24-415. Organization of board; record of proceedings; treasurer, powers and duties; bond; county treasurer's duties. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the directors shall meet after they have been qualified and select from their number a president, secretary and treasurer, and shall also designate one of the members to act as vice-president in case the regular president is absent. The directors shall adopt rules and bylaws to regulate the transaction of business, which they may amend at their pleasure. They shall also adopt a seal, with which all contracts executed by the board shall be authenticated. The president shall preside at all meetings when present and shall execute all contracts in the corporate name of the district. All contracts shall be attested by the secretary and authenticated by the common seal of the corporation. The vice-president shall preside at meetings of the board in the absence of the president. The secretary shall record all transactions and proceedings of the board in a journal which shall at all times be open to inspection by all taxpayers of the district. The journal or copies authenticated by the secretary under the seal of the corporation shall be admitted in all courts as evidence of such proceedings and transactions.
(b) All moneys received by the county treasurer for and on behalf of any drainage district except moneys received for the retirement of bonds or the payment of interest thereon shall be paid to the treasurer of the drainage district on written orders signed by the president, countersigned by the treasurer, attested by the secretary and authenticated by the seal of the district. The district treasurer shall deposit the moneys of the district in a bank authorized to receive public deposits. The deposits shall be made in the manner provided by law. The treasurer of the district shall give a bond in an amount approved by the board of county commissioners which shall be conditioned on the faithful and proper performance of duty. The treasurer shall keep and shall pay according to law all moneys received as treasurer and shall render a just and true account thereof whenever required by the board of directors or by any provision of law. The treasurer shall deliver over to the successor in office or to any other person authorized by law to receive the same, all moneys, books, papers and other things appertaining thereto or belonging to the office. The treasurer shall pay out of the funds of the district on written orders signed by the president, countersigned by the treasurer, attested by the secretary and authenticated by the seal of the district and shall cancel and retain all orders so paid. The treasurer shall keep an itemized account of all orders paid showing the amount of each order, the person to whom paid and the date of payment.
(c) The board of directors may designate the county treasurer to act as ex officio treasurer of the district for the purpose of collecting and disbursing taxes and assessments.
The county treasurer shall pay any money of the drainage district on hand upon warrants, signed by the chairperson and attested by the secretary of the board of directors of the district, when presented for payment.
History: L. 1905, ch. 215, § 14; L. 1913, ch. 184, § 4; R.S. 1923, 24-415; L. 1959, ch. 170, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 6; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 4 - Drainage Districts Within Counties Or Cities
24-401 Organization of drainage districts; duties of board of county commissioners.
24-402 Lands within cities may be included in drainage district.
24-403 Petition for organization of drainage district; definitions.
24-403a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-404 Time and notice of hearing.
24-405 Hearing of petition; corporate name; perpetual succession.
24-406 Record of organization; first election; description of lands.
24-407 Powers of drainage districts.
24-408 Powers of districts incorporated under law of 1905.
24-408a Sanitary sewers of district; bonds.
24-409 Board of directors; members' qualifications and terms.
24-410 Who may vote at elections; definitions.
24-412 Elections of directors, when; term of office.
24-412a Directors' names and district description to secretary of state.
24-413 Vacancy in office of director.
24-417 Engineer; plans and specifications.
24-418 Improvements authorized; estimate; construction; bonds; election.
24-419 Board to determine work to be done; surveys; estimates; reports.
24-420 Action of board on engineer's report; special election; issuance of bonds.
24-421 Change of channel of natural watercourse; issuance of bonds; levy of assessments.
24-422 Assessment of cost against landowners; appointment of assessors, qualifications.
24-423 Same; meeting of taxpayers, when; notice; vote.
24-424 Hearing on assessments; notice; equalization; time for bringing actions.
24-425 Election upon bond issue; notice; canvass of returns.
24-426 Manner of letting contracts; bond of contractor; tools and machinery.
24-428 Bond elections; costs included.
24-429 Prevention of overflow of streams.
24-430 Installment assessments or bonds.
24-433 Levy and collection of assessments to pay bonds.
24-434 Construction and purposes of act; limitation of actions.
24-435 Supplemental assessments to correct errors.
24-436 Relevy of assessments; when.
24-437 Order requiring railroad to elevate tracks; mandamus.
24-438 Eminent domain proceedings.
24-448 Contracts with federal agencies.
24-449 Cooperation of districts; aid from persons or corporations; letting of contracts.
24-450 Contract with railroad company.
24-450a Counties of 140,000; contract with railroad company; tax levy.
24-451 Section 24-426 inapplicable to 24-448 through 24-450.
24-452 Sewers through levees; floodgates and pumping apparatus; duty of cities; costs.
24-453 Watercourses on boundary of district; jurisdiction; sale of abandoned channel.
24-454 Lands in abandoned watercourse; sale; appraisement.
24-455 Failure of director to perform duty; penalty.
24-456 Penalty for unlawful acts.
24-457 Liability for damages for injury.
24-458 Incorporation of district where owners of three-fifths of land are nonresidents; petition.
24-459 Directors; election; term; eligible voters.
24-460 Same; application of act of 1905.
24-461 Same; application of act.
24-462 Additional assessments where installment levies and bond proceeds insufficient; limitation.
24-463 Enlargement of district; petition.
24-464 Same; contents of petition.
24-465 Same; notice of hearing.
24-466 Same; hearing on petition.
24-467 Same; eminent domain proceedings.
24-468 Same; drainage outside district; agreement with landowner.
24-469 Same; benefits to adjoining land; incorporation into district; proceedings.
24-470 Harbor lines along navigable streams.
24-471 Appropriation of land at harbor lines.
24-472 How appropriation made; duties of governor.
24-473 Penalty for interfering with possession of such property; removal from property.
24-474 Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land.
24-475 Payment of judgment, cost and award; bonds; tax levy; reversion of land, when; damages.
24-476 When railway company not to be deprived of easement in such land.
24-477 Removal of personal property from land so appropriated; mandamus.
24-478 Sections 24-470 through 24-480 supplemental to act of 1905.
24-479 Grant of easements in strip of land so appropriated; relinquishment of land.
24-481 Application for incorporation of drainage district under article 7; when.
24-482 Notice of hearing on application; publication; continuance.
24-483 Duties of county commissioners; style and powers of drainage district.
24-484 Directors, qualifications; voters, qualifications.
24-485 Laws governing district after incorporation.
24-486 Authority and powers of drainage district; bond issue; with and without election.
24-487 Validity of 24-481 through 24-487a.
24-487a Construction of 24-481 through 24-487.
24-489 Dike or levee improvement in certain districts.
24-490 Same; acquisition of land.
24-491 Same; money or credits from federal government.
24-493 Same; duties of county engineer.
24-495 Expenditure from general fund.
24-496 Same; improvements authorized.
24-499a Same; expenditure of funds from district without budgeting.
24-4,100 Dissolution of certain inoperative districts located wholly within cities; procedure.