68-702. Contents of petition under 68-701. The petition shall designate the road or roads to be improved by name and by terminal points and other specially fixed locations, the lands within the proposed benefit district, the type or types of permanent improvement, and width or widths of roadway desired, which types or widths may be different for different sections of the road, and the number of annual assessments to be levied upon the lands in the benefit district in payment thereof, which shall be not less than ten nor more than twenty. The petition may specify more than one type or width of road, and may improve any types that may be acceptable for federal aid, and a maximum and minimum number of annual assessments, leaving the final choice to the board of county commissioners, subject to the approval of the secretary of transportation: Provided, That where the petition specifies a certain type of road, if such petitions be allowed, the type of road shall be of the type in said petition set forth: Provided, however, That said petition may request gravel alone, in which event only gravel shall be used.
History: L. 1909, ch. 201, § 2; L. 1917, ch. 265, § 2; L. 1919, ch. 246, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-702; L. 1933, ch. 242, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 128; Aug. 15.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
Article 7 - Improvement Of Roads In Benefit Districts
68-701b Same; time for action to restrain.
68-702 Contents of petition under 68-701.
68-702a Petition void if improvement not made within three years.
68-705 Supervision of benefit-district road work.
68-707 Apportionment when costs unusually large.
68-708 Special aid fund for benefit-district roads.
68-710 Application of act to pending proceedings.
68-711 Maintenance and repair.
68-712 Application to similar projects previously authorized.
68-714 Inapplicable to roads costing less than $500 per mile.
68-714a Reconstruction or reimprovement of roads permanently improved under 68-701 to 68-714.
68-715 Abandoned road projects; refund of taxes by county commissioners; procedure.
68-716 Roads situated in more than one county or on county lines; procedure; apportionment of costs.
68-717 Same; application to similar projects previously authorized.
68-719 Application to similar projects previously authorized.
68-729 Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication.
68-732 Same; resolution, publication; time for protests.