68-701. Petition of resident landowners; publication of order; time for actions to restrain; supplemental petitions; state lands. When a petition requesting the permanent improvement of one or more roads of benefit to the benefit district is filed in accordance with this section, the board of county commissioners may cause such roads to be improved as […]
68-701a. Filling certain gaps in counties of 130,000 or over; resolution by county commissioners; publication; time for protests. Whenever any board of county commissioners in counties of not less than 130,000 shall desire to permanently improve a road in their county on which a benefit-district petition has not been filed, they shall adopt a resolution […]
68-701b. Same; time for action to restrain. No action shall be brought to restrain the making of such improvements or payment therefor or creation of such benefit district or levy of taxes or special assessments or issuance of bonds therefor on the grounds of any illegality in said resolution or in any proceedings prior thereto […]
68-702. Contents of petition under 68-701. The petition shall designate the road or roads to be improved by name and by terminal points and other specially fixed locations, the lands within the proposed benefit district, the type or types of permanent improvement, and width or widths of roadway desired, which types or widths may be […]
68-702a. Petition void if improvement not made within three years. Where any petition for the construction or improvement of any road or roads in a benefit district has been approved by the board of county commissioners and the construction or improvement of such road or roads for which no contract has been let within three […]
68-703. Survey, map, plans and specifications; estimates of costs; changes in road; eminent domain, procedure; appeal from award. After finding the improvements to be of public utility the board shall cause an accurate survey of the roads to be made and a profile thereof, a map of the benefit district, plans and specifications for the […]
68-704. Construction of improvements; letting of contracts; bids, surety; publication notice; bond of contractor; time for actions to restrain; county warrants. The board of county commissioners may conduct the improvement of the road in conformity with the profile, plans and specifications as filed; may let contracts for the construction of any portions of the work […]
68-705. Supervision of benefit-district road work. All work done and materials furnished shall be under the supervision and inspection of the county engineer or licensed professional engineer employed by the county and shall be in conformity with the plans and specifications and the contract. The acceptance of any work or material by such engineer shall […]
68-706. Apportionment of costs; certain counties; special assessments; city benefits; bonds; tax levies. Upon the completion of any improvement under the provision of this act the county commissioners shall meet at their office and apportion the cost thereof as follows: (a) If all or any portion of said road improvement is entitled to and does […]
68-707. Apportionment when costs unusually large. Whenever in the judgment of the board of county commissioners any part of the road in addition to being of public utility, shall be of general importance to the county, the improvement of which by reason of sand, creeks, heavy grades or other reasons would necessarily incur unusual expense, […]
68-708. Special aid fund for benefit-district roads. The county commissioners may receive subscriptions and donations in money and real or personal property which shall be applied in the construction or the improvement of said road. Any aid or donation by the state or the United States, or by cities, or from any other source shall […]
68-709. Bond issues; tax levy; use of general and road funds; additional county levy; when road not constructed. After the approved estimates have been filed with the county clerk and the cost to be assessed against the taxable property of the county and the taxability of the benefit district has been approximately determined by deducting […]
68-710. Application of act to pending proceedings. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway has been petitioned for or machinery heretofore purchased, under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas, 1919, or amendments thereto, but […]
68-711. Maintenance and repair. All roads improved under the provisions of this act shall thereafter be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which said improved roads are located, in the same manner and method as required for federal aid roads as indicated in section 3 [*] of chapter 264 of the Session […]
68-712. Application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of Laws 1909, chapter 201 [*], or under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, but which projects had not been […]
68-714. Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the construction or improvement of roads costing less than five hundred dollars per mile. History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 11; Mar. 10; R.S. 1923, 68-714.
68-714a. Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under 68-701 to 68-714. When the permanent improvement of a road or roads was brought about or caused to be done by the benefit district plan and as provided in K.S.A. 68-701 to 68-714, any such road or roads may be reconstructed or reimproved by petition filed, […]
68-715. Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure. Whenever any road project has been inaugurated by petition or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this state, and the same, or any part thereof, has been abandoned and said projected road not constructed, and whenever the taxpayers of any such road district […]
68-716. Roads situated in more than one county or on county lines; procedure; apportionment of costs. The petition as provided for in K.S.A. 68-701 may be for the improvement of a road or roads situated in more than one county or upon the county line between two counties. A certified copy of the petition shall […]
68-717. Same; application to similar projects previously authorized. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases where the improvement of a highway had been petitioned for under the provisions of chapter 265 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1917, or chapter 246 [*], Laws of Kansas of 1919, amendatory thereto, but which projects had […]
