24-122. Same; petition for return of powers to directors; election; transfer of funds. If at any time after the control of the affairs of any drainage district shall have been vested in the board of county commissioners as herein provided, a petition signed by the qualified electors of such district, in an amount equal to fifty percent of the total vote cast for directors at the last general election of directors in such district, shall be presented to the county commissioners, requesting that the affairs and control of such drainage district shall be returned to the board of directors elected as by law otherwise provided; then it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to proclaim an election to be held in the manner provided for the election of directors in drainage districts to be held, and upon the election and qualification of such directors they shall be vested with all of the powers, duties and rights provided by law and vested in the directors of such drainage districts, and the county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of such district, when elected and qualified, all funds in his hands belonging to such drainage district, whereupon the powers and duties of the board of county commissioners herein provided shall be superseded by the powers and duties of the board of directors of such drainage district.
History: L. 1933, ch. 183, ยง 6; March 28.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 1 - General Provisions
24-101a Definition of terms; act inapplicable to certain drainage districts.
24-102 Suits by state to recover lands wrongfully reclaimed from streams.
24-103 Same; drainage district may use land recovered.
24-109 Same; warrants and assessments.
24-113 Same; consent of foreign municipality to service of process.
24-114 Same; answer day; service and return of process; costs.
24-115 Depositories for funds of county treasurer belonging to drainage district; no interest.
24-117 Completion of drainage-district work in counties between 90,000 and 135,000; resolution.
24-119 Same; powers transferred to county; district not dissolved.
24-120 Same; duties of county engineer and county attorney; superintendent, salary.
24-121 Same; general maintenance fund; tax levies; redemption of bonds.
24-122 Same; petition for return of powers to directors; election; transfer of funds.
24-124 Powers under 24-117 to 24-122 extended; additional powers.
24-125 Same; gifts; purchases; eminent domain.
24-127 Transfer of territory from one drainage district to another, when.
24-128 Same; petition; contents.
24-129 Same; notice and hearing.
24-130 Same; findings by county commissioners; transfer of territory or rejection of petition.
24-131 Same; existing indebtedness at time of transfer.
24-133 Same; no-fund warrants, limitations.
24-135 Officers and employees; salary and expenses.
24-136 Special emergency fund; transfer of surplus money.
24-137 Consolidation of districts; procedure; petition; election.
24-138 Annexation of land; Finney county; procedure.
24-139a Finney county drainage district; directors, election, terms.
24-140 Transfer of territory; definitions.