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K.S.A. § 12-2901 (2026)

Purpose of act

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12-2901. Purpose of act. It is the purpose of this act to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities, persons, associations and corporations on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.

History: L. 1957, ch. 100, § 1; March 25.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Kansas Mun. Gas Agency v. Vesta Energy Co., Inc., 840 F. Supp. 814 (D. Kan. 1993).
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Kansas Mun. Gas Agency v. Vesta Energy Co., Inc., 840 F. Supp. 814 (D. Kan. 1993). · cites it 4× “KMGA is a Kansas interlocal municipal agency formed by a group of Kansas municipalities pursuant to K.S.A § 12-2901, et seq. One of KMGA’s functions is to acquire a *818 natural gas supply to be used by the municipalities for local distribution and fuel for electric generation.”
Murphy v. City of Topeka, 630 P.2d 186 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). “Pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act (K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq.), the City of Topeka and Shawnee County entered into a contract denominated “Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of Employment and Training Services.”
Gen. Bldg. Contractors, L.L.C. v. Bd. of Shawnee Cnty. Commissioners, 66 P.3d 873 (Kan. 2003). “The City of Topeka and Shawnee County entered into an inter-local agreement as allowed by K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq., relating to financing countywide infrastructure development and economic development to be funded by the voted sales tax revenue.”
Sells v. Unified Sch. Dist. No. 429, 644 P.2d 379 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 4× “72-8230 and K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq. The programs would thereafter be offered and administered by a separate legal entity to be known as the Doniphan County Education Cooperative (hereinafter, the interlocal).”
Kansas Mun. Gas Agency v. Vesta Energy Co., Inc., 843 F. Supp. 1401 (D. Kan. 1994). · cites it 4× “Because of the amount in controversy and because KMGA is *1403 a Kansas interlocal municipal agency formed by a group of Kansas municipalities pursuant to K.S.A. § 12-2901, et seq., Vesta is an Oklahoma corporation and Gastrak is a Kansas corporation, jurisdiction of the matter…”
Delaware Twp. v. City of Lansing, Kansas, 512 P.3d 1154 (Kan. 2022). · cites it 5× “The Attorney General approved the Agreement as complying with Kansas' Interlocal Cooperation Act, which included approving several required provisions relevant to this lawsuit.”
Delaware Twp. v. City of Lansing (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 3× “," which is the Interlocal Cooperation Act. The Agreement was set to be in effect for five years, with an automatic renewal for four-year terms thereafter, unless a party terminated in a manner consistent with the Agreement.”
Sells v. Unified Sch. Dist. No. 429, 637 P.2d 422 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). “The five unified districts in Doniphan County, Kansas (406, 425, 429, 433 and 486), formed the Doniphan County Special Education Cooperative (Co-op) in 1975, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq., to provide mandated special education services.”
Brown v. Keystone Learning Servs. (10th Cir. 2020). “Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 12-2901 et seq and 72-13,100.”
Rural Water Dist. No. 3 v. Rural Water Dist. No. 8 (Kan. Ct. App. 2026). “three districts by: "(a) cooperating to operate, manage, maintain and continue to provide a joint public water supply utility to serve each Participant, and (b) to create a separate legal entity to conduct the joint and cooperative undertakings of managing, operating,…”
Nea-Valley Ctr. v. Unified Sch. Dist. 262, 644 P.2d 381 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 2× “72-8230 and K.S.A. 12-2901 et seq. All special education teachers, whether tenured or nontenured, were sent timely notices of intent to nonrenew their contracts for the 1981-82 school year by the school board.”
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