19-3601. Fire districts; organizations; name; governing body; duties of county clerk and county treasurer; delegation. The board of county commissioners of any county of the state is hereby authorized and empowered to organize one or more fire districts in any portion of the county not within an incorporated city, and the entire county or the major portion thereof may be organized as one fire district and any city of the second and third classes may be included within such district as hereafter provided. No fire district or part of a fire district may be included within a fire district under this act, except as provided in K.S.A. 19-3611, and amendments thereto. Each such fire district shall be named and numbered by the said board in the order of their organization as "Fire District No. _____ (such number as shall be assigned), County of _____ (name of county), Kansas". In counties adjoining another state having rural fire protection districts adjacent to their county-state boundary lines, fire districts may be named and numbered by said board in the order of their organization as "Rural Fire Protection District No. _____ (such number as shall be assigned), County of _____ (name of county), Kansas."
The board of county commissioners of the county shall be and constitute the governing body of each fire district within the county. The county clerk of the county shall be the secretary of said board as the governing body of each of said fire districts and shall have such other duties as county clerk as provided by this act. The county treasurer shall receive and have custody of all of the funds of each fire district and shall expend the same upon the order of the governing body of each such district as provided by law. The board of county commissioners may delegate any of the powers and duties of the county clerk and county treasurer prescribed by this section to any other person deemed qualified by the board. The board of county commissioners shall require any person to whom such powers and duties are delegated to execute a good and sufficient surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in an amount fixed by the board which shall not be less than the amount of money such person will be responsible for at any one time.
History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 171, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 75, § 3; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
19-3601a Same; governing body; powers.
19-3601b Same; issuance of bonds and no-fund warrants.
19-3602a Same; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
19-3603 Same; petition; contents; resolution; adoption and publication, when.
19-3604 Same; disorganization or alteration of district; inclusion of new lands; procedures.
19-3605 Same; inclusion of certain cities within district; procedure.
19-3606 Same; districts not to be organized or altered after July 1; budget; tax levy.
19-3609 Same; agreements with cities providing for buildings; funds.
19-3610 Same; tax levies; use of proceeds, limitations.
19-3612 Same; existing contracts not abrogated; termination by mutual consent, when; funds.
19-3612a Same; establishment of district board of trustees; powers.
19-3612b Same; supervisor and employees of district.
19-3612c Same; fire protection reserve fund; source of revenue; limitations.
19-3612d Same; tax levies in certain counties; use of proceeds; limitation; election.
19-3612e Tax levies for fire districts in Reno and Sedgwick counties.
19-3613a Same; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
19-3614 Same; governing body; terms; vacancies; removal; expenses.
19-3614a Same; governing body of certain consolidated districts in Johnson county; terms.
19-3615 Same; election of officers; oaths; bond.
19-3617 Same; furnishing of fire protection services; contracts for services; tax levy.
19-3620 Same; operation of department; powers of governing body.
19-3621 Same; contracts with other municipalities to provide fire protection.
19-3622 Same; budget notice, hearing, approval by board of county commissioners; tax levies.
19-3623 Same; inclusion of new territory in district; procedure.
19-3623d Same; bonded indebtedness of area or district.
19-3623e Same; fire protection reserve fund; source of revenue; limitations.
19-3624 Fire districts in two or more counties; creation; procedure.
19-3624a Same; inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
19-3625 Same; governing body; powers; issuance of bonds and no-fund warrants.
19-3626 Same; budgets; certification of valuations; tax levies.
19-3627 Same; transmittal of tax moneys; expenditures.
19-3631 Same; detachment of territory; petition; certification of boundaries; bonded debt.
19-3631a Same; district board of trustees; appointment; powers.