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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties › 68-1227 Same; tax levy; issuance of warrants; interest, registration and redemption.

68-1227.
Same; tax levy; issuance of warrants; interest, registration and redemption.
Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority provided by this act, the board of county commissioners shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued, sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon. All such tax levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to the aggregate tax levy prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947 or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. Such warrants shall be issued, bear such interest, registered, redeemed in the manner and in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940 or any acts amendatory thereof or supplement thereto, except that they shall not bear the notation required by said K.S.A. 79-2940 and may be issued without the approval of the state commission of revenue and taxation. Any surplus existing after the redemption of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by said K.S.A. 79-2940.
History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 3; April 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 12 - Bridges In Certain Counties › 68-1228 Same; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.

68-1228.
Same; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.
The provisions and restrictions of the cash basis and budget laws of this state shall not apply to the expenditures under the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1947, ch. 355, § 4; April 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1402 Same; separate contracts for each bridge; sealed bids; surveys and plans.

68-1402. Same; separate contracts for each bridge; sealed bids; surveys and plans.
(a) The reconstruction, improvement, removal and relocation of bridges or approaches thereto provided for in this act shall be by written contract separately made and awarded as to each bridge, to the lowest responsible bidder, upon sealed proposals, based upon plans and specifications therefor on file in the office of the county clerk of the county. The county engineer, when so directed to do by the board of county commissioners, shall make all necessary surveys and investigations and prepare plans and specifications for the reconstruction, improvement, removal or relocation of any bridge or the approaches thereto, and grade separation structures connected therewith, together with an estimate under oath of the cost thereof, and file such plans, specifications and estimate in the office of the county clerk of the county. No contract shall be awarded for any such improvement at a price in excess of the estimated cost.
(b) The board of county commissioners shall have power, if they deem it necessary, to employ engineers to assist the county engineer in preparing plans and specifications or superintending the construction of such improvements, and to pay such engineers out of the proceeds of bonds issued on account of the cost thereof. After considering and approving plans and specifications, prepared and filed as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners shall advertise for three consecutive weeks in the official county paper for sealed proposals for the construction of such improvements or works, in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor. The board of county commissioners shall require any contractor to whom any such contract is awarded to enter into a written contract, and to secure the performance thereof by a bond signed by a surety company. All bids for the construction of any such improvement or work shall be presented simultaneously to the board of county commissioners and opened forthwith by them, in the presence of the public and all bidders present.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 64, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-1402; L. 1949, ch. 348, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 124, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 27; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1403 Same; issuance of bonds.

68-1403.
Same; issuance of bonds.
In order to pay for the reconstruction, improvement, removal or relocation of any bridge and approaches thereto, provided for in this act, the board of county commissioners of such counties shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of such counties, to issue negotiable bonds of such counties as provided by law. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by a general tax levied upon all the taxable property of the county.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-1403; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1405 Same; bridges over navigable river; sale; removal; contracts for maintenance and repair.

68-1405.
Same; bridges over navigable river; sale; removal; contracts for maintenance and repair.
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of any county of this state to which this act applies now or hereafter having therein any public bridge or bridges over any navigable river, which bridge or bridges have been ordered or shall hereafter be ordered or required by the secretary of war of the United States, or the board of directors of any drainage district organized under the laws of this state, in any county having an assessed valuation for taxation purposes of over ninety million dollars, to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved, to take possession of such bridges and to forthwith remove, relocate, reconstruct or improve the same, as may be necessary and proper, and the ownership and control of such bridges is hereby vested in such counties, and the board of county commissioners thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to use any part or portion of any such bridge in the reconstruction of such bridges or of any other bridge or viaduct situated in their county, or to sell or dispose of the materials composing any such bridge, and to use the proceeds of such sale in the reconstruction or improvement of bridges over rivers situated in said county. The provisions of this act shall apply to all public bridges and approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith, and all parts thereof, used by any street railway company or any other corporation, and to all public bridges and approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith heretofore constructed over any such river by counties, either with or without the aid, assistance or co-operation of any street railway company or other person or corporation, and also to public bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith situated in or constructed by or under the control of any city or any other municipality.
Should any relocation, change or alteration of the channel of any river by any competent authority necessitate the removal, relocation or reconstruction of bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith over the channel of such river as relocated or altered, such work shall be done and such improvements made under the provisions of this act. Bridges and the approaches thereto and grade separation structures connected therewith, constructed, reconstructed, improved or relocated under the provisions of this act shall be under the control of and maintained by the board of county commissioners of the county, and such county commissioners shall also have power to contract with any city in which any such bridge is situated, or with any corporation using any such bridge, for the maintenance or repair thereof.
History: L. 1909, ch. 64, § 5; R.S. 1923, 68-1405; L. 1949, ch. 348, § 3; April 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1406 Counties having more than $110,000,000 valuation; construction of new bridge, when; bond issue.

68-1406.
Counties having more than $110,000,000 valuation; construction of new bridge, when; bond issue.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county of this state, having an assessed valuation for taxation purposes of more than one hundred and ten million dollars, has heretofore been ordered or required, or shall hereafter be ordered or required, to remove, relocate, reconstruct or otherwise improve any public bridge under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-1401 to 68-1405, and there is any portion of such bridge which has not been used, or which is not practicable to use, in the reconstruction thereof, said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, erect and construct another bridge over any river in said county and located within two miles of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved and to use in the construction thereof such portion of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved as may be practicable, and for the purpose of paying any cost and expense of the construction of such other bridge, may issue the bonds of such county without the same being authorized by any election called or held for such purpose, not exceeding in amount the sum of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars and subject only to the limitations contained in K.S.A. 68-1407, 68-1408, 68-1409 and 68-1410.
History: L. 1913, ch. 69, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 101, § 1; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-1406, ¶ 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1406a Same; act supplemental.

68-1406a.
Same; act supplemental.
This act is supplemental to and is to be construed as amendatory of and not as repealing K.S.A. 68-1401 to 68-1405.
History:
L. 1919, ch. 101, § 2; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-1406, ¶ 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1407 Same; surveys, plans and specifications; letting of contracts; publication notice; bond of contractor.

68-1407. Same; surveys, plans and specifications; letting of contracts; publication notice; bond of contractor.
(a) The county engineer, when directed by the board of county commissioners, shall make all necessary surveys and investigations and prepare plans and specifications for the construction of a bridge and the approaches thereto, together with an estimate of the cost thereof, and file such plans, specifications and estimate in the office of the county clerk of such county. Such bridge shall be constructed under written contract made and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, upon sealed proposals therefor based upon the plans and specifications so prepared and filed in the office of the county clerk of such county. No contract shall be awarded therefor at a price in excess of the estimated cost.
(b) The plans and specifications prepared and filed as above provided shall be considered and approved by the board of county commissioners and thereafter the board shall advertise for three consecutive weeks in the official county paper for sealed proposals for the construction of such bridge, and the contract therefor shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and any contractor to whom any such contract is awarded, shall enter into a written contract therefor and to secure the faithful performance thereof shall file in the office of the county clerk of such county a bond duly executed by one or more surety companies duly authorized to do business in this state to be approved by the board of county commissioners.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 69, § 2; March 13; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 28; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1408 Same; issuance of bonds; tax levy.

68-1408.
Same; issuance of bonds; tax levy.
The bonds authorized to be issued by K.S.A. 68-1406 shall be issued and sold as provided by law, and such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by a general tax levied upon all the taxable property of the county.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-1408; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1410 Same; contracts for maintenance and repair.

68-1410.
Same; contracts for maintenance and repair.
All bridges constructed under the provisions of this act shall be under the control of and maintained by the board of county commissioners of the county constructing the same, and such county commissioners shall have power to contract with any city in which any such bridge is situated or with any person or corporation using any such bridge, for the maintenance or repair thereof.
History: L. 1913, ch. 69, § 5; March 13; R.S. 1923, 68-1410.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1410a Ordinance or resolution under K.S.A. 68-1404 and 68-1409; publication; hearing after written objections filed; notice; term of contract.

68-1410a.
Ordinance or resolution under K.S.A. 68-1404 and 68-1409; publication; hearing after written objections filed; notice; term of contract.
The ordinance or resolution of the board of county commissioners authorizing the execution of any contract relating to any such bridge, or fixing the compensation to be paid for the use of any such bridge or of the tracks thereon, as provided in K.S.A. 68-1404 and 68-1409, shall be read in full at three regular meetings of the board, and promptly upon its final adoption, shall be published in the official county newspaper, and shall become effective upon the expiration of ten days after the publication thereof unless, within said ten days after said publication, a taxpayer of the county, or the governing body of a city within the corporate limits of which such bridge and the approaches thereto are located, or a civic organization of such city or county shall file written objections with the county clerk of such county to any of the terms of the contract authorized by such ordinance or resolution. If any such written objections are so filed, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on such written objections, notice of the time and place of such public hearing to be given by one publication thereof in the official county newspaper at least ten days prior to the date of said hearing.
Upon such hearing, full opportunity shall be given to the objectors filing such written objections to present any evidence or arguments pertaining to their objections to the terms of the contract authorized by said ordinance or resolution, and the board of county commissioners shall then, after consideration of said evidence and arguments, further consider said ordinance or resolution and contract as upon the previous final reading and adoption thereof, having full power and authority to amend, modify or change the terms of said ordinance or resolution and contract, subject to the acceptance of such amendments, modifications or changes by the other party to said contract, or to readopt said ordinance or resolution and authorize said contract as originally proposed and adopted, or to reject the same, the action of the board of county commissioners upon said ordinance and resolution and the contract authorized thereby and accepted by the other party thereto, to become final and effective at the expiration of ten days from the date of said action.
No contract entered into pursuant to the provisions hereof, whether for a definite period or on a terminable basis, shall extend for more than twenty years, and any extension beyond twenty years shall be deemed a new contract, and shall not become effective until the foregoing requirements are met.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 346, § 3; February 11.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1411 Repair of certain bridges in counties between 140,000 and 200,000; bond issue.

68-1411.
Repair of certain bridges in counties between 140,000 and 200,000; bond issue.
Any county having a population of not less than 140,000 nor more than 200,000, in which any board of county commissioners, have constructed or reconstructed any bridge or bridges through order of the board of directors of any drainage district organized under the laws of this state; and any such bridge or bridges are now in need of repairs; the board of county commissioners of said county wherein such bridge or bridges are located, is hereby authorized and instructed to repair the same in the same manner as other bridges in said county and for the purpose of paying for such improvements may issue bonds of such county without the same being authorized by any election and subject only to the limitations contained in this act. The amount of bonds so authorized to be issued shall not exceed the actual cost of such improvements: Provided, however, That the total amount of bonds issued under this act shall not exceed the sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) in any one year.
History: L. 1931, ch. 253, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 391, § 1; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1412 Joint contracts for bridge improvement in certain abutting counties; bonds; tax levy.

68-1412.
Joint contracts for bridge improvement in certain abutting counties; bonds; tax levy.
Counties having a population of not less than twenty thousand and not more than thirty thousand, and having an assessed valuation of not less than thirty-five million dollars and not more than forty-five million dollars; and counties having a population of not less than thirty thousand and not more than forty thousand, and having an assessed valuation of not less than thirty million dollars and not more than thirty-five million dollars, and abutting upon navigable streams which form a boundary line between said two classes of counties, are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with said abutting counties for the purpose of improving or reconstructing bridges connecting said counties and across such navigable streams and the necessary approach or approaches thereto. The boards of county commissioners of such counties are hereby authorized and empowered to meet in joint session and to enter into such contract by the adoption of a resolution setting forth the terms and conditions of said contract. Such contract and resolution shall provide that the cost of improving or reconstructing said bridge or bridges and the necessary approach or approaches thereto shall be apportioned equally between said counties.
If such resolution shall be adopted and such contract shall be entered into, the board of county commissioners of each county entering into said contract shall be and are hereby authorized to issue negotiable bonds of said county in an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, under the provisions of the general bond law, for the purpose of paying such county's share of the cost and expense of the improvement and reconstruction of said bridge or bridges and approaches thereto.
Such bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by a general tax levied upon all the taxable property in the county and none of the restrictions or limitations relating to the amount of the county's indebtedness contained in any of the laws of the state of Kansas shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of the bonds authorized by this act or any bonds so issued.
History: L. 1935, ch. 253, § 1; March 6.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1413 Replacement, reconstruction or repair of certain bridges damaged by flood or other casualty; use of funds; bonds.

68-1413.
Replacement, reconstruction or repair of certain bridges damaged by flood or other casualty; use of funds; bonds.
Whenever it is necessary to replace, reconstruct or repair any bridge or bridges over any river on any county road, which road connects with a county road of another county, or connects with a road on the state highway system, which bridge shall have been destroyed or rendered impassable by flood, high water, fire or other casualty, then the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to expend not to exceed the sum of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000) to pay the entire cost or the county's share of the cost of such replacement, reconstruction or repair of such bridge. Such expenditure may be made from any unallocated and available funds in the county road and bridge fund or from revenue derived from the issuance of bonds, or from the separate fund for the construction of roads and bridges on the county secondary system or from two or more of such sources, and such county is hereby authorized to issue bonds for such purpose. Such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and may be issued without submitting the question of their issuance to a vote of the electors.
The board of county commissioners may receive and expend any federal, state, or other funds made available for such improvement which expenditure may be in addition to the amount hereinbefore authorized to be expended by the county. The provisions of K.S.A. 19-214, 19-215 and 19-216 shall be applicable to any improvement made under the authority conferred by this section. This act shall be construed as a separate and additional method for the replacement, reconstruction and repair of bridges and no other law of this state shall apply except as herein expressly provided.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 392, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 223, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges › 68-1414 Same; changing channel of river or erection of structures; use of funds; bonds.

68-1414.
Same; changing channel of river or erection of structures; use of funds; bonds.
Whenever it is necessary to replace, reconstruct, or repair any bridge over any navigable river on any county road, which road connects with a county road of another county within or outside this state, or to protect any such bridge by changing the channel of the river or by the erection of structures, such as levees, jetties or other structures necessary to protect the new channel or such bridge, and which bridge shall have been destroyed or rendered impassable by flood, high water, fire or other casualty, then the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to expend not to exceed the sum of $160,000 to pay the entire cost or the county's share of the cost of such replacement, reconstruction or repair of such bridge or such change of channel or erection of the structures hereinbefore described. No such change of channel shall be made without first securing the approval of the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture. Such expenditure may be made from any unallocated and available funds in the county road and bridge fund or from revenue derived from the issuance of bonds, or from the separate fund for the construction of roads and bridges on the county secondary system or from two or more of such sources, and such county is hereby authorized to issue bonds for such purpose. Such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and may be issued without submitting the question of their issuance to a vote of the electors. The board of county commissioners may receive and expend any federal, state, or other funds made available for such improvement which expenditure may be in addition to the amount authorized to be expended by the county. The provisions of K.S.A. 19-214, 19-215 and 19-216, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to any improvement made under the authority conferred by this section. This act shall be construed as a separate and additional method for the replacement, reconstruction and repair of bridges and no other law of this state except as herein expressly provided shall apply. The total amount expended by any county under the authority conferred by this section plus the amount expended by such county under the authority conferred by K.S.A. 68-1413, and amendments thereto, shall not exceed the sum of $160,000.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 311, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 223, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 106; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1501 Authority and purpose.

68-1501.
Authority and purpose.
Municipalities, corporations, persons and individuals are hereby authorized and empowered to build and construct bridges, dams (for power, irrigation and other purposes) and obstructions (for the purpose of preserving the banks from erosion) in, over and across the navigable rivers of the state, under the provisions and conditions contained in this act.
History: L. 1913, ch. 260, § 1; March 13; R.S. 1923, 68-1501.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1502 Plans and specifications; approval; flood gates.

68-1502.
Plans and specifications; approval; flood gates.
Any municipality, corporation, person or individual desiring to construct a bridge, dam or other obstruction for either public or private purposes, or to repair or maintain a bridge, dam or other obstruction already constructed, over any of the navigable rivers of the state, shall prepare plans and specifications, together with the data upon which they are based, and shall, when such bridge or dam forms part of a public highway, submit the plans, specifications and data to the secretary of transportation for the secretary's inspection and approval. When the plans and specifications are approved by the secretary, the municipality, corporation, person or individual is authorized and empowered to construct, repair and maintain said bridge or bridges, dam or dams, or other obstructions according to the plans and specifications approved by the secretary of transportation and under the direction and supervision of the secretary. No plans for the construction of any such dam shall be approved, and no such dam shall be constructed unless it contains flood gates or openings that can be opened in times of high water, so as to prevent the overflow of lands in the vicinity of the dam.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-1502; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 154; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1503 Approval of plans of prior projects.

68-1503.
Approval of plans of prior projects.
Any municipality, corporation, person or individual who has already constructed any bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstructions in, over or across any of the navigable rivers of the state, shall make application and submit the plans, specifications and construction of such bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstruction to the secretary of transportation when such bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstruction forms a part of a public highway, for the secretary's inspection and approval.
The secretary of transportation shall act upon the application as practicable. Upon the approval of the plans, specifications and construction of the bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstruction, by the secretary of transportation the bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstruction shall immediately become established and the right to maintain the bridge or bridges, dam or dams or other obstruction in, over or across such navigable rivers, confirmed and made permanent to the same extent and effect as if such right had been originally obtained and granted as provided by the preceding section, but all rights and privileges granted by this act shall be subject to the future wants and needs of the government of the United States and of the state of Kansas.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-1503; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 155; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 10; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1504 Cost of inspection and approval of plans.

68-1504.
Cost of inspection and approval of plans.
The services required to be performed by the secretary of transportation under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-1502 and 68-1503, and amendments thereto, shall be free of cost to the municipality, corporation or person requiring such services.
History:
R.S. 1923, 68-1504; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 156; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 11; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1505 Inapplicable to certain rivers.

68-1505.
Inapplicable to certain rivers.
This act shall not apply to that portion that lies within or alongside of any drainage district, of any of the navigable rivers of the state, that flow through or alongside any drainage districts organized under chapter 215 [*] of the Session Laws of 1905 or any statutes of the state amendatory thereof.
History: L. 1913, ch. 260, § 5; March 13; R.S. 1923, 68-1505.
* L. 1905, ch. 215 as amended and revised, see ch. 24, art. 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 15 - Bridges And Dams Across Navigable Streams › 68-1506 Act supplemental to other laws.

68-1506.
Act supplemental to other laws.
This act is additional and supplemental to all other statutes and acts of the state, authorizing and regulating the construction and maintenance of bridges, dams and other obstructions in, over and across the navigable rivers of the state: Provided, This act shall not be construed as depriving any person, private corporation or municipality of any existing rights, or relieving any person, private or municipal corporation from liability under existing laws, for flooding or otherwise injuring private property by the constructing, repairing or maintaining of any dam or bridge or other obstruction.
History: L. 1913, ch. 260, § 6; March 13; R.S. 1923, 68-1506.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 17 - Major Collector Road System › 68-1701 Designation; jurisdiction of county commissioners.

68-1701.
Designation; jurisdiction of county commissioners.
There shall be designated in the state of Kansas a system of roads and highways which, for the purposes of this act, shall be known as the county major collector road system meeting the requirements of title 23 of the code of federal regulations, the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of which shall be under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners of each county.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 272, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 11; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 17 - Major Collector Road System › 68-1703 Same; inclusion of county and township roads; factual data; joint responsibility.

68-1703.
Same; inclusion of county and township roads; factual data; joint responsibility.
In the selection of the mileage of road to be designated in each county for inclusion in the major collector road system consideration shall be given to the inclusion of principal county and township roads so located as to provide adequate intertown and intercounty connections to best serve the rural population of the state. The determination of the mileage to be included in the major collector road system shall be based on factual data obtained by the county commissioners and the secretary of transportation, cooperating with the federal government in accordance with title 23 of the code of federal regulations.
The designation of the road mileage to be included in the major collector road system shall hereafter be the joint responsibility of the boards of county commissioners and the secretary of transportation, the board of county commissioners making the recommendation and the secretary concurring in the recommendation.
History: L. 1945, ch. 272, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 166; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 12; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 17 - Major Collector Road System › 68-1704 Same; county road mileage limitation inapplicable.

68-1704.
Same; county road mileage limitation inapplicable.
Any road mileage selected for inclusion in the major collector road system which is found to be a part of the township system of roads in any county, shall become a county road and shall thereafter come under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners of such county.
History:
L. 1945, ch. 272, § 4; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 13; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 19 - Controlled Access Facilities › 68-1901 Definitions.

68-1901.
Definitions.
When used in this act:
(a) "A controlled access facility" means a highway, road or street especially designed to expedite and control through and local traffic, and over, from or to which highway, road or street, owners or occupants of abutting property shall have only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air or view. Such highways, roads or streets may be opened to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, or they may be parkways from which designated vehicles shall be excluded.
(b) "Highway authorities" means the secretary of transportation and the board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any incorporated city acting individually or collectively.
(c) "Frontage road" means a highway, road or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for control of access to such other highway, road or street.
History: L. 1953, ch. 307, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 167; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 19 - Controlled Access Facilities › 68-1902 Authority to establish controlled access facilities.

68-1902.
Authority to establish controlled access facilities.
The state, county or city highway authorities, acting alone, or cooperating with each other or with any federal, state or local authority, or any other state, are hereby authorized to design, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, construct and maintain controlled access facilities wherever such highway authorities determine that traffic conditions, present or future, justify such facilities, and said highway authorities may regulate and restrict the use of such facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act. The highway authorities may so regulate, restrict or prohibit access to a controlled access facility so as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended.
History: L. 1953, ch. 307, § 2; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 19 - Controlled Access Facilities › 68-1903 Acquisition of property and property rights.

68-1903.
Acquisition of property and property rights.
The highway authorities, jointly or severally, may acquire the desired private or public property, including rights of access, light, air or view for controlled access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with highways, roads and streets within their respective jurisdictions.
History: L. 1953, ch. 307, § 3; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 19 - Controlled Access Facilities › 68-1904 New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations.

68-1904.
New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations.
The highway authorities may designate and establish controlled access highways as new and additional facilities, or an existing street or highway may be included within such facility, and they may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade with existing state or county roads and city streets or other public ways if the public interests shall be served thereby, but no city street, county road or state highway or other public way shall be opened into or connected with such controlled access facility without the consent of the highway authority having jurisdiction over such controlled access facility, and the respective highway authorities are hereby authorized to make all necessary agreements between themselves and the federal government as may be necessary to fully perform and fulfill the purposes and provisions of this act.
History: L. 1953, ch. 307, § 4; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 19 - Controlled Access Facilities › 68-1905 Frontage roads.

68-1905.
Frontage roads.
The highway authorities, in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act, are authorized to design, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, construct, and maintain frontage roads and to exercise the same jurisdiction thereof as is authorized over controlled access facilities under this act, and such frontage roads shall be separated from the controlled access facility as may be deemed proper and necessary by the respective highway authorities.
History: L. 1953, ch. 307, § 5; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2002 Turnpike projects.

68-2002. Turnpike projects.
In order to provide for the construction of modern express highways or superhighways embodying, where feasible and necessary, safety devices, including center division, ample shoulder widths, longsight distances, multiple lanes in each direction and grade separation at intersections with other highways and railroads, and thereby facilitate vehicular traffic, provide better connections between the highway system of Kansas and the highway systems of the adjoining states, remove many of the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the state, and promote the agricultural and industrial development of the state, the Kansas turnpike authority is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, repair and operate turnpike projects, and to issue revenue bonds of the authority, payable solely or partly from revenues, to finance such projects. No toll road project shall be undertaken unless and until such project and the proposed location therefor have been thoroughly studied with respect to traffic, engineering, cost and financing nor unless such study shows:
(a) That public funds for construction of a free expressway are not available;
(b) that the construction of a toll expressway can be financed solely or partly through the investment of private funds in toll road revenue bonds; and
(c) that the project and indebtedness incurred therefor can be financed solely or partly through tolls and other income from operation of the project.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 308, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 49, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2004 General grant of powers to Kansas turnpike authority.

68-2004. General grant of powers to Kansas turnpike authority.
(a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to:
(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
(2) adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(3) maintain an office at such place or places within the state as it may designate;
(4) sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded;
(5) determine the location, subject to the approval of the secretary of transportation, of each turnpike project financed under the provisions of this act, determine its design and the materials of construction, and construct, maintain, repair and operate the same;
(6) issue turnpike revenue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes, payable solely or partly from the tolls and revenues pledged for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this act;
(7) fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project;
(8) adopt rules and regulations for the use of any such turnpike project, and adopt rules and regulations for traffic control on such project;
(9) acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act;
(10) designate the locations, and establish, limit and control such points of ingress to and egress from each turnpike project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the authority to insure the proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;
(11) make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act;
(12) employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and such other employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;
(13) receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any turnpike project, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions may be made; and
(14) do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this act.
(b) Violation of any of the rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be unlawful and subject to the penalties contained in K.S.A. 8-2116, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 308, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 170; L. 1983, ch. 230, § 1; L. 2019, ch. 49, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2008 Bonds payable solely or partly from revenues; expenses.

68-2008. Bonds payable solely or partly from revenues; expenses.
Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision thereof, but all such bonds shall be payable solely or partly from the funds provided from revenues. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues of the project or projects for which they are issued and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledge to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds.
All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely or partly from funds provided under the authority of this act and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 308, § 8; L. 2019, ch. 49, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2010 Trust agreement or resolution providing for bond issues; contents; expenses of.

68-2010.
Trust agreement or resolution providing for bond issues; contents; expenses of.
In the discretion of the authority any bonds issued under the provisions of this act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign the tolls and other revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any turnpike project or any part thereof. Such trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation and insurance of the turnpike project or projects in connection with which such bonds shall have been authorized, the rates of toll to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys.
It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the authority. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, any such trust agreement or resolution may contain such other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the turnpike project or projects.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 10; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2011 Trust funds; how held and applied.

68-2011.
Trust funds; how held and applied.
All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustees of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this act and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 11; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2012 Remedies of bondholders.

68-2012.
Remedies of bondholders.
Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this act or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of tolls.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 12; April 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 20 - Toll Roads Or Turnpikes › 68-2013 Exercise of governmental function; bonds and income from projects and property exempt from taxation.

68-2013.
Exercise of governmental function; bonds and income from projects and property exempt from taxation.
The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of turnpike projects by the authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the income derived from any turnpike project or property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of this act. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
History: L. 1953, ch. 308, § 13; L. 1975, ch. 495, § 14; July 1.