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Watershed Districts

K.S.A. 24-1201— Title of act
K.S.A. 24-1201a— Declaration of public necessity for creation of districts; power; benefits
K.S.A. 24-1202— Definitions
K.S.A. 24-1203— Establishment of district by petition
K.S.A. 24-1203a— Establishment of district initiated by board of county commissioners
K.S.A. 24-1204— Contents of petition; form
K.S.A. 24-1205— Petition, circulation; inclusion of city or part thereof within proposed boundaries, identification; filing and determination of sufficiency of petition
K.S.A. 24-1206— Sufficient petition transmitted to chief engineer; investigation, report and approval or disapproval; approval required, when; transmittal of approval to secretary of state and to chairperson of steering committee
K.S.A. 24-1207— Meeting of steering committee; notice; election of board of directors; officers; election on organization of district; voting places and election procedures; certification of results to secretary of state; certificate of incorporation, issuance and recordation, when; actions attacking incorporation, limitations
K.S.A. 24-1208— Payment of costs and expenses when petition or resolution is disapproved by engineer or defeated by voters; tax levy
K.S.A. 24-1209— Corporate powers and duties
K.S.A. 24-1210— Directors; number; terms; expenses
K.S.A. 24-1211— Election of directors at annual meeting; report of financial condition, projects and activities; notice and conduct of elections; vacancies; changes in number of directors or date of annual meeting; notice; procedure
K.S.A. 24-1212— Open meetings of directors; notice; quorum
K.S.A. 24-1213— General plan, estimate of costs and information as to benefits; transmittal to chief engineer, when; open to public; report to directors
K.S.A. 24-1214— Financing proposed projects; methods; resolution as to costs; public hearing; notice, contents; appearances; written statement required; transmittal of written statements to chief engineer; adoption, modification or rejection of general plan or method of financing; official general plan and official method of financing; resubmissions, when
K.S.A. 24-1214a— Districts adopting general plan prior to April 1, 1961; method of financing; procedure
K.S.A. 24-1215— Approval of bond issue by qualified voters of district required; notice; election procedures; tax levies for financing costs; resolution, publication; protest petition; election
K.S.A. 24-1216— Order and procedure as to specific projects; surveys, plans, specifications and estimates of costs; filing with secretary of board; open to inspection; transmittal of approved plans to chief engineer, when; review of general plan; revisions of plan; report by chief engineer, requirements
K.S.A. 24-1217— Computation of special assessments; appraisement and apportionment; resolution; limitations; hearing of complaints; notice; alterations; resolution fixing assessments; notice to landowners; bonds and levies, when
K.S.A. 24-1218— Right of entry upon lands in connection with work of district; damages
K.S.A. 24-1219— No-fund warrants for initial expenses; annual tax levies for general fund expenses; increased levies, procedure; tax levies for no-fund warrants and bonds; structure maintenance fund
K.S.A. 24-1220— Improvement bonds for works of improvement; terms; how payable; limitation on bonded indebtedness
K.S.A. 24-1221— Act supplemental to other laws
K.S.A. 24-1222— Chief engineer authorized to transfer territory from one district to another, when; petition
K.S.A. 24-1223— Same; contents of petition
K.S.A. 24-1224— Same; presentment of petition to chief engineer; notice and hearing
K.S.A. 24-1225— Same; findings, decisions and declarations of chief engineer
K.S.A. 24-1226— Same; liability for outstanding bonded indebtedness
K.S.A. 24-1227— Extension of territory of district; petition, contents; approval of chief engineer
K.S.A. 24-1228— Dissolution of district, when; resolution; petition; election; certificate of dissolution
K.S.A. 24-1229— Dissolution of portion of district; petition, contents; powers and duties of chief engineer; notice and hearing; evidence; findings, filing; certificate of dissolution; recordation; removal of director upon dissolution, effect
K.S.A. 24-1230— Notification of directors upon dissolution or partial dissolution of district; duties of secretary, treasurer and directors; effective date of dissolution; recordation of certificate of dissolution
K.S.A. 24-1231— Disposition of funds of totally or partially disorganized district; duties of treasurer
K.S.A. 24-1232— Minutes and records of totally dissolved district filed with county clerk
K.S.A. 24-1233— Districts established prior to July 1, 1961; confirmation and validation; procedure
K.S.A. 24-1234— Intermittent closing of roads within watershed district; county roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of county commissioners; publication and notice
K.S.A. 24-1235— Same; township roads; permit application; authority and duties of board of township trustees; publication and notice
K.S.A. 24-1236— Same; county bridge and township road, 24-1234 applies; approval by board of township trustees
K.S.A. 24-1237— Same; costs of publication and notice; permit to require road markers
K.S.A. 24-1238— Watershed district responsibilities transferred to city of Atchison
K.S.A. 24-1239— White Clay watershed district dissolved
K.S.A. 24-1240— White Clay watershed district property, contract and debt obligations transferred to city of Atchison