Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-5805

  • Authority: means the riverfront authority created by this act. See Kansas Statutes 12-5802
  • Metropolitan area: includes the area within the corporate limits of the city of De Soto and within five miles of the corporate limits along the Kansas river. See Kansas Statutes 12-5802
  • Riverfront: means all real estate, equipment, rights and property useful for the purpose of recreation, along the banks of the Kansas river that runs through the city of De Soto and Johnson county. See Kansas Statutes 12-5802

For the first three years of its existence, the authority shall engage in planning and design of the riverfront. At all times the authority shall have power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a riverfront system in the metropolitan area and all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers enumerated herein.