Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 68-1903

  • 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.
  • Highway authorities: means the secretary of transportation and the board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any incorporated city acting individually or collectively. See Kansas Statutes 68-1901
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The highway authorities, jointly or severally, may acquire the desired private or public property, including rights of access, light, air or view for controlled access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with highways, roads and streets within their respective jurisdictions.