Kansas Statutes 12-153. Filing with register of deeds any ordinance or resolution creating certain special districts; duties of register of deeds
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-153
- Governing body: means and includes the board of county commissioners, the governing body of a city, the township board (trustee, clerk and treasurer), board of education or other governing body of a school district, board of trustees of a community junior college, board of regents of a municipal university, the body of a special district (such as a drainage, cemetery, fire or other) which has the power to create indebtedness and is charged with the duty of paying the same, and the board, bureau, commission, committee or other body of an independent agency of a parent unit. See Kansas Statutes 12-105a
- Municipality: means and includes county, township, city, school district of whatever name or nature, community junior college, municipal university, city, county or district hospital, drainage district, cemetery district, fire district, and other political subdivision or taxing unit, and including their boards, bureaus, commissions, committees and other agencies, such as, but not limited to, library board, park board, recreation commission, hospital board of trustees having power to create indebtedness and make payment of the same independently of the parent unit. See Kansas Statutes 12-105a
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Whenever the governing body of any municipality as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 10-101, and amendments thereto, adopts an ordinance or resolution creating any public improvement or special benefit district or any other district having the power to impose special assessments upon the taxable tangible real property in the district, the clerk or secretary of the municipality shall file a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution, within five days of the adoption thereof, with the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the municipality is located. No fee shall be charged for the filing and the register of deeds shall file, record and index the certified copy. The ordinance or resolution shall state:
(1) The boundaries of the improvement district;
(2) the nature of the improvement;
(3) the estimated cost of the improvement;
(4) the proposed method of assessment; and
(5) the proposed apportionment of cost, if any, between the improvement district and the city or county.
(b) Any ordinance or resolution authorizing additional improvements or any ordinance or resolution which has been amended shall be filed in the same manner as the original ordinance or resolution.