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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2014 Bonds eligible for investment.

68-2014.
Bonds eligible for investment.
Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 14; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2015 Operation of projects; restoration and repair of private property; agreements with political subdivisions; annual report and audit; employees contracting with authority; penalty.

68-2015. Operation of projects; restoration and repair of private property; agreements with political subdivisions; annual report and audit; employees contracting with authority; penalty.
Each turnpike project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the authority. Each such project shall also be policed and operated by such force of police, toll-takers and other operating employees as the authority may in its discretion employ.
All private property damaged or destroyed in laying out and constructing said turnpike project shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided under the authority of this act.
All counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and commissions of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority at its request upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions, agencies or commissions of the state may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use.
Annually, prior to the 10th day of each regular session of the legislature, the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governor. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or operation of the project.
Any member, agent or employee of the authority who contracts with the authority or is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the authority or in the sale of any property, either real or personal, to the authority shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 308, § 15; L. 1957, ch. 369, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 213, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 8, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2016 Turnpike revenue refunding bonds, when.

68-2016.
Turnpike revenue refunding bonds, when.
The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of turnpike revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this act, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements, extensions, or enlargements of the turnpike project or projects in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued. The authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of its turnpike revenue bonds for the combined purpose of (a) refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this act, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and (b) paying all or any part of the cost of any additional turnpike project or projects. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this act insofar as the same may be applicable.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 16; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2017 Project to become part of state highway system after retirement of bonds; operation by secretary of transportation; continuation of tolls for other projects, when.

68-2017.
Project to become part of state highway system after retirement of bonds; operation by secretary of transportation; continuation of tolls for other projects, when.
Except as hereinafter provided in this section, when all bonds issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-2001 to 68-2020, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, in connection with any turnpike project and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such project, if then in good condition and repair, shall become a part of the state highway system and shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation.
The secretary of transportation, when such project becomes a part of the state highway system, shall have the same power as vested in the authority by K.S.A. 68-2009, to fix, revise, charge and collect tolls for the use of such turnpike project and to contract for the use of any part thereof and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for such use; and such tolls, rents and rates of charges shall be sufficient to provide enough revenue to maintain, repair, operate, regulate and police such turnpike.
The authority may, however, at any time prior thereto covenant to continue tolls for the use of such project and pledge such tolls to the payment of bonds issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-2001 to 68-2020, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, or K.S.A. 68-2030 to 68-2049, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, or K.S.A. 68-2044 and amendments thereto and statutes supplemental thereto, in connection with another turnpike project or projects, but any such pledge of tolls of a turnpike project to the payment of bonds issued in connection with another project or projects shall not be effectual until the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued in connection with the first and second mentioned project shall have been paid or provision made for their payment.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 17; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 174; L. 1978, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 280, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2018 Preliminary expenses of authority; surveys and studies; costs and expenses, how paid.

68-2018.
Preliminary expenses of authority; surveys and studies; costs and expenses, how paid.
To provide for the preliminary expenses of the authority in carrying out the provisions of this act, the legislature shall not appropriate any moneys from the state general fund, but shall appropriate such amounts as it may deem necessary, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any one fiscal year, from the state highway fund, which sum so appropriated by the legislature, shall be paid to the authority and simultaneously with the delivery of the bonds, the sum so paid shall be reimbursed by the authority to the state for the credit of the highway fund out of the proceeds of any bonds which may be issued by the authority under the provisions of this act.
The authority is hereby authorized and directed to make such surveys and studies of any turnpike project as may be necessary to effect the financing authorized by this act at the earliest practicable time, and for this purpose to employ such consulting engineers, traffic engineers, legal and financial experts and such other employees and agents as it may deem necessary. To effect the purpose of this act the secretary of transportation shall make available to the authority all data in the secretary's possession which may be useful to the authority in making such surveys and studies and said secretary may furnish such assistance in making investigations and in preparing designs for any turnpike project as may be agreed upon between the secretary and the authority, the cost of such surveys and expenses incurred by the secretary to be paid by the authority.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 308, § 18; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 175; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2019 Powers conferred additional and supplemental to other laws, exception.

68-2019.
Powers conferred additional and supplemental to other laws, exception.
The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws: Provided, however, That the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds or turnpike revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, none of the powers granted to the authority under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any commission, board, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the state.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 19; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2020 Failure or refusal to pay toll; penalty; lien on vehicle.

68-2020.
Failure or refusal to pay toll; penalty; lien on vehicle.
Any person who uses any turnpike project and fails or refuses to pay toll provided therefor shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, and in addition thereto the authority shall have a lien upon the vehicle driven by such person for the amount of such toll and may take and retain possession thereof until the amount of such toll and all charges in connection therewith shall have been paid.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 20; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2020a Failure or refusal to pay toll; penalty; refusal to register vehicle; appeals.

68-2020a. Failure or refusal to pay toll; penalty; refusal to register vehicle; appeals.
(a) The registered owner of a vehicle driven on a turnpike project shall pay all tolls associated with that vehicle's use on any turnpike project. The Kansas turnpike authority may provide by regular U.S. mail or accepted United States postal service tracking method a notice of toll-evasion violation to the registered owner of a vehicle driven on any turnpike project for which the toll has not been paid. The notice of toll evasion may include a toll-evasion civil penalty, administrative fee, and costs for each instance in which the registered owner of a vehicle driven on any turnpike project has failed to pay the toll.
(b) On and after January 1, 2018, if the outstanding amount of any tolls due and owing by the registered owner exceeds $100, the director or the director's designee is authorized to instruct the division of vehicles to require payment of any tolls due and owing to the county treasurer at the time of registration or renewal of registration or otherwise to refuse to register or renew the registration of the vehicle, as set forth in K.S.A. 8-173(e), and amendments thereto, of the registered owner or owners, until those amounts are paid to the satisfaction of the director or the director's designee.
(c) The registered owner may contest any notice of toll evasion, including all tolls, penalties, fees, costs and registration holds, directly to the Kansas turnpike authority. Upon receipt of a contest from the registered owner, the authority shall investigate and provide to the registered owner, within 30 days of receipt of the registered owner's submission, a toll-evasion violation order, which shall contain the findings of the investigation. A registered owner may thereafter pay the specified amount or contest these findings and conclusions of the authority by requesting an administrative hearing within 15 days of receipt of the toll-evasion violation order, pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(1) The administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(2) Any party may appeal the administrative hearing order to the district court, in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.
(d) The turnpike authority may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History:
L. 2016, ch. 56, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2021 Contracts between secretary of transportation and the authority as to preliminary project studies and investigations; terms.

68-2021. Contracts between secretary of transportation and the authority as to preliminary project studies and investigations; terms.
The secretary of transportation and the Kansas turnpike authority are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with each other, by the terms of which contract or contracts the secretary may undertake: (1) To provide personnel and equipment, either of the department of transportation or consulting or contracting firms, required in making any traffic and cost studies or surveys or origin-destination studies necessary preliminary to financing by the Kansas turnpike authority of any particular toll project undertaken as authorized by law, and to do such work; and
(2) to provide personnel and equipment required, and to do any engineering, geological work, soils testing or materials testing which may be required by the Kansas turnpike authority either preliminary to the financing of any particular toll project authorized by law or which may be required after such financing and during the construction of such project. The charges for services contemplated by such project shall be made by the secretary of transportation on the basis of the total and actual cost to the department of all wages, salaries, expenses, equipment rental, damage to equipment, depreciation or other charges and expenses chargeable to the services to be rendered to the Kansas turnpike authority, except that the total amount of any credit and funds advanced hereunder shall not at any one time exceed the sum of $250,000.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 176; L. 2013, ch. 113, § 3; L. 2015, ch. 8, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2021a Contracts between secretary of transportation and the authority; certain duplicative resources.

68-2021a. Contracts between secretary of transportation and the authority; certain duplicative resources.
(a) The secretary of transportation and the Kansas turnpike authority are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with each other to provide personnel and equipment and other resources, either of the department of transportation, the Kansas turnpike authority or consulting or contracting firms for: (1) Recordkeeping, reporting, administrative, planning, engineering, legal and clerical functions; and (2) construction, operation and maintenance of turnpike projects and highways of the state.
(b) The Kansas turnpike authority shall retain its separate identity, powers and duties as an instrumentality of the state. Duplication of effort, facilities and equipment shall be minimized by the authority and the secretary of transportation in operation and maintenance of turnpikes and highways of the state. The authority and the secretary are authorized to take such action as necessary to implement this section, including the temporary transfer of personnel, property and equipment from the authority to the secretary, and the secretary to the authority, to effect contracts described in subsection (a). The integrity of the bonded indebtedness shall be maintained through the actions of the authority.
History:
L. 2013, ch. 113, § 4; L. 2015, ch. 8, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2022 Same; reimbursement of secretary of transportation.

68-2022.
Same; reimbursement of secretary of transportation.
The Kansas turnpike authority is hereby authorized to contract for the services as set out in K.S.A. 68-2021, which contracts shall provide, on behalf of the Kansas turnpike authority as follows: (1) That it shall reimburse the secretary of transportation out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds for any such project or, from any other funds available for the purpose, the amount so expended by the secretary on said particular project for such services rendered prior to the sale of such turnpike revenue bonds, and (2) it shall pay to the secretary of transportation, as billed by the secretary, all charges made for such services done and rendered as a part of or necessary to the construction of such project.
History: L. 1955, ch. 305, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 177; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2023 Same; act supplemental to K.S.A. 68-2001 through 68-2020; effect.

68-2023.
Same; act supplemental to K.S.A. 68-2001 through 68-2020; effect.
The terms and provisions of this act shall be considered and construed to be in addition and supplemental to the terms and provisions of K.S.A. 68-2001 to 68-2020, inclusive and amendments there, and shall not be construed as amendatory thereto, but all contracts entered into by the secretary of transportation and the Kansas turnpike authority after this act takes effect which relate to the services described in K.S.A. 68-2021 and 68-2022, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1955, ch. 305, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 178; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2024 Same; prior agreements approved.

68-2024.
Same; prior agreements approved.
Agreements heretofore executed by and between the state highway commission and the Kansas turnpike authority relating to services described in K.S.A. 68-2021 and 68-2022, are hereby approved.
History: L. 1955, ch. 305, § 4; April 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2025 Policing turnpike facilities; agreements with highway patrol authorized; approval by governor; terms; use of moneys.

68-2025.
Policing turnpike facilities; agreements with highway patrol authorized; approval by governor; terms; use of moneys.
The Kansas turnpike authority and the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol are hereby authorized to provide by contract or agreement, as provided herein, for the policing of any toll or turnpike constructed and operated as permitted and provided by law. All such contracts or agreements shall be subject to the approval of the governor and, if made, shall provide that the total cost of said policing, including, but not limited to all salaries, expenses, uniforms, equipment, retirement benefits provided for members of the Kansas highway patrol assigned to any toll or turnpike facility, vehicles, communication equipment, training of members and other items properly chargeable as costs of said policing shall be paid by the Kansas turnpike authority. Payments to the Kansas highway patrol due under such contracts or agreements shall be made not less than monthly and amounts so paid by the Kansas turnpike authority shall be deposited in and credited to such fund as may be used for the support of the Kansas highway patrol and shall be available for its use: Provided, That payments made to provide retirement benefits shall be deposited in and credited to the state highway patrol pension fund.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 304, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2026 Same; agreements as to personnel assigned to police facilities; cooperation.

68-2026.
Same; agreements as to personnel assigned to police facilities; cooperation.
Such contracts or agreements shall state the number and rank of the troopers and officers which are to be assigned to police such toll or turnpike facilities but the Kansas turnpike authority shall have the right to prescribe the number and rank of such troopers and officers required. All personnel assigned to police toll or turnpike facilities shall be subject to the control and supervision of the Kansas turnpike authority. The troopers and officers assigned to toll or turnpike facilities may cooperate with the state highway patrol in policing the various highways of the state and the members of the state highway patrol who are not assigned to toll or turnpike facilities may cooperate with the Kansas turnpike authority in policing any toll or turnpike facility.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 304, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2027 Same; status and classification of personnel assigned to policing duties; uniforms and vehicles.

68-2027.
Same; status and classification of personnel assigned to policing duties; uniforms and vehicles.
Personnel assigned to such policing duties shall be classified in their duties in the same manner and in the same or similar work in the Kansas highway patrol organization and shall be so paid. All persons so assigned shall be deemed members of the state highway patrol and of the retirement and pension system of the state highway patrol and shall be subject to the provisions of article 20b of chapter 74 [*] of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto except that the Kansas turnpike authority shall make the necessary contributions for such pension and retirement system for the members who serve in behalf of the Kansas turnpike authority as would otherwise be required of the state of Kansas. Personnel of the state highway patrol assigned to police toll or turnpike facilities under the authority of this act shall not be considered in applying the provisions of any other law of this state limiting the number of the personnel of the state highway patrol but the personnel so assigned shall be in addition to the number of members of the state highway patrol as limited by other laws. If personnel assigned to any toll or turnpike facility is uniformed, such uniforms shall be identical to uniforms provided Kansas highway patrol personnel and their vehicles shall be marked, if marked, in the identical manner as Kansas highway patrol vehicles: Provided, Such uniforms and markings [vehicles] shall be so marked, in addition, to indicate Kansas turnpike authority assignment.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 304, § 3; June 30.
* Article 20b of chapter 74 is now repealed; for new provisions, see 74-4978a to 74-4978i.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2028 Same; powers of policing personnel.

68-2028.
Same; powers of policing personnel.
All personnel so assigned and employed shall have law enforcement authority as is contemplated and provided by K.S.A. 74-20a03, and any amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 304, § 4; L. 1957, ch. 370, § 1; June 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2029 Same; act supplemental to other laws.

68-2029.
Same; act supplemental to other laws.
The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be supplemental to but not amendatory to the terms and provisions of sections 68-2001 to 68-2020, both sections inclusive, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and articles 20a and 20c of chapter 74 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and any amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 304, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2101 Definitions.

68-2101.
Definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
(b) "Highway" means a highway, road, street or alley.
(c) "Improvement" means the repair, building, rebuilding, alteration, construction or reconstruction of any highway or part thereof, or the grading or regrading of the same, or the erection, construction, building, rebuilding, or repair of any bridge or culvert on any highway.
(d) "Municipality" means a city, township or county.
(e) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation or association.
(f) "Warning light" means a warning light which conforms to the standards set forth in the most recent edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices for streets and highways and other standards issued or endorsed by the federal highway administrator, and as adopted by the secretary of transportation pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2003, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 354, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 59; L. 1977, ch. 230, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 34, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2102 Contractor or municipality making improvement to place barricades and warning signs, when.

68-2102.
Contractor or municipality making improvement to place barricades and warning signs, when.
Every person who shall have entered into a contract to make any improvement, or any municipality which has undertaken for itself the making of any improvement, shall, where the work so undertaken requires the closing of any highway or the rendering of the same impassable or dangerous to travel while such improvement is being made, place at the intersection of all highways leading thereto, barricades and warning signs, advising the public that the highway is closed or is impassable or dangerous to travel.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 354, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 188, § 8; L. 2004, ch. 34, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2103 Municipality or secretary of transportation may construct detour or provide detour route, when; warning signs; contractors relieved of certain obligations.

68-2103.
Municipality or secretary of transportation may construct detour or provide detour route, when; warning signs; contractors relieved of certain obligations.
In all cases where any municipality or the secretary of transportation shall engage in the making of any improvement on any highway and shall not permit public use of such highway while so engaged, as authorized by K.S.A. 68-2104, and amendments thereto, such municipality or the secretary may construct a detour or establish a detour route and place suitable warning signs near thereto, advising the public of the change in such highway.
In any case where a municipality or the secretary of transportation builds or constructs such a detour, or establishes such a detour route, it shall be the sole duty of such municipality or the secretary to erect barricades and warning signs, which signs shall be located at the entrance to, and exit from, the roadways around the improvement being made, or the entrance to, or exit from, the detour route. When a municipality or the secretary of transportation builds or constructs or provides a detour route at an improvement being made on a highway, all other persons shall be relieved of the obligations imposed by K.S.A. 68-2102, and amendments thereto, upon such other persons in connection with the erection of barricades or warning signs where the performance of the duty would result in a duplication of such barricades or warning signs.
All detours shall be clearly marked at all times, so that the traveling public may be properly advised of the course taken by such detour.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 354, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 210; L. 1995, ch. 188, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 34, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2104 Restricted use of road being improved; traffic regulation and control; signs, signals, lights, flagmen.

68-2104.
Restricted use of road being improved; traffic regulation and control; signs, signals, lights, flagmen.
Any municipality or the secretary of transportation may permit public use of a highway, or portion thereof, under their respective jurisdictions, during construction or maintenance work in lieu of constructing or establishing a detour route, and such municipality or the secretary is authorized to regulate and control traffic thereon by traffic signals, traffic lights, warning lights, flagmen, signs or devices, which shall be effective at the first sign identifying the road construction zone as defined in K.S.A. 8-1458a.
History: L. 1957, ch. 354, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 211; L. 1994, ch. 220, § 11; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2105 Contractor's pay withheld until act complied with.

68-2105.
Contractor's pay withheld until act complied with.
Any person to whom has been awarded a contract for the making of any improvement as provided for in this act shall receive no pay on any estimate for work on said contract until such person has complied with the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 354, § 5; June 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2106 Unlawful to destroy or remove barricades, warning signs, or drive on closed hard-surfaced highway; penalty; damages.

68-2106.
Unlawful to destroy or remove barricades, warning signs, or drive on closed hard-surfaced highway; penalty; damages.
Any person who shall, without authority, destroy or remove any barricade, warning sign or warning light when used in accordance with the provisions of this act, or who shall drive on a hard-surfaced highway under improvement without authority from the proper officials, when said road is barricaded and suitable warning signs have been placed to advise that such road is closed to traffic, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the fines and penalties prescribed by K.S.A. 68-2107, and, in addition, said person shall be required to reimburse the contractor, municipality or secretary of transportation for any damage to the improvements or to the barricades, warning signs or lights; but nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the authorities of the municipality, secretary of transportation, or federal government from having free access to the improvement at all times.
History: L. 1957, ch. 354, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 212; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements › 68-2107 Same; penalties.

68-2107.
Same; penalties.
Any person failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this act, and for which a specific penalty is not provided in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100, or imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 354, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 34, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2202 Purposes.

68-2202.
Purposes.
For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest, and necessary and appropriate to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to highways, roads and streets within this state.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2203 Definitions.

68-2203.
Definitions.
(a) The term "junk" shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
(b) "Automobile graveyard" shall mean any establishment which is maintained, used, or operated, for storing, keeping, buying, or selling 10 or more wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled or inoperative motor vehicles, but such term shall not include any location where motor vehicle bodies are placed along stream banks for purposes of bank stabilization and soil erosion control, if such placement conforms with guidelines established by the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture.
(c) "Junkyard" shall mean an establishment which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps.
(d) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways, including city connecting links and portions of the Kansas turnpikes, located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the secretary, and approved by the proper federal authority as provided by law.
(e) "Primary system" means that portion of connected main highways, including city connecting links, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the secretary, and approved by the proper federal authority as provided by law.
(f) "Person" means any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business trust, joint stock company or corporation, including municipal corporation.
(g) "Commission" means the secretary of transportation.
(h) "Board" means the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 60; L. 1978, ch. 276, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 108; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2204 Junkyards prohibited, when.

68-2204.
Junkyards prohibited, when.
No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any street or highway on the interstate system or the primary system, or any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any other state, county, township highway, road, or city street, except the following:
(a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the street or highway, or otherwise removed from sight.
(b) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law.
(c) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by rules and regulations to be adopted by the secretary of transportation.
(d) Those which are not visible from the main traveled way of a street or highway on the interstate or the primary systems, or any other state, county, township highway, road, or city street.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 214; L. 1976, ch. 296, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2206 Requirements as to screening.

68-2206.
Requirements as to screening.
The secretary of transportation shall have the authority to adopt rules or regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance, including the materials used in screening or fencing required by this act. Any plantings, fencing or other screening facilities located on public land or easements shall be public property.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 61; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2207 Junkyards lawfully in existence.

68-2207.
Junkyards lawfully in existence.
Any junkyard which was lawfully in existence on May 4, 1967, and duly certified in the subsequent year and which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any street or highway on the interstate or the primary systems and any junkyard within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any other state, county, township highway, road or city street, and which is not located as specified in subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 68-2204, and amendments thereto, shall be screened, if feasible and if federal funds are available, by the secretary of transportation at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of such highway.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 7; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 215; L. 1987, ch. 263, § 2; January 1, 1988.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2208 Acquisition of land, when.

68-2208.
Acquisition of land, when.
When the secretary of transportation determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway, road or street will not permit adequate screening of any junkyard lawfully in existence, or the screening of such a junkyard would not be economically feasible, the secretary shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, such interests in lands as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyards; and to pay for the costs of relocation, removal, or disposal, thereof. When the secretary determines that it is in the best interest of the state the secretary may acquire such lands, or interests in lands, as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 8; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 216; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2209 Nuisances.

68-2209.
Nuisances.
Any junkyard which comes into existence after the effective date of this act, or was being maintained in violation of law on the effective date of this act, or after said date is altered, changed or enlarged so as not to conform to this act, and which is not made to conform to the act by the owner or operator thereof or is operated or maintained in violation of this act is declared to be a public and private nuisance.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 9; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2210 Interpretation.

68-2210.
Interpretation.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 357, § 10; May 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2211 Agreements with the United States authorized.

68-2211.
Agreements with the United States authorized.
The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of commerce as provided by title 23, United States code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and the primary systems, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of any such agreement.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 217; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2212 State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition and continuity.

68-2212.
State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition and continuity.
(a) The state salvage board is hereby abolished. All of the powers, duties and functions of the state salvage board are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the state salvage board in which the same were vested prior to August 15, 1975. The secretary of transportation shall be a continuation of the state salvage board, and every act performed under the authority of the secretary of transportation shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the state salvage board in which such functions were vested prior to August 15, 1975.
(b) On and after August 15, 1975, whenever the state salvage board, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary of transportation.
(c) All rules or regulations of the state salvage board in existence on August 15, 1975, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules or regulations of the secretary of transportation, until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 12; L. 1974, ch. 348, § 35; L. 1974, ch. 277, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 62; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2213 Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate of compliance; hearing; judicial review.

68-2213.
Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate of compliance; hearing; judicial review.
The secretary of transportation may deny the application of any person for a certificate of compliance under this act and may suspend or revoke a certificate of compliance issued or refuse to issue a renewal thereof. Orders under this section, and proceedings thereon, are subject to the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act and are subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 13; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 218; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 126; L. 1987, ch. 263, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 272; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 175; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2214 Severability.

68-2214.
Severability.
If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 357, § 14; May 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2215 Unlawful junkyard maintenance; penalty.

68-2215.
Unlawful junkyard maintenance; penalty.
Unlawful junkyard maintenance is intentional operation or maintenance of a junkyard in violation of article 22 of chapter 68 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
Unlawful junkyard maintenance is a class C misdemeanor.
History: L. 1968, ch. 154, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2231 Declaration of policy.

68-2231.
Declaration of policy.
The legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) That outdoor advertising is a legitimate, commercial use of private property adjacent to streets, roads and highways, where such commercial use does not conflict with the lawfully designated use of surrounding property;
(b) that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising billboards, signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to interstate highways and primary highways should be regulated in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to promote the recreational value of public travel, to preserve natural beauty and to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display of outdoor advertising;
(c) that outdoor advertising is an integral part of the business and marketing function, and an established segment of the national economy, and should be allowed to operate in business areas, or areas where other commercial use of land is not prohibited, so long as such operation is not in conflict with lawfully imposed restrictions on the use of such areas; and
(d) that the regulatory standards set forth in K.S.A. 68-2234 are consistent with customary use in this state and will properly and adequately carry out each and all of the purposes of this act; and that more severe restrictions should be imposed only when necessary to protect the lawful objectives and purposes of the people of this state or of any community of people therein.
History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 272, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2235 Agreements with secretary of U.S. department of transportation.

68-2235.
Agreements with secretary of U.S. department of transportation.
The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the secretary of the department of transportation of the United States government for the purpose of controlling outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and federal-aid primary highway systems or the national highway system in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 131 (b), 23 U.S.C. § 104 and 23 C.F.R. part 750.
History:
L. 1972, ch. 251, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 221; L. 2006, ch. 141, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 22 - Highway Beautification › 68-2237 Nonconforming signs.

68-2237.
Nonconforming signs.
(a) Any sign lawfully in existence along the interstate system or the federal aid primary system which is not located in a business area and which is not in conformity with the provisions of this act shall not be required to be removed until March 31, 1974. Any other sign which is lawfully erected but which does not conform to this act by reason of a highway being made a part of the federal aid primary or interstate highway system subsequent to March 31, 1972, shall not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the standards prescribed by this act concerning the size, lighting or spacing of signs permitted in business areas shall apply only to those signs erected subsequent to March 31, 1972.
History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 7; March 31.