24-640. Construction of act; petition required, when. This act shall not be construed as repealing any law now in force in this state, and shall apply only to drainage districts organized hereunder and hereafter: Provided, only, That K.S.A. 24-602 and 24-611 may be made applicable to and become a part of the general drainage laws existing in 1909, whenever a petition of two-fifths of the voters in said districts shall be presented to the board of county commissioners, praying therefor in any county in which there has been organized a drainage district under existing laws at the time of the taking effect of this act.
History: L. 1911, ch. 168, ยง 40; May 22; R.S. 1923, 24-640.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees
Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties
24-601a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-602 Summons to owners of real estate.
24-605 Elections, supervisors and bonds and no-fund warrant issues; vacancies.
24-606a Annual election of supervisors; notice.
24-608 Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties.
24-610 Drain commissioner; term; duties; bond; oath.
24-611 Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations.
24-611a Agreements to allow drainage from land located outside district.
24-612 Rights of way and removal of obstructions in streams; eminent domain proceedings.
24-613 Hearing of objections to report of engineer; notice; filing of report.
24-614 Who may file objections to report; adjournments of hearings.
24-616 Hearings to objections to engineer report; costs; fees.
24-617 Appeal from decision of board; bond; transcript; procedure.
24-618 Tax levies; installments; correction of assessments; certification of levies.
24-619 Supplemental assessments.
24-620 Expenses apportioned to street, highway or railroad; collection.
24-621 Issuance of bonds; levy to pay bonds; temporary loan.
24-622 Resolution for bond issue.
24-623 Lien of assessments; sinking fund.
24-624 Sale of bonds; use of proceeds; deposit of money.
24-625 Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property.
24-628 Outlet or discharge of more than one district into stream; apportionment of cost.
24-629 Outlet for lateral drains.
24-630 Subdistrict where land separated from drainage; petition.
24-633 Compensation and expenses of officers and employees.
24-635 Overseers; appointment; powers and duties.
24-636 Civil liability for obstructing or injuring property; penalty.
24-637 Construction of act; defects in assessments; modification of assessments.
24-638 Contest of assessments.
24-639 District to be body politic and corporate; corporate name; general powers.
24-640 Construction of act; petition required, when.
24-641 Legalizing drainage districts created by district court or board of county commissioners.
24-641a Same; special election of officers, when.
24-642 Same; boundaries legalized.
24-643 Same; bond issues legalized.
24-644 Same; tax levies and assessments legalized.
24-645 Same; acts done in conformity to law legalized.
24-646 Same; application of act.
24-648 Same; duties of trustees.
24-649 Same; how funds secured by trustees; tax levy.
24-650 Same; notice of disorganization; filing of claims.
24-651 Same; funds for payment of claims.
24-652 Same; care and sale of property.
24-653 Same; final report and discharge of trustees.
24-654 Renewal, extension and restoration of articles of incorporation; petition to court; record.
24-655 Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities.
24-656 Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions.
24-658 Same; petition by verified landowners; county clerk to furnish record of ownership, when.
24-658a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.
24-659 Same; contents of petition; form; map.
24-664 Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office.
24-665a Same; annual meeting; notice; elections.