55-211a. Lease of lands by municipal corporations, board of park commissioners, improvement districts or other public agency or quasi-municipal corporation; disposition of moneys. The governing body of any municipal corporation, board of park commissioners of any municipal corporation, trustees or directors of any cemetery association or improvement district, directors of any cemetery district, township board of any township, or any other public agency or quasi-municipal corporation, owning or having the management and control of any tract of land within the state of Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to lease such lands, or any part thereof, for drilling for oil or gas upon such terms as may be agreed upon except that any such lease shall contain provisions for spacing of producing wells in accordance with rules and regulations of the state corporation commission as provided by law and no oil or gas well shall be drilled or located within 100 feet of that portion of any such lands actually used for burial purposes.
Any moneys arising from such lease or the production of oil or gas may be credited to a special reserve or trust fund and invested in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-1675 et seq. and amendments thereto. All interest received from the investment of moneys in special reserve or trust funds and any moneys received from such lease or the production of oil or gas which is not credited to a special reserve or trust fund shall become a part of the general fund of any such municipality, board of park commissioners, association, improvement district, cemetery district, township, public agency, or quasi-municipal corporation.
History: L. 1949, ch. 307, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 314, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 202, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
55-202 Same; action to obtain release; damages, costs and attorney's fees; attachment.
55-205 Record of lease as notice for definite term; extension upon contingency, affidavit.
55-206 Demand for release before bringing action; evidence.
55-208 Lien of subcontractor or materialman on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline.
55-209 Lien statement for labor or materials; filing and record in district court.
55-210 Same; enforcement of liens.
55-211 Lease of school grounds for drilling for oil and gas.
55-211b Same; validation of prior leases.
55-212 Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment, labor and materials; definitions.
55-215 Same; time for actions.
55-216 Certain leases unrecorded prior to January 1, 1952, void.
55-217 Same; certain assignments executed prior to January 1, 1925, not to be recorded.
55-218 Same; expunging certain purported assignments from records.
55-219 Receiver for minority mineral interest in action where location of defendant-owner unknown.
55-221 Same; duties of receiver; duties of court.
55-223 Implied covenant to explore and develop minerals established; burden upon lessee.
55-224 Same; presumption of breach of covenant, when.
55-225 Same; presumption overcome by proof of compliance.
55-226 Same; remedies for breach; authority of court.
55-227 Same; action for breach not permissible, when.
55-228 Same; waiver of presumption prohibited.
55-229 Same; substantive rights and remedies saved; presumption cumulative.