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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-117a Counties having a township of 10,000 or over with no city or town; petition for laying out, viewing or altering roads; bond.

68-117a.
Counties having a township of 10,000 or over with no city or town; petition for laying out, viewing or altering roads; bond.
In all counties in which there is a township with a population of ten thousand or more outside of the limits of any incorporated city or town, applications for laying out roads, or for viewing, reviewing, widening or altering any road, shall be by petition to the board of county commissioners signed by the owners of not less than fifty percent of the land abutting that part of the road sought to be laid out, viewed, reviewed, widened or altered; and one or more of the signers of any petition presented as aforesaid shall enter into a bond with sufficient sureties payable to the state of Kansas for the use of the county, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned that the persons signing such bonds shall pay into the treasury of the county the amount of all costs and expenses accruing on said location, view, review, widening or alteration in case the proceedings had in pursuance of said petition shall not be finally confirmed and established; and on neglect or refusal of the persons so bound, after a liability shall have accrued, the county clerk of the county shall collect or cause to be collected such costs and expenses, and pay the same into the county treasury.
History: L. 1947, ch. 352, § 1; April 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-117c Same; hearing; publication of notice; copy of proceedings to owners; limitation on time for appeal.

68-117c.
Same; hearing; publication of notice; copy of proceedings to owners; limitation on time for appeal.
The board of county commissioners shall set a day for a hearing in connection with the establishment of the benefit district, and the fixing of damages and benefits, which date of hearing shall be not less than three weeks subsequent to the date of fixing of such damages and benefits.
It shall thereupon be the duty of the county clerk to insert in the official county paper an appropriate notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing, which notice shall appear in such official county paper at least twice, and the date of the last notice shall be at least three days before the date set for the hearing. The county clerk shall also mail to the owner of each tract of land for which damages have been allowed, or against which benefits have been assessed, a summarized copy of the proceedings insofar as the fixing of the benefit district, and of damages and benefits is concerned, and which notice shall also set forth the time and place and purpose of the hearing. This notice shall be mailed at least five days before the date of the hearing to all owners of land taken, or within the benefit district, as shown on the records in the office of the county treasurer at the last address given at the time of the payment of the taxes: Provided, however, That failure to receive said notice shall not affect the validity of any of these proceedings. Copies of said notice, with an affidavit or affidavits of service attached, shall be filed in the county clerk's office before the date of the final hearing.
Upon the date provided for above, there shall be a final hearing before the county commissioners or viewers, at which time said findings contained in said certificate of view shall be considered, and the final order entered in the record of the board of county commissioners, which may amend, modify, approve or disapprove the findings contained in the certificate of the commissioners or viewers. If no appeal to the district court is had within a period of ten days from the date of the final hearing as fixed by the county commissioners, then the award of damages and the assessment of benefits shall become final.
History: L. 1947, ch. 352, § 3; April 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-118 Informational signs at intersections on township roads.

68-118.
Informational signs at intersections on township roads.
Each township trustee within his township is authorized to cause to be erected and kept up at the expense of the township, informational signs at the intersection of any roads under his supervision, containing an inscription in legible letters, directing the way and naming the distance to such cities as are situated on said road.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-118; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 7; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-124 Private roads as public highways, maintenance.

68-124.
Private roads as public highways, maintenance.
Where under the laws of the state of Kansas, now in existence, or that may hereafter be enacted, any road or highway that is not a county road has been declared to be a public road or highway, it shall be the duty of the township board of the township in which such road is located to repair, place and keep in condition for travel such roads or highway. If such township board shall neglect, refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of this act, the board of county commissioners of the county may repair and put in good condition for travel such road or highway, and shall charge the expenses therefor to the township in which such road is located.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 250, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-124; L. 2003, ch. 115, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-126 Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties.

68-126.
Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties.
The county commissioners of any county are hereby empowered, where lands are used largely as pasture lands and wherever in their judgment the convenience of the traveling public will not be materially affected thereby, to authorize and permit the construction and maintenance of fences across public highways under their jurisdiction. Wherever such fences are permitted the board of county commissioners shall require and it shall be the duty of the person constructing or maintaining such fences to construct and maintain therein sufficient gates to accommodate travel, which gates shall be either swinging on hinges or gates that may be opened by the driver of a vehicle without alighting therefrom, or the ordinary wire gate, as the county commissioners may require. The board may also require the owner or other person constructing or maintaining such fence to construct upon such road an auto gate sufficient to enable automobiles to pass over or through such fence upon such road without stopping, and sufficient also to prevent stock passing through said fence.
All orders allowing the construction of such fences and requiring the gates herein provided shall be entered upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. The said board may, in its discretion, order and direct that any gates shall remain open during certain portions of the year, the time to be fixed by said board, or in its discretion and where there is a reasonable necessity therefor and the convenience of the traveling public would not be materially affected thereby, it may order such gate or gates to be kept closed during the entire year.
History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 38; L. 1915, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 248, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-126; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 9; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-127 Same; penalty.

68-127.
Same; penalty.
Any person who shall injure or destroy, at any time, or who shall leave open any gate constructed under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-126, contrary to the intent and the purpose of said order, and at a time when by the terms of said order such gate or gates are to remain closed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution.
History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 39; L. 1915, ch. 289, § 2; March 27; R.S. 1923, 68-127.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-128a Highways through pastures; maintenance, auto gates and passes; cost; liability for damages to livestock.

68-128a.
Highways through pastures; maintenance, auto gates and passes; cost; liability for damages to livestock.
(a) Whenever by license or custom the public is permitted to travel through any pasture lands enclosed by fences, and the owner or owners of such land shall give their consent in writing to the designation and laying out of a road across such lands, the board of county commissioners may designate such road as a public highway. After such road has been regularly designated or laid out as a public road it shall be improved and maintained in the manner and by use of the funds now provided for improving and maintaining other public roads, and the municipality charged with the improvement and maintenance of such road may construct convenient auto gates or automobile passes, or both, and pay the cost of maintenance thereof out of road maintenance funds of such municipality.
(b) Where travel is through pasture lands lying west of range 15 west of the sixth principal meridian, the township board of any township or the county commissioners of any county in which any such pasture land is wholly or partially located may construct convenient auto gates or auto passes, or both, and pay the cost and maintenance thereof out of road funds without designating such road as a public highway; and upon petition signed by twenty (20) or more legal voters of a township asking the board for a road of convenience through pasture land, to be confined to section lines, the township board or county commissioners, as the case may be, may construct and maintain necessary auto gates or passes.
Any user of such a road shall be personally liable for any damages to livestock caused by him while traveling such road, and no liability shall be incurred by the county, township, or landowner.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 231, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 10; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-131 Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments.

68-131. Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments.
(a) It shall be lawful for the township board of any township to establish and maintain a sidewalk not more than five feet in width in and along the outer edge of any highway or across the same whenever a petition for such sidewalk or crossing is signed by the resident owners representing 51% or more of the property abutting upon the improvement sought to be made, and when such petition is filed with the clerk of the township board, the township board shall cause such improvement to be made and shall contract therefor and shall levy a tax for the actual cost of such improvement against the lots, parcels or pieces of land abutting upon such improvement on the front-foot basis, and the clerk of the township board shall certify the amount so levied against each lot, parcel or piece of land for such improvement to the county clerk, who shall place the same upon the assessment rolls and such tax shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. The owner of any lot, parcel or piece of land liable to any such special assessment may redeem such owner's property from such liability by paying the entire amount chargeable against such owner's property at the time the amount of such tax is ascertained or after the issuance of the sidewalk scrip by paying the full amount of such special assessment represented by such scrip, together with the accrued interest.
(b) The owners shall designate in their petitions the width and kind of sidewalks, and the board shall determine the plans and specifications and material for such improvement in accordance with such petitions, and shall issue scrip to contractors for the payment of the same for five years with interest at the rate of not to exceed 5%, 1/5 of such scrip and interest payable each year. Resident owners in this act shall be considered residents of the township wherein the improvement is sought to be made.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 313, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 26; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-132 Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector.

68-132.
Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector.
All contracts for such improvements costing more than $100 shall be in writing. At least twenty (20) days before the township board shall let any contract for such improvement, they shall cause accurate plans and complete specifications therefor, together with a detailed estimate under oath of the cost of such improvement, to be made by some competent persons and filed with the clerk of the township board, for the inspection of all persons interested therein.
The township board shall advertise for bids to do such work in accordance with such plans and specifications in a newspaper in general circulation in the county where such improvement is sought to be made at least ten days before the letting. All bids shall be in writing and signed by the bidder and presented to the township board by the bidder, his agent or attorney, at a public meeting thereof, and all bids shall be considered and accepted or rejected at such meeting. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the township board may reject any and all bids and shall not accept a bid in excess of the estimated cost of such improvement. The township board shall require the successful bidder to furnish a bond in equal amount of the cost of the improvement for the full and faithful performance of the contract, and another bond running to the people of the state of Kansas, conditioned for the payment of wages earned and material furnished in the performance of the contract. Said bond shall be for the full amount of said contract and shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which said township is situated.
The township board shall select a competent inspector, who shall inspect and see that said work is being done in accordance with the plans and specifications; said inspector shall receive for his services the sum of three dollars ($3) per day to be taxed as costs for such improvement and said cost shall be included in the bids of the contractors.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 313, § 2; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-132.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-133 Same; time for action to set aside or enjoin.

68-133.
Same; time for action to set aside or enjoin.
No suit or action of any kind shall be maintained in any court to set aside or in any way contest or enjoin or levy or collect any tax or special assessment levied under the provisions of this act after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the time of the levy of such tax or assessment.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 313, § 3; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-133.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-134 Same; penalty for removal or injury.

68-134.
Same; penalty for removal or injury.
Any person who shall remove or ride or drive upon any portion of said sidewalk constructed in accordance with this act, except at regular driveways, shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25).
History:
L. 1919, ch. 313, § 4; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-134.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-141a Renting or hiring of machinery and equipment prohibited; exceptions.

68-141a.
Renting or hiring of machinery and equipment prohibited; exceptions.
No board of county commissioners or board of township trustees shall rent or hire county or township machinery and equipment to residents of the county or township or to any other person for private use, except that any such board may rent or hire such machinery and equipment for private use for road clearing purposes and may make reasonable charges therefor. The board of county commissioners in any county in the state is hereby authorized to rent or hire county machinery or equipment to any township or city located in the county. The township trustees in any township of the state is hereby authorized to rent or hire township machinery or equipment to the county or any city in the county where such township is located.
History:
L. 1933, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1933, ch. 91, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1977, ch. 228, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-141b Supervision by experienced operator; times for renting; charges.

68-141b.
Supervision by experienced operator; times for renting; charges.
Any machinery or equipment requiring an experienced operator shall be rented or hired only under the supervision of an experienced employee of the county or township. It shall be hired or rented only at such times as it is not being used by the county or township in its own work. The charges for the use of said machinery or equipment shall be sufficient to defray the expense of the county or township employee operating said machinery or equipment, and the cost of operating said machinery or equipment, together with any charges for additional insurance that the county or township may be called upon to pay for the additional liability assumed. The charges shall be the same to all persons for the use of said machinery and equipment under similar circumstances.
History:
L. 1933, ch. 235, § 2; June 5.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-141f Setting aside portions of road and bridge or street funds; definitions.

68-141f.
Setting aside portions of road and bridge or street funds; definitions.
As used in this act, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section unless the context otherwise requires.
(1) "Municipality" means any city or county and any township which is not located in a county operating under the county road unit system.
(2) "Governing body" as applied to a county, means the board of county commissioners; as applied to a township means the township trustee, the township treasurer and the township clerk acting as a board; and as applied to a city means the governing body of such city regardless of the form of government of such city.
History: L. 1941, ch. 316, § 1; April 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-141g Same; resolution of governing body; procedure; retransfer, when.

68-141g.
Same; resolution of governing body; procedure; retransfer, when.
The governing body of any municipality by resolution is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer, annually, from the road, bridge or street fund of such municipality not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of money credited to any such fund, and subject to legal expenditure, in such year to a special road, bridge or street building machinery, equipment and bridge building fund.
Upon the adoption of such resolution, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the treasurer of such municipality and he shall credit the amount provided in such resolution to such special fund and shall debit the road, bridge or street fund as the case may be. All moneys credited to such special fund shall be used by such municipalities for the purpose of purchasing road, bridge or street building machinery or equipment or the building of bridges and such fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937 or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, except that in making the budgets of such municipalities the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such special fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of such municipalities.
If the governing body of any municipality shall determine that money which has been transferred to such special fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so transferred, said governing body is hereby authorized and empowered by resolution to retransfer such amount not needed to the road, bridge or street fund of such municipality and such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937 or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 316, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 375, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151 Vacating road in Labette county.

68-151.
Vacating road in Labette county.
Laws 1919, chapter 254, section 1, included by reference. [Act vacated part of section line public road therein described.]
History: R.S. 1923, 68-151.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151a Roads within boundary of federal flood control projects; vacating, laying out or altering; notice.

68-151a.
Roads within boundary of federal flood control projects; vacating, laying out or altering; notice.
The board of county commissioners of any county may vacate any county or township road located within the boundaries of, or adjacent to, a federal flood control project, excepting state highways, whenever in its judgment it is necessary and may relocate, lay out or alter such roads within such county. Before any such roads are vacated, relocated, laid out or altered, the board of county commissioners shall give notice of same by publication for once in the official county newspaper and by sending notice by certified mail to the owners of the property adjoining the road proposed to be vacated, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. The notice shall contain a description of the places where such vacation, relocation, laying out or altering begins and ends. Publication of the notice shall be made at least 10 days before the road is vacated, relocated, laid out or altered.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 313, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 339, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 68; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151g Counties with assessed valuation under $50,000,000; bonds for constructing or improving county roads and bridges; election; tax levy.

68-151g.
Counties with assessed valuation under $50,000,000; bonds for constructing or improving county roads and bridges; election; tax levy.
The board of county commissioners of any county having a total assessed tangible valuation of less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby authorized and empowered, upon compliance with all the provisions of this act, to issue general obligation bonds of such county in a total amount not exceeding an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the total assessed tangible valuation of such county for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, altering and improving county roads and bridges including engineering costs in connection therewith.
No bonds shall be issued under the provisions of this act unless and until the question of the issuance of the same, including the total amount thereof, shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of such county at a regular election or at a special election called for that purpose and at least a majority of the legal votes cast at such election shall have been cast in favor of the issuance thereof.
All bonds issued under the provision of this act, shall be serial bonds, payable in approximately equal annual installments over a period of not to exceed thirty (30) years, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009 and the board of county commissioners shall make an annual tax levy on all the taxable tangible property in such county to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as the same becomes due and payable. Such election shall be called, held and conducted and the bonds issued, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
History: L. 1945, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 78; L. 1973, ch. 263, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 34; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151h Same; how money expended.

68-151h.
Same; how money expended.
All moneys derived from such bond issue shall be expended only for the purposes specified in K.S.A. 68-151g on county roads in each county commissioner district in the same proportion as the total miles of county roads in such county commissioner district bears to the total number of miles of county roads in the entire county.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 276, § 2; June 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151i Same; bond limitations inapplicable.

68-151i.
Same; bond limitations inapplicable.
None of the restrictions or limitations contained in any other law relating to the bonded indebtedness of any county shall apply to bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 276, § 3; June 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151j Same; federal or state aid.

68-151j.
Same; federal or state aid.
The board of county commissioners of any such county may receive and use and have the benefit of any federal or state aid in so constructing and reconstructing such roads and bridges on the county road system.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 276, § 4; June 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151m Issuance of no-fund warrants for certain purposes by certain counties; definition.

68-151m.
Issuance of no-fund warrants for certain purposes by certain counties; definition.
As used in this act:
(a) "Board" means the board of county commissioners of counties such as defined in subsection (b) hereof;
(b) "county" means any county in which there is located any land which has been or is to be inundated as a result of the construction of any dam or reservoir by the federal government or in which there is any land which is within the "take line" of any such reservoir, and in which as a result of such construction any county road or bridge has been or is to be abandoned or relocated or is to be constructed or reconstructed on the same or another site or right of way;
(c) "federal government" shall mean the government of the United States or any agency, department or officer thereof.
History: L. 1959, ch. 269, § 1; March 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151n Same; purposes; amount; conditions; tax levies to pay.

68-151n. Same; purposes; amount; conditions; tax levies to pay.
The board of any such county may issue no-fund warrants without the approval of the state board of tax appeals, to provide additional funds to be used to pay a part of the cost of the relocation, construction, reconstruction and improvement of or the acquisition of a site or right-of-way for any road or bridge which is necessitated by the construction of any dam or reservoir by the federal government and part of the total cost of which is to be paid or reimbursed by the federal government. The total amount of such warrants shall not exceed the sum of $150,000. Such warrants shall be in the form and be issued, registered, bear interest and may be sold in the manner provided and all other things relating thereto done as prescribed in K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except as herein otherwise expressly provided and except that they shall not bear the notation required by said section, but in lieu thereof they shall bear the notation "issued pursuant to authority granted by (giving a citation of this act)."
At the next tax levying time after the issuance of such warrants such board shall make a tax levy sufficient to pay the warrants and the interest thereon, except that if the board determines it to be advisable, said warrants may be issued to mature in two approximately equal annual installments and in such cases, such tax levy may be made each year for a period of not to exceed two years. The tax levies herein authorized shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, and amendments thereto, or that may be fixed by any other law of this state.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 269, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 59; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 53; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151o Certain counties authorized to expend moneys received as reimbursement for expenditures without regard to certain budget limitations.

68-151o.
Certain counties authorized to expend moneys received as reimbursement for expenditures without regard to certain budget limitations.
The board of county commissioners of any county having used materials or current operating funds in connection with or to pay all, or any part of, the cost of any road or bridge project, all or any portion of which, is to be reimbursed, may expend the moneys so received as a reimbursement for the same purposes for which the reimbursed funds or materials were originally budgeted or intended if such expenditures are made in the same budget year or the next budget year after the budget year when such materials or current operating funds were so used even though so doing would result in greater expenditures for such purposes than were included in the county budget for the period when such expenditures are made.
History: L. 1959, ch. 270, § 1; March 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-151p Acceptance of retrocession of exclusive jurisdiction over certain state highways bordering federal reservation and penitentiary.

68-151p.
Acceptance of retrocession of exclusive jurisdiction over certain state highways bordering federal reservation and penitentiary.
The state of Kansas hereby accepts exclusive jurisdiction over certain highways bordering Fort Leavenworth military reservation and the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth which are retroceded to the state of Kansas as set forth in public law 88-501 of the United States, and described as follows:
"A strip of land one hundred feet in width along the southern boundary of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation and along the southern boundary of the Leavenworth penitentiary lands being that portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation donated for exclusive use as a public road by act of congress approved July 27, 1868 (15 Stat. 238), which remains United States government property, being a part of state highways numbered 92 and 7, the highway numbered United States 73, and the public road known as Mount Zion road;
"Also, a strip of land one hundred feet in width being fifty feet on each side of the centerline of the highway numbered United States 73 and state highway numbered 7 extending from the north boundary of the above described one hundred-foot strip northwesterly to the point of intersection of the centerline of said highway with the westerly boundary of said Fort Leavenworth military reservation;
"Also, that portion of the right-of-way of the public road known as Mount Zion road which extends in a northwesterly direction along the southwesterly boundary of the Leavenworth penitentiary lands."
History: L. 1965, ch. 399, § 1; March 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-161 Authority of county commissioners.

68-161.
Authority of county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the electrical lighting of any county, township, state or federal road or highway or any bridge on such road or highway in the manner provided by this act.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 349, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-162 Same; contracts.

68-162.
Same; contracts.
In order to provide for such lighting of any such road, highway or bridge, the board of county commissioners of any county:
(1) May contract for a period covering not more than fifteen years with any privately or municipally owned utility or electric cooperative corporation to provide the necessary poles, wire, fixtures and appurtenances at the expense of said utility or cooperative corporation and to furnish the electrical energy and lamps necessary to operate and maintain the lighting system, such contract to be upon such terms as said board shall deem to be reasonable and just;
(2) may purchase the necessary materials and equipment and employ any person, firm or corporation to install any such lighting system or may contract with any person, firm or corporation to provide the necessary materials and equipment for the lighting system and to install the same;
(3) may enter into contracts with any electrical utility to furnish electrical energy to maintain the lighting system and lamps to operate the same.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 349, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-164 Same; approval of certain plans and specifications by secretary of transportation.

68-164.
Same; approval of certain plans and specifications by secretary of transportation.
No such lighting system or lighting service shall be commenced, contracted for or installed on any state or federal highway or any bridge thereon until all plans and specifications therefor have been submitted to and approved by the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1947, ch. 349, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 74; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-165 Same; secretary of transportation not liable.

68-165.
Same; secretary of transportation not liable.
No liability shall accrue to the secretary of transportation upon any claim whatsoever arising out of the construction or operation of any lighting system or service established, constructed or operated under the authority conferred by this act.
History: L. 1947, ch. 349, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 75; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-167 Signs, lights and reflectors near federal, state, or federal and state highways and turnpike projects; unlawful acts.

68-167.
Signs, lights and reflectors near federal, state, or federal and state highways and turnpike projects; unlawful acts.
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, firm or association to install, construct, erect, maintain or operate within fifty (50) feet of the right of way of any federal, state or federal and state highway or any turnpike project a flashing or revolving sign, light or reflector which is red or amber in color when lighted or when light rays are focused on it: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to signs, lights or reflectors:
(a) Which were installed, constructed or erected prior to July 1, 1957; or
(b) which are placed on any road, street, highway or public right of way or, any detour thereof, in accordance with or as required by law.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 223, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-168 Same; penalties.

68-168.
Same; penalties.
Any person, corporation, firm or association violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 68-167 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History:
L. 1957, ch. 223, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-169 Joint agreements between secretary of transportation and local units and between local units.

68-169.
Joint agreements between secretary of transportation and local units and between local units.
Any county, city or political subdivision of this state shall have the authority to enter into written agreements with each other or with the secretary of transportation with respect to the planning, designing, financing, constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, acquiring of right-of-way or establishing the controlled access facilities of any existing or proposed highway, road, street or connecting link, including bridges, traffic control devices and other such improvements located thereon. Expenditures made pursuant to such agreements shall be considered proper expenditures of public funds, including state funds, notwithstanding the location of such improvement or facility outside the boundary or jurisdiction of such county, city or political subdivision. This section shall not be construed as amending or repealing any existing law relating to the same subject but shall be construed as supplementary thereto.
History: L. 1957, ch. 357, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 393, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 349, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 76; L. 1980, ch. 204, § 1; April 3.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-170 Construction and improvement of roads and bridges on state owned lands; definitions.

68-170.
Construction and improvement of roads and bridges on state owned lands; definitions.
As used in this act, the term "state agency" means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, or any agency or unit within any office, department or board, authorized to provide for the construction, improvement, reconstruction or maintenance of roads, streets or bridges on lands owned by the state or an agency thereof.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 271, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-171 Same; agreements between secretary of transportation and state agencies.

68-171.
Same; agreements between secretary of transportation and state agencies.
The secretary of transportation and any state agency authorized by law to provide for the construction, improvement, reconstruction or maintenance of streets, roads or bridges, are hereby authorized to enter into agreements whereby the secretary shall agree to construct, improve, reconstruct or maintain roads, streets or bridges on lands owned by the state or the state agency for such amounts as shall be agreed to by such secretary and the state agency.
History: L. 1959, ch. 271, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 77; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-172 Same; agencies authorized to use funds.

68-172.
Same; agencies authorized to use funds.
The state agency is authorized to expend available moneys for construction, improvement, reconstruction or maintenance of roads, streets or bridges, in accordance with the terms of any agreement entered into under the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 271, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-173 Same; disposition of moneys.

68-173.
Same; disposition of moneys.
All moneys collected by the secretary of transportation pursuant to the terms of an agreement entered into in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.
History: L. 1959, ch. 271, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 78; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 277; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-182 Direct payment to seller of certain lands or interests therein acquired for highway, road or street purposes.

68-182.
Direct payment to seller of certain lands or interests therein acquired for highway, road or street purposes.
Where land or an easement or other interest in land for highway, road or street purposes is acquired by any county or city by purchase, and such county or city so acquiring the same is entitled to be reimbursed by the secretary of transportation for the full purchase price thereof, the secretary may with the approval of such county or city pay the amount to be paid for such land, easement or other interest in such land direct to the seller or sellers thereof.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 264, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 79; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-183 Same; limitations on meaning of term "by purchase."

68-183.
Same; limitations on meaning of term "by purchase."
The term "by purchase" as used in this act shall not include land, or an easement or other interest in land acquired by eminent domain proceedings.
History: L. 1973, ch. 264, § 2; April 6.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 1 - General Provisions › 68-184 Sprinkling irrigation water on highways declared a public nuisance; injunction.

68-184.
Sprinkling irrigation water on highways declared a public nuisance; injunction.
(a) No person shall allow the sprinkling of water from any irrigation watering system upon any state, county or township road or highway within this state.
(b) Any sprinkling of water on roads or highways, as provided in subsection (a), is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it shall be the duty of the county attorney or district attorney of each county of this state, upon receiving notice of such nuisance from any person, to initiate injunctive remedies, if necessary, to prevent the occurrence of any such public nuisance.
(c) Prior to seeking injunctive relief, as hereinbefore provided, the county attorney or district attorney of any county in which there exists such public nuisance shall notify or cause to be notified, the owner, occupant or person in charge of land on which the irrigation system causing a public nuisance is located that such person is maintaining a nuisance and that injunctive relief will be sought if such nuisance is not otherwise abated.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 222, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 4 - State Highways › 68-401 Acceptance of federal aid.

68-401.
Acceptance of federal aid.
The assent of the legislature is hereby given to the provisions and requirements of the act of congress known as the federal-aid road act, approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes." The legislature likewise assents to all subsequent federal-aid acts, federal highway acts, federal-aid highway acts and the federal aid highway act of 1956 and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 264, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-401; L. 1925, ch. 210, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 343, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 357, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 4 - State Highways › 68-402 Same; contracts; disbursements of moneys.

68-402.
Same; contracts; disbursements of moneys.
The secretary of transportation may enter into all contracts and agreements necessary to cooperate with the United States department of transportation or any of the other federal departments or agencies and may do and perform all acts required of a state agency to obtain all benefits under the terms and provisions of federal legislation mentioned in the preceding section or any subsequent federal legislation relating to highways, roads or streets or relating to the various other modes and systems of transportation. The state treasurer shall receive and deposit in the state treasury all funds apportioned to the state or any county, city or political subdivision thereof in accordance with the provisions of any federal legislation for highway, road or street purposes or for purposes relating to the various other modes and systems of transportation. Such funds shall be distributed by the director of accounts and reports upon vouchers approved by the secretary of transportation in accordance with such federal legislation and in accordance with appropriation acts of this state.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-402; L. 1925, ch. 210, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 343, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 357, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 52; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 4 - State Highways › 68-402c Federal aid; limitation on high type pavement inapplicable.

68-402c.
Federal aid; limitation on high type pavement inapplicable.
The limitation on the amount of high type pavement which may be constructed in any one year by the secretary of transportation, as provided in K.S.A. 68-416, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall not apply to pavement constructed from funds received from the federal government under any federal-aid legislation relating to highways, roads or streets.
History:
L. 1949, ch. 343, § 4; L. 1957, ch. 357, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 80; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 4 - State Highways › 68-402f Fees charged counties by secretary of transportation on certain federal road and bridge projects.

68-402f.
Fees charged counties by secretary of transportation on certain federal road and bridge projects.
Whenever any federal act or the regulation by any federal agency shall require that the secretary of transportation shall perform engineering services in connection with a federal aid project pertaining to the construction or reconstruction of any county road or bridge, the secretary shall not charge the county a fee for such engineering services which exceeds an amount equal to 10% of the county's share of the construction cost of such project.
History:
L. 2001, ch. 117, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 4 - State Highways › 68-404a Construction and maintenance of certain highways traversing federal property.

68-404a.
Construction and maintenance of certain highways traversing federal property.
The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to expend funds from the highway fund for the purpose of maintaining, by and with the consent of the appropriate agencies of the federal government, roads and highways marked by it as state or federal routes, which roads and highways traverse any federal reservation or other federal property. The secretary is further authorized to expend highway funds to construct a highway not exceeding three (3) miles in length through a military reservation, when such construction is required to complete a link in the interstate highway system, and after the appropriate agencies of the federal government has granted a right-of-way or easement to the secretary across such military reservation and said highway shall be considered as a part of the state highway system for all purposes, except that of computing the total mileage upon the state highway system. No other such roads and highways shall be considered as a part of the state highway system, or be considered in computing the total mileage upon the state highway system.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 290, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 378, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 83; August 15.