24-660. Same; circulation of counterpart of petition; city territory included, when; copies of petitions filed with county clerk and secretary of state; findings and endorsement by secretary of state; notice to steering committee. A counterpart of the petition, setting forth the text of the petition in full, shall be circulated within the proposed boundaries of the district: Provided, That when an incorporated city, or any part thereof, included as a part of the lands within the proposed boundaries of the district and not excluded by reference therein, the naming of the city, and class thereof, and a statement as to what part or all of the lands within said city are to be included within the proposed boundaries of said district, shall be sufficient identification within said petition, and approval of said drainage district formation shall be by election duly called by the governing body of said city for such purpose of approval or disapproval by the qualified voters of the area in said city sought to be included in said drainage district, and if approved by vote, the mayor of said city shall be directed to sign said petition as representative of said land within said city limits and for the total of said lands encompassed therein and if disapproved by the qualified voters therein, the city, or part thereof, shall be excluded from the district.
A duplicate original or a photographic copy of the original petition, with copies of all signature sheets attached thereto, shall be furnished to the county clerk of each county wherein lies a part of the proposed district. All counterparts shall be filed with the secretary of state at the same time and shall be received and treated by him as a single petition. The secretary of state shall determine the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition on the basis of the information as to the number and qualifications of signers as shown by the verified enumeration filed with the petition. In the making of such findings, the secretary of state shall consider the signature of the mayor of any city which has approved said petition as herein provided as the signature of one landowner. The secretary of state shall endorse his findings and the date thereof on the face of the petition, and shall notify, in writing, the person designated in the petition as the acting chairman of the steering committee of his findings.
History: L. 1963, ch. 225, ยง 5; June 30.
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.