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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-514 Aid in enforcing laws; mobs; call for militia; forfeiture by person refusing to obey call.

13-514.
Aid in enforcing laws; mobs; call for militia; forfeiture by person refusing to obey call.
The mayor is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the city over eighteen and under fifty years of age to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances of the city, and in cases of necessity to call out the militia within the city to aid in the suppression of any riot or unlawful assembly or in the enforcement of any ordinance; and any person who shall not obey such call shall forfeit to the city a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, which shall be recovered in an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 78; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-514.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-515 Remission of fines and forfeitures; reprieves and pardons.

13-515.
Remission of fines and forfeitures; reprieves and pardons.
The mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city, by and with the consent of the council, and not otherwise.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 79; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-515.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-516 Duties and salary of attorney.

13-516.
Duties and salary of attorney.
The city attorney shall receive a salary which shall be fixed by ordinance. The city attorney shall attend all cases wherein the city is a party, in all courts; he or she shall draft all ordinances, contracts, agreements, etc.; he or she shall attend all meetings of the council, and shall be under the immediate control of the governing body.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 80; R.S. 1923, § 13-516; L. 1945, ch. 99, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-518 General duties of clerk; records and accounts; deputies, salaries.

13-518.
General duties of clerk; records and accounts; deputies, salaries.
The city clerk shall attend all meetings of the city council, keep a true record of its proceedings, and also keep a record of all official acts of the clerk, and, when necessary, shall attest them. The city clerk shall also keep and preserve them. The city clerk shall also keep and preserve in the city clerk's office the corporate seal of the city, all records, public papers and documents of the city not belonging to any other office. The city clerk shall be authorized to administer oaths; and the copies of all papers filed in the city clerk's office, and transcripts from the records of the proceedings of the council, including ordinances, duly certified by the city clerk under the corporate seal of the city, shall be taken as evidence in all courts of this state without further proof. The city clerk shall keep a correct account with the city and county of the financial affairs of the city treasurer, as may be provided by ordinance, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. Subject to K.S.A. 12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor may appoint one or more deputies, by and with the consent of the council; the salary of such deputy or deputies shall be fixed by ordinance.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 82; R.S. 1923, § 13-518; L. 1945, ch. 99, § 8; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-526a Bond of treasurer.

13-526a.
Bond of treasurer.
The city treasurer in cities of the first class shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give to the city a corporate surety bond with a surety company duly qualified under the insurance laws of this state, in such form and amount as may be required by the governing body, in a sum not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Such bond shall be conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the city treasurer, and that such city treasurer shall safely keep all public moneys entrusted to his or her care, and save such city free and harmless from all loss caused by neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Such bond shall be approved by the city attorney before acceptance and filed with the city clerk. The surety required by this section may be provided for by a blanket bond.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 86, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 5 - Executive Department; Powers And Duties Of Officers › 13-527 Appointive officers and employees; terms and salaries; vacancies.

13-527. Appointive officers and employees; terms and salaries; vacancies.
Subject to K.S.A. 12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, may appoint a city attorney, city prosecutor, city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge of the municipal court, city engineer, director of public works, chief of police, policemen, and such other officers and employees as they may deem necessary for the best interests of the city, but no such officer shall be appointed until such officer's term of office and salary shall have been fixed by ordinance; and all contracts of employment of auditors, accountants, engineers, attorneys, counselors and architects for any special purpose shall be authorized by ordinance.
The term of all such officers shall be provided by ordinance. In case of an appointment to fill a vacancy such appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which the officer's predecessor was appointed.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 90; L. 1909, ch. 70, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 196, § 8; R.S. 1923, § 13-527; L. 1935, ch. 105, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 129, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 6 - Police Department And Municipal Court › 13-628a Municipal judges in certain cities.

13-628a.
Municipal judges in certain cities.
In all cities of the first class which have a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, and which shall have the city-manager plan of government at the effective date of this act, the court shall be designated the municipal court, and the judge of the municipal court shall be appointed by the judges of the district court of the district in which said city is located in each odd-numbered year, commencing in 1929, to take office on the third Tuesday in April in such year, or as soon thereafter as appointed, and hold the same until a successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified and said judge shall be designated judge of division No. 1: Provided, That the judges of the district court of the district in which such city is located shall appoint two additional judges to said municipal court, to take office commencing on the third Tuesday in April, 1967, and until their successors are appointed and qualified in each odd-numbered year thereafter, said judges to be designated judges of division No. 2 and division No. 3 respectively. Said municipal judges so appointed shall have concurrent jurisdiction in said municipal court with the judge of division No. 1 over all traffic and criminal violations in the city and all said judges are authorized to direct the police department of the city to issue all notices of traffic violations in duplicate and to require the duplicate notice of such violation to be filed with the clerk of said court.
The said judges, in exercising jurisdiction over traffic violations, shall record or cause to be recorded on the copy of the notice filed with said clerk, the disposition of each traffic violation. The provisions of K.S.A. 13-628b to 13-628h, both sections inclusive, and amendments thereto, relating to qualifications, powers, duties, bonds, vacancies, salaries and judges pro tem, shall apply to all of the judges of the municipal court in said city: Provided, That only one clerk shall be appointed by said court, said clerk to be appointed by the judge of division No. 1: Provided further, The judges of the district court of the district in which such city is located shall designate no more than two divisions of said municipal court to try and otherwise process traffic violations.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 103, § 1; May 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 6 - Police Department And Municipal Court › 13-628d Same; clerk appointed by municipal judge.

13-628d.
Same; clerk appointed by municipal judge.
The municipal judge of division No. 1 shall appoint a clerk, who shall hold office at the pleasure of said judge. The clerk, under the direction of said judge, shall have authority to make out, sign and issue all processes of said court, administer oaths required in proceedings before it, file and carefully preserve all papers in cases pending in said court, docket cases and set the same for trial, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be required by law, or by the rules of the court or directions of the judge thereof, or such as may be necessary and proper for the convenience of the court or judge thereof.
History: L. 1929, ch. 124, § 4; L. 1967, ch. 103, § 4; May 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 6 - Police Department And Municipal Court › 13-628l Municipal judges in certain cities; appointment by district court judges.

13-628l.
Municipal judges in certain cities; appointment by district court judges.
In all cities of the first class located in counties having a population of more than sixty thousand (60,000) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), the judge of the municipal court shall be appointed by the judges of the district court of the district in which said city is located in each odd-numbered year, commencing in 1971, to take office on the third Tuesday in April in such year, or as soon thereafter as appointed and hold the same until his or her successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.
History:
L. 1971, ch. 55, § 1; April 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 9 - Assessment And Taxation › 13-905 Special assessments; relevy.

13-905.
Special assessments; relevy.
In case the governing body of any city shall have heretofore levied or shall hereafter levy any special assessment for any public improvement in said city, which special assessments are or may be informal, illegal, irregular, or void for the want of sufficient authority to make or levy the same, or for any cause whatsoever, the governing body of such city may at any time relevy any such special assessment in the manner provided, and against the property liable for assessment for such improvement at the time of the making thereof: Provided, That in all cases where informal, illegal, irregular or void special assessments levied for any improvement against any lot or piece of land shall have been paid, in whole or in part, such lot or piece of land shall not be reassessed for the assessment or the part thereof so paid.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 129; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-905.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 9 - Assessment And Taxation › 13-906 Same; limitation of actions.

13-906.
Same; limitation of actions.
No suit nor action of any kind shall be maintained in any court to set aside or in any way contest or enjoin the levy of any special assessment for constructing or repairing any sidewalk, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement after the expiration of thirty days from the time the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable for such assessment is ascertained.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 130; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-906.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1008d Sidewalks in cities of 60,000 population or more; special assessments.

13-1008d.
Sidewalks in cities of 60,000 population or more; special assessments.
Any city of the first class having a population of not less than sixty thousand (60,000) is authorized to construct sidewalks within the city and to levy special assessments therefor upon the owners of lots and tracts abutting thereon.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 111, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1008e Same; petition; resolution.

13-1008e.
Same; petition; resolution.
Whenever a petition signed by persons owning not less than fifty percent (50%) of the real estate abutting the proposed sidewalk construction praying for the construction of a sidewalk or sidewalks in the area proposed, is filed with the city clerk, the governing body may, in its discretion, by resolution, order such sidewalk or sidewalks constructed.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 111, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1008f Same; how cost assessed.

13-1008f.
Same; how cost assessed.
The cost of all sidewalks constructed under the provisions of this act shall be assessed to the property abutting on such sidewalks.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 111, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1008g Same; payment in full by property owner; notice; bond issue.

13-1008g.
Same; payment in full by property owner; notice; bond issue.
When a sidewalk or sidewalks has or have been constructed and where special assessments must be levied for the expense thereof, the governing body shall, as soon as the cost is ascertained, levy an assessment against the lots or pieces of land chargeable therefor, by ordinance, and the property owner shall have thirty (30) days after the publication of the ordinance within which to make full payment of the assessment. The city clerk shall mail a notice not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the end of the thirty (30) days to the owner of the property as shown on the records of the office of the register of deeds, but failure of the owner to receive notice shall not affect the validity of the assessment. The governing body of said city may issue bonds in the manner provided in the general bond law to finance the unpaid balance of any such special assessments.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 111, § 4; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1008h Same; how assessment levied; temporary notes.

13-1008h.
Same; how assessment levied; temporary notes.
The assessment for construction of such sidewalks shall be levied as provided for in K.S.A. 12-1811, 12-1812 and 12-1814, and any amendments thereto: Provided, That temporary notes may be issued during the construction of such sidewalks and before the issuance of sidewalks bonds.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 111, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1010 Connecting street with paved road; assessments.

13-1010.
Connecting street with paved road; assessments.
The governing body of any city of the first class may by resolution when it may be deemed necessary, curb, gutter, pave, macadamize or grade any street to a distance of one half of a mile so as to connect that portion of the street already improved with a road outside the city which has been macadamized, and levy special assessments to pay for same, without regard to any protest that may be filed by parties affected thereby.
History: L. 1917, ch. 96, § 1; February 20; R.S. 1923, § 13-1010.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1011f Improvement of streets abutting school grounds; bonds.

13-1011f.
Improvement of streets abutting school grounds; bonds.
Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of any city of the first class the pavement of any street, avenue or boulevard abutting on any school grounds or the board of education of such city is too narrow it may by ordinance provide for the removing of the curb and gutter, if any exist, and the grading and paving of such additional width on the side of the pavement next to the school grounds as it may prescribe, and the construction of new curb and gutter is deemed necessary, and the making of such incidental improvement as may be necessary. Bonds payable by the city at large, shall be issued to pay the cost of such improvements.
History:
L. 1953, ch. 103, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1014 Right-of-way for sewerage.

13-1014.
Right-of-way for sewerage.
The governing body may construct flushing-ditches or conduits, discharging-sewers or outlets for sewers, and connect the same with any creek or river at any point within five miles of the corporate limits of the city, and for this purpose the right of eminent domain is hereby granted.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 150; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-1014.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1015 Condemnation of right-of-way.

13-1015.
Condemnation of right-of-way.
Whenever the governing body shall determine to lay off and condemn a right of way from the corporate limits to a point on such creek or river and to connect sewers therewith, as aforesaid, the governing body may proceed to condemn the same as provided by law.
History: R.S. 1923, § 13-1015; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1016 Consent to acquisition of way; cost of condemnation.

13-1016.
Consent to acquisition of way; cost of condemnation.
Any person through whose lands such flushing-ditch or conduit, discharging-sewer or outlet may be constructed, or who would be otherwise damaged, may give consent thereto in writing, and such writing, with formal acknowledgment, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, and thenceforth the city shall have the same right to construct and maintain such flushing-ditch or conduit, discharging-sewer or outlet as though such lands and right-of-way had been formally condemned. All costs and expenses occasioned by such condemnation for and the construction of such flushing-ditch or conduit, discharging-sewer or outlet beyond the city limits shall be assessed against the lots and pieces of land in the district or districts for which the same was constructed: Provided, That no sewer be permitted to empty into any stream from which a water supply is obtained within three miles above the point where said water supply is obtained.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 152; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-1016.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1017 Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.

13-1017.
Estimate of cost of improvements; contracts; bids; bond issue, when.
Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of any sidewalk, curb, gutter, bridge, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement of any street, highway, public grounds or public building or facility, or any other kind of public improvement in any city of the first class is commenced or ordered by the governing body, or under its authority, a detailed estimate of the cost of the improvements shall be made under oath by the city engineer (or some other competent person, appointed for such purposes by the governing body). Such estimate shall be submitted to the governing body for its action thereon. In all cases where the estimated cost of the contemplated building, facility or other improvement amounts to more than $2,000, sealed proposals for the improvement shall be invited by advertisement, published by the city clerk once in the official city paper. The governing body shall let all such work by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, if there is any whose bid does not exceed the estimate.
If no responsible person proposes to enter into the contract at a price not exceeding the estimated cost, all bids shall be rejected and the same proceedings as before repeated, until some responsible person by sealed proposal offers to contract for the work at a price not exceeding the estimated cost. If no responsible bid is received within the estimate, the governing body shall have power to make the improvement within the estimated cost thereof, and shall further have the power to purchase the necessary tools, machinery, apparatus and materials; employ the necessary labor; and construct the necessary plant or plants for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. In no case shall the city be liable for anything beyond the estimated cost or the original contract price for doing such work or making such improvements.
Before any type of public improvements is commenced, the money to pay for the same must be available in the city treasury as provided by law or provision may be made for the issuance of internal improvement bonds to pay for any such improvement as provided by law. This section shall not be construed to include any repair or maintenance work not amounting to substantial alteration, addition or change in any structure, street or facility. "Public improvement" as used herein shall not include the making of repairs or the maintenance of any building, street, sidewalk or other public facility in such cities by employees of such cities or the making of any expenditures from the city budget for such purposes.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 153; L. 1909, ch. 68, § 1; L. 1913, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1017; L. 1953, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 35; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018f Cities of 95,000 population or more; system of sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.

13-1018f.
Cities of 95,000 population or more; system of sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.
The governing body of any city of the first class having a population of 95,000 or more in this state shall have the power to provide for one or more systems of disposal works, or additions to systems already built, for the purification of the sewage of the city or any part thereof or draining into the sewage system of the city, and to build, operate and maintain such disposal works as the governing body may designate.
The cost and expense of building the same shall be borne by the city as a whole, and may be paid out of the general revenue fund; or if the governing body so determine, improvement bonds of the city may be issued therefor and the proceeds from the sale of such bonds to be used in paying for the same, including engineering expense prior to construction, for which bonds may be issued if the governing body so determine, as hereinafter provided. Sewage-disposal works as used herein includes sewage-disposal plant, necessary sewers and drains from existing outlets to the plant and from the plant to a creek, ravine or river where sewage may be drained, necessary pumping plants, force mains, and all appurtenances necessary to construct a complete disposal works for the disposal of sewage.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 123, § 1; March 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018g Same; duties and authority of governing body.

13-1018g.
Same; duties and authority of governing body.
The governing body of any such city may construct sewage-disposal works within the city limits of any city or within five miles of the city limits of any such city, and such governing body shall have the power and authority to construct and maintain sewers and drains, pumps and other appurtenances thereof, from the corporate limits of said city to any creek, ravine or river within five miles thereof; and shall have the power and authority to construct and maintain sewers, drains, pumps and other appurtenances thereto from any sewage-disposal plant to connect with any creek, ravine or river within five miles of such disposal plant.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 123, § 2; March 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018h Same; right to acquire land.

13-1018h.
Same; right to acquire land.
The governing body of any such city shall have the power to condemn or acquire by purchase lands for the construction of sewage-disposal plants and lands or any easements therein or rights-of-way necessary for the construction and maintenance of sewers, drains, pumps and other appurtenances provided herein: Provided, Any person, through whose lands such sewers or drains may be constructed or upon whose lands such disposal works may be built, or who would otherwise be damaged, may give consent thereto in writing, and such writing, without formal acknowledgment, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county and thenceforth the city shall have the same right to construct such works as though such lands had been formally condemned.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 123, § 3; March 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018i Cities of 95,000 population or more; sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.

13-1018i.
Cities of 95,000 population or more; sewage-disposal works; cost; bonds.
All the cost and expenses of construction of any such disposal works, including the purchase or condemnation of land therefor and including the purchase or condemnation of land for the construction of sewers, drains, pumps and other appurtenances within or without the city used in connection with such disposal works, including engineering expense prior to construction and costs of a special election, if held, for which bonds may be issued if the governing body determine, as hereinafter provided, shall be borne by the city as a whole and paid out of the general revenue fund or by the issuance of internal improvement bonds. Such bonds shall be issued as provided by law, and shall not be issued in excess of the amount of the improvement. The bonds issued under this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of the bonded indebtedness of the city issuing such bonds.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 123, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 57; May 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018k Same; invalidity of part.

13-1018k.
Same; invalidity of part.
If any part or parts of this act are held to be unconstitutional, the remaining part or parts thereof shall not be affected thereby.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 123, § 6; March 7.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1018l Cities of more than 120,000 population; sewers on publicly owned ground; bonds; limitations.

13-1018l.
Cities of more than 120,000 population; sewers on publicly owned ground; bonds; limitations.
Whenever it shall be made to appear by the passage of a resolution finding and declaring it necessary so to do that public property belonging to any city having a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000), be provided with sewers, such city is hereby authorized to build such sewers as they find to be necessary and to issue the general-improvement bonds of such city and to sell the same to provide the funds to pay for the construction of such sewers: Provided, That the amount of bonds that may be issued in any one year for such purpose shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000): And provided further, That such sewers may be built separate from, or in connection with, or connected to, the general sewer system of said city.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 122, § 11; L. 1953, ch. 82, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1023 For what purposes private property may be purchased or condemned.

13-1023.
For what purposes private property may be purchased or condemned.
Private property may be purchased or condemned for streets, alleys, levees, market houses, market places, depot grounds, bridges or approaches thereto, public buildings, sewers, to acquire stone quarries or other material for the improvement of the streets and alleys, or other public improvements, and for public parks within or without the city, as may be hereafter needed or required for the use of the city.
History:
L. 1903, ch. 122, § 161; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-1023.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1024a General improvements and land therefor; borrowing money and bond issues; when election required.

13-1024a.
General improvements and land therefor; borrowing money and bond issues; when election required.
For the purpose of paying for any bridge, viaduct, public building, including the land necessary therefor, for lands for public parks and developing the same, within or without the city, for the establishment and construction of crematories, desiccating or reduction works, including the land necessary therefor, within or without the city, or for the improvement, repair or extension of any waterworks, sewage disposal plant, electric light plant, crematory, desiccating or reduction works or other public utility plant owned by the city, and for the purpose of rebuilding, adding to or extending to the same from time to time, as the necessities of the city may require, the city may borrow money and issue its bonds for the same: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued for such purposes unless the same were authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election held for that purpose: Provided further, That any city of the first class may issue the bonds of such city for the purpose of paying for any of the improvements mentioned in this section and the land necessary therefor without such bonds having been authorized by a vote of the people, but the total amount of bonds issued for such purposes shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any one year: Provided further, That any city of the first class having a population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) and less than thirty thousand (30,000) may in the year 1968, issue bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) for the purpose of paying for any of the improvements mentioned in this section and the land necessary therefor without such bonds having been authorized by a vote of the people.
History: L. 1955, ch. 90, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 137, § 1; March 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1024b Same; construction of bridge or viaduct within or without city; agreements with other bodies; acquisition of land; bonds; election, when; tax levies; payment of county's share.

13-1024b.
Same; construction of bridge or viaduct within or without city; agreements with other bodies; acquisition of land; bonds; election, when; tax levies; payment of county's share.
Any city may construct any bridge or viaduct within the city or without such city but not in excess of one mile therefrom; any such bridge or viaduct may be built in conjunction with the county in which such city is located; such city and county are hereby authorized to enter into agreement for the construction of such bridge or viaduct either between themselves, with any agency of the federal government, with the state or any agency thereof, or with any person or corporation whatsoever; such an agreement may provide for the division of the costs of construction, operation and maintenance of such bridge or viaduct, for the manner of obtaining engineering and bids, and all other matters relating thereto in the public interest; such city may acquire the necessary land for such building by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise and if said land is acquired by eminent domain, the procedure provided by article 2 of chapter 26 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto, shall be followed by the city and the title acquired by such city shall be fee simple absolute; such city is authorized to issue general improvement bonds of the city to pay for all or part of the cost of constructing such bridge or viaduct and acquiring the land necessary therefor; such county is authorized to issue general improvement bonds of such county to pay for all or part of the cost of constructing such bridge or viaduct: Provided, That no such bonds shall be issued by such city or county except as authorized by K.S.A. 13-1024a until the same have been authorized by a majority vote of the electors of such city or county: Provided further, That such city and county shall levy taxes to pay the principal and interest of such bonds, and none of the restrictions or limitations respecting the amount of city or county indebtedness contained in any of the statutes of the state of Kansas shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of bonds authorized by this section, nor shall the amount of such bonds be counted in computing the indebtedness of such county or city: Provided further, That for the purposes named herein the county may pay its agreed share of the total cost of any project from the special bridge fund provided for in K.S.A. 68-1135 and 68-1136.
History:
L. 1955, ch. 90, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1024c Cities of over 200,000 population; issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitation.

13-1024c.
Cities of over 200,000 population; issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitation.
The governing body of any city of the first class having a population of over two hundred thousand (200,000) is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the city without an election for the purpose of paying for the construction, purchase or improvement of any public improvement, including the land necessary therefor, and for the purpose of rebuilding, adding to or extending the same as the necessities of the city may require, and for the purpose of paying for mobile radio equipment, library bookmobiles and equipment therefor: Provided, That the total amount of bonds issued for such purposes in any one year shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). Such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. The provisions of this act are supplemental to all other statutes relating to such improvements and, subject to the limitations hereof, shall not be construed to prevent the city from using other available statutes.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 85, § 1; May 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1026 Bridges or viaducts in cities of over 60,000 population; bonds.

13-1026.
Bridges or viaducts in cities of over 60,000 population; bonds.
In any city of the first class having a population in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) owning or having under its care and control any bridges or viaducts that are to be maintained at the expense of the city at large, in order that said bridges or viaducts may be maintained and kept in a safe, usable condition, or when necessary be replaced, said city may from time to time, whenever the governing body shall pass an ordinance declaring it necessary, issue internal-improvement bonds in payment of any such replacement or repairs thereon, which bonds shall be a lien on the city at large.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 13-1026; L. 1945, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 97, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1029 Sewer districts for pumping stations and sewers; assessments and bonds.

13-1029.
Sewer districts for pumping stations and sewers; assessments and bonds.
Cities of the first class may create districts for the purpose of constructing and maintaining pumping stations and main and intercepting sewers, and in creating such districts may include therein the whole or any part of any two or more sewer districts then or theretofore established. The lands which will be especially benefited by the proposed pumping station and sewer or either of them shall constitute such districts, and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined by ordinance. The lots and tracts of land situated in such sewer district shall, regardless of assessments for any pumping station or pumping stations and sewer or sewers theretofore levied thereon, be liable to special assessments for the cost of such pumping stations and sewers, including the cost of acquiring, by condemnation or purchase, lands or any easement or right therein deemed necessary by the governing body for the construction or maintenance of such pumping stations and sewers.
The cost and expense of constructing such sewers and procuring rights of way shall be assessed against the lots or pieces of land contained in the district in which the same are situated, and the special assessment shall be levied by the city and certified by the city clerk to the county clerk, to be placed on the tax rolls for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other taxes. Such city may join with any person, company or corporation owning property adjacent to or adjoining such city, but not within the city, in the construction of such pumping stations and main and intercepting sewers and in acquiring rights of way therefor on such terms and conditions as may be determined on by the governing body of such city. Negotiable bonds may be issued to pay for such pumping stations and sewers, including the cost of lands or any easement or right therein acquired by condemnation or purchase, in the manner provided by law.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 13-1029; L. 1955, ch. 91, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1030 Same; condemnation, bonds and assessments for sewer right of way.

13-1030.
Same; condemnation, bonds and assessments for sewer right of way.
Cities of the first class shall have the power to condemn or acquire by purchase, lands, or any easement therein, or right of way through the same, necessary for the construction and maintenance of sewers. When the governing body shall deem it necessary to appropriate by condemnation proceedings, any lands or any easement or right therein for the construction or maintenance of any sewer, within or without the limits of such city, they shall proceed as provided by law. Bonds may be issued and special assessments levied for the cost of acquiring lands or a right of way for a sewer, either separately or as a part of the cost of constructing such sewer, as may be found proper or necessary.
History: R.S. 1923, § 13-1030; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1038 Street improvements; resolution; bonds.

13-1038.
Street improvements; resolution; bonds.
Whenever, in the judgment of the governing body of any city of the first class in the state of Kansas, it becomes expedient and a public necessity to recurb, regutter, resurface or repave or repair any street or alley or any portion thereof in said city, the governing body of said city may, by resolution, so declare the necessity for and cause said improvement to be made regardless of protest or remonstrance, as herein provided.
All proceedings relating to such improvements and to the assessment of benefits for the payment of the costs thereof and for the issuance of bonds shall be the same as provided by law in case of pavement regardless of protest in the first instance, except as otherwise herein provided: And provided further, That no street or alley or any portion thereof shall be recurbed, reguttered, resurfaced or repaved, under the provisions of this act until at least ten (10) years have elapsed subsequent to the date of the completion of such original improvement.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 118, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 13-1038; L. 1941, ch. 126, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1039 Same; making of such improvements.

13-1039.
Same; making of such improvements.
After the resolution has been passed and published the city may then proceed to improve said street or alley in the manner herein authorized as if an original improvement.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 118, § 3; March 1; R.S. 1923, § 13-1039.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1040 Same; costs; assessments; bonds of cities between 15,000 and 110,000 population.

13-1040.
Same; costs; assessments; bonds of cities between 15,000 and 110,000 population.
The city at large shall pay one-third of the entire cost of the improvements above authorized and the property liable to special assessment for similar improvement in the first instance shall pay two-thirds of the cost of said recurbing, reguttering, resurfacing or repaving, and the same shall be assessed against the benefit district and apportioned among the various lots, tracts, pieces and parcels of land within the benefit district in the same manner as is provided for the construction of similar improvements in the first instance: Provided, That in cities having a population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000) the city at large may pay the entire cost of resurfacing of any such streets and issue bonds in payment of the cost thereof in the same manner as provided for paying the cost of paving assessed to the city at large.
The city at large shall pay the entire cost of the repairing of any such streets and bonds may be issued for the cost of such repairs in the same manner as bonds are issued to pay the cost of paving assessed to the city at large. All ordinances, notices, bonds and special meetings to hear complaints, assessments, spreading and collecting taxes, and proceedings shall be the same as for similar improvements in the first instance.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 118, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 13-1040; L. 1941, ch. 126, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 136, § 2; April 8.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1042 Reimprovement of streets in cities of over 95,000 population.

13-1042.
Reimprovement of streets in cities of over 95,000 population.
Whenever any street, boulevard or alley in any city of the first class having a population of over 95,000 shall have been graded, guttered, curbed, paved or macadamized, the governing body may, when it deems it necessary, by resolution find that the pavement, guttering, curbing or macadamizing is useless; and it may recurb, repave or remacadamize any such street, boulevard or alley: Provided, Said street, boulevard or alley has been paved for a period of ten years; and said repaving, recurbing or remacadamizing may be done by resolution and the cost thereof taxed against the property, as is now provided by law.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 122, § 1; May 25; R.S. 1923, § 13-1042.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1055a Sanitary interceptor or main storm sewers or drains in first-class cities; expenses and plans for construction; bids.

13-1055a.
Sanitary interceptor or main storm sewers or drains in first-class cities; expenses and plans for construction; bids.
Whenever the governing body of any city of the first class shall determine that it is necessary to build and construct one or more main sanitary interceptor sewers or one or more main storm water sewers or drains for the purpose of carrying off storm water from the streets, avenues and alleys of such city, it may by ordinance order and provide for such main sewers or drains to be constructed within the corporate limits of such city or outside of but within five (5) miles of such corporate limits and in such ordinance shall designate where such main sewers or drains shall commence and outline the same to the point or points of outlet or escape. The governing body of such city shall be the sole judge of whether any sanitary sewer is a main sanitary interceptor sewer or any storm water sewer or drain is a main storm water sewer or drain for the purposes of this act. The building and construction of main sewers or drains shall be at the expense of the city at large and shall be upon plans and specifications of the city engineer or engineers employed by the city, and may be built by the city or let to the lowest responsible bidder, as the governing body shall deem best.
History: L. 1951, ch. 173, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 348, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 96, § 1; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1055b Same; bonds; limitations; retirement.

13-1055b.
Same; bonds; limitations; retirement.
For the purpose of paying for any main sanitary interceptor sewers or one or more main storm water sewers or drains ordered constructed under this act, the governing body may issue general obligation bonds of the city. Such bonds shall be issued, registered, sold and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and may be issued without a vote of the electors. Bonds issued under the authority of this act shall be in addition to and not subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other law of this state. Bonds issued to pay the cost of main sanitary interceptor sewers may be retired from funds received from sewage service charges.
History: L. 1951, ch. 173, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 348, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 96, § 2; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1056 Cities of 25,000 population or more; floodgates in sewers; intercepting sewers; pumping plants.

13-1056.
Cities of 25,000 population or more; floodgates in sewers; intercepting sewers; pumping plants.
The governing body of cities of the first class having a population of 25,000 or more shall have power to build floodgates in sewers that empty through dikes built by the city for the purpose of preventing water in flood time from flooding portions of the city protected by such dikes; and to build intercepting sewers for the purpose of conducting the sewage to a central point during flood time, and to erect a pumping plant for the purpose of forcing such sewage over the dike to its usual destination.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 94, § 1; March 10; R.S. 1923, § 13-1056.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1057 Same; bonds; limitation.

13-1057.
Same; bonds; limitation.
For the purpose of paying for the building of such floodgates, intercepting sewers and pumping plants authorized by this act, the governing body of cities of the first class may issue bonds without regard to other indebtedness of the city, in an amount not to exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, and sell and dispose of the same. The credit of the city issuing such bonds shall be pledged for the payment thereof.
History: R.S. 1923, § 13-1057; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 13 - Cities Of The First Class › Article 10 - Public Improvements › 13-1057b Cities of less than 11,500 and cities between 17,500 and 25,000 population; storm sewers or drains.

13-1057b.
Cities of less than 11,500 and cities between 17,500 and 25,000 population; storm sewers or drains.
Whenever the governing body of any city of the first class having a population of less than 11,500, or any city of the first class having a population of more than 17,500 and less than 25,000, shall determine that it is necessary to build and construct a storm sewer or drain or sewers or drains for the purpose of carrying off storm water from the streets, avenues and alleys of such city, it may by ordinance order and provide for such storm sewer or drain or sewers or drains to be constructed, and it shall in such ordinance designate where such storm sewer or drain or sewers or drains shall commence and outline the same to the point or points of outlet or escape.
History:
L. 1949, ch. 159, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 93, § 1; March 14.