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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1008 Unlawful establishment or maintenance.

15-1008.
Unlawful establishment or maintenance.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church to establish or maintain a cemetery within the corporate limits of any city of the third class unless the governing body of such city shall adopt a resolution consenting to such establishment or maintenance.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 153, § 1; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1009 Same; penalties.

15-1009.
Same; penalties.
Any person, firm, corporation, society, association or church violating the provisions of K.S.A. 15-1008 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 153, § 2; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1010 Same; act inapplicable to established cemetery.

15-1010.
Same; act inapplicable to established cemetery.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to * person, firm, corporation, association, society or church which has established a cemetery within the corporate limits of a city of the third class prior to the effective date of this act.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 153, § 3; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1012 Issuance of bonds for certain cemetery purposes; election.

15-1012.
Issuance of bonds for certain cemetery purposes; election.
The governing body of any city of the third class having a city cemetery may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of purchasing an addition to such cemetery and the laying out, improvement and beautification of such cemetery or such addition thereto, or for any one or more of such purposes. All such bonds shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired in conformance with the general bond law: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued under the authority conferred by this act until the question as to whether such bonds shall be issued has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said city at a regular city election or at a special election called for such purpose, and a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election shall have voted in favor of such question. Notice of such election shall be given as provided in the general bond law.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1013 Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions.

15-1013.
Establishment of certain cemetery districts; petition; resolutions.
Whenever it is proposed to create a cemetery district in any county in this state, which proposed cemetery district includes territory wherein an existing township cemetery is located, territory wherein a third-class city owns and maintains a cemetery inside of or outside of said proposed district, territory wherein an existing cemetery is owned and maintained by a religious organization, and territory in which there is located an abandoned cemetery, the residents of said proposed district shall present a petition to the board of county commissioners setting forth such proposed cemetery district, signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of said proposed district, as determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said district; and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at their next regular meeting to examine the petition and copies of the resolutions hereinafter required and if the board finds that the petition and resolutions are in regular and due form, they shall enter an order in their proceedings establishing said cemetery district.
The said petition shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed by the governing body of the third-class city owning and maintaining a cemetery either within or outside of said proposed district, stating that the city agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district; and shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution passed by the township board stating that said board agrees to convey the township cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district and by a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees or other governing board of any religious organization owning and operating a cemetery located within the district stating that said governing board agrees to convey said cemetery to and for the use of said proposed cemetery district.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 475, § 1; March 10.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1014 Same; board of directors; officers; compensation; expenditures.

15-1014.
Same; board of directors; officers; compensation; expenditures.
Upon the establishment of the said cemetery district, the township trustees of every township, a portion of which is included in said district, and the mayor of each third-class city located within said cemetery district, shall constitute the board of directors of the cemetery district established, and shall have full power and control thereof.
The said board shall elect from their own membership a chairman and may select a secretary from their own membership, or otherwise, whose terms of office shall be such as the board shall fix. The treasurer of any incorporated city located within the newly created cemetery district may be selected by the board of directors as the treasurer of the cemetery district and when a city treasurer shall act as cemetery district treasurer, the bond given by said treasurer to the city shall also cover the funds of the cemetery district which come into his or her hands as said treasurer. When the board of directors shall select a treasurer for the district who is not a city treasurer, he or she shall be required to give a surety company bond in a sum not less than the amount of funds in his or her hands, conditioned for the safekeeping of such funds and to account for and turn over the same whenever called upon so to do by the board of directors. Members of the board of directors, the secretary and the treasurer of any cemetery district located in a county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services as may be established by the board of directors.
It shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the care and maintenance of all cemeteries conveyed to the cemetery district and also to provide for the care and maintenance of any abandoned cemetery located within the said district. All expenditures made by the said board of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn on the treasurer and signed by the secretary and chairman of the board.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 475, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 111, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1016 Same; payment of funds to district treasurer.

15-1016.
Same; payment of funds to district treasurer.
Upon the selection and qualification of the treasurer of the newly organized cemetery district, the township treasurer of any township conveying a township cemetery to the newly organized district, and the city treasurer of any city conveying a cemetery to the newly organized district, shall pay to said cemetery district treasurer all funds and moneys in their hands, together with all funds and moneys in the county treasury which have been collected for cemetery purposes by such city or township.
History: L. 1953, ch. 475, § 4; March 10.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1016a Same; use of funds from sale of lots in certain districts.

15-1016a.
Same; use of funds from sale of lots in certain districts.
The board of directors of any cemetery district located in a county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and not more than five thousand (5,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of not more than eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) may set aside all or any portion of the proceeds arising from the sale of lots in any cemetery of such district in a fund which shall be used only for the purpose of procuring additional lands to be used for cemetery purposes.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 111, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1017 Same; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levies; transfer of moneys.

15-1017.
Same; attachment of land in another county; petition; tax levies; transfer of moneys.
Land adjacent to an established cemetery district and not a part of any other organized cemetery district which lies in a county other than where the greater portion of the cemetery district to which it seeks to be attached lies may be attached to the said cemetery district in the manner hereinafter provided. Upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater part of the cemetery district lies, of a petition setting forth the boundaries of the area which desires to be attached to said cemetery district and signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of said area, to be determined by enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by some qualified elector of said area, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, to examine said petition. If said board finds that the petition is regular and in due form as herein provided, the board shall notify the board of trustees of such cemetery district and forward a copy of the petition filed. Said board of trustees shall return the petition accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of said cemetery district which resolution shall state that said board desires such area to be attached to the cemetery district.
Upon receipt of the petition and the resolution the county commissioners shall issue an order attaching such territory to the cemetery district and notice of such attachment shall be given to the county clerk of the county wherein the territory seeking to be attached is situate. Said attachment shall take effect on the first day of March next following the entry of said order. Such attached territory shall be subject thereafter to the tax levied by the cemetery district which district shall certify such levy to the county clerk of the county of the territory attached, together with its budget, and such county clerk shall levy such tax on all the taxable tangible property of the county in said cemetery district. The treasurer of the county shall transfer before the fifteenth day of January and July of each year, all moneys in his or her hands belonging to said cemetery district, including all moneys for the payment of bonds or interest of said district to the treasurer of the district and the treasurer receiving said moneys shall issue a receipt therefor and forward it to the treasurer of the county from which the money was sent. Expenditures shall be made as provided in K.S.A. 15-1015, and all acts amendatory thereof, and the tax levied by the district shall be subject to and limited by provisions of K.S.A. 15-1015, and all acts amendatory thereof.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 130, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1018 Exclusion of territory from cemetery district located in certain cities; petition; county commissioners' duties.

15-1018.
Exclusion of territory from cemetery district located in certain cities; petition; county commissioners' duties.
Whenever a petition signed by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of property located in that portion of a cemetery district located within the corporate limits of any city of the third class located in two (2) counties, requesting that property located within such city be excluded from the boundaries of the cemetery district and describing such property shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of such county, it shall be the duty of such board of commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine said petition and if it has been signed by fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the owners of such property and that there is no outstanding indebtedness against said cemetery district, it shall enter an order in its proceedings excluding such territory from the boundaries of the cemetery district. Such order shall be entered only if the excluded territory is to be attached to another cemetery's district.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 116, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 10 - Cemeteries › 15-1019 Same; tax levies for outstanding indebtedness.

15-1019.
Same; tax levies for outstanding indebtedness.
If at the time a petition is filed requesting the exclusion of territory from such cemetery district, such district has any outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall in the order excluding such territory from the cemetery district provide for the levy of taxes against the territory excluded to provide for the payment of its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the district which is outstanding at the time of such order.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 116, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1117 Natural gas production and sale; acquisition of drilling site; contracts.

15-1117.
Natural gas production and sale; acquisition of drilling site; contracts.
Any city of the third class situated in a recognized and established natural gas field is hereby granted power and authority to acquire a drilling site by lease or purchase, and to drill upon said land or upon other land leased for the purpose or owned by said city, or unitized with any such lands, a well for the production of natural gas and to produce and sell natural gas therefrom, and to enter into all necessary or desirable contracts for such purposes.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 152, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 171, § 1; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1118 Same; conditions.

15-1118.
Same; conditions.
The drilling of a well as authorized in this act shall be upon the further conditions that some person shall be willing to enter into an agreement with the city whereby such person will drill and equip the well at such person's own expense, in the first instance, and without cost to the city, and with the understanding that such person shall be repaid from the natural gas produced from said well or the proceeds thereof, and that after being fully reimbursed the city shall then become the sole and exclusive owner of the well.
The governing body of the city shall credit to the funds of the city, the proceeds and income accruing to the city by reason of the city's ownership of the gas well, and in order to secure to the common owners of the land situated within the corporate limits of the city a proportionate acquisition of, and benefit from, the natural gas underlying said land, all such proceeds shall be subject to governmental uses and purposes of the city as the governing body shall order from time to time and to reduce and eliminate, insofar as possible, all property taxes of the city. Any well drilled under authority of this act shall be drilled within the corporate limits of the city.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 152, § 2; March 16.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1119 Same; acreage within or without city limits.

15-1119.
Same; acreage within or without city limits.
If there be within the corporate limits of said city as many as 640 acres of land, some portion of which is available at a reasonable cost, either by lease or purchase, as a drill site, then the acreage attributable to such gas well shall be located within the corporate limits of said city; but if no drill site is available at a reasonable cost within the corporate limits of said city then the governing body of said city is hereby granted power and authority to acquire by lease or purchase a suitable drill site adjacent to said city.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 171, § 2; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1120 Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land.

15-1120.
Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land.
If there shall be less than 640 acres of land within the corporate limits of said city, then the governing body of said city is hereby granted power and authority to join with others having the right to produce and sell natural gas from lands which with the land within the corporate limits of said city will constitute a drill site in conformity with the rules and regulations of the state corporation commission, and which together with all of the land within the corporate limits of said city will not exceed 640 acres, in the execution of such contracts and agreements as will result in consolidation or unitization of the land within the corporate limits of such city with such other lands so as to constitute a drilling unit not exceeding 640 acres in area, and to enter into contracts with such other persons having the right to produce and sell natural gas from such other lands for the drilling of a joint well upon such consolidated drilling unit, each party to contribute and to bear his, her or its proportionate share of the cost of drilling, equipping, completing, connecting and maintaining said gas well, and of producing, delivering and selling the natural gas therefrom, and to receive his, her or its proportionate share of the proceeds of such sales, according to the number of acres contributed by each such party to such drilling unit.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 171, § 3; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1121 Same; election; resolution and order of governing body.

15-1121.
Same; election; resolution and order of governing body.
No such gas well shall be commenced until after the question has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said city at a general city election or a special election held for that purpose, notice of which shall be given by one publication in the official city paper, and shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of sixty-five percent of said electors, as determined by the vote cast for mayor at the last city election.
Any city proposing to take action as herein authorized shall by resolution and order of the governing body of the city set out the terms and conditions which will govern the drilling of such well, the names and addresses of such persons, firms or corporations (if any) as will be associated with the city in such enterprise, a description of all of the lands constituting the drilling unit, the precise location of the proposed gas well, and shall fix the time when an election will be held for the purpose of voting on the proposal, and said resolution and order shall be published as a part of the notice of said election.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 171, § 4; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1122 Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings.

15-1122.
Same; effect of resolution, order and election; landowner may petition court; proceedings.
The land area described in such resolution and order shall constitute the drilling unit, and the approval of the proposal to drill such gas well, as evidenced by the result of said election, shall operate as a consent of all owners of natural gas underlying that portion of said drilling unit lying within the corporate limits of said city to the taking of such gas by said city and shall entitle the city to an acreage allowable equal to the number of acres lying within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit: Provided, however, That any owner of land situated within the corporate limits of said city feeling aggrieved by the interests and authority granted to said city by this act and by the approval of the proposal submitted at said election, may within ninety days after the date of said election, petition the district court of the county in which said city is located setting out any facts tending to show that such action will work undue hardship or operate inequitably as to the said petitioner.
Copy of the petition and of a summons shall be served upon the mayor of the city and the city shall within twenty days thereafter file answer thereto, and the cause shall be heard and determined by the court as a proceeding in equity, and the court shall find the facts and make such orders and enter such decree in the premises as the law and equities of the case require and in case the court finds in favor of the petitioner, the acreage owned by said petitioner shall be excluded from said drilling unit and the acreage allowable for natural gas production to said city shall be reduced accordingly. Any owner of land or mineral rights situated within the corporate limits of said city and included in said drilling unit who shall fail to petition the district court as herein authorized and have a determination of his or her rights, if any, shall thereafter be forever barred.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 171, § 5; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1123 Leasing of municipal auditorium to patriotic organization; term.

15-1123.
Leasing of municipal auditorium to patriotic organization; term.
The governing body of any city of the third class, owning a municipal auditorium, is hereby authorized to lease all or any part of said auditorium to any patriotic organization, having a state and national organization, for a period not to exceed fifteen years, upon such terms as the governing body of the city and the patriotic organization desiring to lease the building may agree.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 182, § 1; March 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1126 Sewage disposal plants in certain cities; special assessments; limitations.

15-1126.
Sewage disposal plants in certain cities; special assessments; limitations.
Any third-class city which is the county seat of a county having a population of more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) and less than six thousand (6,000) and an assessed valuation of tangible taxable property of more than nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) and less than twenty-three million dollars ($23,000,000) and which city has been or shall be ordered by the secretary of health and environment to enlarge, improve or rebuild the city's sewage disposal plant or construct a new sewage disposal plant shall have authority and is empowered to assess not more than thirty percent (30%) of the total cost of such improvement against other taxing subdivisions whose territory includes land within the city limits of said city if the governing bodies of such overlapping taxing subdivisions give their consent to such assessments, which they are hereby authorized and empowered to do, and if no more than ten percent (10%) of the total cost of such improvement shall be charged and assessed against the county and not more than ten percent (10%) against any school district.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 195, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 11; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1127 Sewage disposal plants in certain cities; assessment of other taxing units; bonds and notes of other taxing units; terms.

15-1127.
Sewage disposal plants in certain cities; assessment of other taxing units; bonds and notes of other taxing units; terms.
All assessments shall be levied by ordinance of the city and each other taxing unit assessed shall be notified in writing of the amount assessed against it. Then, such taxing subdivision assessed shall have the power to issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount of its assessment and shall pay such assessment to the city from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds within 90 days from the publication of the assessment ordinance.
Such bonds shall mature in not more than 20 years from the date of issuance and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009, and amendments thereto, and shall be executed, issued, registered, sold and retired as provided by the general bond law. If deemed necessary or proper each such taxing subdivision may issue temporary improvement notes pursuant to K.S.A. 10-123, and amendments thereto, to provide funds for paying its assessment prior to the issuance of its bonds.
History: L. 1951, ch. 195, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 45; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 22; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 68; May 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1128 Same; bond and tax limitations inapplicable.

15-1128.
Same; bond and tax limitations inapplicable.
Bonds issued under the authority of this act may be issued without a petition or election and without regard to limitations on bonded indebtedness of the issuing municipalities and taxing subdivisions; and taxes may be levied to pay the principal and interest of such bonds without regard to the aggregate tax levy limitations prescribed by law and without regard to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2936, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 195, § 3; March 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 15-1146 Validation of sale and conveyance of land in city inundated by construction of reservoir.

15-1146.
Validation of sale and conveyance of land in city inundated by construction of reservoir.
In any city of the third class which has, prior to the effective date of this act, been inundated in whole or in part as the result of the construction of any dam or reservoir by the federal government, or is in the take line of any such dam or reservoir, in which the governing body of such city has sold any property located in such city which was heretofore dedicated to the public use, whether such property was real estate, personal property or mixed real estate and personal property, such sale is hereby confirmed, legalized and declared a valid sale and conveyance.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 77, § 1; April 8.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b01 City and surrounding area; organization; purposes.

15-11b01.
City and surrounding area; organization; purposes.
Any city of the third class together with an area surrounding such city of not more than six (6) miles square may be organized as a community building district for the maintenance, operation, improvement and equipping of a community building as hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b02 Community building district; petition; order; public corporation.

15-11b02.
Community building district; petition; order; public corporation.
Upon the presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city and surrounding area are located, of a petition setting forth the boundaries of a proposed community building district and requesting the formation of such district, signed by not less than 60% of the qualified electors of the proposed district, the sufficiency of such petition to be determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by the county election officer of the county, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting to examine the petition.
If the board finds that the petition is sufficient and regular and in due form and as herein provided, the board shall enter an order establishing such community building district and shall thereupon declare the territory described in the petition a public corporation and the inhabitants within the district to be incorporated as a community building district under the name "__________ community building district of __________ county, Kansas" (inserting the name of the district and of the proper county) and henceforth, the territory and the inhabitants residing therein and their successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the corporate name; shall have perpetual succession; shall have a seal, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 82, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b03 Same; meeting; notice; chairman; election of directors; terms; powers and duties.

15-11b03.
Same; meeting; notice; chairman; election of directors; terms; powers and duties.
Upon the establishment of said community building district the mayor of the city within such district shall cause a notice to be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in said district stating that a meeting of the qualified electors of such district will be held at the time and place fixed in said notice for the purpose of electing seven (7) directors as a temporary governing board for such district. The last publication of said notice shall be made not more than six (6) days prior to the date of the meeting. At said meeting the mayor of the city, or in case the mayor be absent, the city clerk shall act as chairman of such meeting and the qualified electors present shall proceed to elect by ballot seven (7) directors for the community building district.
The directors so elected shall hold their offices until the first annual meeting of the community building district and shall have the same duties, powers, authority and jurisdiction conferred by this act on the regular board of directors.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b04 Same; acceptance of existing building; equipping and operation.

15-11b04.
Same; acceptance of existing building; equipping and operation.
A community building district organized under the provisions of this act is authorized to accept the conveyance of an existing community building owned by any individual, association or private or public corporation and to maintain, operate, improve and equip the same for use as a community building by the inhabitants of the community building district.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 4; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b05 Same; annual meeting; notice; posting; special meetings.

15-11b05.
Same; annual meeting; notice; posting; special meetings.
The annual meeting of the qualified electors of a community building district shall be held on the first Thursday of May each year. Notice of the annual meeting shall be given by the board of directors by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in said district, said publication to be not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting. The notice shall state the time and place of such meeting. A copy of such notice shall be posted on the door of the community building if said district owns a community building for at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting. A special meeting may be called by the chairman of the board of directors or by any three (3) members of the board, notice of such meeting to be given in the same manner as notice of the annual meeting except that such notice shall also state the purpose of the meeting.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b06 Same; persons entitled to vote at meetings.

15-11b06.
Same; persons entitled to vote at meetings.
Any person who has been a bona fide resident of the community building district for thirty (30) days prior to any meeting, who possesses the qualifications of a voter under the general election laws of the state shall be entitled to vote at said meeting.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 6; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b07 Same; board of directors; terms; vacancies.

15-11b07.
Same; board of directors; terms; vacancies.
Each community building district shall be governed by a board of seven (7) directors. At the first annual meeting seven (7) directors shall be elected by ballot for the following terms: Three (3) for a term of one (1) year and four (4) for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter succeeding directors should be elected for a term of two (2) years. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the remaining board members for the unexpired term.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 7; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b08 Same; organization; powers; bond of treasurer; expenditures.

15-11b08.
Same; organization; powers; bond of treasurer; expenditures.
Immediately following the annual meeting of the district the board of directors shall organize by electing a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership and by electing from within or without its membership a secretary and treasurer of the board. Said officers shall have the powers and duties customarily exercised by such officers. The board may require a bond from the treasurer in an amount determined by the board, the cost thereof to be paid by the district. Expenditures made by said board of directors shall be paid by warrants drawn upon the treasurer and signed by the chairman and secretary.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 8; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b09 Same; powers and duties of board.

15-11b09.
Same; powers and duties of board.
The board of directors of the community building district shall:
(a) Have full charge of the government, operation and maintenance of the community building;
(b) make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the operation and maintenance of the community building as it shall deem necessary;
(c) appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as it deems necessary;
(d) keep a complete record of its proceedings and make a report to each annual meeting of all receipts and expenditures and of such other information as it shall deem advisable.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 9; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b10 Same; tax levies.

15-11b10.
Same; tax levies.
The board of directors is authorized to determine and fix an annual tax to be levied by the community building district which shall not exceed one-half (1/2) mill on the dollar, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the community building and the payment of any expenses attendant thereupon. The board of directors shall certify such rate of levy to the county clerk and the county clerk shall levy such tax on all the taxable tangible property in the community building district. The tax so collected shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the community building district.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 114, § 10; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b11 Attachment of territory outside county; petition; order; notice; tax levies.

15-11b11.
Attachment of territory outside county; petition; order; notice; tax levies.
Whenever a community building district has been organized within any county as authorized by K.S.A. 15-11b01 to 15-11b10, and amendments thereto, territory adjacent thereto but located in another county may be attached to such district as hereinafter provided.
Upon presentation to the board of directors of the community building district of a petition setting forth the boundaries of the area petitioned to be attached to the district and signed by not less than 51% of the qualified electors of the area, as determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by the county election officer of the county in which the area proposed to be attached is located, it shall be the duty of the board of directors of the community building district, at its next annual meeting, to examine the petition and if it finds the same to be in order and further finds it to the best interest of the district to attach such territory located outside the county, it shall issue an order attaching such territory to the district and shall give notice thereof to the county clerk of the county wherein the territory petitioned to be attached is located.
Such attached territory shall thereafter be subject to the tax levied by the district, and all residents within the attached territory shall thereafter be eligible to attend and to vote at all annual meetings, and the district including the attached territory shall thereafter be governed insofar as practicable by the provisions of K.S.A. 15-11b01 to 15-11b10, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, except as hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 132, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 82, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b12 Same; budget; filing with county clerks; tax levies; certification.

15-11b12.
Same; budget; filing with county clerks; tax levies; certification.
The board of directors of any community building district to which territory has been attached as provided for in K.S.A. 15-11b11 shall annually file the budget of the building district with the clerk of the county in which the district was originally organized, and the county clerk of any other county in which attached territory is located shall annually, on or before August 25, certify the total amount of assessed taxable tangible property located in his or her county to the county clerk of the county in which the district was originally organized.
The county clerk shall thereafter determine the rate of tax necessary to finance the budget to be derived from ad valorem taxes, but in no case to exceed the amount authorized by K.S.A. 15-11b10, and acts amendatory thereof. Upon determination of the rate of levy, the county clerk of the county in which the district was organized shall certify the same to the county clerk of any other county in which territory is located that is attached to the district; and it shall be the duty of the boards of county commissioners in each of the counties in which any of the territory or attached territory of the district lies to levy the tax upon the taxable tangible property within such territory or district.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 132, § 2; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b13 Same; payment of tax moneys to treasurer of district.

15-11b13.
Same; payment of tax moneys to treasurer of district.
The county treasurers of each of the counties in which territory or attached territory of the district is located, shall, upon collection of the tax moneys provided for in K.S.A. 15-11b12, pay the same to the treasurer of the community building district.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 132, § 3; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 11b - Community Building Districts › 15-11b14 Same; act supplemental to K.S.A. 15-11b01 through 15-11b10.

15-11b14.
Same; act supplemental to K.S.A. 15-11b01 through 15-11b10.
This act shall be construed as supplemental to and a part of K.S.A. 15-11b01 to 15-11b10.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 132, § 4; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 12 - General Provisions › 15-1201 When commission form applicable.

15-1201.
When commission form applicable.
All cities of the third class which shall adopt the provisions of this act, by a majority vote of all electors voting at a special election called for that purpose as hereinafter provided, shall be governed by the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 1; March 19; R.S. 1923, § 15-1201.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 12 - General Provisions › 15-1202 Powers exercised by board of commissioners.

15-1202.
Powers exercised by board of commissioners.
Each city governed by the provisions of this act shall be a body corporate and politic, and the powers hereby granted shall be exercised by the board of commissioners of such city as hereinafter set forth, and such board of commissioners shall have and exercise all such rights, powers and duties as are conferred upon them by this act, and such other powers, rights and duties as are now or shall be hereafter conferred by the laws of the state of Kansas upon the mayors and councils of cities of the third class, insofar as the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 2; March 19; R.S. 1923, § 15-1202.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 13 - Elections › 15-1302 Commissioners; terms.

15-1302.
Commissioners; terms.
There shall be an election for commissioners in cities of the third class adopting this act. All commissioners shall have terms of four years, except commissioners elected in April, 1968, shall have terms expiring in 1973. Commissioners elected in the year 1967 shall have terms expiring in 1971.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 15-1302; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 45; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 13 - Elections › 15-1304 Arrangement of names.

15-1304.
Arrangement of names.
The names of all candidates for mayor and commissioners and other elective offices of any city adopting the provisions of this act shall be arranged under the designation of the office, in alphabetical order, according to the surnames.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 15-1304; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 46; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 14 - Board Of Commissioners › 15-1401 Qualifications of mayor and commissioners.

15-1401.
Qualifications of mayor and commissioners.
The mayor and each of said commissioners shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of such city.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 7; R.S. 1923, § 15-1401; L. 1972, ch. 161, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 106, § 4; March 22.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 14 - Board Of Commissioners › 15-1402 Holding other offices.

15-1402.
Holding other offices.
Neither the mayor nor any commissioner shall be elected or appointed to any office created by, or the compensation of which was increased or fixed by, the board of commissioners while he or she was a member thereof, until the expiration of at least two years after such person has ceased to be a member of said board.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 8; March 19; R.S. 1923, § 15-1402.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 14 - Board Of Commissioners › 15-1404 Bond of mayor and commissioners.

15-1404.
Bond of mayor and commissioners.
(a) The mayor and each of the commissioners, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a good and sufficient surety bond, to be executed by a bonding company authorized to do business in Kansas, payable to and for the use and benefit of any such city, in the sum of not less than $2,000, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of office, and that such officer will save such city harmless from all loss caused by such person's neglect of duty, or misfeasance in office or for the willful expenditure of any moneys of such city in violation of law. The cost of such surety bonds shall be borne by such city.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the mayor or commissioners are included within a blanket or other surety bond covering other officers and employees of the city, in an amount not less than required by subsection (a).
History: L. 1913, ch. 128, § 10; R.S. 1923, § 15-1404; L. 1989, ch. 69, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 14 - Board Of Commissioners › 15-1405 Vacancy in office of mayor or commissioner.

15-1405.
Vacancy in office of mayor or commissioner.
In case of any vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor or any commissioner, the remaining members of the board of commissioners, within 10 days after the happening of such vacancy, shall elect some suitable person to fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term of such office. If the remaining members cannot agree upon some such suitable person, then they shall call in the then city attorney, who shall cast the decisive vote for such appointment.
The resignation of the mayor or any commissioner elected under this act shall be made in writing to the board of commissioners for their action thereon. If the mayor or any commissioner shall remove from the territorial limits of such city, such removal shall, ipso facto, be deemed to create a vacancy in such person's office.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 11; R.S. 1923, § 15-1405; L. 1985, ch. 80, § 6; May 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities Of The Third Class › Article 14 - Board Of Commissioners › 15-1406 Commissioners as governing body.

15-1406.
Commissioners as governing body.
The board of commissioners shall constitute the municipal government of such city, and shall be the successors of the mayor and council, and, upon the qualification of the members of said board of commissioners, all powers, rights, duties and emoluments of the then mayor and councilmen of any city adopting this act shall cease and terminate; but all current unfinished business shall proceed without interruption under the commissioners and all acts of the commissioners in respect thereto shall be valid in every respect.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 128, § 12; March 19; R.S. 1923, § 15-1406.