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County and Township Roads

K.S.A. 68-5,100— County roads; construction and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required
K.S.A. 68-5,101— County roads and bridges; tax levies, use of proceeds
K.S.A. 68-5,102— Declaration of minimum maintenance roads; procedure; posting of road; limitation of tort liability
K.S.A. 68-5,103— Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation
K.S.A. 68-501— County engineer, appointment, qualifications, approval; termination of appointment, when
K.S.A. 68-502— Duties of county engineer
K.S.A. 68-503— Joint county engineer districts; employment of engineer
K.S.A. 68-504— Office, assistants, supplies and clerical help for county or district engineer
K.S.A. 68-505— Bond of engineer
K.S.A. 68-506— Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties
K.S.A. 68-506a— City connecting link in county highway; city tax levy and bonds
K.S.A. 68-506b— Same; validation of certain acts of cities; letting of contracts; change of route; eminent domain
K.S.A. 68-506c— Same; apportionment of costs
K.S.A. 68-506d— Same; city to maintain roads
K.S.A. 68-506e— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-506f— City connecting links in county highway system; agreements for maintenance; compensation or maintenance by county
K.S.A. 68-506g— Designating certain roads located in and out of city as part of county system; improvement and maintenance of
K.S.A. 68-507— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-508— Maps of county roads; filing by county engineer for correction and approval
K.S.A. 68-509— Elimination of grade crossings; division of costs between railroad and county; eminent domain; publication notice; appeal from award; warning signals
K.S.A. 68-510— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-515a— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-515b— Adoption of county road unit system; procedure
K.S.A. 68-516— Classification of highways in county unit road counties
K.S.A. 68-516a— County unit system; payment over and use of township funds
K.S.A. 68-516b— Same; delivery of machinery and equipment; appraisement; expenditures within township; assumption of township contracts
K.S.A. 68-516c— Same; issuance of county no-fund warrants, when
K.S.A. 68-516d— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-516e— County unit system; payments to county from surplus in township general fund; use
K.S.A. 68-517— Abandonment of county road unit system; election; contracts
K.S.A. 68-518— Same; petition for election
K.S.A. 68-518a— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-518c— Tax levies by townships in noncounty unit counties; limitation; petition for election
K.S.A. 68-519— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-520— County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed
K.S.A. 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
K.S.A. 68-522— Itemized bills for county road work, construction or repairs
K.S.A. 68-523— Township board of highway commissioners
K.S.A. 68-524— Same; meetings
K.S.A. 68-525— Township board of highway commissioners; records and accounts; compensation
K.S.A. 68-526— Duties of township board; plans, materials and equipment; traffic-control devices and signs
K.S.A. 68-527— Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines
K.S.A. 68-527a— Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal
K.S.A. 68-528— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-529— Deflection of road on county, township or city line; division of cost
K.S.A. 68-530— Township road overseer; assistants; trustee as overseer in certain counties; repair and improvement work on township roads; limitation; compensation
K.S.A. 68-531— Same; compensation; bond; tenure
K.S.A. 68-532— Letting township contracts
K.S.A. 68-533— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-534— Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts
K.S.A. 68-535— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-536— Township roads; use of tax moneys
K.S.A. 68-537— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-538— Reports of township overseer
K.S.A. 68-539— Reports of the township clerk
K.S.A. 68-540— Reports by county engineers or road supervisors
K.S.A. 68-541— Forms for accounts and reports
K.S.A. 68-542— Meetings of county and township road officials; compensation
K.S.A. 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
K.S.A. 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
K.S.A. 68-544— Tunnels under roads by landowners; approval; costs
K.S.A. 68-545— Unlawful obstructions, excavations, removal of materials, dumping trash or other materials or plowing of roads; penalty; payment of cost to restore
K.S.A. 68-546— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-547— Highways subject to act[*]
K.S.A. 68-548— Penalties for violations by officers
K.S.A. 68-549— Penalties for violations by individuals
K.S.A. 68-550— Continuance of special laws
K.S.A. 68-551— Mail route inspections; repair
K.S.A. 68-552— Same; act supplemental
K.S.A. 68-553— Uniform standard specifications for lumber and timber products for highway purposes
K.S.A. 68-554— Carload lots; engineer's specifications to bidders; certificate of inspection; affidavit as to preservative treatment
K.S.A. 68-555— Unlawful purchases
K.S.A. 68-556— Competitive bids required for carload purchases; proposal forms; time
K.S.A. 68-557— Penalty for noncompliance
K.S.A. 68-558— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-559a— Roads and bridges, construction and reconstruction; tax levy, use of proceeds; extension of period for levy; protest petition and election
K.S.A. 68-559b— Same; expenditures
K.S.A. 68-559c— Same; federal or state aid
K.S.A. 68-560— Certain townships may turn over maintenance, repair and construction of roads to county; election; resolution; petition; abandonment
K.S.A. 68-561— Same; procedure upon adoption of act; tax levies; use of machinery
K.S.A. 68-562— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-564— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-565— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-566— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-570— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-571— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-572— Intergovernmental agreements for road construction and maintenance; county, city and township
K.S.A. 68-573— Certain counties over 175,000; adoption of master highway development plan; preliminary plans and specifications, approval, filing, cost, how paid
K.S.A. 68-574— Same; notice of filing of plans; adoption of master development plan; resolution, contents; publication; election
K.S.A. 68-575— Same; form of ballot
K.S.A. 68-576— Same; procedure when plan approved; application of K.S.A. 68-704
K.S.A. 68-577— Same; issuance of bonds; limitations
K.S.A. 68-578— Repealed
K.S.A. 68-580— Designation of streets and roads as arterial highways; definitions
K.S.A. 68-581— Same; primary arterial highways; designation and financing
K.S.A. 68-581a— Same; use of moneys received from special city and county highway fund by certain cities; purpose
K.S.A. 68-582— Designation of secondary arterial highways, when; cooperative financing; agreement; use of funds
K.S.A. 68-583— Same; acquisition of lands for rights of way; costs
K.S.A. 68-584— Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when
K.S.A. 68-585— Same; feasibility studies by boards; costs, how paid
K.S.A. 68-586— Counties between 130,000 and 170,000; highway bonds; election
K.S.A. 68-587— Same; bond debt limitation
K.S.A. 68-588— Same; construction contracts; standards
K.S.A. 68-589— Special highway improvement fund; definitions
K.S.A. 68-590— Same; fund provided; transfers; budget effect
K.S.A. 68-591— General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required
K.S.A. 68-592— Classifications of highways; definitions
K.S.A. 68-593— Procedure upon adoption; payment of funds by townships to county treasurer; use; duties of treasurer
K.S.A. 68-594— Same; transfer of equipment and road machinery
K.S.A. 68-595— Same; surplus in general fund of township; payment to county treasurer, when
K.S.A. 68-596— County rural highway system; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required
K.S.A. 68-597— Procedure upon adoption; abandonment of system
K.S.A. 68-598— Same; petition for election
K.S.A. 68-599— Repealed