Kansas Statutes
Article 5 - County And Township Roads
68-527a Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal.

68-527a. Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal. Whenever a dispute arises over the maintenance, improvement and/or inspection of roads located on county lines or township lines on designated county line roads as provided for in K.S.A. 68-507 and 68-527, the district court of the county in which the road is located shall have jurisdiction to hear and settle the dispute. If the decision involves a designated county line road, the district court of any county which adjoins such county line road shall have jurisdiction of and it shall be its duty to hear and settle the dispute. If an action is filed in more than one district court, the last action filed shall be dismissed on motion. Appeals to the supreme court may be taken from the decision of the district court.
History: L. 1973, ch. 265, ยง 1; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges

Article 5 - County And Township Roads

68-501 County engineer, appointment, qualifications, approval; termination of appointment, when.

68-502 Duties of county engineer.

68-503 Joint county engineer districts; employment of engineer.

68-504 Office, assistants, supplies and clerical help for county or district engineer.

68-505 Bond of engineer.

68-506 Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties.

68-506a City connecting link in county highway; city tax levy and bonds.

68-506b Same; validation of certain acts of cities; letting of contracts; change of route; eminent domain.

68-506c Same; apportionment of costs.

68-506d Same; city to maintain roads.

68-506f City connecting links in county highway system; agreements for maintenance; compensation or maintenance by county.

68-506g Designating certain roads located in and out of city as part of county system; improvement and maintenance of.

68-508 Maps of county roads; filing by county engineer for correction and approval.

68-509 Elimination of grade crossings; division of costs between railroad and county; eminent domain; publication notice; appeal from award; warning signals.

68-515b Adoption of county road unit system; procedure.

68-516 Classification of highways in county unit road counties.

68-516a County unit system; payment over and use of township funds.

68-516b Same; delivery of machinery and equipment; appraisement; expenditures within township; assumption of township contracts.

68-516c Same; issuance of county no-fund warrants, when.

68-516e County unit system; payments to county from surplus in township general fund; use.

68-517 Abandonment of county road unit system; election; contracts.

68-518 Same; petition for election.

68-518c Tax levies by townships in noncounty unit counties; limitation; petition for election.

68-520 County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed.

68-521 Letting of certain contracts; plans and specifications; publication notice; bids, surety; award; bond of contractor; duty of county attorney; inspection by engineer; roads damaged or destroyed by disaster.

68-522 Itemized bills for county road work, construction or repairs.

68-523 Township board of highway commissioners.

68-524 Same; meetings.

68-525 Township board of highway commissioners; records and accounts; compensation.

68-526 Duties of township board; plans, materials and equipment; traffic-control devices and signs.

68-527 Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines.

68-527a Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal.

68-529 Deflection of road on county, township or city line; division of cost.

68-530 Township road overseer; assistants; trustee as overseer in certain counties; repair and improvement work on township roads; limitation; compensation.

68-531 Same; compensation; bond; tenure.

68-532 Letting township contracts.

68-534 Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts.

68-536 Township roads; use of tax moneys.

68-538 Reports of township overseer.

68-539 Reports of the township clerk.

68-540 Reports by county engineers or road supervisors.

68-541 Forms for accounts and reports.

68-542 Meetings of county and township road officials; compensation.

68-543 In counties under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs by county or city; additional culverts or new entrances; costs to owner; procedures; penalty.

68-543a In counties not under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs; additional culverts or new entrances; procedures; penalty.

68-544 Tunnels under roads by landowners; approval; costs.

68-545 Unlawful obstructions, excavations, removal of materials, dumping trash or other materials or plowing of roads; penalty; payment of cost to restore.

68-547 Highways subject to act[*].

68-548 Penalties for violations by officers.

68-549 Penalties for violations by individuals.

68-550 Continuance of special laws.

68-551 Mail route inspections; repair.

68-552 Same; act supplemental.

68-553 Uniform standard specifications for lumber and timber products for highway purposes.

68-554 Carload lots; engineer's specifications to bidders; certificate of inspection; affidavit as to preservative treatment.

68-555 Unlawful purchases.

68-556 Competitive bids required for carload purchases; proposal forms; time.

68-557 Penalty for noncompliance.

68-559a Roads and bridges, construction and reconstruction; tax levy, use of proceeds; extension of period for levy; protest petition and election.

68-559b Same; expenditures.

68-559c Same; federal or state aid.

68-560 Certain townships may turn over maintenance, repair and construction of roads to county; election; resolution; petition; abandonment.

68-561 Same; procedure upon adoption of act; tax levies; use of machinery.

68-572 Intergovernmental agreements for road construction and maintenance; county, city and township.

68-573 Certain counties over 175,000; adoption of master highway development plan; preliminary plans and specifications, approval, filing, cost, how paid.

68-574 Same; notice of filing of plans; adoption of master development plan; resolution, contents; publication; election.

68-575 Same; form of ballot.

68-576 Same; procedure when plan approved; application of 68-704.

68-577 Same; issuance of bonds; limitations.

68-580 Designation of streets and roads as arterial highways; definitions.

68-581 Same; primary arterial highways; designation and financing.

68-581a Same; use of moneys received from special city and county highway fund by certain cities; purpose.

68-582 Designation of secondary arterial highways, when; cooperative financing; agreement; use of funds.

68-583 Same; acquisition of lands for rights of way; costs.

68-584 Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when.

68-585 Same; feasibility studies by boards; costs, how paid.

68-586 Counties between 130,000 and 170,000; highway bonds; election.

68-587 Same; bond debt limitation.

68-588 Same; construction contracts; standards.

68-589 Special highway improvement fund; definitions.

68-590 Same; fund provided; transfers; budget effect.

68-591 General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required.

68-592 Classifications of highways; definitions.

68-593 Procedure upon adoption; payment of funds by townships to county treasurer; use; duties of treasurer.

68-594 Same; transfer of equipment and road machinery.

68-595 Same; surplus in general fund of township; payment to county treasurer, when.

68-596 County rural highway system; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.

68-597 Procedure upon adoption; abandonment of system.

68-598 Same; petition for election.

68-5,100 County roads; construction and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.

68-5,101 County roads and bridges; tax levies, use of proceeds.

68-5,102 Declaration of minimum maintenance roads; procedure; posting of road; limitation of tort liability.

68-5,103 Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation.