Kansas Statutes
Article 7 - Districts
42-727 Same; hearing on petition.

42-727. Same; hearing on petition. The board of directors, at the time and place stated in the notice, or upon an adjourned hearing thereof, shall proceed to hear the petition, and all objections thereto presented in writing by any person concerned. The failure of any person interested or concerned in the district or the proposed addition thereto or the proposed exclusion of lands therefrom, to show cause of objections in writing, shall be deemed and taken as an assent to the change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in the petition, or such a change as will include a part or all of proposed additional lands or will exclude a part or all of the lands proposed to be excluded. The filing of the petition with the board of directors shall be deemed and taken as an assent on the part of each and all of the petitioners to such a change of the boundaries of the district as may include the whole or any portion of the lands included in the petition or will exclude the whole or any portion of the lands included in the petition.
History: L. 1947, ch. 284, § 5; L. 1967, ch. 277, § 2; July 1.

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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.