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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 1 - General Provisions › 80-114 Bonds for repairing and remodeling condemned hall; election after protest petition.

80-114.
Bonds for repairing and remodeling condemned hall; election after protest petition.
The officers of any township which has a township hall which has been condemned by the state fire marshal are hereby authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for the purpose of providing funds to repair and remodel such hall. Such bonds shall be issued as provided by law, but without an election: Provided, That before issuance of such bonds, such officers shall adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such township and, if within twenty days after the date of the last publication, there is filed with the township clerk of such township a petition protesting the issuance of said bonds, signed by not less than thirty percent (30%) of the qualified electors in said township as determined by the votes cast for the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes for an elective township officer at the last preceding general election, said bonds shall not be issued until the question of their issuance shall be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the township at any regular election or special election called for such purpose and a majority of those voting on such question vote in favor of such issuance. Such election, if one is called, shall be governed by the provisions of the general bond law.
History:
L. 1949, ch. 508, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 1 - General Provisions › 80-115 Tax levies for special fund for township hall; use of moneys.

80-115.
Tax levies for special fund for township hall; use of moneys.
The township board of any township which has a township hall, or which uses part of a township water department building or township fire department building as its township hall, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy an annual tax on the taxable tangible property in such township, to provide a special fund for the purpose of acquiring, repairing, equipping and maintaining such township hall.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 516, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 461, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 521, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 467, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 388, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 52; May 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 1 - General Provisions › 80-118 Payment of judgments by certain townships; no-fund warrants.

80-118.
Payment of judgments by certain townships; no-fund warrants.
The township board of any township located in any county having a population of more than five thousand five hundred (5,500) and not more than six thousand five hundred (6,500) and a taxable tangible valuation of not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants of such township for the purpose of paying any judgment rendered against such township in an amount necessary for the payment thereof.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 447, § 1; April 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 1 - General Provisions › 80-119 Same; tax levies to pay warrants; issuance, registration, redemption and form of warrants.

80-119. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; issuance, registration, redemption and form of warrants.
Whenever no-fund warrants are issued under the authority of this act the township board shall make a tax levy or levies sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon. Such warrants may mature serially at such yearly dates as to be payable by not more than five tax levies. Such warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and be in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except they shall not bear the notation required by such section and may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 447, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 53; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 119; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 126; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 1 - General Provisions › 80-122 Township equipment reserve fund.

80-122.
Township equipment reserve fund.
(a) The township board of any township which has a surplus in its general fund may provide, by adoption of a resolution, for a township equipment reserve fund to finance the acquisition of equipment. Moneys not to exceed 25% annually of the township general fund may be budgeted and transferred to such fund. For the purposes of this act, equipment shall include machinery, vehicles and any other equipment or personal property.
(b) Moneys credited to such fund from annually budgeted transfers shall not thereafter be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, and amendments thereto. In making the budgets of such township, the amounts credited to, and the amount on hand in, such equipment reserve fund and the amount expended therefrom shall be shown thereon for the information of the taxpayers of such township. Moneys in such fund may be invested in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, with interest thereon credited to such fund.
(c) If the township board determines that money which has been credited to such fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so budgeted or transferred, the board may transfer, by adoption of a resolution, such amount not needed to the general fund and such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the budget requirement provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 16, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 2 - Township Officers › 80-201 Filling of vacancies; term, oath and bond.

80-201.
Filling of vacancies; term, oath and bond.
All township officers appointed to fill vacancies shall hold their office for the remainder of the unexpired term, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they shall take a like oath and give a like undertaking as is required to be given by officers elected.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 15; R.S. 1923, 80-201; L. 1963, ch. 501, § 1; March 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 2 - Township Officers › 80-202 Qualifications and oaths of certain township officials.

80-202. Qualifications and oaths of certain township officials.
Every person elected to the office of trustee, clerk or treasurer of any township, or road overseer of any road district, shall be an elector of the township or road district at the time of such election or appointment, and shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law. The oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. In the event any such officer shall become a nonresident of the township or road district, the office shall become vacant.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 16; L. 1883, ch. 146, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-202; L. 1973, ch. 134, § 55; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 26; L. 2019, ch. 36, § 4; April 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 2 - Township Officers › 80-203 Township treasurer's bond.

80-203.
Township treasurer's bond.
Before entering upon the duties of office, the township treasurer shall execute a bond to the state of Kansas in an amount determined by the board of county commissioners. The amount and sufficiency of the bond shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the treasurer's duties. The bond shall be filed by the treasurer in the office of the county clerk.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 17; R.S. 1923, 80-203; L. 1969, ch. 468, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 370, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 2 - Township Officers › 80-207 Township officers; reimbursement for expenses; compensation.

80-207.
Township officers; reimbursement for expenses; compensation.
(a) The township officers of any township shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred while actually and necessarily attending to township business.
(b) Members of the township board shall receive compensation for their services while actually and necessarily conducting township business.
(c) The township board, by adoption of a resolution, may fix the amount of compensation to be received by the members of the board. Such resolution shall be published at least once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the township. If the total amount of compensation to be received annually by each member of the board is $100 or less, such resolution shall not be required to be published and shall be effective upon adoption of the resolution. A resolution providing for an increase in compensation shall not be effective until 30 days following the date of the last publication of the resolution.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 429, § 4; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 5; L. 1997, ch. 17, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 2 - Township Officers › 80-208 Compensation, salary or benefits, increases; limitations.

80-208.
Compensation, salary or benefits, increases; limitations.
A township officer who also is an employee of the township shall abstain from voting for or participating in any motion of the township board to increase the compensation, salary or benefits to be paid to such person as an employee of the township.
History:
L. 2002, ch. 15, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-301 Powers and duties generally.

80-301.
Powers and duties generally.
The township trustee shall have the power to:
(a) Divide the township into road districts, and make such alterations as may be necessary;
(b) ensure all moneys belonging to the township are properly spent for road or other purposes;
(c) provide for the care and management of all property, real and personal, belonging to the township, and to superintend the various interests thereof;
(d) cause a record to be made accurately defining the boundaries and number of each road district, as well as the alterations made in such district or districts in the township;
(e) administer all oaths in the necessary discharge of the duties of the office;
(f) superintend all the financial concerns of the township, and at the July session of the board of county commissioners, annually, with the advice and concurrence of the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax on the property in the township for township road and other purposes, and report the same to the county clerk, who shall enter the same on the proper tax roll in a separate column or columns, and the treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected. If the trustee and board of county commissioners fail to agree on any such levy, the board of county commissioners shall levy such township road and other taxes; and
(g) discharge such other duties as may be imposed by law.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 22; L. 1885, ch. 194, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-301; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 140; L. 1994, ch. 232, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-302 Auditing board; quarterly meetings; annual report; compensation of trustee, clerk and treasurer.

80-302.
Auditing board; quarterly meetings; annual report; compensation of trustee, clerk and treasurer.
The township trustee, clerk and treasurer of each municipal township shall constitute an auditing board. The auditing board shall meet in March, June, September and December of each year and examine and audit all claims against the township, and shall file their annual report with the county clerk for the approval of the board of county commissioners on or before January 31 of the succeeding year. No claim against any township shall be paid until allowed by the auditing board. All claims allowed by the auditing board shall be recorded by the clerk electronically or in a book to be kept for that purpose.
The township trustee, clerk and treasurer shall each receive for the officer's services in attending to the township business, an amount determined by the township board as provided by K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1885, ch. 168, § 9; L. 1887, ch. 234, § 1; L. 1913, ch. 333, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-302; L. 1953, ch. 462, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 546, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 375, § 18; L. 1977, ch. 348, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 429, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 371, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 6; L. 2007, ch. 39, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-304 Annual report of trustee to county commissioners; liability of township auditing board; copies of report available for inspection.

80-304.
Annual report of trustee to county commissioners; liability of township auditing board; copies of report available for inspection.
(a) The township trustee, at the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners next succeeding the annual settlement of the township treasurer and road overseers, shall make a complete report of the affairs of the township for the preceding year, stating in detail the items of account audited and allowed, the nature of each account, and the name of each person to whom such an account was allowed. Such report shall specify the amount of compensation and amount of reimbursement of expenses paid to members of the township board pursuant to K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto. Such report shall be verified by affidavit and shall be examined by the board of county commissioners. If found correct and in conformity to law, the board shall approve the report and accounts and the same shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of such county. Copies of the report shall be made available upon request. If such report and accounts are found not correct, or not in conformity to law, the board shall cite such township auditing board to appear before it and correct any errors appearing therein. Such township auditing board and their bondsmen shall be liable to their township for the amount of any and all accounts or demands by them allowed or paid in excess of that authorized by law for any purpose. It shall be the duty of the county attorney of such county to prosecute any and all suits in the name of such township for the recovery of the same, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Payments made prior to August 2, 1996, to township officers for duties and services performed pursuant to K.S.A. 68-525, 68-530, 68-531, 68-542, 80-207, 80-302, 80-304, 80-410, 80-1204, 80-1407, 80-1501, 80-1544 and 80-2002, and amendments thereto, or while actually and necessarily conducting township business are hereby validated.
History: L. 1885, ch. 168, § 11; R.S. 1923, 80-304; L. 1984, ch. 371, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 7; L. 1997, ch. 153, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-305 Property of township; custody and disposition; receipt.

80-305.
Property of township; custody and disposition; receipt.
In addition to the duties now prescribed by law, the township trustee shall have the custody and disposition of the property of his or her township, and shall on going out of office take from his or her successor in office a receipt for such property as he or she shall transfer to him or her, and shall file such receipt with the county clerk of his or her county; and such receipt when so filed shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
History:
L. 1871, ch. 153, § 1; March 16; R.S. 1923, 80-305.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-306 Prosecutions for violations of road laws.

80-306.
Prosecutions for violations of road laws.
The township trustee shall prosecute in the name of his or her township all violations of the different road laws, or any provisions thereof; and in such prosecution it shall be the duty of the county attorney to act on behalf of the township.
History:
L. 1871, ch. 153, § 2; March 16; R.S. 1923, 80-306.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 3 - Township Trustee › 80-307 Removal of obstructions from highways.

80-307.
Removal of obstructions from highways.
The township trustee may remove obstructions from the highways in cases where the road overseers shall refuse or fail to do so; and the trustee shall in such cases have all the power of road overseers in calling out the inhabitants to perform the work necessary to remove such obstructions.
History:
L. 1871, ch. 153, § 3; March 16; R.S. 1923, 80-307.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-401 Duties of treasurer.

80-401.
Duties of treasurer.
The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of all moneys belonging to the township, or which are by law required to be paid to him or her, and shall pay out and account for the same upon orders drawn upon him or her by the township trustee, and shall discharge such other duties as may be required of him or her by law.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 26; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-401.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-402 Same; accounts; exhibit at annual meeting.

80-402.
Same; accounts; exhibit at annual meeting.
The township treasurer shall keep a true account of all moneys by him or her received by virtue of his or her office, and the manner in which the same have been disbursed, keeping a separate account with each fund, electronically or in a book to be provided at the expense of the township for that purpose, and shall exhibit such account, together with his or her vouchers, to the township auditing board at their annual meeting on the last Saturday of October in each year for adjustment and settlement.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 27; L. 1885, ch. 168, § 12; L. 1886, ch. 140, § 3; L. 2007, ch. 39, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-403 Same; verification; duplicate to county clerk.

80-403.
Same; verification; duplicate to county clerk.
The account as provided for in the last preceding section shall be made out in duplicate, and shall be verified by affidavit that the same is in all respects true and correct, and that it contains the full and true amount of all moneys received by him or her during the full period of time for which he or she should make such statement; and one of such verified duplicates shall be filed forthwith by the treasurer in the office of the county clerk.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 28; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-403.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-404 Deposit of moneys; investment of idle funds.

80-404.
Deposit of moneys; investment of idle funds.
In all townships the township treasurer shall deposit all public money coming into his or her hands in an official capacity in a bank which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation or a savings and loan association which is a member of the federal savings and loan insurance corporation within the county, the same to be designated by the township board. Such deposits shall be made in the name of such treasurer as such officer. Township moneys not immediately required for the purposes for which such moneys were collected or received may be invested in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-1675.
History:
L. 1911, ch. 333, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-404; L. 1933, ch. 159, § 3; L. 1937, ch. 82, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 407, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-405 Receipts and disbursements; quarterly statement; examination and approval.

80-405.
Receipts and disbursements; quarterly statement; examination and approval.
Every township treasurer shall keep, electronically or in a book provided for that purpose, a true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him or her by virtue of his or her office, specifying particularly the sources from which money has been received by him or her; and the person or persons to whom and the objects for which the same has been paid out by him or her; and he or she shall present to the township board, at their quarterly meeting in October, a full and correct itemized statement, duly signed and certified by him or her, of all moneys received and of all moneys paid out by him or her during the year, and he or she shall exhibit the vouchers therefor, which certified statement shall be on a blank provided for that purpose. Said report of said treasurer shall be carefully examined by the board, and when found correct shall be approved by them, and placed in charge of the township trustee.
History:
L. 1898, ch. 39, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 39, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-406 Trustees to make statement of bills allowed; preservation.

80-406.
Trustees to make statement of bills allowed; preservation.
The township trustee shall make a verified statement of all bills allowed by the township board for each year, ending with and including the regular quarterly meeting for October, stating particularly the person or persons to whom and the objects for which such bills were drawn; and he or she shall file and preserve such verified statement in his or her office.
History:
L. 1898, ch. 39, § 2; March 1, 1899; R.S. 1923, 80-406.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-407 Posting statements of treasurer.

80-407.
Posting statements of treasurer.
At each annual election for electing township officers the township trustees shall post up in a conspicuous place at each voting place in his or her township a certified copy of the township treasurer's statement provided for in K.S.A. 80-405, and also a certified copy of the trustee's statement required by K.S.A. 80-406. These statements shall be put up at the opening of the polls, and in the room in which election is held, and shall remain in place until the polls are closed, so that all voters may examine them.
History:
L. 1898, ch. 39, § 3; March 1, 1899; R.S. 1923, 80-407.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-408 Penalty for failure of treasurer or trustee to make statement or to perform duty.

80-408.
Penalty for failure of treasurer or trustee to make statement or to perform duty.
Any township treasurer or township trustee who shall willfully fail or refuse to make the statement or perform any duty required by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days.
History:
L. 1898, ch. 39, § 4; March 1, 1899; R.S. 1923, 80-408.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-409 Penalty for taking down or destroying statement.

80-409.
Penalty for taking down or destroying statement.
If any township officer or other person shall willfully take down, deface or destroy any notice or statement or copy thereof required by K.S.A. 80-407 to be posted at any polling place, or shall by any means put or place such statement or copy out of plain view of the electors before the polls of the election are closed, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed ninety days.
History:
L. 1898, ch. 39, § 5; March 1, 1899; R.S. 1923, 80-409.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-410 Financial statement filed with county clerk; copies available for inspection; publication, exception.

80-410.
Financial statement filed with county clerk; copies available for inspection; publication, exception.
(a) The treasurer of each township shall file with the county clerk a duly verified full and detailed statement of the receipts, expenditures and liabilities of the township for the preceding calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding year.
(b) The treasurer of each township having an annual budget exceeding $25,000 shall publish, or cause to be published, in a newspaper of general circulation in the township immediately following the annual settlement in December of each year, a summary which shows totals for categories of the receipts, expenditures and liabilities of such township for the year ending at the time of such annual settlement. Such publication shall include a notice that a detailed statement of such receipts, expenditures and liabilities is available for public inspection at the county clerk's office. Copies of the statement shall be made available upon request.
(c) The treasurer of the township shall file with the county clerk a full and detailed statement of the amount of money paid to each member of the township board pursuant to K.S.A. 80-207, and amendments thereto, during the preceding calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding year.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 332, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-410; L. 1984, ch. 371, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 8; L. 1997, ch. 74, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 135, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 4 - Township Treasurer › 80-411 Same; penalty for violation.

80-411.
Same; penalty for violation.
Any township treasurer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 332, § 2; April 30; R.S. 1923, 80-411.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 5 - Township Clerk › 80-501 Duties of clerk.

80-501.
Duties of clerk.
The township clerk shall have the custody of the records, books and papers of the township, when no other provision is made by law; and he or she shall file in his or her office all such papers as are by law required to be filed, and promptly record such as are by law required to be recorded therein; and he or she shall discharge such other duties as may be required by law.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 29; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-501.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 5 - Township Clerk › 80-502 Same; recordation and posting of report of trustee.

80-502.
Same; recordation and posting of report of trustee.
He or she shall immediately after receiving the report of the township trustee record the same at length in the township record, and publish the same by posting up a certified copy thereof at the usual place of holding elections in the township.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 30; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-502.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 5 - Township Clerk › 80-503 Records open for inspection.

80-503.
Records open for inspection.
The records and other books of the township clerk and treasurer shall always be open for public inspection.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 110, § 31; March 11; R.S. 1923, 80-503.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 5 - Township Clerk › 80-505 Destruction of certain records; definitions.

80-505.
Destruction of certain records; definitions.
As used in this act: "Township" means any township in the state of Kansas; and "board" means the township clerk, township treasurer and township trustee acting as a board.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 502, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 5 - Township Clerk › 80-506 Same; resolution; records subject to destruction.

80-506.
Same; resolution; records subject to destruction.
The board of any township may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members, authorize the township officer in charge thereof to destroy any of the following records, documents or papers which have been on file for a period of ten (10) years or more: Bookkeeping records, claim vouchers, purchase orders, paid warrants and paid warrant-checks, bank statements, budgets, trustee's and treasurer's annual reports.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 502, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 6 - Justices Of The Peace › 80-605 Office of justice of peace abolished; transfer of books, records and documents; acts of justice declared legal and valid.

80-605.
Office of justice of peace abolished; transfer of books, records and documents; acts of justice declared legal and valid.
The office of justice of the peace is hereby abolished throughout the state. Within ten (10) days after the effective date of this act, every justice of the peace issued a certificate of election attesting to his or her election at the general election in 1972, and any duly appointed successor thereto, shall transfer all books, records, papers, files and documents, which are in his or her possession by virtue of his or her office, to the appropriate court of limited jurisdiction, as specified by K.S.A. 61-1602, within the county in which he or she was elected. All such books, records, papers, files and documents so transferred shall become the property of said court of limited jurisdiction. All judicial, notarial or ministerial acts performed by any such justice of the peace, pursuant to statutory authority existing prior to the effective date of this act, are hereby declared legal and valid.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 134, § 1; July 1, 1974.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 8 - Free Libraries › 80-808 Carnegie libraries; warrants for repair and reconstruction.

80-808. Carnegie libraries; warrants for repair and reconstruction.
The township board of any township which maintains and operates a township library which is known as a Carnegie library is hereby authorized and empowered to issue no-fund warrants in an amount not exceeding $4,000 for the purpose of providing funds for the repair and reconstruction of the Carnegie library building of such township. Whenever any township board shall issue warrants under the provisions of this section, such board shall make a tax levy at the first tax levying period after such warrants are issued sufficient to pay the same and the interest thereon. If the township board deems it advisable not to make all of such levy in any one year, then such township board may make an annual tax levy at not more than the next three tax levying periods occurring after the issuance of such warrants, the total of which levies shall be sufficient to pay such warrants and the interest thereon. The warrants shall be issued, registered, redeemed and bear interest in the manner and be in the form prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, except that such warrants shall not bear the notation required by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto, and may be issued without the approval of the state board of tax appeals, and any surplus existing after the issuance of such warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2940, and amendments thereto. Such township board is hereby authorized and empowered to expend all moneys raised by no-fund warrants issued under the provisions of this section although such expenditures were not included in the budget for the year in which such warrants were issued.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 520, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 54; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 120; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 127; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-901 Parks or cemeteries; establishment.

80-901.
Parks or cemeteries; establishment.
Any municipal township in any county in the state is authorized to provide and secure to the inhabitants thereof, either by purchase or by acquisition, from any person or persons, or from any cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons already in existence, a park or parks or a cemetery or cemeteries, or both such park or parks and cemetery or cemeteries within such township in the manner and form hereinafter designated: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict or modify other public cemetery acts.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 295, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 240, § 1; February 28; R.S. 1923, 80-901.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-902 Same; bonds; limitation.

80-902.
Same; bonds; limitation.
In order to pay any expenditures for the purposes contemplated by this act, as amended, such municipal township may issue the bonds of such township in the manner provided by law, in an amount not to exceed two percent of the assessed valuation thereof: Provided, That no township in any case shall issue bonds in an amount exceeding twenty thousand dollars by virtue of this act.
History:
R.S. 1923, 80-902.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-903 Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements.

80-903.
Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements.
Any township issuing bonds under this act shall annually levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon, and after five years an amount sufficient to create a sinking fund to pay the principal at maturity; and any township purchasing or acquiring or acting as trustee for grounds for a park or parks, or cemetery or cemeteries is empowered and authorized to annually levy and collect a tax to provide a fund for the purpose of meeting the annual expense of such grounds, and such other improvements as the township board deems necessary.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 3; L. 1909, ch. 260, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 295, § 3; L. 1923, ch. 240, § 3; R.S. 1923, 80-903; L. 1961, ch. 463, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 55; May 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-904 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.

80-904.
Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
The purchasing and securing of suitable grounds for the purpose of this act or the acquiring and taking over of parks and cemeteries already in existence, either by becoming absolute owners or as trustees under existing laws, shall not be done until twenty-five percent of the resident taxpayers of any such township shall petition in writing the board of county commissioners to submit to the qualified voters of such township a proposition to purchase, or secure, and maintain or acquire and take over and maintain a public park or parks or cemetery or cemeteries, or both such public parks and cemeteries and issue bonds of such township or levy a tax in payment therefor.
Said petition shall particularly describe the parcel or parcels or tract or tracts of land to be so purchased or secured and maintained, or if paid for by taxation, the number of annual installments into which the whole tax is to be divided, and if such petition be found true then the board of county commissioners shall cause an election to be held to determine whether such purchase or securing the grounds and issue of bonds therefor, if any are provided for, shall be made, and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township at a special or general election, as the same shall be specified in said petition: Provided, That where parks or cemeteries are already in existence and operated by a park or cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons are to be taken over and acquired that such petition, as is in this section provided, shall not be acted upon by the board of county commissioners until there has been filed with such board a written proposition stating the price, terms and conditions upon which the park or parks or cemetery association or cemetery associations engage themselves to convey to the township all the property of such association or associations, corporation or corporations, or organization or organizations within such township, has been filed with the clerk of the township board.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 4; L. 1909, ch. 260, § 2; L. 1921, ch. 295, § 2; L. 1923, ch. 240, § 2; February 28; R.S. 1923, 80-904.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-905 Parks and cemeteries in one or more townships; establishment.

80-905.
Parks and cemeteries in one or more townships; establishment.
Any municipal township, or, two or more such townships combined in any county in this state is authorized to provide and secure to the inhabitants of such township, or townships, whether by purchase or acquisition, from any person or persons, or from any cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons already in existence, a park or parks or a cemetery or cemeteries, or both such park or parks and cemetery or cemeteries within such township, or townships, in the manner and form hereinafter designated: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict or modify other public cemetery acts.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 241, § 1; March 3; R.S. 1923, 80-905.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-906 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.

80-906.
Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
The purchasing and securing of suitable grounds for the purpose of this act, or the acquiring and taking over of parks and cemeteries already in existence, whether by becoming absolute owners, or as trustee, under existing laws, shall not be done until twenty-five percent of the resident taxpayers of any such township, or townships, shall petition, in writing, the board of county commissioners to submit to the qualified voters of such township, or townships, a proposition to purchase or secure and maintain, or acquire and take over and maintain, a public park or parks or cemetery or cemeteries, or both such public parks and cemeteries, and issue bonds of such township or townships, or levy a tax in payment therefor.
Said petition shall particularly describe the parcel or parcels or tract or tracts of land to be so purchased or secured and maintained, or if paid for by taxation the number of annual installments into which the whole tax is to be divided; and if such petition be found true in accordance with law, then the board of county commissioners shall cause an election to be held to determine whether such purchase or securing the grounds and issue of bonds therefor, if any are provided for, shall be made, and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such township, or townships, at a special or general election, as the same shall be specified in said petition: Provided, That where parks or cemeteries are already in existence and operated by a park or cemetery organization, corporation or association of persons are to be taken over and acquired that such petition, as is in this section provided, shall not be acted upon by the board of county commissioners until there has been filed with such board a written proposition stating the price, terms and conditions upon which the park or parks or cemetery association or cemetery associations engage themselves to convey to the township, or townships, all the property of such association or associations, corporation or corporations, or organization or organizations within such township, or townships, has been filed with the clerks of the township boards.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 241, § 2; March 3; R.S. 1923, 80-906.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-907 Same; tax levy for sinking fund; limitation.

80-907.
Same; tax levy for sinking fund; limitation.
Any township, or townships, issuing bonds under this act shall annually levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon, and after five years an amount sufficient to create a sinking fund to pay the principal at maturity; and any township, or townships, purchasing or acquiring or acting as trustee for grounds for a park or parks, or cemetery or cemeteries, is empowered and authorized to annually levy and collect a tax, not exceeding in any one year two mills on the dollar, to provide a fund for the purpose of meeting the annual expense of such grounds.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 241, § 3; March 3; R.S. 1923, 80-907.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-908 Same; cooperation by cities of second or third classes; petition; ordinance; tax levy.

80-908.
Same; cooperation by cities of second or third classes; petition; ordinance; tax levy.
Whenever any cities of the second or third class located within the county shall desire to cooperate with any municipal township, or townships, under the provisions of this act, the governing body of any such cities of the second or third class and whenever such township, or townships, are willing to accept such cooperation of any such city or cities the petition shall state such fact and if the residents and taxpayers of any such city or cities desire to accept such cooperation and shall present a petition of the same character to the governing body of any such city or cities and such governing body shall enact an ordinance joining with such township, or townships, then and in that event such townships and said cities shall become the joint owners of said parks and cemeteries under the provisions of the preceding section and the township trustee of every such township and the mayor of every such city shall constitute a board of trustees having full power and control of said parks and cemeteries and shall annually determine the tax that shall be levied by every such city or township to comply with the provisions and limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 80-907.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 241, § 4; March 3; R.S. 1923, 80-908.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-909 Same; sections K.S.A. 80-905 through 80-909 supplemental.

80-909.
Same; sections
K.S.A.
80-905 through 80-909 supplemental.
This act shall be supplemental to and in nowise contradictory of the provisions of chapter 295 [*] of the Laws of Kansas for 1921.
History:
L. 1923, ch. 241, § 5; March 3; R.S. 1923, 80-909.
* "Chapter 295," see 80-901, 80-903, 80-904.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-910 Parks or cemeteries; petition under K.S.A. 80-901 through 80-904; order for election.

80-910.
Parks or cemeteries; petition under
K.S.A.
80-901 through 80-904; order for election.
The county commissioners, for such township, upon the presentation of the foregoing petition and such other conditions as may be deemed advisable, to the chairman of the board, shall convene and make an order, which order shall embrace the terms and conditions set forth in the petition, and shall fix the time for holding such election, which shall be within sixty days from the day on which the commissioners shall be convened.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 5; March 15; R.S. 1923, 80-910.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-911 Same; bonds; issuance.

80-911.
Same; bonds; issuance.
If a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election vote for such purchase and use, and issue of bonds, the board of county commissioners, for and in behalf of such township, shall issue such bonds as may be required by such proposition in the name of such township. When issued, such bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, and attested by the county clerk, under the seal of such county.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 7; R.S. 1923, 80-911; L. 1983, ch. 49, § 99; May 12.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-912 Same; cemetery lots; record and charges.

80-912.
Same; cemetery lots; record and charges.
Any citizen of any township owning and maintaining a cemetery under the provisions of this act, upon the payment of one dollar to the trustee of such township, which money shall be credited to the contingent fund, shall have the right and privilege to one lot in such cemetery for burial purposes; and the lots of such cemetery shall be laid off in uniform size, not less than seven by fourteen feet, with alleys and streets, as the board of such township shall direct. The clerk of such township shall keep an exact record of persons buried and location of graves in such cemeteries: Provided, That in case of any cemetery acquired by the township since January 1, 1915, the township board may charge any citizen residing in the township such sum of money as it deems a reasonable value for a lot or lots in such cemetery, and may charge persons not resident in the township an amount not to exceed 50 percentum additional to such reasonable value, for the upkeep of the cemetery.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 8; L. 1915, ch. 100, § 1; May 22; R.S. 1923, 80-912.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-913 Same; use of funds; annual report; unlawful acts.

80-913.
Same; use of funds; annual report; unlawful acts.
The town board of such township shall have full authority and power to use the funds provided by the issue of bonds as hereinbefore conditioned, in purchasing, maintaining and improving the parks and cemeteries owned in such township by virtue of this act: Provided, The trustee of such township shall make an annual report on the condition of such park and cemetery; also a full statement of the expenditures and receipts made and received thereon: Provided further, That gambling, horse-racing and selling of intoxicating liquors are forever forbidden and prohibited on such grounds, or adjacent thereto.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 235, § 9; March 15; R.S. 1923, 80-913.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers › Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries › 80-914 Purchase of unsold school lands for cemetery or burial ground.

80-914.
Purchase of unsold school lands for cemetery or burial ground.
Any municipal township of this state is hereby authorized and shall be entitled to purchase and acquire for a cemetery or burial ground any quantity of land not exceeding five acres in any one tract or lot of any unsold school lands situated in this state, and shall acquire title to the same according to the method and procedure prescribed for securing sites for schoolhouses on school lands in chapter 122 [*] of the Session Laws of 1876: Provided, That such tract or lot shall be situate on one of the boundary lines of the section or any quarter section thereof.
History:
L. 1901, ch. 397, § 1; May 1; R.S. 1923, 80-914.
* "Chapter 122" apparently was superseded by L. 1909, ch. 218, §8 (72-2112 included by reference).