Kansas Statutes

Chapter 15: Cities Of The Third Class

PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS

Article 4: General Powers Of Governing Body

Statutes:

• 15-401:
• 15-402:
• 15-403:
• 15-403a, 15-403b:
• 15-404 to 15-407:
• 15-408: Improvements; borrow money; bonds; tax levy.
• 15-408a: Validation of election to issue bonds; city of Glade.
• 15-409:
• 15-410:
• 15-411:
• 15-412:
• 15-413:
• 15-414:
• 15-415, 15-416:
• 15-417:
• 15-418:
• 15-419:
• 15-420:
• 15-421:
• 15-422:
• 15-423:
• 15-424:
• 15-425:
• 15-426:
• 15-427: Street and alley improvements; vacation; reversion; recordation of ordinance.
• 15-428:
• 15-429:
• 15-430:
• 15-431:
• 15-432:
• 15-432a:
• 15-433, 15-434:
• 15-435:
• 15-436:
• 15-437:
• 15-438: Depots; levees; railway crossings; trains; regulation of speed.
• 15-439:
• 15-440:
• 15-441:
• 15-442:
• 15-443:
• 15-444, 15-445:
• 15-446:
• 15-447, 15-448:
• 15-449:

• 15-401:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 33; R.S. 1923, § 15-401; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 90, § 1; June 30.

• 15-402:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 34; L. 1907, ch. 129, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-402; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.

• 15-403:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 15-403; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-403a, 15-403b:

        History:   L. 1927, ch. 146, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 127, § 1; April 11.

• 15-404 to 15-407:

        History:   R.S. 1923, §§ 15-404 to 15-407; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 131, § 1; June 30.

• 15-408: Improvements; borrow money; bonds; tax levy. The council may provide for making any and all improvements of a general nature in the city; and for the purpose of paying for the same, may from time to time borrow money, and may issue bonds therefor, as provided by law, but no such money shall be borrowed or bonds issued, until the city council shall be instructed so to do by a majority of all the votes cast at an election held in such city for that purpose. The council shall levy taxes on all taxable property within the city, in addition to other taxes, to pay said bonds and the interest thereon, which taxes shall be paid in cash only.

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 15-408; Dec. 27.

• 15-408a: Validation of election to issue bonds; city of Glade. Any election which was held prior to the effective date of this act for the approval of the issuance of general obligation bonds of the city of Glade to pay the costs of drilling and equipping a new water well in accordance with K.S.A. 15-408 and amendments thereto and which had notice thereof first published 19 days prior to the election instead of 21 days prior to the election is hereby validated. The city council of the city of Glade may issue the bonds in the amount and for the purpose approved by the voters at the election. The bonds shall be legal and binding obligations of the city of Glade.

        History:   L. 1983, ch. 73, § 1; April 28.

• 15-409:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 37; R.S. 1923, § 15-409; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-410:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 40; R.S. 1923, § 15-410; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.

• 15-411:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 41; L. 1903, ch. 42, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1909, ch. 62, § 5; L. 1911, ch. 118, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-411; L. 1931, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 104, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 114, § 4; March 12.

• 15-412:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 42; L. 1913, ch. 131, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-412; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 114, § 1; July 1.

• 15-413:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 43; R.S. 1923, § 15-413; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 60, § 1; July 1.

• 15-414:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 44; R.S. 1923, § 15-414; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 85, § 1; July 1.

• 15-415, 15-416:

        History:   L. 1898, ch. 8, §§ 1, 2; R.S. 1923, §§ 15-415, 15-416; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 66, § 1; July 1.

• 15-417:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 45; R.S. 1923, § 15-417; Repealed, L. 1927, ch. 102, § 2; March 21.

• 15-418:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 46; R.S. 1923, § 15-418; L. 1951, ch. 144, § 2; Repealed, L. 1968, ch. 375, § 19; July 1.

• 15-419:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 47; R.S. 1923, § 15-419; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-420:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 48; L. 1872, ch. 102, § 2; L. 1905, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1907, ch. 129, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 15-420; Repealed, L. 1925, ch. 101, § 2; March 14.

• 15-421:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 49; R.S. 1923, § 15-421; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 96, § 3; June 29.

• 15-422:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 50; R.S. 1923, § 15-422; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-423:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 51; R.S. 1923, § 15-423; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-424:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 52; R.S. 1923, § 15-424; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 54, § 1; July 1.

• 15-425:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 53; R.S. 1923, § 15-425; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-426:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 54; R.S. 1923, § 15-426; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-427: Street and alley improvements; vacation; reversion; recordation of ordinance. The council shall have power to open, widen, extend or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley, or lane; to create, open and improve any new street, avenue, alley, or lane; and also to annul, vacate or discontinue the same, whenever deemed necessary or expedient: Provided, That all damages sustained by the citizens of the city, or the owners of the property therein, shall be ascertained in the manner provided by law: And provided further, That whenever any street, avenue, alley, or lane shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners of real estate thereto adjacent on each side, in proportion to the frontage of such real estate, except in cases where such street, avenue, alley or lane shall have been taken and appropriated to public use in a different proportion, in which case it shall revert to adjacent lots of real estate in proportion as it was taken from them.

        Immediately after an ordinance opening, widening, extending or vacating any street, avenue, alley or lane shall become effective, the clerk of the city shall file a copy thereof which has been certified by him or her as a true and correct copy in the office of the county clerk and in the office of the register of deeds and the county clerk shall enter the same in the transfer records of his or her office and the register of deeds shall record the same in the deed records of the county and no fee shall be charged by the county clerk or register of deeds for such entering or recording.

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 15-427; L. 1951, ch. 142, § 3; July 1.

• 15-428:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 56; R.S. 1923, § 15-428; L. 1961, ch. 77, § 4; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-429:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 57; R.S. 1923, § 15-429; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-430:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 58; R.S. 1923, § 15-430; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-431:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 59; R.S. 1923, § 15-431; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-432:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 60; R.S. 1923, § 15-432; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-432a:

        History:   L. 1925, ch. 125, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 82, § 1; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 15-433, 15-434:

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 116, §§ 1, 2; R.S. 1923, §§ 15-433, 15-434; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 126, § 1; June 30.

• 15-435:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 61; R.S. 1923, § 15-435; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-436:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 62; R.S. 1923, § 15-436; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-437:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 63; R.S. 1923, § 15-437; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 124, § 1; June 30.

• 15-438: Depots; levees; railway crossings; trains; regulation of speed. The council shall have power to regulate levees, depots, depot grounds and places for storing freight and goods, and to provide for the passage of railways through the streets and public grounds of the city; also to regulate the crossings of railway tracks, and to provide precautions and adopt ordinances regulating the same; to regulate the running of railway engines and cars, except speed, and to adopt ordinances relating thereto; and to make any other and further provisions, rules and restrictions to prevent accidents at crossings and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines.

        On and after the effective date of this act, that part or parts of any rule, regulation or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section regulating the speed of railway engines and cars shall not be of any force or effect, and that part or parts shall be null and void.

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 64; R.S. 1923, § 15-438; L. 1988, ch. 76, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 164, § 5; July 1.

• 15-439:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 15-439; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.

• 15-440:

        History:   L. 1871, ch. 60, § 66; L. 1915, ch. 151, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-440; L. 1925, ch. 123, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 139, § 4; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4702; April 1, 1974.

• 15-441:

        History:   L. 1883, ch. 36, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-441; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 127, § 1; June 30.

• 15-442:

        History:   L. 1905, ch. 125, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 15-442; Repealed, L. 1963, ch. 128, § 1; June 30.

• 15-443:

        History:   L. 1935, ch. 122, § 1; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 67, § 1; July 1.

• 15-444, 15-445:

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 173, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.

• 15-446:

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 173, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 8; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 8; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.

• 15-447, 15-448:

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 173, §§ 4, 5; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.

• 15-449:

        History:   L. 1957, ch. 140, § 1; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 122, § 1; July 1.