68-729. Improvement of roads in platted areas outside cities; petition; resolution; publication. If, in any county having a population of more than 20,000, a petition is filed in accordance with K.S.A. 68-728 for an improvement for which a special tax is to be levied and the board deems it necessary to make the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, declare such improvement necessary to be done. Such resolution shall be published once in the official paper of the county and shall be sent by certified mail to the owners of the property liable for taxation for the improvement, at the address where the owner's tax statement is sent. If the owners of more than 1/2 the property liable for taxation, for the improvement do not, within 20 days from such last publication, file with the county clerk their protest against such improvement, the board of county commissioners shall have power to cause such roads and highways to be constructed or built, to contract therefor and to levy taxes as provided by law. The work may be done before, during or after the collection of the special assessment, as deemed proper by the board of county commissioners.
As used in this section, "improvement" means curbing, guttering, paving, macadamizing, grading, recurbing, reguttering, repaving, remacadamizing or regrading a public road outside any incorporated city.
History: L. 1927, ch. 258, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 74; July 1.
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.