Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 32-831

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

In carrying out its functions and duties, the department shall cooperate and coordinate its activities with the state department of economic development and with all other state agencies and such municipal, county and township planning boards and commissions as are concerned with matters under the supervision of the department. The department may also cooperate and coordinate its activities with federal agencies and with other states.

All state agencies shall, upon request, furnish to the department, within a reasonable time, such available information as it shall require in the performance of its duties and functions.

The state department of transportation may construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve, in cooperation with and under the supervision of the department, access and service roads, trails and parking areas, including necessary bridges within and adjacent to lands and waters, under the supervision and control of the department. The secretary is vested with and shall exercise jurisdiction over the use of all such roads, trails and parking areas and shall adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations regarding their use.