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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-915 Acquisition of cemetery association or corporation property; maintenance.

80-915.
Acquisition of cemetery association or corporation property; maintenance.
Whenever any cemetery association or corporation maintaining or owning a cemetery shall desire to convey such cemetery to the municipal township in which the cemetery is located for the purpose of making the cemetery a public burying ground, it shall be lawful for the township board to receive and take over the management and control of such cemetery upon such terms as may be agreed upon. When such cemetery becomes the property of the township it shall be the duty of the township to maintain the same at an annual expense of not less than $25 nor more than $100. Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict or modify other public cemetery acts. Except as provided in K.S.A. 80-941 and 80-942, and amendments thereto, no township board shall agree to take over any such cemetery where the township already has and maintains a public cemetery.
History:
L. 1911, ch. 138, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-915; L. 1992, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 74, § 2; April 17.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-916 Care of abandoned cemeteries.

80-916.
Care of abandoned cemeteries.
From and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the township board of any township within the state of Kansas in which there is situated an abandoned cemetery to provide for the care of such cemetery and to provide for the proper and seasonable cutting of all weeds and grass therein at least twice each year; and for such purposes such township board shall appropriate and expend not more than $500 per year for each such cemetery.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 105, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-916; L. 1982, ch. 72, § 14; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-917 Cemetery chapel.

80-917.
Cemetery chapel.
Any township in the state of Kansas owning or operating as trustees a cemetery is authorized and empowered to procure, acquire and control a building to be used as a chapel in connection with such cemetery in which to hold burial or funeral services and such other devotional or religious exercises as the board may, from time to time, allow: Provided, That the title to such chapel shall be vested in the township maintaining such cemetery.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 91, § 1; February 27; R.S. 1923, 80-917.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-918 Same; petition.

80-918.
Same; petition.
The township board shall not acquire, secure nor operate a chapel as provided in K.S.A. 80-917 except upon the application so to do through a petition presented to it signed by at least twenty-five percent of the resident taxpayers of the township.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 91, § 2; February 27; R.S. 1923, 80-918.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-919 Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation.

80-919.
Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation.
Upon the receipt of such petition the township board shall call an election at which the question of the acquiring of a site for and the building of a chapel as provided hereinbefore shall be submitted to the electors of the township, at which election the proposition submitted shall be "Shall the township build and maintain a chapel in connection with the township cemetery at an initial cost of __________ dollars?" If the majority of the votes cast at said election shall favor such proposition to construct and operate a chapel the township board shall proceed to procure a site for such chapel adjacent to the cemetery not exceeding one acre in area and to build and maintain a suitable building for a chapel thereon. The mode of acquiring the site shall be by purchase, donation and contribution, condemnation, or gift. The board of township commissioners is authorized and empowered to levy a tax sufficient to pay for the site and erect the building thereon: Provided, That in no event shall the combined cost of the site and the building exceed the amount of money to be raised by an annual levy of two mills on every dollar of taxable property in the township for a period of five (5) years.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 91, § 3; February 27; R.S. 1923, 80-919.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-923 Board of trustees of joint township parks or cemeteries; tax levies.

80-923.
Board of trustees of joint township parks or cemeteries; tax levies.
Where two or more townships in the state of Kansas combine, and purchase or acquire or act as trustee for grounds for a park or parks, or cemetery or cemeteries, the township board of each of such combined townships shall constitute a board of trustees, having full power and control of said parks and cemeteries and shall annually determine the tax to be levied by every such township to comply with the provisions and limitations of K.S.A. 80-907.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 385, § 1; March 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-932 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries.

80-932.
Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries.
The township board of any township is hereby authorized and empowered to levy an annual tax on all taxable tangible property in such townships, including such property of cities of the third class, for the purpose of providing funds to be used for the care and maintenance of cemeteries in such townships for which no provision is made by law for the levying of taxes for such care and maintenance.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 473, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 6; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 56; May 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-933 Lease of lake or park; conditions; publication; protest petition.

80-933.
Lease of lake or park; conditions; publication; protest petition.
Whenever the title to any real property within the area of which there may be included a lake or park may be vested in a township, the township board is hereby authorized to lease such lake or park or any portion thereof for not less than two (2) years nor more than thirty-three (33) years to any 4-H club or livestock association, to any county fair association, to any nonprofit corporation, or to any other charitable or farm organization: Provided, That every such lease shall provide that the lessee shall at its own expense, construct and install all of the facilities and improvements to be occupied and used by it under such lease, upon such terms, conditions and control as the township board may require and subject to the condition that all such facilities and improvements so constructed by the lessee shall become and be the property of the township upon the expiration or cancellation of the term of such lease or upon abandonment or forfeiture thereof by the lessee prior to its expiration.
Such lease shall be effective and binding upon the township, however, only after twenty (20) days following the final publication of such lease including all the terms thereof in some newspaper of general circulation in the township for three (3) consecutive weeks: Provided, That if within such twenty (20) days following the final publication of the lease there be filed with the township clerk a petition signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of such township as determined by the total vote for secretary of state in such township at the last preceding general election protesting the execution of such lease, then such lease shall be void and of no effect.
History:
L. 1949, ch. 504, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 464, § 1; April 6.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-934 Cemetery abandoned by private association; title vested in township.

80-934.
Cemetery abandoned by private association; title vested in township.
Any private township cemetery association organized under the laws of Kansas as a nonprofit corporation which has failed to operate and maintain its cemetery for a period of more than ten (10) years and which has been maintained by the township under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-916 for a period of at least five (5) years may be declared abandoned and extinct by order of the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located and the title to the cemetery property of such association vested in the township in the manner hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 405, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-935 Same; petition to district court; order transferring title.

80-935.
Same; petition to district court; order transferring title.
Any member of the township board or any resident of a township in which the cemetery was organized and in which the cemetery is located may petition the district court of the county setting forth facts authorizing an order of abandonment or extinction and disposition of property. Upon presentation of such a petition to the court the court may proceed in a summary manner after such notice as the court may prescribe to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order of the disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, such court shall make a final order declaring such cemetery association to be abandoned and extinct and transferring the cemetery property and title and possession thereof to the township in which the cemetery of the association was located; it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve the cemetery property formerly owned by the association for cemetery purposes.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 405, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-936 Same; care and maintenance by township.

80-936.
Same; care and maintenance by township.
After the order providing for the transfer and vesting of the cemetery property in the township has become final, the township board shall thereafter care for and maintain the cemetery formerly the property of the cemetery association in the same manner as though such township cemetery were organized pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 80-901 et seq.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 405, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-937 Township lakes in certain townships; issuance of bonds for restoration; election.

80-937.
Township lakes in certain townships; issuance of bonds for restoration; election.
Any municipal township having an assessed tangible valuation of more than three million dollars ($3,000,000) and less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) which has heretofore acquired a township lake and is presently operating such lake as a municipal function is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the township in the manner provided by law and in an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), for the purpose of providing revenue for restoration of such lake, including the dredging thereof and making necessary improvements in connection therewith.
Before any such bonds shall be issued, the question of issuing the same shall first be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the township at a general election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting the question; and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors of the township voting on the question shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. Such election may be called on motion of the township officers and shall be called if a petition signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of the township as shown by the vote cast for governor at the last preceding election is filed with the township clerk requesting such election.
If the bonds are authorized at such election, by a majority vote of qualified electors voting thereon, such bonds shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with article 1 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, except that such bonds shall mature within a maximum period of ten (10) years from date of issue; and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued hereunder.
History:
L. 1971, ch. 325, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-938 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries; election upon petition.

80-938.
Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries; election upon petition.
In any county having a population of not less than sixteen thousand (16,000) and not more than eighteen thousand (18,000) in which there is located a city of the first class and in which there is located a township cemetery district in which there are at least nine (9) cemeteries, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to make an annual levy of not to exceed one (1) mill on all the taxable tangible property within said township cemetery district for the purpose of providing funds for the care and maintenance of cemeteries within such district. Such tax levy shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to or within any aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by law.
No tax levy provided for or authorized by this section may be made if prior to the levy of such tax a petition in opposition to the levy, signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified electors in such township cemetery district, is filed with the county election officer. If such petition is filed within the prescribed time, no such tax may be levied unless a majority of the qualified electors of the township cemetery district approve such levy at the next general election.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 132, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-939 Recreational facilities; election; tax levies.

80-939.
Recreational facilities; election; tax levies.
(a) Whenever the governing body of any township proposes to provide, establish and maintain recreational facilities and to levy an annual tax therefor, such proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township for approval at a regular or special election held for such purpose.
(b) If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition are in favor thereof, the governing body of such township shall have the power to levy an annual tax upon all the taxable tangible property within such township for the purpose of establishing, providing and maintaining recreational facilities. Such tax levy shall be at a rate which, when multiplied by the total assessed tangible valuation of the township, will not result in producing more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one year, except that in no event shall such levy exceed two (2) mills.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 507, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-940 Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township.

80-940.
Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township.
If the board of township trustees of any township or townships located in a county having a population of more than forty-three thousand (43,000) and less than forty-eight thousand (48,000) agrees thereto, any cemetery district located in such township or townships may, with the approval of the board of directors thereof, be disorganized. Whenever the board of directors shall approve the disorganization of any such cemetery district, all books, records, papers, moneys and title to all property owned by such cemetery district shall vest in the township, and shall be maintained thereby.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 78, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-941 Conveyance of cemetery property to Attica township in Sedgwick county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.

80-941.
Conveyance of cemetery property to Attica township in Sedgwick county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.
(a) The township board of Attica township in Sedgwick county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Pleasant Ridge cemetery association, with the consent of such association, the following described cemetery property and any improvements thereon: Beginning at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 29, township 27 south, range 2 west of the 6th P.M., Sedgwick county, Kansas, then running west 532 feet, then running south 487 feet, then running east 268.5 feet, then running south 8 feet 11 links, then running east 264 feet to the east line, then running north 495 feet 11 links to the point of beginning.
(b) Upon the conveyance of the cemetery property under subsection (a), title to all such property shall vest in Attica township, and the permanent maintenance fund, if any, together with any investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such cemetery shall be transferred to the treasurer of such township and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the township board shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund, if any; and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the township. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the township or may be invested in the manner provided for other township money, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.
History:
L. 1992, ch. 42, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-942 Conveyance of cemetery property to Tecumseh township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.

80-942.
Conveyance of cemetery property to Tecumseh township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.
(a) The township board of Tecumseh township in Shawnee county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Bethel cemetery association, with the consent of such association, the following described cemetery property and any improvements thereon:
Beginning at a point on the south line 20 feet west of the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 13 in township 12 of range 16 west of the 6th P.M., Shawnee county, Kansas, thence running north 27 rods, thence west 12 rods, thence south 27 rods to the south line of such quarter, thence east to the point of beginning.
(b) Upon the conveyance of the cemetery property under subsection (a), title to all such property shall vest in Tecumseh township, and the permanent maintenance fund, if any, together with any investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such cemetery shall be transferred to the treasurer of such township and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the township board shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund, if any; and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the township. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the township or may be invested in the manner provided for other township money, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.
History:
L. 1997, ch. 74, § 3; April 17.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-943 Conveyance of cemetery property to Topeka township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.

80-943.
Conveyance of cemetery property to Topeka township in Shawnee county; transfer of books, records, papers and fund.
(a) The township board of Topeka township in Shawnee county is hereby authorized to acquire from the Lynn Creek cemetery association, with the consent of such association, the following described cemetery property and any improvements thereon, commonly known as the Lynn Creek Cemetery, Shawnee county, Kansas:
That part of the southeast quarter of section 33 in township 12 south of baseline in range 16 east of the principal meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of the above described parcel of ground, thence north 21 rods, thence east 40 rods, thence south 21 rods, thence west 40 rods to the place of beginning.
(b) Upon the conveyance of the cemetery property under subsection (a), title to all such property shall vest in Topeka township, and the permanent maintenance fund, if any, together with any investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such cemetery shall be transferred to the treasurer of such township and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the township board shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund, if any; and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the township. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the township or may be invested in the manner provided for other township money, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.
History:
L. 2000, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1101a Same; when disorganization effective.

80-1101a.
Same; when disorganization effective.
Such disorganization of a township hereunder shall be effective upon the filing with the county clerk of such county the resignation of the elective incumbent officers of such township or, in any event, at the expiration of the term of office of such incumbents.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 479, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 27; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1102a Same; application of other laws; bonded debt; road and maintenance agreement.

80-1102a.
Same; application of other laws; bonded debt; road and maintenance agreement.
If any such township so disorganized shall at the time of its disorganization have any indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment thereof in the manner provided in K.S.A. 80-1103 and 80-1104, and amendments thereto. If such township has any bonded indebtedness the obligation shall remain a charge upon the territory of the disorganized township in accordance with the applicable provisions of K.S.A. 10-119, and amendments thereto. The effective date of such township disorganization, the provisions for the naming of townships, the determination of boundaries and polling places, the transfer of records, funds and property other than funds to pay indebtedness shall be determined as provided by the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1101a, and amendments thereto.
Any road construction and maintenance agreement which had been entered into between the township to be disorganized and the county under K.S.A. 68-572, and amendments thereto, shall terminate when money and equipment belonging to the disorganized township are delivered to the county.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 509, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 28; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1103 Same; tax levy to pay township indebtedness, limitation; warrants.

80-1103.
Same; tax levy to pay township indebtedness, limitation; warrants.
If any township so disorganized shall at the time of its disorganization have any indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county to provide for the payment of such outstanding indebtedness by making a levy of taxes therefor upon all real and personal property in the territory comprising such disorganized township at the time of its disorganization, which tax shall be entered by the clerk of the county on the tax roll the same as other taxes. No such levy shall exceed ten mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation in any one year; that the county treasurer shall keep the money collected from such township in a special fund, and the county commissioners are authorized to audit the floating indebtedness of said disorganized township, and issue warrants upon the funds thus provided in payment of said floating indebtedness.
History:
L. 1899, ch. 277, § 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1103; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 29; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1104 Same; records and funds.

80-1104.
Same; records and funds.
The books, papers, funds and any other assets belonging to such township so disorganized shall be delivered over by the officers thereof to the county commissioners, who shall dispose of said assets, and all money received therefor shall be included in the special fund provided for in K.S.A. 80-1103, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1899, ch. 277, § 5; R.S. 1923, 80-1104; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 30; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1105 Disorganization and reorganization in certain counties under 3,000.

80-1105.
Disorganization and reorganization in certain counties under 3,000.
Townships in counties containing a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants and in which there is no township indebtedness may be abolished and new townships created as in this act provided.
History:
L. 1933, ch. 329, § 1; June 5.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1109 Consolidation of two or more townships; procedure; resolution, agreement, election.

80-1109.
Consolidation of two or more townships; procedure; resolution, agreement, election.
Two or more townships may consolidate into a single township which may be one of the consolidated townships or a new township to be formed by means of such consolidation. The members of the township boards or a majority of them on the respective boards shall by resolution declare such consolidation to be desirable and arrange for a meeting between the respective boards. Members of township boards may enter into an agreement signed by such members prescribing the terms and conditions of the consolidation and designate the officers of the township until new township officers are elected and take office as provided by law. Such resolutions of the agreement and consolidation duly certified by the respective township clerks shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said townships are situated by delivering the same to the county clerk of said county. Within 10 days after such receipt by the county commissioners they shall call an election, noticed and called in the manner as bond elections under the general bond law in said townships for the purpose of approval or disapproval of agreement of consolidation. The ballot used in such elections shall conform to the provisions of K.S.A. 25-605, and amendments thereto, and the question shall be stated substantially as follows: "Shall the township of ______________ and the township of ______________ be consolidated into one township and the new township named ______________?" If a majority of the qualified electors in each township shall vote to consolidate, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution certifying that the consolidation is in effect in accordance with the agreement and the respective townships shall thereupon be considered disorganized.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 498, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 31; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1110 Disorganization of certain townships in counties having county unit road system.

80-1110.
Disorganization of certain townships in counties having county unit road system.
Townships located in counties which have adopted the county unit road system as provided by K.S.A. 68-515b, and amendments thereto, or in townships having more than 200 residents may be disorganized and the territory or parts thereof attached to any other township or townships within such county which are contiguous with the township or any one of the townships being disorganized, in the manner hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 32; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1111 Same; determination by board of county commissioners; resolution of intent; public hearings; petition opposing disorganization; resolution disorganizing township.

80-1111.
Same; determination by board of county commissioners; resolution of intent; public hearings; petition opposing disorganization; resolution disorganizing township.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any such county shall determine that it is in the best interests of the inhabitants of any township or townships located within such county to disorganize the same, such board shall adopt a resolution stating its intentions to disorganize such township or townships and the attachment of the territory of the same to another township or townships within the county. Such resolution shall fix a time, which shall be not more than 40 days after the date of the last publication of such resolution, and a place, within such township or townships or at such other place within such county as shall be designated by the board of county commissioners, for the holding of a hearing or hearings upon the question of disorganizing such township or townships. Such resolution shall also contain a statement that unless a petition, signed by a majority of the electors of any township proposed to be disorganized opposing the disorganization of such township, is filed in the office of the county clerk within 30 days after the date of the last publication of such resolution, such township or townships will be disorganized. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the township or townships proposed to be disorganized and a copy thereof sent to the clerk of the township board of such township or townships.
If a petition in opposition is not filed in compliance with the provisions of this section, then the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution disorganizing such township, attaching the same or portions thereof as herein provided and make such order or orders as are authorized by this act.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 33; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1112 Same; effective date of disorganization and attachment of territory.

80-1112.
Same; effective date of disorganization and attachment of territory.
The disorganization of any township and the attachment of the territory thereof to another township or townships under the provisions of this act shall be effective for other than tax purposes upon the filing, with the county clerk of the county, of the resignation of the elective incumbent officers of such township or at the expiration of the term of office of such township officers and no officers shall be elected to succeed the officers of any township in office at the time of the disorganization of such township. The disorganization of any such township shall be effective for taxation purposes upon the date prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1807 and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 3; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1113 Same; disposition of books, records and assets; payment of outstanding indebtedness.

80-1113.
Same; disposition of books, records and assets; payment of outstanding indebtedness.
All books, papers, records, moneys and other assets belonging to any township disorganized under the provisions of this act shall be delivered by the officers thereof to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall dispose of any assets of such township and shall dispose of the proceeds thereof in the manner hereinafter provided. If any township shall at the time of its disorganization have any outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall place any moneys together with the proceeds of any assets of such township into a special fund which shall be used for the purpose of paying such indebtedness. Moneys in excess of that required for the payment of outstanding indebtedness shall be disposed of in like manner as that provided for the disposal of moneys of townships having no outstanding indebtedness at the time of their disorganization. If any township shall at the time of its disorganization have no outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall, if all of the territory of such township is attached to a single township, place all moneys and proceeds of assets to the disorganized township into the treasury of the township to which it is attached, or if the territory of such township is attached to two or more townships all moneys and proceeds of assets of the disorganized township shall be disposed of in the manner provided by K.S.A. 80-102.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 4; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1114 Same; outstanding indebtedness; levy of taxes for payment; bonded indebtedness.

80-1114.
Same; outstanding indebtedness; levy of taxes for payment; bonded indebtedness.
If any township disorganized under the provisions of this act shall at the time of such disorganization have any outstanding indebtedness, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county to provide for the payment of all indebtedness other than bonded indebtedness by making a levy of taxes therefor upon all taxable tangible property within the territory comprising such township at the time of its disorganization in an amount which together with any moneys in the special fund created under the provisions of K.S.A. 80-1113 will be sufficient to pay such indebtedness. The bonded indebtedness of any township at the time of its disorganization under the provisions of this act shall be paid in the manner provided by K.S.A. 10-119.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 5; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1115 Same; adoption of budget and levy of taxes prior to effective date for tax purposes.

80-1115.
Same; adoption of budget and levy of taxes prior to effective date for tax purposes.
Whenever the disorganization of any township shall take effect for the purpose of taxation on the last day of December following such disorganization, the township board of the township to which such territory is attached shall, if the disorganization of such township shall become effective for other than tax purposes prior to the time fixed for the adoption of the budget of such township, adopt a budget and provide for the levy of taxes throughout the area of the township as it will exist on January 1, next following the adoption of such budget.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 6; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1116 Same; right of elector of township being disorganized to vote and become candidate for office in townships to which territory will attach.

80-1116.
Same; right of elector of township being disorganized to vote and become candidate for office in townships to which territory will attach.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall have adopted a resolution providing for the disorganization of any township under the provisions of this act and attachment of the territory thereof to another township or townships and the time for the filing of a petition in opposition thereto has expired, without the filing of a valid and sufficient petition in opposition thereto, prior to the date fixed by law for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for township offices, or prior to the date fixed for the holding of primary and general elections for the election of township officers, but the effective date for the disorganization of such township and the attachment of the territory thereof to another township shall not become effective until the expiration of the terms of office of the officers holding such offices, any qualified elector residing within the township being disorganized may become a candidate and may be nominated and elected to an office of the township to which the territory in which he or she resides shall be attached and made a part of at the time fixed by law for the taking and holding of such office. Any qualified elector residing within the township being disorganized may vote at such primary or general election for the election of township officers of the township to which the territory in which he or she resides shall be attached and made a part of at the time fixed by law for the taking of office by officers elected at such primary or general election.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 471, § 7; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1117 Disorganization and consolidation of townships with no residents; procedure; transfer of assets and debts.

80-1117.
Disorganization and consolidation of townships with no residents; procedure; transfer of assets and debts.
(a) If any township has no residents, as certified by the county clerk of the county in which such township is located, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall disorganize the township or consolidate the township with the next geographically closest township, within such county, having a functioning township board. Prior to the adoption of such resolution, the board of county commissioners shall conduct a public hearing on the advisability of adopting such resolution. Until such time as the disorganization or consolidation is completed, the board of county commissioners may exercise all of the statutory powers of the township board deemed necessary and advisable by such board of county commissioners.
(b) All books, papers, records, moneys and other assets belonging to any township proposed to be disorganized or consolidated under subsection (a) shall be delivered by the persons in possession thereof to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may dispose of any assets of such township in the manner provided by this section. If at the time of its disorganization or consolidation, the townships have any outstanding indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall place any moneys together with the proceeds of any assets of such township into a special fund that shall be used for the purpose of paying such indebtedness. Moneys and assets in excess of that required for the payment of outstanding indebtedness either shall be transferred to the township with which the disorganized township is consolidated or, if the township is disorganized, such moneys shall be credited to the county general fund.
History:
L. 2004, ch. 166, § 7; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 34; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 11 - Disorganization, Reorganization And Consolidation › 80-1118 Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election.

80-1118.
Disorganization of certain townships by county commission; attachment of territory to other township; procedure, hearing, protest petition; election.
From and after July 1, 2008: (a) The board of county commissioners may disorganize any township if any of the following apply:
(1) The number of residents in the township shall become less than 200;
(2) a vacancy exists in the office of township trustee, clerk or treasurer for two consecutive years; or
(3) the township fails to file an annual budget for two consecutive years.
The territory of any township disorganized under this section shall be attached to one or more townships which are contiguous to such township.
(b) The board of county commissioners desiring to disorganize a township under this section shall adopt a resolution stating the county is considering the disorganization of such township. The resolution shall:
(1) Give notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the disorganization and fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing. Unless the board determines adequate facilities are not available, the public hearing shall be held at a site located within such township. The site and time of the hearing shall be held at a location and time determined to be the most convenient for the greatest number of interested persons.
(2) A copy of the resolution providing for the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation of the township.
(c) Following the public hearing the board may pass a resolution disorganizing the township and attaching the territory to one or more adjacent townships. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation of the township. The resolution shall take effect 60 days after the final publication unless a petition signed by electors of such township equal in number to at least 10% of the electors who voted at the last general election is presented to the county clerk calling for an election on the issue. Such proposition may be submitted at the next general election held in such townships or at special elections called for that purpose by the board of county commissioners, and shall be submitted on a separate ballot in substantially the following form:
Proposition to consolidate__________________township
(name of township)
with ______________________________ township(s).
(name of township or townships)
Yes ☐ No ☐
If a majority of the votes cast in such township in such election shall be in the affirmative, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to disorganize such township and attach the territory to such other township or townships. The expenses of such election shall be paid by the county from the county general fund.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 26; May 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers › 80-1201 Destruction of prairie dogs, moles and gophers; expense from general fund.

80-1201.
Destruction of prairie dogs, moles and gophers; expense from general fund.
The township board of any township in this state, at any regular or special meeting, is hereby authorized to purchase material and to employ one or more suitable persons to destroy prairie dogs, moles and gophers within the limits of such township, any material so purchased and compensation for such services to be paid out of the general fund of such township.
History:
L. 1901, ch. 273, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1201; L. 1965, ch. 548, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers › 80-1202 Eradication of prairie dogs; duties of township trustees; entry upon land, exceptions; assessment of costs.

80-1202.
Eradication of prairie dogs; duties of township trustees; entry upon land, exceptions; assessment of costs.
In addition to the duties now prescribed by law for township trustees, in counties infested by prairie dogs, they may do and perform the following services: That the township trustees of the several townships in this state infested by prairie dogs may enter upon the lands so infested in their respective townships and make diligent efforts to exterminate all prairie dogs thereon. For the purpose of enabling them to carry into effect the provisions of this act, the trustees are authorized and empowered to employ all such assistance and to purchase the poison or such appliances and material as they may deem necessary to exterminate such dogs. The work of such extermination shall all be done under the supervision and direction of the trustees: Provided, That in any county having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) and less than five thousand two hundred (5,200) which contains no city of the second class and not more than two (2) cities of the third class, the trustees shall before entering upon the lands give written notice to any landowner who shall fail or refuse to make use of the materials offered or provided, that unless he or she endeavors to control such prairie dogs according to the methods prescribed by the board of trustees will, within fifteen (15) days after the date specified in the notice enter upon his or her land and use the necessary materials to eradicate the prairie dogs thereon; and the trustees or their agents, may thereafter enter upon the land and proceed to eradicate such prairie dogs.
After eradication of such prairie dogs, the trustees shall immediately notify the landowner or landowners with an itemized statement of the costs thereof, and stating that unless such amount is paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, that the amount shall become a lien upon their real estate. If such costs are not paid within thirty (30) days they shall be assessed against the property of the landowner and the township clerk shall, at the time of certifying other township taxes to the county clerk, certify the costs of such eradication and the county clerk shall extend the same on the tax roll of the township against such property and said costs shall be collected by the county treasurer and paid to the township as other township taxes are collected and paid.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 181, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 315, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1202; L. 1965, ch. 548, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 472, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 384, § 1; March 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 12 - Prairie Dogs, Moles And Gophers › 80-1203 Same; report of expense to county commissioners; tax levy.

80-1203.
Same; report of expense to county commissioners; tax levy.
The trustees of the several townships infested by prairie dogs shall appear before the board of county commissioners of their respective counties at their annual meeting in August of each year, when they convene to make the annual tax levy, and make a report of the probable expense to exterminate the prairie dogs in their respective townships. And the commissioners of the respective counties, after receiving said reports, shall cause to be levied on real estate assessed for taxation in each township thus infested by prairie dogs the approximate amount estimated by the several trustees as herein provided, or any part thereof: Provided, however, That no assessment for this purpose shall be greater than seventy cents on each one hundred dollars valuation as herein provided.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 181, § 2; April 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1203.