38-501. Establishment by county commissioners; petition; election. (a) The county commissioners of any county having a population of more than 20,000 may provide a detention home or juvenile farm for the purpose of caring for children who are under 18 years of age and who are delinquent, miscreant, juvenile offenders, wayward, deprived or children in […]
38-502. Management; purpose. The detention home shall be in the charge of a person or persons who shall be under the supervision of the judge of the district court. The inmates of the detention home shall be controlled as far as possible through parental care. The children shall be placed in the public schools if […]
38-503. Same; record; monthly report. It shall be the duty of the matron or superintendent of the detention home to keep a complete record of all inmates of the home, including age, sex, time of admission, and time of discharge, conduct and character, state of health at time of admission and dismissal, and shall make […]
38-504. Same; support and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; salary of matron or superintendent. For the support and maintenance of the detention home or juvenile farm and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, […]
38-505. Establishment by county commissioners or upon petition of electors. In every county having a city whose population is not less than 53,000, the board of county commissioners may by unanimous vote, and shall upon petition of 30% of the electors of the county, procure the necessary ground and erect and maintain suitable buildings for […]
38-506. Admission of children. Any child who is homeless, deprived, wayward, miscreant, delinquent, a child in need of care or a juvenile offender may be kept at the home provided for by this act, upon order of the judge of the district court. History: L. 1915, ch. 276, § 2; R.S. 1923, 38-506; L. 1976, […]
38-507. Purchase of buildings; tax levy, use of proceeds. For the purchase of the necessary ground and the erection of a suitable building or buildings for the purposes herein provided for and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities […]
38-508. Same; management; advisory board; appointment; terms. The home herein provided for shall be in the charge of a person or persons to be selected by the judge of the district court. Such managers shall receive and have the advisory assistance of a board consisting of five (5) residents of such county who shall be […]
38-509. Supervision. The home herein provided for shall be under the supervision of the board of county commissioners except as otherwise provided for in the provision of chapter 177*, Session Laws of 1907, entitled, “An act amendatory of and supplemental to chapter 190 of the Laws of 1905 entitled ‘An act to establish a juvenile […]
38-510. Salaries and expenses. The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation. The salaries of the managers in charge shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners and warrants shall be drawn for the payment of such salaries and all other bills regularly allowed by said board of county commissioners, on account […]
38-511. Land and buildings for farm. In every county containing a city the population of which is not less than 70,000, the board of county commissioners may, as hereinafter provided, procure the necessary ground within the county and erect and maintain suitable buildings and improvements for a juvenile farm for boys under 16 years of […]
38-512. Petition; election; separate election for establishment of farm for girls. In any such county the board of county commissioners shall upon presentation of a petition signed by electors of said county, equal to ten percent of the vote cast for secretary of state at the last preceding general election, submit to a vote of […]
38-513. Purchase of juvenile farms; tax levy, use of proceeds. For the purchase, improvement, support and maintenance of such juvenile farm, or farms and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, the county commissioners shall […]
38-514. Same; commitments to farm. Any boy or girl over whom the judge of the district court is by law given jurisdiction and authority, may be committed to such home, in the discretion of said court. History: L. 1923, ch. 114, § 4; R.S. 1923, 38-514; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 169; Jan. 10, 1977.
38-515. Detention homes and juvenile farms for girls; person in charge and advisory board; appointment, term, compensation. Detention homes or juvenile farms for girls established under the provisions of K.S.A. 38-511 to 38-514, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall be in the charge of a person or persons to be selected by the judge of the […]
38-523. Farm or home; election; petition; bonds or tax levy. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more than 120,000 wherein territory has been designated as an urban area may acquire the necessary grounds and erect and provide for the maintenance of suitable buildings, improvements, facilities and equipment for a […]
38-524. Same; donations; regulations. The county may receive donations and bequests of either money or property for the purpose of establishing and maintaining such detention home or juvenile farm and grounds. The judge of the district court shall make all regulations necessary for the supervision and conducting of said detention home or juvenile farm and […]
38-525. Same; commitments to home. Any boy or girl over whom the judge of the district court is by law given jurisdiction and authority, may be committed to such home, in the discretion of said court. History: L. 1959, ch. 152, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 172; Jan. 10, 1977.
38-526. Same; management; advisory board; compensation; salary of person in charge, how paid. The detention home or district farm shall be in charge of a person or persons to be selected by the judge of the district court. The judge of the district court shall appoint two (2) members of an advisory board and the […]
38-528. Homes for children under 18; petition; election; lease of building; control of home. The boards of county commissioners of any two (2) or more counties jointly may provide a detention home or juvenile farm for the purpose of caring for children under eighteen (18) years of age who are in the custody of the […]
