Kansas Statutes
Article 12 - Watershed Districts
24-1218 Right of entry upon lands in connection with work of district; damages.

24-1218. Right of entry upon lands in connection with work of district; damages. The board of directors and its representatives and employees, including engineers and contractors and their employees, shall have the right and authority to enter upon private lands within or without the boundaries of the district for the purpose of conducting tests, surveys and other work incidental to the preparation of plans, maps, profiles and reports in connection with any work or proposed work of the district. The district shall be liable for any damages caused by such entry. Charges for damages shall be approved, modified, or rejected within 60 days following receipt of a documented accounting of such damages.
History: L. 1953, ch. 477, § 18; L. 1987, ch. 122, § 7; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees

Article 12 - Watershed Districts

24-1201 Title of act.

24-1201a Declaration of public necessity for creation of districts; power; benefits.

24-1202 Definitions.

24-1203 Establishment of district by petition.

24-1203a Establishment of district initiated by board of county commissioners.

24-1204 Contents of petition; form.

24-1205 Petition, circulation; inclusion of city or part thereof within proposed boundaries, identification; filing and determination of sufficiency of petition.

24-1206 Sufficient petition transmitted to chief engineer; investigation, report and approval or disapproval; approval required, when; transmittal of approval to secretary of state and to chairperson of steering committee.

24-1207 Meeting of steering committee; notice; election of board of directors; officers; election on organization of district; voting places and election procedures; certification of results to secretary of state; certificate of incorporation, issuan...

24-1208 Payment of costs and expenses when petition or resolution is disapproved by engineer or defeated by voters; tax levy.

24-1209 Corporate powers and duties.

24-1210 Directors; number; terms; expenses.

24-1211 Election of directors at annual meeting; report of financial condition, projects and activities; notice and conduct of elections; vacancies; changes in number of directors or date of annual meeting; notice; procedure.

24-1212 Open meetings of directors; notice; quorum.

24-1213 General plan, estimate of costs and information as to benefits; transmittal to chief engineer, when; open to public; report to directors.

24-1214 Financing proposed projects; methods; resolution as to costs; public hearing; notice, contents; appearances; written statement required; transmittal of written statements to chief engineer; adoption, modification or rejection of general plan...

24-1214a Districts adopting general plan prior to April 1, 1961; method of financing; procedure.

24-1215 Approval of bond issue by qualified voters of district required; notice; election procedures; tax levies for financing costs; resolution, publication; protest petition; election.

24-1216 Order and procedure as to specific projects; surveys, plans, specifications and estimates of costs; filing with secretary of board; open to inspection; transmittal of approved plans to chief engineer, when; review of general plan; revisions o...

24-1217 Computation of special assessments; appraisement and apportionment; resolution; limitations; hearing of complaints; notice; alterations; resolution fixing assessments; notice to landowners; bonds and levies, when.

24-1218 Right of entry upon lands in connection with work of district; damages.

24-1219 No-fund warrants for initial expenses; annual tax levies for general fund expenses; increased levies, procedure; tax levies for no-fund warrants and bonds; structure maintenance fund.

24-1220 Improvement bonds for works of improvement; terms; how payable; limitation on bonded indebtedness.

24-1221 Act supplemental to other laws.

24-1222 Chief engineer authorized to transfer territory from one district to another, when; petition.

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.

24-1229 Dissolution of portion of district; petition, contents; powers and duties of chief engineer; notice and hearing; evidence; findings, filing; certificate of dissolution; recordation; removal of director upon dissolution, effect.

24-1230 Notification of directors upon dissolution or partial dissolution of district; duties of secretary, treasurer and directors; effective date of dissolution; recordation of 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.

24-1234 Intermittent closing of roads within watershed district; county roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of county commissioners; publication and notice.

24-1235 Same; township roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of township trustees; publication and notice.

24-1236 Same; county bridge and township road, 24-1234 applies; approval by board of township trustees.

24-1237 Same; costs of publication and notice; permit to require road markers.

24-1238 Watershed district responsibilities transferred to city of Atchison.

24-1239 White Clay watershed district dissolved.

24-1240 White Clay watershed district property, contract and debt obligations transferred to city of Atchison.