24-659. Same; contents of petition; form; map.
24-659
24-659. Same; contents of petition; form;map.Said petition shall set forth: (1) The proposed name of the district,which name shall end with the words "joint drainage district number______." It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to assign a numberto each such district in the order in which petitions for theirorganization are received in his or her office.
(2) A description of the lands to be included within the proposeddistrict, identified by section numbers and fractions thereof, and otherplatted areas as appropriate.
(3) A statement of the purposes for which the district is to beorganized.
(4) A statement that the board of directors of the district shallconsist of not less than three members giving the names andaddressesof the persons who will constitute the original steering committee.
(5) Any other matter deemed essential.
(6) A prayer for the organization of the district as a nonprofitcorporation.
A map showing the lands to be included in the district, prepared inconsultation with the chief engineer, shall be attached to the petition asan exhibit and incorporated therein by reference. The petition shall be insubstantially the following form:
In the Matter of ________ Joint Drainage District Number ____,__________ and __________ counties, Kansas.
Come now the undersigned persons and state that they are landownerswithin the proposed boundaries of the aforenamed drainage district,hereinafter more fully described, and that each signer states that hisrespective post-office address is set forth beside his name. That thepurposes for which this district is organized are (state purposes). That asteering committee for the organization of the district is hereby fixed andconstituted with not less than three members; that the names of personswho will serve on the original steering committee, of which the first namedshall be actingchairman, and their respective addresses are as follows:
The governing body of the district shall be constituted in a board ofdirectors composed of not less than three qualified voters.
That attached hereto, marked Exhibit A and made a part hereof as fullyas if set forth herein, is a map showing the lands proposed to be includedin the district.
That the lands proposed to be included in said district are described asfollows:
That the lands proposed to be included in said district do not embracethe territorial limits of any incorporated city, or any part thereof,except those specifically described in the petition.
Wherefore, the undersigned, individually and collectively, pray that ajoint drainage district be organized in the manner provided by law, for thepurposes set forth herein, and that the secretary of state and the chiefengineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department ofagriculture proceed diligently in the performance of their duties so thatthe organization of this proposed district may be completed and approved atthe earliest possible time.
Submitted to the secretary of state this ______ day of ________,____.
History: L. 1963, ch. 225, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 174, § 2;L. 2004, ch. 101, § 72; July 1.