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KS Stat § 24-509 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-509 First election.

24-509. First election. At the time appointed therefor in the proclamation incorporating said drainage district, the first election shall be held, at which the directors provided for in this act shall be chosen. At this election the persons receiving the highest number of votes for county director in each county shall be declared elected county director, and the person receiving the highest number of votes for director at large in the entire district shall be declared elected director at large. The judges and clerks shall qualify, and the election shall be held, the results ascertained and the returns made in the same manner as is provided by law for general county elections, except as in this act provided: Provided, That the returns on the election of the director at large shall be made to the secretary of state, the returns canvassed and certificate of election issued as in the case of the election of state officers.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 9; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-509.
KS Stat § 24-510 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-510 First meeting of directors; organization of board; definition of boundaries of district.

24-510. First meeting of directors; organization of board; definition of boundaries of district. The directors elected as provided in the next preceding section hereof shall meet on the second Tuesday of the first calendar month following their election, at the county seat of the county most centrally located in the district, and proceed to organize by electing from their own number a president, secretary and treasurer, and shall enter upon the duties of their offices. As soon as practicable thereafter they shall define the boundaries of the drainage district, and shall file the portion thereof relating to each county in which said district is located with the county clerk of such county. Said boundary line shall include all lands subject to overflow by the highest flood water.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 10; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-510.
KS Stat § 24-511 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-511 Appeal on location of boundary line.

24-511. Appeal on location of boundary line. Any freeholder feeling aggrieved at the location of any portion of said boundary line may, within twenty days from the filing of said boundary with the county clerk, appeal to the board of directors, who shall, after due notice to the complainant, hold a session at some convenient place in the county in which the disputed boundary is located. At this session they shall hear all the evidence upon which such appeal is founded, as well as the evidence in favor of the location already made, and render such decision as they may find best subserves the ends of justice; and if any change be made in said boundary as a result of the hearing, such change shall be forthwith reported to the county clerk of the county in which such change is made.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 11; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-511.
KS Stat § 24-512 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-512 Powers of district.

24-512. Powers of district. The board of directors of every drainage district incorporated under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power:(1) To adopt a seal.(2) To determine and fix the district boundaries.(3) To remove all obstructions from the channel of the watercourse.(4) To commence and maintain suits against any and all persons or corporations unlawfully maintaining dams or other obstructions in the channel of the watercourse to compel the removal of the same.(5) To exercise the power of eminent domain as to all lands necessary to the construction of cutoffs, spillways and auxiliary channels in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and amendments thereto.(6) To require that all bridges across the watercourses shall be of sufficient length or that they shall be provided with sufficient trestle work to permit the unobstructed flow of the waters at flood time.(7) To construct cutoffs, spillways and auxiliary channels across railroads and highways, to compel the adequate bridging of the same and to compel the raising of the grades of the railroads and highways.(8) To levy an annual tax not to exceed five mills on the assessed value of all tangible taxable property located within the district to constitute a general fund to meet the incidental expenses of the district.If the board determines that a higher tax levy limit is necessary, it may adopt a resolution proposing to raise the limitation. Any proposed increase of the levy limitation shall be submitted for approval by the qualified voters of the drainage district. The election shall be called and held in the manner provided by the general bond law. If a majority of the voters voting on the question votes in favor thereof, the levy limitation may be increased.(9) To issue bonds and to provide for the payment of the same. The whole amount of the bonds issued shall not exceed 50% of the assessed value of all lands and other real property within the district.(10) To sue and be sued, and to perform any and all other acts not inconsistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, nor with the laws of the state of Kansas necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes stated in K.S.A. 24-501.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 12; L. 1919, ch. 187, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 179, § 1; R.S. 1923, 24-512; L. 1963, ch. 226, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 61; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-513 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-513 Engineer; salary; duties.

24-513. Engineer; salary; duties. The board of directors shall appoint a competent engineer, at such salary as they may deem proper, who shall make a careful study of conditions along the watercourses of the district, and prepare plans and specifications, together with estimates of the cost of making the improvements authorized in this act which he may deem necessary to be made, including the cleaning of the channels of the watercourses of all obstructions.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 13; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-513.
KS Stat § 24-514 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-514 Rules for plans, specifications and estimates.

24-514. Rules for plans, specifications and estimates. That in making such plans, specifications and estimates, the engineer shall be guided by the following rules:First, the work shall be so distributed that all parts of the district may receive as nearly as possible equal benefits therefrom.Second, all proposed work must not only be beneficial, but it must be accomplished by the most economical method which will secure that benefit.Third, no levees shall be constructed except the embankments provided for in this section.Fourth, the plans for all artificial channels of whatsoever kind shall provide for an embankment on each side of the same of sufficient height and solidity to prevent the overflow of adjacent lands from such artificial channel: Provided, That the owner or owners of such adjacent lands may waive the right to have such embankments constructed.Fifth, such embankments shall not be nearer to each other than the average width of the channel of the watercourse at the point where they leave it.Sixth, the use of floodgates shall be avoided as much as possible, and to this end ditches of sufficient capacity to carry off the waters from adjacent lands shall be excavated on the outside of such embankments wherever it is practicable to do so.Seventh, the entire estimated cost of improvements recommended shall not exceed fifty percentum of the value of all the lands and other real property included within the district.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 14; L. 1921, ch. 179, § 2; March 17; R.S. 1923, 24-514.
KS Stat § 24-515 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-515 Plans and data to be submitted to engineering school of state university or Kansas state university.

24-515. Plans and data to be submitted to engineering school of state university or Kansas state university. Said plans, specifications and estimates, together with the data upon which the same are based, shall be submitted by the board of directors to the school of engineering of the state university or state agricultural university for correction and approval, and all work done by said engineering school in connection with said plans, specifications and estimates shall be free of cost to the district. The district engineer shall make such changes in said plans, specifications and estimates as may be recommended by said school of engineering, unless they are found to be so grossly inaccurate as to render necessary an entirely new survey and new plans, specifications and estimates; in which event the board of directors shall forthwith appoint another engineer, who shall prepare a new set of plans, specifications and estimates in harmony with this act and in line with the recommendations of the school of engineering, and these plans, specifications and estimates shall be submitted for approval and correction to said school of engineering as hereinbefore provided.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 15; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-515.
KS Stat § 24-516 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-516 Bond election; notice; canvass of returns.

24-516. Bond election; notice; canvass of returns. After the approval of the plans, specifications and estimates by the school of engineering, the board of directors shall order an election to be held, in the manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the district the proposition to issue improvement bonds for the purpose of carrying on the work laid out in said plans, specifications and estimates, or such portion thereof as the board of directors may deem necessary: Provided, That all work shall be done in harmony with the first subdivision of K.S.A. 24-514. A proclamation calling such election shall be published in at least one newspaper of each county in the district, stating the time and places when and where said election shall be held. Said proclamation shall be published at least ten days before the time set for said election and shall contain the names of the judges and clerks appointed for each precinct designated therein.The polls shall be kept open from eight a.m. to six o'clock p.m., and the returns made and the results ascertained in the same manner as provided by law for general county elections, except that the returns shall be made to and canvassed by the board of directors of the district. The board of directors shall meet and canvass the returns of all such elections and declare the result, and if a majority of those voting at the election authorize the issuing of the bonds, the board of directors shall have power to issue the same and cause the work for which they were authorized to be done.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 16; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-516.
KS Stat § 24-517 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-517 Issuance of bonds.

24-517. Issuance of bonds. All bonds issued pursuant to K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be authorized, issued, registered and sold in the manner provided by the general bond law and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009.History: R.S. 1923, 24-517; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-518 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-518 Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund.

24-518. Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund. A record shall be kept by the secretary of the board of directors of all bonds issued under this act, showing the date, number and amount thereof, and when the same become due, and it shall be the duty of the board of directors to annually levy and certify to the clerk of each county in which the drainage district is located a tax upon all of the lands and other real property in the county and within the drainage district sufficient in amount to pay the interest on all bonds, and after 10 years from the date of issue, and each year thereafter, to provide a levy sufficient for the redemption of maturing bonds. All special assessments for the redemption of bonds shall be levied against the property in proportion to the benefits derived from the improvements.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 18; R.S. 1923, 24-518; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 74; May 12.
KS Stat § 24-519 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-519 Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties.

24-519. Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties. The board of directors shall appoint, at such a salary as they shall determine, a benefits assessment commission, consisting of three disinterested members, one of whom shall be an engineer, who shall serve during the pleasure of the board of directors. The members of said commission shall receive pay for such time only as they may spend in the actual performance of their duties. It shall be the duty of this commission to assess the costs of improvements made against the separate tracts of land and other real property in proportion to the benefits derived therefrom.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 19; R.S. 1923, 24-519; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 62; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-520 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-520 Apportionment of benefits.

24-520. Apportionment of benefits. In apportioning benefits they shall be divided into two classes: First, general benefits, such as accrue to the district as a whole from the construction of such improvements. The cost of these benefits shall be assessed at an equal rate on the assessed value of all the lands and other real property included within the district. Second, special benefits, those of especial value to lands and other real property lying in the vicinity of such improvements, in addition to the general benefits; and the cost of such special benefits shall be borne by the land and other real property receiving the same, in proportion to said special benefits.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 20; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-520.
KS Stat § 24-522 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-522 Prevention of overflow of natural watercourse.

24-522. Prevention of overflow of natural watercourse. The board of directors shall have charge of all embankments and other works or improvements constructed to prevent the overflow of any natural watercourse within their respective districts, and to protect and repair the same shall have power to employ guards and laborers, and to protect and superintend such work as may by them be deemed necessary, but all money expended for such purpose shall only be paid out of the general fund provided by the levy of a general tax on all the property of the district as hereinbefore authorized.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 22; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-522.
KS Stat § 24-523 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-523 Filing of benefits assessment commission report; notice of assessments; appeal.

24-523. Filing of benefits assessment commission report; notice of assessments; appeal. The benefits assessment commission shall file their report with the board of directors, who shall file a certified copy of that portion pertaining to each county with the county clerk thereof, and notify each person or corporation interested of the amount of assessments levied against his property. Any person feeling aggrieved at any assessment of benefits levied may appeal to the board of directors within twenty days from the date of filing such awards and assessments with the county clerk.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 23; R.S. 1923, 24-523; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 63; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-524 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-524 Hearing of complaints; notice; report.

24-524. Hearing of complaints; notice; report. Within thirty days from the expiration of the time for filing complaints as provided for in the next preceding section hereof the board of directors shall fix a time and place within the county in which the property of complainants is located, for the purpose of hearing such complaints. At least five days' notice of such meeting shall be given to all complainants whose property is located within the county. The board of directors shall hear and determine all matters relative to said complaints, keep a record thereof, and report their findings to the county clerk of the county in which such meeting is held, and such findings shall become an amendment of the report of the benefits assessment commission provided for in section 64* hereof.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 24; R.S. 1923, 24-524; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 64; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 24-525 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-525 Letting of contracts for work; bond of contractor.

24-525. Letting of contracts for work; bond of contractor. After an issue of bonds has been authorized by a vote of the electors of any drainage district, the board of directors thereof shall advertise for bids and let contracts for the proposed improvements in such manner as they may deem advisable: Provided, That all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall give a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the board of directors, conditioned that he will perform the work within the time specified in his contract and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the engineer, and that he will hold the district harmless for any damages that may arise from his negligence, malfeasance or failure in connection therewith. No bid shall be accepted that shall be higher than the engineer's estimate of the cost of such improvement.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 25; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-525.
KS Stat § 24-526 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-526 Smaller district previously organized; application of act.

24-526. Smaller district previously organized; application of act. If any drainage district organized under the provisions of this act shall include a smaller district previously organized under the laws of this state, the provisions of this act shall apply to all matters of drainage recited herein within said smaller district, and the board of directors of any drainage district so organized under this act shall have charge thereof: Provided, That if any work of a permanent nature, such as is described in K.S.A. 24-501, has been done by said smaller district, a value shall be placed upon said work by the benefits and damages commission provided for in this act, and the value thus fixed shall be paid by the larger drainage district aforesaid. But as to all matters not included within the provisions of this act said smaller district may remain a separate and distinct organization.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 26; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-526.
KS Stat § 24-527 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-527 Directors; election.

24-527. Directors; election. All elections to choose directors, except the first, shall be in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 24-401 et seq., and amendments thereto.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 27; R.S. 1923, 24-527; L. 1953, ch. 194, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 24-527a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-527a Vacancy on board; appointment.

24-527a. Vacancy on board; appointment. Should a vacancy occur at any time in the office of a director of such drainage district, the remaining directors shall appoint from the taxpayers who are residents of the state of Kansas and otherwise qualified electors a person to hold the office of director until the next election.History: L. 1953, ch. 194, § 3; March 31.
KS Stat § 24-528 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-528 Scope and application of act.

24-528. Scope and application of act. The provisions of this act, and of this act alone, shall apply to all drainage districts organized under its provisions, and nothing herein shall be construed to amend or repeal any law now in force and effect, except insofar as K.S.A. 24-526 may modify the application of the laws under which said above smaller district may have been organized, with reference to the matters of drainage recited in K.S.A. 24-501.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 28; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-528.
KS Stat § 24-529 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees|Article 5 - Drainage In Valley Of Natural Watercourse|24-529 Construction of 24-501 through 24-529.

24-529. Construction of 24-501 through 24-529. This act shall not be construed as repealing or modifying any of the drainage laws of this state and shall apply only to corporations organized hereunder and after the taking effect of this act.History: L. 1911, ch. 170, § 29; March 27; R.S. 1923, 24-529.