19-3624. Fire districts in two or more counties; creation; procedure. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, whenever 51% of the resident property owners of territory located in two or more counties, as determined by an enumeration taken and verified for this purpose by the county election officers of the counties in which the territory proposed to be included within the district is located, shall petition the county commissioners of the county in which the greater portion of territory of the proposed district is located for the creation of a benefit district for the purpose of providing fire-fighting service within the benefit district, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners, by resolution, to establish such fire district and to define the boundaries thereof as set forth in the petition. Thereafter, the county commissioners establishing such district shall direct the county clerk of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located to transmit a copy of the original resolution of the board establishing the district to the county clerk of any other county in which any territory of the benefit district shall be located.
History: L. 1959, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 70, § 19; 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.