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KS Stat § 24-601 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-601 Formation of drainage district by owners of swamp or overflowed lands; articles of association.

24-601. Formation of drainage district by owners of swamp or overflowed lands; articles of association. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, a majority in interest of the owners in any contiguous body of swamp or overflowed lands in the state, located in one or more counties in this state, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such land reclaimed and protected from the effects of water, by drainage or otherwise, and for that purpose may make and sign articles of association, in which shall be stated the name of the district, the limits of the proposed drainage district, which shall in no event embrace an area of less than 160 acres, the names and place of residence of the owners of the land in the district, and the description of each tract or parcel of land in the district owned by those who may organize the district and also the name or names and the description of the real estate owned by such as do not join in the organization of the district, but who will be benefited thereby, and such owners of real estate as are unknown may be set out in such article as such. The article shall further state that the owners of real estate so forming the district for such purpose are willing to obligate themselves to pay the tax or taxes which may be assessed against them to pay the expenses to make the improvements that may be necessary to effect the drainage of the lands so formed into a district, as provided by law, and after the article of association is signed the same is filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which such drainage district is located, or if such drainage district is composed of tracts or parcels of land in two or more different counties, then in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the greater portion of the proposed drainage district is located, praying that they may be declared a drainage district under this article.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-601; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 30; May 15.
KS Stat § 24-601a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-601a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

24-601a. 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. 24-601 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, § 15; May 8.
KS Stat § 24-602 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-602 Summons to owners of real estate.

24-602. Summons to owners of real estate. Immediately after such articles of association shall have been filed, the clerk of the district court of the county in which the proposed district is located and in case the drainage district be composed of territory situated in the different counties, the clerk of the district court of the county in which the greater portion of the land of the proposed district shall be situated, shall issue a summons as now provided by law. Such summons shall be directed to the several owners of real estate in such proposed district who may be averred to be benefited thereby, but have not signed such articles of association, which shall be served as summons in civil cases. In case any owner or owners of real estate in such proposed district are unknown, or are nonresidents, they will be notified in the manner as nonresident defendants are now by law notified, that the articles of association as aforesaid have been filed, and the purpose thereof, and that the real estate of such owner or owners situated in such district, fully describing the same, will be affected thereby, and rendered liable to taxation, or assessment for the purposes of draining such district, and that application will be made to have such district declared a drainage district for the purpose of draining and reclaiming the same.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 2; R.S. 1923, 24-602; L. 2007, ch. 190, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-603 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-603 Objections of landowners heard by district court; finding of fact; exclusion of land not benefited.

24-603. Objections of landowners heard by district court; finding of fact; exclusion of land not benefited. (a) All owners of real estate in the district who have not signed the articles of association and who may object to the organization of the drainage district, after having been duly summoned, on or before the day they have been summoned to appear, shall file their objections, in writing, to the organization of the drainage district and why their land will not be benefited by drainage and should not be embraced in the the drainage district, and liable for taxation for the draining of the same. All such objections shall be heard by the court in a summary manner, without any unnecessary delay, and in case such objections are overruled, the district court shall, by its order duly entered of record, duly declare the drainage district a public corporation of this state with perpetual succession.(b) The fact that the district contains 160 acres or more of wet, overflowed or submerged lands shall be sufficient cause for declaring the public utility of the improvements, and shall be sufficient grounds for declaring the organization a public corporation of this state. If any owner of real estate satisfies the court that the owner's real estate, or any part thereof, has been wrongfully included in the district, and will not be benefited thereby, then the court may exclude such real estate as will not be benefited and declare the remainder a district.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 3; R.S. 1923, 24-603; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 15; L. 2007, ch. 190, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-604 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-604 Record of proceedings.

24-604. Record of proceedings. Within twenty days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the court the clerk thereof shall transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of the record relating thereto, and the same shall be filed in his office in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general law concerning corporations. A copy of said record, together with a plat of the district shall also be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county, or counties, in which said district, or any part thereof, is situated.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 4; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-604.
KS Stat § 24-606a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-606a Annual election of supervisors; notice.

24-606a. Annual election of supervisors; notice. Each year after the election of the first board of supervisors, at a time and place designated by the board of supervisors, the landowners within the drainage district shall meet and elect supervisors of the district. Unless waived in writing, notice of the time, date and place of such meeting shall be mailed at least 15 days prior to the meeting to the last known address of each owner of land in the district. Such notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Such notice shall be mailed and published by the secretary of the board. All such elections shall be conducted in the manner provided by K.S.A. 24-605, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1989, ch. 105, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-607 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-607 Oath of supervisors.

24-607. Oath of supervisors. Each supervisor, before entering upon his official duties as such, shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially demean himself in office as supervisor of the district in which he was elected and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed on him by law.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 7; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-607.
KS Stat § 24-608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-608 Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties.

24-608. Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the board of supervisors shall meet immediately after their election and select from their membership a chairperson and a treasurer. The board also shall select a secretary, who need not be a member of the board. The district treasurer shall give a bond in an amount approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located. The bond shall be conditioned on the faithful and proper performance of duty. The treasurer shall have the same powers and duties stated in K.S.A. 24-415, and amendments thereto. The board may adopt a seal, with a suitable device, and shall keep a record of all its proceedings which shall at all times be open to the inspection of all owners of real estate in the drainage district. At each annual meeting the board shall make a report of what work has been done, and shall publish annually a statement of its receipts and expenditures in a legal newspaper printed, published and of general circulation in the county in which the district was organized.(b) The board of supervisors may designate the county treasurer of the county in which the drainage district, or the largest portion thereof, is located, as ex officio treasurer of the drainage district, for the purpose of collecting and disbursing taxes and assessments. The treasurers of the counties in which the smaller parts of the district are located shall pay to the ex officio treasurer any and all funds collected by them for the benefit of the drainage district. The ex officio treasurer shall give a receipt for the funds received. A duplicate shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county of which the person receiving same is treasurer.It shall be the duty of the treasurer, who is ex officio treasurer of the drainage district, to pay any money of the drainage district on hand upon warrants, signed by the chairperson and attested by the secretary of the board of supervisors of the district, when presented for payment.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 8; R.S. 1923, 24-608; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-610 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-610 Drain commissioner; term; duties; bond; oath.

24-610. Drain commissioner; term; duties; bond; oath. The board of supervisors of any district organized under this law shall appoint some competent person to award all contracts contemplated in this article to the lowest bidder, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, except as herein otherwise provided, to be known as the drain commissioner. He shall hold his office for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall have a general superintendence of all works put under contract by said district, subject to the supervision and control of said board of supervisors, and shall report the same when complete according to the terms and stipulations of the contract, and certify the same to the board of supervisors who shall review and accept or reject the work so completed.Said drain commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, enter into bond with proper surety, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors in any sum not less than two thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, to the drainage district of which he shall be appointed drain commissioner, conditioned that he faithfully and honestly perform all the duties required of him by law, and deliver to his successor in office all instruments, papers and documents that may come into his hands by virtue of his office as said drain commissioner, and shall take and subscribe the said oath required by K.S.A. 24-607, which shall be endorsed upon his bond, and filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which said district, or greater part thereof, shall be situated.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 10; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-610.
KS Stat § 24-611 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-611 Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations.

24-611. Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, and if the board of supervisors determines that land located outside the district benefits by the drainage improvements of the district, the board 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 located asking for the extension of the territorial limits of the district to include such land. The board of county commissioners shall investigate such petition and determine whether such land should be included within the district.(b) The petition submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall:(1) Describe the land proposed to be included within the drainage district by sections or subdivisions of sections, according to the government survey or by metes and bounds;(2) state that the land and property thereon are subject to injury and damage from the overflow of some natural or manmade watercourse, naming or describing it;(3) state that 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;(4) state that such improvement or works will be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare; and(5) contain a prayer that the land described in the petition be included within such drainage district. If any land requested to be included in the original drainage district is located within the corporate limits of any city, it shall be sufficient to describe such land by appropriate number as lots or blocks or parts of lots or blocks.Whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners shall fix a time for the hearing of such petition. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land described in the petition is located at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing.(c) Following such hearing, if the board finds the petition is in conformity to the requirements of this section and that the allegations thereof are true, the board shall make a finding and decision to that effect, and shall declare the land described in the petition to be annexed to and included within the original drainage district. No territory within any city located in a county having an assessed tangible valuation of more than $150,000,000 shall be included within any drainage district without the approval of the governing body of such city.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 11; L. 1911, H.J.R. No. 15, p. 277; R.S. 1923, 24-611; L. 1977, ch. 126, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 76, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-611a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-611a Agreements to allow drainage from land located outside district.

24-611a. Agreements to allow drainage from land located outside district. (a) The board of supervisors and the owners of land which is located outside a drainage district organized pursuant to K.S.A. 24-601 et seq., and amendments thereto, may enter agreements allowing water from such land to drain into the drainage system of the district. All moneys received under such agreements shall be used for drainage district purposes.(b) If the owner of any land which is located outside of any drainage district constructs any ditch or drain so that the water on such land 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 agreement with the board of supervisors of such drainage district, the owner shall be deemed to have made voluntary application to be included in such drainage district and receive the benefits thereof. 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 shall be deemed to receive the benefits of such drainage system. The board of supervisors of such drainage district may bring an action in the county where such land or drainage district 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 to recover payment for the benefit received and to include such land within the 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. If any such land which drains or is drained into the drainage system of any other drainage district is located within a drainage district organized under any law of the state of Kansas, the drainage district in which such land so drained is located may be named the defendant instead of the owner of the land. 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. If such proceedings are so prosecuted in the district court the proceedings shall be governed by the code of civil procedure. The district court may assess against the drainage district receiving the benefits of the drainage of its land into the system of another district an annual payment commensurate with such benefits. All money collected under this subsection shall be used for drainage district purposes.History: L. 2001, ch. 76, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-612 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-612 Rights of way and removal of obstructions in streams; eminent domain proceedings.

24-612. Rights of way and removal of obstructions in streams; eminent domain proceedings. When said board of supervisors, by order entered of record, has agreed upon a location or route for said ditch or ditches, and formulated a plan for the other improvements contemplated, then, they, in behalf of said district, shall have the right to acquire and if need be condemn any real estate, easement, or franchise, whether the same be within the limits of such district or outside its boundaries that may be necessary for a right of way over or upon which to construct and maintain the ditches, dikes, drains and other works contemplated by any of the provisions of this act, and when the board of supervisors is unable to agree with the owners of any such property as to the acquisition of such right of way, or if the owners are not residents of the county, or cannot be found, or are minors or persons of unsound mind, or incapable of making a legal contract, the board of supervisors, when other means are not specifically provided, may proceed to acquire such right of way under the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive. Said board of supervisors, in behalf of such district, shall have the right to acquire, and if need be, condemn in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the acquirement and condemnation of rights of way, any natural or artificial obstruction in any existing watercourse and remove the same therefrom for the benefit of said district.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 12; L. 1911, H.J.R. No. 15, p. 277; R.S. 1923, 24-612; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 65; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-614 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-614 Who may file objections to report; adjournments of hearings.

24-614. Who may file objections to report; adjournments of hearings. The drainage district by its attorney or any owner of land or other property in said district whose land or property may be affected thereby may file objections to said report or to any item of the classification or the assessment of benefits therein set out, within ten days after the last day of publication of the notice provided for in the preceding section. All objections shall be heard by the board of supervisors fully and fairly and as speedily as may be to carry out liberally the purposes and needs of such drainage district. It shall not be necessary for said drainage district to file any answer or other pleadings to the objections, claims or other pleadings filed by said persons in answer to said proposed assessments as provided in this section, but said matters shall be deemed denied and said drainage district shall have the right to interpose any matters in defense thereto which it may have: Provided further, That said board of supervisors may adjourn any hearing or hearings for good cause from day to day, or to some future day as they may deem best, and that said property owners for good cause shown by affidavit of themselves or agents may have said hearings adjourned for a period not to exceed two weeks.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 14; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-614.
KS Stat § 24-616 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties|24-616 Hearings to objections to engineer report; costs; fees.

24-616. Hearings to objections to engineer report; costs; fees. The cost of said hearing in case of contest shall be taxed and assessed as follows: First, if the said matter shall be determined by said board against the parties' contention objecting to said assessment, all costs upon the hearing of his said objections shall be adjudged against said objector. And said board of supervisors shall have the right to recover the same from said objector or objectors for the benefit of said drainage corporation, in a civil action for that purpose before any court of competent jurisdiction in the names of said drainage corporation. Second, in case said matter is finally determined by said board of supervisors partly in favor of and partly against the contention of any objector, or objectors, the costs shall be apportioned against the drainage district and said objectors as said board shall deem just and equitable. Third, in case the contentions of said objectors are wholly sustained and the matter is fully determined in their favor by said board, the costs shall be paid by said drainage district. The fees allowed upon said hearing shall be the same as those prescribed by K.S.A. 28-127.History: L. 1911, ch. 168, § 16; R.S. 1923, 24-616; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 10; July 1.