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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631r Storm sewers; construction of improvements outside boundaries of municipality.

12-631r.
Storm sewers; construction of improvements outside boundaries of municipality.
(a) Whenever the governing body of any city determines it is necessary to construct storm sewers, channels, retention basins or drains for the purpose of managing the storm drainage areas of all or any portion of such city and in the unincorporated areas outside of but within three miles of the corporate limits of such city, the governing body may authorize the construction of such storm sewers, channels, retention basins or drains. Such construction shall be authorized by ordinance. Such ordinance shall designate where such storm sewers, channels, retention basins or drains shall be located. Construction of such improvements located outside the corporate limits of a city shall not commence unless such construction is approved by a resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners of the county in which such improvements are to be located.
(b) Whenever the governing body of any city determines it is necessary to construct storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains for the purpose of managing the storm drainage areas of all or any portion of which are located within another city, the governing body may authorize construction of such storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains. Such construction shall be authorized by ordinance. Such ordinance shall designate where such storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains shall be located. Construction of improvements located within the corporate limits of another city shall not commence unless such construction is approved by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the city in which such improvements are to be located.
(c) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county determines it is necessary to construct storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains for the purpose of managing the storm drainage areas of all or any portion of such county, the board may authorize construction of such storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains. Such construction shall be authorized by resolution. Such resolution shall designate where such storm sewers, retention basins, channels or drains shall be located. Construction of improvements located within the corporate limits of a city shall not commence unless such construction is approved by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the city in which such improvements are to be located.
History:
L. 1911, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 106, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-522; L. 1975, ch. 91, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 13, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631s Same; determination of necessity.

12-631s.
Same; determination of necessity.
For the purpose of constructing improvements authorized by K.S.A. 12-631r, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county constructing such improvements shall be the sole judge of the necessity for such improvements and the issuance of general obligation bonds in payment therefor.
History:
L. 1911, ch. 103, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 14-525; L. 1975, ch. 91, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 13, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631t Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds.

12-631t.
Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; bonds.
The governing body of any city shall have the power to provide for one or more systems of disposal works for the purification of the sewage of the city or any part thereof, 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 either be paid out of the general revenue fund or by the issuance of general obligation bonds. No such bonds shall be issued in a sum exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in any one year. Sewage disposal works as used herein includes any necessary sewage disposal plant, sewers and drains from existing outlets to the plant and from the plant to a creek, ravine or river where sewage may be drained, pumping plants, force mains, and all appurtenances necessary to construct a complete disposal works for the disposal of sewage.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 126, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 133, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 88, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 89, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631u Same; within or without the city.

12-631u.
Same; within or without the city.
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 the 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. 1927, ch. 126, § 2; March 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631v Same; condemn or purchase lands; consent.

12-631v.
Same; condemn or purchase lands; consent.
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 be otherwise 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 have been formally condemned.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 126, § 3; March 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631w Sewage disposal works; cost paid by city; bonds.

12-631w.
Sewage disposal works; cost paid by city; bonds.
All the costs and expenses occasioned by the 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, 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, except that any installment coupons shall include the interest on such installments to the maturity thereof. 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. 1927, ch. 126, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 43; May 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-631x Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; payment of bonds; tax levy, use of proceeds.

12-631x.
Construction and costs of sewage disposal works; payment of bonds; tax levy, use of proceeds.
The governing body of such city shall provide for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and payable by the levy of a general tax on all taxable property in such city. And the governing body of any such city is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax on all taxable, tangible property in such city to be used for the purpose of maintaining and operating sewage-disposal works 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. The revenue derived from such tax, except for an amount 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, shall be kept in a separate fund by the city treasurer and shall be used for no other purpose.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 126, § 5; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 32; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-635 Authorization of improvements within or without city limits; eminent domain; federal cooperation; agreements with watershed or drainage districts.

12-635.
Authorization of improvements within or without city limits; eminent domain; federal cooperation; agreements with watershed or drainage districts.
The governing body of any city of the state of Kansas in, near or through which flows a natural watercourse, the overflow from which, in the event of high water, is liable to cause injury to any bridge, street, alley or public or private property may, in order to prevent said injury, acquire by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, and amendments thereto, gift or purchase, within said city limits or within ten (10) miles therefrom, the land and easements necessary: (a) To construct drains, canals and artificial watercourses, (b) to widen and straighten existing drains and watercourses, (c) to construct the necessary levees and embankments, (d) to change and raise the grade of streets and alleys and the approaches to bridges, and raise said bridges, or construct bridges where necessary, (e) to widen existing drains, channels and canals, and acquire the necessary outlets therefor beyond the limits of the city, or (f) to cause any and all other necessary work, construction and improvements to be made to protect said city and public and private property therein located from floods and damage by overflow of said natural and artificial watercourses.
The governing body of any city proceeding under this act is hereby authorized: (a) To enter into contracts or agreements with the United States army corps of engineers or any other agency or agencies of the federal government that may be necessary in order to cooperate with the federal government and its agencies; and such contract or agreement shall provide that the city will maintain, repair and operate the flood control works; (b) to enter into contracts or agreements to furnish all of the necessary lands, rights-of-way and easements without cost to the federal government; (c) to enter into contracts or agreements relieving the federal government from any liability and damage to persons or property resulting from construction of the flood control works or resulting after the completion thereof; (d) to enter into contracts or agreements with watershed or drainage districts that may be necessary in order to cooperate with such watershed or drainage districts in matters relating to flood control and drainage. No provision of this act shall be construed to affect the power of drainage districts now organized under the provisions of chapter 24, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-635; L. 1925, ch. 95, § 1; L. 1929, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 86, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 61, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 21; L. 1978, ch. 57, § 1; March 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-636 Same; resolution; engineer's estimate and report.

12-636.
Same; resolution; engineer's estimate and report.
Before making the improvements mentioned in K.S.A. 12-635, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city, by resolution duly passed, shall declare it necessary for the public good and convenience that the property described in the resolution be protected from the overflow of the watercourse and shall require a competent engineer to make a survey thereof and file the same with the city clerk of the city with maps and profiles of the survey and a full and complete plan of protecting the property from the overflow or damage by water of the watercourse and also the physical characteristics and location of any right-of-way, roadbed, bridge or bridges, streets and alleys and other property liable to be injured or damaged by the overflow of the watercourse. The engineer shall also make an estimate of the cost of the entire work and improvement required to protect the property, showing the several items of the same. The engineer shall inspect and examine all lots and buildings thereon, rights-of-way, roadbeds, bridges, culverts, depot grounds, grades, streets, and all railroads, telephone and telegraph and other property liable to be injured or damaged by the overflow of the watercourse. The engineer shall file a report, in duplicate, with the city clerk. Upon the approval of engineer's report by the governing body of the city, the city clerk of the city shall immediately cause one copy of the engineer's report to be filed with the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 12-636; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 61; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-637 Same; review of engineer's report by chief engineer; approval or disapproval.

12-637.
Same; review of engineer's report by chief engineer; approval or disapproval.
Upon the city's filing a report with the chief engineer pursuant to K.S.A. 12-636, and amendments thereto, the chief engineer shall carefully examine the report and, if the chief engineer determines it necessary, shall make a personal investigation as to the location of the contemplated improvements, the costs of making the improvements and whether the improvements will accomplish the purpose for which they are intended. The chief engineer shall then approve or disapprove the report and immediately notify the city engineer of the approval or disapproval.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 12-637; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-638 Same; eminent domain proceedings; advertising for bids.

12-638.
Same; eminent domain proceedings; advertising for bids.
Upon the approval of the engineer's report by the governing body of the city and the division of water resources, the governing body of the city, if property is to be condemned, shall proceed to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 through 26-516, and amendments thereto, and shall have the right to advertise for bids and enter into a contract for the improvements. Whenever a contract or agreement has been entered into by the United States army corps of engineers or any other federal agency or agencies and the city, or by a watershed or drainage district and the city, or the federal agency or agencies or a watershed or drainage district is willing to enter into the contract with the governing body of the city, for the construction of flood control improvements, the governing body of the city shall not be required to advertise for bids for the construction of the flood control works.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 12-638; L. 1947, ch. 109, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 61, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 57, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 116, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-640 Same; objection to appraiser's report; notice and hearing.

12-640.
Same; objection to appraiser's report; notice and hearing.
At the next meeting, regular or special, of the governing body of said city, after the filing of the report of said appraisers, said governing body shall fix a time and place for the hearing of all objections to the report of said appraisers. Said governing body shall give notice thereof by causing a publication to be published once in the official city paper at least ten days before the date set for said hearing.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 6; April 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-640.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-641 Same; hearing on report.

12-641.
Same; hearing on report.
At the time and place fixed in said notice, the governing body shall meet for the hearing of objections. If they shall find that due notice has not been given as required by this act, they shall continue the hearing to a date to be fixed by them and order the publication of the notice as hereinbefore provided; and when they shall find that due notice has been given, they shall proceed to hear any and all objections that may have been filed as to the final amount of damage awarded by said assessors against each lot, tract or parcel of land or other property, and to that end they may confirm, approve, modify or amend the report of said appraisers in any particular, and when they have, in said manner, adjusted, equalized and determined the amount of damage to the lands and other property as above required, less the benefits accruing thereto, they shall enter an order confirming the same. Said hearing may be adjourned from time to time as said governing body may determine.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 7; April 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-641.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-642 Same; time for objections to report.

12-642.
Same; time for objections to report.
All objections to the report of said appraisers must be in writing and filed with the city clerk of said city forty-eight hours prior to the time fixed for the hearing of the same.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 8; April 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-642.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-643 Same; appeal to district court; bond; transcript, filing.

12-643.
Same; appeal to district court; bond; transcript, filing.
Any person, firm or corporation who has filed objections and had a hearing as herein provided, feeling aggrieved by the decision and judgment of the governing body, may appeal to the district court of the county in which said city is situated upon giving a bond, payable to the city and any owner of property liable to be injured and conditioned that in the event that the amount of the judgment recovered is not greater than the damage allowed by said city, they will pay all damages which may accrue to the city and to the property liable to be injured by reason of the overflow of said watercourse caused by delay in making improvements by reason of the appeal. The bonds shall be approved by and filed with the city clerk within ten days after the rendition of the decision appealed from.
Within twenty days after the filing of the bond, said city clerk shall make and file a transcript of said hearing, together with all the papers relating thereto, with the clerk of the district court. Upon the filing of the transcript and bond, the district court shall have jurisdiction of the cause and the same shall be docketed and filed as in appeals in other civil actions. The district court shall hear all competent evidence as to benefits received and damages sustained for said improvements. All objections that shall be filed shall be heard and determined by the court as one proceeding and only the one transcript of the final order of the governing body of said city shall be required. The clerk of the district court, upon the rendition of said judgment, shall forthwith certify the decision of the court to the governing body of said city, who shall take such action as may be rendered necessary by such decision.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 9; R.S. 1923, § 12-643; L. 1977, ch. 105, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-644 Overflow of natural watercourses; bonds of city.

12-644.
Overflow of natural watercourses; bonds of city.
In order to provide for the payment of the costs of flood control improvements and the damages occasioned by reason thereof, the governing body of the city may issue internal improvement bonds of the city as provided by law. Such internal improvement bonds may be general obligation bonds of the city if the city is proceeding under K.S.A. 12-635 to 12-646a, inclusive, and amendments thereto. Such bonds shall not be issued in an amount in excess of the contract price of the work improvement, plus the total amount of damage allowed for injury to property and the cost of the right-of-way as determined by article 2 of chapter 26 of Kansas Statutes Annotated or K.S.A. 12-639 to 12-643, inclusive, and amendments thereto, except that any installment coupons shall include the interest of such installments to the maturity thereof.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 12-644; L. 1947, ch. 109, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 44; May 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-645 Same; appraisers; special benefit assessments; general tax levy, when.

12-645.
Same; appraisers; special benefit assessments; general tax levy, when.
The governing body shall appoint three disinterested householders of the said city to appraise any special benefits that may accrue to any property by reason of said improvements being made. Said appraisers, before entering upon their duties, shall first take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully perform their duties as such appraisers and shall personally view, inspect and examine all lots and pieces of land liable to be specially benefited by said improvement being made. If in their judgment, the improvement benefits the city generally, said appraisers shall report the same to the governing body.
The governing body shall have the power to approve or reject the report of such appraisers. If such report of the appraisers is approved by such governing body, then the cost of the improvement shall be assessed against the city generally, and said governing body shall provide for the payment of the bonds issued hereunder and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and payable by the levy of a general tax on all of the taxable property of said city. If such report is disapproved by the governing body it shall discharge said appraisers and appoint three new appraisers who shall qualify and proceed as herein provided. If, in their judgment, any lots and pieces of land will be specially benefited by said improvement being made, other than the benefits to the city generally, said appraisers shall report the same to the governing body, listing the lots and pieces of land specially benefited and the amount of special benefit to each.
The same notices, public hearings, time for objections and appeals shall apply to the report assessing special benefits as provided for the report of appraisers to assess damages as provided in K.S.A. 12-639 to 12-643. The governing body shall have the power to revise and correct said report if in its judgment any benefit appraised to a lot or piece of land is too much or too small, and when so revised, corrected and approved by the governing body, the special benefits so ascertained shall be assessed against each lot and piece of land and collected the same as special taxes for sewers are collected: Provided, That should the benefits so ascertained exceed the cost of the improvement, a pro rata reduction shall be made to each lot and piece of land, so that the total assessments shall equal the cost of the improvement; and should the benefits so ascertained be less than the cost of the improvement, the remainder of the cost shall be assessed against the city generally, and said governing body shall provide for the payment of the said city at large portion of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and payable, by the levy of a general tax on all the taxable property in said city.
History:
L. 1917, ch. 87, § 11; R.S. 1923, § 12-645; L. 1927, ch. 99, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 130, § 2; March 9.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-646 Same; bond limitations inapplicable, when.

12-646.
Same; bond limitations inapplicable, when.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of bonded indebtedness of cities of the second class. Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of bonded indebtedness of cities of the third class if the question of the issuance of such bonds has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at an election noticed, called and held in the manner provided in K.S.A. 10-120.
History: L. 1917, ch. 87, § 12; R.S. 1923, § 12-646; L. 1976, ch. 72, § 1; April 5.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-646a Flood control works; maintenance and operation; tax levy, use of proceeds.

12-646a.
Flood control works; maintenance and operation; tax levy, use of proceeds.
For the purpose of maintaining and operating any flood control works or dikes heretofore or hereafter constructed with or without the assistance of the U.S. army corps of engineers or any other agency of the federal government 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, the governing body of any city is hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually a tax upon all the tangible taxable property within said city. It shall be the duty of the governing body of any city having such flood control works or dikes to keep the same in serviceable condition and to make such repairs thereon as may be necessary from time to time.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 129, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 69, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 5; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 33; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-646b City of Halstead authorized to establish a flood control improvements fund.

12-646b.
City of Halstead authorized to establish a flood control improvements fund.
(a) The governing body of the city of Halstead, Kansas, may establish, by adoption of an ordinance, a flood control improvements fund. The ordinance establishing such fund, and any amendments thereto, may provide for the budgeted transfer of moneys from other city funds lawfully available for improvement purposes to the flood control improvements fund, including moneys in the city's federal general revenue sharing fund and general fund. The governing body of the city is hereby authorized to levy a tax upon all tangible taxable property within the city to finance any flood control improvements authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 12-635 to 12-646a, inclusive, and amendments thereto. Revenue derived from such levy shall be deposited in the flood control improvements fund. Any general property tax specifically levied for the use of such fund shall be authorized by ordinance adopted under the provisions of section 5 of article 12 of the Kansas constitution.
(b) Moneys in the flood control improvements fund may be used to finance, in whole or in part, any flood control improvement authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 12-635 to 12-646a, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and any other costs or expenses incurred thereunder. The ordinance may provide that disbursements from such fund may be made for engineering and other advance flood control improvement plans and studies and that reimbursements may be made to the fund from bond proceeds, special assessments or state or federal aid available for the completed project.
(c) Except for such reimbursed expenses, no moneys shall be credited to such special fund except as may be budgeted annually, or transferred by the annual budget from other funds. Such fund shall not thereafter be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto. In making the budget of the city, the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such special fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of the city. Moneys in such fund may be invested in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 10-131, and amendments thereto, with interest thereon credited to such fund.
(d) If the governing body of the city determines that money which has been transferred to such special fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so transferred, the governing body, by adoption of a resolution, may transfer such amount not needed to the general or other fund from which it was derived and such transfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the budget requirement provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1986, ch. 63, § 1; April 24.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-667 Levy of assessments in installments.

12-667.
Levy of assessments in installments.
Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of any city the special assessments on any lot or piece of land within a benefit district created by such city would be burdensome if collected in one installment, the said governing body may levy the amount of said special assessment in not to exceed ten (10) annual installments together with interest at not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009 upon the whole amount remaining due and unpaid each year.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 12-667; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 99; March 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-671 Land for streets and alleys; bond issue; tax levy.

12-671.
Land for streets and alleys; bond issue; tax levy.
When the governing body of any city shall deem it necessary in order to pay for lands hereafter or heretofore appropriated or purchased for opening, widening, or extending any street or alley it may issue and sell to obtain funds therefor the negotiable bonds of such city in a sum not to exceed the cost thereof. Said board shall levy and certify to the county clerk, to be placed upon the tax rolls, a tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and the principal at maturity.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 12-671; L. 1957, ch. 89, § 1; June 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-672 Docks, wharves, and river terminals.

12-672.
Docks, wharves, and river terminals.
Any city in the state of Kansas shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to acquire, by gift, purchase or condemnation, sites, and to own, construct, maintain, operate or lease out docks, wharves and river terminals; to provide suitable buildings and equipment for the accommodation of passengers and for the handling, storage, transportation and delivery of freight, express and mail; to make suitable charges for its services; to provide adequate police protection, and from time to time, by ordinance, to establish such rules and regulations and to employ such agency or agencies as may be needful and proper to carry out the powers hereby granted.
History: L. 1929, ch. 115, § 1; February 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-673 Same; bonds, terms.

12-673.
Same; bonds, terms.
Said cities shall have the power to issue bonds to pay for any lands acquired, and the wharves and improvements constructed thereon, when authorized by a vote of the people at a general election or any special election held for that purpose, and said bonds to be serial bonds over a period not to exceed thirty (30) years, and to bear interest not to exceed the maximum rate of interest prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009. Bonds issued in pursuance of this act shall never exceed one percent (1%) of the assessed valuation of said city.
History:
L. 1929, ch. 115, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 9; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 10; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-681 Certain street and alley improvement in second-class cities and first-class cities of less than 50,000 population; resolution; bonds; limitations.

12-681.
Certain street and alley improvement in second-class cities and first-class cities of less than 50,000 population; resolution; bonds; limitations.
The governing body of all cities of the first class having a population of less than fifty thousand inhabitants and cities of the second class are hereby authorized and empowered to recurb, regutter, resurface or repave, including necessary drainage facilities, any street or alley or any portion thereof when said street or alley has by reason of public travel thereon or by reason of the elements become in need of surface restoration or other construction and improvement, and the governing body shall have the power to determine such need, and when the governing body determines that the making of such improvements is deemed expedient it may by resolution so declare the necessity therefor and cause said improvement to be made.
The cost of said recurbing, reguttering, resurfacing or repaving, shall be borne by the city at large, and the governing body of said city is hereby empowered to issue general improvement bonds for the purpose of raising funds for making such improvements in an amount not exceeding the total cost of said improvement: Provided, That the total amount of bonds issued for such improvements in any one year shall not exceed an amount equal to one-third of one percent of the assessed tangible valuation of such city, except that in such cities of the first class said amount shall not exceed one-half of one percent of said valuation: Provided further, That bonds for such improvements shall not be outstanding at any one time in an amount in excess of one percent of such assessed tangible valuation, except that in such cities of the first class said amount shall not exceed one and one-half percent of said valuation.
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 years shall have elapsed, subsequent to the date of completion of such original improvement.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 96, § 1; June 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-682 Same; election; notice.

12-682.
Same; election; notice.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to any city, unless and until the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act by such city shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the city at any regular city election for their approval or rejection and a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of the adoption of the provisions of this act. The governing body of the city may submit the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act to the electors of such city at any such election, notice of which shall be given by publication in the official city paper once each week for two consecutive weeks, with the last publication not less than five days prior to such election. Such notice shall contain a copy of the proposition to be voted upon.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 109, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 15; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-685 Designation of main trafficways.

12-685.
Designation of main trafficways.
The governing body of any city is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and establish, by ordinance as a main trafficway any existing or proposed street, boulevard, avenue or part thereof, within such city, the primary function of which is, or shall be, the movement of through traffic between areas of concentrated activity within the city or between such areas within the city and traffic facilities outside the city performing the function of a major trafficway. Such designation by the governing body shall be final and conclusive.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 71, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-686 Same; designating trafficway connections with main trafficways; right-of-way.

12-686.
Same; designating trafficway connections with main trafficways; right-of-way.
Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of any city which has designated and established main trafficways under the provisions of this act, it is necessary to provide adequate connections with or between any main trafficways of said city or for the purpose of relieving traffic congestion at certain points on said main trafficways, said governing body is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and establish, by ordinance, certain portions of existing streets, boulevards, avenues or viaducts as trafficway connections or to acquire by purchase or condemnation the necessary right-of-way for such purposes and designate and establish the same as trafficway connections, and to connect any street, boulevard, avenue or viaduct with any of the main trafficways and/or connect any two (2) main trafficways and designate and establish the same as trafficway connections. Such designation by the governing body shall be final and conclusive.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 71, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-687 Same; improving trafficways and connections.

12-687.
Same; improving trafficways and connections.
The governing body of such city shall have power to improve or reimprove or cause to be improved or reimproved, any main trafficway or trafficway connection designated and established under the provisions of this act. Such improvement or reimprovement may include grading, regrading, curbing, recurbing, guttering, reguttering, paving, repaving, macadamizing, remacadamizing, constructing, reconstructing, opening, widening, extending, rounding corners, straightening, relocating, building any necessary bridges and approaches thereto, viaducts, overpasses, underpasses, culverts and drainage, trafficway illumination, traffic control devices, pedestrian ways, or other improvements, or any two (2) or more of such improvements or reimprovements and the acquisition of right-of-way by purchase or condemnation when necessary for any of such purposes. The governing body may also employ highway and traffic engineering assistance when necessary to the proper development and planning of such improvement or reimprovement.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 71, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-689 Same; costs; how paid.

12-689.
Same; costs; how paid.
All costs of improvements or reimprovements authorized under the provisions of this act, including acquisition of right-of-way, engineering costs, and all other costs properly attributable to such projects shall be paid by the city at large from the general improvement fund, general revenue fund, internal improvement fund, or any other fund or funds available for such purposes, or by the issuance of general improvements bonds.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 71, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-690 Same; supplemental.

12-690.
Same; supplemental.
This act shall be supplemental to all other acts relating to the improvement of streets, and shall not prevent the use of other statutes for the improving of any such street, boulevard or avenue.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 71, § 6; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-691 Certain county and city agreements with federal agencies on recreational facilities along rivers.

12-691.
Certain county and city agreements with federal agencies on recreational facilities along rivers.
Any county or city in which the corps of engineers of the United States army or any other department or agency of the government of the United States is authorized by congress to construct works for recreational purposes along any river or tributary thereof lying within or adjacent to the city or county may, if in the opinion of the governing body of the county or city the construction is for the public welfare:
(1) Enter into an undertaking in the name of the county or city to hold the United States free from any damage to persons or property resulting during construction or after completion thereof;
(2) Contract with the government of the United States in the name of the county or city to maintain, keep in repair and operate the works, when completed; and
(3) Furnish all necessary lands, rights-of-way and easements for construction of the works.
History:
L. 1967, ch. 517, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-692 Acquisition of land to open, widen or extend street or to construct or improve storm sewer or drain; special assessments; exemption of certain property.

12-692.
Acquisition of land to open, widen or extend street or to construct or improve storm sewer or drain; special assessments; exemption of certain property.
(a) All lots or tracts of land abutting upon any existing or proposed street or highway, the owner or owners or predecessors in title to which, have dedicated or conveyed property necessary for the opening, widening or extending of such street or highway, may, at the discretion of the governing body of the city, be exempt, in whole or in part from the payment of special assessment to pay the cost of acquiring land necessary for such opening, widening or extension from owners of lots or tracts of land abutting upon such existing or proposed street or highway and failing or refusing to dedicate or convey such property.
(b) All lots or tracts of land abutting upon or situated above any existing or proposed storm sewer or drain, the owner or owners or predecessors in title to which have dedicated or conveyed property necessary for the construction or improvement of such storm sewer or drain, may, at the discretion of the governing body of the city, be exempt, in whole or in part, from special assessments made to pay the costs of acquiring land necessary for the construction or improvement of such proposed or existing storm sewer or drain.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 70, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-694 Water course improvements; eminent domain; police jurisdiction.

12-694.
Water course improvements; eminent domain; police jurisdiction.
The governing body of any city may establish, make and regulate public wells, cisterns, aqueducts and reservoirs and provide for filling the same and may establish, alter, change, relocate, straighten, divert and otherwise improve the channels of watercourses, navigable or otherwise, remove and change bridges and remove obstructions, wall watercourses and cover them over, and in connection therewith construct and maintain within or outside of the city limits such channels, tunnels, aqueducts and ditches as may be required and necessary to form an outlet and drain said water carried by such watercourses into a creek, ravine or river, and build and erect all walls, embankments, levees and ripraps to protect the banks thereof, and for all or any of said purposes such cities may acquire, own and hold by gift, purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain in accordance with K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, within or without the city limits, within five (5) miles therefrom, or within twenty (20) miles therefrom where it is necessary in order to obtain an adequate water supply for such cities, all lands required and necessary therefor, and pay all damages for property taken or injured and may enact any and all ordinances for said purposes, but no such construction shall be made within the corporate limits of any other city until such city shall first consent thereto. In the construction and maintenance of such work and improvement such city may receive aid and contributions toward the payment of the cost thereof from, and may contract and cooperate with, municipal and other corporations and individuals of this or any other state. The police jurisdiction of the city shall extend over such lands as acquired beyond the city limits except where such acquired land is already under the police jurisdiction of some other city.
History:
R.S. 1923, § 14-701; L. 1927, ch. 139, § 1; L. 1935, ch. 121, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 36; L. 1975, ch. 118, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-695 Same; bond limitations inapplicable.

12-695.
Same; bond limitations inapplicable.
The bonds issued under this act shall not be included in fixing the limit of any bonded indebtedness of cities.
History:
L. 1927, ch. 139, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 118, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-6,102 City-county storm drainage system; resolution; method of assessment.

12-6,102.
City-county storm drainage system; resolution; method of assessment.
The governing body of any city and the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city is located may provide for a system of storm drainage in any natural drainage area located within the corporate limits of the city and the adjacent unincorporated area of the county. The governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county may by joint resolution create a joint storm drainage district and provide for the construction of, and maintenance of main and lateral storm water drains therein. Such joint resolution shall provide for the method of assessment to be utilized in assessing the cost of improvements against the property within the district and the portion, if any, of the cost to be borne by the city at large. Final engineering plans for any proposed improvement shall be approved by both the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county. Improvement projects within such district, including that portion lying outside the city, shall be administered by the city and shall be initiated, authorized, and financed by the issuance of bonds and the levying of special assessments in the manner provided for the initiation, authorization and financing of improvements under the provisions of article 6a of chapter 12 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and on the basis of any reasonable assessment plan which considers land use and which will result in imposing substantially equal burdens upon property similarly benefited, and in accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution. Moneys received from special assessments levied against property located outside the corporate limits of the city shall be paid to the city for the retirement of bonds issued by the city for payment of the cost of improvements within such district for which such assessments were levied.
History:
L. 1980, ch. 58, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 6 - Public Improvements › 12-6,103 Same; preparation of assessment roll; public inspection.

12-6,103.
Same; preparation of assessment roll; public inspection.
As soon as the total cost of any proposed improvement is determined, the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county shall cause the assessments against each lot, piece or parcel of land deemed to be benefited, to be determined in the manner set forth in the joint resolution and an assessment roll shall be prepared. The proposed assessment roll shall be filed with both the city and county clerks and be open for public inspection.
History:
L. 1980, ch. 58, § 2; July 1.