68-1101. Definitions; concrete overflow bridge or ford as bridge. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise the following words shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them wherever they appear in chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto: (1) The word “bridge” shall mean a structure having a clear […]
68-1103. County roads, bridges and culverts; construction and repair; costs, financing. (a) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall determine that it is necessary to build or repair any road, bridge or culvert, the board may appropriate an amount equal to its share and shall make all contracts for labor, material and […]
68-1104. Construction and maintenance of bridges and culverts on county and township roads; payment of cost. The board of county commissioners shall construct, reconstruct, repair and maintain all county bridges and county culverts located on county roads and township roads and the cost of such work shall be paid from the bridge fund of the […]
68-1105. Estimates, plans and specifications for bridges and culverts; employment of engineer. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county be of the opinion that it is necessary to construct or repair any county bridge or culvert it shall determine in what manner the same shall be built or repaired, and shall direct the […]
68-1106. Construction or repair of bridges; resolution authorizing bond issuance; election upon petition; limitation in certain counties. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county determines that it is necessary to build or repair any bridge, the county’s share of the cost of which shall exceed the sum of $250,000, it shall pass a […]
68-1107. Classification of bridges and culverts. Bridges and culverts located on public roads or highways of this state shall be classified as follows: (a) All bridges located on county or township roads shall be known as “county bridges”; (b) all culverts located on county roads or within the right of way lines of a county […]
68-1108. Standard specifications. That standard specifications for all bridges, culverts and railroad overhead crossings and subways shall be furnished without cost to the counties, townships and railroad companies by the secretary of transportation, and all work shall be done in accordance therewith. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 8; R.S. 1923, 68-1108; L. 1975, ch. […]
68-1109. Roadway and grade of bridges and culverts on county and township roads and on highways over railroad tracks. (a) Except as otherwise provided, all bridges constructed on county major collector roads or highways and on county minor collector roads or highways shall have a clear roadway of not less than 24 feet. Except as […]
68-1113. Bids for contracts, how made. All bids shall be made on the proposal blanks furnished by the county, signed by the bidder, sealed and presented by the bidder, the bidder’s agent or attorney or sent by mail, to the county clerk. The board shall conduct the letting of all contracts for bridge and culvert […]
68-1113a. Consolidation of bridge construction or repair projects; lump sum bids; acceptance. Whenever the board of commissioners of any county is authorized to let contracts for the construction or repair of two or more bridges, the board of commissioners may consolidate any of such bridge construction or repair projects and may let a single contract […]
68-1114. Deposit with bid. Each bidder shall be required to deposit with such bidder’s proposal a good and sufficient surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state, a certified check or a cashier’s check in an amount of not less than 5% of such bid proposal, in the discretion of […]
68-1115. Acceptance and rejection of bids; recording of bids; penalty for premature opening of bids. The bids received shall be opened publicly by the board or the board’s designee at the place, date and hour named in the advertising notice, and shall be recorded in detail in the minutes of the board of county commissioners […]
68-1116. Day labor system; county engineer’s duties; limitation. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the board from buying materials and contracting all or any part of the labor or purchasing or renting equipment to do the work by day labor under the direction of the county engineer. Prior to beginning the construction or repair of […]
68-1117. Execution of contracts; bond of contractor. Within 21 days after any public letting, the bidder to whom any contract shall be awarded shall enter into contract with the board of county commissioners and shall give bond to the county in a penal sum equal to the amount of the contract price, conditioned upon the […]
68-1118. Approval of contracts. It is hereby made the duty of the county attorney or county counselor: (a) To personally examine as to form, the advertisement, proposal, contract, plans, specifications, bond and the minutes of the board’s meeting for each bridge or culvert proposed to be built or repaired by contract; and (b) to determine […]
68-1119. Inspection of work. If the county engineer deems it necessary the county engineer shall appoint, with the approval of the board, a competent inspector to inspect the construction of any bridge or culvert work. The county engineer shall be in direct charge of all construction work and may remove such inspector at any time […]
68-1120. Payment on contracts; liability on bond of contractor. The board of county commissioners may make partial payments upon written estimate of their engineer, on any contract for bridge or culvert work under this act as the work progresses, except that at no time shall more than 95% of the estimate of the materials at […]
68-1121. County engineer’s accounts and records. It shall be the duty of the county engineer in the several counties of the state to keep separate itemized accounts of all expenditures for the construction and maintenance of each county bridge and culvert in a record prepared for that purpose. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 21; […]
68-1122. Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings. If a county bridge or culvert be necessary on any public highway that is on or near to a county line or divides one county from another in this state, the boards of both counties may unite in the construction, repairing and […]
68-1125. Township contracts. The township board in letting contracts for the construction or maintenance of township culverts shall follow the plans and specifications of the county engineer. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 25; R.S. 1923, 68-1125; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 11; July 1.
