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K.S.A. § 10-1119 (2026)

Void contracts and orders

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10-1119. Void contracts and orders. Any contract entered into between the governing body of any municipality and any person, which violates the provisions of this act, shall be void, and any order, warrant, check or other evidence of indebtedness drawn on the treasurer of any municipality in violation of the provisions of this act shall be void.

History: L. 1933, ch. 319, § 19; March 31.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1937–2020 · leading case: Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local 1596 v. City of Lawrence, 798 P.2d 960 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990).
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Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local 1596 v. City of Lawrence, 798 P.2d 960 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 10-1119. Furthermore, the Kansas Budget Law prohibits a municipality from creating an indebtedness in any fund after the total indebtedness against that fund equals the adopted budget expenditures for that fund in the budget year.”
Greenlee v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 740 P.2d 606 (Kan. 1987). · cites it 2× “We also note K.S.A. 10-1119, which voids any contract entered into between the governing body of a municipality and another person which violates the provisions of the cash-basis law.”
Unified Sch. Dist. No. 207 v. Northland Nat'l Bank, 887 P.2d 1138 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 3× “” K.S.A. 10-1119. Records are required to be kept of the contracts creating liability, and anyone contracting with a municipality is charged with notice of the records’ content.”
State Ex Rel. Tomasic v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte Cnty./Kansas City, 962 P.2d 543 (Kan. 1998). “K.S.A. 10-1119. L. 1998, ch. 17, § 3(b)(1) prohibits a city from issuing full faith and credit tax increment bonds to finance the undertaking of a redevelopment project that will create a major tourism area of the state as specified in L.”
State ex rel. Hecht v. City of Topeka, 293 P.3d 713 (Kan. 2013). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 10-1119; State ex rel. Tomasic v. Unified Gov’t of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, 265 Kan.”
Jayhawk Racing Props., LLC v. City of Topeka, 432 P.3d 678 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). “K.S.A. 10-1119. The City also contends that the agreement violates the Kansas Budget Law, K.”
Patterson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 66 P.2d 400 (Kan. 1937). · cites it 2× “” *563 Section 10-1119 reads: “Any contract entered into between the governing body of any municipality and any person, which violates the provisions of this act, shall be void, and any order, warrant, check or other evidence of indebtedness drawn on the treasurer of any…”
Farmers Bank & Trust v. Homestead Cmty. Dev. (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “" K.S.A. 10-1119. 6 Shortly after its passage, our Supreme Court held that the purpose of the Cash- Basis Law was to prevent a city from spending money it did not have: "Broadly speaking, it is designed to have such governmental units operate their respective functions on a cash…”
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