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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 38 - Farmers' Markets. › 2-3804 Same; limited liability for registered farmers' market operators.

2-3804. Same; limited liability for registered farmers' market operators.
(a) Any participant assumes the inherent risks of attending, buying or selling goods at a farmers' market registered under this act. If a participant brings an action for damages arising from the operation of a registered farmers' market, the registered farmers' market operator may plead an affirmative defense of assumption of risk by the participant.
(b) Any limitation on legal liability afforded to a registered farmers' market operator by this act shall be in addition to any other limitation of legal liability otherwise provided by law.
(c) Nothing in this act shall prevent or limit the liability of a registered farmers' market operator if:
(1) The registered farmers' market operator injures the participant by intentional or willful misconduct; or
(2) the registered farmers' market operator has actual knowledge of a dangerous condition in the land, facilities or equipment used in the registered farmers' market activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in such activity and does not make such dangerous condition known to the participant and such dangerous condition causes the participant to sustain injuries or death.
History:
L. 2013, ch. 73, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3902 Same; advisory board, establishment, membership; criminal history record checks of individuals overseeing or regulating industrial hemp.

2-3902. Same; advisory board, establishment, membership; criminal history record checks of individuals overseeing or regulating industrial hemp.
(a) The Kansas department of agriculture shall, by the adoption of rules and regulations, establish an advisory board within the department to provide input and information regarding the regulation and development of industrial hemp in the state of Kansas and any programs proposed or operated by the department. Such board shall include a minimum of six members, including members that represent the following:
(1) The Kansas legislature;
(2) crop research;
(3) industrial hemp production or processing;
(4) law enforcement;
(5) seed certification; and
(6) the state entity designated to regulate hemp processors.
(b) The state advisory board shall meet at least annually. Members shall receive no compensation but shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(c) The secretary of agriculture may require, as a qualification for initial or continuing employment with the Kansas department of agriculture, all individuals overseeing or regulating industrial hemp to be fingerprinted and to submit to a state and national criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be used to identify the individual and to determine whether the individual has a record of criminal history in this state or any other jurisdiction. The department is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a state and national criminal history record check. The department may use the information obtained from fingerprinting and the criminal history record check for purposes of verifying the identification of the individual and for making an official determination of the qualifications for initial or continuing employment pursuant to this section and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Disclosure or use of any information received by the department for any purpose other than the purposes provided for in this section shall be a class A misdemeanor and shall constitute grounds for removal from office or termination of employment.
(2) An individual who has been convicted of a felony violation of article 57 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction, within the immediately preceding 10 years, shall be disqualified from initial or continuing employment under this section.
(3) The Kansas bureau of investigation may charge a reasonable fee for conducting a criminal history record check.
(4) The individual seeking initial or continuing employment under this section shall pay the costs of fingerprinting and the state and national criminal history record checks.
History:
L. 2018, ch. 62, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 37, § 8; L. 2022, ch. 69, § 24; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3903 Same; commercial industrial hemp act licensing fee fund.

2-3903. Same; commercial industrial hemp act licensing fee fund.
(a) The commercial industrial hemp act licensing fee fund shall be administered by the secretary of agriculture. All expenditures from the commercial industrial hemp act licensing fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee.
(b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 2-3907, and amendments thereto, licensing and renewal fees shall be established pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary under the commercial industrial hemp act. The amounts received for such fees shall be deposited in the state treasury in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, and shall be credited to the commercial industrial hemp act licensing fee fund.
History:
L. 2018, ch. 62, § 3; L. 2019, ch. 37, § 9; L. 2021, ch. 76, § 4; L. 2022, ch. 69, § 25; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3904 Research program licenses; application deadline extension for 2019 growing season.

2-3904. Research program licenses; application deadline extension for 2019 growing season.
The secretary of agriculture shall continue to accept any applications for licensure submitted under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-3902, and amendments thereto, for the 2019 growing season from March 1, 2019, through June 1, 2019.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 37, § 3; April 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3905 Commercial industrial hemp act; legislative intent.

2-3905. Commercial industrial hemp act; legislative intent.
(a) It is the intent of the legislature of the state of Kansas that the implementation of the commercial industrial hemp act by the Kansas department of agriculture shall be conducted in the least restrictive manner allowed under federal law.
(b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the commercial industrial hemp act, K.S.A. 2-3901 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 37, § 1; April 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3909 Disposal of waste by-products.

2-3909. Disposal of waste by-products.
(a) (1) All solid waste, as defined in K.S.A. 65-3402, and amendments thereto, and all hazardous waste, as defined in K.S.A. 65-3430, and amendments thereto, resulting from the cultivation, production or processing of industrial hemp under the commercial industrial hemp act shall be managed in accordance with all applicable solid and hazardous waste laws and regulations and the requirements of subsection (a)(2).
(2) (A) If any such waste can be used in the same manner as, or has the appearance of, a controlled substance, as defined in K.S.A. 65-4101, and amendments thereto, all such waste shall be rendered unusable and unrecognizable before the waste is transported or disposed.
(B) This requirement shall not apply to waste that is managed as a hazardous waste and sent to a hazardous waste facility, as defined in K.S.A. 65-3430, and amendments thereto.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "unusable and unrecognizable" means that such waste can not be used in the same manner as, and does not have the appearance of, a controlled substance, as defined in K.S.A. 65-4101, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any violation of this section shall be considered an unlawful act for the purposes of K.S.A. 65-3409, and amendments thereto.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the commercial industrial hemp act, K.S.A. 2-3901 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 37, § 6; April 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3910 Stop sale, use or removal order for violations of act.

2-3910. Stop sale, use or removal order for violations of act.
In addition to any other remedy that the state fire marshal may exercise pursuant to the Kansas fire prevention code, K.S.A. 31-132 et seq., and amendments thereto, the state fire marshal may issue a stop sale, use or removal order whenever the state fire marshal reasonably believes that hemp products are being produced, sold or distributed in violation of the commercial industrial hemp act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. No stop sale, use or removal order shall be valid for more than seven calendar days. No person who has been issued a stop sale, use or removal order shall process, sell, distribute, use or remove industrial hemp, hemp products or hemp waste until any such stop sale, use or removal order is revoked in writing by the state fire marshal.
History:
L. 2021, ch. 76, § 2; April 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › Article 39 - Industrial Hemp › 2-3912 Industrial hemp testing for non-licensed persons or governmental entities; fees; test results made available to the Kansas bureau of investigation upon request.

2-3912. Industrial hemp testing for non-licensed persons or governmental entities; fees; test results made available to the Kansas bureau of investigation upon request.
(a) The Kansas department of agriculture may provide industrial hemp testing services to non-licensed persons or governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, when such capacity is available and not required for testing industrial hemp produced by licensees subject to this act.
(b) The secretary may establish a fee schedule for any testing services by rules and regulations and shall remit all moneys received from fees collected under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the laboratory testing services fee fund.
(c) The results of any tests performed under this section shall be made available to the Kansas bureau of investigation upon request. The Kansas department of agriculture shall coordinate any testing services provided under this section with the Kansas bureau of investigation in order to provide excess testing capacity without displacing any services that may also be provided by the Kansas bureau of investigation.
(d) Nothing in this section shall limit the secretary's authority to refuse to provide testing services to any non-licensee.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the commercial industrial hemp act, K.S.A. 2-3901 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2022, ch. 69, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-113 Municipal airfields and airports; safety zones; issuance of bonds following election; tax levy, use of proceeds.

3-113.
Municipal airfields and airports; safety zones; issuance of bonds following election; tax levy, use of proceeds.
Whenever in the opinion of the governing body in any city in the state of Kansas, the public safety, service and welfare can be advanced thereby, such governing body of such city may acquire within or without the city limits, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and equip, improve, operate, maintain and regulate a municipal airport or a municipal field for aviation purposes, and in order to provide aerial safety zones for the landing and taking off of aircraft utilizing such airport or field, may acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, such servitudes or easements over surrounding lands as are necessary to provide safe and unobstructed approaches thereto, the expense thereof to be paid out of the general funds of the city or out of funds raised by the tax levy hereinafter authorized. Such airport or field may be used for the service of all aircraft and pilots desiring to use the same, subject, however, to such regulations not in conflict with state laws as may be imposed by ordinance of the city controlling the municipal airport or field.
For the purpose of purchase, lease, development and equipping municipal airports and fields for aviation purposes, and all things incidental thereto, the governing body of any city may issue bonds after an election as provided by law, or for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, equipping, improving, operating, maintaining and regulating the same may levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property in the city for such purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto. In time of war the governing body of any city having a population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) and less than sixty thousand (60,000) shall have the power to issue bonds without an election for the purpose of cooperating with the federal government or any of its agencies for the enlargement or improvement of its airport.
History: L. 1929, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1939, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 9, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 6, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 312, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 69, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 25; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-113a Certain cities of second class; maintenance of airport or airfield; tax levy, use of proceeds.

3-113a.
Certain cities of second class; maintenance of airport or airfield; tax levy, use of proceeds.
Any city of the second class having a population of not less than six thousand (6,000) nor more than fourteen thousand (14,000), is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property in such city for the purpose of acquiring, improving and maintaining any municipal airport or any municipal field for aviation purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 13, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 6, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 26; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-113b Bonds by certain cities of third class for purchasing, leasing, developing and equipping; election; debt limitations inapplicable; authority expires July 1, 1949.

3-113b.
Bonds by certain cities of third class for purchasing, leasing, developing and equipping; election; debt limitations inapplicable; authority expires July 1, 1949.
The governing body of any city of the third class having a population of not less than one thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, development and equipping municipal airports and fields for aviation purposes and for all things incidental thereto. Before any of such bonds shall be issued, the question of issuing same shall be submitted to the vote of the people at the next city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such an election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act. Such city is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and use the benefits of any federal or state aid, or both, in the purchasing, leasing, development and equipping of such airports and fields, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue. All authority to issue bonds under the provisions of this section shall expire and end on July 1, 1949.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 18, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-114 Regulation or control of airport in certain cities; bond issue; tax levy, amount.

3-114.
Regulation or control of airport in certain cities; bond issue; tax levy, amount.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in any city having a population of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) in which a board of park commissioners has been established pursuant to K.S.A. 13-1346, all powers, jurisdiction and control over municipal airports or municipal fields for aviation purposes otherwise vested in the governing body of such city shall be vested in such board of park commissioners. Such board of park commissioners is hereby authorized to issue, as provided by law, general bonds of the city for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, developing and equipping municipal airports and fields for aviation purposes. Such board of park commissioners is hereby further authorized to levy an annual tax not exceeding one-half (1/2) mill for the support, maintenance and operation of municipal airports or fields for aviation purposes.
(b) In any city in which an airport authority has been established pursuant to K.S.A. 3-162, all powers, jurisdiction and control over municipal airports or municipal fields for aviation purposes otherwise vested in the governing body or board of park commissioners of such city shall be vested in such airport authority. The governing body of the city by a two-thirds vote of the members thereof, is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the city for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, developing and equipping municipal airports and fields for aviation purposes. The governing body of the city by a two-thirds vote of the members thereof is hereby further authorized to levy an annual tax not exceeding one-half (1/2) mill for the support, maintenance and operation of municipal airports or fields for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 5, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 5, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-115 Rights and duties of cities.

3-115.
Rights and duties of cities.
All cities are hereby granted the same rights, privileges and immunities, and are charged with the same obligations, responsibilities and duties toward municipal airports and municipal fields for aviation purposes located outside of the limits of any city as now exist for any property now located within the limits of any city, including the right of eminent domain.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 5, § 3; March 16.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-116 Lease and use of airport.

3-116.
Lease and use of airport.
The governing body, park board or airport authority, as hereinafter provided, may lease, assign or sublease the whole or any part of any such airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, to one or more responsible persons, associations or corporations, jointly or severally, for any purpose directly or incidentally and necessarily required for the successful and proper operation of such property upon such terms as shall insure the impartial operation thereof, and rendition of services and conveniences thereon, on an equal basis to all users of said airport or municipal field for aviation purposes. When any such airport has been wholly or partially developed or improved from funds received from the federal government, or any agency thereof, the governing body, park board or airport authority of such city shall have the right, power and authority to enter into lease agreements, arrangements and contracts with the federal government, or any agency thereof, such as the defense plant corporation, war department, or United States navy, for the use of a portion of such airport or municipal field, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties to any such contract. Such lease agreement or contract may extend for a period not exceeding fifty (50) years from the effective date thereof.
The consideration for such agreement may be any sum upon which the parties may agree. Such contract may contain a provision permitting the assignment, conveyance, transfer or subleasing of the portions of such airport covered by such agreement, either in whole or in part, to any other person, firm, or corporation and may fix the terms and conditions under which such other person, firm, or corporation shall occupy and use such portion of the airport. Such leases, contracts, or other agreements shall, if occupancy or use be by other than the federal government or an agency thereof, provide for fair and reasonable compensation to be received by such city from such other person, firm or corporation.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 5, § 4; L. 1943, ch. 5, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 5, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-117 Police power extended.

3-117.
Police power extended.
The police power of all cities is hereby extended to all airports and municipal fields for aviation purposes, controlled or operated by any city outside of the city limits, and the governing body of all cities is hereby empowered to enact ordinances not in conflict with state laws affecting the use of said property, the conduct of persons thereon, and the navigation of aircraft over cities.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 5, § 5; March 16.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-118 Additional airports or fields in certain cities.

3-118.
Additional airports or fields in certain cities.
Any city now or hereafter operating a municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes pursuant to K.S.A. 3-114 may, whenever in the opinion of the board of park commissioners or airport authority of such city the public safety, service and welfare will be advanced thereby, acquire within or without the city limits, by purchase, lease or otherwise, and equip, improve, operate, maintain and regulate additional or supplemental municipal airports or municipal fields for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 11, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 5, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-119 Same; regulation.

3-119.
Same; regulation.
Such additional or supplemental airports shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the board of park commissioners or the airport authority, as is provided by K.S.A. 3-114, and such additional or supplemental airport or airports shall be governed by all of the laws of the state of Kansas relating to the equipping, improving, operating, maintaining and regulating of municipal airports or municipal fields for aviation purposes.
History: L. 1941, ch. 11, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 5, § 10; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-119a Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; definitions.

3-119a.
Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) "Municipality" shall be construed and held to mean county, city.
(b) "Municipal" means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined.
(c) "Governing body" shall be construed and held to mean board of county commissioners of any county, mayor and councilmen or board of commissioners of any city, and any other governing body or board of a municipality having authority under the laws of this state to create indebtedness against the municipality.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 12, § 1; April 16.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-120 Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; contracts.

3-120.
Joint ownership and operation by cities and counties; contracts.
Whenever in the opinion of the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, the public safety, service and welfare can be advanced thereby, such governing bodies may own and hold, as tenants in common, and may acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or otherwise lands for use as airports as herein provided, and may enter into contracts or agreements with each other, duly authorized by such governing bodies for their joint operation, control, maintenance, improvement and development, and by contracts authorized as aforesaid, agree upon the amount of general obligation bonds to be issued for the purposes in such contracts provided by each of the contracting municipalities, and the amount of tax levy to be made by each municipality, party to such contracts, if such general obligation bonds are to be issued or tax levies made.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-121 Same; use of general funds; general obligation bonds; protest petition and election; tax levies, use of proceeds.

3-121.
Same; use of general funds; general obligation bonds; protest petition and election; tax levies, use of proceeds.
Municipalities operating airports jointly may pay the expenses of purchasing or acquiring such airports from the general funds of such municipalities or may issue general obligation bonds, as authorized by law, but no such bonds shall be issued for the purchase or acquisition of airports as provided hereunder, by any municipality unless and until the question of issuing same shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of such municipality at any regular or special election and a majority of those voting on the proposition in such municipality shall have voted in favor of the issuance of said bonds. In addition, any such governing body may issue general obligation bonds of the county or city in an amount not to exceed $50,000 annually without an election, for the purpose of providing improvements on runways of any such airport. Any governing body proposing to issue such bonds shall publish a resolution to that effect in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or county, as applicable. Such resolution shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks. If, within 60 days following the final such publication, a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of such city or county, as applicable, is presented to the county election officer, no such bonds shall be issued until approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the next county or city general election following the presentation of the petition.
In lieu of issuing such bonds for the purchase or acquisition of an airport, the governing body of the municipality may levy an annual tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar on all the taxable tangible property in such municipality for not to exceed three years for the purpose of creating a special fund to be used to pay the expenses of purchasing or acquiring such airports or flying fields and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Any such governing bodies are hereby further authorized to levy an annual tax for the support, maintenance and operation of such airports and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county. Such support, maintenance and operation expenses shall be borne in the proportion agreed upon by the municipalities in case such airports are not leased.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 69, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 7, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 27; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 31; May 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-122 Same; leases.

3-122.
Same; leases.
Municipalities operating airports jointly may lease, assign or sublease the whole or any part of such airports to one or more responsible persons, associations or corporations, jointly or severally, for any purpose directly or incidentally and necessarily required for the successful and proper operation of such property upon such terms as shall insure the impartial operation thereof, and rendition of services and conveniences thereon, on an equal basis to all users of said airports.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-123 Same; rights and duties; eminent domain.

3-123.
Same; rights and duties; eminent domain.
Municipalities operating airports jointly are hereby granted the same rights, privileges and immunities, and are charged with the same obligations, responsibilities and duties toward such airports located outside of the municipal limits of any municipality as now exist for any property now located within the limits of any municipality, including the right of eminent domain.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 4; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-124 Same; police power extended.

3-124.
Same; police power extended.
The police power of all such municipalities so operating airports jointly is hereby extended to all airports controlled or operated by any municipality outside of the municipal limits, and the governing bodies of all such municipalities are hereby authorized and empowered to enact ordinances not in conflict with state laws affecting the use of said property, the conduct of persons thereon.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 5; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 6; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-125 Same; federal cooperation.

3-125.
Same; federal cooperation.
Municipalities operating airports jointly are hereby authorized to cooperate with the federal government, or any federal agency, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and to use such funds as may be available, or which may hereafter become available for the acquisition, operation and maintenance of such airports in such manner as will comply with the provisions of federal acts and to do all the things necessary to be done in order to comply therewith, or the rules and regulations thereunder.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 10, § 6; L. 1947, ch. 12, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 11, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-126 Transfer of control to board of public utilities in certain cities of more than 100,000 population; indebtedness.

3-126.
Transfer of control to board of public utilities in certain cities of more than 100,000 population; indebtedness.
Any city of the first class now having or hereafter acquiring a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants, now owning or hereafter acquiring a municipal water plant and a municipal light plant, which plants are now or hereafter operated, managed and controlled by a board of public utilities, as provided by K.S.A. 13-1220 to 13-1234a, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, which city now owns or hereafter may acquire a municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, is authorized to transfer the management, operation, control and maintenance of such municipal airport and fields for aviation purposes to its board of public utilities.
Upon the transfer by such city to its board of public utilities, the management, operation, control and maintenance of such municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, together with all funds in its hands acquired for airport purposes, the board of public utilities of such city shall assume and pay all outstanding obligations of such city incurred by the city for the purchase of said airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, and shall provide a sinking fund to pay all bonded obligations issued for the purchase, construction, development and maintenance of such municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, as they become due.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 1; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-127 Same; rates; employees; equipment; adjustment of water and light rates.

3-127.
Same; rates; employees; equipment; adjustment of water and light rates.
The board of public utilities of any such city shall have the exclusive control of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and shall fix the rates to be charged for the use of the municipal airport facilities and for the use of the municipal fields for aviation purposes. It shall have power to hire and discharge all employees, agents and officers of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes in such city and fix their compensation, purchase all machinery, tools and other appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the operation of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, and to pay for the same out of the earnings of the water and electric light plants not needed in the operation, management and control of the said water and light plants as designated for said purposes by the provisions of K.S.A. 13-1220 to 13-1234a, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto: Provided, That the board of public utilities may adjust its water and light rates, if it becomes necessary, in order to meet any deficiency in revenues required for the maintenance, operation, extension or improvement of such airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and to provide funds to retire any bonded obligations of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes as they become due.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 2; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-128 Same; franchises and property.

3-128.
Same; franchises and property.
The board of public utilities may, in the name of the city, take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, such franchises and real and personal property, either within or without the city as may be necessary for the carrying out of the operation of such municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 3; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-129 Same; duties of governing body; eminent domain.

3-129.
Same; duties of governing body; eminent domain.
It shall be the duty of the governing body of such city when requested by the board of public utilities to enact such ordinances or resolutions as may be necessary for the protection of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and to institute condemnation proceedings whenever in the judgment of the board of public utilities, private property should be taken in the name of the city for municipal airport purposes and to execute such leases as may be negotiated by the board of public utilities for the use and occupancy of the municipal airport facilities.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 4; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-130 Same; rules and regulations; claims and accounts; powers.

3-130.
Same; rules and regulations; claims and accounts; powers.
The board of public utilities may establish all reasonable rules and regulations to protect the property rights vested in the city and under control of the board of public utilities. The board of public utilities may issue vouchers or warrants in payment of all claims and accounts incurred by said board for said municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, which vouchers or warrants when approved by the board of public utilities shall be authority to the city treasurer, ex officio treasurer of the board of public utilities, to pay and charge the same against the proper funds. The board of public utilities shall have such other powers as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties in the management, operation and control of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 5; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-131 Same; duties of certain officers.

3-131.
Same; duties of certain officers.
The manager of production and distribution of the board of public utilities in such city and the manager of collections and accounts shall perform any additional duties assigned to them or either of them by the board of public utilities pertaining to the management, control and operation of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, and shall be governed in their duties pertaining thereto by the provisions of K.S.A. 13-1224 and 13-1225, as far as applicable.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 6; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-132 Same; bond elections.

3-132.
Same; bond elections.
When said board of public utilities shall find it necessary and expedient to have the city vote bonds for the construction, extension or improvement of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, it shall be the duty of the mayor of said city, within 30 days after receiving written request from said board of public utilities to issue a proclamation for holding an election to vote bonds in the amount requested by the board of public utilities according to law. If such bonds carry by a legal majority, the governing body of the city shall then issue such bonds in the amounts requested by the board of public utilities and deliver the proceeds thereof to the treasurer of the board of public utilities, provided that if bonds have been authorized by an election but not issued, such bonds may be issued at any subsequent time, at the request of the board of public utilities.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 7; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-133 Same; bond limitations; liens.

3-133.
Same; bond limitations; liens.
The amount of bonds which may be issued under the provisions of this act by the city shall not be in excess of 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the city, and bonds to such percentage may be issued. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be a direct lien upon said airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and payment thereof shall constitute a general obligation against the city at large.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 8; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-134 Same; federal cooperation.

3-134.
Same; federal cooperation.
The board of public utilities, in the management, control and operation of the airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes, may co-operate with the federal government in promoting all defense measures and, in so doing, may comply with any federal act applicable thereto and rules promulgated thereunder, and to use any funds that may be available for such purposes in such manner as will comply with the provisions of any such federal act, including any grant or grants of money therein provided, and to do all other acts and things necessary to be done in order to comply with the provisions of any such federal act and rules promulgated thereunder.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 9; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-135 Same; invalidity of part.

3-135.
Same; invalidity of part.
If any provision contained in this act shall for any reason be held invalid, it shall not affect the remainder of this act.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 12, § 10; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-139 Sale of airport near army or navy air base in second-class cities.

3-139.
Sale of airport near army or navy air base in second-class cities.
In any city of the second class in the state of Kansas, near which there is established an army or navy air base, where said city has acquired by purchase, without the city limits, a municipal airport or a municipal field for aviation purposes, and which is so near said army or navy air base as to make the use of said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes useless as an airport or field for aviation purposes, the governing body of said city may, by resolution, order the sale of said municipal airport and field for aviation purposes, and sell the same, as hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1943, ch. 7, § 1; March 13.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-140 Same; notice by publication; petition for election; notice of election.

3-140.
Same; notice by publication; petition for election; notice of election.
The sale of a municipal airport or field for aviation purposes shall be by public auction, for cash. Said sale shall be conducted by the city clerk of the city, after having published the resolution of the governing body ordering said sale once each week in the official city newspaper for three consecutive weeks, said sale to be held not less than forty days from the date of the first publication of said resolution: Provided, That if twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of any such city, based on the total vote cast for secretary of state at the last general election, shall, on or before thirty days from the first publication of said resolution, petition the governing body to submit to the electors of such city for their approval or rejection the question of selling said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, it shall be the duty of the governing body to forthwith submit to the qualified electors of such city such question of selling said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, for their approval or rejection.
When such petition is filed with the city clerk no signer thereon shall be permitted to withdraw his or her name therefrom. Fifteen days' notice of such election shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of said city, and such election shall be conducted in all respects as now provided for bond elections in such cities. In case a majority of the electors of such city voting at such election shall vote in favor of the sale of said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, the governing body shall continue with the sale thereof and sell the same; but if a majority of the electors voting at such election vote against the sale thereof, then said governing body shall not sell said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1943, ch. 7, § 2; March 13.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-141 Same; disposition of moneys.

3-141.
Same; disposition of moneys.
If the governing body of any city shall sell a municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes as herein provided, the proceeds from said sale shall be deposited in a special airport fund, and said city may use said proceeds from said sale at any time within five years from the date of said sale to purchase land for another municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes, but if another municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes is not purchased within said five years' time, then said proceeds from said sale shall be deposited in a sinking fund, to be used to retire any unretired airport or airfield bonds originally issued by said city, in such proportion or manner as the governing body shall by resolution direct. If there are no unretired airport or airfield bonds of said city, then said funds shall be placed in the general fund of said city.
History:
L. 1943, ch. 7, § 3; March 13.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-142 Sale of surplus real estate by two or more cities.

3-142.
Sale of surplus real estate by two or more cities.
Whenever any two or more cities have acquired by purchase, or otherwise, lands for use as airports or flying fields, and whenever, in the opinion of the governing bodies of said cities, certain parcels or tracts of such real estate are no longer needed or useful in the maintenance and operation of such airports or flying fields, said cities shall have the right to sell said surplus real estate. Before transferring and conveying said surplus real estate, or any part thereof, said governing bodies shall, by resolution, find and determine that such parcels or tracts of real estate are no longer needed or useful in the maintenance and operation of such airports or flying fields, and said cities shall sell the same, as hereinafter provided.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 16, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-143 Same; negotiations; bids; deeds.

3-143.
Same; negotiations; bids; deeds.
Before transferring and conveying said real estate, the governing bodies of said cities shall negotiate a sale or sales of such real estate, and no sale thereof shall be completed and conveyance made until:
(1) Said governing bodies shall have solicited sealed bids by public notice inserted once each week in the official city newspaper of said cities for three consecutive weeks, and such sale shall be to the highest responsible bidder after such notice, except that said governing bodies may reject any and all bids, and in any such case, new bids may be called for as in the first instance; and
(2) said bid has been accepted and resolutions accepting the same made a part of the records of said governing bodies. Thereupon, said cities by their respective mayors and city clerks are hereby authorized to make, execute and deliver a good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers thereof.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 16, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-144 Same; disposition of proceeds.

3-144.
Same; disposition of proceeds.
The proceeds from any sale or sales of surplus real estate conducted pursuant to provisions of K.S.A. 3-142 and 3-143, shall be deposited in the respective general or airport funds of said cities as their interests shall appear and as their respective governing bodies shall direct.
History: L. 1947, ch. 16, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 3 - Aircraft And Airfields › Article 1 - Municipal Airports And Fields › 3-144a Certain cities of the second class with two municipal airports.

3-144a.
Certain cities of the second class with two municipal airports.
This act shall apply to any city of the second class operating under the commission-manager form of government and having two municipal airports located outside its city limits, one of which was acquired from the federal government and the other as a municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes.
History:
L. 1958, ch. 1, § 1 (Special Session); May 8.