § 24-487a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-487a Construction of 24-481 through 24-487.

24-487a. Construction of 24-481 through 24-487. This act shall be construed as supplemental to existing laws relating to drainage, and not in limitation thereof.History: L. 1925, ch. 163, § 8; March 2.