80-935. Same; petition to district court; order transferring title. Any member of the township board or any resident of a township in which the cemetery was organized and in which the cemetery is located may petition the district court of the county setting forth facts authorizing an order of abandonment or extinction and disposition of property. Upon presentation of such a petition to the court the court may proceed in a summary manner after such notice as the court may prescribe to inquire into the merits of such application; and if upon examination by the court it shall satisfactorily appear that the making of the order of the disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper, such court shall make a final order declaring such cemetery association to be abandoned and extinct and transferring the cemetery property and title and possession thereof to the township in which the cemetery of the association was located; it being the intent and purpose of this act to preserve the cemetery property formerly owned by the association for cemetery purposes.
History: L. 1970, ch. 405, ยง 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers
Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries
80-901 Parks or cemeteries; establishment.
80-902 Same; bonds; limitation.
80-903 Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements.
80-904 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-905 Parks and cemeteries in one or more townships; establishment.
80-906 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-907 Same; tax levy for sinking fund; limitation.
80-908 Same; cooperation by cities of second or third classes; petition; ordinance; tax levy.
80-909 Same; sections 80-905 to 80-909 supplemental.
80-910 Parks or cemeteries; petition under 80-901 to 80-904; order for election.
80-912 Same; cemetery lots; record and charges.
80-913 Same; use of funds; annual report; unlawful acts.
80-914 Purchase of unsold school lands for cemetery or burial ground.
80-915 Acquisition of cemetery association or corporation property; maintenance.
80-916 Care of abandoned cemeteries.
80-919 Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation.
80-923 Board of trustees of joint township parks or cemeteries; tax levies.
80-932 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries.
80-933 Lease of lake or park; conditions; publication; protest petition.
80-934 Cemetery abandoned by private association; title vested in township.
80-935 Same; petition to district court; order transferring title.
80-936 Same; care and maintenance by township.
80-937 Township lakes in certain townships; issuance of bonds for restoration; election.
80-938 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries; election upon petition.
80-939 Recreational facilities; election; tax levies.
80-940 Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township.