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KS Stat § 24-454 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-454 Lands in abandoned watercourse; sale; appraisement.

24-454. Lands in abandoned watercourse; sale; appraisement. Whenever the channel or any part of the channel of any natural watercourse shall be changed or altered by the establishment of a new channel or otherwise, so that any lands situated between the banks of such watercourse at highwater mark, the title to which is vested in the state of Kansas, shall be abandoned or no longer used for a channel, the title to such lands so abandoned for use of a channel shall immediately vest in the drainage district in which the same are situated, and such drainage district may sell, convey and give good title thereto by a deed signed by the president of the board of directors of the district and attested by its seal, and such deed, when acknowledged by such president as the act of said district, may be recorded as other deeds except no such sale shall be made until after such lands shall have been appraised, either as a whole or in such tracts as the same may be subdivided into by the board of directors, by three freeholders of the district, and that no sale of such lands or any part thereof shall be made for less than three-fourths of such appraised value thereof.Upon application in writing by the board of directors to the judge of the district court of the county, such judge shall, by certificate in writing signed by him or her, appoint three appraisers for the purpose aforesaid, who shall each take and subscribe an oath to fairly and impartially appraise the lands to be designated and described in the certificate of appointment, and such appraisers shall thereupon view and as soon as practicable file a written appraisement of such lands with the clerk of the drainage district. The said application, certificate of appointment and appraisement shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county and afterwards kept on file in the office of the clerk of the district. For good cause shown, the judge appointing such appraisers may set aside any appraisement and order a new appraisement to be made, and may discharge one or more of the appraisers and appoint others, but no second appraisement shall be made until the prior one shall have been set aside by the judge who appointed the appraisers, for sufficient reasons to him or her shown.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 54; R.S. 1923, 24-454; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 137; Jan. 10, 1977.
KS Stat § 24-455 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-455 Failure of director to perform duty; penalty.

24-455. Failure of director to perform duty; penalty. That if any director of any drainage district shall willfully neglect or fail to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of this act he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 55; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-455.
KS Stat § 24-456 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-456 Penalty for unlawful acts.

24-456. Penalty for unlawful acts. That any person who shall wrongfully fill up, cut, injure, destroy or in any manner impair the usefulness of any drain, levee or other work constructed under the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 56; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-456.
KS Stat § 24-457 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-457 Liability for damages for injury.

24-457. Liability for damages for injury. That in addition to the penalties provided in the preceding section, the person so wrongfully or purposely filling up, cutting, injuring, destroying or impairing the usefulness of any drain, levee or other work shall be liable to the drainage district for all damages occasioned to such work and for the full cost of repairing the same, and shall also be liable to the owners and occupants of land for all damages that may result to them by such wrongful act.History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 57; Feb. 25; R.S. 1923, 24-457.
KS Stat § 24-458 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-458 Incorporation of district where owners of three-fifths of land are nonresidents; petition.

24-458. Incorporation of district where owners of three-fifths of land are nonresidents; petition. Whenever contiguous lands consisting of tracts owned in severalty by different owners shall be subject to injury from the overflow of any natural watercourse, and such land may as a body be protected from such overflow and injury by the construction of levees or other works, but the owners of 3/5 of the acreage of such body of lands are nonresidents and there shall not be five taxpayers resident within the territory including such lands, then subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, such territory may be incorporated as a drainage district by the board of county commissioners upon the presentation of a petition as prescribed by K.S.A. 24-403, and amendments thereto. Such petition shall be signed by not less than 3/5 of the persons who own and pay taxes on land situated within such territory, and shall state the above facts in addition to the facts required to be stated in the petition prescribed by K.S.A. 24-403, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1911, ch. 173, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-458; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 27; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-459 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-459 Directors; election; term; eligible voters.

24-459. Directors; election; term; eligible voters. (a) The board of directors of any drainage district incorporated pursuant to K.S.A. 24-458, and amendments thereto, shall consist of three qualified persons as defined in subsection (e)(3).(b) The directors for the first term after the incorporation of the drainage district shall be selected and designated in the petition for the incorporation of the district and shall be declared directors by the county commissioners to which the petition is presented.(c) The directors shall hold office until the second Monday in January of the next even-numbered year after the incorporation of the district, at which time and every four years thereafter directors shall be elected at the November odd-year elections and shall hold their office for the term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.(d) Every qualified person of the district shall be entitled to vote at the election or at any election which may be held in the district.(e) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Owner" or "person who owns land" means any person or entity who is the record owner of the fee in any real estate in the district or the fee in the surface rights of any real estate in the district, but the owners of an oil and gas lease, mineral rights or interest, easements or mortgages as such shall not be considered owners, and school districts, cemetery associations, and municipal corporations shall not be considered owners.(2) "Taxpayer" means any owner who has paid all taxes currently due on such real estate.(3) "Qualified person" means any taxpayer 18 years of age or older, whether a resident of the district or not. A taxpayer who is a qualified person and who is not an individual may designate an individual to cast its vote or to serve as a director of the district.(f) The county clerk shall determine the qualified persons entitled to vote at any election in the district. Any entity desiring to vote at an election shall register the name of its designated representative with the county election officer no later than 21 days in advance of any such election.History: L. 1911, ch. 173, § 2; R.S. 1923, 24-459; L. 1927, ch. 198, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 161, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 26; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-460 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-460 Same; application of act of 1905.

24-460. Same; application of act of 1905. That in all respects, except as hereinbefore provided, the provisions of the act to which this is supplemental shall apply to and govern the proceedings of the drainage districts organized under this act, which drainage districts shall possess and may exercise all of the powers conferred upon drainage districts organized under said chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905.History: L. 1911, ch. 173, § 3; April 3; R.S. 1923, 24-460.
KS Stat § 24-461 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-461 Same; application of act.

24-461. Same; application of act. This act shall not be construed as in any manner repealing chapter 215 of the Session Laws of 1905, and shall apply only to corporations organized hereunder.History: L. 1911, ch. 173, § 4; April 3; R.S. 1923, 24-461.
KS Stat § 24-462 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-462 Additional assessments where installment levies and bond proceeds insufficient; limitation.

24-462. Additional assessments where installment levies and bond proceeds insufficient; limitation. Whenever the board of directors of any drainage district shall have, under the authority vested in it by the provisions of chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905, caused any levee to be constructed, or other work done, payment for which was authorized to be made under the provisions of said chapter by levy of a special assessment, and when said board, instead of levying said entire special assessment thereof at one time, shall have provided for the payment of the same by installments, and shall have issued improvement bonds therefor, payable in installments of equal amount each year, as provided by K.S.A. 24-430, and the amount received from such bonds shall be insufficient to pay the entire costs of such levee or other work done, said drainage district may levy in addition to the amount of such bonds such other special assessments as may be necessary to pay for the work so done: Provided, That the total amount of such special assessment shall not exceed ten percent of the amount of bonds issued under the provisions of said chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905.History: R.S. 1923, 24-462; Dec. 27.
KS Stat § 24-463 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-463 Enlargement of district; petition.

24-463. Enlargement of district; petition. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, whenever any drainage district heretofore organized and incorporated or which may hereafter be organized and incorporated in this state under the provisions of this act and of chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905, to which this act is supplemental, shall present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater portion of the territory of the original drainage district is situated, asking for the enlargement of its boundaries and the extension of the territorial limits of its district to include land or lands outside the original limits of the drainage district, such board of county commissioners shall investigate such petition and ascertain whether it is in conformity with the provisions of this act.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-463; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 28; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-464 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-464 Same; contents of petition.

24-464. Same; contents of petition. The petition provided for in K.S.A. 24-463 shall describe the territory proposed to be so annexed and so incorporated into the drainage district 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, ditches, dikes, jetties, riprap or other works 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 into and become a part of such drainage district. If any lands to be included in said territory annexed to the original drainage district shall lie within the limits of any city it shall be sufficient to describe the same by their appropriate number as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 2; March 5; R.S. 1923, 24-464.
KS Stat § 24-465 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-465 Same; notice of hearing.

24-465. Same; notice of hearing. Whenever a petition in conformity to K.S.A. 24-464, and amendments thereto, signed by not less than 2/5 of the total number of taxpayers residing within both the original district and the territory named in the petition or by all of the directors of any drainage district incorporated pursuant to K.S.A. 24-401 et seq., and amendments thereto, is presented to the board of county commissioners of the county designated in K.S.A. 24-463, and amendments thereto, praying that the limits of the drainage district be extended to include within its boundaries the territory described in the petition 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 a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing. If such petition is signed by any number in excess of 2/5 of the total number of taxpayers residing within the territory over which the extension is to be made, it shall not be necessary to furnish a petition signed by the taxpayers residing within the original drainage district.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 3; L. 1920, ch. 41, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-465; L. 1985, ch. 116, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 139, § 1; March 20.
KS Stat § 24-466 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-466 Same; hearing on petition.

24-466. Same; hearing on petition. At the time set for the hearing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall first ascertain and determine whether notice has been given of the time of hearing as is required by this act and if it shall determine 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 of or opposed to granting the prayer of the petition and all other evidence that it may desire to hear for the purpose of ascertaining, when the petition is by taxpayers, whether such petition contains the proper number of signers possessing the qualifications prescribed by this act, and whether by taxpayer or by the directors of the drainage district whether the statements in the petition are true; and if upon such hearing it is 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 be annexed to and included in the original drainage district. No territory within any incorporated city located in a county having an assessed tangible valuation of more than $150,000,000 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. 1919, ch. 188, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-466; L. 1947, ch. 242, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 116, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-467 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-467 Same; eminent domain proceedings.

24-467. Same; eminent domain proceedings. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary to construct any ditch, levee, dike, jetty, riprap or other protective structure across or upon the land of any individual or corporation whether within or outside the territorial limits of the drainage district and such individual or corporation shall be entitled to compensation therefor, the board of directors shall have the power to construct such ditch, levee, dike, jetty, riprap or other protective structure or to condemn and appropriate so much of such land as may be necessary for that purpose in the manner hereinafter provided; and whenever it shall be deemed necessary to appropriate any private property for use by the district in widening, deepening or otherwise improving any natural watercourse to prevent the overflow thereof or for the construction of any ditch, dike, levee, jetty, riprap, canal, drain or other work, the board of directors shall cause a survey and description of the land so required out of the lands of any private owner (individual or corporation) to be made by a licensed land surveyor or a professional engineer who is competent to conduct a land survey and filed with its secretary, and thereupon shall make an order declaring that the appropriation of such land is necessary and setting forth for what purpose the same is to be used; and shall then proceed to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the eminent domain procedure act.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 5; R.S. 1923, 24-467; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 60; L. 2006, ch. 192, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-468 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-468 Same; drainage outside district; agreement with landowner.

24-468. Same; drainage outside district; agreement with landowner. That any land or easement therein lying outside of, but adjacent or near to any drainage district may be drained into the drainage system of such district upon such written terms and agreement as the board of directors of such district, and the owner of such land or easement may determine, and the money received for such privilege shall be paid in to the treasurer of such district to be used as other funds thereof: Provided, however, That if such land or easement therein is situated within a drainage district organized under any law of the state of Kansas, such written terms and agreement may be entered into and such money paid by the drainage district in which such land or easement therein is situated.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 6; L. 1923, ch. 138, § 1; March 26; R.S. 1923, 24-468.
KS Stat § 24-469 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-469 Same; benefits to adjoining land; incorporation into district; proceedings.

24-469. Same; benefits to adjoining land; incorporation into district; proceedings. That should the owner of any land or easement therein lying outside of, but adjacent or near to any drainage district, construct any ditch or drain so that the water on such land or easement will be drained into the drainage system of any drainage district or into any natural depression, draw or watercourse, or any artificial ditch, tile, or drain that drains into such drainage system, without first having entered into written contract with the board of directors of such drainage district, shall be deemed to have made voluntary application to be included in such drainage district and receive the benefits thereof; or if by the natural grade and formation of such land, the surface or flood water, or both, therefrom are drained into any ditch, tile, drain, natural depression, draw or watercourse in such drainage system of such drainage district, the owner of such land or easement shall be deemed to receive the benefits of such drainage system. Then and in either such case, the board of directors of such drainage district shall bring an action in the county where such land or easement is located, stating the name of such owner, description of the land and of the ditch, drain or natural grade or formation leading into the system of such drainage district.Any judgment so rendered may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county and become a lien on such land in like manner as other judgments: Provided, however, That in case any such land or easement therein which drains or is drained into the drainage system of any other drainage district as aforesaid is situated within a drainage district organized under any law of the state of Kansas, the drainage district in which such land so drained is situated may be made the defendant instead of the owner of said land as hereinbefore provided, and in such case the drainage district prosecuting such proceedings shall have the option of prosecuting the same in the district court in which such drainage district or the major portion thereof is located, and if such proceedings are so prosecuted in the district court they shall be governed entirely by the code of civil procedure of the state of Kansas, and such court shall render such judgment as the facts shall warrant: Provided, however, That such district court may in lieu of other judgment assess against the drainage district receiving the benefits of the drainage of its land into the system of another district as hereinbefore set out, an annual payment commensurate with such benefits. All money collected by proceedings under this section shall be paid in to the treasurer of the district bringing such proceedings to be used as other funds thereof.History: L. 1919, ch. 188, § 7; L. 1923, ch. 138, § 2; March 26; R.S. 1923, 24-469.
KS Stat § 24-470 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-470 Harbor lines along navigable streams.

24-470. Harbor lines along navigable streams. When harbor lines have been established by federal authority along navigable streams running through drainage districts, now or hereafter organized under chapter 215, Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory or supplemental thereto, the appropriation of lands for making the improvements provided for in said act, is hereby declared to be necessary for the protection of the health, life and property of the people of the district.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 1; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-470.
KS Stat § 24-471 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities|24-471 Appropriation of land at harbor lines.

24-471. Appropriation of land at harbor lines. The land so necessary to be appropriated shall consist of all lands lying between such harbor lines, together with a strip forty feet wide on the land side of, and contiguous to such harbor lines.History: L. 1911, ch. 172, § 2; Jan. 30; R.S. 1923, 24-471.