The board may:

(a) Sue and be sued;

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-26,107

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(b) enter into contracts;

(c) appoint and remove staff and provide for the compensation thereof;

(d) acquire, by purchase, gift or devise, and convey any real property, including easements and reversionary interests, and personal property subject to the provisions of this act;

(e) rebate all, or any portion thereof, the taxes on any property sold or conveyed by the bank;

(f) exercise any other power which may be delegated to the land bank by the board of county commissioners and the governing bodies of the cities and other taxing subdivisions located in the county by interlocal agreement and other lawful means; and

(g) exercise any other incidental power which is necessary to carry out the purposes of the land bank and this act.