68-401. Acceptance of federal aid. The assent of the legislature is hereby given to the provisions and requirements of the act of congress known as the federal-aid road act, approved July 11, 1916, entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for […]
68-402. Same; contracts; disbursements of moneys. The secretary of transportation may enter into all contracts and agreements necessary to cooperate with the United States department of transportation or any of the other federal departments or agencies and may do and perform all acts required of a state agency to obtain all benefits under the terms […]
68-402b. Federal aid for highway costs; contracts; payments; allocation of federal aid; pledge of federal aid to repay advances. (a) Authority is hereby granted to counties, cities and political subdivisions in this state to enter into contracts through or with the secretary of transportation, to enable the state and such counties, cities and political subdivisions […]
68-402c. Federal aid; limitation on high type pavement inapplicable. The limitation on the amount of high type pavement which may be constructed in any one year by the secretary of transportation, as provided in K.S.A. 68-416, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall not apply to pavement constructed from funds received from the federal […]
68-402f. Fees charged counties by secretary of transportation on certain federal road and bridge projects. Whenever any federal act or the regulation by any federal agency shall require that the secretary of transportation shall perform engineering services in connection with a federal aid project pertaining to the construction or reconstruction of any county road or […]
68-404. Powers and duties of secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation shall have the following powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction: (a) General supervision over the administration of all road and bridge laws and over the construction and maintenance of all roads, bridges and culverts throughout the state, except that such supervision by the secretary […]
68-404a. Construction and maintenance of certain highways traversing federal property. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to expend funds from the highway fund for the purpose of maintaining, by and with the consent of the appropriate agencies of the federal government, roads and highways marked by it as state or federal routes, […]
68-404b. Detention dams on Fort Riley military reservation to protect Ogden from flood waters. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to negotiate with the United States army and any other appropriate federal authorities to obtain consent to construct and maintain one or more detention dams on the Fort Riley military reservation. Such dams may […]
68-405. County and township officers to furnish information to secretary of transportation, when; federal-aid contract requirements. It is hereby made the duty of the boards of county commissioners, county clerks, county engineers and the members of the township boards of highway commissioners, to furnish detailed information concerning the roads, bridges and culverts under their control, […]
68-406. Designation of highways in state system; total mileage, exclusions; revision and classification; connecting links and detours; direct routes to certain facilities and institutions; roads in state parks; posting speed limits and establishing facilities on certain streets and roads; temporary road closings. (a) The secretary of transportation shall designate, adopt and establish and may lay […]
68-406a. Inclusion of certain unimproved links of county road into state highway system. Any county road which is not a part of the state highway system, but which road is a continuation of a state highway, which state highway is a cross-state highway except for the part of said road which is not a state […]
68-407. Duties and authority of secretary of transportation; bids, where received; contracts. The secretary of transportation is authorized to perform all work, or to enter into, perform and require the performance of all contracts incident to the construction, improvement, reconstruction and maintenance of the state highway system and shall take such steps as will give […]
68-408. Letting of contracts; time and place; notice. The secretary of transportation, before awarding any contract for the construction, improvement, reconstruction or maintenance of the state highway system, shall publish notice of the letting at least once in each week for two consecutive weeks in the Kansas register, which notice shall specify with reasonable minuteness […]
68-408a. Bids; electronic submission. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to implement electronic submission of sealed bids as a procurement process accessible by highway construction contractors and other qualified contractors for highway projects. Prior to implementing such procurement process, the secretary of transportation shall adopt any policies and procedures which are necessary for […]
68-409. Plans and specifications; display. Before advertising for bids for any contract as provided in the preceding section said secretary shall provide plans and specifications of the proposed work or improvement, which plans and specifications shall be displayed for the inspection of bidders at the office of such secretary and in the office of the […]
68-410. Contracts to be let to lowest responsible bidder; nonresidents; bonds in lieu of mechanic’s liens; filing claim before actions on bond. All contracts for the construction, improvement, reconstruction, and maintenance of the highway system, the cost of which exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), except contracts between the secretary of transportation and the various counties, […]
68-411. Partial payment on contracts; regulations for withholding. The secretary of transportation shall make partial payment to a contractor performing any road or bridge work under contract with it, as the work may progress, said partial payment not to be less than ninety percent (90%) of the contract price of the material delivered and work […]
68-412. Designation and improvement of city streets as connecting links; apportionment of costs. After the secretary of transportation shall deem it advisable for the proper completion of the state highway system to designate any city street as a connecting link in the state highway system, the secretary may assist said city on the state highway […]
68-412a. Acquisition of right-of-way for streets as connecting links in cities. Whenever it becomes necessary for the proper construction, maintenance, or improvement of streets in cities, which streets have been designated as connecting links in the state highway system, to acquire right-of-way for said streets, the secretary of transportation may assist said cities in paying […]
68-413. Acquisition of title or easement by secretary of transportation, eminent domain; disposition of property or interest, sale at public auction, when; appraisal; advertisement of sale; reappraisement, when; conveyance, record; disposition of moneys; succession of secretary of transportation to right, title and interest of highway commission; release of easements. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the […]
