Kansas Statutes
Article 11 - General Provisions
68-1117 Execution of contracts; bond of contractor.

68-1117. Execution of contracts; bond of contractor. Within 21 days after any public letting, the bidder to whom any contract shall be awarded shall enter into contract with the board of county commissioners and shall give bond to the county in a penal sum equal to the amount of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and guaranteeing the county against loss from defects of workmanship and materials. The sufficiency of the bond shall be approved by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners, but the county shall not be bound until the county attorney or county counselor approves the form as legal and binding upon both parties by the county attorney's or county counselor's signature endorsed thereon.
History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 17; R.S. 1923, 68-1117; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 6; L. 2005, ch. 81, § 3; July 1.

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Kansas Statutes

Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges

Article 11 - General Provisions

68-1101 Definitions; concrete overflow bridge or ford as bridge.

68-1103 County roads, bridges and culverts; construction and repair; costs, financing.

68-1104 Construction and maintenance of bridges and culverts on county and township roads; payment of cost.

68-1105 Estimates, plans and specifications for bridges and culverts; employment of engineer.

68-1106 Construction or repair of bridges; resolution authorizing bond issuance; election upon petition; limitation in certain counties.

68-1107 Classification of bridges and culverts.

68-1108 Standard specifications.

68-1109 Roadway and grade of bridges and culverts on county and township roads and on highways over railroad tracks.

68-1113 Bids for contracts, how made.

68-1113a Consolidation of bridge construction or repair projects; lump sum bids; acceptance.

68-1114 Deposit with bid.

68-1115 Acceptance and rejection of bids; recording of bids; penalty for premature opening of bids.

68-1116 Day labor system; county engineer's duties; limitation.

68-1117 Execution of contracts; bond of contractor.

68-1118 Approval of contracts.

68-1119 Inspection of work.

68-1120 Payment on contracts; liability on bond of contractor.

68-1121 County engineer's accounts and records.

68-1122 Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings.

68-1125 Township contracts.

68-1126 Unsafe bridges or culverts; condemnation; report of condition; repair or reconstruction.

68-1135 Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds.

68-1136 Same; use for construction, reconstruction and approaches.

68-1137 Loans or advances by secretary of transportation to counties for certain bridges; limitation.

68-1138 Same; application by county; conditions; application of tax levy revenues; approval of loan or advance; warrants; use of moneys.

68-1139 Same; application of tax moneys to loan or advance; duties of county treasurer; withholding of amounts from special city and county highway fund, when; transfer to highway fund.