24-501. Drainage districts organized in valley of natural watercourse; procedure. For the purpose of increasing the drainage capacity of any natural watercourse by clearing it of all obstructions, excavating cutoffs, spillways and auxiliary channels and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, a drainage district may be organized in the valley of any natural watercourse […]
24-502. Petition; time for hearing; notice. Whenever a petition describing the upper and lower boundaries of any proposed drainage district, and containing the names of at least two-fifths of the owners of the acreage of such district resident in Kansas whose lands in whole or in part are included within the proposed drainage district, shall […]
24-502a. Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts. Any land located within an improvement district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2753 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any land located within an industrial district created pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3801 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be included within the boundaries of any drainage district […]
24-503. Hearing on petition; report to secretary of state. That at the time fixed for the hearing of the petition as provided in the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners first to ascertain and determine whether notice has been given of the time of hearing as required […]
24-504. Proclamation by governor; date for election of directors; record of proceeding. Whenever a majority of the counties to be included within the proposed drainage district have reported in favor of the organization of the drainage district, under the provisions of this act, the secretary of state shall report the fact to the governor of […]
24-505. Places for holding elections; judges and clerks. Promptly following the date of the governor’s proclamation above provided for, and at least ten (10) days before each subsequent election, the respective county clerks of each of the counties to be included within the drainage district aforesaid shall designate a place or places for the holding […]
24-506. Board of directors, qualifications; term. (a) The board of directors of any drainage district incorporated pursuant to K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall consist of one person from each county in the district if the number of counties is odd, but if the number of counties is even, then there shall be […]
24-507. List of freeholders; persons entitled to vote. Within five days after receiving notice of the incorporation of any drainage district the county clerk shall ascertain from the tax rolls of the next preceding year the names of all freeholders resident in Kansas whose lands in whole or in part may be included within said […]
24-508. Ballots and nominations. The ballots for the first election herein provided for shall be furnished by the county, and the county clerk is hereby instructed to place as candidates on said ballots the names of such electors, as defined in the next preceding section, as may be nominated for the office of director by […]
24-509. First election. At the time appointed therefor in the proclamation incorporating said drainage district, the first election shall be held, at which the directors provided for in this act shall be chosen. At this election the persons receiving the highest number of votes for county director in each county shall be declared elected county […]
24-510. First meeting of directors; organization of board; definition of boundaries of district. The directors elected as provided in the next preceding section hereof shall meet on the second Tuesday of the first calendar month following their election, at the county seat of the county most centrally located in the district, and proceed to organize […]
24-511. Appeal on location of boundary line. Any freeholder feeling aggrieved at the location of any portion of said boundary line may, within twenty days from the filing of said boundary with the county clerk, appeal to the board of directors, who shall, after due notice to the complainant, hold a session at some convenient […]
24-512. Powers of district. The board of directors of every drainage district incorporated under the provisions of K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall have the power: (1) To adopt a seal. (2) To determine and fix the district boundaries. (3) To remove all obstructions from the channel of the watercourse. (4) To commence […]
24-513. Engineer; salary; duties. The board of directors shall appoint a competent engineer, at such salary as they may deem proper, who shall make a careful study of conditions along the watercourses of the district, and prepare plans and specifications, together with estimates of the cost of making the improvements authorized in this act which […]
24-514. Rules for plans, specifications and estimates. That in making such plans, specifications and estimates, the engineer shall be guided by the following rules: First, the work shall be so distributed that all parts of the district may receive as nearly as possible equal benefits therefrom. Second, all proposed work must not only be beneficial, […]
24-515. Plans and data to be submitted to engineering school of state university or Kansas state university. Said plans, specifications and estimates, together with the data upon which the same are based, shall be submitted by the board of directors to the school of engineering of the state university or state agricultural university for correction […]
24-516. Bond election; notice; canvass of returns. After the approval of the plans, specifications and estimates by the school of engineering, the board of directors shall order an election to be held, in the manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the district the proposition to issue improvement bonds for […]
24-517. Issuance of bonds. All bonds issued pursuant to K.S.A. 24-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be authorized, issued, registered and sold in the manner provided by the general bond law and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by K.S.A. 10-1009. History: R.S. 1923, 24-517; L. 1983, […]
24-518. Record of bonds; levy for interest and sinking fund. A record shall be kept by the secretary of the board of directors of all bonds issued under this act, showing the date, number and amount thereof, and when the same become due, and it shall be the duty of the board of directors to […]
24-519. Benefits assessment commission; compensation, duties. The board of directors shall appoint, at such a salary as they shall determine, a benefits assessment commission, consisting of three disinterested members, one of whom shall be an engineer, who shall serve during the pleasure of the board of directors. The members of said commission shall receive pay […]
