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KS Stat § 24-306 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-306 Division into sections; performance of work; fees and costs; assessments.

24-306. Division into sections; performance of work; fees and costs; assessments. The said board of county commissioners, whenever they shall have established any such ditch, drain, or watercourse, shall divide the same into suitable sections, not less in number than the number of owners of land through which the same may be located, and shall also prescribe the time within which the work upon such sections shall be completed, and by whom done. And the said county commissioners shall assess and allow all the fees, costs and expenses of locating and establishing such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and shall apportion the payment of the same equitably among the parties to be benefited thereby. And the county commissioners may prescribe the time within which assessments shall be paid, and may, if they deem it necessary and convenient to the parties, direct the clerk to prepare, for the use of each person having costs to pay and labor to perform, a brief statement, in writing, describing briefly his, her or their apportionment of said ditch, together with the length, depth, and width, and place of the same, amount of costs assessed against such person, when to be paid, and by what time said work shall be completed.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 5; Feb. 24; R.S. 1923, 24-306.
KS Stat § 24-307 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-307 Penalty for obstructing ditch, drain or stream; damages.

24-307. Penalty for obstructing ditch, drain or stream; damages. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously fill up or obstruct any such ditch, drain, or watercourse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25), and shall moreover be liable for all damages that may accrue to any person or persons by such act or acts.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 6; R.S. 1923, 24-307; L. 1973, ch. 134, § 29; July 1, 1974.
KS Stat § 24-313 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-313 Sale of work to lowest bidder.

24-313. Sale of work to lowest bidder. It shall be the duty of said county commissioners, upon the expiration of the time specified by them for the opening of such ditch, drain, or watercourse, and upon being satisfied by inspection and view that any section or sections of the same have not been completed, to sell such work by such sections to the lowest bidder by setting up written notices of such sale in at least three of the most public places of such county, specifying the time when such work shall be completed, said notices to be posted up for at least ten days before the day of sale; and said county commissioners shall take such bond or other security for the performance of such work, as they may deem proper; and such county commissioners shall make a fair and just estimate of the amount of costs made in all such proceedings, to be paid by each person interested in such proposed ditch, drain, or watercourse and collect the same as hereinafter provided, and pay out the same in conformity with such estimates.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 12; R.S. 1923, 24-313; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 58; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-314 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-314 Commissioners to certify to county clerk the amounts due for sections sold; payment of such amounts; amounts placed on tax roll.

24-314. Commissioners to certify to county clerk the amounts due for sections sold; payment of such amounts; amounts placed on tax roll. Immediately after the sale of any such sections or parts of sections as provided for in K.S.A. 24-313, said board of county commissioners shall certify to the county clerk of said county the amount such section sold for, adding the proportionate amount of costs and expenses of such sale, together with a correct description of each piece of land; and said county clerk shall place the same on the tax roll, to be collected as other state and county taxes are collected. As soon as such work shall be completed in conformity with such sale, and to the satisfaction of said board of county commissioners, said board of county commissioners shall certify the amount due to each person to the county clerk of the county, and said county clerk shall draw orders for the payment of such amount out of the county treasury: Provided, That any person interested may pay the amount of the purchase money, and proportionate amount of costs and expenses as aforesaid, to said board of county commissioners at any time before the same are charged on the tax roll, to be paid by said board of county commissioners to the purchaser of such section or sections respectively.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 13; Feb. 24; R.S. 1923, 24-314.
KS Stat § 24-316 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-316 Corporation benefited to pay part of expense.

24-316. Corporation benefited to pay part of expense. That when any ditch, drain or watercourse, located and established under this act, crosses or drains, either in whole or in part, any public or corporated road, or any railroad, or benefits any or either of said roads, so that the roadbed or traveled track of any such road will be made better by the opening and construction of any such ditch, drain or watercourse, the board of county commissioners shall apportion and set off to the county, if a county road, or to the township, if a township road, or to the company, if corporated or a railroad, a portion of the costs and expenses, and also a portion of the construction thereof, the same as private individuals, and in proportion to the benefits conferred by said ditch, drain and watercourse on such roads, and compel them to pay said costs and perform said labor in like manner.That if any public or corporated road, or any railroad, whose roadbed or traveled track is benefited by the opening and constructing of any such ditch, drain, or watercourse, shall fail to pay the costs and expenses assigned to them, or fail to procure the cutting and opening of such ditch, drain, or watercourse on that section or portion assigned and set off to them respectively by the board of county commissioners as hereinbefore provided, as in the case of individuals, after due notice upon the person designated by any such corporation or railroad to accept service for such corporation or railroad, and in the manner and time specified in this act for such service, or on individuals, the board of county commissioners shall in that event proceed in the same manner and form as in this act provided for the collection of such costs and expenses against private individuals; and upon completion of the work, and acceptance as hereinbefore provided, the county commissioners shall certify the amount due for the performance of said work to the county clerk of such county, and said amount shall be placed upon the tax roll of such county by the clerk thereof, against said corporated road or railroad benefited by the cutting and opening of said portion or section of said ditch, drain, or watercourse, to be collected as other state and county taxes are collected.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 15; Feb. 24; R.S. 1923, 24-316.
KS Stat § 24-317 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 3 - Drainage Of Swamps, Bottoms Or Lowlands Within County|24-317 Act does not repeal 24-201 to 24-215.

24-317. Act does not repeal 24-201 to 24-215. This act shall not repeal or in any way render inoperative, the whole or any part of a similar act passed by the legislature of this state, which went into effect March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.History: L. 1886, ch. 161, § 16; Feb. 24; R.S. 1923, 24-317.
KS Stat § 24-401 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-401 Organization of drainage districts; duties of board of county commissioners.

24-401. Organization of drainage districts; duties of board of county commissioners. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties in this state shall have power and it shall be their duty, upon a proper petition being presented for that purpose, to incorporate and organize drainage districts within their respective counties, in the manner hereinafter provided.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-401; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 26; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-402 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-402 Lands within cities may be included in drainage district.

24-402. Lands within cities may be included in drainage district. That any drainage district may include lands within the county subject to overflow from the same natural watercourse, whether the same be situated partly within and partly without or wholly within or without any incorporated city: Provided, That no territory, within any incorporated city, located in any county having an assessed tangible valuation of more than one hundred fifty million dollars shall be included within any drainage district unless the consent of the governing body of such city to the inclusion of such territory shall first be obtained.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 2; R.S. 1923, 24-402; L. 1947, ch. 242, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-403 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-403 Petition for organization of drainage district; definitions.

24-403. Petition for organization of drainage district; definitions. (A) That the petition for the incorporation and organization of a drainage district shall be addressed to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands which it is proposed shall constitute the district are situated. The petition shall describe the territory proposed to be so incorporated by sections or subdivisions of sections, according to the government survey, or by metes and bounds, and state that the lands and property therein embraced are subject to injury and damage from the overflow of some natural watercourse, naming or describing it; that the improvement of the channel of such watercourse, the construction and maintenance of levees, drains or other works, including detention dams and reservoirs, are necessary to prevent such overflow; and that such improvement or works will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare. And such petition shall contain a prayer that all of the territory within the boundaries defined in the petition be incorporated as a drainage district, under the corporate name to be therein designated. If any lands to be included in said district lie within the limits of any city or town, it shall be sufficient to describe same by their appropriate number as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks.(B) Whenever the term: (a) "other improvements"; (b) "other works or improvements"; (c) "any work to be done"; (d) "other works to prevent overflow"; (e) "existing improvements"; (f) "other works"; or any terms or words of like import are used in the act of which this section is amendatory, and when used in any act supplemental to or amendatory of said act, commonly known as the drainage act of 1905, such terms shall be construed to include and mean, but not limited to, detention dams and reservoirs constructed in areas adjacent to watercourses.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 3; L. 1909, ch. 132, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-403; L. 1951, ch. 262, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 24-403a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-403a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

24-403a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any drainage district created pursuant to K.S.A. 24-401 et seq., and amendments thereto, unless the governing body of such improvement district or industrial district approves the inclusion thereof.Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing a procedure for the detachment or deannexation of land located within the boundaries of a drainage district.History: L. 1997, ch. 143, § 13; May 8.
KS Stat § 24-404 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-404 Time and notice of hearing.

24-404. Time and notice of hearing. Whenever a petition in conformity to the provisions of K.S.A. 24-403, signed by not less than two-fifths of the taxpayers residing within the boundaries of the proposed district, or signed by the record owners of not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the land within the boundaries of the proposed districts, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of any county, praying that a drainage district be incorporated and organized, it shall be the duty forthwith of such board of county commissioners to fix a time for the hearing of such petition, and to cause the county clerk to give notice thereof by one publication in some newspaper published and of general circulation in the county at least five (5) days before the day fixed for the hearing.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-404; L. 1971, ch. 123, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-405 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-405 Hearing of petition; corporate name; perpetual succession.

24-405. Hearing of petition; corporate name; perpetual succession. That at the time set for the hearing of the petition, as provided in the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to first ascertain and determine whether notice has been given of the time of hearing as required by this act, and, if it shall be determined that such notice has been given, to make a declaration and finding of that fact and cause the same to be entered upon its records, and thereupon to hear all persons in favor or opposed to granting the prayer of said petition and all other evidence that it may desire to hear for the purpose of ascertaining whether such petition contains the proper number of signers possessing the qualifications prescribed by this act, and whether the statements in said petition are true; and if upon such hearing it shall be found that such petition is in conformity to the requirements of this act, and that the allegations thereof are true, then such board of county commissioners shall make a finding and decision to that effect, and shall thereupon immediately declare the territory described in the petition to constitute a public corporation, and the inhabitants within such bounds to be incorporated as a drainage district under the name of "The ____ drainage district, _____ county, Kansas" (inserting the name designated in the petition and the name of the proper county), and thenceforth the said territory and the inhabitants residing therein and their successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate under said corporate name, and shall have perpetual succession.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 5; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-405.
KS Stat § 24-406 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-406 Record of organization; first election; description of lands.

24-406. Record of organization; first election; description of lands. That it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners incorporating any drainage district under the provisions of this act to cause an entry to be made upon its records showing all of its declarations, findings, decisions and orders made pursuant to the preceding sections, which entry shall define the limits of the drainage district to be so incorporated in conformity to the description contained in the petition, and such entry shall fix the time and place of holding the first election to choose such officers of such drainage district as are hereinafter required to be elected, and designate five taxpayers residing within said district, three to act as judges and two to act as clerks of such election; and all declarations, determinations, findings, decisions and orders of such board of county commissioners so entered of record shall be conclusive on all persons, so that no matter or fact so determined shall ever be disputed by anyone, and such record, or a properly authenticated copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of the matters therein recited and of the corporate existence of such drainage district: Provided, That the fact that the lands described in drainage districts heretofore incorporated under the provisions of said chapter 215 are described by sections or subdivisions of sections, according to the government survey, or as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks, by their appropriate number, shall not invalidate said petitions or invalidate the orders of the board of county commissioners incorporating such districts.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 6; L. 1909, ch. 132, § 2; April 3; R.S. 1923, 24-406.
KS Stat § 24-408 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-408 Powers of districts incorporated under law of 1905.

24-408. Powers of districts incorporated under law of 1905. All drainage districts incorporated under the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, shall have power:First, to take from any navigable river within their corporate limits, sand, gravel, rock, or other minerals, without the payment to the state of any compensation therefor, and sell the same and use the proceeds in the construction or maintenance of levees, or river walls, or for dredging, or other improvements authorized to be made or maintained by such districts.Second, to construct and maintain streets upon, along, adjoining or over any river wall, dike or levee, and approaches thereto from adjacent or intersecting streets, and to contract with any city or other municipal corporation in which the same may be situated, or with any private corporation or person, for the making of such improvements, or for the payment of a portion of the cost thereof, and to levy taxes and issue bonds in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, to pay the cost of such improvements.Third, to contract or otherwise co-operate with any city or other municipal corporation in which the same may be situated, or with any corporation or person, for the construction of flood control works and for the acquiring of rights of way therefor and for the maintenance, repair or operation thereof, and for the construction and maintenance of sewers, drains or ditches for the drainage of any drainage district or portion thereof, or to prevent the same from being overflowed by surface water from adjoining lands, and to levy taxes and issue bonds in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, to pay for the cost of such improvements.History: L. 1917, ch. 173, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-408; L. 1955, ch. 199, § 1; April 8.
KS Stat § 24-408a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-408a Sanitary sewers of district; bonds.

24-408a. Sanitary sewers of district; bonds. If the board of directors of any drainage district incorporated under the provisions of chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and amendments thereto, shall find and determine by resolution that the sanitary sewers of such drainage district are inadequate to meet the standards of the secretary of health and environment and that the alteration, enlargement, extension, improvement, construction, reconstruction, development or redevelopment of such sewers, including sewage treatment and disposal plants, facilities, interceptor and outfall sewers, are necessary and in the interest of public health and welfare, such board shall employ a competent engineer to make a report on the work necessary to be done and an estimate of the cost thereof, which said report and estimate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of such board.Thereupon the board of directors of said drainage district shall examine and consider such report and estimate, and if said board shall determine that the proposed work should be done, the board shall so find by resolution and shall file with the secretary copies of the resolutions adopted by said district board and a copy of said engineer's report and estimate, and shall request said secretary to approve said report and estimate. Said secretary shall thereupon examine and consider such report and estimate, and if the secretary shall find and determine that the sanitary sewers of such drainage district are inadequate to meet the standards of the secretary of health and environment and that it is necessary and in the interest of public health and welfare that the work described in said engineer's report be done, the secretary shall approve said report and estimate, and thereupon the drainage district shall have power to do such work and to enter into contracts therefor and to pay the cost thereof, except that no sewage treatment or disposal plant shall be constructed inside a city limits or for the treatment of city sewage by a drainage district without the written approval of the governing body of a city. For the purpose of paying such cost such drainage district shall have power to issue the bonds of said district under any statute applicable to such district authorizing the issuance of bonds by such district.History: L. 1961, ch. 195, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 36; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-409 Board of directors; members' qualifications and terms.

24-409. Board of directors; members' qualifications and terms. (a) All powers granted to drainage districts incorporated under the provisions of this act shall be exercised by a board of directors consisting of three persons. Except as provided in K.S.A. 24-412 and K.S.A. 24-139a, and amendments thereto, the directors shall hold their offices for four years and until their successors are elected or appointed, as the case may be, and qualified, and shall be chosen at the time and in the manner provided by law.(b) Members of the board of directors shall be owners of land located in the drainage district and shall reside in the county in which the district is located or, if the district is located in more than one county, a county in which any portion of the district is located, except:(1) If there are no residents within the drainage district who are owners of land within the district, any owner of land located within the district shall be a qualified voter and shall be eligible to hold the office of director; and(2) a director shall be either an owner of or a tenant on land located within the drainage district whenever: (A) The drainage district is located within one county and the population of the county does not exceed 10,000; or (B) the drainage district is located in more than one county and the population of any such county does not exceed 10,000.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 8; L. 1911, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1913, ch. 184, § 7; R.S. 1923, 24-409; L. 1927, ch. 197, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 162, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 143, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 19, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 207, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 112, § 15; July 1.