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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 5 - County And Township Roads › 68-5,103 Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation.

68-5,103.
Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation.
When the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than 300,000 determines it is necessary to make improvements on any existing roads or highways in the county or any streets in any city within the county and sufficient funds are not available for the improvements, the board may issue general obligation bonds of the county to pay the cost of the improvements. Prior to issuing any bonds, the board shall adopt a resolution which: (1) States the necessity for the improvements; (2) designates the streets or highways to be improved; (3) describes the improvements to be made; and (4) states the estimated cost of the improvements and the amount of general obligation bonds to be issued to pay the cost. The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.
No bonds shall be issued if, within 90 days of the second publication, a petition signed by registered voters of the county equal in number to not less than 3% of the votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the last general election at which a governor was elected is filed with the county clerk requesting the question of the issuance of the bonds be submitted to and approved by the qualified electors of the county. If a sufficient petition is filed, the county election officer shall call and hold a special election on the question in the manner provided under the general bond law.
If a sufficient petition is not filed within the prescribed time or if a special election is called and held and a majority of the votes cast on the question submitted is in favor of the issuance, the board of county commissioners may issue the general obligation bonds in the amount specified in the resolution. The bonds shall be authorized, issued, registered and sold in the manner prescribed by the general bond law and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009 and amendments thereto. General obligation bonds issued by any county under the authority of this section shall not be subject to any limitation on the bonded indebtedness of the county. The aggregate principal amount of bonds issued by any county in any fiscal year under this section shall not exceed .5% of the taxable tangible assessed valuation of the county or $1,000,000, whichever is greater.
For the purpose of this section, the term "improvements" means construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair [of] any street or highway.
History:
L. 1983, ch. 229, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-701a Filling certain gaps in counties of 130,000 or over; resolution by county commissioners; publication; time for protests.

68-701a.
Filling certain gaps in counties of 130,000 or over; resolution by county commissioners; publication; time for protests.
Whenever any board of county commissioners in counties of not less than 130,000 shall desire to permanently improve a road in their county on which a benefit-district petition has not been filed, they shall adopt a resolution to that effect and designate a benefit district and said resolution shall be published in an official county paper circulating in the district affected for three consecutive weeks following its adoption: Provided, That said benefit district so ordered shall not exceed three and one half miles on either side of the road to be constructed: And provided further, That said resolution shall designate the road or section of road to be improved by name and terminal points and other specially fixed locations and shall designate and describe the lands within the proposed benefit district, the type or types of permanent improvement and width or widths of roadway desired and the number of annual assessments to be levied upon the lands in the benefit district in payment thereof, which shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty.
Thirty days after the first publication of such resolution the board of county commissioners shall proceed with the improvement of such road unless a protest signed by legal resident landowners of fifty-one percent of the land in such benefit district shall have been filed with the county clerk: And provided further, That the board of county commissioners shall have no authority by resolution to create a road benefit district as herein provided nor to improve a road or portion thereof under the provisions of this act, except for the purpose of constructing or permanently improving a road to fill in a gap existing between the ends of two permanently improved highways, or constructing or improving a road in a gap between the ends of a permanently improved highway and a permanently improved street in any city or town within the county or constructing or permanently improving a road in a gap existing between the ends of two sections of a permanently improved highway, or a gap between the ends of two permanently improved sections of a highway: Provided, That such gap does not exceed one and one-eighth miles in length. In improving a road under the provisions of this act in all matters not specifically covered hereby the board of county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 1925, ch. 216, § 1; March 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-701b Same; time for action to restrain.

68-701b.
Same; time for action to restrain.
No action shall be brought to restrain the making of such improvements or payment therefor or creation of such benefit district or levy of taxes or special assessments or issuance of bonds therefor on the grounds of any illegality in said resolution or in any proceedings prior thereto or in the publication thereof unless such action be commenced within sixty days after the date of the first publication of said resolution.
History: L. 1925, ch. 216, § 2; March 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-702 Contents of petition under K.S.A. 68-701.

68-702.
Contents of petition under K.S.A. 68-701.
The petition shall designate the road or roads to be improved by name and by terminal points and other specially fixed locations, the lands within the proposed benefit district, the type or types of permanent improvement, and width or widths of roadway desired, which types or widths may be different for different sections of the road, and the number of annual assessments to be levied upon the lands in the benefit district in payment thereof, which shall be not less than ten nor more than twenty. The petition may specify more than one type or width of road, and may improve any types that may be acceptable for federal aid, and a maximum and minimum number of annual assessments, leaving the final choice to the board of county commissioners, subject to the approval of the secretary of transportation: Provided, That where the petition specifies a certain type of road, if such petitions be allowed, the type of road shall be of the type in said petition set forth: Provided, however, That said petition may request gravel alone, in which event only gravel shall be used.
History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 2; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 2; L. 1919, ch. 246, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-702; L. 1933, ch. 242, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 128; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-702a Petition void if improvement not made within three years.

68-702a.
Petition void if improvement not made within three years.
Where any petition for the construction or improvement of any road or roads in a benefit district has been approved by the board of county commissioners and the construction or improvement of such road or roads for which no contract has been let within three years following the date of the approval on which no action has been taken other than filing such petitions such approval of the petition by the board of county commissioners shall be null, void and of no effect and such road or roads shall neither be constructed nor improved under such petition and approval.
History:
L. 1925, ch. 215, § 1; May 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-705 Supervision of benefit-district road work.

68-705.
Supervision of benefit-district road work.
All work done and materials furnished shall be under the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or licensed professional engineer employed by the county and shall be in conformity with the plans and specifications and the contract. The acceptance of any work or material by such engineer shall not bind the county nor excuse the contractor for failure to comply with such contract. No changes shall be made except by written contract with the board of county commissioners.
History:
L. 1909, ch. 201, § 5; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 5; R.S. 1923, 68-705; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 131; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-707 Apportionment when costs unusually large.

68-707.
Apportionment when costs unusually large.
Whenever in the judgment of the board of county commissioners any part of the road in addition to being of public utility, shall be of general importance to the county, the improvement of which by reason of sand, creeks, heavy grades or other reasons would necessarily incur unusual expense, the board of county commissioners may make an order to that effect and charge not exceeding sixty percent of the expense of the improvement to the county, the expense to the lands within the benefit district to be decreased in proportion.
History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 7; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 7; March 3; R.S. 1923, 68-707.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-708 Special aid fund for benefit-district roads.

68-708.
Special aid fund for benefit-district roads.
The county commissioners may receive subscriptions and donations in money and real or personal property which shall be applied in the construction or the improvement of said road. Any aid or donation by the state or the United States, or by cities, or from any other source shall be placed in a special fund for such improvements and shall be applied by the board of county commissioners before apportioning the remainder of the cost between the county, township and benefit district. Such state and federal aid and donations and special assessments paid in full shall be used in paying off the warrants and interest accumulating thereon which were issued during the progress of the improvement.
History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 8; L. 1911, ch. 249, § 2; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 8; March 3; R.S. 1923, 68-708.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-710 Application of act to pending proceedings.

68-710.
Application of act to pending proceedings.
The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway has been petitioned for or machinery heretofore purchased, under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas, 1919, or amendments thereto, but which projects have not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act.
History: L. 1921, ch. 218, § 4; April 4; R.S. 1923, 68-710.
* For location of L. 1917, ch. 265 and L. 1919, ch. 246, see Comparative Table of Sections in Constitutions Volume.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-711 Maintenance and repair.

68-711.
Maintenance and repair.
All roads improved under the provisions of this act shall thereafter be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which said improved roads are located, in the same manner and method as required for federal aid roads as indicated in section 3 [*] of chapter 264 of the Session Laws of 1917.
History: L. 1911, ch. 249, § 4; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 10; L. 1919, ch. 246, § 7; April 8; R.S. 1923, 68-711.
* Section 3 now repealed, see 68-403.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-712 Application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-712.
Application to similar projects previously authorized.
The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], or under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, but which projects had not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to all petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted under the provisions of the laws amended by this act.
History: L. 1919, ch. 246, § 8; April 8; R.S. 1923, 68-712.
* For location of L. 1909, ch. 201 and L. 1917, ch. 265, see Comparative Table of Sections in Constitutions Volume.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-714 Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile.

68-714.
Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to the construction or improvement of roads costing less than five hundred dollars per mile.
History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 11; March 10; R.S. 1923, 68-714.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-714a Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under K.S.A. 68-701 through 68-714.

68-714a.
Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under K.S.A. 68-701 through 68-714.
When the permanent improvement of a road or roads was brought about or caused to be done by the benefit district plan and as provided in K.S.A. 68-701 to 68-714, any such road or roads may be reconstructed or reimproved by petition filed, as therein provided with the board of county commissioners of any county where such road or roads may be located, and said statutes and the methods and procedure therein set forth are hereby made applicable to the reconstruction or reimprovement of any such road or roads, and any such road or roads may be reconstructed or reimproved in the same manner and by the methods set forth in said statutes.
History: L. 1945, ch. 269, § 1; April 5.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-715 Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure.

68-715.
Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure.
Whenever any road project has been inaugurated by petition or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this state, and the same, or any part thereof, has been abandoned and said projected road not constructed, and whenever the taxpayers of any such road district have paid into the county treasury one or more installments of taxes levied for the construction of such proposed road, the board of county commissioners of any county in this state, where such condition arises, is hereby empowered to refund to each person owning land in such road district, or in the township through which such abandoned road district is located, the amount of taxes paid by them for the construction of said road: Provided, however, That before the amount to be refunded to the taxpayers, in said road district and township, entitled to the same, shall be paid, the board of county commissioners shall make an order in which it shall describe specifically the metes and bounds of said abandoned road district and the township or portions of the townships through which said abandoned road district is located and shall also insert in their said order a finding setting forth the name of each taxpayer in said road district and township entitled to a refund of the taxes paid by him and the amount of money which he is entitled to have refunded to him, and said order and findings shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk, and the county clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to draw vouchers upon the county treasurer payable to the persons named in the order and findings of said board of county commissioners for the respective amounts so found to be due to them, and the county treasurer shall pay said vouchers out of the fund held in said abandoned road account: And provided further, That the remaining one half of said road fund collected from all of the taxpayers in any such county for the construction of said abandoned road project, shall be transferred from said abandoned road district fund to the general road fund of said county and be used by said county in the improvement of its system of county highways.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 237, § 1; February 10; R.S. 1923, 68-715.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-717 Same; application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-717.
Same; application to similar projects previously authorized.
The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1919, amendatory thereto, but which projects had not been completed prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to all petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted under the provisions of acts above mentioned.
History:
L. 1920, ch. 48, § 2; February 2; R.S. 1923, 68-717.
* "Chapter 265," see 68-701 to 68-709, 68-711, 68-713, 68-716, 68-718, 68-719; "Chapter 246," see 68-701 to 68-709, 68-711, 68-712.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-719 Application to similar projects previously authorized.

68-719.
Application to similar projects previously authorized.
The provisions of this act as to apportionment of cost and the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provision of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], but which projects had not been completed nor the cost thereof apportioned prior to the taking effect of this act. This act shall apply to petitions heretofore signed, but not filed or granted, under the provisions of the said laws repealed by this act.
History: L. 1917, ch. 265, § 14; March 3; R.S. 1923, 68-719.
* "Chapter 201," see 68-701, 68-702, 68-703 to 68-709, 68-713, 68-714.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-729 Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication.

68-729.
Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication.
If, in any county having a population of more than 20,000, a petition is filed in accordance with K.S.A. 68-728 for an improvement for which a special tax is to be levied and the board deems it necessary to make the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, declare such improvement necessary to be done. Such resolution shall be published once in the official paper of the county and shall be sent by certified mail to the owners of the property liable for taxation for the improvement, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. If the owners of more than 1/2 the property liable for taxation, for the improvement do not, within 20 days from such last publication, file with the county clerk their protest against such improvement, the board of county commissioners shall have power to cause such roads and highways to be constructed or built, to contract therefor and to levy taxes as provided by law. The work may be done before, during or after the collection of the special assessment, as deemed proper by the board of county commissioners.
As used in this section, "improvement" means curbing, guttering, paving, macadamizing, grading, recurbing, reguttering, repaving, remacadamizing or regrading a public road outside any incorporated city.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 258, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 74; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-730 Same; eminent domain.

68-730.
Same; eminent domain.
For the purpose of acquiring any necessary land or rights-of-way over the same, or any property of any kind which may be necessary for the successful construction and maintenance of such roads and highways system, if the board of county commissioners cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the board of county commissioners and prosecuted in the name of the county under the provisions of the law in similar cases.
History: L. 1927, ch. 258, § 3; March 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-732 Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.

68-732.
Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.
Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-731, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729.
History: L. 1931, ch. 250, § 2; March 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-733 Same; eminent domain.

68-733.
Same; eminent domain.
Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730.
History: L. 1931, ch. 250, § 3; March 4.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-736 Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.

68-736.
Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.
Whenever a petition is presented in accordance with K.S.A. 68-735, and is approved by the board of county commissioners, then they shall proceed to make the improvement in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-729 and any amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 288, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts › 68-737 Same; eminent domain.

68-737.
Same; eminent domain.
Whenever it shall be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act, to condemn a right of way or easement, the county commissioners shall proceed in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 68-730 and any amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 288, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1009 Designation of part of U.S. 40 as Blue Star memorial highway.

68-1009. Designation of part of U.S. 40 as Blue Star memorial highway.
(a) The portion of United States highway No. 40 traversing this state where it crosses the Missouri-Kansas border on the east to the point where it leaves the state on the west at the Kansas-Colorado line, be and it is hereby designated as the official east-west Blue Star memorial highway in the state of Kansas.
(b) If the state of Missouri designates a portion of interstate highway 70 as the Truman/Eisenhower Presidential highway, or something substantially similar, then the portion of United States highway No. 40 from where it crosses the Missouri-Kansas border, to the west city limits of Topeka, and then from the junction of highway K-15 with United States highway No. 40, then west on United States highway No. 40 to the point where it leaves the state at the Kansas-Colorado line, shall be designated as the official east-west Blue Star memorial highway in the state of Kansas.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 394, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 71, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1010 Designation of part of U.S. 77 as the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.

68-1010.
Designation of part of U.S. 77 as the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.
The portion of United States highway 77 from the northern boundary of Cowley county to the junction with United States highway 77 business then south on United States highway 77 business to United States highway 77 then south to the Kansas-Oklahoma border is hereby designated the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 394, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 60, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 52, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 86, § 10; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1011 Designation of part of U.S. 281 as the Amercan Legion memorial highway.

68-1011.
Designation of part of U.S. 281 as the Amercan Legion memorial highway.
The portion of United States highway no. 281 traversing this state where it crosses the Nebraska-Kansas boundary line on the north to the point where it leaves the state on the south at the Kansas-Oklahoma boundary line, be and it is hereby designated as "the American Legion memorial highway" in the state of Kansas.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 307, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1012 Designation and marking of the Santa Fe trail.

68-1012.
Designation and marking of the Santa Fe trail.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation, with the cooperation of the governing body of each city and county, to designate and mark the primary route of the historic Santa Fe trail in Kansas, as described in the national park service comprehensive management and use plan, by placing suitable signs in locations where the trail travels on public highways and crosses public highways. The secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
History:
L. 1961, ch. 309, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 248, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1013 Designation of part of federal-interstate highway 35 as the 35th infantry division memorial highway.

68-1013.
Designation of part of federal-interstate highway 35 as the 35
th
infantry division memorial highway.
That portion of federal-interstate highway No. 35 which traverses the state is hereby designated "the 35th infantry division memorial highway."
History:
L. 1963, ch. 336, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1015 35th infantry division memorial highway; powers and duties of secretary of transportation.

68-1015.
35
t
h
infantry division memorial highway; powers and duties of secretary of transportation.
The secretary of transportation shall provide appropriate signs at proper intervals along the federal interstate highway No. 35 bearing an inscription to show the designation. The secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription. The memorial committee heretofore referred to in this section is hereby abolished.
History: L. 1963, ch. 336, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 272, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 132; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1017 Designation of Smoky Hill trail; marking.

68-1017.
Designation of Smoky Hill trail; marking.
That Smoky Hill trail, also commonly called Butterfield trail and Old Denver trail, through the seven counties of Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, Logan and Wallace from Fort Ellsworth to the Colorado state line, a distance of about two hundred twenty miles, be and is hereby designated as "Smoky Hill trail" in the state of Kansas. That said "Smoky Hill trail" should be and will hereafter be marked thereby preserving its exact location.
History: L. 1963, ch. 337, § 1; April 8.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1018 Same; secretary of transportation to cooperate in placing of markers; marker requirements.

68-1018.
Same; secretary of transportation to cooperate in placing of markers; marker requirements.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to cooperate with any person or group of persons so interested in placing markers at proper intervals along any highway right-of-way indicating the points where said Smoky Hill trail runs parallel with or crosses any state highway. Said markers shall be made from the famous stone fence posts prominent in western Kansas, and said markers will be made showing a 30-inch shaft above a cement base and on the side facing any highway a panel is to be smoothed and the legend, B.O.D., 1865 (meaning Butterfield overland dispatch, the official title of the firm establishing this trail) sandblasted on in letters large enough to be easily read by anyone passing by on the highway.
History: L. 1963, ch. 337, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 133; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1019 Designation of part of U.S. highway 36 as the pony express highway; designating bridges No. 028 and No. 029 as the pony express bridges.

68-1019.
Designation of part of U.S. highway 36 as the pony express highway; designating bridges No. 028 and No. 029 as the pony express bridges.
(a) A portion of United States highway 36 where it enters the state on the Kansas-Missouri line on the east, thence west to the east city limits of the city of Washington, is hereby designated as the pony express highway in the state of Kansas. The secretary of transportation shall place suitable signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate the highway is the pony express highway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable highway signs.
(b) Bridges No. 028 and No. 029 are hereby designated as the pony express bridges in the state of Kansas. The secretary of transportation shall place suitable signs to indicate the bridges are the pony express bridges. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable signs.
History:
L. 1964, ch. 28, § 1 (Budget Session); L. 1988, ch. 271, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1020 Designation and marking of the Lewis and Clark expedition route.

68-1020.
Designation and marking of the Lewis and Clark expedition route.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to designate and mark by suitable signs, following as nearly as possible the route of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition in Kansas, on the following described highways: From the Kansas-Missouri state line west on highway U.S. 24 and highway U.S. 40 through Kansas City, Kansas, to the intersection of highway U.S. 73; and from highway K-7 at the junction with U.S. highway 59 in the city of Atchison; highway K-7 north through Troy to the Kansas-Nebraska state line.
History: L. 1967, ch. 361, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 134; L. 1987, ch. 261, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1021 Designation and marking of the Chisholm trail.

68-1021.
Designation and marking of the Chisholm trail.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to designate and mark by suitable signs, following as nearly as possible the route of the historic Chisholm trail in Kansas, on the following described highways: Highway K-15 from Abilene south to Newton to the junction of highway U.S. 81; thence on highway U.S. 81 south to the Kansas-Oklahoma state line.
History: L. 1967, ch. 361, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 135; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1022 Designation and marking of prairie parkway.

68-1022. Designation and marking of prairie parkway.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to designate and mark by suitable signs, those portions of established highways that traverse the state from the historic Hollenberg pony express station near the city of Hanover to the old cattle shipping town of Elgin, and connecting historic sites on the Oregon trail and the cities of Council Grove and Cottonwood Falls, as the prairie parkway, which highways are described as follows: Beginning at the Hollenberg pony express station east of Hanover on highway K-243; thence west to highway K-15E and south on K-15E to its junction with highway U.S. 36; thence east on highway U.S. 36 to its junction with highway U.S. 77; thence south on highway U.S. 77 to that highway's junction with the western city limits of the city of Blue Rapids in Marshall county; thence south on highway U.S. 77 from its junction with highway K-9 in Marshall county to its junction with highway K-16 just north of Randolph; thence east on highway K-16 to a junction with Pottawatomie county federal aid secondary route 1208, one-half mile east of Olsburg, Pottawatomie county, Kansas; thence on F.A.S. route 1208 in a southerly direction approximately five and one-half miles; thence southeasterly to the junction of highway K-13 and F.A.S. route 1208; thence south and southwest on highway K-13 to that highway's junction with highway U.S. 24; thence following K-177 south from the junction of K-177 highway with interstate highway 70 to El Dorado; thence south on U.S. 77 - U.S. 54 to the east junction with U.S. 400; thence east on U.S. 400 from the western boundary of Greenwood county to its junction with highway K-99 near Severy; thence south on K-99 to the southern Kansas border near the city of Chautauqua.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 361, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 136; L. 2006, ch. 38, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 22, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 54, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1023 Stimulating interest in trails and parkways.

68-1023.
Stimulating interest in trails and parkways.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to cooperate with persons and groups of persons interested in stimulating interest in such trails and parkway and assisting in furthering the purposes of this act.
History: L. 1967, ch. 361, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 137; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1024 Designation of part of highway No. 15 as "the Eisenhower memorial highway."

68-1024. Designation of part of highway No. 15 as "the Eisenhower memorial highway."
Kansas highway No. 15 from the Nebraska-Kansas boundary line, then south to the southern city limits of Clay Center, then south from the junction with K-82 highway to the Kansas-Oklahoma boundary line is hereby designated as "the Eisenhower memorial highway." The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Eisenhower memorial highway.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 359, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 138; L. 2018, ch. 78, § 12; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1026 Designation and marking of K-32 as Kaw Valley scenic highway.

68-1026.
Designation and marking of K-32 as Kaw Valley scenic highway.
Highway K-32, the entire distance of which runs through the Kaw Valley within the boundaries of Douglas, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties, is hereby designated as the Kaw Valley scenic highway, and the secretary of transportation is hereby directed to erect suitable signs and markers along said highway showing such designation.
History: L. 1971, ch. 222, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 140; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1027 Designation of part of U.S. highway 50 as Turkey wheat trail highway. [See Revisor's Note]

68-1027. Designation of part of U.S. highway 50 as Turkey wheat trail highway. [See Revisor's Note]
That portion of United States highway 50 from Emporia, then west to the junction with K-61 highway southwest of the city of Hutchinson, then west from the northwestern city limits of the city of Sylvia to Dodge City is hereby designated as the "Turkey wheat trail highway," and the secretary of transportation is hereby directed to erect suitable signs and markers along such highway showing such designation.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 273, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 141; L. 2018, ch. 78, § 13; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1027a Designation of part of U.S. highway 50 as Turkey wheat trail highway. [See Revisor's Note]

68-1027a. Designation of part of U.S. highway 50 as Turkey wheat trail highway. [See Revisor's Note]
That portion of United States highway 50 from Emporia to 118 road in Ford county is hereby designated as the "Turkey wheat trail highway," and the secretary of transportation is hereby directed to erect suitable signs and markers along such highway showing such designation.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 273, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 141; L. 2018, ch. 5, § 2; March 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1028 Designation of I-470 as "the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial highway."

68-1028.
Designation of I-470 as "the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial highway."
Interstate highway I-470 from the east Topeka interchange of the Kansas turnpike to its intersection with I-70 west of Topeka is hereby designated as "the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial highway." The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial highway.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 278, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1029 Designation of part of U.S. 54 as the yellow brick road; designation of city of Liberal as the Land of Oz and the home of Dorothy of the wizard of Oz.

68-1029. Designation of part of U.S. 54 as the yellow brick road; designation of city of Liberal as the Land of Oz and the home of Dorothy of the wizard of Oz.
(a) The portion of United States highway 54 from the west city limits of the city of Greensburg, then southwest to the western city limits of the city of Meade, then in a southwesterly direction from the eastern city limits of the city of Plains to the Kansas-Oklahoma border, is hereby designated as "the yellow brick road." The secretary of transportation shall place signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is "the yellow brick road," except that any additional signs shall not be placed until the secretary has received sufficient moneys from gifts and donations to reimburse the secretary for the cost of placing such signs. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
(b) The city of Liberal is hereby designated as "the Land of Oz" and "the home of Dorothy of the wizard of Oz."
History:
L. 1982, ch. 360, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 256, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 122, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 115, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 64, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 78, § 14; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1030 Designation of part of U.S. 24 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial highway.

68-1030.
Designation of part of U.S. 24 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial highway.
United States highway 24 from the west end of the intercity viaduct to the intersection of Waterway Drive and State Avenue is hereby designated as "the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial highway." The city of Kansas City shall place markers along the highway's rights-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial highway.
History:
L. 1984, ch. 250, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1031 Designation of part of interstate highway 135 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial highway.

68-1031.
Designation of part of interstate highway 135 as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial highway.
Interstate highway 135 from its intersection with Interstate 235 just north of the north city limit of Wichita to its intersection with Interstate 35 near the south city limit of Wichita is hereby designated as "the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial highway." The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial highway. The city of Wichita shall reimburse the secretary of transportation for the cost of placing markers, as provided by this section, in accordance with invoice of the secretary therefor.
History:
L. 1985, ch. 232, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1032 Designation and marking of the Oregon Trail.

68-1032.
Designation and marking of the Oregon Trail.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation with the cooperation of the governing body of each city and county to designate and mark the primary route of the historic Oregon Trail in Kansas as described in the National Park Service comprehensive management and use plan, by placing suitable signs in locations where the trail travels on public highways and crosses public highways. The secretary may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
History:
L. 1985, ch. 229, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1033 Designation of part of K-12 and U.S. 56 as Shawnee Mission parkway.

68-1033.
Designation of part of K-12 and U.S. 56 as Shawnee Mission parkway.
State highway 12 from its intersection with state highway 7, thence easterly on state highway 12 to the intersection of United States highway 56 and Interstate highway I-35, thence northeasterly on United States highway 56 to the Kansas-Missouri line is hereby designated "Shawnee Mission parkway." The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the route described is "Shawnee Mission parkway." Each city through which Shawnee Mission parkway passes shall reimburse the secretary of transportation for the cost of placing such markers on such route in their city in such amount as each city is billed by the secretary.
History:
L. 1985, ch. 231, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1034 Designation of part of U.S. highway 73 and K-7 as the Amelia Earhart memorial highway.

68-1034. Designation of part of U.S. highway 73 and K-7 as the Amelia Earhart memorial highway.
From the junction of United States highway 24 and United States highway 40 with United States highway 73 and highway K-7, United States highway 73 and highway K-7 north to the southern city limits of Lansing, then north from the northern city limits of Lansing to the eastern junction with United States highway 59 in the city of Atchison, United States highway 73 west to the junction with United States highway 159, is hereby designated as the Amelia Earhart memorial highway. The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Amelia Earhart memorial highway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
History:
L. 1987, ch. 261, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 40, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1035 Designation of part of interstate highway 670 as the Dillingham freeway.

68-1035.
Designation of part of interstate highway 670 as the Dillingham freeway.
Interstate highway 670 where it enters the state on the Kansas-Missouri line on the east, thence west to the junction with Interstate highway 70, is hereby designated as the Dillingham freeway. The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Dillingham freeway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
History:
L. 1988, ch. 271, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1036 Designation of U.S. highway 81 as the Frank Carlson memorial highway.

68-1036.
Designation of U.S. highway 81 as the Frank Carlson memorial highway.
The portion of United States highway 81 where it enters the state on the Kansas-Nebraska line on the north thence south to the junction of interstate highway I-70 is hereby designated the Frank Carlson memorial highway. The secretary of transportation shall place suitable signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate the highway is the Frank Carlson memorial highway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs.
History:
L. 1988, ch. 268, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1037 Designation of part of interstate highway 635 as the Harry Darby memorial highway.

68-1037.
Designation of part of interstate highway 635 as the Harry Darby memorial highway.
Interstate highway 635 where it enters the state on the Kansas-Missouri line on the north, thence south to the junction with Interstate highway 35, is hereby designated as the Harry Darby memorial highway. The secretary of transportation shall place markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Harry Darby memorial highway. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription.
History:
L. 1990, ch. 246, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges › Article 10 - Naming And Marking Of Highways And Bridges › 68-1039 Designation of United States highway 66 as a historic highway.

68-1039.
Designation of United States highway 66 as a historic highway.
United States highway 66 is hereby designated as a historic highway. The secretary of transportation shall place signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is a historic highway. Such signs shall consist of the usual United States highway sign with the words "Historic Route 66" printed on the face of the sign. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining and installing suitable highway signs.
History:
L. 1991, ch. 206, § 1; July 1.