Kansas Statutes
Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties
24-665a Same; annual meeting; notice; elections.

24-665a. Same; annual meeting; notice; elections. In not less than 12 months, nor more than 13 months after the recording of the certificates of incorporation, a meeting shall be held for the election of directors. Each director shall be elected for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. Notice of the meeting shall be given at least 10 days prior to the date thereof by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of which the district is a part. Elections shall be by ballot. Qualified voters shall be entitled to vote at any such meeting. The directors shall fill any vacancy occurring on the board prior to the expiration of the term of any director by electing a substitute director to serve for the unexpired term. All elections, except the first, shall be held on the first Tuesday in April and every four years thereafter.
The directors shall meet at least once each year. Notice of the annual meeting shall be given at least 10 days prior to the meeting by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties of which the district is a part. The number of directors of a district or the date of the annual meeting, or both, may be changed at an annual meeting if notice of the proposition of making the change or changes are given at the annual meeting immediately preceding the annual meeting at which the change or changes are considered. If the number of directors is proposed to be changed, the proposition shall be introduced in the same manner as other items of business. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to include the proposition in the notice of the annual meeting at which the changes are being considered. If a majority of those voting are in favor thereof, the election of directors shall be in conformance with the adopted proposal and all powers shall be exercised by the newly constituted board beginning immediately after the annual meeting.
History: L. 1976, ch. 174, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 118, § 19; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 24 - Drainage And Levees

Article 6 - Drainage In One Or More Counties

24-601 Formation of drainage district by owners of swamp or overflowed lands; articles of association.

24-601a Inclusion of land located in other benefit districts.

24-602 Summons to owners of real estate.

24-603 Objections of landowners heard by district court; finding of fact; exclusion of land not benefited.

24-604 Record of proceedings.

24-605 Elections, supervisors and bonds and no-fund warrant issues; vacancies.

24-606a Annual election of supervisors; notice.

24-607 Oath of supervisors.

24-608 Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties.

24-609 Topographical survey; classification and basis for assessment of benefits; maps and profile; engineer.

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.

24-615 Powers and duties of board upon hearing objections to report; no appeal, when; board may modify decision.

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.

24-626 Letting of contracts for improvements; bond of contractor; work under direction of drain commissioner.

24-627 Scope of act.

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.

24-632 Warrants.

24-633 Compensation and expenses of officers and employees.

24-634 Levy upon lands for repair of improvements; assessment of costs where repair made necessary by negligence of landowner.

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.

24-640a Perpetual succession.

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.

24-647 Disorganization of drainage district; petition; nature of hearing; resolution; board of trustees.

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.

24-657 Same; authorization.

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.

24-660 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.

24-661 Same; certification to chief engineer; investigation, report and approval or disapproval; approval required, when; transmittal of approval to secretary of state and to chairman of steering committee.

24-662 Same; meeting of steering committee, notice; committee constitutes initial board of directors; election of officers; election on organization of district; certification of results to secretary of state; certificate of incorporation, issuance a...

24-663 Same; payment of costs and expenses when proposed district not approved; tax levies; disposition of funds.

24-664 Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office.

24-665 Same; no-fund warrants to pay initial organization and administrative expenses; limitation; tax levy to pay; annual ascertainment and certification of valuation in joint district.

24-665a Same; annual meeting; notice; elections.

24-666 Same; act supplemental to existing laws.

24-667 Extension of territory of joint district; petition; approval of secretary of state and chief engineer.

24-668 Dissolution of portion of joint district; petition, contents; hearing; findings; report; certificate of dissolution; powers and duties of chief engineer.