Kansas Statutes
Article 7 - Districts
42-704 Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation.

42-704. Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation. If upon consideration of the application the chief engineer finds and determines that the proposed project is practical, feasible and economically sound and that said applicant is entitled to a permit for use of water sought, the engineer shall issue to said applicant a permit approving the proposed organization, incorporation and establishment of the proposed irrigation district, and prescribing the authority and limitations of said proposed district to acquire for beneficial use the waters from the source or sources requested.
Upon approval of application for the creation of proposed irrigation district by the chief engineer and upon obtaining approval of application for permit to acquire use of water sought, and after expiration of period within which appeals may be perfected and after final determination of all appeals taken, said applicants may present to the secretary of state its articles of incorporation, together with transcript of proceedings before the chief engineer and upon payment of fifty dollars ($50), shall be eligible to incorporate as a quasi municipal corporation in same manner as is now provided for incorporation of nonprofit private corporations under the corporation code of this state. The proposed articles of incorporation shall be attached to application for approval of creation of proposed district, when filed with chief engineer, and need not be subsequently signed by incorporators, before filing with secretary of state. The articles of incorporation shall contain the legal description of the lands included in the district and a certified copy of the same shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which any of the lands so described are located.
History: L. 1941, ch. 262, § 4; L. 1977, ch. 78, § 5; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 42 - Irrigation

Article 7 - Districts

42-701 Irrigation districts; petition and application for organization of district; contents of application; application to be accompanied by map and supplementary information.

42-702 Powers and duties of chief engineer; expenses; bond or deposit for costs.

42-703 Proposed district; notice of hearing; protest against application; withdrawal of name from petition; review of action on application.

42-704 Permit by chief engineer; articles of incorporation; filing fee; nature of corporation.

42-705 Perpetual existence; powers; eminent domain; bonds; tax levies.

42-706 Board of directors; qualifications, election and terms of office; conduct of elections, election by mail ballot, when, procedure; oath of office and official bond; conduct of elections in districts of less than 35,000 acres at annual meeting.

42-707 Officers of board; rules and bylaws; central office; seal; contracts; records; open to inspection; duties of county treasurer and treasurer of district.

42-708 Meetings of directors; notice; quorum; assessor of district; employees; compensation; official bonds.

42-709 Provision for preliminary expenses.

42-710 General plan of operation; approval by chief engineer; surveys, maps and estimates.

42-711 Powers of directors.

42-712 Bonds of indebtedness.

42-713 Bond resolution; election; publication notice.

42-714 Issuance, sale and delivery of bonds.

42-715 Annual assessments; duties of assessor; map.

42-716 Water rentals or charges.

42-717 Delivery of assessment roll; equalization of assessments.

42-718 Certification of levies to county clerk.

42-719 Compensation of directors.

42-720 Bids for construction work; publication notice; contractor's bond.

42-721 Payment for property and improvements; additional bonds, election; agreement with federal agencies; water rentals or charges; approval of contract by court before assessments extended; service of process.

42-722 Dissolution of district; petition to chief engineer.

42-722a Cedar Bluff irrigation district No. 6; dissolution; procedure.

42-724 Invalidity of part.

42-725 Changing of boundaries; petition; approval of chief engineer; withdrawal of name from petition, when.

42-726 Same; notice by publication; objections in writing.

42-727 Same; hearing on petition.

42-728 Same; payments by petitioners may be required.

42-729 Same; order on petition.

42-730 Same; amendment to articles of incorporation; recordation; effect.