19-3602. Same; resolution, contents; notice and hearing; abandonment or alteration of proposal; adoption of final resolution; publication, effect. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, the board of county commissioners upon its own motion or as provided in K.S.A. 19-3603, and amendments thereto, may proceed to organize any or all portions of its county into one or more fire districts by the adoption of a resolution at some regular or adjourned regular meeting of the board which shall recite that it is advisable in the public interest that a district or districts be organized in the county for the protection of lives and property from the hazards of fire and shall describe the limits and boundaries of the proposed district or districts under its or their proposed name or names. No fire district or part of a fire district heretofore or hereafter existing by virtue of law may be included within a fire district under this act, except as provided in K.S.A. 19-3611, and amendments thereto. The proposed districts may be described by metes and bounds or by township boundaries or names, or such districts may be described by existing school districts or any organized special districts containing the area of the proposed district. Such resolution shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the area where the lands are located, or if there is no such newspaper, then in the official county paper. Each such resolution shall be published in connection with a map showing the territory of the proposed district or districts and a notice of a hearing on the advisability of organizing each such district. The notice shall fix a time not less than 10 days after the last publication thereof for a hearing before the board of county commissioners at a stated hour and place which may be at the county courthouse or at a place within each of the districts.
Any taxpayer or elector residing in the county, and any city therein, shall be entitled to appear in person or in its corporate capacity, or by counsel, and be heard on the advisability of organizing such districts. The board, at such hearing, may accept proposals for alteration of the proposed district by the inclusion of additional territory or by the exclusion of territory from any proposed district. The board may adjourn the hearing from day to day without further published notice and may fix a time for the final determination of the proposal to organize any such districts. At such time or times the board may abandon any proposal or it may adopt a final resolution organizing and naming the fire district or districts and declaring the boundaries thereof as finally determined. Each such district shall be finally and fully organized upon the publication of the resolution or resolutions one time in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the area where the lands are located or, if there is no such newspaper, then in the official county paper.
History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 188, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 15; May 15.
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.