24-1203. Establishment of district by petition. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 24-1203a, before any watershed district shall be organized, a petition shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, signed by not less than 20% of the landowners and representing 25% of the acreage within said proposed district as shown by a verified enumeration of said landowners taken by a landowner of said proposed district to be selected by the first 10 signers of the petition. A verified copy of such enumeration shall be attached to and filed with the petition in the office of the secretary of state. For purposes of determining ownership, the county clerk of the county in which any part of the watershed is described, upon demand, shall furnish the record of the ownership of the lands within the county from the tax rolls of the county, and such record of ownership shall be satisfactory evidence of title.
History: L. 1953, ch. 477, § 3; L. 1955, ch. 201, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 172, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 210, § 5; May 4.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 12 - Watershed Districts
24-1201a Declaration of public necessity for creation of districts; power; benefits.
24-1203 Establishment of district by petition.
24-1203a Establishment of district initiated by board of county commissioners.
24-1204 Contents of petition; form.
24-1209 Corporate powers and duties.
24-1210 Directors; number; terms; expenses.
24-1212 Open meetings of directors; notice; quorum.
24-1214a Districts adopting general plan prior to April 1, 1961; method of financing; procedure.
24-1218 Right of entry upon lands in connection with work of district; damages.
24-1221 Act supplemental to other laws.
24-1223 Same; contents of petition.
24-1224 Same; presentment of petition to chief engineer; notice and hearing.
24-1225 Same; findings, decisions and declarations of chief engineer.
24-1226 Same; liability for outstanding bonded indebtedness.
24-1227 Extension of territory of district; petition, contents; approval of chief engineer.
24-1228 Dissolution of district, when; resolution; petition; election; certificate of dissolution.
24-1231 Disposition of funds of totally or partially disorganized district; duties of treasurer.
24-1232 Minutes and records of totally dissolved district filed with county clerk.
24-1233 Districts established prior to July 1, 1961; confirmation and validation; procedure.
24-1237 Same; costs of publication and notice; permit to require road markers.
24-1238 Watershed district responsibilities transferred to city of Atchison.