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KS Stat § 12-5908 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 59 - City Land Banks|12-5908 Same; sale of property; conditions.

12-5908. Same; sale of property; conditions. (a) The board, without competitive bidding, may sell any property acquired by the board at such times, to such persons, and upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such restrictions and covenants deemed necessary or appropriate to assure the property's effective reutilization. The sale of any real property by the board under the provisions of this act on which there are delinquent special assessments to finance public improvements shall be conditioned upon the approval of the governing body of the municipality which levied the special assessments.(b) The board, for purposes of land disposition, may consolidate, assemble or subdivide individual parcels of property acquired by the bank.History: L. 2009, ch. 120, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5909 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 59 - City Land Banks|12-5909 Same; exemption of property from taxation; exceptions.

12-5909. Same; exemption of property from taxation; exceptions. (a) Until sold or otherwise disposed of by the bank and except for special assessments levied by a municipality to finance public improvements, any property acquired by the bank shall be exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes levied by the state and any other political or taxing subdivision of the state.(b) Except for special assessments levied by a municipality to finance public improvements, when the board acquires property pursuant to this act, the county treasurer shall remove from the tax rolls all taxes, assessments, charges, penalties and interest that are due and payable on the property at the time of acquisition by the board.(c) Property held by the bank shall remain liable for special assessments levied by a municipality to finance public improvements, but no payment thereof shall be required until such property is sold or otherwise conveyed by the bank.(d) The governing body of any municipality which has levied special assessments on property acquired by the bank may abate part or all of the special assessments, and the bank and governing body may enter into agreements related thereto. Any special assessments that are abated shall be removed from the tax rolls by the county treasurer as of the effective date of the abatement.(e) The governing body of any municipality which has levied special assessments on property acquired by the bank may enter into an agreement with the bank to defer or reamortize part or all of the special assessments. The governing body of the municipality shall provide for such deferral or reamortization by passage of an ordinance, if a city, and by passage of a resolution by any other municipality. Any special assessments that are deferred or reamortized shall be corrected on the tax rolls by the county treasurer as of the effective date of the ordinance or resolution providing for such deferral or reamortization.History: L. 2009, ch. 120, § 9; L. 2015, ch. 99, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5910 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 59 - City Land Banks|12-5910 Same; use of money received from sale of property.

12-5910. Same; use of money received from sale of property. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), any moneys derived from the sale of property by the bank shall be retained by the bank for the purposes and operations thereof.(b) The board may use all or any part of the proceeds from the sale described in paragraph (a) to reimburse any municipality for delinquent special assessments due on such property.History: L. 2009, ch. 120, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 12-5911 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities|Article 59 - City Land Banks|12-5911 Same; advisory committees; establishment.

12-5911. Same; advisory committees; establishment. The board may establish separate neighborhood or city advisory committees consisting of persons living or owning property within the county, city or neighborhood. In the case of neighborhood advisory committees, the board shall determine the boundaries of each neighborhood. In the absence of a resolution by the board providing otherwise, each advisory committee shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine persons, to be appointed by the board for two-year overlapping terms. The board shall consult with each advisory committee as needed to review the operations and activities of the bank and to receive the advice of the members of the advisory committee concerning any matter which comes before the committees.History: L. 2009, ch. 120, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 13-101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|13-101 Change of classification from city of second class to city of first class; proclamation by governor; tenure of governing body.

13-101. Change of classification from city of second class to city of first class; proclamation by governor; tenure of governing body. Whenever it shall have been duly ascertained by any census of enumeration taken under any law of the United States or of the state of Kansas or by any city that any city has attained a population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000), such fact shall thereupon, by the governing body of such city, be certified to the governor of the state, who shall thereupon by public proclamation declare such city to be a city of the first class. If the governing body of any city which has attained a population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) shall determine by resolution duly adopted that it would be more advantageous for such city to continue to operate as a city of the second class, such governing body shall not be required to so certify the population of such city to the governor and the laws relating to cities of the second class shall continue to be applicable to such city.The change in classification of any city under the provisions of this section shall take effect on the date the proclamation of the governor is issued unless a later date is specified therein, in which case the change and classification shall take place on such later date. The governing body of any such city, holding office at the time of the proclamation, shall continue to be the governing body of such city and the members of such body shall hold their respective offices until the next city election in an odd-numbered year.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-101; L. 1953, ch. 77, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 17; April 30.
KS Stat § 13-103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 1 - General Provisions|13-103 Form of government.

13-103. Form of government. All cities of the first class shall be governed by the provisions of this act.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 2; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-103.
KS Stat § 13-431 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-431 Utility rates; review by court.

13-431. Utility rates; review by court. To prescribe and fix maximum rates and charges, and regulate the collection of the same, for all water, electric light, heat, power, gas, telephone service or any other commodity or service furnished to such city or to any of the inhabitants thereof by any person or corporation now authorized by such city by virtue of a franchise ordinance or laws of this state, or that may hereafter be authorized by virtue of a franchise ordinance or laws of this state to furnish water, electric light, heat, power, gas or telephone service, or any other commodity or service, to such city or to its inhabitants.The rates and charges so prescribed shall at all times be reasonable and just; and if any city shall fix unreasonable and unjust rates and charges, the same may, at the instance of any producer or consumer, be reviewed and determined by the district court of the county in which such city is situated.History: R.S. 1923, § 13-431; December 27.
KS Stat § 13-436 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-436 Health and sanitation; election, when.

13-436. Health and sanitation; election, when. To make regulations to secure the general health of the city; to prevent and remove nuisances; to regulate or prohibit the construction of privy vaults and cesspools, and to regulate or suppress those already constructed; to compel and regulate the connection of all property with sewers; to suppress hogpens; to regulate or suppress slaughterhouses and stockyards, and prescribe and enforce regulations for cleaning and keeping the same in order; and the cleaning and keeping in order of warehouses, stables, alleys, yards, private ways and grounds, outhouses, and other places where offensive matter is kept or allowed to accumulate, and to compel and regulate the removal of garbage and filth beyond the city limits; and also to provide for taxing and to tax the cost of abating or removing any nuisance against any lot or tract of ground upon which the same is located and maintained, and to levy, certify and collect the same as a special assessment, in the same manner as for repairing and building sidewalks, in all cases where the owner, occupant or agent of said property shall fail, refuse or neglect to abate or remove said nuisance, after receiving notice to do so and being given a reasonable time in which to remove or abate the same, where said city has been compelled to abate or remove said nuisance.The city may, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election held for the purpose of voting funds to pay for the same, also establish and construct or cause to be established and constructed crematories, desiccating or reduction works, within or without the city, for the purpose of destroying dead animals, night soil, and garbage, and make all rules necessary for the operation of the same.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 56; L. 1905, ch. 109, § 1; March 21; R.S. 1923, § 13-436.
KS Stat § 13-443 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-443 Improving or vacating streets and alleys; reversion of land; recording of ordinance.

13-443. Improving or vacating streets and alleys; reversion of land; recording of ordinance. The governing body of the city shall have the power to open, widen, extend or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley or lane, and also to vacate and close any street, avenue, alley or lane or portion thereof. Before the governing body opens, widens or extends any street, avenue, alley or lane it shall proceed to condemn or acquire by purchase or gift the necessary lands as provided by law.When any street, avenue, alley or lane is vacated it shall revert to the owners of land thereto adjoining on each side, in proportion to the frontage of such land, except in cases where such street, avenue, alley or lane may have been taken for public use in a different proportion, in which case it shall revert to the adjoining land in the same proportion as it was taken from it.Immediately after an ordinance opening, widening, extending or vacating any street, avenue, alley or lane becomes effective, the clerk of the city shall file a copy thereof which has been certified by the city clerk as a true and correct copy in the office of the county clerk and in the office of the register of deeds. The county clerk shall enter the same in the transfer records of [the] county clerk's office and the register of deeds shall record the same in the deed records of the county and no fee shall be charged by the county clerk or register of deeds for such entering or recording.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 64; R.S. 1923, § 13-443; L. 1951, ch. 142, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 27; L. 1984, ch. 65, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 13-460 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-460 Art museum board in cities over 200,000.

13-460. Art museum board in cities over 200,000. Any city of the first class having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) may by ordinance create and establish a board within the administrative departments of the city for the general supervision and care of a museum of art and objects of art belonging to the city or exhibited therein. The aforesaid board shall be known as "The __________ (name of the city) art museum board."History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 1; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-461 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-461 Same; members, appointment, terms, vacancies.

13-461. Same; members, appointment, terms, vacancies. The art museum board shall consist of not to exceed seven (7) members, appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of commissioners of the city, and not to exceed five (5) members ex officio as may be provided by ordinance. The official members of said board shall be designated by the board of commissioners of the city to serve one for a term of one (1) year, two for a term of two (2) years, two for a term of three (3) years, and two for a term of four (4) years, and thereafter as their terms expire the members of such art museum board shall be appointed and hold their offices for a term of four (4) years and until their successor or successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Ex officio members of the board shall have a voice but no vote in the deliberations of the board. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired terms.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 2; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-462 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-462 Same; officers, duties; bond of treasurer.

13-462. Same; officers, duties; bond of treasurer. The board shall organize annually by the election from its membership of a chairman and a vice-chairman, and from its membership or employees a secretary and a treasurer. The officers shall have and perform the duties commonly belonging to their offices and as may be fixed by the board. The treasurer shall give a bond to the city, filed with the city clerk and approved as to form by the city attorney, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and to well and truly account for all moneys coming into his or her possession as treasurer.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 3; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-463 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-463 Same; rules and regulations; acquisition of art objects; acceptance of gifts and moneys; administration.

13-463. Same; rules and regulations; acquisition of art objects; acceptance of gifts and moneys; administration. The governing body may authorize the art museum board of the city to adopt rules and regulations for its government and the performance of its duties with respect to the art museum of the city and the exhibition of paintings and other objects of art owned by the city or otherwise. The said board may be further authorized in the name of the city to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest or exchange, paintings, prints, statues, and other objects of art, and to act as trustee or custodian of collections and works of art within the city; to receive and accept any gift or donation to the city art museum and administer the same in accordance with the conditions of the donation; and to receive and administer any money and other property appropriated or granted by the city, the state of Kansas, the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the purpose of aiding or maintaining art museums.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 4; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-464 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-464 Same; property management and control.

13-464. Same; property management and control. Real or personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised and conveyed to the city for the purpose of developing, maintaining, expanding, or relocating such museum of art provided for herein, upon such trusts and conditions as may be prescribed by the grantors or devisors thereof and agreed to by such art museum board. All property so devised, granted, bequeathed or conveyed, and the rents, issues, profits and income thereof, shall be subject to the management and control of said art museum board.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 5; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-465 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-465 Same; director and employees, compensation; leasing property; records and reports.

13-465. Same; director and employees, compensation; leasing property; records and reports. The governing body of the city may authorize the art museum board to appoint, employ and remove a director of the museum, the necessary subordinate employees, and fix their compensation. The board may also enter into contracts with the board of park commissioners of the city or with other persons or corporations for the leasing and maintaining of buildings and grounds for art museum purposes. The board shall keep a record of all proceedings and transactions and make such reports as the board of commissioners of the city shall require.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 6; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-466 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 4 - Legislative Department; Powers Of Governing Body|13-466 Same; appropriations by city; budget; expenditures.

13-466. Same; appropriations by city; budget; expenditures. Any city which shall have established an art museum board for the purposes of this act may annually appropriate from the special contributions fund of the city such moneys as may be deemed necessary for the budget of the art museum board. The board shall prepare and submit an annual budget for the approval of the board of commissioners of the city at the time of the preparation of the city budget. The art museum board shall be authorized to expend such funds as budgeted for the purposes of this act.History: L. 1957, ch. 131, § 7; June 29.
KS Stat § 13-502 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-502 General duties of mayor.

13-502. General duties of mayor. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and this act are complied with.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 66; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-502.
KS Stat § 13-506 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-506 Signing and approval of contracts.

13-506. Signing and approval of contracts. The mayor shall sign all contracts before the city shall be liable thereon; and all contracts shall be subject to his or her veto the same as ordinances, and the same shall not be binding on the city unless passed over the mayor's veto by a vote of three-fourths of all the councilmen elected.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 70; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-506.
KS Stat § 13-507 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-507 Signing of commissions; approval of bonds.

13-507. Signing of commissions; approval of bonds. The mayor shall sign the commissions of all officers elected or appointed in the city, and endorse the approval of all official bonds by the governing body.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 71; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-507.
KS Stat § 13-508 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-508 Mayor as peace officer; special policemen, term.

13-508. Mayor as peace officer; special policemen, term. The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace throughout the city, and shall at all times have power to appoint such number of special policemen as he or she may in cases of emergency deem necessary to preserve the peace of the city, and to dismiss the same at pleasure: Provided, Such policemen shall not serve longer than the next meeting of the council, unless confirmed by it.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 72; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-508.
KS Stat § 13-509 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-509 Messages to council.

13-509. Messages to council. The mayor shall from time to time communicate to the council in writing such information and recommend such measures as in his or her opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances of the city, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 73; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-509.
KS Stat § 13-510 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-510 Special meetings of council.

13-510. Special meetings of council. The mayor or any two councilmen shall have power to call special meetings of the council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing, and the call and the object as well as the action of the council shall be entered upon the journal by the clerk, and no other business shall be transacted except that mentioned in the call.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 74; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-510.
KS Stat § 13-511 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-511 Mayor may require reports from officers.

13-511. Mayor may require reports from officers. The mayor shall have power, when he or she deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers and to make reports to the council in writing touching any subject or matter the mayor may require pertaining to said officer.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 75; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-511.
KS Stat § 13-512 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class|Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers|13-512 Enforcement of ordinances; neglect of duty by officers; jurisdiction outside city.

13-512. Enforcement of ordinances; neglect of duty by officers; jurisdiction outside city. The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, and he or she shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty. The mayor shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance over all places within five miles of the corporate limits of the city for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance, or regulation thereof.History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 76; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-512.