History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 8; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-501; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 114; Aug. 15.
(1) Prepare plans and specifications and estimates for roads, bridges and culverts to be built by the county;
(2) act for the county in all matters relating to the supervision of the construction, repairing, surfacing, resurfacing and maintenance of any roads, bridges or culverts, or anything pertaining to rivers, streams or watercourses, for which the county pays any part of the cost thereof;
(3) visit and inspect the highways and culverts in each township of the county or district which have been reported as unsafe or in need of repair, and advise and direct the township board and the road overseer of each township as to the best methods of construction, repair, maintenance and improvement of such highways and culverts;
(4) prepare plans, specifications and general regulations governing the construction and maintenance of township roads and culverts, and upon request furnish copies of the same to the township board and to the road overseer of the several townships of the county or district;
(5) keep a record of all contracts and of all purchases of material, machinery or apparatus to be used in road construction, in excess of $10,000, approved by the county engineer in any township;
(6) study the soil conditions and collect information concerning the various deposits of gravel, stone, sand, clay and other road and bridge building materials, and to investigate and determine the most approved methods of using the same;
(7) make maps of the roads in the different townships of the county or district, and where there are no other records, or the records are incomplete, and when ordered by the county commissioners, the county engineer shall make maps of plats and file them in the offices of the county clerk and township clerk, which when passed upon and adopted by the board of county commissioners shall be the records of such roads where there are no other records, and shall be additional and supplemental records when the former records are incomplete or imperfect;
(8) answer inquiries and to hold at least one public meeting annually to advise with highway officials in road, bridge and culvert improvement, and to perform all other duties required by law.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 9; R.S. 1923, 68-502; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 12; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 115; L. 1984, ch. 253, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 10; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 116; L. 1994, ch. 57, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 13; R.S. 1923, 68-504; L. 1957, ch. 360, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 14; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-505.
(1) "County major collector roads" which shall include all county roads and highways designated for inclusion in the major collector road system in accordance with K.S.A. 68-1701 to 68-1704, and amendments thereto;
(2) "county minor collector roads " which shall include all county roads and highways, not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system, which are other main traveled roads utilized primarily for the movement of traffic between different areas of the county;
(3) "township minor collector roads" which shall include all township roads and highways not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system, which are other main traveled roads utilized primarily for the movement of traffic between different areas of the county; and
(4) "township or local service roads" which shall include all township roads and highways not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system or as county or township minor collector roads or highways.
(b) The county engineer and the board of county commissioners may shift road or highway mileage from one county road or highway classification to another as continuing study indicates that such changes are needed by reason of changing traffic needs or for other reasons substantiated by engineering analysis, except that no road or highway mileage may be shifted to or from the major collector road system except as provided in article 17 of chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 15; L. 1921, ch. 219, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-506; L. 1925, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1935, ch. 249, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 344, § 4; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 13; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 117; L. 1986, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 270, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 4; July 1.
History: L. 1925, ch. 211, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 64, § 79; L. 1978, ch. 99, § 35; April 25.
Where it has become necessary to leave the route heretofore or hereafter proposed to be used as a portion of the road or street connecting such highways at the city limits, in order to eliminate steam or electric grade crossings, or any other dangerous places on such highways, or to conform to the requirements of the Kansas department of agriculture or the United States bureau of public roads to obtain federal aid upon such road, or any part thereof, the county engineer and board of county commissioners, in conjunction with the governing body of such city, shall change the route so as to eliminate such dangerous crossings, or other dangerous places. The governing body of such city shall proceed to designate or acquire by purchase or donation a right-of-way for such street along the route over which such road may be relocated. Where the right-of-way for such purpose cannot be obtained by donation or purchase the city council is hereby authorized to condemn a right-of-way for such purpose in the manner provided for by article 2, chapter 26 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, relating to the opening, widening or extending any street, insofar as the same is applicable.
History: L. 1925, ch. 211, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 118; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 174; July 1.
(a) If all or any portion of said improvement is entitled to and does receive federal or state aid or donations, the same shall be applied to the cost of the improvement for the purpose and to the extent for which the same was given.
(b) The remainder of the cost shall be apportioned, fifty percent to the county and fifty percent to the city through which said road shall pass.
All bonds issued or taxes levied under the provisions of this act shall be in addition to all other tax levies or bond issues authorized by law.
History: L. 1925, ch. 211, § 4; March 13.
History: L. 1925, ch. 211, § 5; March 13.
History: L. 1929, ch. 230, § 1; Repealed, L. 1986, ch. 253, § 1; April 24.
History: L. 1986, ch. 252, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 2005, ch. 84, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 16; R.S. 1923, 68-507; L. 1973, ch. 265, § 2; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 17; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-508.
When the elimination, protection or improvement of a railroad grade crossing, as finally determined to be necessary by the secretary, requires the relocation, laying out, altering, widening or vacating of a highway, the board of county commissioners may purchase or acquire by donation any land required and, by order of the board, cause the highway to be relocated, laid out, altered, widened or vacated. Such order of the board of county commissioners shall cause any land so procured to become a public highway without further action. If the owner of any land required for the relocation, laying out, altering or widening of a highway for the purposes mentioned in this section refuses to sell or donate such land, the board of county commissioners shall exercise the right of eminent domain in the following manner:
The board of county commissioners by order shall determine the nature of the changes required in such road, the approximate amount and location of land required to be taken therefor and the time and place at which the road will be viewed. The board shall publish a notice once in the official county paper, not less than 15 days and not more than 25 days before the viewing of the road. A similar notice shall be sent by certified mail to the owners of lands affected by such change, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. Such notice shall set out the substance of the order and its date, the time and place the commissioners will begin to view the road and give all parties a hearing.
The board shall direct the county engineer to meet with it at such time and place, unless the new locations of roads made necessary by the changes have already been definitely surveyed and located. Upon the day stated in the notice, or on the following day, the county commissioners shall meet at the place stated in the notice and proceed to view the road and changes required; shall view all lands required to be taken for the relocation, laying out, altering or widening of the highway for the purposes described in this section; and shall appraise the value thereof and assess the damages thereto. The county commissioners shall forthwith file in the office of the county clerk of the county a written report of their findings, along with the plat of the road as changed. All applications for damages must be filed in writing with the county clerk on or before the first day of the next regular session of the board following the filing of the report. The board at such session shall finally determine the amount to be paid as damages to any owner of the land. The amounts so allowed shall be paid from the general fund or the road fund of the county.
The right of appeal from the award of damages made by the board of county commissioners shall be the same as is now provided by law in other road cases, but such appeal shall not delay any work upon or in relation to the road. If lands are appropriated for the relocation of any county or township road, which relocation is deemed necessary to avoid one or more railroad crossings or other dangerous places, the railroad company shall pay such part of the cost, not less than 1/2 or more than 3/4, as determined by the secretary of transportation. Such part of the cost shall be paid by the railroad company to the county and shall be used to reimburse the funds from which the cost of land and damages were paid. The secretary of transportation, upon the request of any county or township board, may require suitable safety devices or warning signals at dangerous or obscure railroad crossings to indicate the approach of trains, which shall be installed and maintained by the railroad company. The secretary may require the removal of spoil banks and other obstructions to view and the grading of approaches to the tracks, the cost of which shall be borne by the railroad company and county or township jointly or severally in the proportions determined by the secretary. The secretary may require the construction of suitable warning signs at a distance of 200 to 300 feet on both sides of all railroad grade crossings if, in the judgment of the secretary, signs are necessary for the safety of travel. All such warning signs on township roads shall be erected by the townships and those on the county roads by the county.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 18; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 5; R.S. 1923, 68-509; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 119; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 69; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, §§ 19 to 24; R.S. 1923, 68-510 to 68-515; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1961, ch. 299, § 14; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1961, ch. 299, § 15; June 30.
(1) "County major collector roads" which shall include all county roads and highways designated for inclusion in the major collector road system in accordance with K.S.A. 68-1701 to 68-1704, and amendments thereto;
(2) "county minor collector roads" which shall include all county roads and highways, not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system, which are other main traveled roads utilized primarily for the movement of traffic between different areas of the county; and
(3) "local service roads" which shall include all public roads and highways not designated for inclusion in the major collector road system and not designated as county minor collector roads or highways and not included in the state highway system or other state or federal systems.
(b) Such classification shall be made by the board of county commissioners, with the approval of the county engineer. The county engineer and the board of county commissioners may shift road or highway mileage from one road or highway classification to another as continuing study indicates that such changes are needed by reason of changing traffic needs or for other reasons substantiated by engineering analysis, except, that no road or highway mileage may be shifted to or from the major collector road system except as provided in article 17 of chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 25; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 7; R.S. 1923, 68-516; L. 1929, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1931, ch. 248, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 341, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 344, § 5; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 16; L. 1986, ch. 252, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 84, § 6; July 1.
The county treasurer shall likewise credit and transfer to said special fund of each township all tax moneys in his hands on the date the county road unit system is adopted which were received by him in payment of taxes levied by such township for road purposes and all such taxes thereafter collected by him, and he shall likewise credit and transfer all other moneys in his hands on the date of adoption of the county road unit system which were received by him for the use of such township for road purposes. The provisions of this section shall also be applicable to counties which have adopted the county road unit system prior to the date this act takes effect and to all townships and township boards in such counties.
History: L. 1931, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 345, § 2; March 16.
Within ten (10) days after the filing of the name of said township elector with the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall file with the county clerk the name of a qualified elector of the county who does not reside in such township who shall be the representative of the county as an appraiser of such machinery or equipment. Within five (5) days thereafter, the township appraiser and the county appraiser shall meet and select a third appraiser. Said three appraisers shall constitute a board of appraisers for the purpose of fixing the value of the road machinery and equipment so delivered to the county by the township and they shall forthwith make such appraisal. In making such appraisal, said board of appraisers shall deduct the amount, if any, which the township board owes for any such machinery to any person from whom leased or purchased. The amount of such appraisal shall be certified by the board of appraisers and filed in the office of the county clerk and the county treasurer. Each of such appraisers shall receive the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for making such appraisal which shall be paid by the county commissioners from the county road and bridge fund.
Within two (2) years after the filing of such appraisal, the board of county commissioners shall expend for the construction and maintenance of roads in the township from which such road machinery and equipment was received an amount of money equivalent to the appraised value of such machinery and equipment which expenditure shall be in addition to funds expended by the county in such township from the regular county road and bridge fund. That if any of such machinery and equipment so delivered to the county was purchased or leased by the township under a contract of purchase or lease and such contracts provide that the township upon making further payments would receive title to said machinery and equipment, then the county shall assume said contracts as to future payments and be liable therefor, which payments shall be made from the county road and bridge fund. All copies of such contracts in the hands of the township board shall forthwith be delivered by the township clerk to the county clerk.
History: L. 1949, ch. 345, § 3; March 16.
Whenever any board of county commissioners shall issue warrants under the provisions of this section, said 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: Provided, That if the board of county commissioners shall deem it advisable not to make all of such levy in any one year, then said board may make an annual tax levy at not more than the next three tax levying periods occurring after the issuance of said warrants, the total of which levies shall be sufficient to pay said 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 any amendments thereto, except such warrants shall not contain the notation required by said section, and any surplus existing after the redemption of said warrants shall be handled in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 79-2940.
Such board of county commissioners 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 during which such expenditures are made. The tax levy herein authorized shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law, and shall not be subject to or within any tax levy limit or aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947 or any amendments thereto.
History: L. 1949, ch. 345, § 4; March 16.
History: L. 1949, ch. 345, § 5; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1949, ch. 345, § 6; March 16.
History: L. 1923, ch. 177, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-517; L. 1929, ch. 224, § 2; Feb. 25.
History: L. 1923, ch. 177, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-518; L. 1929, ch. 224, § 3; Feb. 25.
History: L. 1949, ch. 350, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 482, § 2; June 30.
(b) The township board of any such township desiring to increase the authorized limit existing on the effective date of this act may adopt a resolution authorizing such levy and shall publish the same once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. If within 30 days after the date of the last publication of such resolution a petition, signed by electors of the township equal in number to not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the township who voted for the office of governor at the last general election for such office, is filed in the office of the county election officer no such increased levy shall be made without having been approved by a majority of the electors of the township voting at an election called and held thereon. All elections held under the provisions of this section shall be called and held in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto.
(c) Taxes imposed under this section shall be levied on all the taxable tangible property in the township outside of incorporated cities, and the moneys derived therefrom shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair and maintenance of township roads and culverts.
History: L. 1949, ch. 350, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 361, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 385, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 327, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 51; May 27.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 26; R.S. 1923, 68-519; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 27; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-520.
The county clerk or some other county officer designated by the board shall give not less than 20 days' notice of the letting by publication in at least two consecutive weekly issues of the official county paper, the first publication of such notice to be not less than 20 days prior to such letting. The notice shall specify with reasonable minuteness the character of the improvement contemplated, where it is located, the kind of material to be used, the hour, date and place of letting of such contract, when the work is to be completed, and invite sealed proposals for the same. Such other notice may be given as the board may deem proper. All bids shall be made on the proposal blanks furnished by the county, signed by the bidder, sealed and delivered, or sent by mail, by the bidder, or the agent or attorney thereof, to the county clerk or to some other county officer designated by the board. The letting of all contracts shall be conducted in such manner as to give free, open competition, and all qualified bidders, shall be given an equal opportunity to bid upon the plans and specifications on file. Each bidder shall be required to accompany the submitted bid with a bid surety in an amount equal to 5% of the bid amount in the form prescribed by the board as a guarantee that, if the contract is awarded to the bidder, the bidder will enter into the contract with the board. If a bidder fails to enter into the contract when awarded to the bidder, the bid surety shall become the property of the county as its liquidated damages and shall be paid to the county treasurer for credit to the general fund of the county, and the board may award the contract to the next lowest responsible bidder. The bids shall be opened publicly by the board or a designee thereof at the place, date and hour named in the advertising notice, and all bids shall be considered, and accepted or rejected.
In case the work is let at such public letting or thereafter, the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, or the board, if it deems the proposals too high, may reject all bids, and readvertise the work as before. No such contract shall be let at an amount exceeding 110% of the county engineer's estimated cost of the work. No such contract shall be considered as awarded unless the contractor shall within 21 days after the letting enter into contract and shall give the bond required by K.S.A. 60-1111, and amendments thereto, and a performance bond to the county in a penal sum equal to the amount of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract, payable to the county upon failure to comply with the terms of the contract. The contractor shall file with the county clerk the bonds, which shall be approved by the chairperson of the board and the county attorney by their signatures indorsed thereon.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to contracts for the expenditure of county moneys for the reconstruction or repair of a road if:
(1) The road has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster;
(2) the governor has declared the county, or that part of the county in which the road is located, a disaster area;
(3) the board of county commissioners finds that a hardship would result if the road is not immediately reconstructed or repaired;
(4) the board of county commissioners has obtained an estimate of the cost of the reconstruction or repair of the road from the county engineer. If there is no county engineer, the board shall obtain such estimate from the Kansas department of transportation; and
(5) the contract for the reconstruction or repair of the road is awarded within 60 days of the governor's declaration required by paragraph (2).
(c) The county attorney or county counselor shall meet with and advise the board of county commissioners in all matters pertaining to letting and making of all contracts under this act. The board may make partial payments, on the written estimate of its county engineer, upon any contract work as the same progresses, but not more than 95% of the estimate of the materials furnished and work done, or of the contract price, shall be paid in advance of the full and satisfactory completion of the contract. Final payment shall not be made on any such contract until the county engineer has inspected the work and certified in writing that it has been properly done and completed in accordance with the contract, plans and specifications, and the county engineer's certificate to that effect has been filed in the office of the county clerk or some other county officer designated by the board.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 28; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 8; R. S. 1923, 68-521; L. 1973, ch. 106, § 24; L. 1987, ch. 97, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 119, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 29; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-522.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 30; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-523.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 31; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-524.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 32; L. 1919, ch. 251, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-525; L. 1941, ch. 310, § 2; L. 1943, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 362, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 394, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 429, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 253, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 1; May 2.
(b) In townships located in Douglas, Johnson, Riley, Shawnee and Sedgwick counties, the township board shall place and maintain traffic-control devices and guidance, warning and regulatory signs on all township roads as provided by K.S.A. 8-2005, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 33; R.S. 1923, 68-526; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 17; L. 1984, ch. 253, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 87, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 34; R.S. 1923, 68-527; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 1; June 1.
History: L. 1973, ch. 265, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 35; R.S. 1923, 68-528; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 58; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 36; R.S. 1923, 68-529; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 3; June 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 37; R.S. 1923, 68-530; L. 1943, ch. 238, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 232, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 2; May 2.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 38; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 9; R.S. 1923, 68-531; L. 1943, ch. 238, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 362, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 3; May 2.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 39; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-532.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 40; R.S. 1923, 68-533; L. 1927, ch. 250, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 120; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
The county engineer, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, shall determine what county roads shall be dragged, and shall arrange each year with some person or persons to drag the county roads within the county at such times and upon such terms as the board and the county engineer may direct.
The board shall pay a reasonable compensation for dragging such roads: Provided, That upon the recommendation of the county engineer, either the board of county commissioners or the township board of highway commissioners may contract with or employ some person or persons to act as patrolman and to drag and maintain any specified section of roads under their control and to make any slight repairs needed on any bridge or culvert thereon, and the said board of county commissioners and township board of highway commissioners are hereby authorized to pay any such patrolman a reasonable compensation for such maintenance work in addition to the agreed amount for dragging: Provided, That all labor performed upon the county roads for dragging, patrolling and maintaining shall be paid for out of the county road fund on vouchers approved by the county engineer; and all labor so performed on township roads out of the township road fund on vouchers approved by the road overseer: And provided further, That any person or persons employed, or who shall take a contract to drag, patrol or maintain any road, county or township, who shall make a false return of the number of miles dragged, or the time spent on other work, or the amount of work done by him, or at the time which such dragging or other work was done, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in a sum not less than $25, nor more than $500: And provided further, That any officer under the authority of this section who shall neglect or refuse to enforce the provisions of this section as related to the dragging of roads or highways shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than $10, and not more than $250.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 41; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-534.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 42; R.S. 1923, 68-535; Repealed, L. 1970, ch. 385, § 14; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 43; R.S. 1923, 68-536; L. 1925, ch. 212, § 1; March 23.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 44; R.S. 1923, 68-537; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 18; L. 1965, ch. 394, § 2; Repealed, L. 1970, ch. 366, § 22; April 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 45; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 10; R.S. 1923, 68-538; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 19; June 30.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 46; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 11; R.S. 1923, 68-539; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 20; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 121; Aug. 15.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 47; L. 1919, ch. 245, § 12; R.S. 1923, 68-540; L. 1951, ch. 385, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 122; L. 1980, ch. 205, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 48; R.S. 1923, 68-541; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 123; Aug. 15.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 49; R.S. 1923, 68-542; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 21; L. 1996, ch. 184, § 4; May 2.
(b) Whenever any property owner shall request an additional culvert or new entrance on a county road, the culvert or new entrance may be installed by the county engineer and the cost charged to the property owner. The county engineer may require the property owner to deposit the estimated cost of such installation before installing and constructing the culvert or new entrance, or the property owner may install and construct such additional culvert or new entrance, but only after first obtaining approval of plans and permission to do so from the county engineer. Any such work shall be done by the owner subject to the direction and supervision of the county engineer.
(c) Whenever any property owner shall request an additional culvert or new entrance on a city street, the culvert or new entrance may be installed by the city engineer and the cost thereof charged to the property owner. The city engineer may require to property owner to deposit the estimated cost of such installation before installing and constructing the culvert or new entrance, or the property owner may install and construct such additional culvert or new entrance, but only after first obtaining approval of plans therefor and permission to do so from the city engineer. Any such work shall be done by the owner subject to the direction and supervision of the city engineer.
(d) It shall be a public offense for any property owner or other person to construct a culvert or entrance across any ditch along a public road without first having secured approval of the plans therefor and permission to do so from the county engineer for county roads or the city engineer for city streets. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 50; R.S. 1923, 68-543; L. 1953, ch. 303, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 363, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 38, § 2; July 1.
(b) Whenever any property owner shall request an additional culvert or new entrance on a county road, the culvert or new entrance may be installed by the county engineer and the cost charged to the property owner. The county engineer may require the property owner to deposit the estimated cost of such installation before installing and constructing the culvert or new entrance, or the property owner may install and construct such additional culvert or new entrance, but only after first obtaining approval of plans therefor and permission to do so from the county engineer. Any such work shall be done by the owner subject to the direction and supervision of the county engineer.
(c) Whenever any property owner shall request an additional culvert or new entrance on a township road, the culvert or new entrance may be installed by the township board and the cost charged to the property owner. The township board may require the property owner to deposit the estimated cost of such installation before installing and constructing the culvert or new entrance, or the property owner may install and construct such additional culvert or new entrance, but only after first obtaining approval of plans therefor and permission to do so from the township board. Any such work shall be done by the owner subject to the direction and supervision of the township board.
(d) It shall be a public offense for any property owner or other person to construct a culvert or entrance across any ditch along a public road without first having secured approval of the plans therefor and permission to do so from the county engineer for county roads or township board for township roads. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100.
History: L. 2004, ch. 38, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 51; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-544.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 52; R.S. 1923, 68-545; L. 1951, ch. 386, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 254, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 53; R.S. 1923, 68-546; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4701; July 1, 1970.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 54; L. 1921, ch. 219, § 2; March 23; R.S. 1923, 68-547.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 55; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-548.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 56; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-549.
History: L. 1917, ch. 264, § 57; March 7; R.S. 1923, 68-550.
History: L. 1919, ch. 249, § 1; L. 1920, ch. 50, § 1; Feb. 6; R.S. 1923, 68-551.
History: L. 1919, ch. 249, § 2; L. 1920, ch. 50, § 2; Feb. 6; R.S. 1923, 68-552.
History: L. 1935, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 22; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 124; Aug. 15.
History: L. 1935, ch. 254, § 2; May 15.
History: L. 1935, ch. 254, § 3; May 15.
History: L. 1935, ch. 254, § 4; May 15.
History: L. 1935, ch. 254, § 5; May 15.
History: L. 1939, ch. 244, §§ 1, 2; L. 1943, ch. 239, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 338, § 1; June 30.
In any county where the board of county commissioners has previously adopted the provisions of this section and at the conclusion of the five-year period additional funds for road and bridge purposes are needed, the board of county commissioners may extend the provisions of this section for an additional five years by adopting a resolution which shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper, or if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation therein. No such resolution shall take effect until 90 days after its final publication. If within 90 days of the final publication of such resolution, a petition signed by a number of electors equal to not less than 5% of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding regular election in such county is filed in the office of the clerk of such county demanding that such resolution be submitted to a vote of the electors it shall not take effect until submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. Any election held hereunder shall be noticed and held in the manner provided for general bond elections as set forth in K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto. In the event that a resolution is submitted to a vote of the electors under this section, and the resolution is rejected by the voters, the board of county commissioners shall not adopt another resolution under this section to impose a tax levy of more than 1 mill sooner than 18 months after such election of rejection.
History: L. 1945, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 164; L. 1983, ch. 228, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1945, ch. 275, § 2; June 28.
History: L. 1945, ch. 275, § 3; June 28.
(b) Any township which has adopted the provisions of this act may abandon the provisions of this act, and take over the maintenance, repair and construction of township roads, as provided by this subsection. The question of abandoning the adoption of the provisions of this act shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the township at any general election after the date such township has adopted the provisions of this act, whenever there shall have been submitted to the board of county commissioners at least 60 days prior to the date of any such general election, a petition signed by at least 20% of the qualified electors of such township.
History: L. 1941, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 210, § 1; July 1.
No rental charge shall be made by the county for the use of any machinery used on township roads in any such township except such rental as shall be mutually agreed upon by the said township board and board of county commissioners.
History: L. 1941, ch. 319, § 2; June 30.
History: L. 1941, ch. 317, §§ 1, 2; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 268, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 4; L. 1947, ch. 342, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1941, ch. 317, §§ 5 to 8; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1941, ch. 317, § 9; L. 1947, ch. 343, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30.
History: L. 1943, ch. 241, § 1; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 63, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1945, ch. 274, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 354, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 270, § 3; July 1.
The preliminary plans and specifications for such county master highway development plan shall be approved by the state transportation engineer, the county engineer and members of the boards of county commissioners of such counties and filed in the office of the county clerk of such counties. The cost of such preliminary plans and specifications may be paid from the road maintenance fund of such counties, even though such items were not budgeted in such year; and if the proposition calling the adoption and approval of such master highway development plan, is voted for affirmatively by a majority of the electors of such counties at a special election held for such purpose or at the general election, the cost of such preliminary plans and specifications may thereafter be included in the total cost of such plan or project to be paid for by the issuance of bonds.
History: L. 1957, ch. 372, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 125; Aug. 15.
(a) The name and location of each county, arterial highway to be constructed, reconstructed, improved or repaired under the plan or project;
(b) the points of origin and terminus of each arterial, county highway to be improved under the plan and the distance between such points;
(c) the estimated cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving or repairing each county, arterial highway in the plan;
(d) the tentative work schedule or order under which such county, arterial highways will be constructed, reconstructed, improved or repaired under the proposed plan during the said ten (10) year period following its adoption by the electors of such counties;
(e) the total, estimated cost of such plan or project for which bonds are proposed to be issued and if issued cannot be exceeded;
(f) the general form of the proposition or question whereby the adoption or rejection of such master highway development plan will be submitted to the electors of such counties; and
(g) the date of the special election called for such purpose or the general election when said proposition or question will be submitted to the qualified electors of such counties for approval or rejection of such proposed master highway development plan or project for such counties. Such resolution shall be published for three (3) successive weeks in the official county newspaper and once each week for three (3) successive weeks in one newspaper published in each city in such counties. The question or proposition calling the adoption or rejection of such master highway development plan or project shall not be submitted to the electors more than once each two (2) years.
History: L. 1957, ch. 372, § 2; June 29.
Shall ______________ county adopt a master highway development plan to construct, reconstruct, improve or repair the arterial highways provided for in such plan during the next ten (10) years at an estimated aggregate cost of not to exceed $____________, and to issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed said sum in payment of the same?
Opposite and after said proposition so printed on said ballots shall be printed two (2) squares, one above the other; preceding the upper one of said squares shall be printed the word "yes" and preceding the lower one of said squares shall be printed the word "no." Immediately above such proposition and across the entire width of said ballots shall be printed the following: "To vote in favor of the adoption of such master highway development plan and the issuance of bonds to pay the cost thereof, make an * in the square after the word 'yes'; and to vote against the adoption of such master highway development plan and the issuance of bonds to pay the cost thereof, make an * in the square opposite the word 'no'."
History: L. 1957, ch. 372, § 3; June 29.
History: L. 1957, ch. 372, § 4; June 29.
History: L. 1957, ch. 372, § 5; June 29.
History: L. 1958, ch. 36, §§ 1, 2 (Special Session); Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1.
(a) "County" means any county.
(b) "Board" means the board of county commissioners.
History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 395, § 1; June 30.
The board and the governing bodies of all cities in which any primary arterial highway is located or is proposed to be located may enter into an agreement providing for the cooperative financing of the acquisition of right-of-way for and the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of such proposed primary arterial highway, including major bridges and overpasses thereon, together with all engineering costs, under such terms as the board and governing bodies shall agree upon. Such agreement may be part of an agreement between the secretary of transportation, the county and the cities.
The board and governing body of any city wherein any portion of such primary arterial highway is to be located may use any public funds available to such county or city for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of such primary arterial highway, including major bridges and overpasses thereon, in like manner as if it were a normal county road or a city street, and the board and the governing body of each such city may issue bonds as provided in K.S.A. 68-584. Whenever any such bonds are issued, either with or without a referendum, the board or governing body issuing the same may use the moneys received from the distribution of motor-fuel tax revenues pursuant to K.S.A. 79-3425c, and any amendments thereto, to pay all or part of the principal and interest on such bonds. In the event that such moneys are insufficient to retire such bonds, an annual tax shall be levied upon the taxable tangible property in such county or city in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds.
History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 247, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 351, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 126; Aug. 15.
History: L. 1972, ch. 247, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 395, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 69, § 19; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 127; L. 1980, ch. 65, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 44; May 27.
History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 4; April 10.
History: L. 1961, ch. 310, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 395, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 247